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A. D. 1750. collected, for want of sufficient Power to give legal Discharges for the same; and there being no other Fund for raising Money to amend and keep in Repair the said Lock, and cleanse the said Channel, and preserve the Navigation thereof, the same cannot now be done, without some further Provision be made for that Purpose by the Aid and Authority of Parliament:' May it therefore please your Majesty, that it may be enacted, &c.

"The several Parcels of Land, Locks and Channels, and the several Powers, &c. which were granted to the Corporation of Colchester, &c. are vested in the Justices of the East Division of the County of Essex, and the Commissioners named herein, for the Term of 30 Years. Additional Duty of 3 d. a Chaldron on Coals to be paid for 30 Years. Commissioners may borrow Money, and assign over the Duties as a Security. Six Days Notice to be given of the Time of Meeting for borrowing Money. Commissioners may place out in the Funds, any Money that shall be in the Receiver General's Hands, &c. not immediately necessary, &c. and may appoint and remove Collectors and other Officers. The Prescriptive Rights of the Borough of Colchester reserved. Landlords, &c. to pave the Streets before their Houses. Surveyors of the Highways to view the Streets, and see that the same are paved, and to make Returns of such Landlords, whose Pavements shall be out of Repair; and to give Notice for repairing thereof, and may cause the same to be amended, after 20 Days Neglect. If the Tenant shall pay, he may deduct the same out of the Rent. Justices may make Presentments of Default in the Pavement of the Streets. Persons aggrieved may appeal."

C A P. XX. An Act for encouraging the Growth and Culture of Raw Silk in his Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in America.

For former Laws see 19 H. 7. c.21. 13 & 14 Car. 2, c. 13 & 15. 20-Car. 2. c. 6. W. & M. stat. 1. c. 9. 5 & 6 W. & M. c. 20. 1 Geo. 2. c. 17. 23 Geo. 2. c. 9. 2 6 & 7 W. 3. c. 18. 8 & 9 W. 3. c. 36. 9 & 10 W. 3. c. 30 & 43.

HEREAS it will greatly tend to the Increafe and Improvement of the Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom, to encourage the Growth and Culture of Silk in his Majesty's Dominions in America; May it therefore please your Majesty, that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same,

That from and after the twenty-fourth Day of June one thousand seven hundred and fifty, it shall and may be lawful to import any Raw Silks of the Growth and Culture of any of his Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in America, directly from thence into the Port of London, without paying any Subsidy, Custom, Imposition or other Duty whatsoever for the same; so as a due Entry be first made thereof in the Custom-house, at the Time of Importation, in the same Manner and Form (expressing the Package, Marks and Numbers, together with the Quantities and Qualities of the respective Goods) as was used and practised before the making of this Act; and so as the same be landed in the Presence of, and examined by the proper Officer or Officers of the Customs appointed for that Purpose; and so as the same be imported in Ships or Vessels, that may lawfully trade to his Majefty's  Plantations, manned as by Law is required; and on Failure of the said Conditions or Directions herein last mentioned, such Silks shall be liable to the Payment of the respective Duties, as if this Act had never been made,}}

II. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That in order to intitle the Importer and Importers of Raw Silk, to the Exemption intended by this Act, every Merchant, or other Person or Persons whatsoever, who shall, after the twenty-fourth Day of June one thousand seven hundred and fifty, load any Raw Silk on Board any Ship or Vessel, in any of the British Colonies or Plantations in America, shall, before the Clearing out of the said Ship or Vessel from thence, make Proof, on Oath, before the Collector and Comptroller of the Customs, and Naval Officer, at the Port or Place where such Raw Silk shall be put on Board, or any two of them, that the Raw Silk, which he, she or they hath or have shipped on Board the said Ship or Vessel (expressing the Quantity thereof) is bona fide of the Growth and Culture of some or one of the British Colonies or Plantations in America, expressing the Parish or Place in such Plantation where the same was cultivated and produced, and by whom, producing such Person's Oath therto made before the Governor of such Island or Province, or before the next Justice of the Peace (which Oath the said Governor or Justice of the Peace, Collector and Comptroller of the Customs, and Naval Officer, or any two of them, are hereby required and impowered to administer without Fee or Reward) and the Master, Commander or other Person taking Charge of the Ship or Vessel, on board which such raw Silk shall be loaded, shall also bring with him a Certificate or Certificates from such Collector and Comptroller of the Customs, and Naval Officer, or any two of them, as aforesaid, under their Hands and Seals of Office, (which Certificate or Certificates, such Collector and Comptroller of the Customs, and Naval Officer, are hereby required and directed to grant without Fee or Reward) expressing the Marks, Number, Tale and Weight of the Raw Silk, in each Bale, Parcel or other Package whatsoever, so shipped or loaded on Board such Ship or Vessel, with the Names, Place or Places of Abode of the Exporter or Exporters thereof, from the said British Colonies or Plantations in America; and the Name or Names, Place or Places of Abode of such other Person or Persons, who shall have sworn the Goods therein mentioned to have been of the Growth and Culture of the said British Colonies or Plantations in America; and the Name or Names of the Person or Persons to whom the same are consigned in the Port of London;  which Certificate or Certificates, the said Master, Commander or other Person taking Charge of such Ship or Vessel, shall,  on his Arrival in the said Port of London, deliver to the Collector, Comptroller or other Chief Officer of the his Majesty's Customs at the said Port, at or before the Entry of the said Raw Silk; and at the same Time