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 466 C. 4 — 6. Anno vicelimo fexto Georgii IT. A. D. 1753. eighteenth Year of your Mujefly's Reign further granted and continued :' Nowwc your Mpjcfty's moft dutiful and loyiil SubjccSts, the Connmons of Great j5///r//« in Parliami nt aflembicd, gratefully acknowledging y.our Majefi:y's tender Care of the Welfare of your People, in recommending to us from your rhronf,the ■ Continuance of our Attention to the Reduction of the national Debt, the Improvement of the publick Re- venue, and augmenting the Sinking Fund, and being defirous to make further Provifion for thofc Purpofes ; „. J o the end that the Nation may thereby acquire additional Credit, Power and Security, have unanimoufly relolved to give and grant to your Majefty, your Heirs and Succeflbrs for ever, the faid Rates and Duties upon Salt, and upon P^ed and White Herrings, by the faiJ Jaft mentioned A6t of the eighteenth Year of your Majefty's Reign, continued for the Term of fix Years, fuhjcct neverthelefs to be redeemed by Parlia- ment^:_ And do therefore moil: humbly befeech your Majefly that it may be enacted ; and Be it cnaited by the King's moft excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem- J,'u '^an'riiT""'^^- ^"^ Commons, in this prefent Parliament affemblcd, and by the Authority of the fame. That from and'w.iite Her- ^"'^ t'*!''"'^ '■'^'^ Expiration of the Term of fix Years, for which the faid Rates and Duties were continued by ling'! made t^e laid AQ. of the eighteenth Year of his Majefty's Reign, the fcveral and refpedive Rates and Duties perpetual J upon Salt, and upon Red and White Herrings, fo by the faid laft mentioned Adt continued, fliail be and are hereby granted and made payable unto his Mjjelly, his Heirs and Succeifors for ever, fubject neverthe- fiibj.-a to the lefs to Redemption by Parliament ; and that the fame fiiall be managed, raifcd, levied, collefled, fecurcd «uiei, &c. of and paid, in fuch Manner and Form, and by and under fuch Powers, Authoriiies, Penalties, Forfeitures, iSGeo.2. c. 5. Provifions, Reftridlions and Regulations, for managing, raifmg, levying, collc6ting, fccuring and paying the fame, and with fuch Allowances for prompt Payment, and for Walte on Salt carried Coaftwife, or to Ireland, and for Fifli, Beef and Pork exported to Parts beyond the Seas, and with fuch other Allowances, and with iuch Drawbacks or Debentures, on account of Duties paid or fecured to be paid, for Salt ex- ported to Parts beyond the Seas, as are particularly mentioned in the Afts recited in the faid ASt of the eighteenth Year of his Majefty's Reign, or in any other Aft now in Force, rJatingto the faid feveral Rates ?nd Duties ; and that fo much of the faid Adf, and of the Afts therein recited, and of every other A& as is nov/ in Force, and as relates to the managing, raifmg, levying, collc<fting, fecuring and paying of the i'M Rates and Duties, or the faid Allowances, Drawbacks and Debentures, fhall be and remain in full Force and Effect for ever, as fully and amply to all Intents and Purpofes as if the fame were particularly- recited, cxprefl'ed and enacSted in the Body of this ASk. Ditties on Salt in II, Provided neverthelefs, and be it enafted and declared, That the Duties on Salt arifing and payable ia foThe Cha^r'^l's'^ ■^^"' ^^-''' °^ Great Britain called Scotland, are and {hall be fubjefl: to the fame or the like Charges thereon, rceo. i.^c?'zo/'" ^y^^ iime. Manner as the fame Duties were liable or fubje£l to by an Aft made in the fifth Vear of the ^cign oi Wszt&M:{]e{ky ]L g George t^&Yr^, {mniulzA, An Ai^ for fettling certiiin yearly Funds payable ou^ of the Revenue of Scotland, to fatisfy puhllck Debts in Scotland, and other Ufes mentioned in the Treaty of Union ; and to difcharge the Equivalents claimed on Behalf of ScoilznA, in the Terms of the fame Treaty; and for obviating all future Difputes, Charges and Expences concerning thofe Equivalents) any Thing in this Aft con- tained to the contrary notwithftanding. ff'^PrincfaTand ^^^' ^^^ ^^ " ^'^''l^^'" cnafted by the Authority aforefaid. That after all the Orders of Loan made forth Intereft'^o/the '" purfuance of the faid Aft of the eighteenth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, together with all In- Loan on tereft due thereupon, fhall be fully difcharged and fatisfied, or Money fufficient Ihall be referved for that iS G'.-o. 2. c. 5. Purpoie, all the Monies which flia 1 from Time to Time arife at the Receipt of the Exchequer, as well of thefe Duties ro or for the faid Rates and Duties by the faid Aft of the eighteenth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign con- ' and fuch ^ _ ^ . _ __, the and 2 Cm. 3/f. faid Fund, are orfliall be direfted by Authority of Parliament to be iflued and applied^ and for norther "4' Ufe, Intent or purpofe whatfoever. CAP. IV. An Aft for granting an Aid to his Majefly by a Land Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year one Thoufand feven hundred and fifty-three. EXP. At 2s. in the Pound. CAP. V. An Aft for punlfhing Mutiny and Defertion ; and for the better Payment of the Arm^y and their Qitarters. EXP. CAP. vr. An. Aft to oblige Ships more efFeflually to perform their Quarencine ; and for the better pre- venting the Plague being brought from foreign Parts into Great Britain or Ireland^ or the Ifles of Guernfey^ Jsrfey, Alderney, Sark ox Man. 9 A^m- c 2. 7 _ (?«. i.y». i.c3.< ^Jl 7FIEREAS it is necefTary that fomeProvifion be made by Parliament, for obliging Ships and Per- ZCco. I. f. S, 10 t YV fons coming from Places infefted with or frequently fubjeft to the Plague, to perform Quarentine L c i-i ' e'ca. ' ij^ f"<^h Manner as hath been or fl^iall be ordered by his Majefly, his Heirs or SuccelTors ; and for punifh- a! /. 34. ' ' ing Offenders therein in a more expeditious Manner thaxi can be done by the ordinary Methods of Law ;'