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 A. D. 1753* Anno vicefimo fcxto Georgii IL C. 12, rj. 477 c A P. XI r. An Aft to prevent Wines imported into any of the Out-ports of this Kingdom, being after- •wards brought into the Port of London, or Parts adjacent, without paying the London Duty, LoHt ^. i, , ^o n ». there, and which are afterwards brought to the Port of London by Certificate, are by Law Hable to the'.','^' yEJ.'s- Payment of fo much more Subfidy as is fhort of the Duty due in the Port of London : And whereas great c. 5, ^El. c 5. Qviantities of Wine have of late been brought into London and Places thereunto adjacent, by Land Car- ^^Car.z. c. 25. riage, without Payment of the Difference of the faid refpective Duties ; and in many Cafes Wine is fo '^.f",^' '.5' brought into London without Payment of any Duties, to the great Prejudice of th; pubhck Revenue, and Ica! }"'. c.'i-l. the Detriment of the fair Merchants of this Kingdom ;' Be it enacted by the King's moil Excellent Ma- jefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the lame, That from and after the twenty-ninth No v/inecxceed- Day of September one thoufand fcven hundred and fifty-three, no Wine of any Sort exceeding the Quantity i"g 1° G-Uons, of ten Gallons, which at any Time fliall have been imported from foreign Parts into any Out-port of this '™i™"-''' '""^° Kingdom, fhall be brought, removed or carried from fuch Out-port, or from any other Port or Place bi^rought'to' ^ whatfoever, either by Land or by Water, into the Port of Loudon, or the Members thereof, or to any Place London, or with- whatfoever within the Diftance of twenty Miles from the Royal Excbi-.nge of London, before the Owner or in zoMiiesoftln Proprietor of fuch Wine fliall have paid unto the ColleiStor, or other proper Officer of the Cuftoms neareft i^py^' Exchange, to the Place from whence fuch Wine is intended to be removed, the Duties payable in any of the Out- jJ^'Jl^jJ'jj^^'"" ports, and alfo the Difference of the refpedive Duties payable there and in the Port of London, on the Im- portation of fuch Wine ; and if any Quantity of Wine exceeding in Bottles three Dozen, or in a Caflc or Wine, exceeding Cafks exceeding ten Gallons, fliall at one and the fame Time, and in one and the fame Carriage, be'"^°^^ 3^^°- brought, removed or carried, either by Land or by Water, into the Port of London or the Members thereof, ^o"G°iions"" or to any Place whatfoever within twenty Miles of the faid Royal Exchange, without a Certificate from fuch brought in the Collector, or other proper OfBcer of his Majelly's Cuftoms, expreffing the Quality and Qiiantity of fuch lar.-.e Carriage to Wine, and certifying, that as me the Duties payable upon the firft Importation of fuch Wine at any of^o'^^o^j^with- the Out-ports, as the Difference between the faid Duties, and thofe which are due in the Port of London,}^ i. ''^'.'"^"'^ on the Importation of fuch Wine, have been duly paid and fatisfied, or that the fame was Wine fold for ^^jthou't'Tcei'ci- Salvage, or that the fame h^s been compounded for or condemned, fuch Wine ihall be forfeited and loft, ficaic, &c. ic be: together with the Cafks and Veffels containing the fame, and fhall and maybe fei7:ed by any Ofiicer forfeited, &c. crOfHcers of the Cuftoms, and prolecuted in fuch Manner as any uncuffomcd Wines may be feized and profecuted. II. Provided always, and be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if after the Removal of any If after p.ivment fuch Wines, and after Payment of the Duties payable thereon in any of the Out-ports, and alfo of the* ilieDuti's, DifFeicnce of the refpetlive Duties payable there on the Importation of fuch "Wines, and before the fame 1,^!^^^,^^"^" j' fhall be brought into the Port of London, or the Members thereof, or to any Place whatfoever within the,-iftcdbcio°reHiey Difl'ance of twenty Miles from the Royal Exchange of London, fuch Wine fhall happen to be ftaved, or to be brought into' be loft, or pcrifh, the CommifTioners of his Majefty's Cuftoms, or any three of them, fhall (Proof being ^'^ f'" ofLo-i- made upon Oath to their Saiisfadtion, that fuch Wines have been fo ftaved, or have been loff or periflied""' *'-"■ ^^P'y- as aforefaid) caufe Repayment to be made to the Owner or Proprietor of fuch "Wine, of fo much ?4oneyof the DiShencT as the Difterence of the Duties payable for fuch Wines in any Out-port, and in the Port of London, Sa fjitber cm-' fliall amount to> fuch Repayment to be made out of any of tiic Duties or Cuftoms payable on Wines f.r«.«^// wo ^.^ imported. Geo.2..c.itj. 3s Geo. 2..t. i'*,,^ CAP. XIII. An Aft for the more effrdlually preventing the fraudulent Removal of Tobacco by Land or Water, and for the Eafe of the fair Trader in Tobacco; and for afcertaining the Races payable for the Portage of certain Letters, and for amending and explaining the Laws relating to the Sale of Spirituous Licjuors by Iletail. H E R E A S the feveral Provilions for preventing the fraudulent Removal of Tobacco by Land or 2,1. Geo; a. c. nn Water, contained in an A6t made in the twenty-fourth Year of his prefent Majefty's P^eign, inti- For forme,- Pm-i- tuled. An Alii for the more effetiual fecuring the Duties upon Tobacco, have Commencement from the'twenty-.^'"'""™'S^'- ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-one; notwithftanding which Provifions,ff'"' ^" " fuch Tobacco as was imported before that Time, hath been or may be removed by Land or Water, c^,'.' 2' "j ,' ^ otherwife than by the faid A£t is direfted, inafmuch as the fame havir.g been imported before that Time, fifjKjaV.r.j.if,, cannot be fubjeiSl to the Regulations prefcribed by the fiiid Aft : And whereas the Continuance of this ? J/»-^- '"• 4- 7 Liberty may encourage the Importers or PofTefTors of uncuftomed Tobacco, to pretend that the fame^^'^' 3--- '°- was imported before the faid twenty-ninth Dz-y of Septe-mber one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-one, 'j,"^^„^'^' and under that Pretence, Tobacco imported fince that Time, and Tobacco Stalks ftripjied,. and Snufi'6 j?„«/,-. 12.' 'g_ ' mana--^-''"' c 15^ i-.