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 A. D. 1757. Anno tricefimo primo Georgii !!• C. 29. 255 cnfuing; and that all Perfons (hall be and are hereby exempted, freed and difcharged from the without bemj M^'y a to any i Payment of all Subfidies, Cufloms, Rates, Duties or other Irnpofitions, and alfo from all Pe- Penalties or Forfeitures^ Salted Beef, Pork and Butter into this Kingdom from Ireland^ during the Term atorefaid, other than fuch as herein after are mentioned in refpedt thereof j any Ait or A6ts of Parliament to the contrary notvvithftanding. II. Provided always, and to the Intent that the Revenue arifmg from Salt may not be pre- -* judiced by fuch Importation of Salted Beef, Pork and Butter from Ire/and; Be it enacted. That or other Duties, on the Landing after the faid twenty- fourth Day of 3^^^^^ one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-eight, during !jl*"'^°'' ^'"" ^ ^-3 'j^ P*^""^* the Continuance of this Act, there fhall be paid to fuch Officer as the Commiffioners for the ^' ""^ " °^ °' " Duties on Salt for the time being fhall appoint, at the Port in England into which any fuch Salted Beef, Pork or Butter, fhall, in purfuance of this A61, be imported from Ireland, and befo.'e any Part thereof fhall be delivered out to the Perfon or Perfons to whom the fame fhall belong or be configned, the Sum of one Shilling and three Pence for every hundred Weight of all fuch Salted Beef or Pork ; and the Sum of four Pence for every hundred Weight of all fuch and 4d. per C. Wt. for Butterj. Salted Butter ; and fo in Proportion for any greater or leffer Qi^iantity than an hundred Weight of any fuch Salted Beef, Pork or Butter, as or for Ciiflom or for Duty, on or in refpect there- of; the Money fo arifmg by the Importation of the faid Salted Beef, Pork or Butter, to be paid the fame to be p.. id In'o the Ex- into his Majefly's Exchequer as Part of the Duties on Salt laid on by an AcT: in the fifth Year "^Muer, as Part of the Duties on. of his prefent Majefly's Reign, and continued by feveral fubfequent Ads. ^^''' '^"^ ^^ "^^ ^^^ "' 5 Geo. 2. III. And be it enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall, after ifa„yflia]i be landed before Duty the faid twenty-fourth Day oi June one thoufand feven hundred and fifty eight, during the paid, the importer, befides the Continuance of this A61, land any fuch Salted Beef, Pork or Butter into this Kingdom from Forfeiture of the fsid Commo- heland^ before Payment of the Duty or Duties by this A61 fpecified and direded, the fame J^'^Y '° ^"'^^^"^"^^ ^°^' ^''^ fliall be forfeited and lofl, and twenty Shillings /)^r Barrel for every Barrel thereof; and fo in ^"'^ '^ Proportion for any greater or lefTer Quantity, to be recovered of the Importer or Proprietor thereof; and that all fuch Forfeitures and Penalties fhall be diftributed in Manner following ; that is to fay, one Moiety thereof to the King, his Heirs and Succeflors, and the other Moiety One Moiety thereof todicKing, " thereof to the Perfon or Perfons who fhall feize, fue or inform for the fame; to be recovered the other to the Informer. by A(5tion of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of his Majefly's Courts of Record at JVeftminJier. IV. Provided always, and it is hereby ena6led. That no Bounty fhall be allowed or paid for No Bounty to be allowed on the ny fuch Salted Beef or Pork, fo imported into this Kingdom from Ireland^ and which fhall be exporting ihtieof from hence. Aported from hence elfewhere. V. And be it further enafled by the Authority aforefaid. That if any A£lion or Suit fhall be commenced againfl any Perfon or Perfons for any Thing done in Purfuance of this Ac?!:, the Defendant or Defendants iii any fuch Acftion or Suit, may plead the General IfTue, and give General IfTue. this Aft, and the Special A4atter, in Evidence, at any Trial to be had thereupon, and that the ime was done in purfuance, and by the Authority of this A6t ; and if it fliall appear fo to lave been done, the Jury fhall find for the Defendant or Defendants ; and if the Plaintiff fhall be nonfuited, or difcontinue his Aftion, after the Defendant or Defendants fhall have appeared; jr if Judgment fhall be given, upon any Verdift or Demurrer, againft the Plaintiff, the De- fendant or Defendants fliall and may recover Treble Cofts, and have the like Remedy for the Treble Cofe, fame, as any Defendant or Defendants hath or have in other Cafes by Law. Conf.r.ued Ly t^x Geo z,c..u C A P. XXIX. An A£l for the due Making of Bread ; and to regulate the Price and Afllze thereof* and to puniOi Perfons who fhall adulterate Meal, Flour or Bread. d amended by j Geo, reciting Adt 51 ficji,. ' in the eighth Year of the Reign of her late Majefly Qiieen Ann', intituled. An A£l to regnlaterli^]^^^z c 18. ' related to the Aflize of Bread, was repealed, annulled, and made void ; and the faid A.ft made in ' tinue in Force for three Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Sefiion of Parli- ' ment, but by fomc fubfequent Afts of Parliament, the faid in Part recited Acl made in the faid; ' eighth Year of her faid Majelly Queen Ann, with feveral Alterations and Amendments there- ' to, hath been continued until the twenty-fourth Day oi June one thoufand feven hundred and; ' fifty-fcven, and from thence to the End of the then next Seflioii of Parliament :. And whereas ' it is expedient to reduce into one Aft the feveral Laws now in Force relating to the due Ma- ' king, and to the Price and AfTize of Bread, and to make fome Alterations in, and Amend- ^ ' ments to the fame;' Be it therefore enafted by the King's m.oft. Excellent Majefty, by and; ! with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this pre- fent Parliament afiembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That the fliid Aft made in the-The recited Aa of 8 Anne-,- an^!' faid eighth Year of the Reign of her faid late Majcdy Queen Ann, and all Alterations and other Afts fubkque.-t, and re'atma^ Amendments made by any Afts of Parliam.ent fubfequent thereto, for continuing, explaining or thereto, continu^d.ta-sg Sept.. twenty,-
 * nalties. Forfeitures, Payments and Punifiiments for or upon account of importing or bringing
 * the Price and AJfize of Bi-cad, fo much of the faid Aft (intituled, Ajjifa Panis & Cervifia) as '
 * the faid eighth Year of the Reign of her faid late Majefly Qijeen Ann, was only made to con-
 * amending the fame, is and are hereby further continued from the Expiration thexeofj until the ^^jSj