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 A. D. 1757. Anno tricefimo primo GeorgiiII. C. 32. 279 ,„^.. „ ... „- e by iioners for the Duty of Excife for the Time being ; and the Duty for the fame fhall be paid at the Commiflioners, and the Chief Office of Excife in London, or at any other Place, and to fuch Perfon or Perfons as the faid Dutytobepaidthere,&c. Commiffioners for the Time being fhall appoint to deliver out fuch Licences, and to receive the faid Duty ; but if fuch Licences fhall be taken out without the Limits aforefaid, then fuch Licences in other Places, to b- {hall be granted under the Hands and Seals of the fcveral Colle£tors and Supervifors of Excife within g^nted by the Collectors their refp^aive Colleaions and Diftrids, and the Duty for the fame fhall be paid by all and every j'^";^47™[4^°;^^/'^^ the Perfons fo taking out fuch Licences at the Office of Excife next adjoining to the Place where p^,jy (^ be paid'at the they refpeaively refide or inhabit, or at any other Place, and to fuch Perfons as his Majcfly's Com- next Office, miffioners of Excife for the Time being fliall appoint to deliver out fuch Licences, and to receive the faid Duty; and in cafe fuch Licences be taken out within the Limits of the City o' Edinburgh Licences within the Li- fuch Licences fhall be granted under the Hands and Seals of two or more of his Majefty's Commif- mitsof theCity of Edin- fioners of Excife m Scotland iov the Time being; and the Duties for the fame fhall be paid at the 3^'^)^° J^^^^^^^ Chief Office of Excife in ^i/^^wrg-^, in the fame Manner as is herein before direded in Reg;ird to Excife in Scotland, and the Licences to be taken out in London^ IVeJimin/iery or in any other Parts within the Limits or Ju- the Duty to be paid at rifdiction of the Chief Office of Excife in London-, but if fuch Licences fnall be taken out in any the Chief Office of Excife other Part of iSfof/fyW, without the Limits aforefaid, then fuch Licences fhall be granted under the ^'^'-''■^ 5 Hands and Seals of the ieveral Collcdors and Supervifors of Excife in Scotland^ within their refpec- j" other Places in Scot- tive Colleaions and Diftrids ; and the Duties for the fame fliall be paid in like Manner as is herein SaorTalTwvi- before direiled with regard to the Licences to be taken out in England, without the Limits or Jurif- ^^^^ of Excife for'theDi- diaion of the Chief Office of Excife in Lcrt^sw ; and fuch refpe6tive Commiffioners of Excife, and ftria, and the Duty to be the Perfons appointed by them lefpeaively, and alfo all fuch Colleaors and Supervifors, are hereby paid at the next Office. refpeaively authorized and required to grant and deliver fuch Licences to all Perfons applying for Licences to be granted to the fame, upon their Payment of forty Shillings for each Licence. ^'^ Perfons applying, upon paying the Duty of 40 s. IV. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That every Perfon or Perfons who fhall ^ nr-, , take out any fuch Licence as aforefaid, is and are hereby required to take out a frefli Licence ten om andrencwe^d e^very"* Days at leaft before the Expiration of twelve Calendar Months after the taking out the firft Licence, Yearj before he, fhe or they do prefume to trade in, vend or fell any Gold or Silver Plate, and in the fame Manner to renew every fuch Licence from Year to Year, paying down the like Sum of forty Shil- lings for each and every new or renewed Licence, at the Places and at the Times before menti- oned; and if any Perfon or Perfons fhail, after the faid fifth Day of jfuly one thoufand feven hun- dred and fifty-eight, prefume or offer to trade in, vend or fell any Gold, or Silver Plate, without firfl taking out fuch Licence, an i renewing the fame yearly, in Manner aforefaid, he, fhe or they on Penalty of forfeiting (hall refpeaively forfeit and lofe the Sum of twenty Pounds for each Offence. 20 1- V. Provided always, and be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after Duty remitted on Plate the faid firft Day of yune one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-eight, no Duty fhall be paid for, or unfinlfhed and not fit for in refpea of, any Quantity of Silver Plate which hath been, or fhall be, entered upon the Books of Ufe before 1 June 1758, the Excife Officers, and which fhall not be finifhed and fit for Ufe before the faid firft Day of June ; but that the Perfons in whofe Names fuch Entries are or fhall be made, fhall be exonerated from all Duty upon fuch Plate, or fo much thereof, as they fhall produce to the Officers of Excife, after the faid Day, unftnifhed and n'ot fit for Ufe. VJ. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That all Perfons ufing the Trade of Perfons deemed Traders Publick Sale, or by Commiffion, fhall refpeaively be deemed Traders in, Sellers or Venders- of Gold or Silver Plate, within the Intent and Meaning of tliis Aa, and fhall take out a Licence for the fame. VII. Provided always. That Perfons in Partnerfhip, and carrying on their Trade or Bufinefs in in Copartner/hipo, where one Houfe, Shop or Tenement only, fhall not be obliged to take out more than one Licence in any Trade is carried on in one one Year, for the carrying on fuch Trade or Bufinefs ; and that no Licence for trading in, felling ^°"''= °"^y> 0"^ Licence or vending Gold or Silver F^ate, fhall authorize and impower any Perfon or Perfons to whom the '^ '"'^'^'«"':' fame may be granted, and who ihall fell fuch Gold or Silver Plate in Shops, to trade in, fell or vend u*^^r"J° ^'^'^^ for the fuch Gold or Silver Plate, in any other Shop or Place, except in fuch Houfes or Places thereunto which it was°erant°ed belonging, wherein he, Pne or they fhall inhabit and dwell, at the Time of granting fuch Licence, or in Booths or Stalls at Fairs or Markets. VIII. And be it further enaaed by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid fifth Duties to be paid over Day of July one thoufand feven hundred and fifty- eight, all the Money arifing bv the faid Duty on '"to the Exchequer, f<pa- Licences (the necefi'ary Charges of raifing and accounting for the fame excepted /fnall, from. Time chlVo7"he '.utltk Re"" to Time, be paid into the Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer at ;^/^^/?7wV///a-, feparate and apart venues, and lo be applied from all other Branches of the publick Revenues; and are hereby appropriated, and fhall be ap- to the fame ufes as the plied to the fame Ufes and Purpofcs, and in fuch Manner, as ihe faid Duty hereby repealfed is, by Duty en Plate. the faid Aa made in the fixth Year of his late Majefty's Reign, appropriated unto and direaed to be applied, fubjeato fuch Redemption as is mentioned in the faid Aa with refpea to the faid Duty,