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 290 C. 36. Anno tricefimo primo Georgii II. A. D. i757» puted from the twenty-fourth Day o^June one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-three, and to the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament; and which by feveral fubfequent A6ts n)ade in the eleventh, nineteenth, twenty-fixth and twenty-ninth Years of the Reign of his prefcnt Majefty» was further continued until the twenty-fourth Day oi June one thoufand feven hundred and fifty- £ i-"i"'T5 ^rl?r '^^"^' ^^'1 be> a''*^ the fame is hereby further continued from the Expiration thereof, until the bTlcec. . f! 9 •^'"^^"'^ twenty-ninih Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-one. PartofAti 'Sci6 ^^ ■ •^"'^ ^^ '^ f'-uther enacted by tlie Authority aforefaid. That fo much of an ACt made in the Geo. 2. c. 15^ relating fifteenth and fixteenth Years of his prefent Majefty's Reign, intituled. An A<1 to impower the Im- to the Landing "~ 1-... r. r- ^ t^ ■ n r, kr. before Dt which was coati; feveisl I'ubfeqi. before Payment of the Duties of Excife, and to the Lodging of the fame in Warehoufes at the Ex*' pence of the Importers or Proprietors thereof j which was to continue in Force until the twenty- ninth Day oi September one thoufand feven hundred and forty-nine, and from thence to the End of ilGco. 2. c. i6. the th(.n next Seffion of Parliament j and which, by an A£t made in the twenty-third Year of the- Reign of his prefent Majefly, was further continued from the Expiration thereof, until the twenty- ninth Day o( September one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-feven, and from thence to the End of further fcntinued to 2^ the then next Seflion of Parliament ; fhall be, and the fame is hereby further continued from the- icpt. 1764. Expiration thereof until the twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and fixty- four, and from thence to the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament. V. And whereas no certain Time is appointed for the Proprietor or Proprietors, Importer or Im-- porters, of all or any Kind of foreign Liquors liable to the Duties of Excife on the Importation, thereof, to make due Entry thereof with the Officer of Collcftor appointed for the Excife in the Port or Place where the fame (hall be imported, and to pay the Duties for the fame; and feveral Perfons have refufed or neglected, for a long Time after the Importation of fuch foreign excifeable Liquors, to make due Entry thereof, and have infiited to keep the fame on board, and even in fome Cafes, when the Ships have been put into the Docks to be repaired ; by which Adeans the Payment of, the Duties due for the fame, have been unfairly poftponed and kept back, and the Revenue un- iieceirariiy put to a very confiderable Expence by keeping Tydefmen on board ; and great Opportu-^ nities are allb obtained for imbezilling or running on Shore all or Part of the faid foreign or excife- able Liquors, without Payment of any Duties for the fame, notwithftanding the utmoil Care and Vigilance of the Officer to prevent the fame: For Remedy v/hereof, be it enadted by the Authority Foreign Liquersliable to aforefaid. That from and after the fifth Day of July one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-eight, the the Duties oi Excife, are Proprietor or Proprietors, Importer or Importers, of any Kind of foreign Liquors, liable to the Du- n%3aVterthe Re on'is ^'^^ of Excife, within thirty Days next after the Mafter or Purfer for that Voyage of the Ship or. made ot the Contents Veflel wherein the faid foreign excifeable Liquors, or any of them, fliall be imported or brought 3ndi>o...dingoftbe Ship; into the Kingdom oi Great Britain, fhall have or ought to have made a juft and true Entry or Re- port upon Oath, of the Burthen, Contents and Loading, of fuch Ship or Veflel, in purfuance of the Directions of the Statute made in the thirteenth and fourteenth Years of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled. An Act for preventing Frauds, and regulating Abufes in his MajejNs Cu- Jioms ; fhall make due Entry with the Officer or Collector appointed for the Excife, in the Port ot. Place where fuch foreign excifeable Liquors fhall be imported, of all fuch foreign excifeable Liquors* on board of fuch Ship or Veffel belonging to fuch Proprietor or Proprietors, Importer or Importers ;. aad the Duties to be raid and fliall then, or before, fatisfy and pay the Duties of Excife due and payable for and in refpedt of thcDjor b-foie, and the the faid foreign excifeable Liquors, and land the fame; on Pain to f'orfeit for every Neglect or; Liquors ijnded, Refufal to make due Entry or Payment, or to land the fame, according to the Diredtions of this «n Forfeiture of the Li- ^£^^ ^lW fuch foreign cxcifeable Liquors, with the Cafks and Package wherein the fame fliall be con- ijuors, With the Fackaije. ^^j^^j ^^ board fuch Ship or Veflel belonging to fuch Proprietor or Proprietors, Importer or Im- porters of the fame, fo negleding or rcfufing, which fhall and may be fcizcd by any Officer or Offi- cers of the Excife. During the Contiiiuanci VI. Provided always, and it is hereby declared and ena£ted by the Authority aforefaid, That fo, r,f the recited Aciof 15 long as the faid A6t of the fifteenth and fixteenth Years of his Majefty's Reign fliall be continuedii i 16 Geo. 2. c. 25. the and in Force, nothing in the Claufe laft before mentioned fhall extend, or be conftrucd to extend, lai* '""""^"^*'^ p'"|^"^ in any wife to prevent or hinder the Proprietor or Proprietors, Importer or Importers, of any Rum SFirit*tf*t'he Biuifli Su- ^^ Spirits of the Growth, Produce or Manufacture of the Britifl) Sugar Plantations, as fliall be im- gar Plantations; ported into the Kingdom of Great Britain, dircCtly from the faid Sugar Plantations, or any of them- but the fame may be fan Entry of fucli Rum or Spirits being firft made within the faid thirty Days, as directed by the laiidid, and Security gi- faid Claufc laft before mentioned] from forthwith landing fuch Rum or Spirits, and putting the fame. VI n fcr the Duties aj the jptQ fuch Warchoufe or Warehoufes, and from giving fuch Security for the due Payment of the iwited Act -directs. Duties of Excife, in purfuance of the Diredtions of the faid Act of the fifteenth andiixtecnth Years of his Majefty's Reign, if he, (he or they, fhall chufe fo do do,, within the faid Term of thirty. Days, inEntrifsofFcreign Li- VII. And it is hereby further cna(5tcd by the Authority aforefaid, That in all Entries or Reports • quots, purfjaiit to Act of any foreign Liquors, liable to the Duties of Excife, to be made by the Mader or Purfer of any J3 & J4 Car. 2. Ship or Veflel, in purfuance of the faid Adt of the thirteenth* and fourteenth Years of the Reign o£ King Charles the Se.cond, the Number ofCafks or other Package, with the particular Numbers and M^k2 piiifuant to the Ail of J3 & ]4Car. i. c.^ii.