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 A.D. 1757. Anno tricefimo primo Georgii 11. C. 36. 291 Marks of each of them, and the particular Kind of Liquors contained in each Cafk or other Pack- t5ie Number of Ca/ks, or aee on board of each refpedive Ship or Veflel, (hall be inferted in fuch Entries or Reports, en °-*'-'/'"^'^''se, with the Pain for every Negled or Refufal thereof, to forfeit fuch Liquor, with the Cafk or other Package [Jerlnran^th^ ctn- wherein the fame fhall be contained, which fhall and may be feized by any Oificer of the Excife j :en s, aretobeinfeited any Law, Cuftom or Ufage to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding : And that all Sei- on Forfeiture of the Li- zures to be made in purfuance of any of the Powers given by this A£t, fhall (ail neceffary Charges quor and Packag8; for the Recovery thereof being firft dedu6led) be employed, one Moiety thereof to and for the Ufe one Moiety to go to the of his Majelty, his Heirs and Succefibrs, and the other Moiety to the Seizer or Profecutor. King, the other toihs VIII. And, in order to enable the Gangers or Officers of the Excife, the better to afcertain the Seiger. Proof of all foreign imported Liquors, liable to the Duties of Excife ; it is hereby further enaifVed by the Authority aforefaid. That it {hall and may be lawful to and for Ihe Gaugers or Officers of the Ganger may take a Sam- Excife, at any Time or Times, to take a Sample or Samples (not exceeding one Quart in the whole) pj^£ of the Liquors, m or- out of each of the Calks or other Package, containing fuch foreign Spirituous Liquors, paying for jj*ng' f^^ the fame' °°^* fuch Sample or Samples of Liquors, after the Rate of fixteen Shillings per Gallon. Concerning Spirituous Li. quors fee farther "^zGeo.z, ■ IX. And whereas by a fudden Fire which broke out in the Work-fhop of Thomas Wat/on of Moj-- <=: ^g- 33 Geo. 2. <.. 9 ris^s Caufeway in the Parifh of Lambeth in the County of Surry, Callicoe Printer, on the eighth Day ^ ^^' cf September one thoufznd feven hundred and fifty- five, two thoufand two hundred and one Pieces of printed Eaji India Callicoes, of the Value of two thoufand two hundred and forty-nine Pounds fifteen Shillings and eleven Pence, were burnt and deftroyed : And whereas fundry Duties were paid at the Cuftom-houfe, London^ upon the Importation of the faid Callicoes, and the fame were inten- ded to have been exported to foreign Parts, being by Law prohibited to be worn in thefe Kingdoms, and upon the Exportation thereof, a Drawback to the amount of feven hundred and thirty-fix Pounds and four Shillings, would have become payable to the Exporter thereof: For the Relief therefore of the faid Thomas Watjon; Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Collector Debenture to be made or other proper Officer of Officers of the Cuftoms, at the Port oi London^ fhall, and he and they are ""t to Thomas Wation, hereby impowered and required, to make out and grant a proper Debenture or Debentures, for the [j^' ^*°' Pieces of C<<1- faid two thoufand two hundred and one Pieces of Callicoes, whereby the faid Thomas Watjon may be i'?r!„ /n ' ^°u'"?'^'*f mtitled to draw back fuch Part or the Duties paid on the Importation or the laid Callicoes, as would the Duties paid oa the have been drawn back upon the Exportation thereof, in the fame Manner as if the faid Callicoes Importation. had been exported to Parts beyond the Seas. X. And whereas the PafTage called The New Pajfage leading from Charing Crofs into Saint 'James's Park, is very narrow, inconvenient and dangerous, and it would be of publick Convenience to widen and render the fame commodious; Beit therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That The New Pa.Tage from the faid Paflage fliall from henceforth be deemed and taken to be one of the Ways, Streets, Ave- Charing Crofs into St. nues or Paflages, within the Defciption of an Act pafTed in the twenty-ninth Year of the Reign of James's Park, is to be his prefent Maiefty, intituled. An JSi to enable the Commijioners for building a Bridge crofs the River of^^^^^^1l,^^ ^^^ "^^5" Thames, from the City o/" Weftminfter to the oppofite Shore in the County of Surry, to purchafe Houjes p"u"uantTo'thrAft*of ^nd Grounds, and to widen the Ways, and to make juorefafe and commodious the Streets, Avenues and Paf- 29 Geo. a, fages, leading from Charing Crofs, to the two Houfes of Parliament, Weftminfter Hall, and the Courts offuftice there; and Weftminfter Bridge ; and to enable a lefs Number ofCommifJioners to execute the fe- deral Acfs relating to the faid Bridge, than at prefent are required by Law ; and for Relief of George and James King, with Regard to a Leafe taken by their late Father from the faid Commijftoners, according to the true Intent and Meaning of the faid Act ; and all and every the Powers and Authorities, Claufes, Rules, Forms, Directions, Matters and Things, prefcribed, mentioned, exprefTed and contained in the faid Act, fhall extend, and be deemed and conftrued to extend, to impower the laid Commif- and the CommirTioners fioners, or any five or more of them, to widen and render fafe and commodious for Carriages and are impowered to widen PafTengers on Foot, the faid new PafTage, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purpofes what- the fame accordmgijj foever, and in fuch Manner, and by fuch Ways and Means, as they the faid Commiffioners, or any five or more of them, are authorized and impowed to open and widen any Ways, Streets, Avenues or PafTages, leading from Charing Crofs to the two Houfes of Parliament, Wejlminfer Hall, and the Courts of Juflice there, and Weftminfier Bridge, by virtue of the faid recited Act, or by any of the Powers or Authorities thereby to them given. XL And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That when the faid Commiffioners fhall and to apply fach of the have caufed to be opened and widened all fuch Ways, Streets, Avenues and Paffages, from Cha- Surplus Monies remaia- nW 6><j/} aforefaid, to the two Houfes of Parliament, We/lminjer Hall, and the Courts of Juitice '"S '" *^''' "^"f^= ^'^^^ there, and Wefimin/ier Bridge, according to the Direaions of the faid recited Aa, if any Monies °^73"|;fs;;/gj3^'°'''" granted by Parliament, for the Purpofes of the faid Ad, and the incidental Expenccs thereof, fhall ^^ ^" ' then remain in their Hands, they the faid Commiffioners, or any five or more of them, fhall and they are hereby authorized; dire^ed and required, to apply all fuch Monies, or fo much thereof as fliall be fufficient for that Purpofe, in opening, widening and rendering fafe and commodious for Carriages as dial! be fufficient to and PafTengers on Foot, the faid PafTage now called The New Pajfage, leading from C/^«r/«g^ Cr^y} '■ender the faid N^wPaf- aforefaid into ^-aXnt James's Park, and in defraying the incidental Expences thereof, in fuch Man- ^^S^^^^^^"*^*^°'"'"°"'" ner as they, or any five or more of them, (hall order, dired and appoint, according to the true In- tent and Meaning of this Ail. 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