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 A. D. 1758; Anno tricefimo fecundo Georgii II. C. 12, 13, 337 In nurfuancc and by the Authority of this A<a ; and if it fhall appear fo to have been done-, the Jury ihall find for the Defendant or Defendants ; and if the Plaintiff (hall be nonfuitcd, or difcontinue his Adion, after the Defendant or Defendants fhall have appeared j or if Judgment fhall be given ', upon any Verdia or Demurrer againft the Plaintiff, the Defendant or Defendants fhall and may re- cover Treble Coils, and have the like Remedy for the fame, as any Defendant or Defendants hath Treble CoASj or have in other Cafes by Lzw. CAP. XII. An Ad to difcontinue, for a limited Time, the Duties payable upon Tallow imported , from Ireland. ted by the King's moft Excellent Majcfty, by and with the Advice and Confcnt of the Lords Spiri- tual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prcfcnt Parliament affemblcd, and by the Authority of the fame. That from and after the firfl; Day oi May one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, no^^elmportnionofTal- Subfidy, Cuftom, Rate, Duty or other Impofition whatfoever, fhall be demanded, colleacd, re- J^'-^ ^"'''^^'^ f«^ 5 V'-*", ceived or taken, upon any Tallow un-manufa6lured into Candles or Soap, which fliail be imported ^""^ ^ ^ ^^ *7^9* into this Kingdom from Ireland; but that all .fuch Tallow fhall and may be imported Duty free for the Space of five Years, from the faid firlt Day of Alay one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, or at any Time thereafter before the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament; any former Lav/, Statute, or Aft or A£ts of Parliament, to the contrary notwithftanding. IL Provided always, and be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That a due Entry fhall I'lUry to b« made ' be made of all fuch Tallow at the Cuftom-houfe belonging to the Port into which the fame fhall be '^l^srcofi imported, in fuch Manner and Form, and exprefling the Quantities of fuch Tallow, as were ufed and pra6Hfed before the making of this A61 ; and fuch Tallow fhall be landed in the Prefence of the and the Tame to b? landed proper Officer or Officers of the Cuftoms appointed for that Purpofe ; and if any Perfon or Perfons '^ ''^^ fre'.cnce of an upon the Importation of any Tallow from Ireland, fhall not obferve and perform the faid Conditi- "'^"'■• ons and Directions herein before mentioned, every fuch Perfon fhall be liable to, and pay fuch and ^^'^^^^'f- the fame Duties, as fuch Tallow would have been liable to if this Aft had not been made j any thing in this Aft contained to the contrary notwithftanding. III. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Aftion or Suit fhall be Limitation of Anions, commenced againfl any Perfon or Perfons for any Thing done in purfuance of this Aft, the Defen- dant or Defendants in any fuch Aftion or Suit, may plead the General Iffue, and give this Aft and GeacralliTae, the Special Matter in Evidence, at any Trial to be had thereupon; and that the fame was done in purfuance and by the Authority of this Aft ; and if it fliall appear fo to have 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 (hall have appeared; or if Judgment fhall be given upon any Verdift or Demurrer againfl the Plaintiff, the Defendant or Defendants fliall and may re- cover Treble Cofls, and have the like Remedy for the fame, as any Defendant or Defendants hath Treble Coils. or have in other Cafes by Law. Extended by t (7.o. 5. .. 10. to Hogi Lard and CAP. XIII. <^rcalc. An A6t for draining and preferving certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds in the Parifhes of Somerjhamj and Pidley with Fenton, and the Parifh of CoInCt in the County of Huntingdon. WHEREAS certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds (Part of the Great Level of the Fens Preamble, called Bedford Level) in the Parifhes of So?}ierJham, and Pidley with Fentoti and Colne^ in the County oi Huntingdon^ lately belonging to Sir Tho7na5 Drury Baronet, Dinghy AJkham Efquire, Rebecca Milhourn, Widow, William Underwood and Charles Leeds, Gentlemen; and containing in the whole by Eftimation, one thoufand four hundred Acres or thereabouts, the Boundaries whereof are as follow; that is to fay. Beginning from the North WqA: Corner of the Farm belonging to Charles Leeds, next to JVilliam tJnderivood's Hither High Fen Farm, in Somerjham aforefaid, and next to Fenton Load; and from thence, along the faid Fe}iton Load, to Fenton Willows, by the North Faff Corner of Miflrefs Rebecca Milbourns Land; and from thence by the River of IFeJi Water, to Croivlade Common, to Chatteris Chclm, up to the Hard Lands there ; and from thence, b'V the faid River of Weji Water, to Hammond's Fan Bridge, at Somerjlmm Toll; and from thence along the faid Hammond's Eau to the Drain called Leeds's Twelve Foot Drain, and along the faid Twelve Foot Drain, to the South Weft Corner of the laid Charles Leeds's Farm; and from thence along the Drain between William Underwood's Hither High Fen Farm, and the faid Farm belong- ing to the laid Charles Leeds, to Fenton Load, are fubje6t to be overflowed, but are capable of being drained, and thereby greatly improved : And whereas the faidLands and Grounds adjoin or lie contiguous to feveral of the Lands and Grounds mentioned and defcribed in an A6t made in the ■*' twenty-fccond Year of his prefent Majefly's Reign, intituled, An Aii for draining and preferving „ Ceo 2. Vot. VIIL Xx • 'certain
 * "ITT HE R E A S the allowing, for a limited Time, the free Importation of Tallow from />-<^- Pveamblc,
 * W ^^>"^i t"2y tend to the Eafe of the Publick, and Advantage of the Revenue, by reducing
 * the Price, and encouraging the Confumption, of Candles in this Kingdom;' Be it therefore enac-