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 352 C. i8. Anno tricefuno fecundo Georgii II. A. D. 1758. Summons left at the Hioiis, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That every Aich Houfe, or ufual Place of Summons, fo left as aforefaid, fhall be deemed to be a good and fufficient Summons, and as legal Refidenfe of the Party, and cffedtual a Notlcc, as if the fame had been adually delivered to the proper Hands ©f fuch Pcr- deemed iffgal Notice. f^nc tn, ,.,kr,.,, ^Ko f^^^ .„^o U,. VT..,^«. A:.^.a^A In all Cafes relating to the Excif-, Summons fons to whom the fame was by Name directed. II. And for the future, it is hereby enadied. That in all Cafes relating to the Excife, or to any of the other Duties, which now or hereafter may be under the Management of the CommifTioners of ^ir-c'icd to the Party by Excife (except where particular Provifions and Dire61ions are or fliall be ena(5^ed for fummoning hjs Right or anTu.-ned Offenders, or for condemning of Seizures made from Perfons unknown) the leaving fuch Summons S^pJce of Refidence ^^ ^^^ Houfe, Workhoufe, Warehoufe, Shop, Cellar, Vault, or ufua! Place of Refidence of fuch Per- deeined legal Notice. ' fon or Perfons, directed to fuch Perfon or Perfons, by his, her or their right or aifumed Name or - Excectjon. Names, Ihall be deemed to be, and is hereby declared to be as legal and effedhial a Notice and Sum- mons, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the fame was peifonally given or delivered to or into the Hands of the Party or Parties for whom the fame fhall be defigned, and as if the fame was direfled to the Party or Parties to and for whom the fame fhall be defigned, by his, her or their proper Name or N ames. Preamble. Aft 19 Geo. 2. e. 34. 16 Cto. 2. e. 32. fjr'her continued to 29 Sept. 1764. Af> 3T Geo. z. e. 29. Ff firmer Lotus concern- ing Bread refer to ^1 It. 3. St. 6. 8 yinn. t. 18. Diftribution of unapprO' priated Penalties and Forfeitures under the faid A a ; z. One Moiety to the rrofrcutor, where the Offender Ihall be con- victed by Oath, or Sclf- ccnfrflion ; •ud the ether Moiety, uith the Penalties on V/'erghing, 'Irjing, or Seizure of Biead, by a Ma'^iftiate, to fuch Pur- l>oie« as the Magiftratc /hdll think fit. Concerning Bread fee fur- ther 3 Cea. 3 . (. 6 & 1 1 < CAP. XVIII. An A61 to continue fo much of an A6t made in the nineteenth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, as relates to the further Punifhment of Perfons going armed or dif- guifed, in Defiance of the Laws of Cuftoms or Excife •, and to the Relief of the Offi- cers of the Cuftoms in Informations upon Seizures and to appropriate certain Penal- ties mentioned in an Aft made in the laft Sefllon of Parliament, ior the due Making of Bread j and to regulate the Price and Affize thereof ; and to punifh Perfons who fhall adulterate Meal, Flour, or Bread. And be it enacted by the King's nioft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament alfembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That fo much of an Adt made in the nineteenth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled. An Atl for the further Pun'ijh merit of Perfons going armed or difguifed^ in Defiance of the Laws of Ctifloms or Excife ; and for indemnifying Offh-ders againjl thofe Laws, upon the Terms therein mentioned; and for Relief of Officers of the Cujioms in Informations upon Seizures ; which A£l was to continue in Force for the Space of icy^n Years, and from ttience to the End of the then next Sefllon of Parliament ; as relates to the further Puniihment of Perfons going armed or difguifed, in Defiance of the Laws of Cuftoms or Excife, and to the Relief of Officers of the Cuftoms in in- formations upon Seizures ; which, by an A£l made in the twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of his faid Majefty, was further continued from the Expiration thereof until the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-eight, and from thence to the End of the then next SefTion of Parliament, fhall be further continued from the Expiation thereof, until the twenty-ninth Day of Septe?nber one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-four, and from thence to the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament. ' when paid or recovered, go or be diftributed ;' Be it therefore further ena<Si:ed by the Authority aforefaid, 7'hat fuch of the Penalties or Forfeitures which, from and after the twenty-fourth Day of 'June one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, fhall incur or become payable by or under the faid 1 aft-mentioned A£l, or by reafon of any thing therein contained (as by the faid hdi are not particu- larly difpofcd of, or appropriated, how or to whom the fame fhould go or be applied) fhall, when the fame fhall be recovered or paid, go, and be diftributed, in Manner following ; that is to fay, One Moiety thereof, v/here any Oft'ender or Oft'enders fliall be convicted, either by his, her or their own Confcffion, or by the Oath of one or more credible Witnefs or Witneil'cs, (hall go and be paid to the Perfon or Perfons who (hall inform againft, and profecute to Conviction, any fuch Offender or Offenders and the other Moiety thereof, and alio all Penalties and Forfeitures, which, from the faid twenty-fourth Day oijune one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, fhall incur, be due, or payable, under the faid laft-mentioned Aft, on the Weighing, Trying, or Seizure of any Bread, by any Magiftrate or Maj!;iftratcs, Juftice or Juftices, fliall go and be applied for the better carry- ing into Execution the Purpofes of the faid laft mentioned Adt, as any iuch Magiftrate or Magi- , ftrates, Juftice or Juftices, within his or their rcfpedtivc Jurifdidtion. (hall, from time to time, think > fit and order. CAP. XIX.
 * T7 H E R E A S the Law hereafter mentioned, hath by Experience been found ufeful and be-
 * VV neficial, and is near expiring :' May it therefore pleafe your Majefty, that ic may be enacted ;
 * II. And whereas feveral of the Penalties or Forfeitures made payable by an A£l pafTed in the
 * thirty-firft Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, intituled. An J6i for the due Making of Br tad
 * and to regulate the Price and Ajjize thereof 'y and to ptinijh Perfons zvho Jhall adulterate M.eal^ Flour or
 * Bread were not by fuch faid laft-mentioned A£l appropriated how or to whom the fame fhould,