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 A. D. 1758. Anno tricelimo fecundo Georgii IL C. 24. 363 hundred and fifty-nine any Pawnbroker fhall prefume or oftcr to trade in, vend or fell any Gold or Silver Plate, or any Goods or Wares in which any Gold or Silver is or fhall be manufactured ; or if any Perfon fhall prefume or ofFer to ufe or pradtife the Trade or Bufinefs of a Refiner of Gold or Silver and fuch Pawnbroker or Perfon refpeitively fhall not have firft taken out a Licence, for which the faid Duty of five Pounds fliall have been paid, or fhall not have renewed the fame Li- cence, and made fuch Payment yearly as aforefaid j every fuch Pawnbroker and Perfon fhall refpec- on Penalty of forfeitlrg tively, forevery fuch Ofirence, forfeit and lofe the Sum of twenty Pounds. =°^- V. Provided always, and be it further enaftcd by the Authority aforefaid. That if at any Time licences taken out .mdcr or Times, any Perfon or Perfons who fhall have taken out a Licence in the Manner prefcribed by the former Aa, upon the faid former A61, and have paid, in refpedl: thereof^, the faid Duty of forty Shillings, fhall before Payment of the additio" — - - reby reqi . ., or Reward, upon the Licence fo produced) every Perfon paying fuch additional Sum of three Pounds may, and is hereby impowered, from the Time of the Payment thereof, and during the Continuance of the Remainder of the Term of the faid Licence, to trade in, vend or fell any Gold or Silver Plate, or any Goods or Wares in which any Gold or Silver is or fhall be manufactured ; or to ufe or praitife the Trade or Bufinefs of a Refiner of Gold or Silver, in fuch Manner as any other Perfon who fhall have paid the Duty of five Pounds upon the original granting of any Li- cence is by this Adl impowered to do; any thing herein before contained to the contrary notwith- ftanding. . VL Provided always, That Perfons in Partnerfliip, and carrying on their Trade or Bufinefs in Perfons in Partneifiuji, one Houfe, Shop or Tenement only, fhall not be obliged to take out more than one Licence in any ""y'ns on Trade or Bu- one Year for the carrying on fuch Trade or Bufinefs: And that no Licence which fhall be granted &"! no" liTsie to takV' by virtue of this A6t, fhall authorize or impower any Perfon or Perfons to whom the fame may be out more than one Li- granted, and who fhall fell Gold or Silver Plate in Shops, to trade in, fell or vend fuch Gold or cence. Silver Plate in any other Shop or Place, except in fuch Houfes or Places thereunto belonging Licence to ferve but for wherein he, fhe or they fhall inhabit and dwell at the Time of granting fuch Licence, or in Booths o"e shop or Houfe, or Stalls at Fairs or Markets. Booths and Staiu at Fairs or Makets excepted. VII. And be it further enacSled by the Authority aforefaid, That all Profecutions for Recovery of Penalties and Forfeitures Penalties and Forfeitures incurred for Offences committed againft this A6t, fhall and may be heard to be recovered and ap- and determined, and fuch Penalties and Forfeituies recovered, levied and applied, and in cafe of P!'^'''^^^y ^^^"^^ °^3« want of fufficient Diftrefs whereon to levy the fame, the Offender fhall be imprifoned, in fuch and ^°- 2- " P"^^ <=" « • the fame Manner, and with the fame Powers and Authorities, as are prefcribed, given and ap- pointed in the faid A£t made in the laft Seffion of Plarliament with refpedt to Profecutions for, and the recovering, levying and applying of, the Penalties and Forfeitures incurred for Offences com- mitted againft the faid Adt, and to the Imprifonment of the Party or Parties offending until Satif- faftion ftiall be made. VIII. Provided always, and it is hereby enacted. That the feveral Penalties and Forfeitures of Mitigation of Penalties, twenty Pounds, created and inflicted by the faid recited A6t, and this prefent A(St, may be mitiga- ted by fuch Ways, Means and Methods, as any Fine, Penalty or Forfeiture, may be mitigated by any Law or Laws of Excife; any thing in the faid recited Act, or this prefent Aft, to the contrary in any wife notwithflanding. IX. And be it further ena6ted by the Authority aforefaid. That all the Monies which fhall arife Duties to be paid into the by the Duty hereby directed to be paid upon Licences (the neceffary Charges of raifing and accoun- Exchequer} ting for the fame excepted) fhall, from Time to Time, be paid into the Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer at IVeJitninfler^ together with the Monies arifing by the Duty on Licences granted by the faid A£t made in the laft SefTion of Parliament; and fhall be applied to fuch Ufes and Purpofes, and to be applied as the and in fuch Maimer, as the Monies arifing by the Duty granted by the faid AcSt are thereby made Duties under the former applicable, and to and for no other Ufe or Purpofe whatfoever. ^^ aredireded. X. And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid A6t made in the lafl Sef- The recited Aa,except fion of Parliament (except fuch Parts thereof as are varied or altered by this A6t) fhall continue in vvhere altered by this full Force and Effedt, and the Provifions and Powers therein contained (except as aforefaid) fhall ■^"^^' '^o'l''""^'^ ^'idsn- extend, and are hereby extended to, and fhall operate and be executed, with refpe6t to this A£t, ^°'^'^^^' and to alhMatters and Things to be done in purfuance thereof, in as full and and ample Manner, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the faid Provifions and Pov/ers were, with fuch Variations and Alterations, herein fpecially repeated and re-enadted ; any thing in this Ad" contained to the con- trary uotwithftanding. . Aaa 2 CAP.