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 '^ 'i^^!*- ••''••'•. A. D. I757* Anno tricefimo Georgii II. C. 8. it fcmbled, and by the Authority of the fame, That no Subfidy, Cuftom, Rate, Duty or other Impofition The emimerattd whatfoever, fhall be demanded, colIe(£led, received or taken, upon any Corn or Flour which fhall be im- Commodities for ported into this Kingdom, at any Time or Times before the twenty-fourth Day of Jngu/? n^xt ; ""^ may'te landld* fhall any Subfidy, Cuftom, Rate, Duty or other Impofition whatfoever, be demanded, collected, re- pjy free" and ceived or taken, upon any Corn, Grain, Meal, Bread, Bifcuit or Flour, which have been or (hall be camedCoaftwife, taken from the Enemy, and brought into this Kingdom, at any Time or Times before the faid twenty- fourth Day of Jugujf; but that all fuch Corn and flour, and alfo all fuch Corn, Grain, Meal, Bread, Bifcuit and Flour, ihall and may be imported, brought in and landed. Duty free, and may alfo be car- ried Coaftwife, under fuch Regulations as Corn of the Growth of this Kingdom is now allowed to be carried Coaftwife, at all Times before the faid twenty-fourth Day oi Augnjt ; any former Law, Statute, hdi or A«5ls of Parliament to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. II. Provided always, and be it further ena<5led by the Authority aforefaid. That a due Entry fliall be Entrjtofcemade made in fuch Manner and Form as were ufed and pradifed before the making of this hi, of all Corn, thereof; Grain Meal, Bread, Bifcuit and Flour, which fhall be imported or brought into this Kingdom, before the faid twenty-fourth Day of Aiigujl at the Cuftomhoufe belonging to the Port into Which the fame (hall be imported or brought in, or otherwife in Default of making fuch Entry, fuch Corn, Grain, Meal, "^'^f^''"'!*' '^* Bread ^ Bifcuit and Flour, (hall be liable and fubjed to fuch and the fame Duties, as were payable upon fui^je^ i^** Duty, the Importation thereof before the making of this Acl j any thing in this A£l contained to the contrary notwithftanding. III. And be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Adion or Suit fhall be com- menced a^ainft any Perfon or Perfons, for any Thing done in Purfuance of this Adl, in that Part of Great Britain called England^ the Defendant or Defendants in any fuch A61:ion or Suit may plead the General General Iflue; IfTue and give this Aft and 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 A(fl ; and if it fhall appear fo to have been done the Jury fhall find for the Defendant or Defendants ; and if the Plaintiff fhall be nonfuited, or dif- continue his Aftion, after the Defendant or Defendants fhall have appeared ; or if Judgment fliall be given upon any Verdict or Demurrer againft the Plaintiff, the Defendant or Defendants fhall and may re- cover treble Cofts, and have the like Remedy for the fame, as any Defendant or Defendants hath or have Treble Co(l«. in other Cafes by Law; and if fuch A6tion or Suit be commenced or profecuted in that Part of GVy^? SuitsinScotlanJ, Britain called Scotland, the Court before whom fuch Action or Suit fhall be brought, fhall allow the De- fender to plead this A61 on his Defence ; and if the Purfuer fhall not infift on his Action, of if Judgment Continued by fhall be given againfl fuch Purfuer, the Defender fhall and may recover the full and real Expences he Hf^^^^^f/^' may have been put to by any fuch Adion or Suit. 3" ^^,'"'2^ /. t. and fie 32 Gea. C A V> VTTT Z.c.^, by ivJ?tcb K. I r, III. ^ tbi Prohibiten it An A6t for the fpeedy and cffefliial Recruiting of his Majeity's Land Forces and Marines, "-^^n^. « TTT H E R E A S for recruiting his Majefty's Land Forces and Marines, it is necefTary that a new the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That within and throughout the feveral and refpedive Counties, Shires, Stewartries, Ridings, Cities, Boroughs, Cinque Ports, Pirifhes, Towns and Places A Levy of atle- of Great Britain, a fpeedy and effectual Levy of able-bodied Men to ferve his Majefly as Soldiers, (hall '"''^'^•^ Men to be be forthwith had, made, pradtifed and put in Execution, according to the Rules and Diredions of this Great Bnuin°"^ prefent Aft. II. And it is hereby further enafted. That the Juflices of the Peace of every County, Shire, Stewartry, juftkes of the Riding, Liberty or Place, within Great Britain, and all and every the Perfons who were named, or other- Peace, Commif- wife appointed to be Commiffioners for putting in Execution an Aft of Parliament made and palled at j"'""^'^ <'f*''* JVeJiminJier, in the twenty-eighth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled. An Act for granting Ma"1(ha«»^r/ an Aid to his Majejiy by a Land Tax, to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of the Tear one thoufand Corporauons to feven hundred and fifty-five ; and for the Relief of the Inhabitants of certain Places in the County of h co, in put this ASt in refpe5l of Arrears of the LandTax, or any fubfequent Aft or Afts of Parliament for that Purpofe, within Execution j the feveral and refpeftive Counties, Shires, Stewartries, Ridings, Cities, Boroughs, Cinque Ports, Towns and Places, therein particularly exprefTed, who are ftill living, and have duly qualified themfelves accor- ding to the faid Afts, or fhall duly qualify themfelves according to this prefent Aft in that Behalf, (hall be CommilTioners for putting in Execution this prefent Aft, and the Powers therein contained, within and Tor the fame Counties, Shires, Stewartries, Ridings, Cities, Boroughs, Cinque Ports, Towns and Places of Great Britain, for which they were fo named or appointed refpeftiveiy ; and that all and every the other Perfons who are named or otherwife appointed to be CommilTioners for putting in Execution an Aft pafied in the prefent Seflion of Parliament, intituled, An A£i for granting an Aid to his Majcjiy by a LandTax to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Scr-oice of the Year one thoufandfeven hundred and ffty-feven; and for difcharging certain Arrears of Land Taxes incurred before the Time therein mentioned, and for the 7nore effectual collecting of Arrears for the future, within or for the faid Counties, Shires, Stewartries, Ridings,. . Cities, Boroughs, Cinque Ports, Towns and Places, or any of them refpeftiveiy, or fuch of the Perfons laft-mentioned, as fhall alfo duly qualify themfelves according to this Aft in that Behalf, fhall alfo be CommilTioners for putting in Execution this prefent A6i, and the Powers therein contained, v»*ithin and C z for
 * W Supply of Men be forthwith raifed within the Kingdom oi Great Britain^ by common Confent
 * and Grant in Parliament;' Be it therefore ena6led by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with