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 154- C. J 5« Anno quarto Georgii III. A. D. 1763. Thole upon Cod'ue and Coffee and Pimento, exported from any Britijh Colony or Plantation, fhall be raifed, levied, col- I'miemo, ledted and paid, in the fame Manner and Form, and by fuch Rules, Ways and Means, and under fuch Penalties and Forfeitures, as are mentioned and referred unto in an Adt of Parliament, made in as by Aft 15 Car. 2. the twenty-fifth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, An Ail for the Encourage- ■ '•?• merit of the Greenland and Eaftland Trades, and for the better fecuring the Plantation Trade, with refpedl to the raifing, levying, collecting, and Payment, of the Rates and Duties thereby granted upon the feveral Goods therein particularly enumerated : And that all Powers, Penalties, Provifions, Articles and Claufes, in thofe Adts refpedtively contained and referred unto (except in fuch Cafes where any Alteration is made by this Adt) fhall be obferved, applied, practifed and put in execution, for the raifing, levying, collecting and anfwering the refpedtive Rates and Duties granted by this Adt, as fully and effedtually, as if the fame were particularly and at large re-enadted in the Body of this pre- ft-nt Adt, and applied to the Rates and Duties hereby impofed; and as fully and effedtually, to all Intents and Purpofes, as the fame could have been at any Time put in execution, for the like Pur- pofes, with refpedt to the Rates and Duties granted by the faid former Adts. Importer refuting to pay VII. Provided always, and it is hereby further enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That if the the Duties on Wines, Importer of any Wines fhall refufe to pay the Duties hereby impofed thereon, it fhall and may be officer may feize the ] aw f u ] f or the Collector, or other proper Officer of the Cuftoms where fuch Wines fhall be imported, and he is hereby refpedtively required to take and fecure the fame, with the Cafks or other Package ami publickly Tell them thereof, and to caufe the fame to be publickly fold, within the Space of twenty Days at the moft to the beft Bidder, after fuch Refufal made, and at fuch Time and Place as fuch Officer fhall, by four or more Days pub- lick Notice, appoint for that Purpofe; which Wine fhall be fold to the beft Bidder, and the Money and dedudT: the Duties arifing by the Sale thereof fhall be applied, in the firft place, in Payment of the faid Duties, together and charges. -with the Charges that fhall have been occafioned by the faid Sale; and the Overplus, if any, fhall be paid to fuch Importer, or any other Perfon authorized to receive the fame. If they fliall not bring VIII. Provided alfo, That if the Money offered for the Purchafe of fuch Wine fhall not be fuffi- f"fficiemtopaytheDuty c; ent to difchaj-ge t he Duty and Charges aforefaid, then, and in every fuch Cafe, the Collector, or and Charges they are to other Officer, fhall caufe the Wine to be ftaved, fpilt, or otherwife deftroyed, and fhall return be ftaved and lput, r^ n r 'ini < • n r • 1 r i t the Calks or other rackage wherein the lame was contained to lucn Importer. Limited Length and IX. And it is hereby declared and enadted, That every Piece of Callico intended to be charged with Breadth of Callicoes, the Duty herein before-mentioned, if of the Breadth of one Yard and a Quarter or under, fhall not exceed in Length ten Yards; and if above that Breadth, fhall not exceed fix Yards in Length; and and of Cambricks, and that every Piece of Cambrick and French Lawn fhall contain thirteen Ells each, and fhall pay Duty French Lawns. f or the fame in thofe Proportions for any greater or leffer Quantity, according to the Sum herein before charged upon each Piece of fuch Goods refpedtively. Monies arifmg by the fe- X. And it is hereby further enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That all the Monies whiclT^from veralDuties before grant- an< j a f ter the twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-four, fhall arife by faid twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-four, fhall be raifed upon Sugars and Paneles, by virtue of the faid Adt made in the fixth Year of the Reign of his faid late Ma- jefty King GWg* the Second (except the neceffary Charges of raifing, collecting, levying, recovering, -to be paid into the Ex- anfwering, paying and accounting for the fame), fhall be paid into the Receipt of his Majefty's Ex- chequer; and to be re- cne q U er, and fhall be entered feparate and apart from all other Monies paid or payable to his Majefty, the Charge" of pro'teft"-""' 5 Heirs or Succeffors; and fhall be there referved, to be, from Time to Time, difpofed of byParlia- ing the Britilh Colonies merit, towards defraying the neceffary Expenccs of defending, protecting, and fecuring the Britifi) in America. Colonies and Plantations in America. Exporter of Wines from XI. And it is hereby further enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the tenth this Kingdom to theBri- J3 a y f S e pt em ber one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-four, upon the Exportation of any Sort of ti& Colonies in America, Wine ( except p renc h Wines) from this Kingdom to any Britijh Colony or Plantation in America, as to be paid a Drawback of Merchandize, the Exporter fhall be paid, in lieu of all former Drawbacks, a Drawback or Allowance the Duties on impoita. Q c a jj t h e Duties paid Upon the Importation of fuch Wine, except the Sum of three Pounds ten Shil- p^Ton^ranted by an lings /<?r Ton, Part of the additional Duty of four Pounds per Ton, granted by an Adt made in the Act of the kft Seffion; laft Seffion of Parliament (intituled, An A£f for granting to his Majejiy feveral additional Duties upon (Vines imported into this Kingdom, and certain Duties upon all Cyder and Perry, and for raifing the Sura of three millions five hundred thovfand Pounds, by way of Annuities and Lotteries, to be charged on the faid jna alfo the Aliens Duties), and alfo except fuch Part of the Duties paid upon Wines imported by Strangers or Aliens, been imported by Britijh Subjects and in Britijl: Ships; any Law, Cuftom or Ufage to the contrary notwithstanding; which Drawback or Allowance fliall be made in fuch Manner, and under fuch Rules, Regulations, Penalties and Forfeitures, in all Refpedts, as any former Drawback or Allowance, payable out of the Duties of Cuftoms upon the Exportation of fuch Wine, was, could, or might be made, before the pafiing of this Adt. He firft giving Bond and xn p roVided always, and it is hereby further enafled, That upon the Entry of any fuch Wine for Exportation to any Britijh Colony or Plantation in America, and before any Debenture fhall be made out for allowing the Drawback thereon, the Exporter fhall give Bond, with fufficient Security, to his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, to be approved of by the Collector, or other principal Officer of the Cuftoms at the Port of Exportation, in treble the Amount of the Drawback payable for the due Exportation f or the Goods, that the fame, and every Part thereof, fhall (the Dangers of the Seas and Enemies wi Landing pf the fame i^epted. ) be really and truly exported to and landed in fame Britifi Colony or Plantation in America^ and
 * an upon ugars, c. ^ f evera l Rates and Duties herein before granted; and alfo by the Duties which, from and after the
 * ^ u?'" or in Foreign Ships, as exceeds what would have been payable upon fuch Wines, if the fame had