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 APPENDIX. XXI. Provided, That the payments and duties hereby charged, (hall be charged only on the occupier The 1 Payments for the time being of fuch Hearth or Sto%'e, dwelling in fuch Houfe whereto fuch Hearth or Stove (hall charged only be belonging, his Executors or Adminiftrators, and not on the Landlord who let or demited the fame, his upon the Occu- Heirs, Executors or Afligns. plers • XXII. Provided alfo, That no perfon or perfons indebted for any the Duties aforefaid, (hall thereby No Priviiedge be priviledged as a debtor or debtors to his Majefty, his Heirs or SucceiTors, to fue any perfon or per- t° <""« in the fons in the^Court of Exchequer, or to affign any Debt to his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeffors, towards ^^l Debtto fatisfaction of the fame. the King. CAP. XX. An Act for providing of Carriage by Land and by Water, for the Ufe of his Majefties Navy and Ordnance. ' II/HEREAS by an Act intituled, An Aft for taking away the Court of Wards and Liveries, and I2 Car.2.c. 24. ' V Tenures in Capite, and by Knights - Service and Purveyance, and for fettling a Revenue upon his ' Majefly in lieu thereof, it was amongft other things enacted, for the reafons and recompence therein ex- - ' preffed, That from thenceforth no perfon or perfons by any Warrant, Commiffion or Authority yn- ' der the Great-iSeal, or otherwife, by colour of buying or making provifion or purveyance for his Ma- ' jefty, or any Queen of England for the time being, or of any the Children of any King or Queen of ' England that (hall be, or for his, their, or any of their Houlhold, (hall take any Cart, Carriage or other ' thing whatfoever, of any the Subjects of his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeffors, without the (ree and full ' fummon, warn, take, ufe or require any the laid Subjects to furnifh or find any Horfes, Oxen, or other ' Cattle, Carts, Ploughs, Wains, or other Carriages, for the ufe of his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeffors, ' or of any Queen of England, or of any Child or Children of any the Kings or Queens of Eng- ' land for the time beLg, for the carrying the Goods of his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeffors, or the faid ' Queens, or Children, or any of them, without fuch full and free confent, as aforefaid ; Any Law, ' Statute, Cuftom or Ufage to the contrary notwithftanding ;' Be it notwith (landing enacted by the King's moll excellent Majefty, by and with the advice and confent of the Lords Spiritual and Tempo- „ _ .'. rail, and the Commons in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame, That cb^ibevrovS'- from and after the Four and twentieth day of fune, in the year of our Lord God, One thoufand fix ed for his Ma- hundred fixty and two, as often as the Service of his Majefties Navy or Ordnance (hall require any Jf ft ' es Nav >' and Carriages by Land within the Kingdom of England, and Dominion of Wales, and Town ot Berwick an " upon Tweed, upon Notice given in writing by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of the Lord High-Ad- miral of England for the time being, or under the Hands and Seals of two or more of the Principal Of- ficers or Ci.mmifiioners of his Majefties Navy, or under the Hand and Seal of the Mafter of his Ma- jefties Ordnance for the time being, or under the Hand and Seal of the Lieutenants of his Majefties Ordnance, for the providing of Carriages for the refpedtive Service of the Navy or Ordnance, unto two or more Juftices of the Peace dwelling near unto the Place where the faid Carriages (hall be required, the laid Juftices of the Peace may and (hail immediately iffue forth their Warrants to fuch of the adja- cent Parifhes, Hundreds or Divisions, as they (hall judge fit within their refpective Counties and Divi- (ions, not being above twelve miles diftant from the place of lading, for the fending to a certain place, and at certain times (to be fpecified and appointed in the faid Warrants) fuch numbers of Carriages with Horfes or Oxen fufricient for the faid Service, as by the Lord High-Admiral of England for the f me being, or by the Mafter or Lieutenant of his Majefties Ordnance for the time being, or by the Principal Officers or Comrnifftoners of his Majefties Navy refpectively, as aforefaid, fhali be by writ- The rates al- ing tinder their Hands and Seals required ; the Owners of which Carriages, or their Servants, (hall lowed lor Car- receive for every Load of Timber per mile, one (hilling ; for every reputed mile which the/ (hail m £ e5, go laden, and -for other Proviiions, the fum of eight pence per mile for every Ton they (hall carry. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That it may and (hall be lawful for the Lord High-Admiral of England for the time being, by Warrant under his Hand and Seal, and aifo for the Principal Officers and Commiffioners of his Majefties Navy, by Warrants under the Hands and Seals of any two or more of them, as alfo for the Mafter of his Majefties Ordnance for the time being, by Warrant under his Hand and Seal, and alio for the Lieutenant of his Majefties Ordnance, by War- r?ms under the Hands and Seals of either of them, as often as the Service of his Majefties Navy or Ordnance reipectively (hall require any Carriage by Water, to appoint fuch perfon or perfons as they pelfcns iflip= (hall judge fitting, to imprefs and take up fuch Ships, Hoys, Lighters, Boats, or any other Veffel what- vefiils i'or Car- fever, as (hall be neceffary for the Accommodation of his Majefties faid Service, the Owners of which i' a S es - faid Ships, Hoys, Lighters, Boats, or other Water-carriage aforefaid, or (udi as they (ha'l appoint, (hall receive for the hire of every fuch Ship, Hoy, Lighter, Boat, or other Veffel per Ton, accord-, - ing to the Rates ufually paid by Merchants from time to time; and in cafe his Majefties Of- fices, and the Owners of fuch Ships, Hoys, Lighters, Boats, or other Vetlels, (hall not agree on the faid Rates, 'then the Rate to be fettled by the Brotherhood of Trinity Houfe of Deptford Strand. III. And be ft further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That in cafe any of his Majefties Subjects Penalty on A !S h of this Realm (hall refufe, or wilfully neglect, after reafonable Notice, to make their appearance with as negiefl or re- fuch fufF-cient Carriages by Land, or to fit, provide and furniih their Ships, Hoys, Lighters, Boats or fufe ' other
 * confent of the owner or owners thereof, had and obtained without menace or inforcement ; nor (hall