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A. D. 1696. Anno feptimo & 0(5lavo Gu LIE LMi III. C. 31. 629 colleft the faid Duties, fhall from and after the faid feventeenth Day of AfiTyone thoufaiul fix hundred ninety Collcaors at and fix, provide at every fuch Salt-worlc or Salt-pit a fufficient Beam, Scale, and Wc-ights, or Stilyard, ""=').' ^^T*" and fliall have Liberty to fix the fame in feme convenient Place in or about fuch Salt-work or Salt-pir, for ^'""'^^ ^ ^"J"' the weighing all Salt that (hall be delivered from fuch Salt-worlc or Salt-pit ; and that one or more Per- jngof'srit!^ " fpn or Perfons (as Occafion ihall require) living on or near iuch Salt-work or Salt-pit, ihall be admitted wd£.Iieif to be and fworn to the due and true weighing all Sale from thence to be delivered, before one or more Juftice or fv/om, and psid juftices of the Peace near adjoining (which Oath he or they are hereby impowered to adminilterj without bytiicCollcaors. Fee or Reward ; and fuch Weigher and Weighers fliall be fatisfied and paid for their Pains for weighing fiich Salt, by the faid Collector or Officer for the faid Duties ; any thing herein, or in the faid former Aft, to the contrary hereof notwithftanding. ' XL VII. And whereas the Carriers of Salt do frequently load feveral Horfes with Salt at one Salt-work, ' and at one Time, for which they have had but one Warrant or Permit, and are often obliged, for conve- '■ nient Carriage of the faid Salt to feveral Places, to feparate the faid Horfes, and to drive them feveral ' Roads, by which Means fome of the faid Salt has been liable to Seizure:' For Prevention therefore of Carriers of Sait fuch Inconveniencies to the faid Carriers, it is hereby enafted, and the faid Officers are hereby ftridlly '° '^^ve Permits charged and required to deliver gratis, and without Delay, fuch and fo many feveral Warrants or Permits to ^"j^ '°' *" "'^" each Carrier of Salt, as he ftiairdemand, for fuch feveral Horfc-loads of Salt as he fliall load at one Time, kfajedtt'o""' and at one Salt- work; any thing heretofore to the contrary notwithftanding. Time.^ °"° XLVIII. Provided always, and be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every the Rates Rates paid by 5 and Sums of Pv'Ioney direflied to be paid by an A& made in the fifth and fixth Years of the Reign of His & 6 W. & M. Majel'-y and the late Queen Mary, and herein firft recited, for the feveral Sorts of Fifh (except CongerJ '^- 7- for Fifli therein mentioned, to be exported, fiiall be allowed and paid, during the Continuance of this A6t, in ^^"l'^ ^""8") fuch Manner as by the faid firil: recited Ad is direfted and appointed ; any thing herein to the contrary pafddurir,'" this notwithftanding. _ _ _ aq. XLIX, And be it enacted by the Authority afo.-3faid, That all Perfons felling Salt (except' foreign Salt) Salt (except fo- niade for Ufe, iliall, from and after the feventeenth Day of May one thoufand fix hundred ninety and fix, reign t(, be fold) fell the fame after the Rate of fifty-fix Pounds V/eight to the Buftiel, and not otherwife, and fo in Pro- 2t56lb. 10 tbe portion for a greater or leflTer Qiiantity ; and that every Perfon offending therein fliall for every fuch Offence ^"»<=i>.i'n'i not tbrfeit the Sum of five Pounds to the Informer, to be fued for and recovered in fuch Manner as other pena'ky.^" Forfeitures by this Aft are to be fued for and recovered. Explained by 9 L. And to the end the yearly Fund, intended to be fettled and payable by this Aft for ever, fubjeft ne- & 10 W. 3. c, 6. verthelefs to the Provifo of Redemption aforefaid, may be the more certainly and effeftually railed, and for the better Security and Encouragement of all and every fuch Perfon and Perfons who fliall fubfcribe and advance their Money for the Ends and Purpofes before mentioned : We Your Majefty's faid dutiful and loyal Subjefts, the Commons of England in Parliament afTembled, have given and granted, and do hereby give and grant to YourMajefty, Your Heirs and SuccefiTors, Kings and Queens of England, the further Impofitions, Rates, and Duties herein after fpecified. LI. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every the Impofitions, Rates, and Duties, upon Glafs, or Glafs Wares, Stone Bottles and Earthen Bottles, and every of them, granted by the above mentioned Aft, intituled, Jn j£i for granting to His Majejiy certain Duties upon Glafs Wares, iitone and Earthen Bottles, Coals, and Culm, for carrying on the War againfiYnncA, fliall be raifed, levied, collefted, anfwered, and paid unto Your Majefty, Your Heirs and Succeffors, Kings and Queens of Eng- land, for ever, &c. [The Seftions between LI. and LXXIV. are omitted, becaufe they relate wholly to Duties on Glafs Wares, Stone Bottles, and Tobacco Pipes, which Duties are determined by g & lo W. 3. Cap. 45. and' by 10 & u W. 3. Cap. 18. and the refl: of the Aft, here omitted, is expired.] " Claufe of Loan on Orders regiftred, at ■]. per Cent, or on Bills at ■^^.per Cent, per Diem for 2,564,000]. ^ " King to appoint how much of the faid Sum fliall be lent on Credit of Orders, or advanced on Bills. • 3- • J» " Monies lent to be taxed. Monies to be paid in courfe, Intereft every three Months. Penalty for undue " Preference. Orders affignable. Bills payable on Demand with Intereft at % d. per Cent, per Diem, to be " fatisfied out cf the current Monies in the Exchequer. Auditor to make Bills of Credit of 10, 20, 30,, " 50, or lool. each. Counterpart to remain in Books. Bills to be delivered to the Tellers, and by them " to fiich who advance Monies, and to pafs in Payment. Tellers on Demand to pay Principal and In- " tereft, without further Warrant. Penalty on Teller refufing fo to do. Auditor and Tellers to keep " true Accounts, to which free Accefs fliall be had. Bills paid off to be cancelled, and Accounts to be " difcharged thereof. Old Bills to be iffued again, or new ones made. Penalty on Offices iffuing out " Bills for more than the Sum limited. Forging or counterfeiting Bills of Credit, Felony. Charge of -" making Bills, &c. to be defrayed out of Monies lent. Cafli to be referved for circulating Bills. Bills " of Credit may be exchanged for a perpetual yearly Rent at j per Cetit. Intereft payable out of the Salt " Duties, &c. every half Year. Orders to be figned for Payment without Fee. On Payment of Princi- " pal and Intereft the yearly Rents and Payments to ceafeand determine. Subfcribers intitled to the Fund of " 179,483 1. per Annum. Monies fubfcribed towards a National Land Bank, i^c. to be iffued for paying off " Orders of Loan, Bills of Credit, and Annuities. Treafury to difcharge the Orders, Bills, i^c. as Mo- " ney comes in. On paying off the fame. Duties and Fund totally difcharged of fuch Orders, iSc. Or- " ders to remain afterwards in the Exchequer as. Vouchers. Bills paid off to be cancelled, if not iffued " again, or renewed. Corporation to enjoy the yearly Fund. Subfcribers may mortgage Lands for fecu- " ring one fourth Part of their Subfcription. Lands mortaged may at any Time be ditcliarged. On " Judgment obtained againfl: the Corportion for Debt charged on the Fund, Officers of Exckeq;uer may pay 4 ^' the