15.6 C. 15. Anno fecundo & tertio Ann^e Reglnse. A. D. 1703. Guernfey Bay XVII. Provided always, and it is hereby enafted. That it (hall and may be lawful, during the prefent ^"'^ ^7 '■^ '"h ^^'^^'"5 ^° bring in Bay Salt of the Produce of the Ifland of Guernfey, upon paying the fame, and no higher War^ not"x«-ed- ° o^^^f Duty, than what is or {liall be laid upon Salt made in England, and fo as the fame Salt fo to be ing 4000 Bufliels imported fhail be imported in the Ports of Yarmouth in Norfolk, Portfmouth, Plymouth, and Falmouth, per Annum. or any of them, and fhall not exceed in the v/hole four thoufand Bufhels in any one Year, fo as due No Drawback Er allowed. the Entry (according to the Law) be made of the fame, for which Salt no Drawback fhall be allowed upon the Exportation thereof; anything in this prefent Aft, or any ether Act, contained to the contiary thereof in anj' wife notv/ithitanding. ' XVIIl. And whereas divers Merchants, and other Perfons, being Subjects of this Realm of England, ' do fhip Salt that hath paid the Duty to her Majefty, to convey it to fome Part of England, and the fame ' or Part thereof may be loft at Sea, by violent or llormy Weather, or by being thrown over b-oard for ' preferving Mens Lives, or the Vefl'el in which fuch Salt is fhipped, as aforefaid ;' Be it therefore enafted Salt loft at Sea by "by tjje /Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid firft Day of j^k/?? one thoufand feven hundred ftorniy Weather, ^^^ four, in fuch Cafe any Merchant or Perfon, Owner of the faid Salt, fhall, upon Proof made fby the Owners to buy Oaths of tv/o Or more credible Witnefies, whereof the Malter or Mate of the A'eflel to be one, before the thsfameQur.nti- Juftices of the Peace at the Quarcer-Selfions held for the County, Riding, Divifion, or Town wherein ties fo loft, with- he doth inhabit, in open Couit) of the Lofs of fuch Salt fo fhipped, and that the fame was not occafioned oat paying Duty, 'py ^^y Leekage of the Ship or VefFel, or by any Negligence or Default of the Mafler or Mariners, receive ' Tiis PHvilege from the faid Seffions a Certificate that fuch Proof was made before them, and upon producing the faid extended by g Certificate to any of the Officers appointed to colie£l: the Duties on Salt, the faid Officer or Officers are- t'ozilUf-Xhints hereby required to let fuch Perfons bay the like Qviantity of Salt, as is exprefTed in the Certificate to be in general.' loft, without paying to her Majefty, her Heirs or SuccefTors, any Duty or Excife for the fame ; any thing in this A£t or any other Aft contained to the contrary notwithftanding. Two Ships with- ' XIX. And whereas in the late violent Storms, which happened in the Months of November and Dt- Salt diosre into ' cemher one thoufand feven hundred and three, two Veffels laden with Salt from Newcajile to the Humbery Holland by S'trefst ^gj-g by Strefs of Weather blown into Holland, and the Mafters did there unlade and fell the faid Salt;' th^aJt'tfaere^ -^^ ^^ therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, that upon Proof made thereof, upon the Oath of two fold. credible Witnefies, the Proprietor or Proprietors of the faid Salt fhall be intitled to the Drawback upon Proprietors inti- the fame, as if the faid Salt had been entred for exportation into Parts beyond the Seas ; any thing in this tied totheDiaw- or any former Law to the contrary notwithftanding. ^'=- ' XX. A.nd whereas by an Adt made in the firft Year of the Reign of her prefent Majefty it is ena£ted, 3 Annse, fiat. i. ' That 110 Rock Salt whatfoever fhall be refined or made into White Salt in any Place or Places what- c.zr. fee. lo. ' foever, within the Kingdom of England, Dominion of TValcs, or Town of Berwick upon Tweed, except •which is expkiiiedi ^ {uc Places as are. or fhall be within ten Miles Diftance of the refpedtive Pit or Pits, from whence hf% Geo. a, c. c ^^^j^ Rock Salt fliall be taken, or at fuch Places as, on or before the tenth Day of May one thoufand feven ' hundred and two, fhall have been ufed for the refining Rock Salt, under a penalty therein exprefTed : ' And whereas Lawn Marjh in the County of Carmarthen hath been an ancient Place ufed for making Salt ' from Sea Water; and upon feveral Occafions Rock Salt is veryufeful to ftrengthen the Brine in the faid
- Work, when weakened by freflr Water, or other Accidents ; but the proper Ufe of the faid Salt Work
' not being for the refining Rock Salt, it hath been doubted whether Rock Salt might be there ufed :' For be^ufed ^in ma^ preventing fdch. Doubts for the future be it ena£ted and. declared by the Authority aforefaid. That Rock king Salt at Lawn Salt may be fo ufed in th&making Salt from Sea Water in the Salt Works at Lawn Marjh aforefaid ; any iviar(h,fo as the thing in the faid Aft or in any other' Law or Statute to the contrary notwithftanding ; fo as her Majefl/'s Duties be paid. Duties for ail the Salt proceeding as well from the faid Rock Salt, as from the Sea Water, be duly FarthcrProviriiiHs charged, anfwered, arid paid to her Majefty 's Ufe. concerning Sah, 4 jinn. c. 12. 5 j4iK. c. 29. 6 /hti. e, 12. 9 jinn, c. 23. 12 Ann. ft. 2. c. 2. 5 Geo, i. c. 18. 8 Gtl. I. f. 4. S" i6. II Gsa. I. C, JO. 3 Ca, 3S^ £. 20. 5 Geo. a. c, 6, 8 Geo, 2. c, 12. 14 Geo, z. c, %z, 26 Geo, a. <:. 3 ©■ 32. • ; C A P. XV. An A(fl for the better and more regular paying and affigning the Annuities after the Rate .of three Potinds fer Centum per Annum, payable to feveral Bankers, and other Patentees,, or thofe claiming under them. HEREAS by an Aft of Parliament made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of our late Sove- 32 W. 3. c. 22, ' YV reign Lord King William the Third (of Glorious Memory) intituled, Jn JStfor appropriating three thoujand feven hundred Pounds weekly out of certain Branches of Excife, for publick Ufes, and for making a Provifion for the Service of his Majejifs Houjhold and Family and other his neceffary Occafions ; It was amongit other Things enafted. That in lieu and difcharge of certain perpetual annual Payments, and of all Arrears thereof, granted by his late Majefty King Charles the Second to the refpeftive Patentees; therein named, the Hereditary Revenue of Excife, in the faid Aft mentioned, fhould from and after the twenty-fixth Day of Di'trm^cr one thoufand feven hundred and live, be and ftand charged for ever with the Payment of annual Sums after the Rate- of three Pounds J>^. Centum per Annum, for the princi- pal Sums mentioned in the faid refpeftive Letters Patent, to be ifiiued and paid out of the faid Revenue, by quarterly Payments, out of the Receipt of the Exchequer, by the Officers of the fame, unto the re- fpeftive Ovvners and Proprietors of the feveral annual Sums, and to their Heirs and Affigns forever, without any further or other Warrant, to be fued for^ had, and obtained ia that Behalf j the faid annual 3 ' Payments,
