200 C. 12. Anno quarto Ann iE Reginae. A. D. 1705. Perfon or Pcrfoiii, who ouglit to pay the fame, in Cafe the faid Duty for fuch Marriage, Pirth, or Bu- rial, be really anfwered and paid, or notified and brought in Charge to the CoUeJlor of the faid Duties, fhall be indemnified againft, and difcharged from all the Penalties and Forfeitures in the faid A£ts ot any of them contained, for or upon Account of fuch NegleiSls only, irauds on Salt, ' XI. And whereas by an Aift made in the firft Year of her prefent Majefty's Reign, intituled, Jn j£f Sec. J Annae, ' ^^,. preventing Frauds in the Duties upon Salt, and for the better Payment of Debentures at the Cuftom Houfe, lit. I. c,2i. (, j(. jg ena£ted, Th^t no Debenture fliall be made or granted, or Drawback allowed to be paid for or ' upon the Account of the Exportation of any Salt or Rock Salt for Ireland, unlefs the Exporter of the ' faid Salt or Rock Salt fhall produce to the Officer appointed to make fuch Debenture, a Certificate un- ' der the Hand of the Collector of the Cuftoms of the Port in Ireland, where fuch Salt or Rock Salt fhall ' be landed, or the Perfon executing his Office, of the particular Quantity of Salt or Rock Salt actually ' landed : And whereas 'tis equally reafonable. That for Salt and Rock Salt fhipt in order for Exporta- ' tion for Ireland, though the fame perifh by finking of the Ship, or be taken by the Enemies, there ' fliould be made and allowed a Drawback as in the Cafe where Salt and Rock Salt is exported and landed ;' Drawbacks &c. gg i,- enabled by the Authority aforefaid, That where any Salt or Rock Salt hath been or fhall be {hipped Saitlfloft"'OT 'fi order for Exportation to Ireland, and the fame hath perifhed or fhall perifli by finking of the; Ship or taken by the VefTcl on which the fame was or fliall be fhipped^ and laid on board, or is or fhall be taken by the Ene- Enemy. mies, then and in fuch Cafe the Exporter or Proprietor of fuch Salt or Rock Salt fo perifliing or lofl, fhall upon Proof made before the Juftices of the Peace, at the General Quarter-Seffions of the Peace, to be held for the County, City, Riding, Divifion or Place from whence the fame was fo exported, of the lofs of fuch Salt fo fhipped, or to be fhipped, receive from the faid SelTions a Certificate, that fuch Proof was made before them, and upon producing the faid Certificate to the Officer of the Place where the Duty on fuch Salt fhall have been paid or fecured to be paid, fuch Security fhall be dif- charged, and fo much Money as was actually paid for the Duty of the faid Salt, fhall be repaid upon , Demand by the faid Officer, without Fee or Reward. Provided fuch Proof to be made, as aforefaid, as to all Salt loft or taken, before the twentieth Day of i^^M^^-^ one thoufand feven hundred and fi'.'e, fhall be made by two credible WitnefTes upon Oath, before the twentieth Day of fuly one thou fand feven hundred and fix ; and as to all Salt which flrall be loft after the faid twentieth Day of February one Pl'"°.'"'°^"'t^^thoufand feven hundred and five, the like Proof fhall be made within fix Months after fuch Lofs or Ta- king, as aforefaid. a & 3 Annse, ' XII. And whereas in and by one A£t of Parliament made in the fecond and third Year of the Reign <:> H- * of her prefent Majefly, intituled, Jn AB for the better fecuring and regulating the Duties upon Salt, it is ' amongft other Things provided, That nothing therein contained fliould extend to prohibit the import- ' ing and landing any Codfifli, Ling, or Hake, which had been caught zvA cwczd. ■iX Newfoundland, ot ' Ifelaiid, upon making fuch Oath before the landing, of the catching and curing the fame, and upon ' Tender thereof ipon landing, and before the fame be removed from the Shore, and under fuch Penal- ' ties for not tendring the fame, to have Part of the Tail cut off", as in and by the faid A6i is directed and
- appointed : And whereas North Sea Codfifh, Ling, and Hake, are omitted in the faid A£l ;' Be it fur-
North SeaCod- ther enafted by the Authority^ aforefaid. That nothing therein contained fhall extend to prohibit the im- S/h,&c. may be porting and landing any Codfifli, Ling, or Hake, which have been or fhall be caught and cured at or in imported. xhc North Sea, upon making the like Oath, and being fubje£t to and under the fame ReftriiSiohs and Penalties, as by the above recited ASt is directed and appointed for Codfifh, Ling, and Hake, caught and cured at Newfoundland or Ifeland, and that no Allowance be granted, had or obtained upon Exporta- tion thereof; any thing therein contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithflanding. 5W. &M. c. 7. ' XIII. And whereas in and by one Ait made in the fifth Year of the Reign of their late Majeflies ' King William and Queen Mary, of blelfed Memory, intituled, Jn ASi for granting to their Majefies ' certain Rates and Duties upon Salt, and upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors, for fectirin^ certain Recompenccs
- and Advantages in the faid AS mentioned, to fuch Perfoyis as Jhall voluntarily advance the Sum often hundred
' thoiifand P-ounds towards carrying on the War agaifi/l France, it is (amongft other Things) enadted. That ' the Sum of one hundred and forty thoufand Pounds fhould be a yearly F und for anfwering the Annuities'
- therein mentioned : And whereas certain Tickets were ifTued out to the Proprietors of the faid Annuities,'
Ticltets for An-' many of which faid Tickets are fince burnt, loft, or otherwife deftroyed, whereby the faid Proprietors nuitieskjft, &c. < are in Danger of lofing their Money contained in fuch Tickets ;' Be it enadted by the Authority afore- on Affidavit and {-^i^^ That in all Cafes where itfhall happen, by Affidavit to be made on or before the firft Day of Ma/ Cernficate, &c. Q^g thoufand feven hundred and fix, before any of the Barons of the Exchequer, that any Ticket or' thframe" ^^ Tickets for any Payment or Payments on the faid Annuities, is or are burnt, deftroyed, or otherwife loft,' it fhall and may be lawful for the Officer or Officers appointed to pay and difcharge the faid Annuities, on producing a Certificate from the faid Baron of fuch Affidavit made before him, which Affidavit the" Barons, or any one of them, is and are hereby authorized to take, and which Certificate he or they are' hereby required to grant v/ithout Fee or Reward, and on Security given to the faid Officer, to his good' liking, to indemnify him againft all Perfons whatfoever for or concerning the Monies contained or fpeci-" fied in fuch Ticket or Tickets, or which was, is, or fhall be due thereon, he the faid Officer is hereby required to pay and difcharge the faid Annuities by the faid 7^ickets incurred and grown due, or which fhall hereafter incur or grow due,, as aforefaid, as if the faid Tickets had been produced, and fhall ba Such Payments aHoviced fuch Payments in his Accounts ; any thing in this or any other A& contained to the contrary his ActZl'" thereof in any wife notwithftanding. ' r- . XIV. And.
