A. D. 1706. Anno quinto Ann^ Reginae. C. 30. 261 ' XVI. And whereas by the feveral Afts of Parliament for laying Duties on Rock Salt, and Salt refined No Exporters of • from Rock Salt, the Exporters of the fame draw back more Money from the Salt Revenue than they f'"^,^^'^'^'^' ' pay to her Miijefi-y ;' For Prevention thereof, be it enaftcd by the Authority aforefaid. That from and great^r^AUow- after the faid firft Day oi May one thoufand feven hundred and feven, noPerfon or Perfons wha ftiall ex- ance,&c. on Ex- port Rock Salt, or Salt refined from Rock Salt, fhall have any other or greater Allowance on prompt portation than jpayment and Exportation of the fame, by Way of Debenture, than what really and bona fide was before what wjs before paid for the Duty of the faid Salt; and that no Perfon giving Bond and Security for the faid Duty, pay- ^^"^J"^'^^'*^' able within the Time limited by Law, and paying the fame in twenty-eight Days after giving the faid ^ j"," Security, fliall be intitled, on Exportation from England^ I'Fales, or Bertvici, to any other Advantage i Anna?, flat, i. than to fuch a Debenture as fhall difchurge the Bond and Security only given for the Payment of the faid «•". Duty. a&3Anns, ' XVII. And whereas foreign Salt imported is allowed to be cellared, or put into Warehoiifes, and "Vj^' jp c ii ' the Duties thereof are to be paid or fecured upon Delivery, as in this AiJt is mentioned ;' Be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That all Merchants and other Perfons importing fuch foreign Salt, from and '™°5^" °" after the firft Day of May one thoufand feven hundred and feven, fhall be and are hereby charged with chargeable with the Duties for the full Qj.iantity of Salt fo cellared, or put into Warehoufes ; and if upon clearing any the Duties for Cellar or Warehoufe, in which the faid Salt was locked up, there be any W^ant of the faid Quantity, the the full Quan- Importer or Importers of the faid Salt fo wanting fhall be anfwerable for the fame ; any Thing herein y """^ *^' contained to the contrary notwitliftanding. ' XVIII. And whereas by a Claufe in an AB: pafTed in the laft Seffion of this prefent Parliament, in-r 4 Anm, c. 6, ' tituled, ^« Ai^l for continuing an additional Siibftdy ofTonnage and Poundage, and certain Duties upon Coals, §• 3 5- ' Culm, and Cynders, and additional Duties of Exctfc, and for fettling and eftablijhing a Fund thereby, and by ' other Ways and Means, for Payment of Annuities to he fold for raifng a further Supply to he-- Majejiy, for the ' Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred a r.d fix, and other Xjfes therein mentioned, all Intereft on Bonds ' entred into, and due and payable before the fixth Day of February one thoufand feven hundred and five, ' by Merchants and others, for the Cuftoms, additional Duties, Impofrtions, and other Duties on Goods ' and Merchandizes imported into the Kingdom of England^ was thereby difcharged, provided the prin- ' cipal Sums i'ecured by fuch Bonds were paid before the firft Day oi June one thoufand feven hundred ' andTix ; and whereas feveral Merchants and others of the City of BriJlol^2.A, before the faid firft Day of Merchants of _ ' June one thoufand feven hundred and fix, paid feveral Sums of Money, amounting in the whole to the Bnftol, who pa]4 ' Sum of three thoufand eighty-eight Pounds eight Shillings, in to the Colledfor of the Cuftoms of the i°fere(i:onBoud3- ' Ports there, for the Intereft of feveral principal Sums of Money, upon feveral Bonds by them given for given for Cu- ' Cuftoms and other Duties of Goods and Merchandize by them imported into the faid Port of Briftol, ftoms, &c, ' which principal Monies they had alfo before that Time paid, and which principal Monies and Intereft ' have been'fince applied to the Ufe of the Publick; and it is equally juft that thofe Monies fo paid for ' Intereft ftiould be allowed back to the faid Perfons, as the other Intereft fhould be forgiven to the faid ' Perfons, purfurint to the faid before mentioned Claufe ;' Be it therefore further enadled by the Autho- rity aforefaid. That it Ihall and may be lawful to and for the Lord High Treafurer, or Commiflioners of Lord Trearorer the Treafury for the Time being, or any three or more of them, to direft the Collector of the Cuftoms. '° direaColke- of the faid Port of Briftol for the Time being, out of the Monies which fhall be at the Time of fuch Di- of BriftoUo'e- reftion in the Hands of fuch ColleiStor, upon Account of Cuftoms, additional Duties, Impofitions, and. pay the fame, &c; other Duties on Goods and Merchandizes refpeftively, imported there, or which fhall from thence next parth r F viC- after come hi>:o his Hands upon that Account, and fuch Colledtor is hereby authorized and required ac- „„; ancermn^ cordingly to refund and repay to the faid feveral Merchants and others, (who paid in the faid three thou-. Salt, 6 Ama, fand eighty-eight Pounds eight Shillings) their Executors, Adminillrators, and Affigns, the Sum and f- i'^. g Ann^ Sums of Money fo paid in by all and every fuch Merchants, or others ; and that thereupon, and upon '; *3- ^^Am, the faid Colleftor's producing Receipts and Acquittances- for fuch Sum and Sums, fuch Colle£tor ^'^}^ Q^f ^' ^ be allowed the fame upon his Account, as if the fame had been by him paid upon Account of Drawbacks ^Ceo. 1. c. I'lr for Goods exported ; any Law or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftand-ing. 8 Ceo..i. c. 4 & 16. II Geo, I. c. 30. 3 Geo, 2, c. 20. 5 Geo, 2. c. 6, 8 Geo, 2. c, 12. 14 Geo. 2. c, 22. 26 Geo, a. c. 3 G? JW CAP. XXX. An Adt for the better fecuring her Majefly's Purchafe oi Cotton Houfe in Wefiminfier. ' TTJHEREAS %x John Cotton, late of Weftminfter in the County of j^/W/^/Jjc, Baronet, was in • ' ' »SL ^^ twelfth Year of the Reign of Bling William the Third,' of gloroius Memory, feized for ' the Term of his Life, with Re ; ainder to John Cotton the Grandfbn, (now Sir John Cotton Baronet) and ' the Heirs Male of his Body, with other Remainders, of and in the Capital Mefl'uage called Cotton Houfe., ' and the Gardens and Buildings ufed and enjoyed with the fame, being in the Parifla of St. Margant's ' IVrflminfier, in the County oi Middlcfx ; and being ib feized, in the faid twelfth Year of the Reign of ' the faid late King William, at the Requeft of the faid Sir John Cotton the Grandfather, in the Abfence ' of the faid Sir Johi Cotton the Grandfon beyond the Seas, an A6t of Parliament, intituled, Aa Aa fir Aa forfe'tlirg "■ the better fetiUng and prcferving the Library kept in the Hmfe at Weftminfter, called Cotton Houfe, in the Cotton Houfe ' Name and Faihily of the Cottons, for the Benefit of the Puhlick, was made, thereby reciting. That Sir j"!^, ' "{v', ■?, ' Robert Cotton, late hi Conningion in the County oi Huntington Baronet, did, at his own great Charge and c. 7. ' Expence, and by the Affiftance of the moft, learned Antiquaries of his Time,, collect iuid purchafe tha
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