A'. D. 1 7 5 /• Anno tricefimo primo G e or g 1 1 II. C- 36, 289 V. And whereas the Growth and Cultivation of Madder is of great Confequence to the Trade and Manufactures of this Kingdom: Therefore, for preventing the ftealing or deftroying of Madder Roots; be it enabled by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon or Perfons (hall ileal Perhm convicted of .ind take away, or wilfully and malicioufly pull up, or deftroy any Madder Roots growing or being Sj/j roJ^j ^'"^ in any Lands or Gounds belonging to any Perfon or Perfons, and fhall be thereof convidted before ' any J u (lice or Juftices of the Peace of the County, Town or Place, where the OfFcnce (hall be committed, either by ConfefHon of the Party offending, or by the Oath of any credible Witnefs or Witneffes (which Oath fuch Juftice or Juftices is and are hereby authorized and impowered to ad- are, for the firft Offence, minifter) every Perfon fo offending, and being convicted of fuch Offence in Manner herein before to make Satisfaction for rnentioned, fhall, for the firft Offence, give and pay to the Owner or Owners of the Madder Roots theD^magei fo ftolen, pulled up or deftroyed, fuch SatisfacSlion for his or their Damage thereby fuftained, and within fuch Time, as the faid Juftice or Juftices fhall appoint ; and fliall over and above pay down and pay to the Ovevf<-eri upon fuch Convi(5lion unto the Overfees of the Poor of the Parifti where the Offence or Offences otthe Poor of the Pa- was or were committed, for the Ufe of the faid Poor, fuch Sum of Money not exceeding ten Shil- ^'^> a Fine not exceed, lings, as to the faid Juftice or Juftices fhall feem meet; and if any fuch Offender or Offenders fhall '"S los, not make fuch Recompence or Satisfaction to the faid Owner or Owners, and alfo pay fuch Sum to the Ufe of the Poor, in Manner and Form aforefaid ; then the faid Juftice or Juftices fhall and may •commit fuch Offender or Offenders to the Houfe of Correction, for any Space not exceeding one or be committed to the Month; or fhall and may order fuch Offender or Offenders to be whipped by the Conftable, or Houfe of Correction for other Oflicer, as to the faid Juftice or Juftices fhall feem meet; and if any fuch Perfon or Perfons one Month; jha41 again commit the like Offence, and be thereof convided, as aforefaid, then, he, fhe or they and on Conviction of a fo offending the fecond Time, and being thereof convicted as aforefaid, fhall be committed to the fj^= 0'^'="'^^' ^'^^ """^ TT <• r r-> • r .^u /r ^u 1 ime are to be comm;t- Houie of Correction for three Months. tea {^^ ^j^^ee ivionths. VI. Provided always, That no Perfon or Perfons fhall be profecuted for any fuch Offence of profgcution to be with! ilealing, pulling «p, or deftroying of Madder Roots, unlefs fuch Profecution be begun within thirty Days after the Of- .thirty Days after the Offence committed, fence, CAP. XXXVI. An A(5t for continuing certain Laws therein mentioned relating to Briti/h Sail Cloth, and to the Duties payable on foreign Sail Cloth; and to the Allowance upon the Exporta- tion of Britijlo made Gunpowder ; and to the Encouragement of the Trade of the Sugar Colonies in America; and to the Landing of Rum or Spirits of the Britijh Sugar Plan- tations, before the Duties of Excife are paid thereon ; and for regulating the Payment • of the Duties on foreign excifeable Liquors ; and for the Relief of 'Thomas IVatJon^ with regard to the Drawback on certain Eaji India Callicoes j and for rendering more com- modious the hew PafTage leading from Charing Crofs,
- "IT/H E R E A S certain Laws herein after mentioned, are found to be very ufeful and benefi- Preaoabic,
' W cial to the Publick, and are near expiring, and it is lit they fhould be continued ;' Be it therefore ena£ted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Au- thority of the fame. That an A£t made in the ninth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, inti- tuled, j4n JB for further encouraging and regulating the Manufa£iure ^/'Britifh Sail Cloth ; and for the ^^_ 9 ^'^°- 2- <^- 37- more effeP.ual fecuring the Duties now payable on foreign Sail Cloth imported into this Kingdom ; which was "^^'^^ JXit^u^^^^'AV'^ to continue in Force from the twenty-fourth Day of J««^ one thoufand feven hundred and thirty- ""^ " equentAcs, f.x, forthe Term of five Years, and from thence to the End of the then next SefTion of Parliament ;• and which by feveral fubfequent Ads made in the thirteenth and twenty-fourth Years of the Reign 13 C^a. 2, c. 28. of his prefent Majefty, was further continued until the twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand 24 Geo. 2. c. 52. feven hundred and fifty-feven, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, (hall be, and the fame is hereby further continued from thq Expiration thereof, until the twenty- further continued to 29 ninth Day oi September one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-four, and from thence to the End of^^i"^- ^764. the then next Seffion of Parliament. II. And Ke it further enadcd by the Authority aforefaid. That an Ad made in the fourth Year ofAa4Geo. a c. 29. the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled. An A 51 for granting an Allowance upon the Exportation ^which was continued by 'Bniiih made Gunpowder ; which was to continue in Force for five Years, from the twcnty-fourih ^^^'"^^"^^^"^"^ ^^5' Day of j^Kw one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-one, and from thence to the End of the then next Seifion of Parliament ; and which by feveral fubfequent Ads made in the tenth, fixteenth and 10 Cw. 2. r. 27. twenty-fourth Years of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, was further continued until the twenty- 16 da. 2. e. 26. fourth Day of June one thoufand (even hundred and fifty-feven, and from thence to the End of the 24 ^^a- a-*"' S^- rtien next SefTion of Parliament, fhall be, and the fame is hereby further continued from the Expi- further continued to 29 ration thereof until the twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred ai.d fixty-four, ^*P'- ^7'^4' and from thence to the End of the then next Sefhon of Parliament. III. And be it further enaded by the-Authority -aforefaid. That" an Ad made in the fixth Year of A^'^^eo. a. e, 13. the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled. An A,if for the better f curing and encouraging the Trade ^AfewalSerenTAas buMajeJh's Sugar Colomes m America; which was to continue in Force for five Years, to be com- ^ * f OL. Vm. Pp puted
