544 C. 16. Anno primo Georgii IIIa PiMrriblc, reciting the leveral Acts of l8 Car, 5- 25 Cjr. 2 <-. 8, I yac. r. c 7. 4 W. .'v.- M. r. 24. I. 5:13 W. 3. c. II. A. D. 1760. C A p. XVI. J" An Ad to continue the Duties for Encouragement of the Coinage of Money. Jlfay it pleqfe your ffio/i Excellent A^aje/fy, ' W?" H E R E A S by an Ad: made in the eighteenth Year of the Reign of Kin^ Charh^- ^ W the Second, and' continued, with fome Additions, by an Adi made in the 25tfi'Ytar of his Reign, both which Afts were revived, and further continued, by an A'ff made in the firrt: Year pt the Reign of King y^77?« the S'econd, "and further continued by feveral fubfeqyent Adb made in' the fourth Year of the Reign of King JVilliajji and Queen Mary, and in the twelfth and thirteenth Year of the Reign of King JViUunn the Third, certain Rates and Duties were impofcd on all Wines, Vinegar, Cyder, and Beer, and alfo on all Brandy Wines and Stron-* Wa- ters, imported or brought into the Port of London^ or Into any other Ports, Creeks, or Places within the Kingdom of Engla7id, Dominion of Wale^, or Town of Berwick upon Tiver^l, the faid feveral Rates and Duties to be applied towards defraying the Charge of the Coijiage of Gold and Silver Monies in- the Mints of England: And whereas after the Union of the two Kingdoms of Anns, .' 4 Annae, c. 12,
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9 Ceo. t. c. 15, 4 Geo. I.e. 12 9 Geo. 2. £ 23. 12. Geo. 2. c. 5 19 Geo. 2. c. 14 27 Geo, 2. (, II. ported into Great Britain ; and the faid A6fs made in the eighteenth and twenty-fifth Years of the Reign of King Charles the Second, and alfo an AcX made in the fourth Year of the Reio-n of Queen Jnne^ and every Claufe, Article, and Sentence, in the faid Acfs, or any of them containQc), were revived, and further continued, with fome additional Provifions, for the Service of the Almts in England and Scotland refpeftivcly : And whereas by an A»5l made in the firft Year of the'R^ign of King George the FirOr, the faid feveral Rates and Duties, and, all thfe faid former AcT;a,; aiad ail other Acts of Parliament concerning Coinage then being in Force, wer'e re^vived and continued for the further Term therein mentioned j and a Provifion was thereby made for fupplying any Defici- ency of the Revenue fettled for the Encouragement of the Coinage : And whereas the faki feveral Rates and Duties, and all the faid Acts concerning Coinage, were, with a like Provifion for fup- plying any Deficiency of the nid Revenue, further continued by feveral fubfequent AcSls made in the ninth Year of the Reign of King George the Firft, and in the fourth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second : And wheteas by an Aft innde in the ninth Year of the Reio-n of his faid late Majelly King George the Second, the fiud J^uties on Brandy Wines and Strong Waters, were united to the Aggregate tund, and ftill continue Part thereof: And whereas by an A61: made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his faid late Majcfly Kina; George the Second, arid alfo by one other Avl made in the nineteenth Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefty, fuch only of the faid Rates and Duties fo granted by ' *" " ' " ^ — -j- •- -l- i.:-^i-^ .u xz. r.i t. • ^-r-. Charles the Second, as were the Beer, and all the faid former Ac in Force, and the fame Provifion for' fuj^plying any Deficiency of the faid Revenue, were further continued, and, by an Aft made in the twenty-fcventh Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefty King George the Second, have Continuance for the Space of feven Years from the firft Day of March one thoufand icvcn. hundred and fifty-four, and uiitil the End of the firft Scfllon of Parlia- ment then next following, and no longer : And whereas great Benefit hath arifen from the En^ couragcment of Coinage given by the faid Afts, and it is therefore expedient that an adequate Re- venue be fettled and continued for the like Purpofes : We, your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament aflcmbled, do give and grant imto your Majefty the Rates, Duties and Impofitions herein after-mentioned, for and during the Term herein after-exprcffed ; and do hun^bly pray, that it* may be enafted 3' And be it cnaftcd by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem^ pora!, and Commons in this perfent Parliament aftcmblcd, and by the Authority of the fame, That Coinage Duties granted ju^h ;ind the like Rates, Duties, and Impofitions, as by 'the fiiidA6t of the eighteenth Year of the Reign J' ^ X t' t ^' .'"""of King f/)^vrA-i the Second were granted, and, by the faid fubfequent Afts, were continued, for and tinutd tor 7 Years, trom o . . - -,,. ° t- i- j i t> j • ^u /• n- 'T' f 1 March 1-61. upon the Importation of Wmes, Vmegar, Cyder, and beer, during the relpectivc 1 erms therein mentioned, fliall be further continued, and be paid and payable to his Majefty, his Heirs, and Suc- ceflbrs, for and upon all Wines, Vinegar, Cydor, and Beer, which fhall be imported or brought into Great Britain, within or during the Space of (i:ycn Years, tp commence from the firft Day of March one thoufnnd (even hundred and fixty-onc, and until the End of the firft Scffion ofParlia- Thcrec-tcd, and other mcnt then ncxt following, and jio longer; and that all the faid former Afts, and all other Afts of Actsron einingCoinage, P;irliamcnt Concerning Coinage, and every of them, and every Claufe, Article, and Sentence in faid Tunir" """^ '^"fhem, or any of them, contained, now being In Force, fliall be, and are, by virtue of this Aft, con- tinued, and fhall be in Force, and be duly put in Execution, for and during all fuch I'ime and Term as arc before-mentioned, as fully and elTc6tually as if the fame wore particularly repeated and rc- enafted in the Body of this prefent Aft. IL And, to the end the Importers of Gold and Silver into the Mints o( England :ind Scotland rc- (^ectivelyj may not be difcou raged by any Deficiency of the Revenue by this At^'t fettled for defraying the Coinage thereof, Be it further cnaftcd by the Authority aforcfaid, 'I'hat it ihall and may be law- ful
