36 C. i6. Anno trlcefimo Georgii II. A. D. 1757. Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and The recited Aa Corrifnoiis, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That the faid continued t3 II j^^ {[itiW be, and the fame is hereby continued from the Expiration thereof until the eleventh Day of December next. Bccfifibernext. His Majefty im- H. Provided alvi^ays, and be it enabled by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe his Majefly, at any p wered by Pro- Time or Times after the eleventh Day of May one thoufand feven hundred and hfty-feven, and befo:e clamati<'n or Or- ^^^ eleventh Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and fifty feven, fhall, in his Royal Difcretion, to I'ufnend the J^'dge It to be moit for the Beneht and Advantage ot this Kmgdom, to permit the making of Low Wines Aft and permit and Spirits from Wheat, Barley, Malt or any other Sort of Grain, or from any Mcai or Flour, that Dift.liation frem then it fhall and may be lawful to and for his Majefty by his Royal Proclamation or Proclamations to be V(heat, &c. jducd, by and with the Advice of his Privy Council, or by his iVIajefty's Order in Council, to be pub- hihed in ihe London Gazette, from time to time, to permit and fuft'er all and every Perfon and Pcrfons, Natives and Foreigners (but not any particular Perfon or Perfons) at any Time or Times after the faid eleventh Day of Alay one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-feven, and before the faid eleventh Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-feven, to make Low Wines and Spirits from Wheat, Barley, Malt, or any other Sort of Grain, or from any Meal or Flour j any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. CAP. XVL An A61 to extend the Liberty granted by an Aft of the twenty-third Year of the Reigrt of his prefent Majefty, of importing Bar Iron from his Majefty's Colonies in America, into the Port of London, to the reft of the Ports of Great Briiain ; and for repealing cer- tain Claufes in the faid A61. a3 G. a. c. 29. « WJ H E R E A S by an AGt made in the twenty-third Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, in- ' VV tituled, Jn ASi to encourage the Importation of Pig and Bar Iron from his Majefty s Colonies in Ame- ' rica ; and to prevent the Erection of any Mill or other Engine for fitting or rolling of Iron ; or any Plateing
- Forge to work with a Tilt Hammer ; or any Furnace for making Steel in ayiy of the faid Colonies [t is ena6ted,
' That from and after the twenty-fourth Day oi June one thoufand feven hundred and fifty, no Subfidy, ' Cuftom, Impofition, Rate or Duty, whatfoever, fhould be payable upon Bar Iron made in, and imported ' from, his Majefty's Colonies in Jmerica, into the Port of London : And whereas the Admiflion of" fuch ' Bar Iron into the reft of the Ports of Great Britain, Duty-free, will be Advantageous to the Iron Ma-
- nufa£l:ure, as well as to the general Trade and Commerce of thefe Kingdoms j' Be it therefore enabled
by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Bar Iron to be Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aftembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That /urerica Dot ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^he twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufond feven hundred and fifty-feven, the fe- fre^e."'"' "^ vcral and r^fpe£tive Subfidies, Cuftoms, Impofitions, Rates and Duties, now payable on Bar Iron made Chufes in there- '"» ^"'^ imported from, his Majefty's Colonies
America, into any Port of Great Britain, fhall ceafe,
cited Aft relating determine, and be no longer paid ; and that the faid A6f, and every Claufe, Matter and Thing, therein toihe Importa- contained, fo far as relates to the Importation of Bar Iron from America (except that is altered or ticn thereof, ex- repealed by this Act) fliall, and is hereby declared to extend to all the Ports in Great Britain, as fully tended to all the ^^ jf jj^g f^^nxQ vvere repeated and re-ena£led in this prefent A<51 : any Law, Statute, or Ufage to the con- Ptr;s of Great ^ ^-u/ij- j j 7 ■> o Britain. trary notwithltanding. ' II. And whereas by the faid A£t of the twenty-third Year of his prefent Majefty, it is enadled,
- That no Bar Iron whatfoever (hall be permited to be carried Coaftv/ifc, unlcfs mention be made in
Clsufe relating * the Certificate to granted for that Purpofe, of the Day on which the Subfidics, Cuftoms, Impofitions, to Certificates^ t Ratcs and Duties, payable upon the Importation thereof, were paid, and of the Name of the Perfon or for Duties pu^^ t Perfons by whom the fame were paid ; Be it enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after Coattwiy re- the faid twenty- fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-feven, the faid Claufe fhall be, ptakd. and is hereby declared to be repealed.
- III. And whereas by the faid A(St of the twenty-third Year of his prefent Majefty, it is enafled. That
^'"h '"^"'i'^n' ' "° '^'^'^ Iron, imported into the Port of London by virtue of the faid Ad:, fhall be carried or conveyed by tue/eof by^Lind ' L^nd, beyond ten Miles from any Part of the Port of London; Be it ena(^ed by the Authority aforefaid, 10 M.lrt from That from and after the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-feven, the faid London rejeal- Claufc fr.all bc, and is hereby declared to be repealed. «<^- ' IV. And whereas by the faid A<St of the twenty-third Year of his prefent Majefty, it is enabled. That ' all Bar Iron imported from any of his Majefty's Colonies in A/rierica, into the Port of London,
- fhall bc ftamped with fuch Mark or Stamp as the Commiftioncrs of the Cuftoms fhall diredt,
Chufe re uirine * '" thrcc difierent Parts of each Bar, which Provifion will be for the future unneceflary ;' Be it the Bjr7?o be ^T-^i}.td by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Act, fo far as relates to the ftamping or mark- nampcd, repeal- ing of American Bar Iron, in x^ Von of London, fhall, from and after the twenty-fourth Day of June cu. one thoufand fevtn hundred and fifty-feven bc, and is hereby declared to be repealed. CAP. XVIL
