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A. D. 16981. Anno nono & decimo GuLiELMi III. C. 28. 71 J IX. Provided always, and be it enafted. That this A£l, or any Thing herein contained, {hall not extend Pcrfons and to prohibit any Perfons from felling of any A6ts of Parliament, Forms of Prayer, Proclamations, Gazettes, Tl'iniis cxemp- licenced Almanacks, or other printed Papers licenced by Authority, or any Fifli, Fruits, or Viftuals ; nor "' to hinder any Perfon or Perfons, who are the real Workers or Makers of any Goods or Wares within the Kingdom oi England, Dominion o^ Wales, and To^n oi Bervjick upon Tweed, or his, her, or their Chil- dren, Apprentices, Agents, or Servants, to fuch real Workers or Makers of fuch Goods or Wares only, from carrying abroad, cxpofing to Sale, or felling any of the faid Goods and Wares of his, her, or their own making, in any publick Mart, Fairs, Markets, or elfewhere; nor any Tinkers, Coopers, Glaziers, Plummers, Harnefs- menders, or other Perfons ufiially trading in mending Kettles, Tubs, Houfliold Goods, or Harnefs whatfoever, from going about and carrying with him or them proper Materials for mending the fame. • . ' X. Provided alfo, and it is further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That there fhall be provided and ^ l^egirtcr lo kept in His Majefly's Exchequer, that is to fay, in the Office of the Auditor of Reccipis, one Book or Re- ^ '"^1" '" ^ gifter, in which all Monies that (liall be paid into the Exchequer by virtue of this A6t ftiall be entred, re- MonierVid in giftred, and kept apart and diftindl from all other Monies paid or payable to His Adajefty, or upon any other by this Aft. Branch of His Majefty's Revenue, or upon any other Account whatfoever. XI. Provided, and it is further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Officer in the Exchequer Penalty on Of- fiial! divert or mifapply any of the Monies that fhall be paid into the Exchequer by virtue of this Aft, to ficers diverting any other Ufes or Purpofes than are hereby direfted, then fuch Officer fo offending fhall forfeit his Office °^ mifap[)lymg in the Exchequer, and be incapable of any Office or Place of Truft, and fluall be liable to pay the Treble Value of any Sum, or Sums of Money fo diverted or mifapplied to any of the Perfons thereby grieved, their refpefcive Executors, Adminillrators, or Affigns, who will fue for the famebyany A£fion of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in ; ny ot His Majefty's Courts of Record at JFeJlmtnJler, wherein no EIToin, Pro- teiSion, Wager of Law, Privilege of Parliament, or other Privilege, or more than one Imparlance, fhall be granted or allowed ; and all Orders and Warrants for ifluing, paying, or difpofing any of the Monies to be raifed by virtue of this AGt, contrary to the true. Intent and Meaning thereof, (hall be utterly void to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever. , - XII. Provided always, and it is hereby further enafted, That Nothing herein contained fhall extend or This Afl notto be conftrued to extend to hinder any Perfon or Perfons from felling or expofmg to Sale any Sorts of Goods liinder the fel- or Merchandizes, in any publick Mart, Market, or Fair within the Kingdom of E>2gland, 'Dominion of "g Goods in Wales, and Town oi Berwick upon Tweed, but that fuch Perfon or Perfons may do therein as they law- ^"J^ ^"'t'^- fully might have done before the making of this A61; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwith- ^^" '^ ' ^" Handing. XIII. And be it further enaflcd by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe it fhall fo happen that the fe- if Duties amount veral additional Duties and Impofitions granted to His Majefly by feveral A£l:s of Parliament, towards Pay- to more than is ment of Interefl: of the faid Tranfport Debt, together with the Duties to be raifed by virtue of this Aft, fufficient to pay Ihall amount to more than what may prove fufficient for Payment of Intereft, at five YounAs per Centum, ^^?^ Jnteteft of for the faid Tranfport Debt, according to the feveral Debentures made and to be made out, that then, and -q^^^^ "urplus in fuch Cafe, fuch Surplus arifing by the faid Duties, more than fufficient for Payment of the Intereft, to remain in the -Ihall remain in the Exchequer, and not be difpofed of otherwife than by an Aft of Parliament exprefly made Exchequer, and jn that Behalf. ■ -., not be difpofed XIV. Provided always. That it fliall and may be lawful for the Comrniffioners of His Majefty's Treafury, "^^nt ^^^"^'^' or the Lord High Treafurer for the time being, out of the Monies raifed by this or the faid recited Afts, Commiffioners to pay to the faid Commiffioners to be appointed purfuant to this Aft, their Clerks, or any other Perfons, and theircierks, fuch Surtis of Money as they or any of them fhall or may reafonably deferve for their Service, or Ihall or ^^- " ay be paid may have expended, in the Execution of, or in relation to, this or the faid recited Afts. out of the Du- XV. Provided always, and be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That this Aft, or any tm's Aft not t Thing contained therein, fhall not extend, or be conftrued to extend, to give any Power for the licencing impowerHawk- of any Hawker, Pedlar, or Petty Chapman, to fell, or expofe to Sale, any V/ares or Merchandizes in any ers, &c. to fell City, Borough, Town Corporate, or Market Town within this Realm, any otherwife than might have Wares or Mer- been done before the making of this Aft ; any Thing therein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. ch^nd^e m any C A P. XXVIII. An A<^ for the exporting Watches, Sword-hilts, and other Manufaftures of Silver.

  • TTTHEREAS by an Aft of Parliament made in the feventh and eighth Years of His prefent Ma-
  • V V jefty King William the Third, intituled. An A£l to encourage the bringing Plate into the Mint to be ■j &% w. 3. c.
  • coined', and for the further remedying the ill State of the Coin of this Kingdom, it is amongft other Things fo 19.
  • enafted, That after thelafi: Day oi March thtn next enfuing, no wrought Plate of this Kingdom can b?

' (hipped off, under the great Penalties in the faid Aft contained, whereby no Home-wrought manufac- ' tared Plate, though never fo beneficial to the Artificers and Trade of this Kingdom, is permitted to be ' exported, which was at that Time a good and wholfome Law, and tended to the Benefit of the King- ' dom, by keeping Bullion at Home to be coined: Now forafmuch as by a iubfequent Aft made in the ' eighth and ninth Years of the Reign of His faid Majefty, intituled, Jn Aiii for the encouraging the bring- 8&9W.3.C. 8. ' ing in of wrought Plate to be coined, it is therein enafted. That from and after the five and tv/entieth Day ' o March one thoufand fix hundred ninety-feven, no Goldfmith, Silverfmith, or other Perfon v.'h^tfoever, ' fhall work, make or caufe to be wrought or made any Silver Veflel, Plate or R4anufafture of Silver, lefs ' in Finenefs than that of eleven Ounces and ten Penny Weight of fine Silver in every Pound Troy, nor

  • put to Sale the fame until it be marked, as in the faid Aft is diredled ; whereby no Profit can arife to any

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