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A. D. 1700. Anno duodecimo Sc decimo tertio Gulielmi III. C. 11. 71 being, or their Collector for the Port or Place where fuch Spirits and Brandies fiiall be fo fhipt off, out of the Duties on Low Wines, Spirits, and Strong Waters, and J^ua Vita, for every Gallon of fuch Spirits or Brandy fo fhipt off, the Sum of three Pence, VIII. And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That a certain Claufe in an Aft made in Claufe !n 2 W. the fecond Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefly and the late Qiieen Mary, of bleffed Memory, in- ^^.- ^■'^- '^■9' tituled, At! Aci for the encouraging the diJ}Uling of Brandy and Spirits from Corn, and for laying feveral Duties <=°""""'^'^- on Low Wines or Spirits of the ff? Extraction, relating to Strong Waters, Brandies, Aqua Vita, and ot:her excifeable Liquors brought from the Iflands of Guernfey, ferfey, Sark or Alderney, and all the Charges, Duties and Penalties, and every Article and Thing therein contained, fliall continue and be of Force and Virtue during the Continuance of this Aft, in as full and ample Manner, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the faid Claufe was herein Word for Word repeated and enafted. IX. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Penalties and Forfeitures, hereby Penaltits, £-c. impofed for any OiTence relating to the faid Duties upon Low Wines or Spirits of the firft Extraftion, how levied, &c. fhall be one Moiety to his Majelty, his Heirs and Succeffors, and the other Moiety to him or them that Ihall inform or {vJi. for the fame ; and that the lame Penalties and Forfeitures, for any Offence relating to the faid Duties upon Low Wines or Spirits of the firft Extraftion, fhall be recovered and levied by the fame Ways, Means and Methods, as any Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures, are or_ may be recovered by any of the Laws of Excife, or by Aftion of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of his Ma- jefty's Courts of Record at Weftminfler, wherein no Effoin, Proteftion or Wager of Law, nor any more than one Imparlance fliall be allowed. X. And be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That all the Rates, Duties, additional Duties, Im- Duties on Coffee, politions, and Sums of Money whatfoever, granted to his Majefty by the Aft paffed in the fixfh Year of &=:. and all Pow- his Majeily's Reign, intituled. An Act for granting to his Majejly feveral additional Duties upon Coffee, Tea, "^ '"^ ^b-^" Chocolate and Spices, toivards SatisfaSfion of the Debts due for Tranfport Service for the ReduSfion of Ireland, ^_' ' continued which were thereby charged or impofed upon Coffee, Cocoa Nuts, Chocolate, Cocoa Pafte, Tea, Nut- till i May 1706. megs, Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, Piftures, or any other Matters or Things thereby charged, from the 7 Ann. c 7. iiift Day of May one thoufand fix hundred ninety-five, until the fecond Day of May one thoufand fix h- ^^• hundred ninety-eight, and which, by an Aft made in the ninth Year of his Majefty's Reign, were con- tinued from the firft Day of May one thoufand fix hundred ninety-eight, until the firft Day of May one thoufand feven hundred and one, fhall be continued from the thirtieth Day of April one thoufand feven hundred and one, and be raifed, levied, coUefted, anfwered and paid unto his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, until the firft Day of May one thoufand feven hundred and fix ; and that the faid Aft of the fixth Year of his Majefty's Reign, concerning the laid Coffee and other the enumerated Commodities aforefaid, and all the Powers, Privileges, Provifions, Penalties, Forfeitures, Articles and Claufes therein contained (and not hereby altered) which were to have Continuance until the faid firft Day oi May one thoufand fe'en hundred and one, fhall continue and be in full Force and Effeft, imtil the faid firft Day of May one thoufand feven hundred and fix, and fhall be praftifed and executed for railing, levying, col- lefting and anfwering the Duties hereby continued, for the Ufes and Purpofes in this Aft expreffed, and to no other Ufe, Intent or Pyrpofe whatfoever. 'XL And whereas in the eighth Year of his Majefty's Reign an Aft was made for licencing of 8 W. 3. c. z?,- ' Hawkers and Pedlars, which. Aft, and the Impofitions therein contained, had Continuance till the four 9 W. 3. c, 17, ' and twentieth Day of June one thoufand fix hundred ninety-eight ; and in the ninth Year of his Ma- ' jefty's Reign another Aft was made for licenfing of Hawkers and Pedlars, which Aft, with the Impofi- ' tions therein mentioned, were to continue from the four and twentieth Day of fune one thoufand fix

  • hundred ninety-eight, until the four and twentieth Day of fime one thoufand feven hundred and one;'

It is hereby further enafted by the Authority aforeiaid. That from and after the three ; ' - - - of June one thoufand feven hundred and one, until the four and twentieth Day of ft, It is hereby further enafted by the Authority aforeiaid. That from and after the three and twentieth Day ^^^^ ^"^ lic^n- ' f , "the four and twentieth Day of June, which fhall be and^p")?""^"" j in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and fix, the Duties, Impofitions and Sums of Money ^^ Duties'thcK- to be paid by every Hawker, Pedlar, Petty Chapman, and fuch other trading Perfons as are defcribed in by paid, &c. coa- the faid Aft of the ninth Year of his Majefty's Reign for licencing Hawkers and Pedlars, and all the tinned until 24 Powers for granting Licences and other Powers, Claufes, Rules, Direftions, Allowances, Penalties and J""' ^706. Forfeitures, Articles, Matters and Things tlierein contained (and not hereby altered) fiiall be continued, T^i"^^?'% and fhall be praftifed, obferved and put in Execution, from the faid^ three and twentieth Day of June one Lace "re 'not "'" the faid three and twentieth Day of June one L^cg ntieth Day of yune one thoufand leven hun- Hawk thoufand feven hundred and one, until the fiiid four and twentieth Day of yune one thoufand leven hun- Hawkers within dred and fix, as fully and effeftually, as if thi fame were particularly repeated and again enafted by this this Aa 4 Geo. prefent Aft; ireverthelefs the faid Duties or Sums of Money to be paid by fuch Hawkers, Pedlars, Petty '• •=• ^•' Chapmen and others as aforefaid, fhall be for the Ufes and Purpofes in this Aft expreffed, and. for no other Ufe, Intent or Purpofe whatfoever; any thing in the faid recited Afts, or any of them, contained to the contrary notwithftanding. , XII. And it is hereby further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Duty upon Muflins, after the Rate of fifteen Pounds for every one hundred Pounds of the true and real Value thereof, Avhich was impofed by an Aft m?.de in the eleventh Year of his Majefty's Reign, whereby further Duties were laid 11 W. 3, c. j; upon wrought Silk, Muflins, and fome other Commodities oi Perfia, China, and t'az Eajl Indies, v/hich concerning Dutt fhould be imported after the five and twentieth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred, and before o" M^^lms cun- the thirtiet'n Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and one, fnail be continued for and upon all ','o"s5pt""i7o5 . Muflins which from and after the nine and twentieth Day of September one thoufand kv&n. hundred and one, and before the thirtieth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and fix, fhall be imported or brought -into the Kingdom of England, Dominion of Waks, and 1 own of Berwick upon Tweed-, over and