J^.D. 1700. Anno duodecimo 8c decimo tertio Gulielmi III. C. 11; 73 Retailers of Brandy and other diftilled Liquors, which they now have or exercife^ over common Alc- houfc-keefiers by any Law or Statute whatfoever. ' XlXr And whereas by an A&: made in the eleventh Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled, j^n ASl for " w. j. c. ij. ' ajcertainivg the Meafures for retailing Ale and Beer ^ it is enaifted. That every Mayor or chief Officer of ™""^""'"E Mea- ♦ each City, Town Corporate, Borough or Market Town, from and after the twenty-fourth Day of AiT/nd Beer ' June one thoufand feven hundred, mall from time to time caufe or procure all Ale Quarts and Ale '
- pints brought to him or them refpedtively to be meafured, compared, fized and equalled with the
' Standard, and then figned, ftamped and marked, as in the faid Aft is mentioned and defcribed ;' Be it enafted and declared, That nothing in the faid recited Act contained fhall extend, or be conftrued or taken to extend, to deprive the two Univerfities of this Kingdom, or either of them, of their Right, "°* '•> ^epfiye Privilege and Ufage of lizing, equalling, figning, damping and marking of Meafures for Ale and Beer, fit'esTf t^ei'r "" within their refpettive Limits and Jurifdi£tions, but that they and each of them refpeftively, fhall and j^jg^t of nzine, may have and enjoy their faid Right, Privilege, and Ufage ; any thing in the faid recited A6t to the con- &c. their Mea- trary thereof in any wife notwithfiranding. lutes. XX. And for the preventing all fecret and unlawfiil Importation of foreign Spirits or Brandy ; be it Foreign Brandy enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any foreign Brandy or Spirits of any Kind whatfoever, fhall orSpiritsimport- from and after the nine and twentieth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and one, be imported ^^ to be forfeited, into this Kingdom, or be brought into any Port, Creek, or Haven of this Realm, in any Ship or Veifei, under the Burden of fifteen Tuns (except for the Ufe of the Seamen, on board fuch Ship or VefTel only, not exceeding one Gallon for each Seaman) fuch Brandy or Spirits fhall be forfeited, one Moiety thereof to his Majeity, his Heirs and SuccelTors, the other Moiety to fuch Perfon as fliall feize or fue for the fame, by Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at IVr/iniinfter. XXI. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be lawful to and King may bor- for his Majefty, or his Majefty's Officers in the Receipt of his Exchequer, to borrow or take in by way '°'^ 300,000). of Loan to his Majefty's Ufe, on Credit of the faid Rates and Duties upon low Low Wines or Spirits ^a^""*" "'"'^'^ of the firfl Extraftion, and of the faid Duties upon Coffee, Cocoa Nuts, Chocolate, Cocoa Pafte, Tea, ' Nutmegs, Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, and Pi£turcs, and any other Things therewith charged, as afore- faid, and of the faid Impofitions and Sums of Money payable by Hawkers, Pedlars, and Petty Chapmen, and of the faid further Duties impofed upon Muflins, any Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding three at 61. pcrCent. hundred thoufand Pounds, from any Perfon or Perfons, Natives or Foreigners, Bodies Politick or Corpo- Intereft for rate, as fhall be willing to advance or lend the fame, and that Interefl for the Forbearance thereof, not 'S°.<=°°'- ^^^ exceeding the Rate of fix Pounds per Centum per Annum for the firft one hundred and fifty thoufand for the other" Pounds, and_feven Pounds per Centum per Annum, for the remaining one hundred and fifty thoufand 150,0001. Pounds, which fhall be fo lent, fliall be allowed and paid out of the fame Rates and Duties ; and that Money ifnt not the Money fb to be lent fhall not be rated or affefTed to any public Tax or AfTeiTment whatfoever. '" ^ "^^•'• XXII. And to the end all the Money that fhall be fo lent to his Majefty on the faid Duties on Low Wines, and other the Duties before particularly expreffed, may be well and fufKciently fecured and re- paid Vi'ith Interefl as aforefaid, out of the fame, be it further enacSfed by the Authority aforefaid. That all Monies to b? the Monies arifmg by the faid Duties, upon which the faid Loans are to be made, fhall be brought and paid paii) weekly into from Time to Time weekly into the Receipt of the Exchequer (that is to fay) xx>oWedncfday in every Auditor to'^ent'^er Week, if it be not an Holiday, and if it be, then the next Day after that is not an Holiday ; and that there the faid Monies ihall be provided and kept in his A'lajefly's Exchequer (that is to fay) in the Office of the Auditor of the apart. Receipt, one Book in which all the faid Monies which fliall be fo paid into the Exchequer fhall be entred apart and diilincl from all other Monies paid or payable to his Majefty, his Heirs and SuccefTors, Gpon any Account whatfoever. XXIII. And be it further ena£ted by the Authority aforefaid. That from Time to Time, upon making Tallies and Or- fuch Loans, as aforefaid, on Credit of the faid Duties on Low Wines and other the Duties before men- <'<=" '° '^'^ txi. tioned, as aforefaid. Tallies of Loan fliall be levied for all and every Sum and Sums of Money fo to be xu a™rnt*and lent, and that Orders according to the Courfe of the Exchequer, fhall be drawn and figned for Repay- jn'terlft pa^d" ment of the fame, and for Payment of fuch Interefl, as aforefaid, for the Forbearance thereof, the faid every three Interefl to he paid every three Months, until Satisfa£tion of the principal Sum ; and that all and every Months. iiich Order and Orders, and the Monies therein to be contained, or any Part thereof, fliall be affignable Oriietsto beif- and transferrable, without Power of Revocation, fo as the Aflignments thereof be indorfed upon the re- ^^"^ ' '^' fpcdtive Orders, and entered or notified in the Oiiice of the Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer, in a Book to be there kept for that Purpofe; and that a diftinct Regifter fhall be kept in the faid Receipt of Exchequer, of all the faid Orders of Repayment, not exceeding three hundred thoufand Pounds, in which the faid Orders fhall be regiitred in Courfe, according to the Date of the Tallies refpectively, with- out any other Preference of one before another ; and that every Perfon fliall be paid in Courfe as his Or- 1" rfgiftred m der fhall ftand entred in fuch Regifter Book, out of the faid Duties upon Low Wines, and the faid other ^°ile p^l{°^ Duties whereupon the fiid Loans fhall be made, as aforefaid, which are hereby appropiiated thereunto, rcnce, and that no Fee, Reward, or Gratuity, dire<Stly or indirectly, fhall be demanded or taken for providing without Fee, or making any fuch Book or Regifter, or for any Viev/ or Search in the fame, by any of his Majefty's Officers, their Clerks, or Deputies, on Pain of P'orfeiting treble Damages to the Party grieved, to be re- Penilty. covered by Action of Debt, or of the Cafe, Bill, Plaint, or Information in any of his Majefty's Courts <'f Record at Weftminjier, by any Perfon or Perfons who will fue for the fame, wherein no ElToin Protec- lion. Wager of Law, Privilege of Parliament, or other Privilege, or more than one imparlance fliall be Vot. iV. L granted
