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lyo C. 4^ Anno tertio & quarto Ann^ Reginae. A. D. 1704. Duties to be pnid into the Exche- quer, Wbolefale Tra- ders not no be deemeJ feJlais, Provifo. CUufeof Loan not exceeding 700,000 1. at 6J. per Cent, 12 W. 3. c. II

  • See 6 Annae,

c,t'22. & 3 Geo, I.e. 7, §.19.' the faid Callicoes, China Wares, and Drugs fo exported be the fame for which the faid Duties are paid and fecured to he paid us aforefaid, that then and in every fuch Caie (and not otherwife) the fame Duties fo paid fh;i!], without any Delay or Reward, be wholly repaid out of any the Duties on imported Com- modities by this Ai5l granted, or the Security, for fuch of the faid Duties as (hall be fecured, fliall be vacated, as_ to fo much of tlie faid Callicoes, Ci'imj Warts, and Drugs, as fhall be fo exported ; any thino- in this A£t to the contrary notwithftanding. XIII. And it is hereby further enafted. That all the Duties by this Aft granted or continued (except the necefiary Charges for raifing and managing the fame) fliall, from time to time, by the refp-iftive Receivers thereof, be brought into her Majelly's E.eccipt of the Exchequer, for the Purpofes in this A£t mentioned. XIV. Provided neverthelefs. That whereas feveral Doubts have arifen touching Traders in the Woollen- or Linen Manufadlures, who trade by Wholefale, and fet many thoufands of Poor to work, and yet, for want of the Convenience of Water Carriage, are obliged to fend their Goods, when manufactured, by Horfes and otherwife to the publick Markets, Fairs, and other Places ; Be it ena£t;d and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That all Perfoiis trading in the Woollen or Linen Manufactures of this King- dom, and felling the fame by Wholefale, fliall not be deemed or taken to be Hawkers, Pedla:s, or Petty Chapmen within this or any other Act, but that fuch Perfo.n or Perfons, and thofe that fhall be immedi- ately imployed under them to fell by Wholefale only, may carry abroad, expofe, and fell the faid Manu- faftures; any thing in this Aift or any other Ad: or A£ls to the contrary thereof notwithftanding, XV. Provided always, and it is hereby declared. That no Goods or Merchandizes imported or brought into any Ports of England or IFales, before the faid firlt Day oi February one thoufand feven hundred and four, and afterwards imported or brought into any other Port or Ports of this Kingdom from the Ports v/here they fo firft arrived, fhall be liable to pay the new Duties by this A6t granted, to commence from the fame firft Day oi February; any thing in this A61 contained to the contrary thereof in any wife not- withftanding. XVI. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That it fhall and may be lawful to and for any Perfon or Perfons, Natives or Foreigners, Bodies Politick or Corporate, to lend to her Majefty, at the Receipt of the Exchequer, upon Credit of all the Monies which fhall arife by the faid A<£t of the _ twelfth Year of his faid late Majefty's Reign, after Satisfaftion of all the Loans, not exceeding three hun- ' dred thoufand Pounds, made thereupon, and all the Intereft due and to be due for the faid Loans, and every of them, or referving fufficient to fatisfy the fame, and upon Credit of all the feveral Duties upon Low Wines and Spirits of the firft Extraction, Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, Cocoa, Spices, and Pictures, Hawkers, Pedlars, Petty Chapmen, and Muflins, by this Aft continued as aforefaid, and upon Credit,of the additional Duties of Coffee,- Tea, Chocolate, Cocoa, Spices, and Piftures, by this Aft granted, and of the new Duties upon Callicoes, China Ware, and Drugs, and upon Credit of all other Duties by this Aft granted or continvied ; any Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding in the vvhole the Sum of feven hundred thoufand Pounds, at an Intereft not exceeding the Rate of fix Pounds per Centum per Annum, XVII. And to the End all the Money, that fhall be fo lent to her Majefty, may be well aad fufficient- ly fecured and repaid with Intereft as aforefaid; be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That all paid into the Ex- (he Monies arifing by the faid Duties, upon which the faid Loans are to be made (other than the necefiary chequer. Charges of raifmg and managing the faid Duties) fliall be brought and paid from Time to Time weekly into the Receipt of the Exchequer; that is to fay, on IVeclnefday in every Week, if it be not an Holiday, AEooktobe gjjj jf jt jjg^ (-[-jgn the next Day after that is not an Holiday; and that there fhall be provided and kept in .^.fr.^^ enwng hgr Majefty's Exchequer, that is to fay, in the Office of the Auditor of the Receipt, one Book, in which all the faid Monies, which ftiall be fo paid into the Exchequer, ftiall be entred apart and diftinft from all other Monies paid or payable to her Majefty, her Hairs and Succeflbrs, upon any Account v/hatfoever. - XVIII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That from Time to Time, upon making of fuch Loans to be made in purfuance of this Aft as aforefaid, Tallies of Loan fliall be levied for all and every Sum and Sums of Money fo to be lent ; and that Orders, according to the Courfe of the Exchequer fhall be drawn and figned for Repayment of the fame, and for Payment of fuch Intereft as aforefaid, for the Forbearance thereof, the faid Intereft to be paid every three Months, until Satisfaftion of the Princi- every 3 Months, pj] guni ; and that all and every fuch Order and Orders, and the Monies therein to be contained, or any Qrdersmaybe Part thereof, fliall be affignable and transferrable without Power of Revocation, fo as the Affignments afligned. thereof be ii.dorfed upon the refpeftive Orders, and entred and notified in the Office of the Auditor of the Re- . ceipt of Exchequer, in a Book to be there kept for that Purpofe ; and that a diftinft Regifter fhall be kept Eifter to^be kept '" '■"^ '^^ Receipt' of Exchequer of all the faid Orders of Repayment, not exceeding feven hundred tbou- cif all the Orders fhiid Pounds Principal Money, in which the faid Orders fliall be regiftred in courfe, according to the Date of Repayment, of the Tallies refpeftively, without any other Preference of one before another ; and that every Perfon Orders to be fliall be paid in Courfe, as his Order fhall ftand entred in fuch Regifter Book, out of the Monies arifing paid in Courfe. ^^y (j,g £v j J Duties or Payments, upon the Credit whereof the faid Loans Ihall be made as aforefaid, . ifoFeetobe which are hereby appropriated thereunto; and that no Fee, Reward, or Gratuity, direftly or indireftly, taken for re- fhall be demanded or taken for providing or making any fuch Book or Regiiter, or for any View or giftringor Search in the fame, by any of her Majefty's Officers, their Clerks or Deputies; on Pain of forfeiting tre- Searches. ble Damages to the Party grieved, with treble Cofts of Suit, to be recovered by Aftion of Debt, or on Penalty. jjjg Q^r^^ j^j}]^ .Plaint, or Information, in any of her Majefty's Courts of Record at JFeJiminJier, by any Perfon Money to be tlie fame. Tallies.of Loan to be levied. Orders for Re- payment. Intereft paid