A.D.iyoy. Anno fexto Ann ^ Reginae. C. 17. 291 ' chandizes are to be garbled within the City of London, and the Liberties thereof, as therein is mentioned, ' under the Penalties and Forfeitures therein fpecified, and feveral Powers are thereby given to the Gar-
- bier for the Time being, for that Piirpofe ; which A61 for the garbling of Spices, and other Wares and
' Merchandizes, in many Cafes is now become ufelefs, and in other Cafes would be prejudicial, and to ' the Damage of feveral Wares and Merchandizes fo to be garbled, to the Obftruftion and Difcourage-
- ment of the Trade of this Kingdom, and the p'oreign Exportation, and to the Vexation of the Subjects,
- by unneceffary Profecutions in her Majeiiy's Court oi Exchequer ;' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's 6 Af, 3. c. 7.
ruoft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That the faid Aft Aa for thegar- ftall be, and from henceforth {lands abfolutely repealed, and all Powers, Penalties, and Forfeitures there- bl'ng of Spices in mentioned or given, fhall from henceforth be null and void. repealed. II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That all Suits and Informations now depend- Suits depending ing in her Majefl:y's Court of Exchequer, or in any other Court, or which fhall at any Time hereafter be for any Seizure, brought or profecuted upon the faid Aft, under Pretence of any Seizure or Forfeiture, or Penalty incurred *'"^' fcharged. for Breach of the faid Aft, or for any OfFence comm.itted or fuppofed to be committed againft the fame, fhall be, and are hereby declared to be difcharged, difcontinued and determined, and that no Proceedings fhall be had thereupon, and all Seizures upon the faid Aft made or to be made, are hereby declared to be difcharged, releafed, null, and void. III. Provided always. That it fliall and may be lawful for the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, and Lord Mayor, s.'e. Common Council of the City of London for the Time being, to appoint from time to time a fit and able may appoint a P^rfon to execute the Office of Garbler within the City of London, and the Liberties thereof, who at the Warbler to gai- Requeft of any Perfon or Perfons, Owner or Owners of any Spices, Drugs, or other Wares or Mer- ^^^J^^^^^'j^""^^" chandizes garbleable, and not otherwife, fhall garble the fame, and fuch Garbler fhall have and receive 'j-^rtfor f row-' for his Pains and Trouble therein as the faid Lord Mayor, Court of Aldermen and Common Council^om concerning fliall appoint, and no more. Sp"'^ s Ann. ■c. 7. / 6. 9 Ann. c. 6. /. 59. 10 Ann, c. 26. /. 45. 6 Geo, 1, c. zt, f. 45. 8 Geo. 1. c. 15. /. 15, and 8 Ceo. i. c, 18. /, 21. ' IV. And whereas the Profits of the faid Office are Part of the Revenues and Incomes of the City of
- London, and are now lett by Leafe to Willinm Stezuart, under the Rent of three hundred Pounds per ■
' Annum, the Profits of which Office, and the Right of the faid JViUiam Stewart to the fame, by repealing ' the faid Aft will be very much diminilhed ;' Be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and Brokers on their after the Determination of this prefent Seffion of Parliament, all Perfons that fnall aft as Brokers within '^'^^^^"h'to^^^ the City of London and Liberties thereof, fliall from time to time be admitted fo to do by the Court of chainberlain of Mayor and Aldermen of the faid City for the Time being, under fuch Reflriftions and Limitations for London. their honefl: and good Behaviour as that Court fhall think fit and reafonable, and (hall upon fuch their Ad- 13 E. i. ft- s* miffion pay to the Chamberlain of the faid City for the time being, for the Ufes herein after mentioned, the Sum of Forty Shillings, and fuall alfo yearly pay to the faid Ufes the Sum of Forty Shillings upon and alfo4os.on the nine and twentieth Day of September in every Year ; all which Monies fhall in the firft Place be ap- »9 Sept. yearly, plied for and towards the paying and fatisfying to the faid William Stewart the Sum of nine hundred fixty-. feven Pounds and ten Shillings, for a Compenfation for his Interefl: in the faid Office ; and that from and after the full Payment of the faid Sum of nine hundred fixty-feven Pounds and ten Shillings to the faid How the faid William Stewart, all the Monies arifing by fuch Admiffions and yearly Payments, fhall go to, and be en- Monies ihall be joyed by the faid Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London ; and that from and after "PP^' the Determination of this prefent Seffions of Parliament, the faid Leafe to the faid William Steivart, and. every Claufe therein contained, fhall ceafe, determine, and be abfolutely void. V. And be it further enafted, by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon or Perfons from and af- penalty on Per- ter the Determination of this prefent Seffions of Parliament, fhall take upon him to aft as a Broker, or.fon afting as a employ any other under him to aft as fuch, within the faid City and Liberties, not being admitted as afore- Broker without faid, every fuch Perfon fo offending, fhall forfeit and pay to the Ufe of the faid Mayor and Commonalty ■■'^'""""• and Citizens of the faid City, for every fuch OfFence, the Sum of five and twenty Pounds, to be reco- ^,Z'^ancm°bi' vered by Aftion of Debt, in the Name of the Chamberlain of the faid City, in any of her Majefty's Courts Broke'rVoAnn, of Record, in which no Proteftion, EfToin, or Wager of Law fhall be allowed, or any more than oner. 19.'/ ^"• Imparlance. 6 Geo. 1. c. 18. ■CAP. XVII. /-'S- ZCeo.z. c. 31. An Aft for affnring to the EngliJiD Company trading to the Eaft Indies, on Account of the united Stock, a longer Time in the Fund and Trade therein mentioned, and for raifmg. thereby the Sum of twelve hundred thoufand Pounds for carrying on the War, and other her Majefty's Occafions.
^' /f O S T gracious Sovereign ; Whereas in and by an Aft made in the ninth Year of the Reign of Preamble re-
l .jiS/x our late Sovereign Lord King William the Third (of glorious Memory) intituled. An Ali for '^uvi% the Aft ■* raifim a Sum not exceeding two Millions, upon a Fund for Payment of Annuities, after the Rate of Eight Pounds ^°' eftablifting ' per Centum per Annum, and for fettling a Trade to the Eaft Indies, it is, amongft other Things, enafted, p*"' ^^^ ^"* ' That all the Monies arifing by the feveral Duties upon Salt and Rock Salt, and upon ffampt Vellum, , &^7w - ^ Parchment, and Paper, in the faid Aft mentioned, fliould be brought and paid into the Receipt of the c. 44. Exchec^uer yearly and every Year, reckoning the firft Year to begin from the nine and twentieth Day oiiAnn'.ft. i.f.12. P p 2 . ' September * '^""' ■ 3-
