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A. D. 1709. Anno odavo Ann^ Reginas. C. 13. 405 ^e Co re-landed, fhall forfeit double the Amount of the faid Drawback for fuch Goods, together with the Such Goods re- Veflels and Boats, and all the Horfes or other Cattle and Carriages whatfoevcr, made ufe of in the Land- '^""l. foffeited, ing. Removing, Carriage or Conveyance of the fame ; one Moiety of all v/hich Penalties or Forfeitures Valuc°of the i'hall be to the Ufe of her Majefty, and the other Moiety to him or them tiiat iliall inform, feize or fue Drawback, wuh for the fame, to be recovered by Bill, Plaiat or Information, in any of her M. jelly's Courts of Record at the Vcirei,&i-. Wejiminjler^ or in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, at any Time or Times within five Years after the Se zi res made by Offence fliall be committed ; wherein no Effoin, Protection, or Wager of Lav/ fnall be allowed. Y'"*"^ °f '^'l'^ ' ' ' -^ Adt, to be deter- mined by two Juftices of the Peice, 8 Geo. c. 3 3. ^, i6. XVIL And it is hereby enadted, That if any Officer of the Cuftoms fhall connive or affift in any Officers conni- Fraud, relating to fuch certificate Goods as aforefaid, fuch Officer (over and above any other Penalties v'"g. "ncapacita- to which he is or may be liable by this or any other AGt) fhall forfeit his Office, and be rendered inca- foned^for 'e"*"'" pable of ferving her Majelty for the future, and fufFer fix Months Imprifonment, without Bail or Main- Months, prize ; and if any Mafter, Commander or other Perfon belonging to any Ship or VefTel, fhall affift in, or Mafter conni- connive at the fraudulent landing any fuch certificate Goods as aforefaid, he, ffte or they (over and above ■"'"£> ir.iprifune all other Penalties provided by this or any other A£l or Afts now in force) iliall for every fuch Offence fof^Woncbs. fuffer Imprifonment by the Space of fix Months, without Bail or Mainprize. XVIII. And for preventing the running of Tobacco into this Kingdom, under Pretence of exporting No Debenture the fame to Ireland; Be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Debenture fhall be paid or allow- <or lol^acco to td for any Tobacco exported from any Port of Great Britain, to the Kingdom oi Ireland, until a Certifi- cln^'iieY cate fliall be produced under the Hands and Seals of the Colleftor, Comptroller, and Surveyor of the Cuf- the Co'lieao'i- '" toms of any Port in Ireland, or any two of them, where fuch Goods fhall be landed, teftifying the land- &c. in Ireland, ing thereof, (the Danger of the Seas of Enemies excepted) any Law to the contrary notwithftanding ; of the landing which Certificate the Colleftor, Comptroller, and Searcher of the Cuftoms, or any two of them, of each ='"=™s there, Port in Ireland, are impowered and required to deliver forthwith, upon the Difcharge of fuch Tobacco, J^^ ^°' %' i and not to take above one Shilling Fee for making out and Delivery of fuch Certificate. per~Cen't.*to be' allowed for Tobacco exported to Ireland in cafe of Wafte. Fees i s. XIX. And as a further Security of her Majefty's Revenues, both in Great Britain and Ireland; Be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Mafter of every Ship carrying fuch certificate Goods to Ire- Rafter carrying land, fhall demand and take from the Colleftor of every refpedlive Port of Gr^i?? 5r;'to/K, a Duplicate of "J'^^^^^^^'^™ his Content in Writing, certified under the Hand and Seal of the Colleitor and Comptroller of fuch Port a Dupb'cate^of^ (which faid Duplicate the Colledlor and Comptroller of each Port in Great Britain, are hereby required his Content from to deliver to every Mafter, without Fee or Reward) and fuch Mafter fhall be obliged to deliver fuch Du- the Colkaoi, plicate to the Officers of the Cuftoms in Ireland on his Arrival, before he be permitted Co land fuch Goods ^'^' there. ' XX. And whereas an illegal Trade is ufually carried on in fmall VelTels or Boats ;' Be it enafted by NoDebenturefo the Authority aforeiaid. That no Debenture fliall be made forth, nor any Drawback be paid or allowed Tobacco exporc- for any Tobacco exported to any Place, in any Ship or VelTel under the Burthen of twenty Tuns ; any ed in any Ship Law, Statute, or Ufage, to the contrary notwithftanding. under so Tuns. ' XXI. And whereas by an Exception or Claufe contained in an Act made in the third Year of her Rental of 7 & d. Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Ait for granting to her Majefty a further Sidfiiy on Wines and Merchandizes Annate. 5. imported, it was provided. That fuch Corans as fnould be imported in Erfglijh built fnipping, navigated according to Law, ihould be exempted from paying the Two thirds Subfidy granted by the faid Act : And where.as by a Claufe in an Act made in the fourth Year of her Majefty's Reign, for continuing an ad- 4 Anns, c 6, dition'al Subfidy of Tonnage and Poundage, it was am-ongft other Things enacted and declared, That the Exception contained in the aforefaid Act, whereby Corans imported m Englijlj built Shipping, navigated according to Law, were exempted from the faid Duty, fliould be extended to fuch Corans as, after the five and twentieth Day of Afarch one thoufand feven hundred and fix, fliould be imported in Ships be- longing to any of the Subjects of the Republick of Venice, fo that they alfo fhould be exempted from Payment of the Two thirds Subfidy granted by the aforefaid Act ; any thing therein contained to the contrary notwithftanding : And whereas by an KQ. made in the fixth Year of her Majefty's Reign, for 6 Annae, c! 23, continuing the feveral Duties therein mentioned, the faid Two thirds Subfidies were continued for three Years, from the feventh Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and eight, with an Exception as to Corans imported in Englijh built Shipping, according to the faid Aft of the third Year of her Majefty's 3 ^"4 Annae, Reign, and no Notice is taken of the Explanation thereof in the faid Aft of the fourth of her Majefty's "^^ 5- Reign, as to Venetian Shipping alfo, whereby fome Doubts have arifen, whether Corans imported in Ve- * •'^°"^' "^' • netian Shipping ought to be exempted from the Continuation of the Two thirds Subfidy, according to the Provifion before recited in the faid Aft of the fourth Year of her Majefty's Reign, extending the Ex- emption to tnem : For preventing which Doubts, and in Regard it would be very hard to reftrain the Subjefts of Venice from importing the Goods of their own Growth in their own Shipping ;' Be it there- fore declared and enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Claufe in the Aft of the fourth Year of the Queen's Reign, for exempting Corans imported in Venetian Shipping from paying the Duty of Corans impar Two thirds Subfidy, was intended, and is to be underftood, from the time of paffing the fame Aft, to be a in Venetijn perpetual Claufe attending the Contiiiuation of that Duty, and not Hm.ited unto the firft Grant thereof; -hips fubjea to any thing in the faid Aft of the fixth, or hi any other fubfequent Aft, to the contrary in any wife "•• '^""^• notwithftanding. ' XXII. And whereas by an Act of Parliament made and pafTed in the fecond and third Year of the Recital of i & 3 ' Reign of her prefent Majefty our moft gracious Sovereign Lady Queen Anne, intituled, An Ail for '^^<^'^>'^-9- ' grantitig