|o8; C. 28. Anno nono Ann^ Reginae. A. D. 17 10.
- Colonies, and hath, in a great Meafure, prevented the Importation thereof into thofe Plantations ani
' Colonies j' Be it therefore eijadled, i^c, " After I June 171 f. all Prize Goods, &c. taken in America, (hall be liable to Duties. See 10 Annx, •' c. 22. and 10 Ann. c.26. §113." 'IT. And whereas feveral Bonds and other Securities have been obtained at yamaica, for the Payment of ' Duties chargeable by virtue of the laid Claufe in the Ail of the fixth Year of her Majefty's Reign, upon ^ Cocoa, Sugars, Indico, Snuff, Tobacco, Piemento, and other Commodities of the Growth of ^w^r/w, ' which are ufually afterwards imported into this Kingdom, and pay the full Duties here ; and alfo for ' Wines and Brandies which are feldom fent from Great Britain, which may reafonably be difcharged of the ' faid 5m//& Duties, becaufe the faid feveral Commodities are, upon their Importation into y«;Ka/c«, liable ' to pay large Caftoms towards the Support of that Government j' Be it therefore, ^c. " All Bonds, &c, at 'Jamaica, to which Captors are liable for Duties on Cocoa, Sugar, ^c. fliall not be ■ " profecutcd till the End of the next Seffions of Parliament. The Tenor, i^c. of the faid Bonds, fsfr. Cuncenung PtB>:~. to be certified to the Commiffioners of the Cuflroms in England, who fhall make Report thereof to the rations, fee far- « Commons in next Parliament. All Prize Goods imported into Great Britain, made liable to the fame iher 4 G«. r. a Duties as if they had not been Prize."^ c. II. %Geo. z. . ' s. I2£fi5. iiGeo.i.c.$, 3 Ceo. 2. c. 12 S" 28. 4 Cm. 2, r. 15. 5 Geo. 2. c. 7 £? 9, 6 Geo. f. IJ. 8 Gw. z. c, ig, l» Ceo. a. r. 30, 15 Geo. 3,. e.jl:®" 33-. 24 Geo, 2. c. 51 & 53, 29. Geo, 2, c 5 S" 33, 30 Geo, 2. c. 9. CAP. xxviir. An A£t to diflblve the prefent, and prevent the future Combination of Coal-Owners, Lighter- men, Mafters of Ships, and others, to advance the Price of Coals, in Prejudice of the Navigation, Trade, and Maniifadiires of this Kingdom, and for the further Encourage- ment of the Coal- Trade. 9 H. 5.,/a^ I. TX7HEREAS the Cities oi London and' TVe/imin/ler, and other Places, are chiefly fupplied with c. 10. jfiSsJ'if ' W Coals brought by Sea frorn the Counties of Durham, Northumberland,, and Town and County of Cflr.2. e. 2. 30.' Neiucq/iL' upon Tine,, znd the having the fame at cheap and reafonable Prices, tends greatly to the Im- 6fef ^Vr ^' ' provement of the ManufaiSlures and Increafe of the Trade and Navigation of this Kingdom, by breeding f. 18^ g'fl'io ' ^"'^ employing many thoufanda of fkilful Mariners for the Service of her Majefty, and Defence of the ^. 3'. c. 13. ' Realm, and to the Relief of the Poor ; and for that End, and for the better advancing of the Duties upon 30 efii ff^. 3. ' Coals granted to her Majefly for the carrying on the prefent War againft the Common Enemy, it is ne- c. 21. 8 jim, ' ceffary the fame fliould not be rnonopolized, but that the Coal Trade fliould be free and open, and that ^'fi'sf^'^""' ' all Prejudices, Hindrances, and Obftruftions, that may any ways affeft the faid Trade, (hould be re-.
- ^' * moved, prevented, and hindred ;' Be it therefore enadled by the Queen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and
Contrafts be- ^^^ ^^^ Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament affembled, twcenCosI and by. the Authority of the fame. That all and every Contradi: or Contrads, Covenants or Agreements,. Owners, Sec. for whether the fame be in Writing or not in Writing, and whether heretofore made or entred into, or here- ejigroiTing Coals, a^ftgj. (q be made or entered into, by or between any Coal-Owners, Lightermen, Fitters, Mafters, or 4c. illegal. Owners of Ships or Veffels, Crimps, Coal Faftors, or other Perfon or Perfons whatfoever concerned ia the faid Caal Trade^ for engroffmg Coals, or for retraining or hindring any Perfon or Perfons whomfoever. from freely felb'ng, buying, loading or unloading, navigating ordifpofing of Coals, in fuch Manner as they lawfully may, fball be, and are hereby declared to be illegal, null, and void, to all Intents and Purpofes : Pojialtyon Goal And further, that if any Coal Owners, Lightermen, Fitters, Mafters, or Owners of Ships or Veilels, Owners, &c. af- Crimps, Coal Factors, or any other Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, ftiall, at any Time or Times, from and rer I June 171 1. gftg,- jj^g £[-ft Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and eleven, keep up, continue, ad; in, make, enter aomrllls &c '"'■°' ^'S"' ^'^^ or be knowingly interefted or concerned in any Contraft or Contracts, Covenants or A- ' ■ greements, before by this Acl: declared to be illegal, null, and void, or fhall erect or keep up any Office or Offices,. Chamber or Chambers, or other Place or Places for the Management of fuch Contraft or Con- tra«Sl!s, Covenants or Agreements, as Party or Parties to, ox knowingly interefted in the fame, or flrali any ways aft or officiate therein, as Officer, Clerk, Agent, or Servant to or for the Perfons fo contrafting,. agreeing, or ading, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of this Ad, the Perfon or Perfons fo ofl'end- ing fhall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit and pay as follows ; that is to fay, every Coal Owner or Ov/ners, or Proprietor of or, in any Pit or Mine, Pits or Mines of Coal, the Sum of one hundred Pounds ; and .every Fitter, whether ading by himfelf, his Agent or Servant, the Sum of fifty Pounds;- ami every Mafter or Owner of any Ship or Veflel, the Sum of twenty Pounds ; and every Officer, Clerk, Agent, or Servant, as aforefaid, the Sum of twenty Pounds. ?;»ers Ccriif.. II. And for the further Encouragement of the faid Coal Trade, and for preventing of Frauds and Abufes larfs to the therein; Be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That every Fitter or other Perfon, vending or Soip Mafter, delivering Coals, or fome or one of them, fhall give a full, true, and ample Certificate or Certificates to each and every Ship Mafter every Voyage, figned by his or their Hand Writing, containitig the Day of the Month, and Year of fuch Loading, the Mafters and Ships Names, and the exad Quantity, and the ufual Names of the feveral and' refpedive Collieries out of which the faid Coals are and fhall be wrought arid gotten, and the Price paid by the Mafter or Mafters for each and every Sort of Coals that each and every. Fitter or other Perfon, vending or delivering Coals, as aforefaid, his or their Agent or Servant, hath fold and loaded on board, each and every Ship or VelTel j. which faid Gertifieate or. Certificates,. tlhall, upon the ^ . . Arrival
