A. D. 171 6. Anno tcrtio Georgii Regis. C. 5. 101 made of Bark of Trees or Shomack before fuch tawing or dreffing as aforefaid ; any Thing in thi faid Afts laid if tbefiSta- or in any other Aft contained to the contrary notwithltanding. i„,- : .r, mal. 3 , /jtid eoncemin£ Leather, fee farlhir 5 Ceo. 1. c. 2. 12 Get. 2. c. 25. under the Denomination of Hair-powder, to the great Prejudice of the Revenue and the Ruin of the ComemingSiarcb ' Starch-makers of this Kingdom ; and fuch Powder being not liable to pay on the Importation thereof Duty, fanbtt ' much above one twentieth Part of the Cuftom and Duties which Starch is liable unto :' For prevent- 4- G -"- ing whereof for the future, Be it declared by the Authority aforefaid, That all Hair-powder made of Starch, or other Powder that will ferve for the fame Ufes as Starch, fhall, on the Importation thereof, after the twenty-feventh Day of May one thoufand feven hundred and feventeen, be fubjeft and liable to the fame or the like feveral and refpeftive Duties, as foreign Starch on the Importation thereof is Iiabfe unto ; and fuch Powder fo to be imported fhall be entitled to the like Drawback upon Exportation, and be collected or levied with fuch Allowances, and under fuch Penalties and Forfeitures, and in fuch Man- ner and Form, as is directed and prefcribed by the Laws now in Force relating to the Collection of his Majefty's Cufioms and other Duties upon Starch. id ' do privately convey the fame on board Ships or other Veffels in (everal Ports of this Kingdom, and car- Spirits carried ' ry the fame Coaftwife to other Parts of this Kingdom, and there fell the fame, whereby his Majefty is Coaftwife. ' very much defrauded in his Duties on the faid Commodities, and the fair Dealers in the faid Commo- r -, . <. . . ' dities very much prejudiced in their Trade :' For Remedy whereof, Be it further enacted by the Authority & e ' !^§GttCi. aforefaid, That from and after the fifth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and feventeen all Low- c. 21; 8Gmi. wines or Spirits, which fhall be brought by Sea Coaftwife from any Port or Place in this Kingdom to any c. 18. n Gar, other Port or Place in this Kingdom, without a Certificate from the proper Officer of Excife of the re- t,e ' 3°- G r !"' fpeftive Divifions and Places where the fame were brewed, made or diftilled, that the Duty of fuch Low- '°^ ' _ G " wines or Spirits fo brewed, made or diftilled, hath been paid, (which Certificate fhall be given on De- z c 14. 9 Geo. mand without Fee or Reward) fhall be forfeited and loft, and fhall and may be feized by any of the Offi- z;i. 23. ioC«. cers of the Cuftoms or Excife of the Port or Place where the fame fhall be fo brought in ; the faid For- % - c - *7- "G». feiture to be fued for, recovered, determined and mitigated by the fame Ways, Means and Methods, as 2 ' c ' J J 5' ' any Penalty or Forfeiture may be fued for, recovered, determined and mitigated by any of the Laws ofT, c g; ;.'., 7 q'° Excife, and to be diftributed, one Moiety to his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, and the other Moiety i.e. 17. 19 c». to the Perfon or Perfons that fhall fue or inform for the fame. 2. c- "• zoGk. 2. c. 39. 24 Geo. 2, <r, 40, 26 Geo, 2. c. 13. 27 Geo, 2. c, II. 31 Geo, 2, c, 36. 32 Geo, 2, c. 29, 33 Geo. 2. e, 9 & 2S. C A P. V. An Aft for continuing the Duty of two Pennies Scots, or one Sixth Part of a Penny Sterling, on every Pint of Ale and Beer that, fhall be vended or fold within the City of Edinburgh and Privileges thereof, for the Benefit of the faid City, and for difcontinuing the Payment of the Dues commonly called the Petty -port Cuftoms at Edinburgh, during the Continuance of this Act.
- I. TX7HEREAS the City of Edinburgh, by being the Metropolis and Seat of the Government of This Aft
VY Scotland, was fubjeft : to all the Viciffitudes and Changes of the State, and particularly has, explained ;.y ' ever fince the Reformation, being remarkably zealous in fupporting and defending the Proteftant Inte- 1 Geo - 2 - & - -> 1 reft, and thereby involved in great Debts 'above what the common Revenue of°the Town could dif- ~ 3Z ' , . ' ' charge; therefore their late Majefties King William and Queen Mary, with Confent of the Eftates of , Geo™ c 14. ' Parliament, by an Aft paffed in the Parliament of Scotland on the thirteenth of June one thoufand fix ' hundred and ninety-three Years, did give and grant to the faid Town of '. Edinburgh and Community See 26 Geo. '■£. ' thereof, and to the Magiftrates and Town-council of the fame, and their Succeflbrs in Office, for their c 36,
- life and Behoof, the Impoiition of two Pennies Scots, (over and above the King's annexed Excife and
' additional. Excife impofed in that Seffion of Parliament) upon the Pint of Ale and Beer, either b'rew-
- ed, or brought in, or vended, tapped and fold within the faid Town and Suburbs, and Liberties there -
" ' of; viz. Cannongaie, South and North Leiths, Wcjlport, Potter aw, and Pleafants, and the other Perti-
- nents, to be paid to the faid Town and Magiftrates, and Council thereof, by the Brewers, Vintners,
' Sellers or Tapfters of the faid Ale or Beer, during the Space of fifteen Years and further, not exceeding "f the Space .of thirty Years, beginning from the firft Day of July one thoufand fix hundred and ninety-three"
- and to be paid, uplifted and gathered weekly, monthly and quarterly, or other ways, as the Magiftrates
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