376 C. 16. Anno o&avo Oe org 11 Regis. A. D. 1721. of his Majefty's Courts of Record at Weftminfier, or in the Court of Exchequer at Ediribiigh feipectr-eiy, Moiety to the wherein no Eflbin, Protection, Privilege, Wager of Law, or more than one IriipaVlar.ee fhali be allowed'; King, Moiety and one Moiety of the faid Penalties and Forfeitures fhall be to the Ufe of the King's Majifty, and the to Profecutor. other Moiety to fuch Perfon or Perfons as will fue for or profecure the fame. General iffue. XXIII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Action or Suit fhall be com- menced againft any Perfon or Perfons for any Thing done in Purfuance of this Act, the Defendant or Defendants in fuch Action or Suit may plead the General Iffue, and give this Act, and the Special Matter in Evidence, at any Trial to be had thereupon, and that the fame was done in Purfuance and: De r enilant may by Authority of the faid Ait ; and if it fhall appear fo to have been done, the Jury Jhnll find for the recover treble Defendant or Defendants ; and if the Plaintiff mail be nonfuited, or difcohtinue his Action, after the Cofts. Defendant or Defendants fhall have appeared, or if Judgment fhall be given upon any Verdift or De- murrer againft the Plaintiff, the Defendant or Defendants fhall and may recover treble Coils, and hive the like Remedy for the fame, as the Defendant or Defendants hath or have in other Cafes by Law. Jt" V "i Sk ' nS ' XXIV. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Beaver-Skins, and other Furs of the March'iTxV, to Produit of any of the Britijh Plantations in America, Afia or Africa, (hall from and after the twenty-fifth, be imported di- Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-two, be imported direftly from thence into Great, reaiy from Bri- Britain, and laid on Shore there, and not elfewhere, under the Penalties and Forfeitures contained in an tjfh Plantations. Aft paffed in the twelfth Year of the Reign of the late King Charles the Second, intituled. An AM is Car. z. e. 18. y gr ^ Encouraging and Incrcaftng Shipping and 'Navigation , in relation to Sugars, Tobacco and other enu- merated Goods, of the Growth, Production or Manufacture of any of the Englijh Plantations therein mentioned, to be recovered and diftributed in fuch Manner, as the Penalties and Forfeitures relating to the faid enumerated Goods are, by the faid recited Aft, to be recovered and diftributed. Recital of Part ' XXV. And whereas by an Aft palled in the fixth Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Ail for e'ceo Art '° f 8 ' *^ e better fecuring certain Powers and Privileges intended .to be granted by his Majefty by two Charters, for ' AJJurance of Ships and Merchandises at Sea; and for lending Man ey on Bottomry ; and for retraining feveral 43 El. c. i%. ' extravagant a::d unwarrantable Practices therein menmrted, his Majefty was enabled to ereft two diftinft 11& i^Car. i. <■ Corporations for Affurance of Ships, Goods and Merchandizes at Sea, or going to Sea, and for other 1 1-! 7 ""' '• ' Purpofes therein mentioned ' ; which faid Corporatio'i« are by the 'faid Aft obliged, frofn time to time, ' during the Continuance of the fame Corporations rcfpeftively, to caufe fuch a Stock of ready Money ' to be provided and referved, as fhall be fumcrent to anfwer, from time to time, all juft Demands upon ' their Policies of AlTurance for any Loffes whatfoevev which fhall happen, and to fatisfy, pay and dif- 1 charge the fair e Demands, from time to time, according to the Tenors of their refpeftive Policies of ' Affurance. and the true Meaning of the faid Aft ; and in cafe of Refufal and Negleft to pay the fame, ' the faid Corporations are by the faid Aft' refpeftively fubjefted to pay double Damages, befides full
- Cofts of Suit, to be recovered by Action, Bill, Suit or Information in any of his Majefty's Courts of
' Record at Wejlpimjler : And whereas his Majefty hath beeh gracioufly pleafed (purfuant to the faid Aft) ' to ereft two diftinft Corporations for the Purpofes aforefaid, one by the Name and Title of the Go- ' vernor and Company of the Royal Exchange AJJurance, and the other by the Name and Title of the ' Governor and Company of the London AJJurance ; and the faid Corporations have accordingly provided
- Stocks of ready Money for anfwering the Purpofes of the faid Aft, but do find themfelves under Dif-
' couragements and Inconveniences by being fubjefted to pay double Damage's, befides full Cofts of
- Suit in Aftions, which they cannot avoid, there being no Provifion in the laid Aft to oblige the Par-
' ties affured, to make Difcovery to the fjid Corporations of their true Loffes, before any Aftion
- brought ;. and unreafonablc Suits in doubtful Cafes are encouraged, for the Sake of fuch double Da-
' mages, and full Cofts :' For Remedy thereof, be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That fo much - j E„j,™ e of the (aid recited Aft, as fubjefts the .laid Corporations, or either of them, to pay double Damages, AfTmance and befides full Cofts of Suit, fhall be and. is hereby repealed; and tHat in all Cafes where by the faid Aft London Ail'u- or Charters the faid Corporations, or either of them, "are fubjefted to pay double Damages, befides full ranee, liable to Cofts of Suit, the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs ihall recover againft the fame Corporation or Corporations only ^nd'coS^of" nn s' c Damages, and full Cofts of Suit ; any Thing in the faid recited Aft, or in the Charters of the Suit only. f a '^ Corporations, or either of them to the contrary notwithftandingV This Ail, fo far as it relates to Silk Granting /Iff"- Manufactures, &c. is continued by 2 Z Geo. 2. c, 23. ranee, fee farther l.lGcp.l. c. 30. 19 Geo. I, £..-37. 2} Geo. 2. c. 4. 2j Geo. 2. r.2.6. CAP. XVT. An Act for taking off the Duty upon' all Salt ufed in the Curing and making of White Her- rings, and inftead thereof laying a proportionable Duty upon all White Herrings confurned at Home only ; and for making an Allowance for Tobacco exported from Scotland, in the Time therein mentioned ; and for giving a farther Relief to the Refiners of Rock Salt. s G*o. 1 ,c iS. ' I. "ITT HE RE AS by an Aft of Parliament made in the fifth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, , S &S%- M 'e' 7 ' ' W intituled, An Ail for recovering the Credit of the Britifh Fifbery in foreign Parts ; and for better ' &iaW^]Ji X f e ' w ^ n i t ^ e ^^ eson ^ a ^ t ' lt is enafted, That all-Curers of Filh fhall be allowed to import foreign ©■44. io£f it ' Salt,- or take from any Salt- Works or Salt-Pits, any fuch Quantity of Britifh Salt, where the fame is W. 3. e. 22. ' allowed by Law, for curing of Fifh for Exportation,' as they fhall think proper for curing Fifh for fo- iAr.n.fi..e.2. if; Ann. c. 14. 4 Am, c. II, 5 Ana. e. 19. 6 Ann. c, II. 2 Geo. 1. c, 4. ' reign
