A. D. 1731. Anno quarto Georgii II. C. 29. 69 any Leafe (hall be duly (urrcndered in order to be renewed, and a new Leafe made and executed by the chief Landlord or Landlords, the fame new Leafe (hall without a Surrender of all or any the Under Leafes be as good and valid to all Intents and Purpofes as if all the Under Leafes derived thereout had been likcwife furrendered at or before the taking of fuch new Leafe ; and all and every Perfon and Per- fons in whom any Eftate for Life or Lives or for Years, (hall from Time to Time be vefted by virtue of fuch new Leafe, and his, her and their Executors and Adminiftrators, (hall be intitled to the Rent«, Covenants and Duties, and have like Remedy for Recovery thereof, and the Under LelTees (hall hold and enjoy the Meffuages, Lands and Tenements, in the refpective Under Leafes comprifed, as if the original Leafes, out ot which the refpective Under Leafes are derived, had been ftill kept on foot and continued, and the Chief Landlord and Landlords (hall have and be intitled to fuch and the fame Re- medy, by Diftrefs or Entry in and upon the Meffuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments com- prifed in any fuch Under Leafe, for the R.ents and Uuties referved by fuch new Leafe, fo far as the fame exceed not the Rents and Duties referved in the Leafe out of which fuch Under Leafe was derived, as they would have had in cafe fuch former Leafe had been (till continued, or as they would have had in cafe the refpecfive Under Leafes had been renewed under fuch new principal Leafe ; any Law, Cuftom or Ufage to the contrary hereof notwithstanding. VII. Provided always, That nothing in this Act contained (hall extend to that Part of Gnat Britain s c t tl t ° n c d xtcnd t0 ' Called Scotland. . See farther, u Geo. 2, c. 19. containing Directions concerning DiflrtJJbi for Rent. c A P: xxix.. An A& for granting an Allowance upon the Exportation of Eritijh made Gunpowder. « TT J HE RE AS the Wealth and Profperity of this Kingdom doth very much depend upon the Former Promf. < V V Improvement of its Manufactures, and the profitable Trade carried on by Exportation of the cm. concerning 1 fame, which Trade ought by all proper Mean3 to' be encouraged, for the Enlargement of the Com- ^g r f^*'^ lm
- merce of Great Britain : And whereas the Exportation of Gunpowder to foreign Parts has of late Years i j ac .z'. c. 8.
- confiderably decreafed, by Reafon of the Duties payable upon the Importation of Salt Petre and Brim- s G "- '• c - z6 -
' ftone, the principal Ingredients ufed for making the fame : And whereas his Majefty's trading Sub- n Gco ' '•'•*Sr
- jects, from the Greatnefs of the Price of Gunpowder made here, are obliged to furnifh themfelves at
- foreign Markets, in order to carry on their Trade to Africa, and other Parts beyond the Seas, to the
' great Prejudice and Difcouragement of the faid Manufacture;' May it therefore pleafe your moft Ex- cellent Majefty that it may be enacted, And be it enacted by the King's molt Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Content of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Par- liament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That there- (hall be paid to every Perfon or Per- Ah "Allowance fons, who at any Time or Times within or during the Term of five Years, to be reckoned from the ft'f-I^"' 1 twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and rhirty-one, or at any Time or Times be- p p Wc i"" export- fore the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament, (hall really and truly export out of this Kingdom, edas Merchan- by way of Merchandize, any Quantities of Gunpowder of the Manufacture of Great Britain, an Allow- dl "» . ance of the Sum of four Shillings and fix Pence for every Barrel of fuch Gunpowder, containing one 24 fcjefcafc.es** hundred Pounds net Weight, and fo in Proportion for greater or lefs Quantities ; which- Allowance (hall And farther an- be paid and anfwered by the Cuftomer or Collector of the Cuftoms, with the Privity, of the Comptroller t '"" ted p H-Gst* of the Port from whence the fame (hall be exported, on a Debenture to be made forth by the Cuftomer tobeLaid by or Collector, according to the Entry of fuch Gunpowder, without Fee or Reward,, and the Shipping theCuftomdr, thereof verified by the Searcher, and Oath, or being of the People called- Quakers, folemn Affirmation T made by the Exporter, on the - Entry or Debenture, before the Cuftomer or Collector or Comptroller of- fuch Port, that the faid Gunpowder is of Britijh Manufacture, and is exported or intended to be ex- ported to Parts beyond the Seas, by way of Merchandize, and not for the Ufe of the Ship in her Voy- age, and not relanded or intended to be relanded in any Part of Great Britain, the Exporter firft giving The Exporter m Security to the faid Cuftomer or Collector of the Port, in a Penalty of five Pounds for each Barrel, con- give Sec w-ity hoy taining one hundred Pounds net Weight (which Security they are hereby impowered to take in the Name, tore * n IX " and to the Ufe of his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeflbss) that the Gunpowder fo (hipped or intended to be (hipped, or any Part thereof, (hall not be relanded or brought on Shore again into any Port or Part of Great Britain*, and fuch Securities (hall be difeharged in the Manner hereafter mentioned, (that is to fay) For fo much of the faid Gunpowder as lhall be entred for or landed in the Kingdom of 'Ireland, the Iflands of Giternfey and Jerj.-y, Aldemey, Sari or Man, or any of: his Majefty's Colonies or Plantations - abroad, the Condition ot the Bond (hall be to bring Certificates in Difcharge thereof from each Place re- flectively, importing that fuch Gunpowder was there landed, and teftifying the Landing thereof; which Certificate (hall be figned by the proper Officer or Officers of- his Majefty's Cuftoms as refpectively reiide Security bww there, and for want of fuch Officers refiding there, then by the Governor of thofe Iflands and Colonies ** .difeharged;, or Plantations, or the Deputy Governor thereof refpedtively, who are hereby, required to give the fame without Fee or Reward ; and for fuch Gunpowder as lhall be fo entred for any foreign Port or Place, to fating a Certificate under the Hand of any of his Majefty's Confuls refiding in fuch Port or Place, or under the Hands of two known Britijh Merchants then being at fuch Port or Place, that fuch Gunpow- der was there landed ; or fuch Bond or Bonds (hall be difeharged, upon Proof in either of the faid Cafes, that the fame was taken fay Enemies, or perifhed in the Seas ; the Examination and Proof thereof being- left to the Judgment of the Gommifhoners of the Cuftoms in. England or Scotland refpectively for the Time being,
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