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A. D. 1743. Anno dccimo fexto Geor'ch II. C. 26. 537 or Warrants, under his Majefty's Sign Manual, as fhall be figncd in that Behalf; any thing in this Act or the laid former Act to the contrary notwithftanding. CAP. XXVI. An Aft for continuing feveral Laws relating to the Allowance upon the Exportation of Bri tip made Gunpowder ; to the Importation of Naval Stores from the Britifli Colonics in America to the additional Number of one hundred Hackney Chairs; and to the Powers given for • regulating Hackney Coaches and Chairs ; for punifhing the Venders of undamped News Papers; for allowing the Importation of Hemp or Flax manufactured in Ireland, though not fworn to be of the Growth of Ireland; and for the Relief of Bryan Bhtndell, in refpect to the Duty on fome White Salt loft in a Storm at Sea. ' "ITT HERE AS the Laws herein after mentioned, which have by Experience been found ufeful YY and beneficial, are near expiring;' May it therefore pleafe your Majefty that it may be enacted ; and be it enacted by the King's moll: Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Content of the Lord-, Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affemblcd, and by the Authority of the fame, That an Act made in the fourth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act 4 Ceo. 2. c. 29. for granting an Allowance upon the Exportation o/'Britifh ?nade Gunpoivdcr, which was to continue in P'orce ^ raUow| i'g •• for five Years, from the twenty-fourth Day of June^ one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-one, and from poratWodf thence to the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament ; and which by another A£t made in the tenth Gunpowder. Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty was further continued for the Term of feven Years, and from ioGco. 2. c 17. thence to the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament, lhall be and the fame is hereby further conti- continued to 14 ■mied from the Expiration thereof until the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and J unc '"50, ftc. fifty, and from thence to the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament. nueTby V4 Geo. 2. C. 52.' and again by 31 Geo. 2. c. 36. ■ II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That fo much of an Act made in the eighth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, intituled, An Ad giving further Encou- 8 Geo. i. c. 12. ragement for the Importation of Naval Stores, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, as relates to the Im- ' or encouraging portation of Wood and Timber, and of the Goods commonly called Lumber, therein particularly enu- jj^ p °i rt l t0n °' 'merated, from any of his Majefty's Briti/h Plantations or Colonies in America, in the Manner therein mentioned, free from all Cuftoms and Impofitions whatfdever granted to his Majefty, his Heirs or Suc- cefTors, which was to be in Force for twenty-one Years, from the twenty-fourth Day of June one thou- continued to fand feven hundred and twenty-two, fball be and is hereby further continued from'the Expiration thereof J une «4j i75°> until the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and fifty, and from thence to the End &c - of the then next Seflion of Parliament. ^ rt . her "■£ nuea by 24 Geo. 2. c. 57.' and by 31 Geo. 2. e. 35 to 29 Sep. 1764. III. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That fo much of an Act made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, intituled, An Aft for granting an Aid to 12 Geo. i.e. 12. bis Majefly, by laying a Duty upon all Victuallers and Retailers of Beer and Ale within the Cities «/"London and §■ }S m for 3n Weftminfter, and the weekly Bills of Mortality ; and for prohibiting their fending Beer or Ale out of their Houfes Xtx'afCu^' rf/i s/i/T/jvit rlnrcc in nrr} Hntt ny l/ptlcl? let* tl-i/in sj r2st//mj • /7ji/l nlln Tpir /jn/lTmr nrc him nrp/1 si/IA 'i tinnnl T-fnrlrYi^^ nairs, to diftant Places, in any Pots or VeJJels lefs than a Gallon ; and alfo for adding one hundred additional Hackney Chairs to ihofc already licenfed, and for applying certain Arrears of former Land-taxes, towards the Supply granted to his Majefty, for the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and twenty fix, and for appropria- ting the Supplies granted in this Seffion of Parliament, as relates to the additional Number of one hundred Hackney Chairs therein mentioned, which was to continue in Force for eighteen Years, from the twenty- fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-fix, fhall be and is hereby further continued continued to 24 from the Expiration thereof, until the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and lixty, J une 1 7 6 °, &c and from thence to the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament. &?«&*».*. 25. IV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the feveral Claufes in an Act made in the ninth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for licen- Ann:E c 2 , fng and regulating Hackney Coaches and Chairs ; and for charging certain new Duties on Stampt Vellum, Parch- ment and Paper, and on Cards and Dice; and on the Exportation of Rock Salt for Ireland ; and for je curing thereby, and by a weekly Payment out of the Poft Office, and by feveral Duties on Hides and Skins, a yearly Fund ■of one hundred eighty-fix thoufand fix hundred and feventy Pounds, for thirty-two Years ; to be applied to the Sa- tisfaction offueh Orders as are therein mentioned, to the Contributors of any Sum, not exceeding two millions, to ■be raifedfor carrying on the War, and other her Majefty's Occafions ; and in an Act made in the tenth Year 10 Anns, c. 19, of the Reign of her faid late Majefty, intituled, An Atl for laying feveral Duties upon all Soap and Paper §• 'S?- made in Great Britain, or imported into the fame ; and upon chequered and fir iped Linens imported; and upon certain Silks, Callicoes, Linens and Stuff's, printed, painted or Jtained; and upon feveral Kinds of Stampt Vel- lum, Parchment and Paper; and upon certain printed Papers, Pamphlets and Advertifemenls ; for raijmg the Sum of .one million eight hundred thoufand Pounds, by way of a Lottery, towards her Majefly s Supply ; and for lutnfmg an .additional Number of Hackney Chairs ; and for charging certain Stocks of Cards and Dice; and for T 1 1 2 better