A. D. 1744. Anno decimo feptimo Georoii II. C. 18. 541 ' the Goods of fuch Offender or Offenders :' Now to put an End to all Doubts concerning the fame, Power of Ju- Be it declared and enacted, That all Penalties and Forfeitures by the faid Act impofed. may for the future, *'«*» piven by and from the Time of the Commencement of the faid Adt of the fifteenth Year of his faid Majclty might, A " l6 Gco *• and alfo all the Fenalties by this Act impofed, may be lawfully fued for, recovered, levied, and mitigated p e „j|, C i°""j' nB by fuch Ways, Means, and Methods, as any Penalty or Forfeiture is or may be fued for, recovered, lc- imprifonrrienn vied, ormitigated, by any Law or Laws of Excife, for retailing Spirituous Liquors u^hunt'J. XVII. Provided neverthelefs, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for any fuch Jufticcs of the Offenders to te Peace, before whom fuch Offender fhall be convicted, if they fhall judge it mod proper, inftead of levy- ?!?? ^I /' ing the Penalty, to commit fuch Offender to the Houfe of Correction, to be kept to hard Labour p; "^ ""* for two Months ; and that in fuch Cafe, fuch Perfon or Perfons fo committed fhall, before his or their Difcharge therefrom, be ftript naked from the middle upwards, and be whipt, until his or her Body be bloody. ' XVIII. And whereas by the faid Act of the fixteenth Year of his prefent Majefty, it was provided, ' That no Licence fhould be granted to any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, for felling by Retail any Spi- ' rituous Liquors, except to fuch Perfons only who fhould keep Taverns, Victualling-houfes, Inns, ' Coffee-houfes, or Ale-houfes ; and any Licence granted to any other Perfons than as aforefaid were ' declared void :' Now be it further enacted, That in any Cafe where a Licence fhall have been granted Victuallers, txi for retailing Spirituous Liquors, to any Perfon who fhall, at the Time of granting fuch Licence, keep a 0D| y t0 < cXi)i Tavern, Victualling-houfe, Inn, Coffee-houfe, or Ale-houfe, if fuch Perfon fo licenfed fhall afterwards, u p ^° b *iHnce, during the Time of continuing fuch Licence, exercife the Trade of a Diftiller, Grocer, or Chandler, or q ' y keep a Brandy Shop or Shops for Sale of any Spirituous Liquors, the Licence granted in every fuch Cafe fhall be void ; and fuch Perfons retailing fuch Spirituous Liquors afterwards, fhall forfeit ten Pounds for every fuch Offence, notwithftanding fuch Licence fo obtained as aforefaid. XIX. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the twenty-fourth Day of Perfons felling June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-four, every Perfon or Perfons who fhall by him, or herfelf, {^an tw^Ga"-' or themfelves, or by his, her, or their Servant or other Perfon employed by him, her or them, or for his, i onf; |j, a rj (,,, her or their Benefit, retail any Spirituous Liquors mixed or unmixed with any Ingredients to be drank or deemedRetailers, confumed in any Quantity whatfoever, in his, her or their Houfes, Warehouses, Shops, Cellars, Vaults, znGeo.z. c. 40, Sheds, or other Places to him, her or them belonging, or that fhall retail or fend the fame abroad out of their faid Houfes, Warehoufes, Storehoufes, Shops, Cellars, Vaults, Rooms, Sheds, or other Places, in lefs Quantity than two Gallons, without firft taking out a Licence for that Purpofe, and renewing the fame, as in the Act paffed in the fixteenth Year of his prefent Majefty is particularly directed, fhall be deemed a Retailer of Spirituous Liquors within the Meaning of the faid Act, and as fuch fhall forfeit and lofe the Sum of ten Pounds for every fuch Offence. XX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the twenty-fourth Day Informer to be- of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-four, in all Cafes where the Perfons incurring the pecu- P a,d 5'» jiiary Penalties of the faid Act made in the fixteenth Year of his prefent Majerty's Reign, for laying a Duty on the Retailers of Spirituous Liquors, or of this Act, are not able to pay the fame, but in lieu thereof are or fhall be fent to the Houfe of Correction, it fhall and may be lawful for the Commiffioners of Excife in England and Scotland refpectively, to caufe fuch Rewards, not exceeding five Pounds, to be paid to the feveral and refpective Perfons who fhall appear to them to be intitled thereto as Informers, as to them fhall fcem meet, out of any Money that fhall be in their Hands, or of any Officer belonging to them, that hath arifen or fhall arife by virtue of any Penalties or Forfeitures incurred by the faid former or by this Act; and the Money fo paid fhall be accepted of and allowed in their Account, as fo much Money paid to his Majefty ; and the faid Commiffioners are and fhall hereby be difcharged thereof ac- cordingly. XXI. And be it further enacted, That no Licence for retailing Spirituous Liquors fhall authorife and L '«<i" n °t to impower any Perfon to whom the fame may be granted, to fell fuch Spirituous Liquors in any other "£j," than th- Place, except in fuch Houfes or Places thereunto belonging, wherein he, fhe or they fhall inhabit and dwell, Houfe mention - at the Time of granting fuch Licence. ed in it. Concerning Spi/i' turns Liquors fee farther 19 Geo. 2. c. 12, 20 Geo. 2. c. 39. 24 Geo. 2. c. 40. 26 Geo, 2. 1. 13. 27 Geo. 2. e, II. 31 Geo. 2. c. 36. 32. Geo. 3o-
- . 29. 33 Geo. z. c. 9 £jf 28.
CAP. XVIII. An Aft for raifing by- Annuities, and a Lottery, in Manner therein mentioned, the Sum of one million eight hundred thoufand Pounds, at three Pounds per Gentian per Annum^ for the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and forty-four. Mojl Gracious Sovereign, WE your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament Pre&nMe. affembled, being defirous to raife the neceflary Supplies which we have cheerfully granted to your Majefty, in the eafieft Manner we are able, for the Benefit of your Subjects, have freely and voluntarily given and granted, and by this Act do give and grant unto your Majefty the Sura of one million eight
