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A. D. i757» Anno tricefimo primo Georgii IL C. 31.^ 277 VI. And whereas feveral Bills commonly called Exchequer Bilhy feveral Tickets commonly called Lottery Tickets^ feveral Orders and Certificates made forth in lieu of the faid Lottery Tickets, and likewife for Annuities of divers Kinds, payable at or near the Receipt of his Majefty's Exche- quer (as alfo feveral Receipts of the Cafluers of the Governor and Company of the Bank oi Eng- land or fome of them, for Money contributed there for the Purchafe of Annuities transferrable in the Books of the faid Governor and Company, have by Cafualty or Mifchance been loft, burnt, or otherwife deftroyed, which Exchequer Bills, Lottery Tickets, Certificates, Receipts, Annuity Orders, and other Orders, of the refpe6tive Denominations aforefaid, were made forth by and in purfuance of feveral A£ts of Parliament in that Behalf; Be it therefore enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That in all Cafes where it iTiall appear by Affidavit to be made, before any of the B a- Proper Officers to make rons of the Exchequer for the Time being (who fliall interrogate the Deponent thereupon) to the forth Duplicates of Ex- Satisfaaion of fuch Baron or Barons, that any fuch Exchequer Bills, or any fuch Tickets, Certifi- chequer Bills, Tickets, cates. Receipts, Annuity Orders, or other Orders, as aforefaid, before the ^'^^^^Y ^^ ^^'i^J ^^^ ^'^'^0)1^x^11!^ thou fand feven hundred and fifty-eight, have been, or are loft, burnt, or otherwife deftroyed, or other Orders, in' lieu of that there be good reafon to believe the fame have been burnt, loft, or otherwife deftroyed ; it (hall fuch as (hall appesr, upon and may be lawful for the refpedlive Officers and Perfons appointed to ifflie or make forth fuch Ex- Affidavit before the Ba- chequer Bills, Tickets, Certificates, Receipts, Annuity Orders, or other Orders, or to pay or dif- ^°"= "^^^ ^'['J^^^"^'"' charge the fame, or to iftue any Monies due or payable thereupon, upon producing a Certificate ^^j^^^^*^^" ' ' from any of the faid Barons of fuch Affidavit made before him (which Affidavit the faid Barons, or ^^^ ^^ theMoniej any of them, is and are hereby authorized to take, and which Certificate he or they are hereby re- jug thereon • quired to make and Grant without Fee or Reward) j and on Security given to the faid refpedive Of- ^^e Perfona 'intitied ficers and Perfons to their good Liking, to indemnify them refpedlively againft all other Perfons what- thereto, giving pfoper foever, for or concerning the Monies fpecified in, or due upon, fuch refpe£tive Bill or Bills, Ticket Security of Li<3annifica- cr Tickets, Certificate or Certificates, Receipt or Receipts, Order or Orders, they the faid Perfons t'o"» • refpeclively, ftiall, and are hereby required, to make forth Duplicates of the faid Bills, Tickets, Certificates, Receipts, and Orders, at the Requeft of the refpedlive Owners, and to pay and difcharge the. fame, and all fuch Intereft as is or fhall be due on any of them carrying Intereft, or to make forth Stock or transferrable Annuities in lieu of fuch Receipts as he or they ftiould have paid or dif- charged, or made forth on the faid original Bills, Tickets, Certificates, Receipts, Annuity Orders, or other Orders, if the fame had been produced, and fliall be allowed all fuch Payments, Sum or Sums of Money, in their refpedlive Accounts ; and in all Cafes where the figning of the Comif- ; ftoners of his Majefty's Treafury, or the Lord High Treafurer of Great Britain for the Time being, , is neceflary for making the faid Duplicates, or any of them, effectual for the Purpofes aforefaid ; It Commiffionersof the-- is hereby further enadled. That it fhall and may be lawful to and for the faid Commiffioners of his Treafury impowered to Majefty's Treafury, or any three or more of them, or the Lord High Treafurer for the Time being, ^'S" ^uch Duplicates. to fign fuch Duplicates accordingly. VIL And whereas by an A€t pafted in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, Jn J£f for grant- Recital of Clacfos in A£l ing to his Majejiy feveral Rates and Duties upon Indentures j Leafes, Bonds, and other Deeds ; and upon 30 Geo. 2. News Papers, Advertifements, and Almanacks and upon Licences for retailing Wine ; and upon Coals ex- ported ta Foreign Parts ; and for applying, from a certain 'Time, the Sums of Msney arifingfrom the Sur- _ phis of the Duties ofi Licences for retailing Spirituous Liquors ; and for rcdfing the Sum of three millions, by , Annuities, to be charged on the faid Rates, Duties, and Sums of Money ; an d for making perpetual an Atii jnade in the fecond Tear of the Reign of his prefent Majefly, intituled. An Ad for the better Regulation of Attornies and Solicitors ; and for enlarging the Titne for filing Affidavits of the Execution of Contrails of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors j and alfo the Time for Payment of the Dutiis o?nitted to be paid for the Indentures and ContraSis of Clerks and Apprentices', It was among other Things enacted. That from and after the fifth Day of July one thoufand it&i hundred and fifty-feven, no Perfon whatfoever, unlefs authorized and enabled by taking out fuch Licence as is therein prefcribed, fubjed to the Payment of fuch Duties as are therein refpedively charged thereupon, fhould fell or utter by retail ^('that is) by the Pint, Quart, Pottle, or Gallon, or by any other greater or leffer retail Meafure, or in Bottles, in any lefs Quantity than ftiould be equal to the Meafure of the Cafk or VefTel in which the fame ftiould have been, or might lav/fully be imported, any Kind of Wine or Wines, or any Liquor called or reputed Wine, upon Pain to forfeit for every fuch Ofi'ence the Sum of one hundred Rounds: And whereas great Frauds might eafily be praaifed in cafe the Retailers of certain Liquors made in this Kingdom, commonly called Sweets, or Made JVines, ftiould not be equally with the Retailers of other Kinds of Wine, obliged to take out fuch Licences as aforefaid, for retailing Wine , Be it therefore enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the fifth Day of "/.v// one Ritmlers of Wmescall- thoufand feven hundred and fifty-eight, no Perfon v/hatfoever, unlefs he be authorized and enaWed ed Sweets, or Made by having taken out fuch Licence as by the faid A£l is prefcribed, fubjecl to the Payment of fuch ^'"«' to take out a Duties as are therein refpeftively charged upon fuch Licences to fell Wine by Retail, fhall fell or '"""* utterly any retail Meafure, or in Bottles in any Quantity lefs than twenty^five Gallons, any Kind ^^^^^ ^l ] I '^' ^^* of liiquor made 'i Great Brieain, by Lifufion, Fermentation, or otherwife, from Foreign Fruit or iqGco.z. C i;. Sugar, or from 5nV//7j Fruit or Sugar, or from Fruit cr Sugar mixed with any other Ingredienti;, commonly. called Sweets, ox Mf^de JVines j; or any Kind of Liquor made in Great Britain, and kno^^n by the Name of Sweets, ox Made Wires, of whatfoever Materials, or in whatfoever Manner, the 100 1. Pedilty on reuil^ fame may be made, upon Pain to forfeit for every fuch Offence o>.e hundred Pound:. 5 to be reco- h.g fuch Wmcs v.iuiou-. vered and applied in fuch Manner as the Penalties for felling Wine by Retail, without Licence, * Lkencc. are by the faid Adt to be recovered and applied. CAP. XXXIL