Anno tricefihib fecundd G e o r"gi i IL A. D. 1758. iignees lo removed or difplaced, and be vefted in, and delivered over to, the new Aflignee or Af- llgnces, in the fame Manner and for the like Intents and Purpofes, as the fame were before vefted in t'^e former AfTignee or Aflignees. Sbergwen XXIII. And be it further enafled, That in all and every Cafe and Cafes where mutual Credit ' ilrall hv/e been given between any Prifoner or Prifoners who Ihall be difcharged under this AS:, and any other Pcrfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, before the Delivery of any Schedule of the A.iTiene ' Inventory of the EHate and EfFe£ts of any fuch Prifoner or Prifoners, upon Oath, as by this A£t is iutehe Account' aTd^ herein before direaed; then and in every fuch Cafe the refpeflive Aifignee or Aflignees of fuch Pri- dtmaad the Balance. ^oncr or Prifoners fhall have Power, and is and are hereby required, on his or their Part or Parts, to flate and allow an Account between them; and nothing more fhall be deemed to be vefted by any Affignment which ihall be made in purfuance of this Adt, as the Eftate or Eftefts of fuch Prifoner or Priloners, than what fhall appear to have been due to him, her or them refpettively, and to be juftly coming to him, her or them on or for the Balance of i'uch Account when truly ftated. '• XXIV. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That no Perfon None Jntitled to the Be 1-.V..C ,..wi...;u i« w.«. x^v,- ^v^-^iv . i luviuea always, ana oe ii rurtner enactea Dy the /.utnoruy aroreiaia, i nat no rerion ijefitofihisAawho or Perfons, who hath or have already taken or fhall hereafter take the Benefit of any Aft for the have taken or fha.l take R pllpf ^f Tnr^t,,.„. Pj.-K.,-.. H.^ll U.L ^. .„^^;.,. .„.. «„...t;^ ^.. A .K....,.o„„ ^f ^. .Ja^.^U;. ^ O. c Creditor to deliver up his contrary notwithftanding. rftatcandEftecls. ** wtLlk^r '° "'""* XXV. And be it alfo enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That this A^, or any thing herein con- tained, fhall not extend, or be conftrued to extend, to that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, C A P. XXIX. An Ad for further regulating the Power of taking Samples of Foreign Spirituous Liquors^ by the OiHcers of Excife •, and alfo for impovvering the Traders to take fuch Samples | before the Duties are charged. fn A«I'M'GS?;.^ht! Wl HEREASbya Claufe in an Aft of Parliament paffed in the lafl SefTion of Parliament, J •— -3 •< YY intituled, Jn Jci for continuing certaiii Laws therein mentioned relating to Britifh Sail Clothy ' and to the Duties payable on Foreign Sail Cloth and to the Allowance upon the Exportation of ^nX^ made Gunpowder; and to the Encouragement of the Trade of the Sugar Colonies in America; and to the
- Landing of Rrwi or Spirits of the Britifh Sugar Plantations, before the Duties of Excife are paid thereon;
and for regidating^ the Payment of the Duties on Foreign Excifeable Liquors; and for the Relief of Tho- ' mas Watfon, with regard to the Drawback on certain Eaft India Callicoes; and for rendering?nore com-
- modious the new Pajage leading from Channg Cro{s.y in order to enable the Gaugers or Officers of
' Excife the better to afcertain the Proof of all Foreign imported Liquors liable to the Duties of Ex-
- cife, it was enabled. That it fliould be lawful to and for the Gaugers or Officers of the Excife at
- any Time or Times to take a Sample or Samples (not exceeding one Quart in the Whole) out
' of each of the Calks, or other Package, containing fuch Foreign Spirituous Liquors, paying for .* fuch Sample or Samples of Liquors after the Rate of fixteen Shillings per Gallon : And whereas ' the taking fo great a Quantity as a Quart out of each of the faid Cafics or other Package is unne- ' ceflary, and the paying for the fame at the before mentioned Rate will be detrimental to the Re- ' venue : And whereas till of late the Importers or Proprietors of fuch Foreign Spirituous Liquors, ' or their Factors or Agents, were permitted to take a Sample out of each Cufk or other Package, ' and to land fuch Sample without paying any Duty for the fame, by Means whereof they were ' enabled to, and did for the moft part, fell fuch Foreign Spirituous Liquors v^hilft on Shipboard: ' And whereas for fome Time laft paft fuch Permiffion hath in many Inftances been refufed, which
- hath proved a great Inconvenience to the faid Trade :' For Remedy whereof, it is hereby enadbed
by the King's moft Excellent?/lajefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this prefent Parliament aflemblcd, and by the Authority of the Caugers, &C, impowfred fame. That it fhall and may be lawful for the Gaugers or other Officers of Excife, at any Time be- to take Samples gratis 01 f^^^ ^^^ Gauging, to take a Sample or Samples, not exceeding half a Pint in the Whole, out of each Spirituous L.iquors, not c f^ n ^ t t • • /- i o ■ • t ■ • i • c l /• exceeding half a Pint out ^^ ^"^ L-alKs, or Other Package, containing fuch Spirituous Liquors, without paymg tor the lame; ot'eachCaflt; and that it fhall and may be lawful for the Importers or Proprietors of fuch Foreign Spirituous Li- »nd Importers, &:c. al- qunrs, their Factors or Agents, to take, in the Prefence of one or more of the Gaugers or other lowed to take a like Officers of Excife, a Sample or Samples, not exceeding Half a Pint in the Whole out of every Wor?Vc Sng ^^^ ^^ ^^^'^^ Package, containing fuch Spirituous Liquors, whilft the fame ftiall be on Shipboard, Uxrcof i ^"'l before the landing thereof, and to land fuch Sample or Sampks, without paying any Duty foi the fame, Z II. Provided I I
