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582 C. 5. Anno fecundo Georgii III. A, D. 1761. the refpective Traders, when the Commi/Iioners ofExcife fhall find it expedient to giveDireilions for that Purpofe) or fhall neglect or refufe, immediately after the Spirits are fo made up to the Strength aforcfaid, to put fuch Spirits into Calks, and fecure the lame, in the Prefence of the Officer of Ex- cife, in a W^arehoufe or Warchoufes, according to the Directions of this A61, or fhall neglect or refufe to provide and keep a Warehoufe or Warehoufes for that Purpofe, or to fecure the fame well and fufficiently, according to the Direci:ions of this Acl, or to provide and keep fuch "Warehoufe and Warehoufcs with Locks and Keys for fecuring fuch Spirits for Exportation as aforefaid, or to enter fuch Warehoufe or Warehoufes for that Purpofe at the proper Office of Excife, or Ihall make Ufe of any "^Varehoufe or Warehoufes, or other Place or Places for keeping Spirits for Exportation, belore the iame ihall have been firll approved of according to t..e Directions of this AiSl, or fliall put into, or keep in, fuch Warehoufe or Warehoufes, any Spirits made for Home Confumption ; or if «r if he fti..!; open any of any fuch Diftiller or Diftillers, or any other Perfon or Perfons whatfoever by his, her, or their Order, the Locks in the Ab- Privity, Connivance, or Direction, after any fuch Spirits fhall have been locked up and fecured in fence or the Officer, a„y Wi'.rehoufe or Warehoufes for keeping Spirits for Exportation, {hall open any of the Locks or Doors in the Abfence of the proper Surveyor or Supervifor and Officer of Excife, or fhall make any or make any Way into Way or Kind of Entrance into any fuch Warehoufe or Warehoufes, or fliall remove any Part what- fuch Warehoufe, eygj- of t'^g Partition between any Warehoufe or Warehoufes for keeping Spirits for Exportation, and or alter the Condition 2ny Other Place or Places whatfoever next thereunto adjoining, or ill all, after any fuch Warehoufe thereof without giving or Warehoufes fliall have been fo approved of as aforefaid, make any Addition to, or any Way alter Notice to the Surveyor, (Vje fame, vvathout Notice firfl: given to the proper Surveyor or Supervifor of Excife of fuch intended and his Confent be firft Addition to, or Alteration in, fuch Warehoufe or Warehoufes, and his Confent in Writing firft had ^^'^ i and obtained for the fame ; or fhall remove any of the faid Spirits from any locked Warehoufe or orfhallclandeftinely rei^y^^j.g}^ j^^, to any Other Warehoufe or Warehoufes for keeping Spirits for Exportation before the move any or the Spirits, ^ i^i •'•. c • j- ^ r> ci-c • i • * i- r cu- i j i lame be taken out either for nnmediate Kectihcation or to be immediately put on Shipboard, and ex- ported to Parts beyond the Seas ; or fliall, by any Art, Contrivance, or Device whatfoever, remove, «rWafli or Low Wines coHvey away, or conceal, or caufe, procure, or fuffer to be removed, conveyed away, or concealed, &c, ' 'any of the V/afh, or Low Wines for making Spirits for Exportation, or any fuch Spirits, whether Ihall forfeit 500I. f-^w or re6lihed, either before the fame are put into the Warehoufe or Warehoufes, or afterwards ; then, and in each and in every fuch Cafe, fuch Diftiller and Dillillers, for every fuch Offence, fhall forfeit and lofe the Sum of five hundred Pounds. Spirits made for Expor- XIX. Provided always, That nothing in this A£l: contained fliall extend to hinder any Maker of ^^'m-'u^^^^ h"iyfti ^P"'^^ ^°^ Exportation from fending fuch Spirits out of his locked up Warehoufe to any other Diftil- ler^Bondb^eine'^firftAven^^'"' Provided fuch xMaker of Spirits fending the fame, and the Diftiller v/ho fhall receive the fame, for'thedue Exportation do, before fuch Spirits are taken out of the Warehoufe, give Bond with fufficient Security, to beap- thereof,andLeavealfo had proved of as any Other Security is directed by this A6f: to be approved, in double the Value of fuch froir. theCommimoncrs, Spirits, and double the Duties they would have been liable to, if made for Home Confumption, for Officer"" ^'^^° '°^ ^^^ due and fair Exportation of fuch Spirits, within three Months next after the Date of each refpec- ' ^ tive Bond, and provided Leave for that Purpofe be firfl obtained in Wriiing from the Commiffioners of Excife for the Time being, and that Notice thereof fhall have been given to the Officer of Excife, twenty-four Hours at the leall, in order that fuch Officer m^yy receive the fame into fuch Difliller's and fo as the fame be re- Stock ; and provided fuch Spirits be removed with a proper Certificate from an Officer of Excife; movjd with aCcrtificate, and when fuch Spirits fnall be fo received by fuch Diftiller, the fame fhall be under the like Diredti- ^'^'-^.n.■yy ■ l °'^5 '^^ ^° the Rccfificatioii and Exportation thereof, and all other Matters and Things, as if fuch liable iSewTe'nal- Spirits had been reaificd and exported by the Maker thereof; and fuch DiltiUer fliall, for Breach of ties for Breach of Direc-^^Y of thofe Diredtions, be fubjecl to the like Penalties as the Maker of fuch Spirits would have tions, as the Maker, been for the like Oftences. ivouid have been. XX. And it is hereby further enadled by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid twenty- ^rohibi"edf'b ^^'^'"d ^^^ ^^y ^^ January one thoufand {t.c hundred and fixty-two, no raw unredtified Spirits fhall be DTftilier to give^ue^No- P^"^'^'^^'^ ^<^ "^^ ^^P'^^^^ > and whcn any fuch Diftiller or Diftillers, for Exportation, fhall be defi- tice to the proper Officer, rous to take any of his, her, or their Spirits out of any of the faid Warehoufes, where the fame when any Sp-rits are in- fhall be locked up, in order to be redtified, or when redtified, and again depofited in fuch Warehoufe tended to be taken out of or Warehoufes, in Order to be put immediately on Ship-board for Exportation, he, flie, or they tobc rea'ified'orftiipped^^'^ thereof givc Noticc In Writing to the Surveyor or Supervifor, or the Officer of Excife of the on Board forExportationjDivifion or Diflridt where fuch Spirits fhall be fo locked up, the Space of four Hours before the &c. 'Tim.e he, fhe, or they fhall defign to take out the fame, as aforefaid, and fhall alfo infert in the faid Notice, the precife Day and Hour of fuch Day, when he, flie, or they fliall or do intend taking any of the faid Spirits out of the faid Warehoufe or Warehoufes, and fliall alfo infer; in fuch Noticc the Quantity and Quality of Spirits he, fhe, or they do then defire to take out, and whether fuch Spirits are raw or rectified, and out of what particular Warehoufe, and whether the fame are for ■nd the Officer is to at- K.e<^ifiC"tion, and by whom, or for immediate Exportation, or to be fcnt Coaftways, and to whom tend, and take an Ac and to what Port, and whether for Merchandize or Stores ; and in fuch Cafe the refpedtive Surveyor count thereof j or Supervifor, or Officer, is and are hereby required to attend purfuant to fuch Notice, at the re- fpedtive Places where the faid Spirits fhall be locked up, and fee the Quantity of Spirits taken out in purfuance of fuch Noticc, and he or they are hereby required to take an exact Account of the fame; and Diftiller not keeping and in cafc- any fuch Diftiller or Diftillers fhall not begin and proceed to take the faid Spirits out of the r A n' '""'• '^ '° ^'^"^ ^2 ^^^'"'^lio'j'^ or Warehoufes, at the Hour and Time mentioned in fuch Notice, or within two " '*^'^' Hours next after, then every fuch Notice fhall be, and is hereby declared to be void, and fuch Diftiller or Dillillers fhall be, and is hereby obliged lo givc a frcfli and like Notice in manner aforefaid, four Hours