A. D. i76i. ' Anno fecundo Georgii III. C. 11-^14. 597 / cam cha •ied to and made Part of, the Sinking Fund, towards making good the Intereft or Annuities Exchequer, tobecarrkd reed by this Ad on the faid Fund. »"^° '^^ ^'"'^'"S »"""^- Ti Re home ConfumPiion, by laying additional Duttes upon Spirits made m Lrreat IJntam, or imported into the ro be carried imo the fame and for better regulating and encouraging the Exportation of Britilh rnade Spirits ; and for fecuring Sinking Fund. the Payment of the Duties upon Spirituous Liquors; be alfo carried to, and made i'art of, the Sinking Fund, towards making good the Intereft or Annuities charged by this Ad on the faid Fund. XXIV. And be it further enadled by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon or Perfons Tnall be fued, rnolefted, or profecuted for any Thing done by virtue or in purfuance of this Ad, fuch Per- fon or Perfons fhall and may plead the General IlVue, and give this Act, and the Special Matter, in General Wue. Evidence in his or their Defence or Defences : And if afterwards a Verdidt fhall pafs for the De- fendant o'r Defendants, or the Plaincift" or Plaintiffs fhall difcontinue his or their Action or Adions, or be nonfuited, or Judgment fhall be given againft him, her or them, upon Demurrer, or otherwife, then fuch Defendant or Defendants fhall have treble Cofts awarded to him, her or them, againfl any Treble Cofts. fuch Plaintiff" or Plaintiffs. CAP. XL An Aa for punifhing Mutiny and Defertion ; and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. EXP. CAP. XII. An A£l for the Reo-ulation of his Majefly's Marine Forces while on Ihore. Refer to i Geo. 3. c. 8. and fee 4 Geo, 3. c. 8. CAP. XIII. An A£t for appointing Commiflioners for putting in Execution an A£l of this SefHon of Parliament, intituled, An A^ for granting an Aid to his Majejiy by a LandTax, to be raifed in Great Britain, yir the Serviee of the Tear one thoufand feven hundred andfixty-two. CAP. XIV. An Aft to prevent vexatious Proceedings againft Brewers, Vi6lual1ers, and others, with refped: to the Prices of Beer and Ale for better fecuring the Revenue upon Strong Beer and Ale, by preventing fraudulent nnixing thereof; to repeal ib much of an Act made in the firft Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, as txtends certain Provi- fions relative to the Exportation of Spirituous Liquors to the Exportation of Strong Beer and Ale; and for the more effedual preventing the Re-landing of Beer, Ale, Cyder, and Mum, fhipped for Exportation as Merchandize.
- "TT/HEREAS Brewers, Inn-keepers, Vi<SlualIers, or other Retailers of Strong Beer or Ale, Preamble.
' V V have been threatened with, and may be fubjedl to, vexatious Profecutions for advancing, or ' having advanced, the Price of Strong Beer or Ale, however jufHy and reafonably : Now, in order ' to prevent fuch vexatious Proceedings, may it pleafe your mofl Excellent Majefiy, that it may be
- enadled ;' And be it therefore enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majedy, by and Vv'ith the Advice
and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afTem- bled, and by the Authority of the fame. That no Brewer, Innkeeper, Victualler, or other Retailer The Ppce of Strong Beef of Strong Beer or Ale, fnall, at any Time hereafter, be fued, impleaded, or molefted by Indii5tment, ^"'^ -'^'^ ""^V ^ '^.**^°'*" Information, popular Adion, or otherwife, for advancing, or having advanced, the Price of Strong ^^^^^^^1^^^"'^'^"^^"^, Beer or Ale in a reafonable Degree ; any Law or Statute to the contrary notwi.hftanding. Profecutiln,
- II. And whereas the mixing Strong Beer, Ale, or Strong Worts, with Small Beer or Small
- ■^A^orts, or with Water, either by the Brev/er, after the Gauge thereof hath been taken, or by the
- Victualler, after fuch Strong Beer, Ale, or Strong Worts, fliall be fold and delivered to him or her,
- is greatly detrimental to his Majefly's Revenue, and is an Impofition upon the Confumer, and
- hinders the Sale of genuine Strong Beer and Ale ; and the Provifions already eftabiifhed byLaw
- are found to be infufficient to prevent the fame :' For Remedy thereof, and for the more eftedluai
Prevention of fuch Frauds; Be it hereby enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That from and aftor 50I. Pemhy on fraudu- ihe palTing of this A6t, if any common or other Brewer, Innkeeper, Vi6fua!ler, or Retailer of Beerienriy mixing Strang or Ale, fhall mix, or caufe or fufFer to be mixed, in any Veffel, Tub, Meafure, or otherwife how- ^^^*> ^^'? or Strong fjever, any Strong Beer, Ale, or Strong Worts, v/ith any Small Beer or Small Worts, or with Water, ^°" *"^ o'**" ^•- after the Gauge of fuch Strong Beer, Ale, or Strong VVorts, fhall have been taken by an Officer of ^"°"* Excife, every fuch Perfon fo offending, for every fuch OiFence^^fhall refpedively forfeit and lofe the Sum of fifty Pounds. ""
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