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130 C. 7. Anno quarto Georgii TIL A. D. 1763. refpedtively required) upon receiving from fuch Perfon an exact Lift, figned by him or her, of the feveral Perlbns of the Age of eight Years and upwards whereof his or her Family confifts (fpecifying their Chriftian and Surnames therein) to compound and agree with every Perfon fo delivering in fuch Lift, for and in lieu of the Duty of four Shillings granted by the /aid Act on Cyder and Perry to be con fumed in his or her own private Family only, at the Rate of two Shillings -per Annum for each Perfon which fhall be mentioned in fuch Lift, in lieu and inftead of-thc Compofitii n of five Shillings Compofinon to be re- authorized to be made by the faid Act ; which Comp-.fition, after the Rate of two Shillings as afore- n * y ' faid, Avail laft for one Year, and be renewed annually ; and the Money arifing thereby {Hall be paid and in cafe of an Id- d own at - t h e r eipective Times of making the Compofnion : And in cafe the Family of any Perfon creafe in the lamily du- , • ■ ^ r • n n 1 r j , T" 1 • lL -w i ,V , 1 *. TJC" ring the Vcar, an addi- maki ng the Compofition fhall be increaied at any J. tme during the Year compounded for, then every tional Lift is to be given Perfon whofe Family fhall be fo increafed fhall deliver in an additional Lift, containing the Names of in, and 2 d. per Month the feveral Perfons of the Age of eight Years and upwards added to the Family, and fhall then alfo paid tor every Perfon pay down a proportionable Compolition for the Perfons fo added ; videlicet, Two Pence for each it"ngtcT P i r edVe U r b m " 'Calendar Month that fliall be unexpired of the Year for which his or her Compofttion was made, of fuch Year. f? r eacn and every Perfon fo added ; and in like manner frefh Lifts fhall be delivered, and Compofi- Compofiiions to be ap. tions made accordingly every Year ; and that the Monies arifing by the faid Compofitions fhall be plied as the Duties. applied in fuch Manner, and for fuch Purpofes, as the Duties granted by the faid Act were thereby Other Parts of the re- directed to be applied : And all Parts of the faid Act (not hereby altered) relating to the Compofitions cited a a relating to thereby authorized to be made for the faid Duty, and alfo to the Perfons compounding in purfuance fn°for« S ' C ° Q " nUCd of the Power thereby given, and for preventing and punifhing all Frauds with refpect to the faid Compofitions, and for fecuring the faid Duty, fhall take effect, and be in full Force, applied and put in execution, with refpect to the Compofttion hereby allowed to be made, and to all Perfons compounding under the Authority of this Act, and for preventing and punifhing all Frauds in rela- tion thereto, and for fecuring the faid Duty, as fully and effectually, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if fuch Parts of the faid Act were herein fpecially repeated, re-enacted, and applied to this prefent Act. Makers of Cyder at other HI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the fifth Day of Preffes than their own, July one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-four, all and every Perfon and Perfons, not being a Com- not being Compounders, pounder or Compounders, who fhall intend to make any Cyder or Perry at or with any Mill, Prefs, aTthe n"e« office of Ex" or other Utenfil whatfoever, not being the Property of fuch Perfon or Perfons but of any other Per- rife, 10 Days previous to fori or Perfons, whether compounding or not compounding for the faid Duty, fhall, ten Days at the fuch making; leaft before he, {he or they fhall begin to make Cyder or Perry, make a true and particular Entry in Writing, at the Office of Excife next to the Place where fuch Cyder or Perry fhall be intended to be together with the Mills, made, of his, her or their refpedtive Name or Names ; and of every Mill, Prefs, and other Utenfil and Owners thereof; and fo intended to be employed ; and of the Name or Names of the Owner or Owners thereof; and alfo theCellars orStorehoufes f < e very Storehoufe, Warehoufe, Cellar, or other Place wherein fuch Maker or Makers intend to lay Pen^rf [hei^ffiT or kee P fuch Cyder or Perry : And if any fuch Maker or Makers fhall make ufe of any other Mill, ah" a un«iteied ,r Mill" g Prefs or Utenfil, Storehoufe, Warehoufe, Cellar, or other Place whatfoever, either for the making, Storehoufr, &c. 25 1. laying, or keeping any Cyder or Perry, without having made fuch Entry as aforefaid, or an Entry thereof, in purfuance of the faid former Act,_ he, fhe or they fhall reflectively forfeit and lofe the Officers to have free Ac- Sum of -twenty-five Pounds -for every fuch Offence : And all and. every the Officers of Excife fhall, at cefs to the faid Mills, a ]] Times" in the Day-time, be permitted, upon their Requeft, to enter the Millhoufe, Storehoufe, D3 ,re t h ime fa ' &C ' illthe Warehoufe, Cellar, and all other Places whatfoever ufed by any fuch Maker or Makers as aforefaid, either for the 'making, laying, or keeping of Cyder or Perry, of which Notice fhall or ought to have to gauge the Cyder, &c. been given in purfuance of this Act ; and to gauge and take an Account of all the Cyder or Perry to^make and report the whkh ^jj be therg found) and ^.j thereo f ma ke Return or Report in Writing to the refpeftive arge ' Commiffioners of Excife in Great Britain, or fuch other Perfon or Perfons as they fhall refpectively leaving a Copy with the appoint to receive the fame, leaving a true Copy of fuch Report in Writing under his or their Hand Maker > or Hands, wither for fuch Maker~or Makers of Cyder or Perry ; and fuch Report or Return of the faid Officer or Officers fhall be a Charge upon fuch Maker or Makers of Cyder or Perry; and the who is eo pay the Duty Amount of the Duties thereby charged fhall be paid by fuch Maker or Makers refpectively, within according to firchCharge. fljfcfl T j me j as ig by t h.j s Aft appointed. Propnetcrs'of Cyder ; IVv Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after Mills, &e. b lent out, th e faid fifth Day of July, no Owner Or Proprietor whatfoever of any Mill, Prefs, or other Utenfil wittefis? siveN ' 3 " for the making of Cyder or Perry, which fhall be let out or lent to any other Perfon for the Purpofe of making Cyder or Perry, fhall be obliged to give any Notice of the letting or lending fuch Mill, Prefs, or other Utenfil, or of the making Cyder or Perry therewith, by the Perfon to whom the fame fhall be fo let or lent ; any Thing in the faid former Act contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. Where the Compounder V. And^ for the better Accommodation of fuch Makers of Cyder or Perry, who {hall compound ' "/e d 3er! 'fc^'itme- fer the D «ty ; on Cyder and Perry granted by the- faid recited A& ; Be it further enaaed by the Au- diateiy frorrV the Mill,"' thority aforefaid, That'from and after the fifth Day of July one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-. four, when any fuch Maker fhall intend to fell or difpofe of any Cyder or Perry immediately from the fhe Officer is to deliver Mill Pound's Mouth, orPfe.ce where the fame fhall be made, the Officer of Excife of the Divifion or 'L h s i a n nd B Cou k nKr t a'r fi ts > plaGe where fuch Makers fhall reftde, fhall, and he is hereby required, during the Time of making ibr e t S He n pui-pcfe, erpar S Cyder or Perry only, and at no other Time, to deliver to and leave with fuch Maker, if demanded,, in Writing, a fufneient Quantity of Blank Certificates, numbered One, Two, Three, and fo on in 4 3.Q .