152 C. 15. Anno quarto Georgii III. A. D. 1763. Back and Fore Fronts of XVi And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That for tho further and better prevent- all future Buildings to ing the fpreading of Fires, all Houfes or other Buildings, which, from and after the Expiration of be of Stone, or good three calendar Months next after the paffing of this Act, fhall be erected or built within the faid Summ r f u™Irds B ' : « * 9 it >' or Libert Y ° f Wejlminfter, and the Parifhes, Precincts, and Limits aforefaid, fhall be built of arfrSri^ai-iy'walls! Stone, or of good found hard well burnt Bricks, and none other, both- in the Fore Front, and Back Front thereof, from the Breaft Summer upwards (and likewife the Party Walls thereof) and He, 6 ht or the Bread that fuch Breaft Summer, in all fuch Houfes or other Buildings, fhall not be higher than the Floor of bummer. A_ tv^ > .. r n • * J Aft 6 Anns c qi the one Pair of Stairs. > • i • XVI. J And whereas, by an A£t made in the fixth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen ' Anne, a Reward of ten Shillings is to be paid to the Turncock belonging to any Water ' Work where Water fhall be found on, or firft come into, the Main or Pipe where the firft Plug ' fhall be opened at any Fire; thirty Shillings to the firft Engine Keeper, who brings in any Parifh ' Engine to help to extinguifh any Fire; twenty Shillings to the Keeper of the fecond Parifh En- jn Cafe's of Fire, the '■ g'ne, that fhall be next brought to a Fire; and to the third, ten Shillings; by the Churchwardens Keepers of oihei-Lrge ' of the Parifh where fuch Fire fhall happen;' Be it further enacted by the Authority afoiefaid, Engines are equally inti- That in all Cafes where any of the faid Rewards fhall be claimed, by reafon of any Fire happening tied with the Parifh ^ w j tn; n the f a jj Q; t y ~ f ffajiminjien, or within the Parifhes, Precincts, Liberties, or Places aforefaid,. granted by Aft 6 Anna/ f ucn R ewarc ls fhall be paid and payable in the fame manner to the Keep:r of any other large Engine c, ~ u '(though not a Parifh Engine) who fhall bring in fuch Engine in good Order and complete, to help to extinguifh fuch Fire, in the fame manner as if fuch Engine was a Parifh Engine. Public Aft; XVII. And it is hereby further enacted, That this Act fhall be deemed, and taken to be a pub- lick Act, and.fhall be judicially taken notice of as fuch by all Judges, Juftices, and all otherPerfons I whatfoeyer, without fpecially pleading the fame. , CAP. XV. For former Laws concern- r r '• n i • ini • ing Plantations, refer w An. Act for granting certain Duties in the Britifh Colonies and Plantations in America; car. C Z' % c. 7. 'I* l & f° r continuing, amending, and making perpetual an Act palTed in the fixth Year of 23 Car. z.c.26. 7& the Reign of his. late Majefty King George the Second, (intituled, An Acl for the bet- 3. c'.iz. c '^ty^Ann.c. ier fecuring and encouraging the Trade of his Majefly s Sugar Colonies in America,/ •, for 5 & 10. 6 a,;,, c. 30 applying the Produce of fuch Ducies; and of the Duties to arife by virtue of the faid Ann'.'e. 17 sf 2 7! 3 '.io Act,' towards defraying the Expences of defending, protecting, and fecuring the Ann. c. 22 ef 26. 4 faid Colonies and Plantations; for explaining an Act made in the twenty-fifth Year a. c. is & 15. 13 Ceo. of the Reign of King Charles the Second, (intituled, An Acl for the Encouragement of ©■ 2 's 5 ' 3 Go°°'z 2 " c C 'i Z i ^ e Greenland and Eaftland Trades, and for the better fecuring the Plantation Trade); 5 cb.'j. dif& 9. 6 and for altering and difallowing feveral Drawbacks on Exports from this Kingdom, Geo. 2. (■.■i^sceo.^a.: •- anc | more ' effectually preventing the clandeltine Conveyance of Goods to and from i 5 Geo.z.c. 31 ©"33. the faid Colonies and Plantations, and improving and fecuring the Trade between the T 9 %xx s l% t ' fame and Great Britain - And 30 Geo. 2. c. 9. Preamble. ' T 7 HERE AS it is expedient that new Provifions and Regulations mould be eftablifhed for ' 'W improving the Revenue of this Kingdom, and for extending and fecuring the Navigation 'and Commerce between Great Britain and your Majefty's Dominions in A.r.erica, which, by the , "> ' Peace, have been fo happily enlarged : And whereas it isjuftand neceflary, that a Revenue be ' raifed,in your Majefty's faid Dominions in America, for defraying the Expences of defending, ' protecting, and fecuring the fame; We, your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyai Subjects, the Com-
- mons of Great Britain, in Parliament affembled, being defirous to make fome Provifion, in this
- prefent Seffion of Parliament, towards raifing the faid Revenue in America, have refolved to give
' and grant unto your Majefty the feveral Rates and Duties herein after mentioned; and do molt ' humbly befe'ech your Majefty, that it may be enacted;' And be it enacted by the King's moft Ex- cellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and ■ a Commons, in this prefent- Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from From and after 29 Sept. and after the twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-four, there fhail 1764, the following De raifed, levied, collected, and paid, unto his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, for and upon all Pl«e^ a nihefev"ais a!e- white or cla y ed Su § ars of the Produce or Manufacture of any Colony or Plantation in America, not cies oV > foreignGo'ods Pe " un ^ er the Dominion of his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors; for and upon Indico, and Coffee of here enumerated, inj- foreign Produce or Manufacture; for and upon all Wines (except French Wine); for and upon all jjorted into any of his wrought Silks, Bengals, and Stuffs, mixed with Silk or Herba, of the Manufacture of Perjia, China, AriKri— ■ Plamatio " s in or E ijji India, and all Call ico painted, dyed, printed, or ftained there; and for and upon ail foreign menca ' Linen Cloth called Cambrick and French Latum, which fhall be imported or brought into any Colony or Plantation in America, which now is, or hereafter may be, under the Dominion of his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, the feveral Rates and Duties following; that is to fay, For
