Dispatch of the Publick Business in the Exchequer and in the Bank of England Oaths 4. An Act for Continuing the Imprisonment of Counter and others for the late Horrid Conspiracy to Assassinate the Person of his sacred Majesty Imprisonment Anno 9 10 W. 3. 5 An Act for satisfying and discharging the Arrears of several Annuities which Incurred between the Seventeenth Day of May One thousand six hundred ninety six and the Seventeenth Day of May One thousand six hundred ninety seven Annuities 6. An Act that all Retailers of Salt shall sell by Weight Salt 7. An Act to prevent the Throwing or Firing of Squibs Serpents and other Fireworks Squibs 8. An Act for Explaining an Act made the last Session of Parliament for Granting to his Majesty certain Duties upon Malt Mum Sweets Cyder and Perry Taxes 9. An Act for Rendring the Laws more effectual for preventing the Importation of Foreign Bone-Lace Loom-Lace Needle-Work Point and Cut Work Trade 10. An Act for Granting to his Majesty the Sum of One million four hundred eighty four thousand and fifteen pounds One shiling Eleven pence three farthings for Disbanding Forces Paying Seamen and other Uses therein mentioned Taxes 11. An Act for Explaining an Act made the last Session of Parliament Entituled An Act for supplying some Defects in the Laws for the Relief of the Poor of this Kingdom Poor 12. An Act for the Inlarging Repairing and Preserving the Bridge and Key of the Borough of Bridgwater in the County of Somerset Bridgwater 13. An Act for Granting to his Majesty several Duties upon Coals and Culm Taxes 14. An Act for Continuing the Duties upon Coffee Tea and Chocolate and Spices towards satisfaction of the Debt due for Transport Service for the Reduction of Ireland Taxes 15. An Act for determining Differences by Arbitration Arbitration 16. An Act to Execute Judgments and Decrees saved in a Clause of an Act of the First year of the Reign of King William and Queen Mary Intituled An Act for taking away the Court holden before the President and Council of the Marches of Wales Iudicial Proceedings 17. An Act for the better Payment of Inland Bills of Exchange Trade 18. An Act for Repairing the High-ways from the Town of Birdlipp and the Top of Crickly-Hill in the County of Gloucester to the City of Gloucester High-ways 19. An Act for Cleansing and making Navigable the Channel from the Hithe at Colchester to Wivenhoe Rivers 20. An Act to Naturalize the Children of such Officers and Soldiers and others the Natural Born Subjects of this Realm who have been born abroad during the War the Parents of such Children having been in the Service of this Government Soldiers 21. An Act for the better Preventing the Counterfeiting Clipping and other Diminishing the Coin of this Kingdom Coin 22. An Act to Repeal an Act made in the Nine and thirtieth year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Intituled An Act to Restrain the Excessive making of Malt and to Discharge and Vacate Orders made by Justices of Peace by Virtue thereof for Restraining Maltsters from making Malt. Malt. 23. An Act for Granting to his Majesty a further Subsidy of Tunnage and Poundage towards Raising the yearly Sum of Seven hundred thousand pounds for the Service of his Majesties Houshold and other uses therein mentioned during his Majesty Life Customs 24. An Act for Inlarging the time for Purchasing certain Estates or Interests in several Annuities therein mentioned Annuities 25. An Act for Granting to his Majesty his Heirs and Successors further Duties upon Stampt Vellum Parchment and Paper Taxes 26. An Act to Settle the Trade to Africa Trade 27. An Act for Licensing Hawkers and Pedlars for a further Provision of Interest for the Transport Debt for Reducing of Ireland Taxes 28. An Act for the Exporting Watches Sword-Hilts and other Manufactures of Silver Trade 29. An Act to Repeal the Act made the last Session of Parliament Intituled An Act for Relief of Creditors by making Composition with their Debtors in case Two thirds in number and value do Agree Creditors 30. An Act for Increasing his Majesties Duties upon Lustrings and Alamodes Customs 31. An Act for Raising the Militia for the year One thousand six hundred ninety eight although the Months pay formerly advanced be not Repaid Militia 32. An Act for the more effectual suppressing of Blasphemy and Prophaneness Religion 33. An Act to Stop the Coining Farthings and Halfpence for One year Coin 34. An Act for the better and more orderly payment of the Lottery Tickets now payable cut of certain Additional Duties of Excise and of other Annuities lately payable out of the Tunnage Duties Taxes 35. An Act for preventing Frauds and Abuses in the Charging Collecting and Paying the Duties upon Marriages Births Burials Batchclors and Widowers Taxes 36. An Act for the Increase and Preservation of Timber in the New Forest in the County of Southampton Ships and Shipping 37. An Act for applying to the use of his Majesties Navy and Ordinance the Overplus of the Money and Stores which were provided for the Building Seven and twenty Ships of War Ships c. 38. An Act for Granting to his Majesty an Aid by a Quarterly Poll for One year Taxes 39. An Act for Setling and Adjusting the Proportions of Fine Silver and Silk for the better making of Silver and Gold Thread and to prevent the Abuses of Wire-drawers Trade 40. An Act for the explanation and better Execution of former Acts made against Transportation of Wool Fullers-Earth and Scouring Clay Wool 41. An Act for the better preventing the Imbezlement of his Majesties Stores of War and Preventing Cheats Frauds and Abuses in paying Seamens Wages Stores of War 42. An Act for Enlarging the time for Registring of Ships pursuant to the Act for preventing Frauds and regulating Abuses in the Plantation Trade Trade 43. An Act for the better Incouragement of the Royal Lustring Company and the more effectual preventing the Fraudulent Importation of Lustrings and Alamodes Trade 44. An Act for Raising a Sum not exceeding Two Millions upon a Fund for payment of Annuities after the rate of Eight pounds per Cent. per Ann. and for setling the Trade to the East-Indies Trade 45. An Act for taking away half the Duties imposed on Glass Wares and the whole Duties lately laid on Stone and Earthen Wares and Tobacco Pipes And for Granting in lieu thereof New Duties upon Whale Fins and Scotch Linen Taxes A CONTINUATION OF THE ABRIDGMENT OF ALL THE STATUTES OF King WILLIAM and Queen MARY AND King William III. In Force and Use From October the 20th 1696. to July 5. 1698. Annuities I. STat. 9 10 W. 3. cap. 5. For discharging the Sum of 255663 l. 5 s. 8 d. remaining unpaid upon the several Annuities which between 17 May 1696. and 17 May 1697. became due and ought to have been paid out of 5 seventh parts of the late Duties of Tunnage and 2 seventh parts of the same Duties as also out of certain
than sufficient to pay the Interest at 5 per Cent. for the said Principal Sum of 330769 l. 10 s. 7 d. then the Surplus shall remain in the Exchequer and not be disposed of otherwise than by Act of Parliament CCXXV. The Commissioners of the Treasury or Lord Treasurer for the time being may out of the Money so raised pay to the said Commissioners their Clerks or other persons such Moneys as they shall reasonably deserve for their Service in relation to this or the foresaid Act. CCXXVI This Act shall not extend or be construed to give any Power to any Hawker c. to sell or expose any Wares or Merchandizes in any City Town Corporate or Market Town within this Realm otherwise than might have been done before the making of this Act. CCXXVII Stat. 9 10 W. 3. cap. 8. All the Duties which have been or hereafter shall be paid into the Exchequer by virtue of the Act made the last Sessions of Parliament Intituled An Act for Granting to His Majesty certain Duties upon Malt Mum Sweets Cyder and Perry as well towards Carrying on the War against France as for the necessary Expences of His Majesties Houshold shall be applied to the Payment of the Loan of 200000 l. Borrowed thereupon with Interest for the same or so much as remains due and unpaid thereof and to the Discharge of certain Bills and Tickets issued thereupon with Interest in the first Place in such Course and Order as the said Act directs and to no other use whatsoever until the said Loan and the said Bills and Tickets with Interest shall be fully paid CCXXVIII The Rules and Directions in an Act made 1 W. M. Intituled An Act for a Grant to their Majesties of an Aid of Two Shillings in the Pound for One year for the speedy Payment of Moneys thereby Granted into the Exchequer by the Collectors and Receivers thereof and for the Distribution and Application thereof and keeping distinct Accounts of the same and the Penalties in case of Diversion of any Money thereby Appropriated are hereby revived touching the Distribution of the Duties hereby Appropriated CCXXIX Stat. 9 10 W. 3. cap. 10. Enacted That the Sum of One Million four hundred eighty four thousand and fifteen Pounds One Shilling Eleven Pence three Farthings be Levied and Paid to his Majesty within the space of One Year from 2 Febr. 1697. according to the Proportions on the several Cities Towns and Counties in the Act mention'd CCXXX Towards the raising whereof all persons having any Estate in ready Money or Debts Wares Merchandizes or other Chattels except such Debts as they do bona fide owe and desperate Debts owing to them and except Stock upon Land and Houshold Goods and Loans to his Majesty shall pay 3 s. in the Pound of the true yearly value for One year that is to say For every Hundred Pounds the Sum of 18 s. and so for a greater or lesser Sum. CCXXXI All persons having any publick Office or Imployment of Profit Military Officers in Muster or Pay in his Majesties Guards Garisons or Navy excepted and their Agents Clerks and Inferiour Ministers shall pay 3 s. in the Pound for One year out of the Fees or Profits of their Offices or Imployments CCXXXII All Manors Messuages Lands and Tenements and all Quarries Mines Iron-works Salt-works Allom-works all Parks Chaces Warrens Woods Under-woods Coppices all Fishings Tithes Tolls Annuities and other yearly Profits and Hereditaments and all Persons Bodies Politick and Corporate Guilds and Fraternities having any such Lands Tenements or Hereditaments shall be Charged with as much equality as possible towards the Sums by this Act imposed which shall be Paid into the Exchequer by Four Quarterly Payments the first whereof to be upon 2 May 1698. CCXXXIII The Landlords Owners and Proprietors of such Lands Tenements and Hereditaments may abate out of every Fee-farm Rent or other Annual Rent or Payment so much as the same shall by a just proportion amount unto CCXXXIV For the more effectual putting this Act in execution the several Persons in the Act named shall be Commissioners who shall meet together in their several Districts on or before 20 April 1698. and afterwards as often as shall be necessary and shall set down in Writing the Proportions to be paid by every Division for making up the whole Sum and may subdivide themselves so as Two or more be appointed for each Division but not to restrain the Commissioners from Acting in any other part of the County or Place for which they are nominated Commissioners CCXXXV Which Commissioners at their General Meeting shall give Lists to the Receiver General of those who are to act in each Division which Commissioners in their several Divisions shall cause the Proportions to be equally Assessed and shall direct their Precepts to such Inhabitants c. as they shall think convenient to be Presenters and Assessors requiring them to appear at a place and time not exceeding Ten days and shall then charge them with the Execution of this Act And if any persons to whom such Precept is directed shall absent themselves without lawful Excuse or shall refuse to serve they shall forfeit a Sum not exceeding 5 l. CCXXXVI The Commissioners shall appoint Two or more of the most sufficient Inhabitants of each Parish c. to be Assessors and shall prefix them a day and place to bring in their Assessments who are to Assess the full Sum given them in Charge and bring in a Certificate thereof with the Names of Two or more able persons living within the respective limits to be Collectors for whom the Parish or Place shall be answerable CCXXXVII Every Assessor before he acts shall take the Oaths appointed 1 W. M. to be Administred to them by Two or more of the Commissioners and shall deliver one Copy of their Assessment to the Commissioners who shall Sign and Seal Two Duplicates thereof one to be delivered to the Collectors the other in Parchment to the Receiver General containing the full Sum Assessed on each Parish or Place and shall transmit a like Duplicate to the Kings Remembrancers Office on or before 24 June 1698. or within 20 days after all Appeals being first determined CCXXXVIII The Collectors shall Levy the Rates so Assessed and shall demand the same of the Parties themselves or at the place of their last abode or upon the premisses charged and shall pay the same to the Receiver General or his Deputy at such time and place as the Commissioners shall appoint so as the whole Sum for each Quarterly Payment be made according to the Act. CCXXXIX And the Receiver General is to give Notice of his Deputies to the Commissioners within Ten days after the first General Meeting and so within Ten days after the death or removal of any Deputy and the Receipt of such Receiver General or his Deputies shall be a Discharge to the Collectors who shall not be obliged to travel above Ten
pay the Assessment in ten days after demand where no sufficient Distress can be found three of the Commissioners may commit such Persons to Gaol till payment be made CCCCXXXVI Persons agrieved and complaining to the Commissioners within six days after demand the Commissioners or three of them whereof two who signed the Rate may within eight days after examine the Complainant upon Oath and thereupon abate or increase the same and the Commissioners are required to meet together for determining such Complaints and Appeals accordingly CCCCXXXVII All Persons shall be rated where Resident with their Families at the Execution of the Act and Persons not Housholders nor having a certain place of abode and all Servants shall be Taxed where Resident at the time The Tax on Servants to be paid by the Master or Mistress and Deducted out of their Wages CCCCXXXVIII Persons doubly charged for several Mansion Houses or Places of Residence upon Certificate of two of the Commissioners of their Personal Residence and of the Sums charged and Oath made of such Certificate before a Justice of Peace shall for so much as shall be certified be discharged in every other place CCCCXXXIX Persons at the time of the assessing being out of the Realm shall be rated where last abiding in the Realm CCCCXL. Persons escaping Taxation by Fraud or changing their Residence upon proof thereof before two of the Commissioners or Justices of the Peace shall at any time within twelve Months after be charged double CCCCXLI The Commissioners shall Tax one another and shall Assess the Assessors CCCCXLII Assessors Collectors Receivers or other persons wilfully neglecting or refusing to perform their Dury the Commissioners or two of them may Fine them not exceeding 20 l. CCCCXLIII The Commissioners or two of them shall call for an Account from the Receivers General of the Moneys received by them and paid into the Exchequer and in case of failure to cause the same to be forthwith levied CCCCXLIV Upon any Controversie between the Commissioners about the said Rates the Commissioners concerned are to withdraw under penalty of a Sum not exceeding 20 l. CCCCXLV All differences touching any of the said Rates and the Collecting thereof shall be finally determined by three or more Commissioners without further trouble CCCCXLVI The Receivers General shall give Acquittances to the Collectors gratis and the Collectors shall deliver to the Receivers General a Schedule in Parchment under their hands and seals signed by two or more Commissioners of the names and places of abode of every person making default of payment to be returned into the Exchequer from whence Precess shall be Issued against them for the same CCCCXLVII No Letters Patents shall exempt any persons or places from the Charge Granted by this Act. CCCCXLVIII All Constables Headboroughs Tything-men and other Officers shall be Aiding in the Execution of this Act and obey such Precepts as shall be directed to them by the Commissioners or any Two of them CCCCXLIX Persons Prosecuted for Acting in pursuance of this Act may plead the General Issue and give this Act and the special matter in Evidence and upon a Nonsuit Discontinuance or Verdict against the Prosecutor the Defendant shall recover Treble Costs CCCCL The Parents Guardians and Tutors of Persons under the Age of 21 Years shall upon Default pay the Duties for such Persons CCCCLI All Moneys payable by this Act shall be paid by the Collectors to the Receivers General Appointed by his Majesty or to their Deputies whereof notice shall be given to the Commissioners within Ten days after their General Meeting and so within Ten days after the Death or Removal of any Deputy and their Receipts shall be a Discharge to the Collectors CCCCLII The Collectors shall not be Obliged to travel above Ten Miles for payment of any Sums to the Receivers General CCCCLIII Every Receiver General within one Month after the Receipt of the whole Sum charged on any Hundred or Division for each Quarterly payment shall give the Commissioners of the Division a Receipt for the same under his Hand and Seal which shall be a full Discharge to such Hundred or Division CCCCLIV If any Receiver General Certifie into the Exchequer any Money in Arrear or Unpaid after the same hath been Received or cause any Person to be unjustly set Insuper he shall Forfeit to the Person Molested or Damaged thereby Treble Damages and to the King double the Sum so Unjustly Certified or set Insuper CCCCLV No Commissioner shall be Liable for his Execution of this Act to the Penalties in the Act Anno 25 Car. 2. For Preventing Dangers which may happen from Popish Recusants CCCCLVI All Penalties Incurred by this Act shall be Levied if not otherwise Prescribed by Warrant of Two or more of the Commissioners where the Offence was Committed by Distress and Sale of Goods CCCCLVII The Commissioners at a General Meeting All Appeals being first Determined shall cause Duplicates of the whole Sum Charged on each Division or Place Written in Parchment without Naming the persons and Signed by Three or more of the Commissioners to be Joyntly Delivered to the Sheriff of the County to be Transmitted to the Exchequer by 20 September 1698. CCCCLVIII No Person shall Act as a Commissioner before he Take the Oaths appointed 1 W. M. which any Two Commissioners may Administer under the Penalty of 200 l. Forfeiture to his Majesty CCCCLIX Persons chargeable to the Finding or Contributing to a Militia Horse shall be Assessed in such places where they ought so to Find or Contribute And if such Assessment be not Paid within the time Limitted and no Goods or Chattels of the Parties sufficient to be found then it shall be Lawful in case the Tenant of the Lands pay not the Assessment within Ten Days to Levy the same by Distress and Sale of the Tenants Goods which shall be allowed the Tenant on payment of his Rent CCCCLX Serjeants Inn in Fleet-street and Serjeants-Inn in Chancery Lane the four Inns of Court and the Inns of Chancery shall be Rated according to the proportion Imposed by this Act. CCCCLXI Persons coming to reside in any Division within London or Westminster or Five Miles thereof and not there Taxed shall be Summoned before the Commissioners and Assessed unless they produce Certificates of their being Assessed and having paid the preceding Quarterly payments CCCCLXII Every Housholder shall give the Assessors an Account of the Names and Qualities of their Lodgers under penalty of 5 l. CCCCLXIII Persons may pay all or any of the Quarterly payments to the Collectors beforehand for which the Collectors Acquittance shall be a good Discharge CCCCLXIV Members of Parliament shall be Assessed where their usual Residence is in the Intervals of Parliament CCCCLXV Out of the Moneys paid into the Exchequer upon the Act of this present Session for Granting to His Majesty several Duties upon Coals and Culm 250000 l. shall be Appropriated for payment of Seamen that have or
shall serve in the Navy Royal And out of the first Moneys arising by this Act 250000 l. shall be Appropriated for payment of Quarters due from the Land Forces in England since 1 Jan. 1696. CCCCLXVI The Rules and Directions in the Act 1 W. M. For a Grant to Their Majesties of an Aid of Two shillings in the Pound for One Year for the speedy payment of the Money thereby Granted and Application thereof and all other Provisions therein are hereby Revived touching the Distribution and Application of the Sums hereby Appropriated CCCCLXVII Any Persons Natives or Foreigners Bodies Politick or Corporate may Advance and Lend upon the Security of this Act any Sums of Money not exceeding 500000 l. at 7 per Cent. per Ann. Interest for the first 250000 l. and 8 per Cent. per Ann. for the Remaining 250000 l. CCCCLXVIII And may also Lend upon the Security of the Moneys arising upon Coals and Culm after 24 Jun. 1698. any Sum not exceeding 500000 l. at 7 per Cent. per Ann. Interest for the first 100000 l. and 8 per Cent. per Ann. for the remaining 400000 l. And no Money so lent or advanced shall be Assessed CCCCLXIX There shall be kept in the Exchequer in the Auditors Office Two Books for Registring all Moneys that shall be paid in upon the Quarterly Poll hereby granted and on Coals and Culm distinct from all other Money And all persons lending Money thereon shall have a Talley and Order for Repayment with Interest payable every Three Months which Orders shall be Registred and paid in Course without preference of one before another and without taking any Fee or Reward for such Registers Entries Views or Search under Penalty of double Damages to the Party agrieved with costs of Suit and if it be by the Officer himself loss of place also And under Penalty of paying the value of the Debt Damages and Costs and loss of place in case of undue preference CCCCLXX Provided That it shall be no undue preference where several Orders are brought to the Auditor the same day which of those he Enters first Nor shall it be any undue preference if the Auditor Direct the Clerk of the Pells Record and the Tellers pay Subsequent Orders where persons demand not their Money in Course provided so much Money be reserved as will satisfie precedent Orders Interest ceasing from the time of such reservation CCCCLXXI All which Orders being Entred may by Indorsement and Entry thereof in the said Register Book be Assigned and Tranferred toties quoties CCCCLXXII His Majesty may make use of any Sums not exceeding 600000 l. in the whole arising by any the Aids or Supplies granted or to be granted this Session of Parliament and not particularly Appropriated towards discharging the Talleys of Pro or Assignment or other Talleys remaining unsatisfied on the Hereditary and Temporary Excise or on the Weekly Sum of 6000 l. issuing out of the same or on the Post-Office and Weekly Sum of 600 l. issuing out of the same and for other His Majesties necessary Occasions or for satisfying such Moneys as have been or shall be borrowed to supply the same CCCCLXXIII All Auditors Reeves or Receivers and their Deputies shall upon the Act of this present Session for granting to His Majesty 1484015 l. 1 s. 11 d. 3 q. For Disbanding Forces paying Seamen and other Uses therein mentioned allow 3 s. for every Pound Rent due for any Fee farm Rent or other chief Rents due to His Majesty or the Queen Dowager or to any person or persons Claiming by any Grant or Purchase from or under the Crown and proportionably for any greater or lesser Sum to the parties so paying the same without Fee upon Penalty of 20 l. And if any such Auditor or his Deputy set insuper any Tenant or other person or make their Estate liable to Distress or Vexation for any Money which ought to be allowed after the said Rate of 3 s. in the Pound or refuse or neglect to allow the same he shall forfeit 100 l. to the Party grieved and be incapable of his Office or Place or any other Office or Place of Trust or Profit under His Majesty or the Queen Dowager CCCCLXXIV Stat. 9 10 W. 3. cap. 45. Enacted That after 1 Aug. 1698. One half of the several Rates and Duties Charged by several Acts made in 6 7 W. 3. on Glass and Glass wares and the whole Duties charged by the said Acts on Stone and Earthen Bottles Stone and Earthen Wares and on Tobacco Pipes shall cease and be no longer payable CCCCLXXV And that in lieu thereof from 10 July 1698. there shall be paid to his Majesty for 8 years for all Whale-Fins and Scotch Linens Imported into England Wales or Barwick over and above all Duties already payable the further Rates following viz. CCCCLXXVI For all Whale-Fins caught and Imported in any Ships belonging to the Greenland Company 3 d. per pound weight And for all Whale Fins Caught or Imported by Foreigners or by Ships not belonging to the said Company 6 d. per pound Weight to be paid by the Importers CCCCLXXVII For all Linen of the Manufacture of Scotland called Twill Imported or Brought in as aforesaid Ten shillings for every hundred containing 120 Ells. And for all Scotch Linen called Ticking Six shillings 8 d. per hundred containing 120 Ells to be paid by the Importers CCCCLXXVIII The Importer giving Security at the Custom-House shall have 12 Months to pay the Duty by 4 equal quarterly payments And in case he pays Ready Money shall be abated after 10 per Cent. per Ann. If the Goods aforementioned after the Duties paid or secured be again Exported by any English Merchant within 12 Months or by Strangers in 9 Months the said Duty to be wholly Repaid or the Security vacated for what shall be so exported CCCCLXXIX Provided That this Act shall not make void any payments of Money due to his Majesty for any Glass Wares Stone or Earthen Wares or Tobacco Pipes actually made before the said 1 Aug. And that all matters and things contained in the said two former Acts for Securing to His Majesty the Duties on Glass Wares shall be applied for securing the moiety of the said Duty on Glass Wares not hereby taken away CCCCLXXX And for all Glass Wares which shall be Exported before 1 Decemb. 1698. for which the whole Duties have been paid or secured the same shall be repaid or the security vacated And for all Glass Wares exported after the said 1 Decemb. 1698. only one Moiety of the said former Duties shall be drawn back CCCCLXXXI No Makers of Glass or Glass Wares after the said 1 Aug. 1698. shall draw or remove from their Kins or Surrores any Glass or Glass-Wares unless the Officer appointed to attend such Glass-house be present or have Notice of it on Forfeiture of 10 l. one Moiety to the King the other to the Prosecutor CCCCLXXXII All Bottles and Glass Vessels
in the Act 2 W. M. for an Aid of 2 s. in the pound for the speedy Payment of Money into the Exchequer and misapplication thereof are hereby Revived CXLIX After 10 July 1698. The Commissioners of the Treasury if it consist with his Majesties Service may direct Bank Bills to be Received in all Payments to the King until the end of next Session of Parliament but not when they are at any Discount Treason I. Stat 8 W. 3. cap. 4. For the Treasons and other Causes in the Preamble recited at large Enacted That Sir John Fenwick Baronet be Convicted and Attainted of High Treason and shall suffer the Pains of Death and incur all Forseitures as a Person Atainted of High Treason II. Stat. 8 W. 3. cap. 5. Enacted That if Sir George Barclay Knight Johnson alias Harrison Durant alias Durance Michael Hare Major George Holmes Philip Handford alias Brown Richard Richardson John Maxwell Bryerly Plowden Hungate shall not before 25 March 1697. Render themselves to the Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench or one of the Secretaries of State in order to their Trials for the Tieason wherewith they are charged then such of the said Persons as shall not so render themselves shall Stand and be Convicted and Attainted of High Treason and shall suffer the Pains of Death and all Forfeitures and Penalties as Traytors Convicted of High Treason III. And Counter John Bernardi Robert Cassells Robert Meldrum James Chambers and Robert Blackbourn and such other Persons who shall hereafter render themselves or shall be apprehended against whom there shall be Evidence upon Oath of being concerned in the said Conspiracy of Assassinating his Sacred Majesty shall be detained in Custody without Bail till the first day of January 1697 unless they shall be sooner Bailed by order of Councel signed by six Privy Councellors IV. Stat. 9 W. 3. cap. 1. Every of His Majesties Subjects who since 11 Decemb. 1688. have voluntarily gone into France or any of the French Kings Dominions in Europe without Licence from his Majesty or the late deceased Queen Mary or who have during the late War with France born Arms in the Service of the French King by Sea or Land or who have since 13 Feb. 1688. been in Arms under the Command or in the Service of the late King James in Europe and shall after 14 Jan. 1697. return into this Kingdom or any other his Majesties Dominions without Licence under the Privy Seal shall be Guilty of High Tieason and suffer and forseit accordingly V. Every of his Majesties Subjects who after 14 Jan. 1697. shall without Licence from his Majesty within this Realm or without in order to give any Aid or Assistance to the late King James hold or keep any Intelligence or Correspondence by Letters Messages or otherwise with the late King James or with any Person Imployed by Him knowing such Person to be so Imployed or shall without Licence from his Majesty by Bill of Exchange or otherwise remit or pay any Sums of Money for the Use or Service of the late King James knowing such Money to be for such Use or Service shall be Guilty of High Treason and suffer and forfeit accordingly VI. Any of the Offences against this Act committed out of this Realm may be laid and tried in any County of this Realm VII The Clause in an Act of 3 4 W. M. Intituled An Act against Corresponding with their Majesties Enemies whereby it was Enacted That if any of his Majesties Subjects should after 10 March 1691. without Licence from their Majesties voluntarily go or Imbark in any Vessel with intent to go into France or any Dominions of the French King should be Guilty of High Treason is declared to be intended only during the War with France and is now of no force VIII Provided That if any Person who since 11 Dec. 1688. went into France or any of the French Kings Dominions without Licence or who had been in Arms under the late King James or the French King or in either of their Services since 13 Feb. 1688. and hath returned into this Realm without Licence such Person shall depart this Realm by the first of Febr. 1697. unless before that time such Person obtain his Majesties Licence for staying here And every such Person not departing this Realm by 1 Febr. 1697. or after such departure returning into this Realm without his Majesties Licence shall be Guilty of High Treason and suffer and forfeit accordingly IX No person shall pay for any such Licence above 10 s. in each Office through which such Licence shall pass and Persons receiving more shall forfeit 20 l. to the Party grieved X. All Persons who after 6 Jan. 1697. shall procure or accept any Charter of Pardon or Grant of any Title of Honour or other matter or thing in England or Ireland from the late King James or shall claim any Benefit thereby or by any Writing purporting any such Pardon or Grant shall be Guilty of High-Treason and suffer and forfeit accordingly And whosoever hath since 11 Decemb. 1688. accepted such Pardon or Grant shall by the 13 of Febr. 1697. deliver such Pardon or Grant to his Majesty in Council or to one of the Secretaries of State before two Witnesses or be Guilty of High Treason and suffer and forfeit accordingly XI Any Person who having accepted or concealed any such Pardon or Grant shall discover and deliver up the same by the said 13 Febr. shall not be punished for procuring accepting or concealing thereof but be wholly Indempnified for the same XII All Persons Indicted for any thing made Treason by this Act shall have the benefit of the Act 7 W. 3. Intituled An Act for Regulating of Tryals in cases of Treason and Misprision of Treason XIII All Grants of any Estate forseited by Virtue of this Act shall be utterly void Wool I. Stat. 9 10. W. 3. cap 40. The Act made 7 W. 3. Intituled An Act for the more effectual Preventing the Exportation of Wool and for Incouraging the Importation of Wool from Ireland and every thing therein contained except what is hereby otherwise altered shall continue and be in full force II. After 24 Jun. 1698. No Fullers Earth or Scouring Clay shall be Exported out of this Kingdom into Ireland Scotland or any other Foreign parts but the Exporter shall forfeit 1 s. for every pound weight III. All Owners of Wool Shorn Housed or Lodged within 10 Miles of the Sea side in Kent and Sussex shall give an Exact Account in Writing within 3 days after Sheering of the number of Fleeces and where lodged or housed to the next adjoyning Port or Officer of the Customs and the like notice before Removing thereof and the Name and Abode of the Persons to whom disposed and where intended to be carried and shall take a Certificate of such Entry on forfeiture of the Wool not Entred or otherwise Disposed of and a penalty of 3 s. per pound for such
said Commissioners shall keep a distinct account of the Duties granted by this Act and pay the Money arising thereby into the Exchequer on Wednesday in every Week unless a Holiday and then the day after and upon neglect or refusal shall incur the penalties c. as other the Officers of the Exchequer herein mentioned shall be liable unto which Money so pay'd in shall be applied to pay Interest for the said Transport Debt after 5 per Cent. per Ann. CCCXC Persons Forging or Counterfeiting such Licences or Travelling with Forged or Counterfeited Licences shall forfeit 50 l. one Moiety to the King the other to the Prosecutor to be recovered in any the Courts of Record at Westminster and be subject to the penalties for Forgery CCCXCI Persons sued for putting this Act in Execution may plead the general Issue and give the special matter in Evidence And if the Plaintiffs be Nonsuited or suffer Judgment on Demurrer or a Verdict pass for the Defendants the Defendant shall have treble Costs CCCXCII If any Constable or other Officer refuse or neglect to be assisting in the Execution of this Act being thereunto required such Officer being thereof convicted upon Oath before a Justice of Peace shall forfeit for every such offence 40 s. to be levied by Distress and Sale of Goods one Moiety to the Poor of the Parish the other to the Prosecutor rendring the overplus CCCXCIII Any persons may seise and detain such Hawkers c. till they produce a Licence or if Trading without a Licence till such time as notice be given to the Constable or some other Parish officer who are to carry such persons before a Justice of Peace who upon confession of the party or due proof upon Oath that the person had so Traded and no Licence produced shall by Warrant under his Hand and Seal levy the said Sum of 12 l. by Distress and Sale of the Offenders Goods or Wares rendring the overplus after deduction of the charge for distraining and out of the said Sale to pay the said penalties and forfeitures CCCXCIV This Act shall not prohibit persons from selling Acts of Parliament Forms of Prayer Proclamations Gazetts licensed Almanacks or other printed Papers licensed by Authority or any Fish Fruits or Victuals nor hinder the makers of any Goods or Wares within this Kingdom or their Children Apprentices Agents or Servants from selling the Goods and Wares of their own making in any Mart Fairs Markets or elsewhere nor any Tinkers Coopers Glasiers Plummers Harness-menders or other persons trading in mending Kettles Tubs Houshold Goods or Harness from going about and carrying with them proper materials for mending the same CCCXCV There shall be kept in the Office of the Auditor of the Exchequer a Register of all Moneys paid in by virtue of this Act distinct from all other Moneys CCCXCVI If any Officer in the Exchequer shall divert any of the Moneys paid in by virtue of this Act he shall forfeit his Office be incapable of any place of Trust and shall pay treble the value of the sums so diverted to the persons grieved who will sue for the same in any the Courts of Record at Westminster And all orders for disposing the Moneys to be raised by this Act contrary to the meaning thereof shall be void CCCXCVII This Act shall not hinder any persons from selling any sorts of Goods or Merchandizes in any publick Mart Market or Fair within this Kingdom CCCXCVIII If the several Duties and Impositions granted to his Majesty by several Acts of Parliament towards payment of Interest of the said Transport Debt together with the Duties to be raised by this Act shall amount to more than sufficient for payment of interest at 5 per Cent. for the said Transport Debt according to the several Debentures made and to be made out then such surplus shall remain in the Exchequer and not be disposed of but by Act of Parliament CCCXCIX The Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury or the Lord High Treasurer out of the Moneys raised by this or the said recited Acts may pay to the said Commissioners to be appointed pursuant to this Act their Clerks and others such sums as they may reasonably deserve for their service or may have expended in or about this or the said recited Acts. CCCC This Act shall not give power for the Licensing any Hawker Pedlar or Petty-chapman to sell or expose to sale any Wares or Merchandizes in any City Borough Town Corporate or Market Town within this Realm otherwise than might have been done before the making of this Act. CCCCI Stat. 9 10 W. 3. cap. 34. After 15 May 1698. The Money coming into the Exchequer for the Duties of Excise granted by an Act of 5 and 6 W.M. Intituled An Act for Granting to their Majesties certain Rates and Duties upon Salt and upon Beer Ale and other Liquors for securing certain Recompences and Advantages in the said Act mentioned to such Persons as shall voluntarily advance the sum of Ten hundred thousand pounds towards carrying on the War against France shall in the first place be applied to pay such of the Annuities lately payable out of the Tunnage Duties and the tickets for the same which became due at Lady day 1696 or within 20 days after and are yet unsatisfied And in the second place to pay such of the said Annuities as became due at Michaelmas 1697 or within 20 days after and are yet unsatisfied And in the third place to pay such of the said Annuities as became due 25 Mar. 1698 or within 20 days after and not otherwise And the said Arrears being first discharged or Money reserved for payment thereof the growing produce shall be applied to pay the said half yearly and yearly Annuities in course And no Officer shall pay any half yearly or yearly payments of the said Annuities till the preceding half year or year be fully paid or the Money reserved for which publick notice in Writing shall be hung up in the said Office under penalty of forfeiting his Office and for every such offence 100 l. to the persons who shall sue for the same in any the Courts of Record at Westminster where the Plaintiff upon Recovery shall have treble Costs CCCCII. The Tickets commonly called Benefit Tickets which became due at Lady day 1698 or within 20 days after shall be paid as they are numbred beginning at number one and ending with number 2500. And the Tickets for 20 s. a piece commonly called blank Tickets being due at Michaelmas 1698 or within 20 days after shall also be paid as they are numbred beginning with number One and ending with the number 97500. And in the year next following the Benefit Tickets shall be paid in an Arithmetical Progression descending beginning with number 2500 and ending with number One and the Blank Tickets from number 97500 inclusive to number one inclusive and so onwards in every subsequent year alternately CCCCIII It shall be no undue preference to
Proof upon Oath before the next Justice of Peace that the same was duly Entred and a Warrant for Conveyance obtain'd it shall likewise be Forfeited And the Persons so Carrying the same away shall Forfeit to His Majesly double the Value and also 10 s. per Bushel LXXVII No Retailer or Shopkeeper shall ship any Salt for any Port of this Kingdom before Oath or other Proof made before the Collectors that the Duty is Paid or Secured LXXVIII Masters of Ships Carrying Salt or Rock-Salt from one Port to another shall before they have a Warrant for Landing it Deliver to the Collectors Particulars thereof upon Oath and that no more hath been Laded since their coming out of Port and upon Landing any Part thereof at any other Port shall have a Certificate thereof or Forfeit double the Value so Landed and also 10 s. per Bushel LXXIX No Fees shall be taken for Debentures Tickets Warrants or Licenses touching the said Duties LXXX Provided that for Fish exported there be allowed over and above all former Allowances For every Cask of Pilchards er Scads from 1 July 1698 to 25 December 1699. 20 s. and after 24 December 1699. 28 s. For every Barrel of White Herring from â— July 1698. to 25 December 1699. 4 s. 2 d. And from 24 December 1699. 5. s. 10 d. For every Barrel of Red Herring from 1 July 1698. to 25 December 1699. 3 s. 4 d. and after 24 December 1699. 4 s. 8 d. For every Barrel of Salmon from 1 July 1698. to 25 December 1699. 8 s. 4 d. and after 24 December 1699. 11 s. 8 d. For every Hundred of Codfish Ling or Hake after 1 July 1692 and before 25 December 1699. 25 s. and after 24 December 1699. 35 s. For every Last of Dried Red Sprats after 1 July 1698. 6 s. 8 d. LXXXI Which Allowances shall be Paid by the Salt Collector in the Port from whence such Fish is Exported within Thirty Days after Demand upon a Debenture duly verified and Oath made that the Fish was English taken and really Exported beyond Sea And if the Collector have not sufficient Money to pay the same upon his Certificate the Commissioners of Excise shall be Chargeable therewith out of the first Money in their Hands on the said Salt Duties And any Officer neglecting or refusing to pay the said Money or give such Certificate shall forfeit double the Sum payable LXXXII Upon Exporting any Salt Foreign or English or Rock-Salt the Officer where such Salt was Made or Imported and the Duty Paid or Secured shall deliver Certificates thereof gratis and the Officer at the Place of Exportation shall thereupon give a Debenture for Repayment of the Duty by the Officer where it was before Paid or Secured LXXXIII All Salt Imported or Brought into England Wales or Berwick not there Made shall pay as Foreign Salt and Scotch Salt brought into England by Land shall be entred at Carlisle or Berwick under forseiture of double the value and also 10 s. per Bushel LXXXIV Persons Sued for any thing done in pursuance of this Act may Plead the General Issue and give the Act in Evidence and if the Plaintiff he Cast Nonsuit or forbear Prosecuting the Desendant shall have double Costs LXXXV No Writ of Certiorari shall supersede the Orders of the Commissioners of Excise or Justices of Peace touching the Duties on Salt LXXXVI No Salt shall be Delivered from any Salt-works without Notice given to the Officer on Pain of Forfeiture and also 10 s. per Bushel One half to the Prosecutor the other to the King LXXXVII If any Exported Salt after the Duty has been repaid be Landed in this Kingdom before the Duty be again paid the Offender shall forfeit double the value thereof and 10 s. per Bushel LXXXVIII Subjects of this Realm shipping Salt for any part of England in a Ship perishing at Sea or taken by Enemies upon proof thereof before the Justices in Session of the loss of such Salt shall be allowed to buy the like quantity without Duty LXXXIX Salt-Rock or Rock-Salt after Entry and a Warrant may be removed to convenient Ware-houses and the Duty need not be paid or secured till sold and delivered XC No Person shall be obliged by any Contract made before 25 Dec. 1698. to deliver any Salt or Rock Salt unless the Buyer pay the Duty XCI Salt-Rock or Rock-Salt shall be Entred by Weight only at 120 pound weight to the Bushel XCII Refiners of Rock-Salt which had paid the Duty shall have an Abatement over and above any former Allowances of 2 s. 4 d. per Bushel XCIII The charge of managing this Duty on Salt may be paid out of the said Duties XCIV Salt made from Rock-Salt allowing the Drawback and all Refined Salt Imported or Made in England is to be charged with the said Duties XCV All Salt except Rock Salt shall be ascertained as to the Duty at 56 pounds weight to the Bushel XCVI All Salt brought from Scotland and all Imported and Home-made Salt brought in or landed before due Entry shall be forfeited and 10 s. per Bushel XCVII The Collectors of the said Salt Duties shall provide Scales at every Salt-work and Persons living near such Salt-works or Salt-pits shall be Sworn Weighers and paid for the same by the Collectors XCVIII The Officers shall deliver as many Warrants or Permits to Salt Carriers as they desire gratis for what they shall Load at one time XCIX All Persons shall sell Salt except foreign Salt after 56 pound weight to the Bushel under Penalty of 5 l. to the Informer C. The Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen in London shall by to July 1698. ascertain the price of Salt within the City of London and Bills of Mortality And the Justices of Peace in their General Sessions for other Places by 1 Aug. 1698. And so from time to time if necessary And Persons selling for higher prices or refusing to sell at the prices settled shall forfeit 5 l. to be Levied by Distress and Sale of Goods by Warrant from the Lord Mayor aforesaid or a Justice of Peace of the Place who in default of a Distress may Imprison the Offender till payment thereof one Moiety to the King the other to the Prosecutor CI. The Commissioners of Excise and Commissioners for the Stamp Office respectively shall keep apart and pay Weekly into the Exchequer the Duties on Salt by this Act granted and the Additional Duties on Stampt Velum Parchment and Paper granted to his Majesty his Heirs and Successors by an Act of this present Session and a distinct Register thereof shall be kept in the Exchequer CII The Commissioners for managing the said Duties not paying the same duly into the Exchequer or misapplying any part thereof shall forfeit their Places and be uncapable of any Place of Trust and pay double the value so misapplied CIII In the Excise Office and Stamp Office there shall for ever be Commissioners and Comptrollers for the Execution
A CONTINUATION OF THE ABRIDGMENT Of all the STATUTES OF K. William and Q. Mary AND OF King William the Third In Force and Use Begun by J. Washington of the Midd. Temple Esq Revised and Continued after his Death to the end of the Session of Parliament 27 April 1696. And now further Continued from the beginning of the Second Session of the Third Parliament 20 October 1696. to the end of the Third and last Session of the said Third Parliament 5 July 1698. With Two New Tables LONDON Printed by Charles Bill and the Executrix of Tho. Newcomb deceased Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty And by W. Rawlins and S. Roycroft Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esquires MDCXCIX THE TITLES OF THE STATUTES Contained in this ABRIDGMENT WITH THE HEADS Under which they Stand. Anno. 8. W. 3. Part. 3. Sess 2. 1. AN Act for Importing and Coining Guineas and Half-Guineas Coin 2. An Act for the further Remedying the ill State of the Coin of the Kingdom Coin 3. An Act to Explain that part of the Act passed the last Session of Parliament for Laying several Duties on Low Wines and Spirits of the first Extraction and for Preventing the Frauds and Abuses of Brewers Distillers and other Persons chargeable with the Duties of Excise which Relates to the Payment of Tallies and the Interest thereof Excise 4. An Act to Attaint Sir John Fenwick Baronet of High Treason Treason 5. An Act to Attaint such of the Persons concerned in the late Horrid Conspiracy to Assassinate his Majesties Royal Person who are fled from Justice unless they render themselves to Justice and for continuing several others of the said Conspirators in Custody Treason 6. An Act for Granting an Aid to his Majesty as well by a Land Tax as by several Subsidies and other Duties payable for One Year Taxes Anno 8 9 W. 3. 7. An Act for Granting to his Majesty several Duties upon Paper Vellum and Parchment to Encourage the bringing of Plate and Hammered Money into the Mints to be Coined Taxes 8. An Act for Incouraging the bringing in Wrought Plate to be Coined Coin 9. An Act to Restore the Market at Blackwell Hall to the Clothiers and for Regulating the Factors there Blackwell-Hall 10. An Act to Enable the Returns of Juries as formerly until the first day of November One thousand six hundred ninety seven Iuries 11. An Act for the better preventing Frivolous and Vexatious Suits Snits 12. An Act for continuing certain Additional Impositions upon several Goods and Merchandizes Customs 13. An Act for continuing several former Acts for Punishing Officers and Soldiers who shall Mutiny or Desert his Majesties Service and for Punishing False Musters and for Payment of Quarters for One year longer Soldiers 14. An Act for the Compleating the Building and Adorning the Cathedral Charch of St. Paul London and for Repairing the Collegiate Church of St. Peter Westminster Churches 15. An Act for Repairing the Highway between Ryegate in the County of Surrey and Crawley in the County of Sussex High-ways 16. An Act for Enlarging Common High-ways High-ways 17. An Act for Paving and Regulating the Hay-Market in the Parishes of St. Martins in the Fields and St. James within the Liberty of Westminster Hay-Market 18. An Act for Relief of Creditors by making Compositions with their Debtors in Case Two thirds in Number and Value do Agree Creditors 19. An Act for Repealing a Clause in a former Act relating to Party Guiles and for the better preventing Frauds and Abuses of Brewers and others Chargeable with the Duties of Excise Excise 20. An Act for making good the Deficiences of several Funds therein mentioned and for Enlarging the Capital stock of the Bank of England and for Raising the Publick Credit Taxes 21. An Act for Laying a Duty upon Leather for the Term of Three years and making other Provision for Answering the Deficiences as well of the late Duties upon Coals and Culm as for Paying the Annuities upon the Lottery and for Lives charged on the Tunnage of Ships and the Duties upon Salt Taxes 22. An Act for Granting to his Majesty certain Duties upon Malt Mum Sweets Cyder and Perry as well towards Carrying on the War against France as for the necessary Expence of his Majesties Houshold and other Occasions Excise 23. An Act to enforce the Act for the Increase and Incouragement of Seamen Seamen 24. An Act for Granting to his Majesty a further Subsidy of Tunnage and Poundage upon Merchandizes Imported for the Term of Two years and Three quarters and an Additional Land Tax for One year for Carrying on the War against France Customs 25. An Act for Licensing Hawkers and Pedlars for a further Provision for payment of the Interest of the Transport Debt for the Reducing of Ireland Taxes 26. An Act for the better Preventing the Counterfeiting the Current Coin of this Kingdom Coin 27. An Act for the more effectual Relief of Creditors in Cases of Escapes and for preventing Abuses in Prisons and pretended Privileged Places Prisons c. 28. An Act for the better Observation of the Course Anciently Used in the Receipt of Exchequer Exchequer 29. An Act for the Repair of the Peers of Bridlington alias Burlington in the East-Riding of the County of York Burlington 30. An Act for supplying some Defects in the Laws for the Relief of the Poor of this Kingdom Poor 31. An Act for the easier obtaining Partitions of Lands in Coparcenary Joynt Tenancy and Tenancy in Common Partitions 32. An Act to restrain the number and ill Practices of Brokers and Stock-Jobbers Brokers 33. An Act to make perpetual and more effectual an Act Intituled An Act to prevent delays at the Quarter Sessions of the Peace Iustices of Peace 34. An Act for the Lessening the Duty upon Tin and Pewter Exported and Granting an Equivalent for the same by a Duty upon Drugs Customs 35. An Act for Raising the Militia for the Year One thousand six hundred ninety seven although the Months Pay formerly advanced be not repaid Militia 36. An Act for the further Encouragement of the Manufacture of Lustrings and Alamodes within this Realm and for the better preventing the Importation of the same Trade 37. An Act for Explaining and Enforcing the Act for Paving and Cleansing the Streets within the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark and Weekly Bills of Mortality and Streets adjoyning thereunto And for Widening the Street at the South end of London-Bridge London Anno 9 W. 3. Part. 3. Sess 3. 1. An Act against Corresponding with the late King James and his Adherents Treason 2. An Act to prevent the further Currency of any Hammered Silver Coin of this Kingdom and for recoining such as is now in being and for the making out new Exchequer Bills where the former Bills are or shall be filled up by Indorsements Coin 3. An Act to give further time for the Administring of Oaths relating to Talleys and Orders and for the easier
Duties charged upon Salt Any Persons having any Estate for one life in any Annuity purchased at the rate of 100 l. for every 14 l. per Ann. upon the several Acts mentioned in the Act of 6 7 W. 3. Intituled An Act for Enabling such Persons as have Estates for Life in Annuities payable by several former Acts therein mentioned to purchase and obtain further and more certain Interests in such Annuities and in default thereof for admitting other Persons to purchase and obtain the same for Raising Money for carrying on the War against France or any of them may before 25 Mar. 1698. pay into the Exchequer for every such Annuity of 14 l. per Ann. computed at 4 years 56 l. more for converting such single Life into a certain Term for the residue then to come of the 96 years from 25 Jan. 1695. or for the residue of the said Term of 96 years after the said Estate for Life II. If any Person intituled to such present Annuity shall not before the said 25 Mar. 1698. change such Estate for Life into a Term certain or for a future Interest as aforesaid then any other person after the said 25 Mar. and before 10 Apr. 1698. may purchase an Interest for the then residue of the said Term of 96 years as aforesaid subject to the present Estate for Life for the like Sum of 56 pounds and the persons paying the said Consideration shall immediately be intituled to such Annuity chargeable upon the respective Fund in the former Act mention'd III. Persons intituled to any Arrears incurred between 17 May 1696 and 17 May 1697. upon the said Annuities charged upon the Tunnage or Salt Duties and hereby intended to be provided for who shall upon their Orders Talleys or Lottery Tickets for such Arrears discharge the King in the Exchequer of so much as the purchasing such further Interest or Term shall amount to shall thereupon be intituled to such Annuities so to be purchased as if the Consideration was actually paid in Money IV. The Directions and Powers in the said former Act for Levying Talleys making Orders Assignments or applying the Moneys arising by the said Funds are hereby revived in respect of such Annuities as shall be purchased upon this Act. V. All the Moneys which shall come into the Exchequer for the said Contributions shall be applyed to the payment of the Arrears of the several Annuities charged upon the 5 sevenths and 2 sevenths of the Tunnage and upon the Duties on Salt incurred out of those Funds from 17 May 1696 to 17 May 1697 and a proportionable part applyed to the making good each of those Funds and not diverted to any other use And the Officer offending therein shall forfeit his Office and double the value of the Money so diverted VI. After 1 Mar. 1697. No Officer appointed to pay the Annuities out of the Duties of Excise upon the Act made 4 5. W. M. Intituled An Act for granting to their Majesties certain Rates and Duties of Excise upon Beer Ale and other Liquors for securing certain Recompences and Advantages in the said Act mentioned to such persons as shall voluntarily advance the Sum of Ten hundred thousand Pounds towards carrying on the War against France and upon divers other subsequent Acts without Survivorship shall pay off any Quarterly Payment of the said Annuities till the precedent Quarter be fully paid or the Money ready in the Office for payment thereof whereof publick notice to be given and hung up in the said Office And every Officer offending herein shall forfeit his Office and 50 pounds for every such Offence to the person who shall sue for the same VII Stat. 9 10 W. 3. Cap. 24. All persons having or not having any Estate for one Life in an Annuity purchased at the rate of 100 l. for 14 l. per Ann. upon the several Acts mentioned in the Act of 6 7 W. 3. Intituled An Act for Enabling such Persons as have Estates for Life in Annuities payable by several former Acts therein mentioned to purchase and obtain further and more certain Interests in such Annuities and in default thereof for admitting other Persons to purchase and obtain the same for Raising Money for carrying on the War against France may at any time before 1 Dec. 1698. paying into the Exchequer 56 pounds for every such Annuity of 14 l. per Ann. convert the said Estate for Life into a certain Term for the Residue of 96 years then to come from 25 Jan. 1695 or have an interest in such Annuity for the said Term to take effect after the said Estate for Life charged with and subject to the present Estate for Life and in the same proportion for higher or larger Annuities And the persons so paying the said Consideration Money shall immediately be intituled to such Annuities charged upon the respective Fund in the said former Act mentioned as if the said Consideration Money had been advanced within the times limited by the said former Act. VIII All the Clauses in the said former Act for Levying of Talleys making Orders or Assignments or applying the Moneys arising by the said Funds or for any other matter relating to the said Annuities so to be purchased are revived by this Act and shall be duly observed in respect of such Annuities as shall be purchased upon this Act as fully as if they were here particularly repeated IX All Moneys which shall come into the Exchequer upon the said Contributions for Annuities so to be purchased shall be applyed to the Payment of the Off-Reckonings of the Army for the year 1697. And out of the same the persons who clothed the Army for the said Year shall be paid what is due to them for such Clothing chargeable upon the said Off-Reckonings Arbitration I. Stat. 9 10 W. 3. cap. 15. After 11 May 1698. All Merchants and Traders and others desiring to end any Controversie Suit or Quarrel for which there is no other Remedy but by personal Action or Suit in Equity by Arbitration may agree That their submission of the Suit to the Award or Umpirage of any person or persons should be made a Rule of any of his Majesties Courts of Record which the Parties shall choose and may insert such their Agreement in their Submission or the Condition of the Bond or Promise And upon producing an Affidavit of such inserting and upon Reading and Filing such Affidavit in the Court so chose the same may be entred of Record in such Court and a Rule of Court shall thereupon be made That the Parties shall submit to and finally be concluded by such Arbitration or Umpirage And in case of disobedience thereto the Party neglecting or refusing shall be subject to all the Penalties of Contemning a Rule of Court and Process shall issue accordingly which shall not be stopt or delayed unless it appear on Oath that the Arbitrators or Umpire misbehaved themselves and that such Award was corruptly or unduly
procured In which case such Arbitration or Umpirage shall be void and set aside by any Court of Law or Equity so as such corruption or undue Practice be complain'd of in the Court where the Rule is made for such Arbitration before the last day of the next Term after such Arbitration made and published to the Parties Blackwell-Hall I. STat. 8 9 W. 3. cap. 9. Enacted That after the 1st of May 1697. the Governours of Blackwell-hall and their Deputies shall strictly observe and keep the following Times and Rules viz. The publick Market of Blackwell-hall shall be held every Thursday Friday and Saturday from eight of the Clock in the Forenoon till twelve and from two of the Clock in the Afternoon till five the said hours of beginning and ending the said Market shall be known by ringing the Market Bell in the said Hall the same to be continued Weekly through the whole Year except days of Humiliation or Thanksgiving and the Keepers of the said Hall shall not admit any buying or selling of any Woollen Cloth at the said Hall upon any other days or hours than as aforesaid upon the penalty of 100 l. II. The said Governours c. shall appoint to the Countrey Clothiers the most convenient Room in the said Hall for the sale of their Cloth and Warehouse Room for Lodging and safe keeping the same paying the Ancient Duties of the said Hall and no more III. No Factor or any Person whatsoever other than the Owner of the Cloth shall sell or expose to sale out of the said Market of Blackwell-hall any Cloth directed to be brought to the said Market or any Factor there upon penalty of 5 l. for every Cloth so sold IV. The Hall-keepers Clerks and Master-Porters of the said Hall shall take care that the Rules and Orders appointed by this Act be put in Execution and shall diligently and faithfully keep their weekly Registers of all Clothes bought and sold there in which Books they shall truly enter the names and habitation of the Owners Buyers and Sellers and times of Sale and Factor or other person buying or selling of every Cloth to which said Books it shall be lawful for the Clothiers their Agents or Servants at all convenient times to have recourse without Fee V. Any Hall-keeper Clerk or Master-Porter neglecting his Duty herein shall for every Offence forfeit 10 l. Every person after the said first of May buying any Cloth of any person except of the Owner otherwise than for ready Money the person selling shall within twelve days after the sale and delivery of the same take or demand of the Buyer a Note testifying under the Buyers hand the Cloth sold and the Sum of Money sold for payable to the Owner and shall deliver such Note on demand to the Owner or any person authorized by him to receive the same on pain to forfeit to the Owner of the Cloth sold double the Value thereof for every neglect of so doing And if any such Buyer upon trust shall refuse or neglect to give such Note upon request at any time next after eight days after sale and delivery he shall forfeit for every such Offence 20 s. for every Cloth so sold to the Owner and every piece of Cloth not returned within eight days after delivery of the same shall be deemed to be passed and approved of by the Buyer as a Merchantable Cloth and all Contracts and Agreements for allowing a longer time for the passing of any Cloth shall be Void VI. All forfeitures and penalties imposed by this Act may be sued for by Action of Debt Bill Plaint c. in any of his Majesties Courts of Record in which no Essoin c. and but one Imparlance shall be allowed and if not otherwise herein before disposed of one Moiety to the King the other to the Informer VII Provided if the Owner of the Cloth neglect to sue for any of the penalties by the space of six Months then any other person may sue for the same and one Moiety shall be to the King the other to the Informer VIII Every known or reputed Factor for selling Cloth in the said Market of Blackwell-hall shall before the 24th of June 1697. if requested by any Clothier give and deliver a true Account in Writing of the Effects of such Clothier which now are or before the first of May 1697. shall be in the hands of such Factor and the particular Clothes of such Clothier sold by such Factor and the sums of Money due to such Clothier by any Contract of such Factor and of the names and abodes of such persons from whom such sums are due and if any such Factor shall refuse or neglect so to do he shall forfeit to the person to whom he ought to give such Account 10 l. to be recovered as aforesaid Bridgwater I. Stat. 9 10 W. 3. cap. 12. For inlarging repairing and preserving the Bridge and Key of the Borough of Bridgwater in Com. Somerset it is Enacted That for fourteen years after the first of May 1698. Every Master or Person having the Command of any Ship or Vessel Unlading on the said Key or into any Barge Boat Hoy or Lighter to pass through the said Bridge shall pay at the Unlading thereof as follows viz. II. For every Weigh of Coals according to the measure used there Last of Wheat Rye Barley Malt and other Grain and for every Weigh of Salt and every Tun of any other Goods or Merchandizes whatsoever and so proportionably for a greater or lesser Quantity Imported and Unladen in the said Port such sum not exceeding twelve pence Inclusive of all Keyage Wharfage Pontage and Cranage heretofore payable as the Mayor Aldermen Burgesses and Commonalty of the said Borough and their Successors in Common Council assembled shall from time to time order or appoint III. The said Mayor Aldermen Burgestes and Commonalty so assembled as aforesaid during the said fourteen Years may choose such persons to be Collectors of the Money so to be appointed to be paid as they shall think fit which Collectors shall pay the same to the Receiver of the Profits of the said Borough to the use of the said Mayor Aldermen Burgesses and Commonalty for the purpose aforesaid and no other use whatsoever IV. There shall be Eight or any Five of them Commissioners to take the Accounts of the Receipts and Disbursements of the Moneys so Collected during the said Term Four of which shall be yearly nominated by the Mayor Aldermen Burgesses and Commonalty in Common Council assembled and the other Four by the Justices of the Peace for the said County of Somerset at the respective Quarter Sessions of the Peace which Commissioners or any five of them may from time to time Require the Collectors who shall receive the Moneys in pursuance of this Act to render them a true Account of the Moneys which shall rest due upon such Account which they shall order to be laid out for
till the Eighteenth of December 1696. making Oath before such Head Collector That the Hammered Money then Brought or Tendred was actually and bona fide received by him before the Eighteenth day of November 1696. upon the respective Tax or Revenue upon which he offers to pay the same and that he hath not made any Profit thereby other than what is allowed by Act of Parliament Which Oath shall be taken in Writing and brought with the Money it relates to into the Receipt of the Exchequer And the respective Receiver General or Head Collectors of any the said Taxes or Revenues shall have time till the Tenth day of January 1696. for paying such Hammered Moneys as aforesaid into the Receipt of the Exchequer who are to make Oath before the Auditor of the Receipt or Clerk of the Pells That the Money so by them Tendred or Brought was actually and bona fide received by them by Tale before the said Eighteenth day of December 1696 on Account of such Tax or Revenue or was brought to them by such particular Receivers within the time limited and that they have not made any Profit thereby other than what is allowed by Act of Parliament All which said Oaths or Affidavits in Writing shall be filed by the Clerk of the Fells VII Which said Hammered Money so brought into the Exchequer and all such like other Hammered Moneys actually being and remaining in the Receipt of the Exchequer on the Eighteenth day of November 1696. having been bona fide received there by the respective Tellers who are to make Oath as aforesaid for any Tax or other Revenue shall from time to time be melted down and cast into Ingots and delivered into his Majesties Mint to be there reduced to Sterling and Coined by the Mill and Press into the Lawful Coins of this Realm And all the New Money proceeding from such Ingots except necessary Charges shall be brought back into the Exchequer and there placed to the respective Accounts of the said particular Revenues Taxes Loans c. to which the said Hammered Moneys respectively did belong and shall be issued paid out and disposed in like manner as ought to be in case the said Hammered Money were not Recoined under the same Penalties and Forfeitures as would have been incurred in case the same were not Recoined VIII All Money that shall be brought in on the Account of Taxes Revenues or Loans at 5 s. 8 d. per Ounce shall be by the respective Officers Receivers or Collectors carried to the next Adjacent Mint to be Recoined and the said Taxes c. shall not be brought into the Exchequer till Recoined IX The Collectors and Receivers of the Moneys for making Navigable the Rivers Wye and Lugg in the County of Hereford shall and may till the First of June 1697. receive Hammered Money Clipt or Unclipt at 5 s. 8 d. per Ounce and pay it in at that Rate to the Receiver General who shall according to the Direction of the Trustees either pay the same forthwith to the persons who have Lent Moneys for the Purposes abovesaid or send the same to the next Mint to be Coined and after it shall be received from the Mint then pay the same X. Stat. 8 9. W. 3 cap. 8. Any Persons Natives or Foreigners who by themselves or others shall bring any sort of Wrought Plate between 1 Jan. 1696. and 4 Nov. 1697. to any of his Majesties Mints or to such Persons as shall be Authorized to Receive the same shall be then and there paid for such Plate at 5 s. 4 d. per oz. And all such Plate having the Goldsmiths Hall Mark and Workmans Mark shall be Received as Sterling Silver But where it hath not the said Marks the Quantity of Sterling Silver contained therein shall at the Election of the Party be adjusted upon Oath by the proper Officers of the Mint or such other Person as shall be Authorized to Receive the same or else shall be forthwith Melted and Essayed and Allowed for accordingly XI Which said Officers of the Mint and other persons Authorized to Receive the said Plate shall first take an Oath faithfully and impartially to declare the Quantity of Sterling Silver contained in any Wrought Plate so brought in XII And the Plate so brought in shall be Entred in Books with the Weight and Value thereof and shall be forthwith Coin'd and not delay'd by the Coining of other Silver And the New Moneys proceeding from the same with such other Moneys as shall be appropriated for this Service shall be apply'd to pay for the Plate so brought in XIII The Moneys Imprested for this Service and the New Money proceeding from the said Plate shall go to pay the Allowance of 5 s. 4 d. per oz. to the Bringers in of the said Plate at the time of bringing in the same XIV The Officers where such Plate is brought in or where Hammer'd Money is to be Recoin'd shall once in 14 days publish in Writing how much Wrought Plate or Hammer'd Money has been brought in and Recoin'd or remains not Coin'd under a Penalty of 20 l. XV. Provided That all such Plate having the said Marks shall be receiv'd as Sterling Silver without deduction for Soader unless in any hollow part of the said Plate XVI The Commissioners of the Treasury may Issue and Apply 50000 l. towards payment of the said Allowance of 5 s. 4 d. per oz. to be reckned part of the sum of 125000 l. for Coining of Hammer'd Money and Plate XVII After 25 Mar. 1697. no silver Vessel Plate or Manufacture of silver shall be Wrought or Made less in Fineness than 11 oz. Ten Peny Weight of Fine Silver in every Pound Troy nor sold or exchanged if made after the said 25 March unless it be silver wire or small Things not capable of receiving a Mark until the same hath been Marked with the two first Letters of the sirname of the Worker and with the Marks of the Goldsmiths Company which instead of the Leopards Head and the Lyon shall be a Lyons Head erased and the Figure of a Woman commonly called a Britannia and with the Wardens Mark denoting the Year under the penalty of Forfeiture XVIII If the Wardens or Masters of the Goldsmiths Company Mark any Plate made after 25 Mar. contrary to this Act or wherein there is any Falshood or Deceit they shall forfeit the value thereof XIX Any person possessed of Plate and Assessed to the Aid lately Granted to his Majesty as well by a Land Tax as by several Subsidies and other Duties payable for One Year may before 1 Jun. 1697 pay all or any such Monthly payments in wrought Plate at 5 s. 4 d. per oz. without deduction for Soader unless in any hollow part thereof which the Collectors are Required to Receive accordingly XX. All Hammer'd Moneys made Current at 5 s. 2 d. per oz. and paid into the Exchequer at that Rate And all Plate receiv'd by virtue of
thereof Convicted upon any Indictment or Infomation shall be void Customs I. Stat. 8 9 W. 3. cap. 12. The several Additional and other Rates Impositions Duties and Charges upon Goods and Merchandizes Imported and Exported Mentioned and Granted by an Act made the 4 5 W. M. Intituled An Act for Granting to Their Majesties certain Additional Impositions upon several Goods and Merchandizes for the Prosecuting the present War against France shall be continued from the First of March 1696. and be Levied and Paid till the Seventeenth day of May 1697. And the foresaid Act and all Articles and Clauses therein contained shall continue and be of force till the said Sevententh of May 1697. II. Stat. 8 9. W. 3. cap. 24. Over and above all Subsidies of Tunnage and Poundage and other Duties already payable for Wines Goods and Merchandizes there shall be paid for all Wines imported into this Kingdom from 1 May 1697. to 1 Feb. 1699. one other Subsidy called Tunnage viz. III. For every Tun of French Wine brought into the Port of London as Merchandize by Natural Born Subjects 4 l. 10 s. and by Aliens 6 l. And every Tun of Wine brought into any other Port of this Kingdom by Natural Born Subjects 3 l. and by Aliens 4 l. 10 s. IV. Every Butt or Pipe of Sweet Wines of the Growth of the Levant Spain or Portugal or elsewhere brought into the Port of London by Natural Born Subjects 45 s. and by Aliens 3 l. And every Butt or Pipe brought into any other Port by Natural Born Subjects 30 s. and by Strangers 25 s. V. Every Awm of Rhenish Wine or of the Growth of Germany imported by Natural Born Subjects 20 s. and by Aliens 25 s. VI. And Wines Landed in the Out Ports and afterwards brought to London by Certificate shall pay so much more as they paid short of the London Duty VII Which several Rates for Wines are the same as in the Book of Rates referred to by the Act Ann. 12. Car. 2. ch 4. VIII All manner of Goods and Merchandizes imported from the said 1 May 1697. to 1 Febr. 1699. shall pay one further Subsidy of Poundage of 12 d. per l. of the Value thereof according to the said Book of Rates IX And if any such Goods are not particularly Rated in the said Book the Duty shall be Levyed according to the Value affirmed upon the Oath of the Merchant X. Except all Wines before limited to pay Subsidy of Tunnage all Fish English taken and imported in English Bottoms all Fresh Fish and Bestial imported and all other Goods mentioned to be Custom-free in the said Book of Rates and such Goods as are commonly used in Dying XI Provided That all Drugs imported from the Place of their Growth in English Built Ships shall be rated to this Act but One Third Part charged in the said Book of Rates XII All Spicery except Pepper imported from the place of its Growth in English Built Shipping shall be rated to this Act but one Third Part charged in the said Book of Rates XIII Linen imported shall not pay the Additional Duty of one Moiety charged in the said Book of Rates XIV All Foreign Wrought Silk exported within one Year from the Importation shall have Two Thirds of the Rate hereby charged repaid at the Custom-house XV. Wrought Silks imported shall not be charged with the Additional Duty of One Moiety mentioned in the said Book of Rates Nor is Tobacco of the English Plantation to be charged with the Additional Duty of One peny per Pound over and above the Subsidy in the said Book of Rates Nor are the Wines of France Germany Portugal or Madera to be charged with the Additional Duty of 3 l. per Tun or any other Wines with 4 l. per Tun mentioned in the said former Acts or Book of Rates XVI For all Tobacco of the English Plantations exported within a Year from its importation the Subsidy of 1 d. per l. hereby granted shall be repaid at the Custom-house XVII Out of the Duties by this Act granted there shall be the like Allowances as are prescribed in the former Act or Book of Rates XVIII The Duties hereby granted shall be Levied by the Officers of the Customs under direction of the Commissioners of the Customs and paid into the Exchequer for the Uses in this Act mentioned And the Rules and Directions of the former Act of Tunnage and Poundage and Book of Rates shall be observed for Levying the Duty by this Act granted XIX The Additional Duty on French Goods and Merchandizes granted the last Session ch 24 shall not extend to such as shall be bona side seized or taken and condemned as Prize except such seizing be by Connivance or Collusion XX. The whole Duty charged by this Act on Sugars of the English Plantations in America shall be paid back upon Exportation XXI There shall be repaid at the Custom-house within one month after demand 3 s. for every Hundred VVeight of Sugar refined in England and exported Oath being made that it was produced from Brown and Muscavado Sugar charged by this Act imported from the English Plantations in America and for which the Duty was paid upon importation XXII For the Duty hereby granted on Tobacco of the English Plantations in America the Importer shall have Three Months time to pay the same with a Discount of 10 l. per Cent. per Ann. for Prompt Payment XXIII Ginger of the English Plantations in the West Indies valued in the Book of Rates at 16 d. per l. shall pay for the said former Subsidy 12 d. per Hundred VVeight and for this present Subsidy 12 d. also per Hundred VVeight and no more XXIV After 1 May 1697. no cut Whale-bone other than in Fins only shall be imported under the Penalty of Forfeiting the same and double the Value XXV Provided That the Goods and Merchandizes charged by this Act except Foreign Wrought Silk Tobacco Sugars and Refined Sugars Exported by any Merchant English within a year or by a Stranger within nine months after Importation for which the Duty hereby granted hath been paid Inward the whole Subsidy hereby granted and paid for such Goods Wines or Merchandizes shall be repaid within one month after Demand But that there be no Drawback for such Wrought Silks Tobacco and Sugars unless exported within the time limited for other Goods and all other Requisites performed and then not only the Two Thirds but the remaining One Third of the Subsidy hereby granted is to be repaid XXVI Provided That his Majesties Naval Stores bought before 25 Mar. 1697. shall not be charged with the Duty hereby granted XXVII And whereas by an Act of this present Parliament for granting a Supply of 3 s. in the Pound by a Land Tax c. It is thereby Enacted That all Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever be charged for One Year with 3 s. in the Pound of the true Yearly Value to be paid
Poundage and all Additional Duties and Impositions already payable for any Wines Goods or Merchandizes Imported there shall be paid to his Majesty one other Subsidy called Tunnage for all Wines which after the last of January 1699. during his Majesties Life shall be Imported into this Kingdom viz. XLIV Of every Tun of French Wine that shall come into the Port of London by way of Merchandize by his Majesties Natural born Subjects 4 l. 10 s. and by Strangers and Aliens 6 l. Every Tun of like Wine brought into any other Port of this Kingdom by way of Merchandize by his Majesties Natural born Subjects 3 l. and by Aliens 4 l. 10 s. XLV Every Butt or Pipe of Muscadells Malmseys Cutes Tents Alicants Bastards Sacks Canaries Malaga's Madera's and other Sweet Wines of the Growth of the Levant Spain or Portugal brought into the Port of London by his Majesties Natural born Subjects 45 s. and by Strangers or Aliens 3 l. And every Butt or Pipe of the like Wine brought into any other Port of this Kingdom by way of Merchandize by his Majesties Natural born Subjects 30 s. and by Strangers 45 s. XLVI Every Awm of Rhenish Wine or of the Growth of Germany brought into this Realm by his Majesties Natural born Subjects 20 s. and by Strangers and Aliens 25 s. And such Wines landed in any the Out Ports and afterwards brought to London by Certificate shall pay so much more Subsidy by this Act as they paid short of the Duty due in the Port of London Which several Rates for Wines are the same as in the Book of Rates signed by Sir Harbottle Grimstone Baronet formerly Speaker of the House of Commons and referred to by the Act 12 Car. 2. Intituled A Subsidy Granted to the King of Tunnage and Poundage and other Sums of Money payable upon Merchandizes Exported and Imported And one further Subsidy called Poundage viz. Of all manner of Goods and Merchandizes by whomsoever brought into this Realm after the said last of January 1699. during his Majesties Life by way of Merchandize Twelve Pence in the Pound of the Value of the same Goods and Merchandizes in the said Book of Rates And if any Goods so Imported shall not be particularly Rated in the said Book of Rates the Subsidy by this Act Granted shall be Levied according to the Value of such Goods upon Oath of the Merchant Except out of this Subsidy all Wines before limited to pay Tunnage and all Fish English taken and brought by English Bottoms into this Realm and all Fresh Fish and Bestial and all other Goods and Merchandizes which in the said Book of Rates are Custom Free and all Goods and Merchandizes commonly used in Dying XLVII All Drugs Chargeable by this Act Imported directly from the place of their Growth in English Built Shipping shall pay only one third part of what is Charged thereupon in the said Book of Rates And all Spicery except Pepper Imported directly from the place of its Growth in English Built Shipping shall pay by this Act but one third part of what is Charged in the said Book of Rates And this Act shall not Charge Linen Imported with the Additional Duty of one Moiety of the Rate mentioned in the said Book of Rates And all Foreign Wrought Silks Exported within one Year from the Importation shall have two thirds of the Rate hereby Charged Repaid at the Custome-house And this Act shall not Charge Wrought Silks Imported with the Additional Duty of one Moiety mentioned in the said Book of Rates Or Tobacco of the English Plantation with the Additional Duty of One Peny per Pound over and above the Subsidy in the said Book of Rates Or the Wines of France Germany Portugal or Madera with the Additional Duty of 3 l. per Tun or any other Wines with the Additional Duty of 4 l. per Tun mentioned in the said former Acts or Book of Rates And that for all Tobacco of the English Plantations Exported within one Year after its Importation the further Subsidy of one Peny per Pound hereby Granted shall be Repaid at the Custom-house XLVIII Out of the several Subsidies of Tunnage and Poundage by this Act Granted there shall be the like Allowances and Abatements as are prescribed by the said former Act or Book of Rates or the Rules thereunto annexed XLIX The said Subsidies of Tunnage and Poundage hereby Granted shall be Collected by the Officers of the Customs under the Management of the Commissioners of the Customs and shall be paid into the Exchequer for the Purposes in this Act mentioned the Charge of Management only excepted and all the Clauses in the said former Act of Tunnage and Poundage or in the Book of Rates or the Rules thereunto annexed or in any other Laws in Force touching the said Subsidy of Tunnage and Poundage shall be put in Execution for Answering the Subsidy of Tunnage and Poundage by this Act Granted as if particularly repeated in this Act. L. The whole further Subsidy laid by this Act upon all Sugars Imported from the English Plantations in America shall be paid back at the Exportation thereof LI. For every hundred Weight of Brown and Muscavado Sugars Refined in England Exported out of this Kingdom after the said last of January 1699. during the Continuance of this Act there shall be repaid at the Custom-house to the Exporter within a Month after Demand 3 s. Oath being made by the Refiner that the said Sugar was produced from Brown and Muscavado Sugar Charged by this Act and as he believes Imported from his Majesties Plantations in America and the Duty paid at Importation and duly Exported the Searcher also Certifying the Shipping and all other Requisites performed LII For the further Subsidy hereby Granted upon Tobacco of the English Plantations in America the Merchant giving Security shall have Three Months from the Importation to pay the same with a Discount after 10 per Cent. per Ann. for Prompt Payment if sooner paid LIII Ginger of the English Plantations in the West Indies Valued by the Book of Rates at 16 d. per Pound shall pay for the said former Subsidy 1 s. for every hundred Weight and for the Subsidy by this Act 1 s. for every hundred Weight and no more LIV. If any persons import or bring into this Kingdom any Cut Whalebone other than in Fins only they shall Forfeit the Goods and double the Value of the Cut Whalebone so Imported one moiety to the King the other to them that shall Seize or Sue for the same LV. Where any the Foreign Goods Wines or Merchandizes by this Act Charged with the Subsidy of Tunnage or Poundage Except Foreign Wrought Silk Tobacco Sugars and Refined Sugars touching which other Provisions are hereby made shall be again Exported by any Merchant English within a Twelve Month or by Strangers within Nine Kalendary Months after Importation and that Proof be made by Certificate from the proper Officer of the Entry and Payment
of the Subsidy hereby Granted with the Oath of the Merchant Importing and Exporting the same affirming the truth thereof and all other Requisites performed touching Repayment of the Half Subsidy by the former Act the whole Subsidy actually paid upon this Act shall be repaid within one Month after Demand or the Security vacated as to so much as shall be so Exported And as to Foreign Wrought Silks Tobacco Sugars and Refined Sugars no Drawback upon this Act shall be made unless Re-exported within the times hereby limited for other Goods and that like Proof be made and other Requisites performed for the said Silks c. as for other Goods Re-exported But upon such Exportation of Foreign Wrought Silks and Proof made and other Requisites performed not only the two thirds of the Subsidies by this Act. Directed to be Repaid for such Silks but also the remaining one third of the same Subsidy shall be intirely repaid at the Custom house LVI It being intended that the yearly Sum of 700000 l. be Supplied to his Majesty for his Houshold and Family and other his necessary Expenses and Occasions out of the Hereditary Excise Granted Ann. 12. Car. 2. and out of the Temporary Excise payable during his Majesties Life by an Act of 2 W. M. after the Talleys Charged upon the Weekly Sum of 6000 l. issuing out of the said several Duties of Excise pursuant to the Act of 7 W. 3. and still unsatisfied with the Interest thereof shall be fully paid and out of the Revenue of the Post-Office after all the Talleys Charged on the Weekly Sum of 600 l. issuing out of that Revenue pursuant to the said Act of 7 W. 3. and still remaining unsatisfied and the Interest thereof shall be fully paid And out of the small Branches of his Majesties Revenue viz. The First Fruits Alienation Fines Post Fines Wine Licences Sheriffs Proffers Seizures of Uncustomed and Prohibited Goods The Revenue of the Dutchy of Cornwall or any other Revenue in Lands in England or Wales or Fines of Leases for the same and the Duty of Four and a half per Cent. in Specie in Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands in America and out of the Moneys arising by this Act after the Commencement of the same It is Enacted That if the said Great and Small Branches and Revenues shall produce clear more than the yearly Sum of 700000 l. after 25 Dec. 1699. the Overplus shall not be Disposed of but by Parliament And all Dispositions of such Overplus without Authority of Parliament shall be Void and the persons to whom such Dispositions shall be made shall be incapable to Enjoy the same LVII Stat. 9 10 W. 3. cap. 30. All Lustrings and Alamodes Imported into this Kingdom which by the Act of Tunnage and Poundage made Ann. 12 Car. 2. were valued in the Book of Rates at 40 s. the Pound Weight containing 16 Ounces shall after 24 June 1698. be valued at Four Pounds for every Pound Weight containing 16 Ounces as aforesaid And the several Subsidies Additional and other Duties and Impositions payable thereupon by virtue of several Acts of Parliament since that time made during the Continuance of the same respectively shall be Collected Paid and Answered upon the said Lustrings and Alamodes according to the said Valuation of Four Pounds for every Pound Weight as if the same had been Originally Inserted in the said Book of Rates and had been particularly referred to instead of the said Rate of 40 s. in the several Acts beforementioned And that according to the same Rules and Methods and with such or the like Allowances and under such Penalties as are by the said Acts or any of them prescribed for the respective Duties on the same Commodities Exchequer I. STat. 8. 9. W. 3. cap. 28. For better observation of the Course anciently used in the Exchequer It is Enacted That after 20 April 1697. when any Money shall be brought into the Receipt of the Exchequer the respective Teller into whose Office it shall be brought if the Officers belonging to the Talley Court be then attending or as soon as they shall attend for the Levying a Talley shall without delay receive the said Money Weighing the same in intire Sums or otherwise and making due entry thereof shall throw down a Bill or Bills written upon Parchment and Sign'd into the Talley Court whereby a Taller may be duly Levied according to the nature of the Payment And that such Teller his Clerk or Substitute shall not for such Money give a Note importing a Depositum or other private Note or Security to prevent the due charging thereof in the Exchequer as aforesaid upon pain that such Teller who shall offend against this Act by neglecting to receive and duly charge himself with such Money or giving any private Note as aforesaid shall forfeit his Office and be disabled to serve the King in any Office and Forfeit double damages to the King or party damnified and full costs of Suit and every Clerk and substitute of such Tellers who shall offend against this Act by giving any private Note shall for every such offence forfeit double the sum for which such Note was given one moiety to the King the other to the Informer and also be removed from the said Receipt II. After the said 20th of April No Teller shall charge himself by Bill with the receipt of any Moneys in the Exchequer but when the Officers of the Talley Court are there present nor shall any Teller or his substitute throw down into the said Court any Bill purporting the receiving of any Money unless such Teller or his Clerks have actually receiv'd the same except in such cases where Talleys are or shall be Levied by special Warrant of the Lords of the Treasury or Treasurer of the Exchequer or where the person for whom any Talley shall be Levied shall at the same time or on the same day give a Discharge according to the course of the Exchequer upon some Order or Debenture for the Money for which such Bill shall be thrown down upon pain of incurring the like forfeiture of Office and Disability as before mention'd and forfeiting double the sum so unduly charged one moiety to the King the other to the Informer and for Clerks and Substitutes the like penalty as aforesaid III. No Teller his Clerk or Substitute after the Bills thrown down into the Talley Court shall lend pay or by any way whatsoever depart with such Money out of his Office without an Order for the same made forth by the Auditor and Recorded by the Clerk of the Pells and taking a Receipt to discharge the King according to ancient course under the like forfeitures and penalties as for unduly charging any Money before actually received IV. After the said 20 April the Chamberlains or Deputy Chamberlains and such other Officers Clerks and Deputies as belong to the Talley Court shall daily except Sundays and Holidays constantly attend at least from
all the Inferiour Officers in the Excise shall be the Officers for the said Duties under the direction of the said Commissioners who may dismiss or alter them and make such others as to them shall seem meet XVII And all such Malsters c. having on 20 April 1697. any quantity of Malt whatsoever shall before 10 May 1697. enter the same particularly at the next Office of Excise under Penalty of 50 l. and to Forfeit the Malt not Entred and within six days after shall either pay down the Duties for the same to the proper Officer or give Security to pay the said Duties within six months with an allowance of 10 l. per Cent. per ann for the said six months if paid within the said six days XVIII And the said Officers are Authorized to take an Account of all such Malt as any Malsters c. shall be so possess'd of 20 April 1697. and to that end are to be permitted at their request to enter in the day-time into the Dwelling-House c. of any such Malster c. under the Penalty of 10 l. XIX And such Officers are further to be permitted at their request to enter in the day-time into the House Malt house or other place of any person whatsoever who after the said 20 April 1697. till 20 July 1699. shall make any Malt for sale or not for sale to Gauge the Vessels used for the Steeping of Barley or other Grain for making of Malt and to take an account of the Quantity of Barley and other Grain steeping or steeped therein and report the same to the Commissioners leaving a Copy of such Report with the Malster or maker of Malt for a Charge XX. And no such maker of Malt for Sale or private Use shall refuse Entrance to such Officer for the purposes aforesaid under Penalty of 5 l. XXI After the said 20 April 1697. Every maker of Malt for sale or not for sale shall every month make an Entry at the said Excise-Office of all the Malt so made under Penalty of 10 l. and shall within three months after pay the Duties for the same respectively XXII And upon neglecting or refusing to make such Payment to Forfeit for every such Offence double the Duty And after such default shall not sell deliver or carry out any Malt until the said Duty be clear'd on pain to Forfeit double the value of such Malt. XXIII The Bushel in this Act is meant to be the Winchester Bushel and the Barley or Grain in steeping or steeped shall be returned as so many Bushels of Malt according to such Bushel XXIV After 20 April 1697. No maker of Malt shall alter his Vessel for steeping of Barley or Grain for Malt without first giving Notice thereof to the next Office of Excise nor keep any private Vessel for that purpose under penalty of 50 l. XXV After 20 Aril 1697. no Sweet-maker shall set up any Vessel for making of Sweets without first giving Notice thereof at the next Office of Excise on pain of Forfeiting 50 l. XXVI The Directions and Rules Established by the Act An. 12. Car. 2. for setling the Revenue of Excise or by any other Law now in force relating to that Revenue not otherwise provided for by this Act shall be put in Execution for Levying the said Duties on Malt Mum Sweets Cyder and Perry hereby granted XXVII All Penalties and Forfeitures in this Act shall be recover'd as any Forfeiture or Penalty may be by the Laws of Excise or by Action of Debt c. at Westminster XXVIII The Commissioners of Excise or such persons as they shall appoint or else the Collector or Supervisor of the District may compound with any person for the said Duties on Malt not made for sale at the rate of 5 s. per Ann. for every Head in the Family and take Security for paying the same Quarterly and then their Malt-houses and other places shall not be liable to the said Duty or to the Survey of the Officer of Excise XXIX But if such person after Composition sell or deliver out any Malt to others or sell any Beer Ale or other Liquors made of Malt then to Forfeit 50 l. and lose the benefit of such Composition XXX Out of every 20 Bushels of Malt so charg'd by the Gauger there shall be an allowance of Four Bushels in Consideration of the difference between Corn wet and swollen and the same converted into dry Malt. XXXI Any person may export Malt for which the Duty hath been paid to any Foreign Parts except Scotland giving Security not to Reland the same in this Kingdom but if the same should nevertheless be Relanded then besides the Penalty of the Bond the Malt or the Value thereof to be Forfeited XXXII The Exporter of any Malt shall produce a Certificate from the proper Officer That the Duty thereof hath been paid or secured to be paid which must be proved upon Oath and that it is the same Malt mention'd in the Certificate whereupon the said Duty of 6 d. per Bushel is to be repaid to the Exporter by the Collector or Commissioners XXXIII Provided That all Malt sold before 20 April 1697. and not delivered to the Buyer or Contracted so to be the Buyer shall pay the Seller 6 d. per Bushel upon delivery or the Contract to be void XXXIV Rent payable in Malt or in Money to be ascertained by the price of Malt the Tenant to deduct so much as amounts to 2 s. for every Quarter of Malt which is to be allowed accordingly XXXV After 20 April 1697. no Malt to be imported into this Kingdom from beyond the Seas on pain of Forfeiting such Malt or the value thereof XXXVI Out of the Money arising by Loans or Bills upon the Aid of 3 s. per l. and other Duties 1200000 l. shall be appropriated to the Navy and Ordnance c. And the Remainder arising by that Act other than the Loans upon the Act 7. W. 3. for Purchasing Annuities and 23006 l. 17 s. 8 d. ½ lent on the Exchequer in general both transferred to the said Act shall be appropriated to the Land Forces c. XXXVII Out of the Moneys arising by this Act the first 200000 l. shall be appropriated for the Expences of his Majesties Houshold and other his necessary Occasions and one Moiety of the remainder to the same Service and the other Moiety to the Navy and Army equally till the said Sum of 515000 l. be fully paid and the Surplus to the Navy and Land Forces equally XXXVIII The Rules in the Act An. 1. W. M. for an Aid of 2 s. per l. shall be applied to the distribution and application of the Sums hereby appropriated XXXIX The Moneys arising by the Duties on Malt shall be appropriated to the payment of the Moneys due upon Bills and Tickets hereafter mention'd And if by 20 April 1698. the Produce thereof brought into the Exchequer in Specie be not 800000 l. the Deficiency to be made
good out of the first Aid granted after the said 20 April 1698. And if the said Duties on Malt brought into the Exchequer by 29 Sept. 1699. with the Provisional Supply of the foremention'd Deficiency be not 1515000 l. the Deficiency to be made good out of the first Aid granted after 29 Sept. 1699. XL. For advancing the Sum of 1400000 l. Any person Native or Foreigner paying by 24 June 1697. to the Receivers thereto appointed 10 l. or several 10 pounds upon this Act shall for every 10 l. have a Lot Which Receivers are to take New Mill'd Money or Hammer'd Silver Money or Standard Plate at 6 s per Oz. XLI The Managers or Directors to be appointed by his Majesty for that purpose shall prepare Books divided into four Columes in each of which shall be Printed 140000 Tickets the Third Colume mentioning that such Ticket Intitles the Bearer to Ten Pounds with a Farthing a day Interest from 24 June 1697. or to a better chance which Tickets to be Sign'd by the Receivers and deliver'd to the Adventurers upon payment of the several 10 l. as aforesaid And the Money and Plate so receiv'd to be answer'd into the Exchequer by the said Receivers who shall by 10 July 1697. re-deliver the Books to the Managers with an account of the Money and Plate so receiv'd and paid into the Exchequer And the Tickets of the Third Colume not disposed of shall be delivered into the Exchequer for the use of the War and of his Majesties Houshold and other Uses in this Act and thence be issued for the said Uses as if they were Cash or Moneys and the Owners be esteem'd Adventurers accordingly XLII The Tickets in the second Colume are to be Rolled up and Fastned being cut off Indentwise and put in a Box Markt A to be secured by the Managers who are to prepare another Book distinguisht into Two Columes in each of which are to be Printed 5000 Tickets whereof 3500 in the outermost Columes to be Fortunate and Written upon in Figures and Words at length viz. Upon one of them 1000 l. Upon two of them 500 l. each Upon three of them 400 l. Upon four of them 300 l. Upon six of them 200 l. Upon Fifty one of them 100 l. Upon One hundred and three of them 50 l. Upon One hundred and thirty of them 30 l. Upon Four hundred of them 20 l. Upon Two thousand eight hundred of them 10 l. Which with 150 l. to the First drawn Ticket and 100 l. to the Last drawn Ticket amounts to 56000 l. XLIII The said 5000 Tickets in the outermost Columes to be Rolled up and Fastned being cut off Indentwise and put in a Box Markt B. to be secured also by the Managers till the time of Drawing And no Money or Plate to be receiv'd from any Adventurer after the said 24 June 1697. And the whole business of preparing the said Tickets fit for Drawing shall be performed by 2 Aug. 1697. XLIV On 10 Aug. 1697. The Managers shall cause the Boxes to be brought to the Guild-hall London and being opened and the Tickets well mixt to be Drawn by two indifferent Persons a Number and a Ticket which Lot if it be a Blank shall be Filed with the Number drawn with it but if it be a Fortunate Ticket then to be Entred with the Number coming up with it and the Entry Sign'd by one of the Managers and then put on another File And so the Drawing to continue till the 3500 Fortunate Tickets and one more for the last be compleatly Drawn and no longer XLV And afterwards the Number'd and Fortunate Tickets drawn against the same shall remain in a Box lockt up by the Managers to be examined and adjusted if occasion requires And the Managers are to Print and Publish the Fortunate Tickets and the Numbers drawn against them XLVI And incase of Dispute the Property of the said Fortunate Tickets is to be determin'd by the majority of the Managers XLVII And it shall be Felony to Counterfeit any such Ticket or knowingly bring the same to the Managers to defraud his Majesty XLVIII The said Managers are also to provide a Parchment Book to Enter the Numbers of the Tickets belonging to the 3500 Extraordinary Benefits with the first and last Drawn Tickets to be Sign'd by the Managers and Transmitted into the Exchequer by 10 Sept. 1697. And the Prizes or Benefits shall be paid accordingly as the Fund comes into the Exchequer in course without Interest And the Contributors not having Prizes shall receive Ten Pounds for every such Contribution out of the said Fund with a Farthing per diem Interest from 24 June 1697. till paid off And every person having a Prize not above 20 l. shall have 10 l. over and above with Interest as aforesaid All payable to the Bearers XLIX And the Managers just before the Drawing shall prepare 140 Tickets as the Indices to the 140000 Tickets to be Rolled up and Drawn for adjusting the Course of Payment of each Thousand of the said 140000. And shall be Writ down in a Book and Transmitted into the Exchequer And the Duties arising on Malt sufficient to pay the first Thousand Tickets as Entred in the last mention'd Book shall be applied thereunto and so on till the whole be satisfied L. An Account is to be Published the First Munday in every Month and set up at the Exchequer what Thousand Tickets are to be paid that Month And after the Money is ready to be paid the Interest to cease and the Money not called for to be reserved LI. Every Manager to take an Oath faithfully to execute his Trust c. LII Out of the residue of the Fund after paying the Fortunate and other Lots the Managers Clerks Officers c. may be rewarded as his Majesty shall direct LIII The Adventurers paying in their Money before 24 June 1697. shall be allowed Interest to that time after the rate of 14 per Cent. per Ann. LIV. And the Receivers to have an Allowance not exceeding 2 d. per l. LV. All Receipts and Issues of the said 1400000 l. to be perform'd by the Officers without Fee or Reward And the Moneys lent or payable by this Act not to be Taxed LVI There shall be a distinct Office at the Exchequer for paying the Benefits by this Act appointed till all be satisfied And the Officers thereto appointed to give Security for paying the same accordingly LVII The Moneys so brought into the Exchequer upon the said Fund shall be without any further Warrant paid over to such Officers by way of Imprest for the uses aforesaid Which Officers to be subject to the Inspection and Comptrol of the Treasury and to such Rules as shall be prescribed them conduceable to the ends and purposes of this Act. LVIII Any Persons may lend his Majesty 200000 l. at 8 per Cent. Interest not Taxable to be repaid in Course with the Interest every three months till repaid out of the
Executors Administrators and Assigns and all others claiming any Interest in the said Houses or Ground whereon they stand and shall be a full Authority for the said Commissioners or any 11 of them to cause the said Houses to be removed and pulled down IX None shall Act as a Commissioner to the purposes aforesaid till Sworn before the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper for the Due and Impartial execution of the Trust reposed in him Malt. I. STat. 9 10. W. 3. cap. 22. Whereas there hath been some doubt whether the Act made 39 Eliz. Intituled An Act to restrain the Excessive making of Malt be now in Force yet nevertheless several Justices of Peace at their Quarter Sessions have made Orders to Restrain Malsters from Buying of Barley for Malting and from Exercising the Imploy of Malting for a year to the lessening his Majesties Revenue by the Duty of 6 d. per Bushel laid on Malt and a Discouragement to Malsters Enacted That the said Act of A. 39 Eliz. be Repealed and all Orders made by Justices of Peace for Restraining Malsters from making of Malt since the said Duty of 6 d. per Bushel was laid on Malt are hereby Vacated Militia I. Stat. 8 9. W. 3. cap. 35. If at any time before 25 Apr. 1698. It shall be found by his Majesty to be necessary for the Defence of this Kingdom to draw out the Militia Soldiers into actual Service and the same shall be signified to the respective Lieutenants Deputy Lieutenants c. It shall be Lawful for the said Lieutenants c. notwithstanding that one or more Months Pay before that time advanced be not reimbursed to raise and draw out the said Soldiers into actual Service and to cause the persons charged to provide each their Soldier with Pay in hand not exceeding one months Pay II. Stat. 9 10. W. 3. cap. 31. If at any time before 24 June 1699. It shall be found necessary by his Majesty for the defence and safety of this Kingdom to draw out into actual Service the Soldiers mentioned and appointed in and by the Act made Anno 13 14 Car. 2. Intituled An Act for Ordering the Forces in the several Counties of this Kingdom and the same shall be declared and signified by his Majesty to the respective Lieutenants or Deputy-Lieutenants and the Warden of the Cinque-ports c. It shall be lawful for the said Lieutenants or their Deputies or any three or more of them and the Warden of the Cinque ports or his Lieutenant in pursuance of such Orders from his Majesty notwithstanding that one or more months Pay before that time advanced be not reimbursed to raise and draw out the said Soldiers into actual Service charged with Pay in hand not exceeding one months Pay III. Papists or reputed Papists and persons refusing to take the Oaths mentioned in the Act 1 W. M. Intituled An Act for abrogating the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance and appointing other Oaths chargeable in respect of their Estates to the finding a Horse Horseman and Arms or a Foot Soldier and Arms the Lieutenants or Deputy-Lieutenants of the County or Division where such Estates do lye or three or more of them may appoint such person as they shall think meet to furnish one or more Horsemen or Foot-Soldiers and Arms for the said Estates and may charge the said Estates with 8 l for a Horse Horseman and Arms and 30 s. for every Foot-Soldier and Arms And if the persons so chargeable neglect or refuse to pay the same on demand the said Lieutenants or Deputy-Lieutenants may levy the same by Distress and Sale of Goods of such Papists c. or upon their Tenants and the Arrears for the like Services already performed to be determined by three or more Deputy-Lieutenants rendring the Overplus the charge in levying thereof being first deducted And the Tenants so distrain'd on may deduct the same out of their Rents IV. Where two or more persons are charged to find any Horse or Foot-Soldier and Arms three or more Deputy-Lieutenants of the County or Division may direct who shall find the Horse and Arms or Foot-Soldier and Arms and who shall be the Contributors and settle the Payments by every Contributor if not ascertained by the Parties And such Contributor or his Tenant not paying his proportion upon demand three or more of the Deputy-Lieutenants of the County or Division may levy the same by Distress and Sale of Goods of the person so neglecting or refusing to pay rendring the Overplus the charge in levying being first deducted And the Tenant may deduct the Sum so charged out of the Rent payable to his Landlord Oaths I. STat. 9. W. 3. cap. 3. All persons who since 10 June 1697. or before the said 10 June have bought any Orders or parts of Orders or Talleys and have or shall neglect to take Assignments and Register the same and to make an Oath thereupon concerning the Praemium or Allowance within the 10 days limited by the Act Ann. 8 9 W. 3. Intituled An Act for making good the Deficiencies of several Funds therein mentioned and for enlarging the Capital Stock of the Bank of England and for Raising the Publick Credit and their Executors Administrators Successors and Assigns shall have liberty for the doing thereof till 10 June 1698. And the Officers Impowered by the said former Act to Administer the said Oaths within the times thereby limited are to Administer the like Oaths within the times by this Act appointed II. Where Orders of Loan or Talleys were actually bought before 10 June 1697. and Oath there of shall be made by 10 June 1698. before the persons appointed by the said former Act for Administring the other Oaths concerning the Praemium or Allowance the persons claiming such Orders or Talleys by Assignments not Registred or by Indorsements only shall not be obliged to take the said other Oath concerning the Praemium And where the respective Oath shall be duly made pursuant to this Act touching such Orders or Talleys as aforesaid the Assignment thereof shall be as effectual as if the Oath had been made within the time limited by the said former Act. III. After 10 Jan. 1697. The Officers of the Exchequer may upon request of the persons Intituled to Orders and Talleys of Loan take in and cancel so many of the said Orders as follow successively in number and course and are of the same date and payable to one and the same person or Corporation and whereof the Interest has been paid to one and the same time together with the Talleys belonging to such Orders and to give them as few Orders and Talleys in lieu thereof and of the same value and course of payment as shall be desired no one such new Order containing above 5000 l. Upon which new Orders shall be Indorsed how far the Interest hath been satisfied and to whom last Assigned Which said new Orders and Talleys shall be valid to all intents and
or Fleet Prisons longer than while they are actually in possession of such Chambers and not above 2 s. 6 d. per Week and if the Keeper of any Prison take more to Forfeit 20 l. XVI After the said 1 May All persons having Moneys owing from any person in any pretended Privileg'd Place as White Fryars Savoy Salisbury Court Ram-Alley Mitre Court Fullers Rents Baldwyns Gardens Mountague Close or the Minories Mint Clink or Deadmans Place may upon a Legal Process taken out Require the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex the Head Bayliff of the Dutchy Liberty or the High Sheriff of Surrey or Bayliff of Southwark or their Deputies or Officers to take the Posse Comitatus and Arrest such person or Seize their Goods upon Execution or Extent And such Sheriffs or Officers neglecting or refusing to Forfeit to the Plaintiff 100 l. And every person Opposing or Resisting such Officers shall Forfeit 50 l. and be sent to Goal till the next Assizes c. and suffer such Imprisonment and be set in the Pillory as the Court shall think fit XVII And if any Rescous be made of any such Prisoner the persons aiding therein shall respectively Forfeit to the Plaintiff 500 l. XVIII Which Forfeiture with Costs of Suit not being paid within One Month after Judgment for the Recovery thereof the person so refusing or neglecting shall be Transported to some of the Plantations for Seven years and returning again within the Seven years to be guilty of Felony without Benefit of Clergy XIX And the persons inhabiting within any such pretended Privileg'd Places harbouring any person who shall have made such Rescous shall be Transported as aforesaid unless they pay the Plaintiff the whole Debt and Costs within One Month after Conviction XX. The Penalties in this Act to go one half to his Majesty and the other half to the Prosecutor XXI This Act shall be taken to be a general Law and not necessary to be set forth in Pleading Any person Sued for putting it in Execution may Plead the general Issue and give the Act in Evidence and if upon a Verdict Discontinuance or Demurrer Judgment pass for the Defendant he shall have double Costs XXII Saving to Martha Johnson Widow and her Children their Claim to the Houses and Shops belonging to the Fleet. And this Act not to lessen the Security for Money out of the Mashalship of the Kings Bench Prison made by William Lenthall Esq to Sir John Cutler Bart. decased or to his Executor Edmund Boulter Esq XXIII And saving to Anthony Smith Mariner his Heirs c. their Claim to the Office of Warden of the Fleet or to the Prison or Houses and Shops thereto belonging after a Mortgage made thereof by Thomas Bromhall unto Henry Norwood Esq with a Proviso for Thomas Norwood Surviving Executor of Henry Norwood touching a Mortgage of the said Office of Warden for 2153 l. And for John Clements Gent. for a like Mortgage for 2299 l. XXIV All Deputations c. made heretofore by William Lenthall Esq of the said Office of Marshal of the Marshalsea of the Kings Bench Prison are declared void and all succeeding Marshals shall be appointed by the said William Lenthall with the Consent of Edmund Boulter Esq till the Debt owing to the said Edmund Boulter as Executor to the said Sir John Cutler be satisfied Religion I. STat. 9 10 W. 3. cap. 32. For Suppressing Blasphemy and Profaneness It is Enacted That such persons as having been Educated in or having made Profession of the Christian Religion within this Realm and shall by Writing Printing Teaching or Advised Speaking deny any one of the Persons in the Holy Trinity to be GOD or shall assert or maintain there are more Gods than One or shall deny the Christian Religion to be True or the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be of Divine Authority and be thereof lawfully Convicted shall for the First Offence be incapable to have or enjoy any Offices or Imployments Ecclesiastical Civil or Military or any part in them or profit by them and the Offices Places and Imployments enjoyed by such persons at their Conviction shall be Void And being a second time Convicted of any the aforesaid Crimes shall be Disabled to Sue Prosecute Plead or Use any Action or Information in Law or Equity or be Guardian of any Child or Executor or Administrator of any person or capable of any Legacy or Deed of Gift or to bear any Office Civil or Military or Benefice Ecclesiastical for ever within this Realm and shall suffer Three Years Imprisonment from the time of such Conviction without Bail or Mainprize II. No person shall be Prosecuted by Virtue of this Act for Words spoken unless the Information be given upon Oath before some Justice of Peace within Four days and the Prosecution be within Three Months after such Information III. Persons Convicted of any of the said Crimes shall for the First Offence upon Renouncing such Erroneous Opinions in the Court where Convicted within Four Months after Conviction be Discharged from all Penalties and Disabilities incurred by such Conviction Rivets I. Stat. 9 10 W. 3. cap. 19. For cleansing and making Navigable the Chanel from Hithe at Colchester to Wivenhoe It is Enacted That for 21 Years from 1 May 1698. All Merchants or Owners of Goods Wares and Merchandizes that shall be brought into the River and Chanel commonly called Colne and shall be Landed at or Shipped from Wivenhoe or the New Hithe in Colchester or between either of the said places shall pay to the Collectors to be chosen towards the cleansing and making Navigable the said River and Chanel the Duties hereafter expressed viz. For every Bay Say or Perpetuane One Half peny per piece For every Tun of Timber six pence For every Tun of Chalk for Lime three pence For every Tun of Paving Stone six pence For every Tun of all other kind of Stones or of Tobacco-pipe Clay Ashes or Pan Tyles and for every Chalder of Fullers Earth or Chalder of Sea Coal twelve pence For every Tun of Oyl three shillings For every Tun of Wines or Brandy five shillings And for every Tun of all other Goods Wares and Merchandizes two shillings and so proportionably for a greater or lesser Quantity of the foresaid Goods to be paid before the said Goods c. shall be Landed and Delivered out by the Merchant or Owner to the Uses aforesaid II. All which Money shall be paid to the Collectors upon Demand to be by them paid over to such person as shall be appointed the General Receiver by the Mayor Aldermen Assistants and Common Councel of the Borough of Colchester for the Uses aforesaid III. In case of Failure of payment of the said Duties the Collectors so soon as such Goods c. shall be Landed or Delivered out or Laden into any Ship or Vessel may Distrain so much of the said Goods as may answer the said Duties with Costs and Charges of
such Master or Commander shall upon Summons refuse to appear or to give a full discovery of the matter aforesaid upon Oath every such Offender shall forfeit the Sum of 10 l. to the uses mentioned in the said Act to be recovered by Action of Debt c. in any of the Kings Courts at Westminster with full Costs Provided such Masters be no Quakers VII Every Master being a Quaker may be examined before the said Commissioners three or more of them by their solemn Affirmation and Declaration instead of their Oath as is directed by the Act 7 8. w. 3. cap. 34. and such Quakers refusing to appear or Answer as aforesaid shall be liable to the said penalties and forfeitures before mention'd for refusing to Answer upon Oath VIII Whatever person or persons so registred as aforesaid shall after the 10th of April next directly or indirectly lend or dispose of his or their Certificate of being registred according to the foresaid Statute to any Waterman Seaman Fisherman Lighterman Keel-man Bargeman or Sea-faring Man whereby to keep such persons from being Impressed into his Majesties Service such Offenders shall be struck out of the Register and lose the benefit of the foresaid Act and be Compell'd to Serve in his Majesties Service Six Months without any pay And every person borrowing or taking for themselves or other persons such Certificates or using the same for the purposes aforesaid shall suffer the like penalties and to the same uses as are provided by the said Act against such as vouch falsly persons to be Landmen who are Seamen or shall be compelled to serve the King at Sea for six Months without any Pay or Wages IX Such Certificates as aforesaid under the Hand and Seal of any one Mayor Deputy Mayor Bayliff or Deputy Bayliff within the Jurisdiction of the Cinque-Ports shall be sufficient where no Justice of Peace shall be residing within three Miles of any Cinque-Port or Town or Member thereof on the Coast of Kent and Sussex Ships and Shipping I. Stat. 9 10. W. 3. cap. 36. Enacted That 2000 Acres part of the Wast Lands of the New Forest in the County of Southampton shall be inclosed and kept in severalty for the Growth and Preservation of Timber for supply of his Majesties Navy Royal. The King his Heirs and Successors may Inclose and Improve within and out of the Wast Lands of the said New Forest the whole Containing by Estimation 85454 Acres the quantity of 2000 Acres Statute measure to be set out by his Majesties Commission directed to six or more persons whereof two to be Justices of the Peace for Hampshire not being Officers of the said Forest out of such part of the said Forest as shall be found by three or more of the Commissioners most convenient to be Inclosed and most apt to produce Wood and Timber and may be best spared from the Commoners and High-ways whereof One thousand shall be forthwith Admeasured Set out Inclosed Butted and Bounded and the Quantities Buts and Boundaries returned into the Exchequer to remain on Record and the remaining One thousand Acres immediately after the first Session of Parliament which shall be held after the year 1699. shall in like manner be Admeasured Inclosed and the Boundaries returned into the Exchequer There may also be Inclosed 200 Acres more of the Wast in the said Forest yearly for 20 years after the several Inclosures of the said 2000 Acres shall be compleated The said Inclosures to remain in severalty in the actual possession of the Crown for ever clear from all manner of Right Title or Pretence and shall be kept a Nursery for Wood and Timber only II. Any Six of the said Commissioners with one of the Purveyors of the Navy shall set out so many decayed Trees not being Ship Timber as shall be necessary to make the said Inclosure III. When the Commissioners of the Treasury the Lord Treasurer or Chancellor of the Exchequer shall be satisfied that the Woods and Trees growing on the said 2000 Acres or any part thereof are out of danger of Brousing of Deer Cattle or other prejudice and shall thereupon lay the same open then the King his Heirs and Successors may inclose out of the said Forest in lieu of so much so laid open the like quantity out of any other part of the said Wastes to be set out by like Commission and Admeasurement as aforesaid free of all Herbage Pannage or other Rights while inclosed to be a Nursery for Timber as aforesaid instead of so much as shall be laid open And when any Wood or Timber is to be felled in any part of the said Forest two or more of the Verderers and four or more of the Regarders of the said Forest shall have notice thereof and shall not be felled till first viewed and allowed to be felled by a Commissioner or Officer of the Navy Nor shall any Coppice Woods be cut till the Surveyor of the Woods or such Officer or Purveyor of the Navy shall have marked with a Broad-Arrow and Crown such Trees as are fit to be reserved for Timber and shall certifie to the Lord Treasurer or Commissioners of the Treasury the Names of the places and number of Trees so viewed and allowed to be felled and so marked to be preserved for the use of the Navy And if any persons shall fell any such Wood or Trees before view and Allowance or cut down any of the said marked Trees without good Warrant they shall forfeit for every Tree so felled 50 l. one Moiety to the King the other to them that will sue for the same IV. The said Inclosures shall not be plowed or sowed with Corn or fed with Cattle or kept for Underwood but in such manner as shall be fit for raising Timber for the Navy V. If any Forester Keeper or Under-Keeper or other Officer or person or any by their direction shall Top Lop or Browse any Oak or Beech-tree in the said Forest such Officer for every such Offence shall forfeit 10 l. and be incapable of any such Office Nor shall any Collier Keeper or Under-Keeper make or suffer any Coal-Fires for making Charcoal within the said Forest as being contrary to Law except in the Wast Ground of the said Forest particularly appointed and not within 1000 Paces of any Inclosure to be made by this Act Nor shall such Coal-Fires be fenced with Bushes but with Heath or Furze only but every Collier making such Coal-Fires and every Officer permitting them shall forfeit for every Offence 100 l. And the said Under-Keeper or Foresters shall also forfeit 20 l. for every neglect in not making the Drifts of the said Forest as directed by the Statute 32 H. 8. VI. All persons who shall break down any of the said Inclosures for raising Nurseries of Wood and Timber which Inclosures are to be kept up 20 years at least from their making or shall burn Heath or Fern or destroy any of the Covert or steal any
of the Wood shall at the next Attachment or Swain-mote Court be presented And upon proof thereof made two or more of the Verderers shall Fine such persons for every such Offence not exceeding 5 l. and send the Party to Goal for three Months or till payment of the Fine to the High or Under-Steward of the said Forest one Moiety to the Informer the other to be accounted for as his Majesty shall think fit VII All Persons punished by this Act shall not be punished by any other Law for the same Offence VIII This Act shall not alter the Forest Laws except as before mentioned IX All persons having any Right of Common of Pasture or Pannage or any Privileges within the said Forest shall enjoy their Right of Pannage between 14 Sept. and 11 Nov. after Michaelmas 1716. and not before on forfeiture of any Hogg Pigg or Swine that after Michaelmas next and before the time aforesaid shall be found in the Wastes of the said Forest And their Common of Pasture is continued to them in the said Wast Ground of the Forest when not Inclosed except in the Fence month viz. 15 days before and after Midsummer and in the Winter Heyning viz. from 11 Nov. to 23 Apr. subject to the Forest Laws as they might have enjoyed the same before the making of this Act Saving also to the adjacent Inhabitants their ancient right of Fuel provided they do not sell or dispose of any part thereof nor take the same in other manner than they ought nor by reason of any Claim not allowed according to the Forest Laws before 27 Eliz. X. If any persons take any Grant of the said Inclosures or Wastes or any Woods or Trees growing thereon every such Grant shall be void and the persons incapable to hold the same and shall forfeit treble the Value of such Grant to them which shall first sue for the same and shall also be incapable of holding any Office or Imployment whatsoever XI When any Sale of Wood shall be within the Forest publick notice thereof shall be given by the proper Officers in the adjacent Market Towns three weeks at least before such Sale and the proper Officers shall before the Sale give notice to two or more of the Verderers of the Valuation made and the person who shall offer most Money over and above the Valuation making his Proposal in Writing and giving Security for payment of the Money shall be the Purchaser XII No Officer shall take any Fee or Gratuity for Felling Trees to be cut down for the Inclosures or upon Sale of the residue of such Trees or of the Lops Tops or Roots of the said Trees XIII Any Officer offending in cutting down and disposing of Trees contrary to this Act shall forfeit his Office XIV Stat. 9 10 W. 3. cap. 37. The Sum of 570000 l. having been appropriated for the Building and for the Guns Rigging and Furnishing of 27 Ships of War out of one third part of the Moneys arising by an Act made 2 W. M. Intituled An Act for Granting to their Majesties several Additional Duties of Excise upon Beer Ale and other Liquors for Four years from the time that an Act for doubling the Duty of Excise upon Beer Ale and other Liquors during the space of One Year doth expire and by a preceding Act therein mentioned which Additional Duties were by several Clauses in an Act 3 4 W. M. Intituled An Act for Raising Money by a Poll payable Quarterly for one year for the carrying on a Vigorous War against France continued till 17 May 1697. for the Uses directed by the former Act And the said 27 Ships having been built and furnished except one Third Rate now building at Chatham and the Moneys appropriated being sufficient with an Overplus so much of the said Overplus as shall remain in the hands of the Treasurers of the Navy shall be applyed to the use of his Majesties Navy and so much as shall remain in the hands of the Treasurer or Paymaster of the Office of the Ordnance shall be applied to the Service of that Office relating to the Navy and the said Treasurers shall be accountable for the same accordingly And all such Stores bought for the said Ships as shall be more than necessary for that purpose shall be applied to the Service of his Majesties Navy and Ordnance and the proper Officers shall be accountable for the same I. Stat. 8 9 w. 3. cap. 13. The Act made 4 5 W. M. Intituled An Act for Punishing Officers and Soldiers who shall Mutiny or Desert their Majesties Service and for Punishing False Musters and for Payment of Quarters shall continue in Force from 10 Apr. 1697. to 10 Apr. 1698. and no longer II. And the Act made in the Fifth and Sixth years of King William and Queen Mary Intituled An Act for continuing the Act for punishing Officers and Soldiers who shall Mutiny or Desert their Majesties Service and for punishing False Musters and for payment of Quarters for one Year longer shall continue in Force from the said 10 April 1697. to 10 Apr. 1698. and no longer III. And the Act made in the Sixth and Seventh Years of the Reign of his present Majesty King William Intituled An Act for continuing two former Acts for punishing Officers and Soldiers who shall Mutiny or Desert his Majesties Service and for punishing false Musters and for payment of Quarters for one Year longer And also an Act made in the 7th and 8th Years of his said Majesties Reign Intituled An Act for continuing several former Acts for punishing Officers and Soldiers who shall Mutiny or Desert his Majesties Service and for punishing False Musters and for payment of Quarters for one Year longer shall continue in force from 10 Apr. 1697. to 10 Apr 1698. and no longer IV. Every Officer Commanding in Chief shall within twenty four hours after his coming into Quarters make publication by Sound of Trumpet or Beat of Drum in the Market-place or other Publick place how much shall be allowed every Soldier to be trusted above his Allowance for Diet Hay and Straw and how that no Shop-keeper shall trust any private Soldier for Goods without leave in Writing from the Officer commanding in Chief on pain of Forfeiting the Sum so intrusted And the Officer commanding in Chief omitting to make such Publications to be liable to pay the Debts so contracted V. One or more Justices of the Peace shall upon Complaint regulate the Quartering and Billetting of Soldiers VI. From 10 Apr. 1697 No Innholder Victualler or other Person shall be obliged to provide Meat or other Victuals for any Soldiers legally Quarter'd on them except in their March only if they shall give or tender to each Horseman 6 d per diem for his subsistance in Meat only and to every Dragoon and Foot Soldier 4 d. per diem for the same besides Candle and the Use of his Fire for dressing his Meat VII Provided
the Act An. 7 8 W. 3. to do their utmost that the Acts relating to Shipping Navigation Trade and the Plantations made An 12 15 Car. 2. and 7 8 W. 3. be punctually observed CLXXI. The Sum of 3280 l. 8 s. 9 d. Received in Hammer'd Money by Ralph Williamson Receiver General of the 4 s. Aid in the Counties of York Durham and Northumberland and by him deposited in the Exchequer shall be received by the Tellers there and a Discharge passed for the same CLXXII After 1 May 1697. any Tobacco Pipe Maker upon Drawing his Tobacco Pipes finding then unfit for Sale may on Notice to the Officer in that behalf reburn the same and then pay the Duty thereon Established by the Act An. 7 8 W. 3. CLXXIII Stat. 8 9 W. 3 cap. 21. For three years from 20 Apr. 1697. there shall be paid to his Majesty for all Leather Tanned Tawed Dressed or Made in this Kingdom or Imported over and above all Duties already payable a Duty of 15 l. per Cent. of the true value of such Leather made of any Hides Skins or pieces of Hides or Skins of any Beasts or Creatures whatsoever to be answered by the Tanners Makers Dressers or Importers CLXXIV The Duties on Foreign Imported Leather Hides c. Manufactured or not shall be paid by the Importers in ready Money at the Entry and before the Landing of the same under penalty of forfeiting such Leather c. or the value thereof CLXXV The said Duty shall be under the Management of the Commissioners of the Customs and the Moneys arising thereby shall be paid into the Exchequer distinct from all other Moneys The value of such Leather or Commodities shall be esteemed upon the Oath of the Merchant or Importer in such manner as in Goods ad valorem CLXXVI All chief Magistrates of Cities and Towns Lords of Liberties Fairs and Markets Masters and Wardens of Companies concern'd and all Tanners Curriers Shoemakers and other Artificers and persons concern'd in the Act Anno 1 Jac. 1. touching the true and well Tanning Currying and Working of Leather and the buying and selling the same c. shall duly execute the said Statute under the penalties thereof CLXXVII His Majesty or the Treasury may appoint Commissioners or Surveyors for the said Duties who may substitute Deputies or Inferior Officers under them CLXXVIII The value of all Imported Leather shall be so much as the same is worth to be sold for in London without any Allowance for the Duties charged thereupon CLXXIX And the value of all Leather Tanned Tawed Made or Dressed shall be what the same is worth to be sold for at the next Market without respect to the Duty CLXXX All Tanners Bazil-Tanners Curriers Tawers Makers or Dressers of Leather shall before 20 May 1697. give Notice in Writing to the proper Officer at the next Market Town of every Tan-house Work-house or Place by them used and the Number of Pits or Fat 's therein And from time to time during the continuance of this Act shall give like Notice of their respective Names and Places of Abode Yards and Work-houses used or intended to be used by them before they make use thereof under penalty of 50 l. CLXXXI And no place is to be made use of for Drying of Leather or making it fit for Sale but such as shall have been so notified to the proper Officer to be the usual place for the same CLXXXII And the said Officers are to be permitted to take an Account of the Number and Quality of all Hides Skins or Pieces which after 20 Apr. 1697. shall be taken out of the Wooze Mill or Liquor to be Dryed c. And the Tanners c. are within three days after the taking out thereof and before the carrying away of the same from the place of Drying to make a true Entry thereof with the proper Officer and shall not carry the same away without a Permission in Writing from such Officer or giving him three days Notice Which Permission to be gratis and such Notice not to be sent further than to the next Market CLXXXIII The proper Officers are Impowred at seasonable times to enter into any Tan-yard Work-house Ware-house c. to take Notice of the quantities of Leather taken out of the Woozes c. and not to be refused such entrance under penalty of 5 l. CLXXXIV If any Tanner c. endeavour to defraud his Majesty of any of the said Duty by using any private Tan-yard c. or not making due Entries or carrying away without such Permission or Notice or shall fraudulently hide or conceal any Leather c. he shall forfeit 20 l. and the Leather so concealed not entred or unlawfully carried away shall be forfeited also But no Fee or Reward shall be taken for such Entries Accounts Permissions or Certificates CLXXXV After 20 Apr. 1697. No Leather for which the Duty ought to be paid shall be sold exchanged or parted with but in some open Fair or Market where the same shall be Entred particularly and the true value thereof with the proper Officer before its Delivery CLXXXVI And the Duty shall thereupon be paid in ready Money to the Collector who shall deliver back a Copy of such Entry with an Acquittance for the Moneys so received CLXXXVII Upon controversie touching the value of any such Leather c. so sold or agreed for The said Officer if he think his Majesty apparently defrauded in the value so Registred may take it at the Price for his Majesties Use paying down ready Money and 2 s. per l. over CLXXXVIII No Buyer or Contractor for such Leather shall carry away the same before it be so Entred and the Duties paid CLXXXIX If any Tanner c. shall sell exchange or part with any Leather otherwise than according to this Act or if any Buyer or Contractor shall carry away the same before the value be Registred and the Duty satisfied they shall forfeit 40 l. respectively and the said Leather shall be also forfeited and seiz'd CXC In case of Seizing any such Leather and an Information Laid or Complaint made within Fifteen days before two of the Justices of the Peace such Justices may hear and determine the same upon Oath Reserving an Appeal to the Justices at the next General Quarter Sessions to hear and determin the same finally CXCI. Every Tanner c. shall once in three Months Account with the proper Officer for all the Hides c. taken out of the Wooze c. according to the Entries thereof and Discharge the same by Leather sold and paid for or by Leather remaining not carried out or by Leather carried to Market by Permission and unsold Which Account every such Tanner c. is to make upon Demand under penalty of 20 l. subject to the examination of the proper Officer and the penalties of defrauding CXCII Provided that Foreign Raw Hides or Skins of Negro Dress shall not pay the Duty till
l. CCXI. Every Pedlar Hawker or other Travelling person so Travelling as aforesaid shall before the 24th of June 1697. deliver to the Commissioners for Transportation or to the persons deputed by them a Note in Writing under his or her Hand or under the Hand of some person by him or her Authorized in what manner he or she will Travel and Trade whether on foot or with one or more Horse Ass c. for which the Party shall pay to the said Commissioners or Deputies one moiety of the Duty by this Act payable for the same and give Security by Bond with one or more Sureties to be taken in his Majesties Name for the payment of the other Moiety at the end of Six Kalendar Months unless the Party shall choose to pay it down in which case 2 s. in the Pound shall be allowed for Prompt Payment and thereupon a Licence shall be Granted to him or her so to Travel or Trade by two or more of the said Commissioners for Transportation CCXII. If any such Hawker c. after the 24th of June 1697. be found Trading as aforesaid without or contrary to such Licence such person shall for every such Offence Forfeit 12 l. one moiety to the Informer the other to the Poor of the Parish where such Offender shall be discovered And every person so Trading who upon demand shall refuse to shew to any Justice of the Peace Mayor Constable or other Officer of the Peace his or her Licence for so Trading shall Forfeit 5 l. to the Church-wardens for the Poor of the Parish where such demand shall be made and for Non-payment shall suffer as a Common Vagrant and be committed to the House of Correction CCXIII. The said Commissioners or any two of them upon the Terms and Receipt and Security given as aforesaid shall grant a Licence to every Hawker c. for him or her self alone or with one or more Horses Asses c. as the case shall require for which Licence they shall take 1 s. unless such Hawker c. travels with Horse Ass c. and then 2 s. and no more The said Commissioners shall keep a distinct Account of the Duties arising by this Act and pay the same into the Exchequer Weekly on the Wednesday unless a Holiday under the penalties which the Officers of the Exchequer herein after mentioned shall be liable unto Which Money so paid in shall be applied to the paying the Interest of the 330769 l. 10 s. 7 d. in such manner as by the Act 6 7 W. 3. cap. 7. is appointed CCXIV. Whoever shall Forge or Counterfeit any Licence or Travel with such shall Forfeit 50 l. one moiety to the King the other to the Prosecutor to be Recovered by Action of Debt c. in any of the Kings Courts of Record at Westminster in which no Essoin c. to be allowed and to be subject besides to the Pains and Penalty of Forgery CCXV Persons sued or troubled for putting this Act in Execution may plead the General Issue and give the Special Matter in Evidence and if the Plaintiff shall be Nonsuited or Judgment be given against him the Defendant shall have Treble Costs CCXVI Constables or other Officers refusing or neglecting upon due Notice to Aid or Assist in the Execution of this Act every such Officer being thereof Convicted before any Justice of Peace shall Forfeit 40 s. to be levied by Distress and Sale of Goods One moiety to the poor of the Parish the other to the Informer CCXVII Any person may seize and detain any Hawker c. till such time as he or she shall produce a Licence if they have any if not till they give Notice to the Constable or some other Parish Officer who shall carry such Offender before a Justice of Peace who upon Confession or due Proof of Trading and no Licence produced shall by Warrant under his Hand and Seal cause the said Sum of 12 l. to be levied out of the Offenders Goods and Wares with reasonable Charges for taking the Distress CCXVIII This Act shall not extend to prohibit any person from selling Acts of Parliament Forms of Prayer Proclamations Gazettes Licensed Almanacks or other Licensed Papers or Fish Fruit or Victuals or hinder the Makers of any Goods or Wares in England Wales or Town of Berwick their Children Servants or Agents from carrying abroad and selling the same in any publick Fair or Market or elsewhere nor any Tinker Cooper Glasier Plummer Harness-menders or other person Trading in mending household Goods from going about and Carrying with them proper Materials for mending the same CCXIX. There shall be kept in the Office of the Auditor of the Receipts in the Exchequer one Book in which all Moneys paid in by virtue of this Act shall be entred apart CCXX If any Officer of the Exchequer shall divert or misapply any Moneys given by this Act he shall Forfeit his Office be incapable of any place of Trust and pay the treble value of any Sum so misapplied to the Party grieved his Executors c. who will sue for the same by Action of Debt c. wherein no Essoin c. And all Orders and Warrants for payment of Money contrary to the intent and meaning of this Act shall be Void CCXXI Nothing herein contained shall extend to hinder any Persons from selling any sorts of Goods in any publick Market or Fair in England Wales or Town of Berwick but that they may do therein as they lawfully might have done before the making of this Act. CCXXII On or before the first of August 1697. the several Owners of the Ships mentioned in the foresaid Act 6 7 W. 3. cap 7. or such persons who have parts and shares in the same shall deliver in to the Commissioners for Transportation an Account of what Share Part or Interest in each Ship he or they under whom they Claim are possest of and if the same be not in the first Proprietor then the person claiming to give an Account how and by what means he came to the same and so from time to time upon the Death or Assignment of any person Intituled unto any part or Interest of the Money intended to be raised by this or the foresaid Act an Account shall be given thereof to the said Commissioners CCXXIII. A Register of every persons Claim and Interest shall be made and kept in a Book to be provided by the said Commissioners and for Registring each persons Title a Fee of 1 s. shall be paid to the Clerk and no more and no person shall receive any Moneys to be raised by this or the foresaid Act till he hath delivered in to the said Commissioners an Account of his Share and Interest which Register shall at all times be viewed without Fee CCXXIV. In case it happen that the Duties Granted upon Coffee Tea Chocolate and Spice by the foresaid Act with the Duties to be raised by this Act shall amount to more
Annuities Incurred between 17 May 1696. and 17 May 1697. on the late Duty of Tunnage on Ships and the Duties on Salt shall be Transferred and paid out of this Act without Interest CCCII The Orders for the said Annuities shall be Registred in the name of the Pay-masters thereof that are or shall be appointed by the Commissioners of the Treasury CCCIII. Any Persons Natives or Foreigners may lend his Majesty on the Credit of this Act any Sums which together with the Transferrences aforesaid shall not exceed 1400000 l. of which 250000 l. shall be applied towards Disbanding the Army with Interest at 8 per Cent. per An. and the Money so lent on this Act shall not be Taxed and the Orders upon such Loans shall be Registred and paid in course CCCIV. And the Moneys arising by this Act shall be applied to the Paying off the said Loans and not to be diverted to any other use CCCV No Fee shall be taken for Entring any such Orders or for Searches on pain of treble Damages nor any undue Preserence on pain of paying the value of the Debt with Damages and Costs and loss of place CCCVI All Orders for Loans on this Act may be Assigned CCCVII The Loans upon this Act may be made either in Money or in Exchequer-Bills which Bills except so much as shall be sufficient to compleat 250000 l. for the Disbanding of the Army shall be immediately cancelled CCCVIII If any Loans be made in Money the Commissioners of the Treasury shall dispose thereof in buying Exchequer Bills and shall cause the Bills so purchased to be forthwith Caucelled CCCIX Stat. 9 10 W. 3. cap. 13. That for five years from 15 May 1698. there shall be levied and paid to his Majesty his Heirs and Successors for all Coal and Culm except Charcoal made of Wood and Cinders made of Pitcoal the Duties aster mentioned over and above what are already payable for the same viz. CCCX For all Coals Imported into this Kingdom from Scotland or any part beyond Sea usually Sold by Weight 5 s per Tun each Tun being 20 Hundred and each Hundred 112 Pounds Averdupois and after that Rate for a greater or lesser Quantity And for the like Imported Coals usually Sold by measure the Sum of 7 s. 6 d. per Chalder each Chalder being 36 Bushels Winchester Measure and after that Rate for a greater or lesser quantity to be paid by the Importer CCCXI. For all Coals Shipped or Water-born in order to be Shipped or laid on Board any Ship or Vessel to be carried by Sea and which shall be so carried by Sea from any Port of this Kingdom to any other Port thereof the Sum of 5 s. per Chalder if usually sold by Measure and 3 s. 4 d per Tun if usually sold by Weight to be paid at the Importation or Landing by the Owner Master or other Person having the charge of the Ship or Vessel or of the Coals so Imported CCCXII For all Culm Water-born in order to be Shipped within this Kingdom or brought into the same the Sum of 1 s. per Chalder to be paid where Imported by the Owner or Master as aforesaid CCCXIII. The Duties upon the said Coals and Culm so Imported or Water-born shall be under the Management of the Commissioners of the Customs and shall be collected and paid into the Exchequer distinct from all other Moneys the necessary charges of Management only excepted CCCXIV The said Duties shall be paid to His Majesty His Heirs or Successors or to such Collector or Person as His Majesty His Heirs or Successors or the Commissioners of the Customs or any four or more of them shall Appoint under their Hands and Seals before Bulk of the Ship or Vessel shall be broken or any the Coals or Culm unladen measured or weighed And due Entries shall be made of all such Imported Coals and Culm at the Custom-house where they are so Imported if any be there or else in the Custom-house of the next Port to the place of Importation And if any such Coals or Culm be unshipped before the said Duties be paid or secured the said Coals and Culm and the Ship or Vessel with all her Guns Tackle Furniture and Ammunition shall be forfeited one Moiety to the King the other to the Seizer Prosecutor or Informer CCCXV. His Majesty His Heirs or Successors or any four or more of the Commissioners of the Customs under their Hands and Seals may Appoint in every Port within this Kingdom Meeters Weighers or Measurers of the said Coals and Culm who upon the Unlading of any such Ship or Vessel shall deliver a Certificate to the Collector of the said Duties of the Sorts and Quantity of Coals and Culm Measured or Weighed and Delivered from any such Ship or Vessel under the Penalty of 100 l. CCCXVI. And in case there was on Board a greater number of Chalders or Tuns of Coals and Culm than for which the Duty had been answered and paid There shall be paid for every Chalder or Tun so concealed over and above the Duty the Sum of 10 s. under Penalty of Attaching and Detaining such Ship or Vessel till payment thereof and of selling the said Ship or Vessel in case all the said Duties for such concealed Coals and Culm be not paid with costs and charges for such Attaching or Selling Rendring the Overplus CCCXVII Provided That if the Importer shall within six days after the delivery of such Ship or Vessel and before her departure out of Port give in his Post Entry and pay the whole Duty for the Surplusage the said Penalty shall be Discharged CCCXVIII The Officers for Receiving the said Duties and for Weighing and Measuring such Coals and Culm shall in every such Port and Place Enter down in Books an Account of the Duties so paid or received and of the Payments and Disbursements of the same and the number of Chalders and Tuns so Imported Landed and Unladen CCCXIX. There shall be allowed to every Master or Owner of any such Ship or Vessel Three months time for payment of the said Duty giving such Security for the same as the Collector or Chief Officer of the Port or Place shall approve of with an allowance after the Rate of 10 per Cent. per An. for prompt Payment And if any of the Coals or Culm for which the Duty shall be once paid or secured be again Exported to any other place of this Kingdom there shall be no further Duty paid for the same And if any of the Coals for which the Duty shall be so once paid or secured be afterwards carried beyond Sea an allowance out of the Over sea Duties or Repayment shall be made of so much as was before paid for the same Coals and Culm CCCXX Provided That if any Person be Prosecuted for any thing done in Execution of this Act he may plead the general Issue and give this Act in Evidence And if a Verdict pass for the Defendant or the Plaintiff
be Nonsuit or forbear Prosecution the Defendant shall have treble costs CCCXXI. Stat. 9 10 W. 3. cap. 14. That the Additional and other Duties and Impositions upon the several sorts of Goods and Merchandizes Imported into this Kingdom and from thence Exported Expressed and Granted in and by an Act An. 6 7. W. 3. Intituled An Act for Granting to His Majesty several Additional Duties upon Coffce Tea Chocolate and Spices towards Satisfaction of the Debts due for Transport Service for the Reduction of Ireland shall be Continued from 1 May 1698. and be levied and paid to His Majesty His Heirs and Successors till 1 May 1701. And that the said Act and all Powers Articles and Clauses therein contained shall continue in Force till the said 1 May 1701 and shall be practised and executed for levying and paying the said Additional and other Duties and Impofitions hereby contioned for paying interest for the Debt due for the said Transport Service CCCXXII Stat. 9 10 W. 3. cap. 25. After 1 Aug. 1698. there shall be paid to his Majesty his Heirs and Successors for ever over and above all other Duties the Sums following viz. For every Skin or Piece of Velum or Parchment or Sheet or Piece of Paper on which there shall be Ingrossed or Written CCCXXIII Any Grant under the Great Seal or Dutchy of Lancaster of any Honour Dignity Promotion Franchise Liberty or Privilege or Exemplification of the same Except Commissions of Rebellion in Process 40 s. CCCXXIV Any Pardon Except the General Circuits and Newgate Pardon Wairant of Reprieve Relaxation from Fines Corporal Punishments or Forfeitures 40 s. CCCXXV Any Grant of Money above 100 l. under the Great or Privy Seal only any Grant of Office or Imployment above 50 l. per Ann. any Grant of Lands in Fee or Leases for Years or other Grant of Prosit under the Great Seal Exchequer Dutchy of Lancaster or Privy Seal only 40 s. each CCCXXVI Any Presentation or Donation Collation Dignity or Spiritual or Ecclesiastical Promotion of 10 l. per Annum or above in the Kings Books 40 s. CCCXXVII Any Dispensation for two Ecclesiastical Dignities or Benefices or other Dispensation or Faculty 40 s. CCCXXVIII Any admittance of a Fellow of the College of Physicians or of any Attorney Clerk Advocate Proctor Notary or other Officer in any Court 40 s. CCCXXIX But not to extend to any annual Officer in a Corporation or Inferior Court whose Office is under 10 l. per Annum in the whole CCCXXX Any appeal from the Court of Admiralty Arches or Prerogative of Canterbury or York 40 s. CCCXXXI Any Exemplification under the Seal of any Court 5 s. CCCXXXII Any Decree or Dismission in Chancery Exchequer Dutchy of Lancaster Palatine of Chester Durham or other Court of Equity 6 d. CCCXXXIII Any Institution or Licence under the Seal of an Archbishop Bishop Chancellor Ordinary or Eeclesiastical Court 5 s. CCCXXXIV Any Writ of Error Certiorari or Appeal except to the Delegates 5 s. CCCXXXV Any Significavit pro Corp ' deliberat ' 5 s. CCCXXXVI Any Sentence Attachment or Relaxation in the Admi ralty or Cinque Ports 5 s. CCCXXXVII Any Letter of Mart 5 s. CCCXXXVIII Any Probate of a Will or Administration above 20 l. value 5 s. CCCXXXIX Any Recognizance Statute Staple or Statute Merchant 5 s. CCCXL Any Record of Nisi prius or postea 2 s. 6 d. CCCXLI Any Judgment Sigu'd by any Officer of the Courts at Westminster 2 s. 6 d. CCCXLII Any Commission out of Ecclesiastical Courts 2 s. 6 d. CCCXLIII Any Warrant Monition or Personal Decree in the Courts of Admiralty or Cinque Ports or Beneficial Warrant or Order under the Sign Manual except for the Navy Army and Ordinance 2 s. 6 d. CCCXLIV Any Special Ball or Appearance 1 s. CCCXLV. Any Bill Answer Replication Rejoynder Interrogatories Depositions or other Pleadings in Chancery Exchequer Dutchy and Palatine Courts and other Courts of Equity 1 s. CCCXLVI Any Admission into a Corporation or Company the Universities Inns of Court and Chancery 1 s. CCCXLVII Any Affidavit except for Burying in Woollen or before the Officers of the Customs Justices of Peace or Commissioners for Taxes ex officie 6 d. CCCXLVIII Any Copy of such Affidavit 6 d. CCCXLIX Any Indenture Lease or Deed Poll except for binding poor Parish Children Apprentices 6 d. CCCL Any Original Writ except where Capias Issues Subpaena Bill of Middlesex Latitat Writ of Capias Quo minus Ded. potestatem and other Writs Processes or Mandates where the Debt Damage or Demand is of 40 s. or above except for levying Fines suffering Common Recoveries and Habeas Corpus Writs 6 d. CCCLI Any Entry of Actions in London and other Corporations and Courts of 40 s. or above 6 d. CCCLII. Any Common Bail and Appearance 6 d. Which is to be Entred or Filed in eight days after the Process is Returnable on Penalty of 5 l. to the Plaintiff CCCLIII Any Rule or Order of Court at Westminster 6 d. CCCLIV. Any Copy of such Rules or Orders or other Records or Proceedings 6 d. CCCLV. Any Citation Monition Libel Allegation Deposition Answer Sentence Final Decree or Inventory in Ecclesiastical courts Admiralty or Cinque-Ports or Copies thereof 6 d. CCCLVI. Any Charter-Party Policy of Assurance Passport Bond Release Contract Obligatory Instrument Protest Procuration Letter of Attorney or other Notarial Act 6 d. CCCLVII Any Declaration Plea Replication Rejoynder Demurrer or other Pleadings in Courts of Law 1 d. and Copies thereof 1 d. CCCLVIII Any Depositions except the Draughts thereof before they are Ingrossed Copies of Bills Answers Pleas Demurrers Replications Rejoynders Interrogatories Depositions or other Proceedings in Courts of Equity and Copies of Wills 1 d. CCCLIX After 1 Aug. 1698. Every Officer or Clerk in the Courts at Westminster shall set down the day and year of his Signing any Writ of Arrest upon such Writ and duly enter the same on Penalty of 10 l. CCCLX This Act shall not extend to Bills of Exchange Accounts Bills of Parcel Bills of Fees or Bills or Notes not Sealed for payment of Money at sight or demand or at the end of certain days of payment CCCLXI. Nor to the Probate of Wills or Letters of Administration of Common Seamen or Soldiers dying in the Kings Service a Certificate thereof being produced and Oath thereupon made before the proper Judge CCCLXII Nor to any Warrant or Recognizance before a Justice of Peace or the Surrender of any Copy-hold Estate or Copies of such Estate or Court Marshal Proceedings for Trial of a Common Soldier or proceedings before Commissioners of Sewers or in the Court of Stanneries CCCLXIII Sea Officers shall pay the same Stamp Duty as Land Officers pay by this Act only CCCLXIV The Duties by this Act granted shall be liable to such Redemption by Parliament as shall be declared this Session CCCLXV The King or Commissioners of the Treasury shall appoint Commissioners for managing these Duties who
shall keep their Head Office in London or Westminster for Stamping of Velum c. and Collecting the Duties and providing proper Marks or Stamps accordingly CCCLXVI For applying the Duties on this and the former Acts as they are severally appropriated all Velum Parchment and Paper where the Duties are doubled till 1 Aug. 1706. shall after 1 Aug. 1698. be Stampt with two Marks to denote both the Duties except such things as by the former Acts still remain liable to the single Duty only namely every Skin c. on which there shall be Ingrossed or Written CCCLXVII Any general Circuit or Newgate Pardon 40 s. only CCCLXVIII Any Register Entry Testimonial or Certificate of Degrees in the Universities or Inns of Court Batchelor of Arts excepted 40 s. only CCCLXIX Any Conveyance Surrender of Grants or Offices Release or other Deed Enrolled 5 s. only CCCLXX Any Licence or Certificate for Marriage 5 s. only CCCLXXI Any Writy for Levying Fines or Suffering Recoveries or Habeat Corpus 5 s. only CCCLXXII All which till 1 Aug. 1706. shall be Stampt with one mark only according to the former Acts. CCCLXXIII All things herein before charged shall after the last of July 1706. before the Ingrossing or Writing thereof be brought to the head Office to be Stampt with one Mark CCCLXXIV The Commissioners for the said Duties are impow and required to Stamp any Quantities of Velum c. for any persons paying the Duties And if any person Ingross or Write any thing as aforesaid before it be so Stampt or Stampt with a Lower Duty than is payable by this and the former Acts he shall forfeit 10 l. and any Clerk Officer or Person in publick Office who shall Make Ingross or Write any Records Deeds Instruments or Writings charged as aforesaid without being Stampt or with a counterfeit Stamp or Stampt with a lower duty shall besides the 10 l. forfeit his Office and if an Attorney he shall be disabled to Practice and any other person offending therein shall forfeit for every such Deed or Writing 10 l. over and above the Duty And no such Record c. shall be pleaded or given in Evidence till the Duty and Penalty be paid and then to be Stampt with the proper Marks CCCLXXV Any person who shall Counterfeit any of the said Stamps or Marks or the impression of the same or shall vend any Velum c. with such Counterfeit Marks shall be guilty of Felony without benefit of Clergy and suffer Death accordingly CCCLXXVI The Commissioners may appoint a person in any Court to take notice of the things Stampt and the Judges of Courts shall make such Orders for securing the Duties as the Commissioners shall reasonably desire CCCLXXVII Every of the Commissioners and persons imployed under them for Stamping of Velum c. shall take the Oath prescribed for the faithful Execution of their Trust c. CCCLXXVIII The Commissioners and their Officers shall observe the directions of the Commissioners of the Treasury and shall take care that the several parts of the Kingdom be sufficiently furnished with Stampt Velum c. That all persons at their Election may buy the same at the usual Rates above the Duty CCCLXXIX Persons admitted to sue or defend in Forma Pauperis shall not be liable to the said Duties CCCLXXX All things whatsoever hereby charged shall be Ingrossed and Written as usually CCCLXXXI Upon altering or renewing the said Stamps all things Stampt and not Written may within 60 days after Proclamation of such renewing or altering be sent to the Head Office to be changed without any further charge on the penalty of 100 l. But not being so sent to be void and subject to the like Penalties if Ingrossed or Written upon as if not Stampt CCCLXXXII Provided that the King or Commissioners of the Treasury may on Stampt Parchment or Paper order payment of the Salaries and Incident Charges in managing this Duty out of the said Duties CCCLXXXIII Provided that within 20 days after alteration of the said Stamps the Proclamation aforesaid shall be sent to the chief Magistrates of Cities Boroughs and Market-towns throughout England to be published the next market day or Sunday on penalty of 200 l. CCCLXXXIV The Commissioners of the Treasury shall once every year set the prices that all Stampt Velum Parchment or Paper shall be sold at which shall be Stampt upon the same accordingly and an allowance shall be made for every 10 l. after 6 per Cent. per Ann. for three Months for Prompt payment over and above the like allowance on the former Acts. CCCLXXXV This Act shall not extend to charge any Letters Patents for Collecting Charitable Briefs nor shall such Briefs be doubly Stampt CCCLXXXVI Stat. 9 10 W. 3. cap. 27. The Act made 8 and 9 W. 3. Intituled An Act for Licensing Hawkers and Pedlars for a further provision of Interest for the Transport Debt for Reducing of Ireland being to continue only to 24 June 1698. It is Enacted That from the said 24 June 1698. to 24 June 1701. There shall be paid to his Majesty by every Hawker Pedlar Petry-Chapman or other trading person going from Town to Town or to other Mens Houses and Travelling either on Foot or with Horse Horses or otherwise within this Kingdom except as herein excepted carrying to Sell or exposing to Sale any Goods Wares or Merchandises a Duty of 4 l. for each year And that every Person so Travelling with a Horse Ass or Mule or other Beast bearing or drawing burthen shall over and above pay 4 l. for each year CCCLXXXVII Every Pedlar c. so Travelling as aforesaid upon receiving a Licence shall pay to the Commissioners for Licensing Hawkers c. One Moiety of the said Duty and give Bond for the true payment of the other Moiety at the end of 6 Kalendar Months with an allowance of 2 s. in the pound for Prompt payment of the last Moiety CCCLXXXVIII Such Hawker c. As after the said 24 Jun. 1698. shall be sound Trading as aforesaid without or contrary to such Licence shall for every such offence forfeit 12 l. one Moiety to the Informer and the other to the poor of the Parish wherein such offender shall be discovered And if any persons so Trading upon demand made by any Justice of Peace Mayor Constable or other Officer of the Peace refuse to shew their Licence they shall forfeit 5 l. to the use of the poor of the Parish where such demand shall be made and for Non-payment shall suffer as a Common Vagrant and be sent so the House of Correction CCCLXXXIX The said Commissioners upon the Terms aforesaid are to grant a Licence to be by them subscribed to every Hawker c. for him or herself for which there shall be taken only one shilling unless such Hawker c. Travel with a Beast of Burthen and then there shall be paid for such Licence only 2 s. over and above the Duties aforesaid The
pay subsequent Tickets when brought and demanded before such Tickets as were not brought in course provided there be Money reserved to satisfie such preceding Tickets CCCCIV The additional Duties of Excise granted by the said Act and which ought to come weekly into the Exchequer the Officers Salaries and incident Charges not exceeding 2500 l. per Ann. only excepted are hereby appropriated during the whole term of 16 years thereby granted to the payment of the said Annuities and Tickets for the same CCCCV. After 15 May 1698. No Officer appointed to pay the Annuities for one two or three Lives purchased for the respective Considerations mentioned in the Act of 5 6 W. and M. Intituled An Act for Granting to their Majesties several Rates and Duties upon Tunnage of Ships and Vessels and upon Beer Ale and other Liquors for securing certain Recompences and Advantages in the said Act mentioned to such persons as shall voluntarily advance the Sum of 1500000 l. towards carrying on the War against France payable quarterly out of two seventh parts of the several Duties thereby granted and the Reversions of the said Annuities or some of them or further interest therein purchased by several subsequent Acts shall pay off any quarterly payment of the said Annuities till the preceedent quarter be paid off or the Money ready in the Office for payment thereof whereof publick notice in Writing shall be affixed in the said Office under Penalty of forfeiting his place and 100 l. for every such offence to the Persons who shall Sue for the same to be recovered with costs of Suit as aforesaid CCCCVI Stat. 9 10 W. 3. cap. 35. Enacted That all the Clauses in the Acts of the sixth seventh and eighth years of his Majesties Reign in relation to the Duties on Marriages Births Burials Batchelors and Widowers not otherwise hereby altered or explained shall be duly observed under the Penalties in the said Acts. CCCCVII The Commissioners for the Aid to his Majesty of 1484015 l. 1 s. 11 d. 3 f. shall be Commissioners for the said Acts for Marriages Births and Burials till 24 Jun. 1699. who with the Justices of Peace or a Quorum of them appointed by the former Acts shall have full power to Act in all things relating to the said Duties and after the 24 Jan. 1699. the Justices as aforesaid shall be the Commissioners CCCCVIII All persons required by the former Acts to keep a Register shall with the name of every person Married Buried Christened or Born express the Degree and Quality according to which the Duty ought to be paid and upon Burials the names of the Heirs Executors Administrators Fathers Mothers Guardians Churchwardens Overseers or others who are to pay for the same and where they dwell And in case of Births the names of the Fathers Mothers Guardians or Curators of such Children and where they live And in case of Marriages the Husbands abode under penalty of 20 l. one moiety to the King the other to the Informer And every person who ought to pay the said Duties shall give the Minister who performs the Office of such Marriage Burial or Christening a true relation of the Degree and Quality according to which the Duty ought to be paid and where the person lives who ought to pay the same to be inserted in the Register under penalty of 20 l. CCCCIX. The words Ecclesiastical Persons in this Act and Persons in Holy Orders in the former Acts are to comprehend Bishops where Marriages Christenings or Burials are performed by them CCCCX Upon any Persons removal or going away without payment of the Duties any two of the Commissioners certifying such default under their Hands and Seals the like number of Commissioners in any other place where the person shall be sound shall cause the said Duties to be paid and upon default may Levy the same by Distress and Sale of Goods CCCCXI All Penalties in this and the former Acts touching the said Duties except the Penalty of 100 l. for not duly keeping a Register shall be determined by two or more Justices or Commissioners near the place upon Oath and levied by distress and sole of Goods and for want of Distress the Offender to be Committed to Prison But the Commissioners may mitigate such Penalty so that it be not less than double the Duty CCCCXII The Commissioners in the respective Divisions shall meet together on or before the first of August 1698. and so once or oftner every three Months for the Execution of this and the former Acts and they or any two of them are to warn the Assessors Collectors Surveyors Inspectors and Receivers General and if need be any Parsons Vicars Curates Parish-Clerks and others concerned in the said Duties to bring in their Assessments Accounts and Registers and upon default may Fine the Offenders not exceeding 5 l. CCCCXIII And shall Examine the said Assessments Accounts and Registers and cause the persons omitted or not fully charged to be duly taxed and thereupon to sign the Assessments and cause Duplicates of the gross Sums to be Transmitted into the Exchequer CCCCXIV The Collectors shall render their Accounts upon Oath and in default thereof may be fined by the Commissioners not exceeding 20 l. CCCCXV. Every Collector duly discharging himself shall besides the 3 d. in the pound in the former Acts be allowed 2 d. in the pound for what he shall pay to the Receiver General and the Commissioners Clerks shall have an Additional allowance of 1 d. in the pound CCCCXVI After 1 Aug. 1698. every person who ought to pay any of the said Duties shall pay or tender the same to the proper Collector within twenty days after it shall become due on pain of paying double the said Duties CCCCXVII The Clause in the former Act An. 6. W. 3. for the Collectors delivering a Copy of the Assessment to the Minister of the place under penalty of 5 l. and for the Ministers reading the same in the Church under the like penalty is hereby Repealed CCCCXVIII The ten days allowed by the said former Act for Appealing shall be reckoned from the time of the Collectors demand CCCCXIX Stat. 9 10 W. 3. cap. 38. Enacted That every person of what Age Sex or Condition soever in England and Wales shall pay to his Majesty one shilling on 24 Aug. 1698. one shilling 24 Novemb. 1698. one shilling 24 Febr. 1698. and one shilling 24 May 1699. Except such as receive Alms of the Parish and their Children under the age of 16 years and all poor House keepers not contributing to Church or Poor and their Children under 16 years and except all Children under 16 years of Day Labourers and Servants in Husbandry and of such who have 4 Children or more and are not worth in Lands Goods and Chattels 50 l. CCCCXX Every Gentleman or so Reputed having an Estate real or personal or in both of 300 l. or more and every person above that quality and not a Peer
of this Realm and all Widows having a Dower or Joynture of 100 l. per Ann. or more or being worth 1000 l. and all unmarried Women worth 1000 l. shall pay 20 s. quarterly for one year at the days before mentioned but no persons not having such Estates and thereof making Oath before two or more of the Commissioners shall be charged with the said quarterly Sum of 20 s. CCCCXXI Every Cursitor Philizer Attorney Solicitor Clerk in Chancery or Exchequer or other Courts of Law or Equity or Scrivener or practising as such and every Chancellor Commissary Official Register and every Advocate Proctor Apparitor and publick Notary or practising as such and all other Officers in any Court and all Merchants Brokers to Merchants and Pawn Brokers shall pay 20 s. quarterly at the days before mentioned and none of the persons so charged to be further charged as a Gentleman CCCCXXII Every Clergy-man not being a Lord Spiritual having by any Benefice Benefices Contribution or otherwise 60 l. per An. or upwards and every Preacher or Teacher in any Congregation not in Orders according to the Church of England having in Gratuities Contributions Rewards or Bounties 60 l. per An. or upwards shall pay 20 s. quarterly at the days before mentioned and then not to be further charged as a Gentleman every such Dissenting Preacher or Teacher having by any Contribution or otherwise 150 l. per An. or upwards shall pay double the said Sum of 20 s. quarterly at the several days before mentioned And every Clergy man having in several Benefices or Ecclesiastical Promotions 150 l. per An. or upwards shall pay double the Sums charged upon other Clergy-men CCCCXXIII Every Tradesman Shopkeeper and Vintner worth 300 l. and upwards shall over and above the foresaid quarterly Sums of 1 s. pay the Sum of 10 s. quarterly on the days before mentioned CCCCXXIV Every person who by reason of his or her Estate is or would be chargeable if such person was no Officer in the Militia to find a Horse in the Militia shall for each Horse so chargeable over and above all other Sums pay 20 s. quarterly on the days before mentioned and so proportionably for contributing towards a Horse or Horses CCCCXXV Every person not finding or contributing to a Militia Horse who keeps a Coach Chariot or Calash shall over and above all other Sums pay 20 s. quarterly on the days before mentioned except for Stage Coaches and Hackney Coaches CCCCXXVI Every Lord Spiritual or Temporal of this Realm shall over and above any Sum chargeable by this Act pay 10 l. quarterly on the days before mentioned CCCCXXVII Every Gentleman or so Reputed or being above that Quality and under the Degree of a Peer of this Realm worth 300 l. and being 16 years of age or upwards and within the Realm who has not taken the Oaths and shall not voluntarily take them before two or more of the Commissioners shall pay double the Sums he ought to be charged with CCCCXXVIII Provided that Quakers making and subscribing the Declaration of Fidelity before any two or more of the Commissioners shall not be charged double CCCCXXIX All the persons named and appointed Commissioners in an Act of this present Session For Granting to his Majesty the Sum of One Million for hundred eighty four thousand and fifteen Pounds One Shilling Eleven Pence Three Farthings for Disbanding Forces Paying Seamen and other Uses therein mentioned shall be Commissioners for putting in Execution this present Act in all the Places for which they are appointed Commissioners by the said Act. CCCCXXX Which Commissioners in their respective Counties Divisions and Places shall meet together at the most usual place of meeting on 20 July 1698. and may divide themselves as they shall see expedient and shall direct their precepts to such Inhabitants Officers and Ministers as they shall think convenient to be Presenters and Assessors Requiring them to appear before the Commissioners within eight days and shall then openly declare the Effects of their charge unto them and how they ought to make their Certificates and prefix another day for bringing in their Certificates of the Names and Sirnames Qualities Degrees Titles Estates Professions Imployments and Trades of all Persons within their respective Limits with the Assessment of the respective Rates hereby imposed without Favour or Malice upon forfeiture of a sum not exceeding ten pounds And shall then return two or more sufficient persons within the said Limits respectively to be Collectors For whose paying to the Receivers General the Moneys they shall be Charged withal the Parish or Place shall be answerable which Assessments shall be returned to the Commissioners by 12 August 1698. who shall thereupon Issue their Warrants to the Collectors for levying the same and the Collectors shall thereupon make their demands within four days after and pay in the first of the said quarterly payments on or before 1 September 1698. The second payment on or before 1 December 1698. The third on or before 1 March 1698. And the fourth on or before 1 June 1699. And the Receivers are to hasten the Collectors to the said quarterly payments and in default thereof to levy by Warrant of two or more of the Commissioners upon the Collectors by Distress the Moneys by them received and not paid in CCCCXXXI A Duplicate of the whole sum charged on each Division or Place without naming the persons shall be returned into the Exchequer before 10 September 1698. All Appeals being first determined and so within thirty days after every other quarterly payment and like Duplicates to be delivered to the Receivers General And the said quarterly Sums to be paid into the Exchequer on or before 20 September 1698. 20 December 1698. 20 March 1698. and 20 June 1699. CCCCXXXII Upon return of the Certificates the Commissioners may examine the same and if then or within twelve days after they shall know or suspect any persons to be omitted or not duly charged they may warn such persons before them to be examined thereupon who neglecting to appear not having a reasonable excuse shall pay double and the Commissioners may by any lawful ways or means inquire into all things chargeable by this Act and set such Rates as shall be according to the true meaning thereof CCCCXXXIII The Receiver General shall have an allowance of 2 d. in the pound for all Moneys paid by him into the Exchequer and every Collector 3 d. in the pound for what he shall pay to the Receiver General and the Commissioners Clerks three half-pence in the pound of what shall be received by virtue of the Warrants and Estreats by them made out CCCCXXXIV Persons refusing or neglecting to pay the sums charged upon demand the Collector is to Distrain their Goods and Chattels and if the Money be not paid within four days after then such Distress is to be appraised and sold and the Overplus Restored to the Owners CCCCXXXV Persons refusing or neglecting to
and shall not be delivered to the Buyers without Security by Bond in double the value to Export the same within Six Months and not to Import the same into England Scotland or Ireland or His Majesties Dominions in America or elsewhere Which Obligation upon Certificate of the proper Officer and Oath of the Buyer that the said Goods were Exported accordingly and not Landed or intended to be Landed again in any of His Majesties Dominions shall be Vacated But the said Goods not being so Exported the Persons in whose Custody the said Goods shall be found shall be again liable to all the Forfeitures in this or any other Act as if the same had never been seized XII If any Bone-lace c. be seized and carried to any Custom-house as Foreign which the Seizer shall after believe to be English He may take off his Seizure affixing publick notice in Writing at the Custom-house Door and the Guild hall or other most publick place of the quantity and kind so seized And if no other person shall within Ten days after undertake to prosecute for the same it shall be delivered back to the Proprietor Oath being first made by him or some known Person on his behalf that the said Goods are to the best of his knowledge and belief English made and Oath made before some Justice of Peace of the place where and of whom the said Goods were bought who shall certifie the same at the next General Quarter Sessions and the Persons wilfully Forswearing themselves therein shall suffer as for Perjury XIII The Officers of the Customs shall be Aiding in the Execution of this Act and upon conniving at the Importation Delivery or Selling of any such Foreign Bone-lace c. shall forfeit 20 pounds and be ever uncapable of serving his Majesty in any Office XIV The proof that such Bone-lace c. so found or seized was made and Manufactured in England Wales or Berwick shall be only upon the Importer Keeper Seller Retailer Barterer or those in whose Hands or Custody the same shall be found and not upon the Informer Seizer or Prosecutor that they were made beyond Sea XV. The Penalties and Forfeitures incurred by this Act may be recovered over and above any Penalties in any former Act in any the Courts of Record at Westminster and the said Penalties the Prosecutor having been allowed his reasonable Charges shall be one Moiety to the King the other to the Person that will Sue for the same XVI Persons sued for any thing done in pursuance of this Act may plead the General Issue and give this Act and the special matter in Evidence And if a Verdict pass for the Defendant or the Plaintiff discontinue be Nonsuited or have Judgment against him upon Demurrer the Defendant shall have treble Costs XVII All Informations against this Act shall be brought within Twelve Months after the discovery of the Offence XVIII Before any Person shall be admitted to Enter a Claim to any such Goods seized he shall be obliged to give Security by Recognizance before a Baron of the Exchequer in Twenty pounds penalty to pay the Prosecutor full Costs of Suit in case a Verdict shall pass or Judgment be entred for the Plaintiff and in default of such Security in due time the said Goods shall be adjudged forfeited XIX This Act shall not impower any Persons to enter into any House Shop Cellar Ware house or other Room or Place or to break open the same or any Door Chest Trunk or other Package not belonging to a Dealer in Lace XX. Stat. 9 10 W. 3. cap. 17. Enacted That after 24 June 1698. All Bills of Exchange Drawn in or Dated at and from any place in this Kingdom of the Sum of 5 l. Sterling or upwards upon any Person in London or any other Trading City Town or Place in which Bills the value shall be expressed to be received Drawn Payable at a certain time after the Date thereof may after Acceptance in Writing and the expiration of Three days after the same shall be due be protested by a Notary publick or in default of such Notary publick by any other substantial person of the place before Two Witnesses Refusal or Neglect being first made of due payment which Protest shall be made under a Copy of the Bill in the form prescribed by the Act and shall be notified within Fourteen days after to the Party from whom the Bills were received who upon producing such Protest is to Repay the said Bills with Interest and Charges from the Protesting For which Protest there shall not be paid above 6 d And in default of such Protest or due Notice thereof the Person so failing shall be liable to all Costs Damages and Interest thereupon Provided that if any such Inland Bills be lost or miscarry within the time limited for payment of the same the Drawer of the said Bills shall give other Bills of the same tenour Security being given to indempnifie him in case the said Bills so lost or miscarried be found again XXI Stat. 9 10 W. 3. cap. 26. After 24 Jun. 1698. The Royal African Company shall maintain all such Forts and Castles as they now have in their Possession or shall hereafter Purchase or Erect for the preservation of the Trade to Africa And shall supply them with Men Artillery Ammunition and Provision and all other necessaries as occasion shall require XXII Any of the Subjects of this Realm as well as the said Company may after the said 24 June Trade from England and after 1 Aug. 1698 from any of his Majesties Plantations in America to the Coast of Africa between Cape Mount and the Cape of Good Hope the said Company and all others answering a Duty of 10 per Cent. ad Valorem for the Goods and Merchandize Exported thither from England or from his Majesties Plantations in America for maintaining the said Castles and Forts and preserving the said Trade XXIII The Master Owner or Freighter of every Ship intending to Sail or Trade between Cape Mount and the Cape of Good Hope shall at one of the chief Custom houses in England or the Plantations from whence such Ship is to Sail Enter the name of the Master and Ship and the Burthen thereof so Freighted 15 days before clearing thereof And the Owner or Exporter shall there also enter upon Oath the quantity quality and value of the Goods and Merchandize so to be Shipped and Sign such Entry And thereupon pay the said Duty to the Collector or chief Officer of the Custom there who is to demand and receive the same for the use of the said Company And all such Goods and Merchandize Exported from England to the Plantations and thence to Africa shall be valued at no more than what they cost in England XXIV The Collector or other Chief Officer in or near the Ports whence such Ships are to be cleared shall before the clearing thereof administer the Oaths following whereof the Master shall
make Oath thus I A. B do Swear That the manifest or particular now by me given in and signed to the best of my knowledge and belief doth contain specifie and express all the Goods Wares and Merchandizes which are Laden or intended to be Laden or put on Board the Ship or Vessel called the _____ whereof I A. B. am Master for this Voyage to Africa So help me God XXV Every Owner or Exporter of such Goods upon Entry thereof shall make this Oath I A. B. do Swear That the Entry by me now made and signed doth contain and specifie all the particular quantities quality and true and full value of all the Goods Wares and Merchandizes therein expressed to be Shipped on Board the Ship or Vessel called the _____ whereof _____ _____ _____ is Master for the Voyage She is now to preceed on to Africa So Help me God XXVI Upon Exporting any Goods or Merchandize from the Plantations to Africa that were there Imported from England the Owner or Exporter shall also Swear That to the best of his Knowledge and Belief such Goods and Merchandize so Entred were Imported from England into that Colony or Plantation and that the true and real value thereof as Cost in England is fully expressed in the said Entry And the said Master and one of the Owners or Freighters before such Ship be cleared shall give Bond to his Majesty to the value of such Ship and Lading that the said Ship not unavoidably hindred shall Sail directly to Africa between the Capes aforesaid and thence directly return to and unlade in England or one of the Plantations aforesaid And the Collector or chief Officer aforesaid is to take such Bond and keep a distinct Book of all such Entries and Duties payable for the use of the said Company and to deliver to the said Company on Demand a Duplicate of such Entries and Oaths and Bonds given and Moneys paid And shall pay to the said Company the Moneys so Received deducting 5 per Cent for his or their trouble XXVII After 24 June 1698. Any of the Subjects of this Realm as well as the said Company may Trade from England or any of his Majesties Plantations in America to the Coast of Africa between Cape Blancho and Cape Mount paying 10 per Cent. ad Valorem for the Goods and Merchandize so Exported to the said Coast and paying a further Sum of 10 per Cent ad Valorem Redwood excepted which is to pay 5 per Cent only at the place of Importation upon all Goods and Merchandize Negroes excepted Imported into England or the Plantations from Africa between Cape Blancho and Cape Mount aforesaid And every Master and Trader Trading from England or the Plantations between the said Capes shall make like Entries and Oath and give like Bonds as is directed for Masters and Traders between Cape Mount and Cape Good Hope and upon such Entry and Oath shall pay the Duty aforesaid payable by Traders between Cape Mount and Cape Good Hope And the Collector or Chief Officer of the Chief Custom-houses in England or the Plantations from whence such Ship shall be dispatcht are to take such Entries and Bonds and give such Oaths and receive such Duties and pay the same to the said Company on Demand for the Uses before directed and to do every other thing mutatis mutandis as is directed touching Traders between Cape Mount and Cape Good Hope And that all Goods and Merchandize Negroes excepted that shall be Shipped on the Coast of Africa between Cape Blancho and Cape Mount and shall be Imported into England or the Plantations shall pay the Duties aforesaid And the Master or Chief Officer of every such Ship that shall take on Board any Goods or Merchandize Negroes excepted between Cape Blancho and Cape Mount shall upon making Entry thereof and before Landing the same deliver in a Particular of his Cargo and take the following Oath XXVIII I A. B. de Swear That the Manifest or Particular now by me given in and signed to the best of my knowledge and belief doth contain signifie and express all the Goods Wares and Merchandizes Negroes excepted which were Laden or put on Board the said Ship called the _____ during her stay and continuing on the Coast of Africa between Cape Blancho and Cape Mount whereof I A. B. am Master XXIX And that the Owner or Importer of all Goods and Merchandizes Negroes excepted which shall be brought to England or the Plantations from between Cape Blancho and Cape Mount shall make Entry thereof at one of the Chief Custom-houses in England or the Plantations where Imported with the Collector or Chief Officer of the Cussoms upon Oath and Sign the same of the quantity quality and value of such Goods and Merchandize as worth to be sold at ths place of Importation and pay the Duty for the same as aforesaid And such Collector or Chief Officer where such Ship shall Arrive is to take the Entries and Manifests give the Oaths and Receive the Duties aforesaid and pay the same to the said Company on Demand for the uses afore-directed and deliver to the said Company a Duplicate of all such Entries and Oaths made and signed as aforesaid XXX The said Collector or Officer may deduct for his or their trouble 5 per Cent. for the Duties arising by this Act except from the Exports and Imports of the said Royal African Company And the said Company shall give an Account in Writing of the Moneys by them received and by their Exports and Imports for the Duties aforesaid and how they have laid out the same yearly within Three months after the end of every year to the Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer who may examine Persons thereupon on Oath And all such Goods and Merchandizes brought from between Cape Blancho and Cape Mount as shall be Landed before Entry made and Signed and Oath of the value thereof made and the Duty paid shall be forfeited or the value thereof XXXI Every Ship which contrary to this Act shall Sail from England or the Plantations for the Coast of Africa without being duly Entred Oath made and Bonds given as before directed shall be forefeited or the value thereof And all Goods and Merchandize Shipped from England or the Plantations for the Coast of Africa as aforesaid contrary to this Act before due Entry made thereof and of the value and the Duties paid for the same shall be forfeited or the value thereof And every Ship and all the Goods and Merchandizes therein belonging to his Majesties Subjects Sailing from any other part than from England or the Plantations to the Coast of Africa as aforesaid shall be forfeited XXXII One third part of the said Forfeitures shall be to his Majesty one other third part to the said Company towards maintenance of the said Forts and Castles and the other third part to the Informer and Prosecutor XXXIII Any Persons whatsoever may Sue for the said Forfeitures in any his Majesties
Courts of Record of this Kingdom or in any of his Majesties Plantations or Colonies in America XXXIV If any Ship Trading to Africa and the Goods therein be Cast away or Lest before she arrive at her Port The Proprietors or Exporters shall upon their sending any other Ship to Africa be allowed so much as was paid to the said Company for the Goods so lost XXXV All the Natural born Subjects of England Trading to Africa and paying the Duties by this Act imposed shall have the same Protection for their Persons Ships and Goods from the said Forts and Castles and the like freedom for their Trade as the said Company and their Ships and Goods have And all Persons Trading to Africa and paying the Duties as aforesaid may at their own charge settle Factories on any part of Africa within the limits aforesaid without let of the said Company And all Persons not Members of the said Company so Trading and paying the said Duties shall with their Ships and Goods be free from all Molestation Penalties or Impositions from the said Company by reason of their so Trading XXXVI If any Goods exported for Africa having paid the Duties on this Act shall be brought back to England or the Plantations they may be exported again to Africa without paying any Duty Oath being first made by two Persons not interested in such Goods that the Duty was paid upon their first Exportation A Copy of the Entry of such Goods upon their former Exportation being first preduced and attested upon Oath of two Persons XXXVII All the Duties arising by this Act are hereby appropriated wholly to the maintenance of the Forts and Castles on the Coasts of Africa in the Possession of the said Royal African Company and for keeping them well repaired and providing them with Ammunition and Warlike Stores and Soldiers to defend them and paying the Officers and Soldiers and no other uses whatsoever And a true account of the said Duties and laying out the same shall be kept in a Book for that purpose which shall lie open at the African-House in London to be perused by all Persons Trading to Africa And that an Account be made up yearly at Michaelmas or within 20 days after and Recorded in the Exchequer XXXVIII No Duty imposed by this Act shall be required in England or the Colenies aforesaid for any Gold or Silver imported from Africa but the same may be Landed without Entry or Declaration thereof XXXIX This Act shall not hinder any Persons from Trading to that part of Africa called Barbary extending Southerly as for as Cape Blancho XL. Any of his Majesties Subjects notwithstanding the Act of 5 6. W. M. that no other Copper than what is made of English Ore should be exported may Export from England all such Copper Bars as have been Imported thither from Foreign Parts and upon Exportation shall draw back all Duties or Vacate the Securities saving the half of the old subsidy as is usual in other Commodities XLI No Governor or Deputy Governor of any his Majesties Colonies or Plantations in America or the Judges there or any other for their use shall after 29 Sept. 1698 be a Factor or Agent for the said Company or others for the Sale or Disposal of Negroes but every Person offending herein shall serselt 500 l. to the uses aforesaid to be recovered in any of the Courts of Record at Westminster XLII This Act shall be in force only 13 years and from thence to the end of the next Session of Parliament XLIII Stat. 9 10 W. 3. cap. 28. After 24 June 1698. It shall be lawful to Export such Watches Sword Hilts Wrought-Plare and other Silver Manufactures made within this Kingdom being of the fineness of Eleven ounces and Ten peny weight to every pound Troy and so proportionably for a greater or lesser weight according to the Rules prescribed in the Act made 8 9 W. 3. Intituled An Act for the Incouraging the bringing in of Wrought-Plate to be Coined as shall be yearly allowed by the Commissioners of the Customs or any three of them XLIV No Person shall after the said 24 of June Export or send or Indeavour to Export or send out or this Kingdom any outward or inward Box Case or Dyal plate of Gold Silver Brass or other Metal for Clock or Watch without the movement in or with every such Box Case or Dyal-plate made up fit for use with the Clock or Watchmakers name Ingraven thereon Nor shall any Persons after the said 24 of June 〈…〉 to be made up any Clock or Watch without ingraving or putting their own Name and place of Aboad or Freedom and no other Name or Place on every Clock or Watch they shall so make up on the forfeiting every such Empty box Case and 〈◊〉 Clock and Watch not made up and Ingraven as aforesaid and for every such offence 20 l. one Moiety to the King the other to them that shall Sue for the same in any of his Majesties Courts of Record XLV Stat. 9 10 W. 3. cap. 39. After 24 July 1698 All Silver Wire to be drawn for the making of Gold and Silver Thread shall hold at the least 11 oz. 16 penny weight of Fine Silver to the pound Troy and all Silver to be guilt for that use shall be of the same fineness and shall not have loss than four peny weight of Fine Gold laid upon each pound weight of Silver on forfeiture of five shillngs per Ounce to be paid by the Refiner or Maker XLVI After the said 24 of July no Gilt Wire shall be coloured with Verdigrease or Dead-head or any other forced Colour on forfeiture of 2 s. 6 d. per Ounce And for all Gold and Silver so prepared and reduced into Plate there shall be allowed at least six Ounces to cover four Ounces of Silk the finest of which Silk shall not run above sixteen Yards to the penny weight Troy And six Ounces to cover three Ounces and a half of Silk not running above thirty six Yards to the penny weight Troy And six Ounces to cover three Ounces of Silk not running above ninety Yards to the penny weight Troy And for all Gold and Silver Thread made finer six Ounces of Plate to cover two Ounces and a half of Silk And shall be Spun close upon well Boiled and Light Dyed Silk only except Frost-work on forfeiture of 2 s. 6 d. per Ounce And every Spinner of Gold and Silver Thread that shall lay Gold or Silver Plate upon Silk in other proportions shall forfeit for every Ounce so spun two shillings XLVII After the said 24 of July Copper Brass and every other inferior Metal than Silver shall be Spun upon Thread Yarn or Incle only and not upon Silk on forfeiture of five shillings per Ounce XLVIII After the said 24 of July No Gold or Silver Thread Lace Fringe or other Work made thereof nor any Thread made of Copper Brass or any Inferior Metal
or Wire or Plate ready wrought for the covering of Silk or Thread shall be Imported into this Kingdom on pain of being forfeited and burnt XLIX Of the several Penalties in this Act one Moiety shall be to the King the other to them that shall sue for the same in any the Courts of Record at Westminster L. If any Person be sued for what he shall do in Execution of this Act he may plead the General Issue and give the Special Matter in Evidence and upon a Non-suit Discontinuance or Verdict against the Plaintiff the Defendant shall have treble Costs LI. No Penalty shall be inflicted on any Person exposing to sale any Silver Wire or Silver or Gold Thread or Lace or Fringe on or before 29 Sept. 1699 though not made according to this Act provided it be proved by Oath before a Justice of Peace of the Place that such Goods were made on or before 24 July 1698. LII Every Prosecution upon this Act shall be commenced within Six months after the Offence committed LIII This Act shall continue for Three years and thence to the end of the next Session of Parliament LIV. Stat. 9 10 W. 3. Cap. 42. Whereas by an Act 7 8 W. 3. Intituled An Act for Preventing Frauds and Regulating Abuses in the Plantation Trade It is Enacted That after the 25th of March 1698. No Ship or Vessel shall pass as a Ship of the built of England Ireland Wales Berwick Guernsey Jersey or any His Majesties Plantations in America so as to Trade to or from the said Plantations till Registred as enacted by the said Act And yet several Merchants Trading to the Plantations have sent out several Ships and Vessels thither but through madvertency only have omitted to Register them It is Enacted That all Ships and Vessels of the Built of England Ireland Wales Berwick Guernsey Jersey or any His Majesties Plantations in America being English Property shall have Nine months longer from the said 25th of March 1698. for Registring such Ships which being Registred within the said Nine months shall have the advantage of the saie Act as if Registred before the said 25 Mar. 1698. LV. Stat. 9 10 W. 3. Cap. 43. After 1 July 1698. no Foreign Silks known by the name of Alamodes or Lustrings shall be Imported into this Kingdom but into the Port of London only and Notice shall be given to the Commissioners or Chief Managers of the Customs there of the Quality and Quantity with the Marks Numbers and Package of all such Silks intended to be Imported with the Name of the Importer and of the Ship and her Burthen and of the Master and Commander on which they are to be Laden and the Port where the same are to be taken on Board And a Licence shall be taken under the Hands of the said Commissioners or Chief Managers of the Customs or any three of them for the Importing of the same which Licence is to be granted without Fee or Reward LVI The said Commissioners or Chief Managers of the Customs shall cause to be marked and sealed all such Alamodes and Lustrings which shall be Imported after the said 1st of July according to this Act and cause a dissinct Registry thereof to be kept in the Custom-House to be made without Fee or Reward before the Goods be delivered out of the Custom House Warchouse And if any of the said Silks shall be Imported into this Realm other where than in the Port of Londen or Imported without such Notice and Licence and the Duties paid for the same or shall not be so sealed and marked such Silks or the sull value thereof shall be forfeited And the Silks which shall be seised and forfeited by virtue of this or any former Act shall be sold and exported pursuant to the Rules mentioned in an Act of 8 9 W. 3 Intituled An Act for the further Encouragement of the Manufacture of Lustrings and Alamedes within this Realm LVII All Persons who shall Import or bring into this Kingdom any Alamodes or Lustrings contrary to this Act or knowingly receive the same into their Custody or sell or offer to sale any such Foreign Silks so fraudulently Imported and their Aiders Abettors and Assistants knowing thereof shall forfeit 500 Pounds LVIII If any Commission or Warrant Officer or other Person in the Service of His Majesty and having the Command of any Ship or Vessel shall Import or Convey or procure or suffer to be Imported or take on Board any Alamodes or Lustrings in Order to be Imported into this Kingdom or shall Unship or suffer to be Unshipt into any Boat or Vessel any such Silks knowing thereof shall over and above the Forfeitures and Penalties in this or any other Act be ipso facto rendred uncapable of serving His Majesty by Sea or Land or of receiving any Advantage by virtue of such Service And if any Seaman Mariner or other belonging to any Ship or Vessel shall discover any Alamodes or Lustrings so Imported or Unshipt in order to be Imported contrary to this Act such Persons shall over and above their part of the Forfeitures by this Act be discharged from on Board such Ship or Vessel if they desire the same and the Captain or Master shall immediately give them a Ticket Intituling them to their Wages on Board such Ship or Vessel LIX If any Persons shall afterwards Counterfeit or Misapply any of the Seals or Marks now used at the Custom House for Sealing and Marking Alamodes and Lustrings according to this or any other Act or the Seals or Marks of the said Company for Marking and Sealing their Goods they their Aiders and Abettors shall for every such Offence forfeit 500 Pounds and stand in the Pillory two Hours And all Persons who shall buy or fell or have in their Possession any Alamodes or Lustrings with a Counterfeit Seal or Mark or with the Custom-House or Companies Seal or Mark not lawfully affixed thereto knowing thereof and not discovering the same shall forfeit the Goods and 100 Pounds Any Persons with a Writ of Assistance from the Exchequer or with a Constable or Officer and a Justice of Peace's Warrant may in the day time Enter into any House Shop Warehouse or other place to search for and seize any Alamodes or Lustrings Imported contrary to this or any other Act or Sealed or Marked as aforesaid And in case of Resistance to break open Doors Chests and other Package to bring thence to his Majesties Ware house any such Silks And the Justices of Peace are to grant such Warrants to Credible Persons making Oath they suspect there are such Silks where they intend to Search And upon Dispute whether such Silks were Manufactured beyond the Seas or Imported contrary to this Act the Proof shall lie upon the Importer or Owner and not upon the Prosecutor LX. All Officers of the Customs or in Corporations or elsewhere shall be assisting in the Execution of this Act and if any Officer
of the Customs shall knowingly connive at the Importation or Disposing of such Alamodes and Lustrings or if any Persons taking upon them to Seize or Prosecute in pursuance of this or any other Act shall by Collusion desist or delay Prosecution to Condemnation of the said Silks they shall forfeit 500 l. and be incapable of any Office or Imployment LXI Such Persons Convicted for any Offence against this or any other Act relating to Alamodes or Lustrings as shall afterwards offend a second time or oftner shall so often as they offend forfeit double the sum inflicted by this Act. LXII All Persons offending contrary to this or any other Act relating to Alamodes or Lustrings shall be prosecuted in any Action Suit or Information and thereupon a Capias in the first Process specifying the Penalties sued for may Issue and sufficient Bail and Security shall be given by Natural born Subjects or Denizens to answer such Suit and at the time of Appearance sufficient Bail and Security in Court to answer the Penalties in case of Conviction or to suffer Imprisonment LXIII All the Penalties and Forfeitures imposed hereby or by any former Law relating to Alamodes or Lustrings shall be two third parts to his Majesty and one third to the Prosecutor the charge of which Suit shall be born by his Majesty out of his Majesties part of the Forfeitures Which Penalties and Forfeitures shall be recoverable by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information in any the Courts of Record at Westminster wherein no Essoign c. shall be allowed nor more than one Imparlance All which Informations or Actions may be laid and tried in such places and with the like proceedings as are used about the Scizing Condemning or Prosecuting any Goods for Non payment of Customs or other Duties or any Persons offending against the Laws relating to the Customs LXIV No claim shall be entred to any such Silks seized as aforesaid till Security given by Recognizance before a Judge to answer the Penalties and Forfeitures with full cosis of Suit where a Verdict shall pass or Judgment be entred for the Plaintiff And in default of such Security within the limited time the Goods to be forfeited and Judgment entred accordingly LXV This Act and every thing therein contained shall be taken to be a general Law and not needful to be set forth in Heading and shall be construed most beneficially for the Prosecutor and for preventing the mischiefs hereby provided against And Persons sued for any thing done by virtue hereof may plead the General Issue and give this Act and the Special matter in Evidence And upon a Verdict for the Defendants or if the Plaintiff Discontinue be Non-suit or suffer Judgment by Demurrer the Defendants shall have treble Costs LXVI All Actions brought by an Informer against this Act shall be Commenced within two years after the offence committed LXVII The Royal Lustring Company having been first Erected by the late King James by Letters Patents bearing date 23 Novemb. 4. Jac. 2. for the Term of 14 years and afterwards by the Letters Patents of his present Majesty and the late Queen of Blessed Memory bearing date 15 Octob. 4 W. M. Incorporated with perpetual Succession for the making and dressing of Alamodes Renforcez and Lustrings in England And having brought the said Manufacture to perfection but by reason of the fraudulent Importation of Alamodes and Lustrings and in contesting with many difficulties and obstructions have not enjoyed the benefit intended them by the said Charter It is Enacted That the foresaid Company and their Successors shall from henceforth be a Body Politick and Corporate by the Name of the Royal Lustring Company and Enjoy all the Privileges and Authorities granted them in the said Charter of Incorporation as fully as if the same were recited in this Act. LXVIII The said Royal Lestring Company and their Successors shall have the sole exercise and benefit of Making Dressing and Lustrating of plain Black Alamodes Renforcez and Lustrings within this Realm for 14 years from 24 Jun. 1698 and from thence to the end of the next Sessions of Parliament any thing to the contrary notwithstanding LXIX The said Company having 17 Bails of Fine Italian Thrown Silk in Amsterdam brought thither over Land before the Conclusion of the Peace and designed to be Imported and used here in the Manufacture of Alamodes and Lustrings but could not be Imported within the time limited by Law It is Enacted That the said Company may Import into this Kingdom the said 17 Bails of Silk before 29 Sept. next paying the legal Duties to his Majesty LXX Stat. 9 10 W. 3. cap. 44. Enacted That there shall be through England and Wales and Town of Berwick upon Tweed Levied and paid to his Majesty his Heirs and Successors for Salt over and above all other Duties already payable these Additional Rates viz. 5 d. per Gallon for all Salt Imported from 1 July 1698. to 25 December 1699. And from 24 December 1699. for ever 7 d. per Gallon and so for a greater or lesser Quantity LXXI For all Salt and Rock-Salt Home made from the said 1 July 1698. to 25 December 1699. 2 d. Half-peny per Gallon and from 24 December 1699. for ever 3 d. Half peny per Gallon subject to the Redemption hereafter mentioned LXXII Which Duties on Foreign Salt shall be paid by the Importer before landing and if Landed before due Entry thereof or before the Duties be paid or a Warrant for the Landing thereof then to be Forfeited and also 10 s. for every Bushel so Landed LXXIII Provided that the Importers of Salt giving Security for payment of these Duties shall have Six Months time for Payment with a Discount after 10 l. per Centum per Aunum for prompt Payment LXXIV The said Duties on Salt to be Managed by the Commissioners of Excile who are to Appoint the necessary Officers and the Penalties and Forfeitures hereby Imposed to be Sued for and Recovered by the same Ways as Directed by the Act 12 Car. 2. For taking away the Court of Wards and Liveries and Tenures in Capite and by Knights Service and Purveyance and Setling a Revenue on His Majesty in lieu thereof or by any Law now in Force relating to the Excise LXXV All Makers and Proprietors of Salt and Rock-Salt within the Kingdom shall make true Entries with the Officers so appointed and shall have their Warrant gratis for Carrying the same away upon Payment or Security to pay the Duties within Six Months after such Entry with a Discount after 10 l. per Cent. per Annum for Ready Money LXXVI The Officers so Appointed may seize all such Salt as after 1 July 1698 shall be Conveying away before due Entry made or Warrant obtain'd for Conveying thereof And if not Claim'd within Ten Days then to be absolutely Forseited and Sold One Moiety of the Preceed thereof to go to the King the other to the Seizer And if Claim'd without
of this Act which Comptrollers shall keep distinct Accounts of the said Duties and in Case of neglect shall lose their Places be incapacitated as aforesaid and forfeit 100 l. CIV Collectors of either of the said Duties detaining any part thereof shall be Dismissed pay Interest at 12 per Cent. and treble Damages And for misapplying any part thereof shall be Dismissed and Incapacitated and shall forfeit double the Sum. CV From 29 Sept. 1698. 160000 l. out of the said Additional Duties on Salt and Stampt Paper shall be the yearly Fund for answering the Annuities of 8 per Cent. to the Subscribers of 2000000 l. And if the Duties shall not amount to so much then to be part of the said Fund so sar as they will extend Which said Duties or so much as will make up the said 160000 l. per Ann. shall be Appropriated towards making good the said yearly Fund And the Officers of the Exchequer not duly issuing or Misapplying the Money contrary to this Act shall be forejudged from their Offices incapacitated and pay double the Sum delayed or misapplied CVI. His Majesty may appoint Commissioners for taking Subscriptions till 29 Sept. 1698. from any Persons except the Bank of England for any Sum not less than 100 l. towards the raising Two Millions in some convenient House in London or Westminster which Commissioners are to provide Books for the said Subscriptions to lie open every day except Sundays till 29 Sept. 1698. unless the Two Millions be sooner compleated And his Majesty may appoint a Cashier to receive the Money Subscribed CVII Any Sums may be Subscribed not less than 100 l. to be answered by Ten equal Payments the First Payment to be made at the time of Subscribing and each subsequent Payment shall be made at the end of every Two Months or 60 Days till the whole be paid Nevertheless the last Payment shall be liable to make good any Desiciency which may happen before the time of making the last Payment in the Produce of the said Duties although the Kings intended supply be thereby lessened CVIII If the first Payment be not made at the time of Subscribing such Subscription shall be void And if default be made in any of the subsequent Payments the first tenth part shall be forfeited and the Annuity payable for such Subscription shall be reduced according to the Money actually paid after an abatement of the first tenth part CIX Talleys of Assignment or Anticipation may be Levied on the Commissioners or Receivers of the Money so subscribed with an Interest of 8 per Cent. per Ann. payable every Three Months out of such Subscription Moneys CX The sums subscribed are to be written in words at length as well as Figures and truly Dated and Attested under the Hands and Seals of Five or more Commissioners who immediately after 29 Sept. 1698. or sooner if the Two Millions be compleated shall deliver Duplicates of the Subscriptions into the Exchequer or at least before 20 Octob. 1698. And the Auditor of the Receipt and Clerk of the Pells shall Register and Record the said Duplicates that every Person concerned may have free access thereto and Copies of the Books Enrolled shall be delivered by the said Auditor and Clerk of the Pells to the Commissioners for the use of the Subscribers gratis CXI Each Subscriber shall have an Annuity after the Rate of 8 per Cent. per Ann. for the sum subscribed by him to commence from Michaelmas 1698. and to be paid Quarterly the First Payment to be made at Christmas 1698. subject nevertheless to Redemption and also to Reduction in case of failure in the payments of the Subscription Money CXII Every Person paying down one Tenth part of his subscription may desaulk after the Rate of 10 per Cent. per Ann. for his whole subscription from the time of making his First payment till Michaelmas 1698. CXIII The Commissioners or Cashier shall give Receipts to the Subscribers for the Money so received and shall enter the same and time of payment in a Book with the names of those that make such payments A true Account whereof in Parchment shall be delivered to the Auditor of the Receipt attested by Five or more of the Commissioners before 24 June 1700. And the Commissioners of the Treasury are to Issue the Sums necessary for incident Charges in Execution of the Commission CXIV The Commissioners may be Subscribers CXV His Majesty may by Letters Patents under the Great Seal Incorporate the Subscribers whose Tenth part shall be paid their Executors Administrators Successors or Assigns with perpetual succession and a Common Seal and with power to purchase Lands to Plead and be Impleaded and do all other things by the Name of their Corporation CXVI The sum total of all the subscriptions shall be called the principal Stock of the said Corporation and all Persons shall have a share therein in proportion to their subscription CXVII Subscribers of 500 l. and upwards having paid their Tenth part may meet at Guild-Hall London 10 Octob. 1698. or within 20 days after the subscription is compleated to Elect 24 Trustees by way of Balleting but no Elector to have more than one Vote nor any of the Trustees less than 2000 l. subscribed in their own Right and being so elected to be Inserted in the Charter of Incorporation as the First Trustees with Succession CXVIII If the Two Millions be not subscribed by 29 Sept. 1698. the Subscribers shall have only their proportionable part of the said yearly Fund CXIX After the Charter is passed the yearly Sum of 160000 l. or a proportionable part thereof shall be paid to the general Society or their Treasurer in Trust for the respective Members CXX If the Two Millions or a Moiety thereof be subscribed by 29 Sept. 1698. then the Subscribers their Executors Administrators Successors or Assings and all Persons Licensed by them in their stead may Trade to the East-Indies but none to Trade by himself or others in any one year from 29 Sept. 1698. for more than the Amount of his Stock CXXI If the Two Millions or a Moiety thereof be subscribed by 29 Sept. 1698. All or any Corporations or Persons Intituled to particular Shares in the Principal Stock may if willing and desirous be Incorporated into a Company to Trade with a Joint Stock in proportion to their Interests by such proper Name as his Majesty shall think fit with perpetual Succession a common Seal c. CXXII And after the Incorporating of any such Company the proportionalle part of the yearly Fund belonging to the Members thereof shall be paid to the said Company or their Treasurer in Trust for the said Members by Weekly Payments CXXIII Every Member of the general Society not in a Company shall before he be permitted to Trade take an Oath before Two or more of the Trustees to be faithful to the said General Society and not to Trade to the Indies for more than this Act allows CXXIV