contained shall be construed to repeal or alter the provisions of any Act relating to bills of exchange or promissory notes now in force in Ireland, saving so far as the same are repealed or altered by the express provisions of this Act. [No. CLVIII.] 9 Geo. IV. c. 37.-An Act to amend an WHEREAS by an Act passed in the first and second years of the reign II. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be deemed and taken to be a public Act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all judges justices and others, without being specially pleaded. [ No. CLIX. ] 9 Geo. IV. c. 39.—An Act for the Preservation of the Salmon Fisheries in Scotland.-[15th July 1828.] [No. CLX.] 9 Geo. IV. c. 47.-An Act for regulating the Retail of exciseable Articles and Commodities to Passengers on board of Passage Vessels from one Part to another of the United Kingdom.-[15th July 1828.] [ No. CLXI.] 9 Geo. IV. c. 65.—An Act to restrain the Negotiation, in England, of Promissory Notes and Bills under a limited Sum, issued in Scotland or Ireland.— [15th July 1828.] WHEREAS an Act was passed in the seventh year of His present Majesty's reign, intituled An Act to limit, and after a certain Period to prohibit, the issuing of Promissory Notes under a limited Sum in England; and doubts may arise how far the provisions of the said Act may be ef fectual to restrain the circulating in England of certain notes drafts or undertakings made or issued in Scotland or Ireland: be it therefore enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That if any body politic or corporate, or person or persons, shall, after the fifth day of April one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, by any art device or means whatsoever, publish, utter, negociate, or transfer, in any part of England, any promissory or other note, draft, engagement, or undertaking in writing, made payable on demand to the bearer thereof, and being negotiable or transferrable, for the payment of any sum of money less than five pounds, or on which less than the sum of five pounds shall remain undischarged, which shall have been made or issued, or shall purport to have been made or issued, in Scotland or Ireland, or elsewhere out of England, wheresoever the same shall or may be payable, every such body politic or corporate, or person or persons, so publishing, uttering, negociating, or transferring any such note, bill, draft, engagement, or undertaking, in any part of England, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding twenty pounds nor less than five pounds, at the discretion of the Justice of the Peace who shall bear and determine such offence. II. And be it further enacted, That the penalties which may be incurred under the provisions of this Act shall and may be recovered in a summary way by information on complaint, before a Justice or Justices of the Peace, and shall be levied and applied in the manner directed by an Act passed in the forty-eighth year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to restrain the Negotiation of Promissory Notes and Inlund Bills of Exchange under a limited Sum in England, with respect to the penalties by the said last-mentioned Act imposed; and all and every the clauses and provisions in the said last-mentioned Act contained, relating to the recovery and application of the penalties thereby imposed, shall be applied and put in execution for the recovery and application of the penalties by this Act imposed, as fully and effectually, to all intents and purposes, as if such clauses and provisions had been herein repeated and expressly re-enacted. III. Provided always, and be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer, or for the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, or any three or more of them, to order and direct that the whole or any part of any penalty which shall be incurred under this Act shall and may be remitted, or mitigated or abated to such amount, and in such manner and upon such conditions as to such Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners of the Treasury may seem fit and proper. IV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall extend to any draft or order drawn by any person or persons on his her or their banker or bankers, or on any person or persons acting as such banker or bankers, for the payment of money held by such banker or bankers, person or persons, to the use of the person or persons by whom such draft or order shall be drawn. [No. CLXII.] 9 Geo. IV. c. 76.-An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Customs.-[25th July 1828.] WHEREAS several Acts were passed in the sixth year of His Majes ty's reign, for consolidating the laws of the customs, and it is found necessary to make certain alterations and amendinents therein; be it therefore cnacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the tenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, the several enactments herein-after contained shall come into and be and continue in full force and operation, for all the purposes mentioned therein. No. CLXII. 9 Geo. IV. {c. 76. II. And whereas one of the said Acts was passed for the management of the customs, and it is expedient to amend the said Act; be it therefore enacted, That no Commissioner or assistant Commissioner of Customs, nor any officer of customs, or person employed in the collection or management of or accounting for the revenue of customs, or any part Management. thereof, nor any clerk or other person acting under them, shall, during the time of his acting as such Commissioner or assistant Commissioner, or as such officer, or of his being so employed as aforesaid, or of his acting as such clerk or other person as aforesaid, as the case may be, be compelled to serve as a mayor or sheriff, or in any corporate or parochial or other public office or employment, or to serve on any jury or inquest, or in the militia; any law usage or custom to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. Officers of Customs not liable to serve Parochial and other local Offices. Regulation. Packages for Wine or for Segars. Clocks, &c., with false Marks prohibited. Prohibited III. And whereas one other of the said Acts was passed for the general regulation of the customs, and it is expedient to amend the said Act; be it therefore enacted, That so much of the said Act as restricts the impor tation of wine except in certain quantities, and also so much of the said Act as prohibits the importation of segars in packages containing one hundred pounds weight of segars, shall be and the same is hereby repealed. IV. And whereas it is expedient to prohibit the importation of clocks and watches having false marks or names thereon; be it therefore enacted, That it shall not be lawful to import any clock nor any watch impressed with any mark or stamp appearing to be or to represent any legal British assay mark or stamp, or purporting by any mark or appearance to be of the manufacture of the United Kingdom, or not having the name and place of abode of some foreign maker abroad visible on the frame and also on the face, or not being in a complete state, with all the parts properly fixed in the case; and that such prohibition shall be complied with and enforced in like manner as if the same were set forth in a certain table denominated "A Table of Prohibitions and Restrictions inwards," contained in the said Act for the general regulation of the customs. V. And be it further enacted, That no goods which are prohibited to be imported into the United Kingdom from foreign countries shall be Guernsey, &c. imported from any of the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, although the manufacture of any of those islands, if the materials of which such goods be made are the produce of any foreign country; and that this prohibition shall be obeyed and enforced in like manner as if the same were set forth in a certain table contained in the said Act for the general regulation of the customs, and denominated "A Table of Prohibitions and Restrictions inwards." Duties overcharged not to be repaid after Three Years. Smuggling. Persons detain ed under the Smuggling Laws, One Justice may commit before learing the Case. VI. And whereas by the said last-mentioned Act it is enacted, that no overcharge of duty shall be returned, unless the same be claimed within three years from the date of the payment; and much inconvenience has arisen, as well from the uncertainty in many cases of the proceeding which shall constitute a claim, as from the neglect of parties, after a claim or supposed claim has been made, in prosecuting the adjustment of their demand according to the true meaning of the law; be it therefore enacted, That from and after the fifth day of January one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, no overcharge of duty of customs shall be returned, nor shall any certificate or other document granted for the return of any such overcharge be paid, unless such certificate or other document be presented for payment within three years from the day on which such duty had been paid. VII. And whereas one other of the said first-mentioned Acts was passed for the prevention of smuggling, and it is expedient to amend the said Act: and whereas by the said Act it is enacted!, that two Justices of the Peace may order any person or persons who shall have been arrested and detained for any offence against any Act for the prevention of smuggling, to be detained a reasonable time, as well before as after any information shall have been exhibited against such party: and whereas great difficulty has arisen in procuring the attendance of the same two justices who or dered the party to be detained, to hear and determine the case: and it is expedient that one or more justices should have the power to direct such person or persons to be detained a reasonable time, as well before as after any information shall have been exhibited against such party: Be it therefore enacted, That in all cases where any person or persons shall be detained for any offence against the laws now in force or hereafter to be made for the prevention of smuggling, or relating to the revenue of customs or excise, and shall be taken before one or more Justices of the Peace, to be dealt with according to law, if it shall appear to such justice or justices that there is reasonable cause to detain such person or persons, such justice or justices may, and he and they is and are hereby authorized to order such person or persons to be detained a reasonable time, as well before as after any information has been exhibited against such party, and at the expiration of such time any two or more justices may proceed finally to hear and determine the matter; any law custom or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. VIII. And whereas one other of the said first-mentioned Acts was passed for the encouragement of shipping and navigation, and it is expedient to amend the said Act: and whereas by the law of navigation contained in the said Act certain ships built in the British settlements at Honduras are, under certain conditions and regulations, entitled to the privileges of British registered ships in all direct trade between the United Kingdom and the said settlements; and it is expedient to permit such ships to trade in like manner with the British possessions in America: be it therefore enacted, That under the conditions and regulations aforesaid, contained in the said Act, such ships shall be entitled to the privileges of British registered ships in all direct trade between any of the British possessions in America and the said settlements. IX. And be it further enacted, That no Mediterranean pass shall be issued for the benefit of any person, as being an inhabitant of Malta or of Gibraltar, but not being a person entitled to be an owner of a British registered ship, unless such person shall have resided at Malta or at Gibraltar respectively upwards of fifteen years prior to the tenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven. No. CLXII. 9 Geo. IV. c. 76. Navigation. Honduras Ships to trade with Possessions in America. Mediterranean Duties. X. And whereas one other of the said first-mentioned Acts was passed for granting duties of customs, and it is expedient to amend the said Act; New Duties. be it therefore enacted, That instead of the duties imposed by the said last-mentioned Act upon the several articles mentioned in the tables contained in this Act, and denominated "Table of New Duties Inwards, 1828," and "Table of New Duties Outwards, 1828," the several duties set forth in figures in the said tables shall, in respect of such goods as are mentioned therein, be raised, levied, collected, and paid unto His Majesty, in like manner as if such duties had been imposed in and by the said last-mentioned Act, and had been set forth in the tables thereunto annexed; (that is to say ;) TABLE OF NEW DUTIES INWARDS, 1828. £. s. d. Alkali imported from any place within the limits of the East any article containing Soda or Mineral Alkali, where of Mineral Alkali is the most valuable part, (such Alkali not being otherwise par- if not containing a greater proportion of - - - from and after the 5th 8 10 0 of the ton January 6 10 0 No. CLXII. 9 Geo. IV. c. 76. Duties. Alkali, any article if containing more than 20 per centum, and Bottles of - £. s. d. - to the 6th of January 1829 - the ton 11 5 0 - from the 5th January 1829 to the 6th January 1830 the ton 8 12 0 the ton 17 00 - - - from and after the 5th of January 1830 the ton green or common Glass, full, but not containing Wine or Spirits, computing all bottles of not greater content than half a pint, as of the content of half a pint; and all bottles of greater content than half a pint, and not of greater content than a pint or a reputed pint, as of the content of a pint or of a reputed pint, viz. imported from any foreign place, the dozen quarts content imported from any British Possession, and although containing Wine or Spirits, 13 0 0 020 Bugles the dozen quarts content 010 Castor Nuts or Seeds, imported from any British Possession, the lb. 020 Castor Oil, imported from any British Possession - the cwt. |