12 Car. 2. C.24,

to this act.

had been imported after the faid fifth day of July one thousand feven hundred and ninety-one.

V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That &c. to extend all and every the powers, directions, rules, penalties, forfeitures, claufes, matters, and things, which in and by an act made in the twelfth year of the reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, An act for taking away the court of wards and liveries, and tenures in capite, and by knights fervice, and purveyance, and for fettling a revenue upon his Majefty in lieu thereof, or by any other law now in force relating to his Majefty's revenue of excife, are provided and eftablished for managing, railing, levying, collecting, mitigating, or recovering, adjudging, or afcertaining the duties thereby granted, or any of them, in fuch cafes for which ather provifions are made and prescribed by this act, fhall be practised, ufed, and put in execution in and for the managing, raifing, levying, collecting, mitigating, recovering, and paying the duties by this act impofed, and for preventing, detecting, and punishing frauds relating thereto, as fully and effectually, to all intents and purposes, as if all and every the faid powers, rules, directions, penalties, forfeitures, claufes, matters, and things, were particularly repeated and re-enacted in this prefent act.

Duties of excife hereby impofed to be raised, as is provided by

VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That the duties of excife by this act impofed fhall, from time to time, be raised, received, levied, recovered, and fecured, by fuch ways and means, and under fuch management, and under fuch penalany act in ties and forfeitures, and with fuch power of adjudging and mitiforce respecting goat fkins, gating penalties and forfeitures, and with fuch other powers, and &c. tanned in fubject to fuch rules and directions, and in fuch methods, manner, Great Britain. and form, as by any act or acts of parliament, (as the cafe may

Duties to be

confolidated

fund.

require) in force at the commencement of this act, for or in refpect of goat fkins tanned with fhomack or otherwise, in Great Britain, to refemble Spanish leather, and sheep skins tanned for roans (being after the nature of Spanish leather), in Great Britain, is directed and prefcribed; and that the faid act and acts, and all the claufes, penalties, forfeitures, powers, authorities, rules, directions, matters, and things therein contained, for the raifing, receiving, levying, recovering, fecuring or paying the faid duties refpectively, are and fhall be continued, practifed, and put in execution, for raifing, receiving, levying, recovering, fecuring, and paying the refpective duties of excife by this act impofed, as fully and effectually, to all intents and purposes, as if the fame were particularly repeated and re-enacted in this act.

VII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That carried to the all the money arifing by the duties by this act impofed, the neceffary charges of raifing and accounting for the fame excepted, fhall from time to time be paid into the receipt of his Majefty's exchequer at Westminster, and the money fo paid into the faid receipt of the exchequer as aforefaid shall be carried to and made part of the fund called The Confolidated Fund.

CAP.

An act to enable his Majefty to make compenfation to the officers of the late wine licence office, for the loss of their offices.

WHEREAS by an aft, made in the thirtieth year of the reign Preamble. of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An act for repealing the du- Act 30 Geo.3. ties upon licences for retailing wine and fweets, and upon licences c. 38. recited. for retailing diftilled fpirituous liquors, and for granting other duties in lieu thereof, the power of granting licences for retailing wine, and the management thereof, were transferred from the commiffioners of ftamps, to the commiffioners of excife: and whereas feveral officers employed in the collection and management of the revenue arifing from fuch licences, whilst the fame were under the management of the faid commiffioners of stamps, were by the faid transfer deprived of their employments, and the falaries and emoluments arifing therefrom, and it is expedient that fome compenfation should be made to fuch officers for the lofs of fuch their falaries and emoluments; be it therefore enacted by the King's most excellent majefty, by and with the advice and confent of the lords fpiritual and temporal, and commons, in this prefent parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame, That it fhall and may be lawful for his Majefty, his heirs and fuc- His Majefty ceffors, by warrant under his or their fign manual, to direct, the commifduring pleasure, the commiffioners of excife to pay to fuch offi- fioners of excers refpectively, out of the revenue of excife, fuch yearly allow- cife to make ances as his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors, fhall judge fit, fo yearly allow. as no allowance to any fuch officer fhall exceed the yearly amount officers, &c. of the falary and emoluments of which he has been fo deprived, deprived of and fo as the whole of fuch allowances do not exceed the yearly their employfum of eight hundred pounds. ments by the recited act

An act for establishing a court of civil jurifdiction in the island of
Newfoundland, for a limited time.

may

direct

ances to the

W encourage- 15

HEREAS by an act, paffed in the fifteenth year of his pre- Preamble. fent Majefty's reign, intituled, An act for the encourage- 15 Geo.3.c.31. ment of the fisheries carried on from Great Britain, Ireland, and the British dominions in Europe, and for fecuring the return of the fishermen, failors, and others employed in the faid fisheries, to the ports thereof, at the end of the fishing feafon, it was, amongst other things, enacted, That all difputes which fhould arife concerning the wages of every and any fuch feaman or fisherman, and all offences which should be committed by every hirer or employer of fuch feaman or fisherman against that act, should and might be enquired of, heard, and determined; and the penalties and forfeitures thereby incurred fhould and might be recovered in the court of feffion in the faid act mentioned, or in the court of vice admiralty having jurifdiction in the ifland of Newfoundland: and whereas, by another act, passed in the twenty-fixth year of the reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An act and 26 Geo. 3. to amend and render more effectual the prefent laws now in force c. 26. recited.

for

His Majefty

may confti. tute a court

of civil jurif

diction at

Newfound land, &c.

The manner

in which the court is to proceed.

for encouraging the fisheries carried on at Newfoundland, and parts adjacent, from Great Britain, Ireland, and the British dominions in Europe; and for granting bounties, for a limited time, on certain terms and conditions; fo much of the faid firft-mentioned act, as gives any jurifdiction to the court of vice admiralty for the faid ifland of Newfoundland, with respect to inquiring, hearing, and determining difputes concerning the wages of any feaman or fisherman, or any offence committed by any hirer or employer of fuch Seaman or fisherman, or any controverfies or differences arising from their contracts or agreements, fhould be, and the fame was thereby repealed: and whereas the provifions made by the faid firft-mentioned act, for the adminiftration of justice in civil cafes, are infufficient, and it is highly expedient that a court of civil jurifdiction, having cognizance of all pleas of debt, account, contracts refpecting personal property, and all trefpaffes against the perfon, goods, or chattels, fhould be established in the faid ifland of Newfoundland, for a limited time; be it therefore enacted by the King's moft excellent majefty, by and with the advice and confent of the lords fpiritual and temporal, and commons, in this prefent parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame, That it shall and may be lawful for his Majesty, by his commiffion under the great feal, to inftitute a court of civil jurifdiction, with full power and authority to hear and determine, in a fummary way, all pleas of debt, account, contracts respecting perfonal property, and all trefpaffes committed against the perfon or goods and chattels in the island of Newfoundland, and islands and parts adjacent, or on the banks of the faid ifland of Newfoundland; which court fhall confift of a chief judge, to be appointed by his Majefty, and two affeffors, to be appointed by the governor of the faid ifland, from time to time; which chief judge, together with any one of fuch affeffors, fhall have full power and authority to hear and determine all pleas by this act cognizable by the said court of civil jurifdiction; and fhall have fuch clerks, and other minifterial officers, as the chief judge fhall think proper to appoint; and that fuch falaries fhall be paid to the chief judge aforefaid, as his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors, fhall approve and direct; and fuch falaries be paid to the affeffors, and to the clerks, and ministerial officers aforefaid, as fhall be approved by the said chief judge, with the confent of the governor of the island of Newfoundland; which feveral falaries fhall refpectively be in lieu of all other profits and emoluments whatever; and fuch court shall be a court of record, and fhall have all fuch powers as by the law of England are incident and belonging to a court of record; any thing in the faid firft-mentioned act contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

II. And be it further enacted, That the faid court shall proceed by complaint in writing, and by fummons of the defendant, in all cafes where the complaint is for a fum under five pounds; and by arreft of the defendant, and attachment of his goods and debts, or of his effects in the hands of any other perfon, where the complaint is for more than the fum of five pounds; and such court fhall have power and authority to pass judgement, and give costs,

in fuch pleas, and award execution, either by levy and fale of the goods and chattels, or arreft of the perfon of the plaintiff or defendant, and alfo of the goods, debts, and effects of the defendant to attached.

III. Provided always, That in all pleas, where the fum for An appeal to which judgement shall be given fhall amount to more than one his Majesty in council may hundred pounds, it shall be lawful for the plaintiff or defendant, be made, as the cafe may be, to appeal to his Majefty in council, and upon where judgenotice of fuch appeal being fignified to the chief judge of fuch ment is given court, within fourteen days after fuch judgement paffed, and fe- for more than curity given, to the fatisfaction of the faid chief judge, for profe- 1ool. cuting fuch appeal, the execution of fuch judgement shall be stayed.

concerning

IV. And be it further enacted, That during the time the go- While the governor of the faid ifland fhall continue to be refident in the faid vernor is refi. ifland, or parts adjacent, no difputes which fhall arife concerning dent, difputes the wages of any feaman or fisherman fhall be heard and deter- feamens wages mined in the court of feffion mentioned in the said first-mentioned to be heard act, but only in the court of civil jurifdiction which fhall be infti- only in the tuted by virtue of this act.

court of civil jurifdiction;

when he is not refident, they

may be heard

in the court

actions.

V. Provided always, That nothing in this act contained shall extend to prevent the court of feffion aforefaid from hearing and determining fuch difputes as aforefaid, when the governor fhall not be refident in the faid ifland, or parts adjacent. VI. And be it further enacted, That no fuit fhall be com- of feffion. menced in the faid court of civil jurifdiction where the caufe of Limitation of action shall have arisen more than two years before fuch commencement, nor fhall be heard and determined in the faid court of civil jurisdiction, except during the refidence of the governor within the limits of his government; and that this act fhall com- Continuance mence from the tenth day of June one thousand seven hundred of act. and ninety-one, and fhall have continuance for one year, and unto the end of the then next feffion of parliament.

CA P. XXX.

An act for regulating the importation and exportation of corn, and the payment of the duty on foreign corn imported, and of the bounty on British corn exported.

HEREAS the laws now in force for regulating the importa- Preamble. tion and exportation of corn, and the payment of the duty on foreign corn imported, and of the bounty granted on British corn exparted, require amendment; and it is expedient that certain parts of the faid laws fhould be continued, and new provisions made, and that the fame fhould be comprised in one act of parliament: and whereas it is neceffary, for thefe purposes, that certain acts, and parts of acts now in force, fhould be repealed: be it therefore enacted by the King's moft excellent majesty, by and with the advice and confent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, in this prefent From the parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame, That, commencefrom and after the refpective times when the feveral regulations ment of the of regulations of this act,

C. 12.

of this act fhall commence and take effect as herein-after directed, an act, pafled in the first year of the reign of his majesty King 1 Jac. 2. c. 19. James the Second, intituled, An additional act for the improvement of tillage; and also an act, pafled in the first year of the reign of r Gul. et Mar. their late majefties King William and Queen Mary, intituled, An act for the encouraging the exportation of corn; and alfo an act, passed in the fifth year of the reign of his late majefty King George the 5 Geo.2.c.12. Second, intituled, An act for amending and making more effectual an act, made in the first year of the reign of King James the Second, intituled, "An additional act for the improvement of tillage; " and alfo an act, pafled in the tenth year of the reign of his prefent Ma10Geo.3.c.39. jefty, intituled, An act for registering the prices at which corn is fold in the feveral counties of Great Britain, and the quantity exported and imported; and alfo an act, pafled in the thirteenth year of the reign 13Geo.3.c.43. of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An act to regulate the importation and exportation of corn; and alfo an act, paffed in the twenty-first 21Geo.3.c.50. year of the reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An act for further regulating and afcertaining the importation and exportation of corn and grain, within feveral ports and places therein mentioned; and alfo an act, paffed in the twenty-ninth year of the reign of his pre3. fent Majefty, intituled, An act for better regulating and afcertaining the importation and exportation of corn and grain; and alfo for better regulating the exportation of starch, and the importation of rape feed, fhall be, and the fame are hereby repealed; and that all and every provifion in any other act contained for regulating the importa tion from foreign parts, of wheat, rye, barley, peas, beans, oats, beer or bigg, Indian corn or maife, whether ground or unground, and of malt, bread, or bifcuit, made of any of the faid forts of corn, and for the payment of the duty thereon, and also all and every provifion in any other act contained, for regulating the exportation of any of the faid forts of corn or other articles as aforefaid, and for payment of the bounty thereon, except fo far as the fame relate to the making of malt for exportation, or to the exportation thereof, fhall be, and the fame are hereby repealed.

and 29 Geo. c. 58. to be repealed,

as alfo every provifion in

any other act for regulating the importa

tion and exportation of wheat, &c.

except fuch as relate to the making of malt for ex

portation, and the exporta tion thereof.

II. And whereas it will be for the benefit of the people of this kingdom, that the circulation and trade of corn within the realm fhould be So much of free from all improper reftraint; be it further enacted, That so much 15 Car. 2. c. 7. of an act, paffed in the fifteenth year of the reign of his late maas prohibits jefty King Charles the Second, intituled, An act for the encouragethe buying of ment of trade, as prohibits the buying of corn to fell again, and the corn to fell laying it up in granaries, when the feveral forts of corn are above certain prices therein mentioned, fhall be, and the fame is hereby repealed; and that it fhall from henceforth be lawful to buy the feveral forts of corn to fell again, and to lay it up in granaries, whatever the price thereof may be.

again, and the laying it up in granaries, repealed.

From Nov.15, 1791, whenever middling British wheat, &c. fhall be

under the

III. And, for the encouragement of tillage within the realm, be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That, from and after the fifteenth day of November one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, whenever the prices of middling British wheat, rye, barley, bigg, beer, or oats, fhall refpectively appear, according to the methods directed by this act for afcertaining the prices of corn,