When ftarch

officer fuch account, in writing, diftinguishing therein as aforefaid; or if, after fuch account given in as aforefaid, any officer of excife shall discover, in any place whatsoever, entered or not entered, any increase in the number of pieces, or a greater number of the large or midling pieces than were particularly specified in fuch writing, then, and in every fuch cafe, every fuch maker and makers of ftarch fhall, for each offence, forfeit and lose the sum of two hundred pounds.

XIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, is put into the That, from and after the faid fifth day of July, one thousand ftove for dry- feven hundred and feventy-nine, whenever any maker or ing, the pieces makers of starch fhall put their ftarch when scraped, or when that the offi- put into the papers, into the ftove or ftoves for drying the lame, every fuch maker of ftarch fhall place, or caufe to be placed, the feveral pieces of ftarch fo put into fuch stove or ftoves, in fuch manner as that the officers of excife may have access to, and be able to count diftinctly the number of the feveral pieces of starch so put into fuch ftove or stoves.

cers may be able to count

them.

Starchmakers to provide ladders, and affift the off

cers in taking

account of

the pieces of ftarch;

and to do nothing to obftruct them therein;

XV. And, that fuch officers of excife may, without inconvenience or hurt, be able to count the faid pieces in fuch stove or ftoves, it is hereby enacted, That, from and after the faid fifth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and feventy-nine, every maker of ftarch fhall provide proper ladders, and fhall affift the faid officers in taking an account of the said several pieces of ftarch in fuch ftove or ftoves; and that no maker or makers of ftarch fhall, by himself, or by any other perfon, during the space of two hours after such officer (hall have entered the flove of any fuch ftarch-maker, for the purpose of counting the number of pieces of ftarch then in fuch ftove, ftir or break up the fire under the faid ftove, nor fhall, during the said space of two hours, whilft fuch officer remains in fuch stove, throw, or cause to be thrown, upon the pan of fuch ftove, any dirt, meal, or other ingredient, whereby a fmoak may be raised, or the officer hindered or obstructed in counting on forfeiture the pieces of ftarch in the faid ftove and if any fuch maker or

of 2001.

Starchmaker

makers of starch fhall not fo place the feveral pieces of starch in their respective ftove or ftoves as aforefaid, as that the officers of excise may diftinctly count the fame; or if such maker or makers of starch fhall not provide proper ladders, or fhall not affift the said officers in taking the account as aforefaid; or shall by stirring up the fire, or by any means whatsoever, hinder or obftruct the officers of excife from going into, and continuing in the faid stove or ftoves, during the fpace of two hours, as aforesaid, or until fuch officer shall have taken the account of all the faid pieces, if the fame fhall be done within the faid space. of two hours; then, and in every fuch cafe, the perfon offending therein fhall, for every fuch offence, forfeit and lose the fum of two hundred pounds.

XVI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, to give proper That, from and after the faid fifth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, when any maker or makers

notice to offi.

cer before he

of

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of starch shall be defirous to break down any piece or pieces of break down
ftarch into fcrapings, or otherwife, he, the, or they, fhall give any pieces of
to the officer of excife of the divifion or district where his, her, Itarch into
fcrapings;
or their ftarch-house is fituate, twelve hours notice, if fuch
ftarch-house fhall be fituate within the limits of the chief office
of excife in Londen; or if such starch-houfe thall be in any other
part of Great Britain, twenty-four hours notice of the particu-
lar time and hour when and at which he, he, or they intend
to break down fuch pieces of ftarch into fcrapings, or otherwise
and in cafe fuch maker or makers of starch fhall not begin and
proceed to break down fuch pieces of ftarch as aforefaid, at the
time and hour mentioned in fuch notice, or within two hours
next after, then every fuch notice fhall be, and is hereby de-
clared to be, void; and every such maker and makers of starch
fhall be, and is and are hereby obliged to give a fresh and like
notice in manner aforefaid: and in cafe any fuck maker or on forfeiture
makers of starch fhall neglect to give fuch firft notice, before of 100%.
he, the, or they, begin to break down fuch pieces of starch,
or to infert in fuch notice the particulars herein-before required,
or to give a fresh notice in manner aforefaid, every fuch maker
of ftarch fhall, in every fuch case, for every fuch offence, for-
feit and lofe the fum of one hundred pounds.

ftarch of

XVII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, If officer shall
That, from and after the faid fifth day of July, one thousand find, drying
feven hundred and feventy-nine, if any officer for the duties on
in the stove,
ftarch shall discover and find, in the stove or stoves of any maker any piece of
of starch, any piece or pieces of starch drying in fuch ftove or which no ac-
ftoves, of which no account had been before taken in the box count had
or boxes, by the officer for the duties on ftarch, then, and in been taken in
every such case, each and every such piece and pieces of ftarch the box, the
thall be deemed, and is and are hereby declared to be, ftarch forfeit 100%.
of which no account had been taken by the officer for the said
duties upon ftarch; and the maker or makers of such starch,
in whose stove fuch piece or pieces thall be fo difcovered and
found, thall forfeit and lofe, for every fuch offence, the fum of
one hundred pounds.

maker shall

ftarch-waters

XVIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, Starchmaker
That, from and after the fifth day of July, one thousand feven mixing the
hundred and feventy-nine, if any maker of ftarch fhall, at any of different
time whilft his ftarch is in operation, and under water, mix, makings,
or caufe to be mixed, any of the ftarch-waters of one making while his ftarch
with thofe of another making, every such maker of starch fhall is under water,
fhall forfeit
forfeit and lofe, for every fuch offence, the sum of one hundred
100l. except
pounds, except fuch mixing be made in the prefence of an it be done in
officer for the duties on ftarch.

prefence of an

removing any

XIX. And whereas fraudulent ftarch-makers have, in many in- officer.
ftances, been rather encouraged in carrying on their frauds, by reajon Starchmaker
of the fmallness of the penalties already provided in thefe cafes; now, ftarch, after
for the more effectual preventing the like frauds, be it further en- it is dried, out
acted by the authority aforefaid, That if, after the faid fifth day of of his ftove,
July, one thousand feven hundred and feventy-nine, any maker &c. before
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weighing, and

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of

an account

thereof taken of ftarch fhall remove, or caufe to be removed, any quantity by officers, whatsoever of ftarch, after the fame fhall be dried, out of his, shall forfeit her, or their stove or stoves, or out of any other place or places, 2001.: made use of by them for the drying of starch, before the fame has been weighed, and an account taken thereof, by the proper officer appointed for that purpose, he, she, or they, fhall refpectively forfeit and lofe, for every fuch offence, the fum of two hundred pounds; any law, cuftom, or ufage, to the contrary notwithstanding.

and concealing starch, with intent to

defraud his

Majesty, fhall

forfeit 100%.

Starchmaker obftructing officer in performing his duty, to forfeit 50%.

Penalties and forfeitures

how to be recovered and applied.

XX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That, from and after the faid fifth day of July, one thoufand feven hundred and feventy-nine, if any maker of starch fhall fraudulently hide or conceal, or fhall caufe or fuffer to be hid or concealed, any ftarch, to the intent to deceive his Majefty of the juft duties chargeable on the fame, that then, and in every fuch case, the party fo offending.fhall forfeit and lose the fum of one hundred pounds; any law, cuftom, or ufage, notwithftanding.

XXI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That, from and after the faid fifth day of July one thoufand feven hundred and feventy-nine, if any maker of ftarch shall obstruct or hinder any of the officers for the duties upon ftarch, in the execution of any of the powers and authorities given to him or them by this or any other act, for the afcertaining and fecuring the duties upon ftarch, the perfon or perfons offending therein fhall, for every fuch offence, forfeit and lose the sum of fifty pounds.

XXII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That all fines, penalties, and forfeitures, impofed by this act, fhall be fued for, recovered, levied, or mitigated, by fuch ways, means, and methods, as any fine, penalty, or forfeiture, is or may be fued for, recovered or mitigated, by any law or laws of excife; or by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, in any of his Majesty's courts of record at Westminster, or in the court of exchequer in Scotland, refpectively; and that one moiety of every such fine, penalty, or forfeiture, fhall be to his Majesty, his heirs and fucceffors, and the other moiety to him or them who fhall discover, inform, or fue for the fame.

XXIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That if any perfon or perfons fhall, at any time or times, be fued, molefted, or profecuted, for any thing by him or them done in pursuance or by colour of this act, or of any matter or General issue. thing in this act contained, fuch perfon and perfons fhall and may plead the general iffue, and give this act, and the fpecial matter, in evidence in his or their defence; and if afterwards a verdict shall pass for the defendant or defendants, or the plaintiff or plaintiffs fhall become nonfuited, or discontinue his, her, or their action or profecution, or judgement fhall be given against him, her, or them, upon demurrer or otherwife, than fuch defendants hall have treble costs awarded to him or them against fuch plaintiff or plaintiffs.

Treble cofts.

CAP.

An act for granting a drawback of the duties, impofed by an act of
the last feffion of parliament, upon all foreign wines exported from
Great Britain to any British colony or plantation in America, or
to any British Settlement in the East Indies.

W

HEREAS, by an að of parliament, made in the eighteenth Preamble. year of his Majesty's reign, (intituled, An act for granting to Recital of an his Majesty several additional duties upon wines and vinegar act 18 Geo.3. imported into this kingdom,) it was, amongst other things, provided and enacted, That, uten the exportation of any fort of wines (except French wines) from this kingdom to any British colony or plantation in America as merchandize, the exporter should be paid and allowed a drawback of all the before-mentioned duties paid upon the importation of fuch wine by virtue of the said recited act, except the fum of three pounds, thirteen fhillings, and fixpence per ton: And whereas, in order to promote and encourage the exportation of wines from this kingdom to the British colonies or plantations in America, and to the British Settlements in the East Indies, it is expedient to allow the drawback of all the duties granted by the faid recited act upon the exportation of all foreign wines fo exported to thofe places; 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 present parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame, That, from and after the twenty-fourth day A drawback of April, one thousand seven hundred and feventy-nine, upon of all the duthe exportation of any French wine, or any other foreign wines, ties laid, by from this kingdom, to any British colony or plantation in Ame- the faid act, on the imporrica, or to any British fettlement in the East Indies, as merchan- tation of fodize, the exporter fhall be paid and allowed a drawback of all the reign wines duties before-mentioned, which were paid upon the importation fhall be allowof fuch wine by virtue of the faid herein-before recited act of ed on the exparliament, made in the eighteenth year of his Majefty's reign; thereof to portation any thing in the faid act to the contrary notwithstanding: which America, or drawback or allowance shall be made in fuch manner, and un- the Eaft Indies. der fuch rules, regulations, fecurities, penalties, and forfeitures, in all respects, as any former drawback or allowance, payable out of the duties of cuftoms upon the exportation of fuch wine, was, could, or might be made, before the paffing of this act.

CA P. XLII.

An act to enable the trustees for putting in execution an act of the ninth
year of the reign of his prefent Majefty, for building a bridge at Wor-
celler over the river Severn, and for opening convenient avenues to the
faid bridge, to finish and complete the faid bridge, and to carry the
purposes of the faid act into execution.

CA P. XLIII.
САР.

An act for the more eafy and speedy recovery of fmall debts within the
foake of Horncastle, and wapentakes of Wraggoe and Gartree (except
the parish of Great Sturton,) and within the wapentakes of Louth,
Eske, Ludborough, and Calceworth, and the parishes of Wrangle,
Leake, Leverton, Benington, Butterwick, Freifton, and Fishtoft, in the
hundred of Skirbeck, in the county of Lincoln,

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CAP.

Preamble; reciting the toleration

I

Mar.

An att for the further relief of proteftant diffenting minifters and
Schoolmasters.

W

HEREAS, by an act made in the first year of the reign of king William and queen Mary, (intituled, An act for exact 1 Gul. & empting their Majefties proteftant fubjects, diffenting from the church of England, from the penalties of certain laws,) perfons diffenting from the church of England, inoly orders, or pretended holy orders, or pretending to holy orders, and reachers or teachers of any congregation of diffenting proteftants, are required, in order to be entitled to certain exemptions, benefits, privileges, and advantages, to declare their approbation of, and to fubfcribe, the articles of religion mentioned in the ftatute made in the thirteenth year of the reign of Queen Elifabeth, (except as in the faid act, made in the first year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary, is excepted:) and whereas many fuch perfons fcruple to declare their approbation of, and to fubfcribe, the faid articles not excepted as aforefaid: for giving eafe to fuch fcrupulous perfons in the exercife of religion, may it please your Majefty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's most excellent majesty, 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 every perfon diffenting from the church of England, in holy orders, or pretended holy orders, or pretending to holy orders, being a preacher or teacher of any congregation of diffenting proteftants, who, if he fcruple to declare and fubfcribe as aforefaid, fhall take the oaths, and make and subscribe the declaration against popery, required by the said act, in the first against popery year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary, to be taken, made, and subscribed by proteftant diffenting ministers, and fhall alfo make and fubfcribe a declaration in the words following; videlicet,

Protestant

diffenting minifters, who fhall take the

paths and fubferibe the de

claration

required by the faid act, and fhall alfo make and fub

fcribe the following declavation,

IA. B. do folemnly declare, in the prefence of almighty God, that I am a chriftian and a proteftant, and as fuch, that I believe that the fcriptures of the old and new teftament, as commonly received among proteftant churches, do contain the revealed will of God; and that I do receive the fame as the rule of my doctrine and practice.

fhall be intit- fhall be, and every fuch perfon is hereby declared to be, entitled led to all the to all the exemptions, benefits, privileges, and advantages, privileges granted by the granted to proteftant diffenting minifters by the faid act, made toleration act, in the first year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary; and by an act and by an act, made in the tenth year of the reign of Queen 10 Ann. for Anne, (intituled, An act for preferving the proteftant religion, by confirming the better fecuring the church of England, as by law established; and for fame, &c. confirming the toleration granted to proteftant diffenters by an act, intituled, An act for exempting their Majefties proteftant fubjects,

dif