No fee for ex XVIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, amining, &c. That no fee, gratuity or reward fhall be demanded, taken or received by any officers of the customs for the examining, viewing or delivering fuch pitch, tar or other naval ftores, with refpect to the premium or reward allowed by the acts afore-mentioned, or for the making or figning a certificate in order to Penalty on of the receiving fuch premium or reward, under the penalty of the lofs of his office; and fuch officer shall be also incapable of ferving his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors, and fhall forfeit the fum of one hundred pounds to fuch perfon or perfons as will inform and fue for the fame, by action of debt or of the cafe, bill, fuit or information in any of his Majesty's courts of record at Westminster, wherein no effoin, protection, wager of law or more than one imparlance fhall be granted or allowed. ficer. A&t 22 & 23 Car. 2. c. 26. to have coning fuch time tinuance dur as the act of tonnage and C. 13. XIX. And whereas an act made in the twenty-fecond year of the reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, An act to prevent the planting of tobacco in England, and regulating the plantationtrade, was by feveral fubfequent acts continued, and by an act made in the eleventh year of the reign of King William the Third, was to have continuance for the space of feven years from the twenty ninth day of September one thousand feven hundred, and from thence to the end of the then next feffion of parliament, which act has been by experience found beneficial to the trade of this kingdom and the dominions and plantations thereto belonging: but fome doubt bath arisen, whether the fame bath bad continuance by the acts for continuing the acts of tonnage and poundage: for obviating which doubt, be it hereby declared and enacted by the authority aforefaid, That the faid act of the twenty fecond year of the reign of King Charles the Second, and every clause therein contained, hath and shall have continuance for and during such time as the act of tonnage and 22 Car.2. c.4. poundage, made in the twelfth year of the reign of the said King Charles the Second, is continued and no longer. XX. And whereas the governor and company of merchants of Great Britain trading to the South-Seas and other parts of America and for encouraging the fishery did provide and ship on board their annual hip, The Royal George, John Davifon, commander, for the Spanith West-Indies, a valuable cargo of goods pursuant to the affiento treaty and the late convention between their Britannick and Catholick Majefties; which ship could not proceed on her intended voyage by reafon of the King of Spain's fufpending her departure and not granting the neceflary difpatches: and whereas the faid governor and company (in order to make the faid cargo affortable) were obliged to import and buy feveral goods from foreign parts, the customs and duties payable thereon at importation being paid; which foreign goods were entred and shipped out at the custom-house on board their faid ship in time, by which they are entitled to a drawback payable out of his Majesty's customs, on the exportation of the faid goods; but the faid fhip be ing bindred from proceeding on her intended voyage as aforefaid, and it being abfolutely neceffary, for the prefervation of the faid ship and cargo, that all the goods now on board should be relanded: be it enacted by the authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be law ful to and for the faid governor and company of merchants of Great Britain trading to the South-Seas and other parts of Ameri- South fea ta, and for encouraging the fishery, to reland or caufe to be re- company may reland and put landed, in the prefence of the proper officer or officers of the cu- into warehouftoms, the faid foreign goods fo fhipped as aforefaid; and fuch fes the foreign goods fo relanded are to be put into a proper warehoufe or ware- goods in the houfes (to be provided by and at the charge of the faid compa- Royal George, ny) and there kept under the King's and the company's locks, the company or their fervants or agents having free access to the faid warehouse or warehouses at all reasonable times; and the faid officers are hereby directed to give their attendance at fuch times, when required; and for fecuring to the faid gover- and on reshipnor and company the benefit of the drawback on the faid foreign ping entitled goods, notwithstanding their relanding the fame, the proper of- to a drawback. ficers of his Majefty's customs are hereby directed and impowered (on the faid governor and company's refhipping and exporting the faid foreign goods on the fame or any other ship or Thips) to make out a debenture or debentures for allowing and paying to the faid governor and company the fame drawback they would have been entitled unto, in cafe their faid fhip, The Royal George, had proceeded on her faid intended voyage and the faid foreign goods had not been relanded; any law, cuftom or ufage to the contrary in any wife notwithstanding. XXI. And whereas by an act of parliament made in the tenth year Recital of of the reign of his late majesty King William the Third, intituled, 10 & 11 W. j An act to prevent the exportation of wool out of the kingdoms c. 10. of Ireland and England into foreign parts, and for the encouragement of the woollen manufactures in the kingdom of England, it was enacted, That no perfon or perfons whatsoever, from and after the four and twentieth day of June in the year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred ninety nine, fhould directly or indirectly export, tranfport, foip off, carry or convey, or caufe or procure to be exported, tranfported, hipped off, carried or conveyed out of or from the faid kingdom of Ireland into any foreign realm, flates or dominions, or into any parts or places whatsoever, other than the parts within the kingdom of England or the dominion of Wales, any the wool, wool-fells, fhortlings, mortlings, wool-flocks, worsted, bay or woollen yarn, cloth, ferge, bays, kerfeys, Jays, frizes, druggets, clothferges, fhalloons, or any other drapery fluffs or woollen manufactures whatfoever, made up or mixt with wool or wool-flocks, or should directly or indirectly load or caufe to be loaden upon any horfe, cart or other carriage, or load or lay on board or caufe to be laden or laid on board in any fhip or vessel in any place or part within or belonging to the faid kingdom of Ireland, any fuch wool or other the matters aforefaid, to the intent or purpose to export, transport, ship off, carry or convey the fame, or caufe the fame to be exported, tranfported, hipped off, carried or conveyed out of the faid kingdom of Ireland, or out of any port or place belonging to the fame, or with intent or purpofe that any perfon or perfons whatsoever should fo export, tranf port, fhip off, carry or convey the fame out of the faid kingdom of Ireland into any ports or places (except as aforefaid) upon pain of for "forfeiting the faid wool and other matters aforefaid fo exported, tranfported, fhipped off or carried, conveyed or loaden contrary to the true intent and meaning of that act, and under other the penalties therein mentioned: and whereas it is further enacted by the faid act, That it should and might be lawful to and for any person or perfons to feize, take, fecure and convey to his Majesty's next warehoufe all fuch wool and other the matters aforefaid, as he or they Should happen to fee, find, know or difcover to be laid on board in any fhip, veffel or boat, or to be brought, carried or laid on fhore at or near the fea or any navigable river or water, to the intent or purpofe to be exported or conveyed out of the faid kingdom of Ireland contrary to the true meaning of that act; and that such person or perfons who fhould happen so to seize, take or fecure any of the commodities aforefaid, fhould be indemnified for fo doing to all intents and purposes: but it is not provided by the faid att, That the said wool and other the commodities aforefaid, which should be brought, carried or laid on fhore at or near the fea or any navigable river or water, to the intent or purpose to be exported or conveyed out of the faid kingdom of Ireland contrary to the meaning of that all, should be forfeited for remedy whereof, be it enacted by the authority aAfter 24 June forefaid, That from and after the four and twentieth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and nineteen all fuch wool and other the commodities aforefaid, which fhall be brought, carried or laid on fhore at or near the fea or any navigable river or water, to the intent or purpose to be exported or conveyed out of the faid kingdom of Ireland contrary to the true meaning of that act, fhall be forfeited, and the offender and offenders therein shall be subject and liable to the like forfeitures, pains and penalties, as perfons by that act are fubject unto for exporting, transporting or shipping of wool or other the commodities aforefaid, contrary to the true intent and meaning of that act; and that fuch forfeitures, pains and penalties fhall be recovered and diftributed as other the pains, penalnalties and forfeitures in that act are by any law now in force to be recovered and distributed. 1719, wool laid on fhore near the fea to be conveyed out of Ireland into foreign parts, forfeited. ¡Geo. 1. ftat.2. Bi 45. XXII. And whereas an act paffed in the first year of the reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An act to prevent the mischiefs by manufacturing leaves or other things to resemble tobacco, and the abuses in making and mixing of fnuff; and whereas the provifions made by the faid act, fo far as relates to fnuff, have proved ineffectual by reafon of fome doubts which have arifen, whether the powers granted by the faid act to prevent the mischiefs by manufac turing leaves or other things to resemble tobacco can be extended to fuch perfons which shall commit abufes in making and mixing of snuff: be it therefore enacted by the authority aforefaid, That the faid All theclaufes recited act made in the first year of the reign of his present Majesty, and all the clauses, rules, directions, powers, matters and Iiting to fnuff, things therein contained, fhall extend and be in full force against to extend to any perfon or perfons who fhall, after the five and twentieth day okers, umber of March one thousand seven hundred and nineteen, make, mix or other co- or colour, or fhall caufe to be made, mixed or coloured, any In the act 1 Geo. 1. re fort mixt with fort of fnuff with any fort of oakers, umber or any other kind of louring, fucolouring (except water tinged with Venetian red only) or fhall tick, &c. mix or cause to be mixed with any fort of fnuff, fuftick or yel- fnuff. low ebony, touchwood or any other fort of wood, or any dirt, fand or fmall tobacco fifted from tobacco, commonly called or known by the name of tobacco-duft, as if the faid recited act, and all the claufes, rules, directions, matters and things therein contained, had been re-enacted in the body of this present act against the offender or offenders in making, mixing and colouring of fnuff as aforefaid; any law, ftatute, matter or thing to the contrary notwithstanding. Roasters of XXIII. And whereas divers evil-difpofed perfons have at the time, or foon after the roasting of coffee, made ufe of water, greafe, but ter, or fuch like materials, whereby the fame is rendred unwholfome, and grealy increased in weight, to the prejudice of his Majesty's revenue, the health of his fubjects, and to the lofs of all honest and fair dealers in that commodity: for the prevention whereof, be it enacted by the authority aforefaid, That from and after the five and twentieth day of March one thousand seven hundred and nineteen, if any perfon or perfons whatsoever fhall, at the roaft- coffee making ing of any coffee, or before or at any time afterwards, make use of use of water, water, greafe, butter, or any other material whatsoever, which greafe, butter, will increase the weight, or damnify and prejudice the faid coffee &c. to forfeit in its goodness, he, the or they fhall forfeit the fum of twenty pounds for every fuch offence; and if any trader or dealer in The fame pecoffee fhall knowingly buy or fell any fuch coffee, he, the or nalty on tradthey fhall forfeit the fum of twenty pounds for every fuch offence, ers in coffee. one moiety whereof to his Majefty, and the other moiety to him or them who will fue for the fame. 20 1. XXIV. And whereas by reafon of the great duties which are payable on fevera! foreign goods and merchandizes, fraudulent practices and combinations may be carried on between the importers and owners of fuch goods, by themselves or their agents, and the officers of the revenue, in pursuance whereof such goods are feized, and after condemnation on payment of the King's fhare of the value at which the fame fhall be appraised (which value is very often less than the duties) fuch goods are returned to the importers and owners, or their agents, upon their giving a moderate gratification to the officer, according to the agreement made, whereby his Majefly may be greatly defrauded of his duties: for prevention whereof, be it enacted by the authority aforefaid, That if any officer of the revenue Penalty on offhall directly or indirectly make any collufive feizure of foreign ficer making goods, to the intent that the fame may escape payment of the collufive feiduties, he fhall not only forfeit the fum of five hundred pounds, zure. but be incapable of serving his Majesty in any office or employ- fions relating ment in the revenue; as alfo the importer and owner of the goods hereto 12 Ged. fo collufively feifed, fhall forfeit treble the value thereof; one 1. c.18. fect.1. moiety of which penalties and forfeitures fhall be to his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors, and the other moiety to him or them who fhall inform or fue for the fame by action of debt, bill, plaint or information in any of his Majefty's courts of record at Farther provi Officer or im porter difcovering his accomplices in two months, acquitted. Reward for Westminster, or in the court of exchequer in Scotland, wherein no effoin, protection or wager of law, or any more than one imparlance fhall be allowed. XXV. Provided nevertheless, That if the officer or importer and owner of the goods fhall difcover fuch his offence to the commiffioners of the customs in England or Scotland respectively, within two months after the fame fhall have been committed, fa as his accomplice or accomplices in fuch collufive feizure be convicted thereof, the offender fo difcovering fhall be clearly acquitted and difcharged of fuch his offence. XXVI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, any other dif- That if any perfon, other than the officer of the revenue makcovering in three months, ing fuch collufive feizure, or the importer and owner of the goods fo feized, fhall within three months after fuch feizure, difcover to the commiffioners of the cuftoms in England or Scotland refpectively, any person or perfons who shall have been guilty of fuch fraud, fo as fuch perfon or perfons be convicted thereof, the perfon fo difcovering fhall receive to his own use one half part of his Majefty's fhare of what fhall be recovered on the conviction of fuch offender or offenders. Distribution XXVII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, of forfeitures. That in all cafes, touching which no fpecial diftribution is provided by this act, one moiety of the feveral penalties and forfeitures in this act mentioned fhall be to the ufe of his Majesty, his heirs and fucceffors, and the other moiety to fuch perfon or perfons as shall fue for and profecute the fame by bill, plaint or information in any of his Majesty's courts of record at Westminfter or in the court of exchequer in Scotland, (except where it is in this act otherwife directed) wherein no effoin, protection of wager of law fhall be allowed. CAP. XII. An act for making more effectual the feveral acts paft for repairing and amending the highways of this kingdom. HEREAS divers acts of parliament have been made for the better repairing and amending the highways within this kingdom, and for the preventing carriers and waggoners from carrying exceffive burdens, which have hitherto proved wholly ineffectual, and the great roads have from time to time become more ruinous, (notwithstanding the expence travellers are put to at the feveral turnpikes) to the great decay of the trade and commerce of this realm: for remedy whereof, be it 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 from and after the After June 24, four and twentieth day of June in the year of our Lord one 1719, no wag thousand seven hundred and nineteen no waggon travelling for for hire thall hire fhall go or be drawn with more than fix horfes, either at gon travelling be drawn with length, or in pairs or fideways; and that from and after the faid more than fix four and twentieth day of June no cart travelling for hire shall go or be drawn with more than three horfes, under the pains, penal horses, nor cart with more |