584 C. 28, Anno duodecimo Georgii Regis. A. D. 1725'; 1 Ceo. 1. Stat. "' the firft Year of your Majefty's Reign it is; amongft other Things, enacted, That fuch the like Rates, a. c, 44. ' Duties and Impofitions, as by the Act pafleU in the Parliament of Scotland upon the fifteenth Day of June ' one thoufand fix hundred and ninety-three, were granted, and which were continued by another Act of ' the Parliament held in Scotland upon the one and twentieth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred ' and five, upon each Scots Pint of Ale and Beer, to be either brewed or brought in, vended, tapped and ' fold within the faid City, Liberties and Suburbs thereof (excepting Ale and Beer that fhould be brewed and ' vended in the Gorballs, or any other Lands within the faid Cities or Privileges, that are taxed to the Publick ' within the Shire) {hall be further continued, and be paid and payable to the Magiftrates and Town-Council ' of the faid City of Glafgow, and their SuccefTors in Office, for their Ufe and Behoof, and that from and
- after the Expiration of the Term of Years, contained in the faid Acl: palled in the Parliament of Scotland
' upon the one and twentieth Day of September _ one thoufand feven hundred and five, until the firft Day of
- November one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-eight : And whereas Daniel Campbell, Efq; a Member of
' the Houfe of Commons of Great Britain, fuftained great LolPes and Damages in a late Riot at Glafgoiv, on ' Account of the Concern he had, or was fuppofed to have had,. in promoting the Act: for laying a Duty ' upon Malt for the Year one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-five; and it being juft and reafonable that 4 the faid Damages and Loffes fhould be made good and repaired to the faid Daniel 'Campbell,' We your Ma- jefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of Great Britai?i in Parliament affembled, do moft humbly befeech your Majefty that it may be enacted, isfc. " After 24 June 1726, the Impofition of two Pennies Scots on Beer brewed in Glafgow no longer payable " to that City : But vefted in his Majefty. To be under the Management of the Commiffioners of Excife. " On Payment of 6080 /. Glafgoiu difcharged. Daniel Campbell to be paid out of the Revenues. CAP. XXVIII. An Aft for the Improvement of his Majefty's Revenues of Cuftoms, Excife and Inland Duties. 5 Geo. i.e. 11. ' "F 7 HERE AS in and by an A£t made and palled in the fifth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, 12 Car. 2.C.4. ' y v feveral Penalties were infl.i6t.ed on Officers of the Revenue, and others concerned in making collu- 13 & 14 Cflr.^2. c £ ve g e; zures f foreign Goods, and for giving Rewards to Perfons difcovering the fame; notwithstanding a/c'6. a »£ ' which fuch Practices are ftill carried on, to the Diminution of his Majefty's Revenues and the Detriment &'M.'jtat.2. ' of the fair Traders:' For the better preventing whereof, with refpecT: to Tea, Coffee, foreign Brandy, <-. 4. Rum or other foreign excifeable Liquors, Be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with 4 & 5 w - & M - the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament 6H^&M c 1 a'ferobled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from and after the twenty-fourth Day of June in the 6 £f 1 W.'. ' Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-fix, it fhall and may be lawful to and for the c- 7. refpedtive Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, Excife and Inland Duties, to caufe all fuch Goods which fhall After 24 June be feized by any Officers of the Cuftoms or Excife, and Inland Duties or others, for unlawful Importation, r z6 J ,or * c ' ted or for Non-payment of Duties, or for any other Caufe of Forfeiture, to be proceeded againft according ceeded a?ainft' by to the feveral Laws now in Force concerning the fame; and the faid refpective Commiffioners may caufe the Laws in all fuch Tea and Coffee, which fhall be feized within the Limits of the City of London or Edinburgh, and Force. condemned, to be publickly fold there refpeflively; and for fuch Tea and Coffee as fhall be feized in any Tea, Coffee ami other Ports or Places within this Kingdom; the faid Commiffioners may caufe the fame, after Condemna- foreign Brandy tion, to be brought to and publickly fold in the faid Cities of London or Edinburgh refpeevtively; and for all how to be fold, fuch foreign Brandy, Rum or other foreign excifeable Liquors, which fhall be feized for Nonpayment of Duty, or for being prohibited to be imported, the faid refpedtive Commiffioners fhall, after Condemnation, caufe the fame to be publickly fold to the belt Bidder, at fuch Places as the faid Commiffioners fhall think proper; any Law, Cuftom or Ufage to the contrary in any wife notwkhftanding. Officers to have H. And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Officer of the Cuftoms or Excife, one third on hng an( ] I n ] anc ] Duties, or other Perfon making fuch Seizure, fhall, for his Encouragement, be allowed by the torn the a e. ,—j re jp e( cj : j ve Commiffioners, one third Part of the full Sum ariling from the publick Sale of all fuch Tea, Coffee, foreign Brandy, Rum or other excifeable Liquors, free from all Charges of Condemnation and Sale. Tea not worth III. Provided always, and be it further ena£ted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid refpective Com- 5 s. per lb. 10 be miffioners, if they fhall think fit, may caufe fuch Tea, as cannot be fold at a publick Sale for five Shillings bul " t- the Pound Weight, to be burnt or otherwife deftroyed, and the Officer or other Perfon making the Seizure, to be rewarded in fuch Manner as the faid Commiffioners fhall think proper, fuch Reward not exceeding one Shilling and fix Pence for each Pound Weight of fuch Tea. Remainder of IV. And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms fhall the Produce of caufe the remaining Part of the Produce of fuch Sales, after paying the Reward to the Officer, and the Cuftoms to be Charges of Condemnation and Sale for fuch Seizures as are made by any Officer of the Cuftoms, to be paid paid into the; nto t | le Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer, in Lieu of his Majefty's Moiety, as now prattifed; any Law, Exchequer. Cuftom or Ufage to the contrary notwithstanding. Remainder of V. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Commiffioners of Excife or Inland Duties, Excife, &c. to fh a ll caufe the remaining Part of the Produce of fuch Sales, after paying the Reward to the Officer, and the b- paid as now Charges of Condemnation, and other necefiary Charges, for fuch Seizures as are made by any Officer of Excife, and Inland Duties, to be paid as now pra£tifed, in Lieu of the King's Moiety; any Law, Cuftom or Ufage to the contrary notwkhftanding. No Cuftom Of- VI. And the better to prevent any Imbezilment of fuch Goods after Seizure, Be it ena<5ted by the Au- fi^er entitled to thority aforefaid, That no Officer of the Cuftoms, or other Perfon, fhall be entitled to any Reward given iuch Reward nn
