268 C. 34' Anno quinto Ann^ Reginse. A. D. 1706. ji & 12 w. 3. III. And be it further enafled by the Authority aforefaid. That an Aft made in the eleventh and twelfth c, 7. for fuppief- Years of King William, intituled, An ASlfor the jnore eff'eSiualfuppreJing of Piracy, which was to be in firgPi.acy, con- force for feven Years, and from thence to the End of the next Seffion of Parliament, fliall be and remain •Made perpetual '" ^"'^ Force for the Space of feven Years, and from thence to the End of the naxt Seflions of Parliament. tinued. « Mad< 6 Ceo. I.e. 19. Amended i8 Geo. 2. c. 30 Full Cofts on IV. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That upon Recovery of any Penalty or For- Recovery of Pe- feiture impofed or given in and by this prefent Ad, full Cofts fhall be allowed the Plaintiff. _ r . . ' . .-.,J.. 1 . 1 , 1 . . 11 I' J . . ' . I 1 1 I- . 1 . i .1 I „ Anno Regni A N N iE Reginae fexto.
- In the Record ' T the Parliament begun and holden iX Wejlmtnfter the twenty-third Day of 0J?i7^^r- ^raj Daw.
is added. And by ' £^ ^707, in the fixth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady ANNE, by the Grace of God, of Adj u.„nieiits c Q^^^^ Britain, France, and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, i^c.'* continued till ' ' 3 ^^^ J 3 the firft Day of April In the feventh Year of her Maiefty's Reign." C A P. I. ^P- An Aft for granting an Aid to her Majefly, to be raifed by a Land Tax in. Great Britain, for the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and eight. CAP. II. An A£t for repealing and declaring the Determination of two Afts pafTed in the Parliament of Scotland ; the one intituled, A£i for the Security of the Kingdom ; the other, ASi anent Peace and War. ' L ^T7 HE REAS by the Third Aft of the fecond Seffion of the laft Parliament held in Scotland, in-
- VV tituled, Asi for the Security of the Kingdom, divers Provifions were made for fuch Purpofes, and
- in fuch Manner as is therein contained ; and whereas in the firft Seffion of that Parliament one other
- Aft pafled, intituled, A£i anent Peace and War; which faid laft mentioned Aft, and alfo the firft herein
' before mentioned Aft, or the greateft Part thereof, are inconfiftent with the Terms of the Articles of
- Union, and upon the Union became void :' To the end therefore that no Doubt may remain touching
the Continuance of the faid Afts, or either of them, or any Part thereof; may it pleafe your moft Excel- lent Majefty that it may be declared and enafted ; and be it declared and enafted by the Queen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Corn- Two Scotch mens, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That the herein before Afts repealed, mentioned Afts, and each of them, and every Part thereof, fliall from henceforth be adjudged, deemed, ^nd taken to ftand and be abfolutely repealed, and to ceafe and become void. CAP. III. An A(5t for better fecuring the Duties of Eafi India Goods. g&ioW. 3. ' L'^TTHEREAS by an Aft of Parliament made in the ninth Year of the Reign of his late Ma- «• 44- ' YV jefty King William the Third, of glorious Memory, intituled. An Act for raifmg a Sum not ' exceeding two Millions, upon a Fund for Payment of Annuities, after the Rate of eight Pounds per Centum ' per Annum, and for fettli7ig the Trade to the Eaft Indies ; it was enafted. That no Company or particu- ' lar Perfon or Perfons who fhould have a Right, in purfuance of the faid Aft, to trade to the Eajl Indies, ' or other the Parts within the Limits of the faid Aft mentioned, fhould be allowed to trade thither, until ' fufficient Security was firft given (which the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms in England, or any three or
- more of them for the Time being, were thereby authorized and required to take, in the Name and to
' the Ufe of his faid late Majefty, his Heirs and Succeflbrs) That fuch Company or particular Perfons
- fhould caufe all the Goods, Wares, Merchandizes, and Commodities, which at any Time or Times
' afterwards, during the Continuance of the faid Aft, fhould be laden by or for them, or any of them,
- or for their or any of their Accounts, in any Ship or Ships whatfoever bound from the Eajl Indies, or
- • Parts within the Limits mentioned in the faid Aft, fhould be brought (without breaking Bulk) to fome
' Vort oi England or Wales, and there be unladen and put on Land (the Danger of the Seas, Enemies, ' Pirates, Reftraints of Princes and Rulers, and Barratry of Seamen excepted :) And whereas the faid Aft, ' and the Security to be given in purfuance thereof, have been by Experience found not to be fufficient to '■ hinder and prevent the unlading or putting on Shore in divers Places and Countries other than the King-
dom oi England o^ Tioraimon.oi Wales, great Quantities of Goods brought from the Eaft Indies, or fome
- Port or Places within the Limits mentioned in the faid recited Aft, to the great Lofs of her Majefty's
' Cuftoms, and the Trade and Navigation of this Kingdom in general : And whereas fome Difficulties ' have arifen touching the Acceptance of the Security direfted by the faid Aft ;' Beit enafted by the •Queen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem- poral, and. Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That the Security
