A. D. 1710. Anno nono Ann.e Regln^e. C. 12. 457, for the fame) the Sum of three Pence for every Pound Weight v^vcrdi/pois, and after that Rate for a freater or lefTcr Quantity ; the faid Duty for and upon all imported Flops to be paid down in ready loney by the Importers thereof before the landing of the fame refpeftively ; and for and upon all Hops growing or to grow in Great Britain, which at any Time or Times within or during the faid Term of four Years (liall be cured and made iit for Ufe,- the Sum of one Penny for every Pound "^Veiglit Averdu- Britifli Hops i j. pois, and after that Rate for a greater or lefler Quantity ; the faid Duty fo^ and upon the faid Hops of the per Pound Growth of Great Britain, to be paid by the refpedive Owners or Poffellors thereof, from time to time. Weight, within fix Months after fuch Hops refpsftively fliall be cured, and fhall or ought to be put into Bags, as is herein after mentioned and required. II. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe any of the faid imported Hops fhall be Imported Hops landed or put on Shore out of any Ship or Vellel, before due Entry be made thereof at the Cuftom- Jfn'ie'i before houfe, in- the Port or Place where the fame fliall be imported, and before the faid Duties by this Aft ^^^J,' ^'^'th"* charged or chargeable thereupon, fhall be duly paid, or without a Warrant for the landing or delivering Value'. the fame, firil: figned by the Commiffioners', Colledlors, or other proper Officer or Oificers of the Cuftoms refpeftively, that all fuch imported Hops, of what Kind foever as fhall be fo landed and put on Shore, or taken out of any Ship or VelTel, contrary to the true Meaning hereof, or the Value of the fame, fliall be forfeited, and fhall and may be feized or recovered of the Importer or Proprietor thereof, to wit ; one Moiety of the fame to the Ufe of her Majefty, her Heirs and' Succeffors, and the other Moiety to the Ufe of fuch Perfon or Perfons as will feize, inform, or fue for the Hops fo imported and forfeited, or the Value thereof, in any of her iN^ajefly's Courts of Record at JVeJlminJicr, or in her Ma- c'ibjsQo-jLXtoi Exchequer xvi Scotland, by Adlion, Bill, Suit or Information, wherein no Effoin, Protec- tion, or Wager of Law fhall be allowed. III. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Duties upon imported Hops How thefe Da- by this Aft granted, during the Continuance thereof, fliall be afcertained, fscured, raifed, uplifted, le- <:= fliallbe le- vied, recovered, and anfwered, for the Ufes and Purpofes in this Aft exprefled, by fuch Rules, Ways, '"^" Means and Methods, and under fuch Penalties and Forfeitures, and in fuch Manner and Form, as the prefent Duties upon Hops imported, or any of them, are by any Law or Statute now in force to be afcertained, fecured, raifed, uplifted, levied, recovered, or anfwered, during the Coiitinuance thereof refiieftively. IV. And be it enafted and declared by the Authority aforefaid, That fuch of the Duties impofed by Hops imported to this Aft upon imported Hops, as fliall arife in England, JFales, and the Town of Berwick upon Tweed, beundsrtheMa- fhall be under the Management of the Commiffioners and Officers of the Cuftoms in England for the commiffionerlof -time being ; and fuch of the Duties impofed by this Aft upon imported Plops as fliall arife in Scotland, cuftoms: fhall be under the Management of the Commiffioners and Officers of the Cuftoms in Scotland for the Time being ; and that the refpeftive Receivers General of the Cuftoms in England and Scotland for the Time ieing, fliall, from time to time, pay or caufe to be paid all the Monies that they refpeftively fliall receive of the faid Duties for imported Hops (the necefl'ary Charges of raifing and accounting for the fame ex- -cepted) into the Receipt of her Majefty's Exchequer in England, diftinftly and apart from all other Branches of the publick Revenues, for the Purpofes in this Aft expreflTed, and under the like Penalties, .Forfeitures, and Difabilities, as are to be inflifted by this Aft, for diverting or mifapplying any Monies ■by this A6t appropriated or appointed for the Purpofes herein after m,entioned. V. And for the better afcertaining, charging, collefting, levying, raifing, uplifting, and fecuring the Britifli Hops to feveral Rates and Duties by this Aft fet and impofed upon all Sorts of Hops of the Growth of Great bs ""tier th= Britain, v^'hich fliall be cured, and which fhall or ought to be bagged within or during the Term afore- Commiffioners faid, according to the true Meaning of this Aft, and for preventing of Frauds concerning the fame ; Be °' ^"^ ^' it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That fuch of the fame Rates and Duties by this Aft granted, as are or fhall be chargeable upon fuch Hops of the Growth of England, Wcdes, or the Town .of Berwick upon Tvjeed, fliall be under the Management of the Commiffioners and Officers of Excife in .England for the Tim.e being; and fuch of the Duties as are impofed by this Aft on Hops of the Growth of Scotland, fliall be under the Management of the Commiffioners and Officers of Excife in Scotland for the Time being; and that all the Monies arifing by the faid Duties on Hops of the Growth of Great Britain (the neceflary Charges of raifing and accounting for the fame excepted) fhall be paid into the Receipt of her Majefty's Exchequer in England, diftinftly and apart from all other Branches of the publick Revenues, for the Purpofes in this Aft exprefled, and under the like Penalties, Forfeitures, and Difabilities as are to be inflifted by this Aft, for diverting or mifapplying any the Monies by this Aft appropriated or appointed, as is herein after mentioned. VI. And it is hereby enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every Perfon and Perfons what- Planters to gire foever, who, on or before the firft Day of Aiigujl in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred Notice to the and eleven, fliall have any Hops planted or growing within or upon any Ground whatfoever in Gr^ir/i P"'P= *''"'" •'y Britain, for Sale or not for Sale, fliall, on or before the fame firft Day of Auguft one thoufand feven ^r ^'-^^^^^ .hundred and eleven, give or fend Notice' in Writing under his, her or their Hands, at the Office of gto„nijs^ ^l' .Excife next to the Place, or to the Officer for the faid Duties of the Diftrift, where fuch Hops are or ' * , .^fliall be planted or growing, of all the Hop Grounds then in his, her or their Pofleffion, and of the Name
- or Names of the Parifh, Townftiip, or Place, Pariflies, Townfliips, or Places, wherein the fame do lie,
^and the Name or Names of the Owners, Tenants, or Occupiers thereof refpeftively; and that from .';and after the faid firft Day oi Aiiguji one thoufand feven hundred and eleven, during the Continuance of and afterwards the faid Duties upon Hops, all and every Perfon and Perfons whatfoever, who fliall plant or caufe to be yearly, planted, or fliall have growing any Hops upon any Ground whatfoever in Great Britain, for Sale or not for Sale, fliall yearly, on or before the firft Day of Auguji in every Year, give or fend like Notice of all Voi. IV. N n n the
