. D. 1718. Anno quinto Georgii Regis. C. 20. 223
' XLVIII. And whereas by an Adt made in the tenth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen 10 Ann. c. 19. Anne, for laying feveral Duties upon all Soap and Pa per made in Great Britain, and for other Purpofes ( ' cc - »7°" therein mentioned, it is provided, That Cards and Dice may be exported (free of the Stamp-Duties)^. e ^?p' Bond being entred into to her Majefty, her Heirs or Succeflbrs, with fufficient Surety or Sureties, in a Pe- fecutions upon nal Sum of double the Duties on fuch Cards or Dice, with Condition for exporting the fame into fome Bonds for ex- Part or Port beyond the Seas, within a Time to be limited in fuch Bond ; and that the fame, or any of porting Cards them fhall not be relanded in any Part of Great Britain ; and fuch Bonds are to be left in the Hands of™ li D,ce - the Commii'fioncrs for the Stamp-duties ; which Provifion was intended for encouraging the Exportation ^^'"/"V^f r " of Cards and Dice into foreign Parts, but hath been found to be a great Difcourageme-nt thereof, in re-gcvo.r. c. it. gard fuch Bonds do or may lie out againft the Parties bound therein, although the Conditions thereof n Cm. 1. c. 8. are or fhall have been performed ; and in regard fome of the Obligors in fuch Bonds have been profecuted ! - c ">' '• "• 33- thereupon feveral Years after the Dates thereof, and are or may be liable to the Penalties, although no 'i 7 " 1 z- c ~ S 2 - Fraud or Relanding be proved againft them, for that the Proof is on their Part, and the Perfons ufually Z qGb>.z'. c. z ' bound in fuch Bonds as Sureties for the Makers or Sellers of fuch Cards and Dice exported, are tholes? 13. ^oGn. who actually export the fame, and upon Account of fuch Suretyfhip cannot be legal Witneflcs for the z- c. 19. 32 , Principals in fuch Bonds, and it is im practicable to bring living Witneftes, or fuch fufficient Proof as G «- 2 - c - 35- the Law at prefent requires, from the Eaji and IVrJl Indies, and other foreign Parts to which Cards and Dice are commonly exported, to prove the Landings and Confumptions thereof in fuch foreign Parts : And whereas great Quantities of Cards and Dice exported are often con fumed in long Voyages at Sea, and there is no Provilion in the faid Ail for profecuting fuch Bonds in any limited Time, or for any 10 Ann. c, 19. Difcharge thereof, and it is reafonable to give Relief in the Premiffes :' Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That as to fuch of the faid Bonds as have been entred into at any Time or Times before the fixth Day of April one thoufand feven hundred and nineteen, and are now remaining in the Hands of the Commiflioners for the Stamp-duties, or any of his Majefty's Officers, in cafe there fhall be no Profecution for fome Breach or Non-performance of the refpeftive Conditions thereof, before the fixth Day of April one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-one, or if upon fuch Profecution, Proof be not made of fome Fraud in Breach or Non-performance of fuch Conditions, and Judgment thereupon obtained for his Ma- jefty, before the fixth Day of April one thoufand {even hundred and twenty-two, then fuch of the faid Bonds fo already entred into, fhall (for want of fuch Proof or Judgment) be void ; and that all Profecu- jtions now depending upon any of the faid Bonds, which have not been commenced within two Years af- iter the Date thereof, and where Proof hath not been made, or fhall not be made, before the fixth Day of Farther Pnmff- 1 April one thoufand feven hundred and twenty, of fome Fraud in Breach or Non-performance of the Con- 3 " s concerning s. I ditions, fhall ceafe and determine ; and as to fuch Bonds as fhall be entred into after the faid fixth Day of; q Cm ^ e 7& 6 April one thoufand feven hundred and nineteen, in cafe there fhall be no Proof of fome Fraud in Breach 1,,' 7 Geo. 1.' j or Non-performance of the refpecfive Conditions, or if Proof thereof be not made within two Years af-<.-. 5. 7 Geo. i. ! ter the Dates of the Bonds, or if upon fuch Profecution as is laft mentioned, Judgment be not obtained;?- -• 8 Gea ; '• for his Majefty upon fuch Proof, as aforefaid, within the Space of one Year after the fame Profecution c ' 1°' 2I)J 2S - commenced, then every fuch Bond which fhall be entred into, as aforefaid (in default of fuch Profecution G ° [ ,' '.' g_ to be commenced, and Judgment to be obtained, as aforefaid, within the Times before limited) fhall alfo 3 Geo. 2. e. it be void ; and all Bonds made void by this Act fhall be delivered up by the refpeftive Officers, having the & 20. 4 Gst fame in their keeping, to be cancelled, without Fee or Reward.. 2 - ' c - 5- 5 Geo. 2. c. z J-> 6 Geo. 2. c. 25 & 28. 7 Geo. 2. c, 17. 9GV0. 2. c. 34. 10 Gee. 2. c. 17. 2oGeo. 2. c. 3. 24 Geo. 2,c. 2 Sf II. 26 Geo-, 2. c 16. CAP. XX. An Aft for fettling certain yearly Funds payable out of the Revenue of Scotland, to fatisfy publick Debts in Scotland, and other Ufes mentioned in the Treaty of Union •, and to dif- charge the Equivalents claimed on Behalf of Scotland in the Terms of the fame Treaty -, and for obviating all future Difputes, Charges and Expences concerning thofe Equiva* lents.
- I. "]/f A Y it pleafe your moft Excellent Majefty ; Whereas in and by the fixth Article of the Trea-.
1VJL ty for the Union of the two Kingdoms of England and Scotland, (which Treaty was ratified by ' Acts of Parliament palled in either Kingdom, and particularly by an A£t made in England in the fifths Ann ' •• ?* ' Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, of blefled Memory) It was provided that the Cuftoms and Duties on import and export, fettled in England when the Union commenced, fhould from and after the Union take place throughout the whole united Kingdom, excepting and referving, as in the faid That Ex- . . , „_. — „, — „ ^v- liable, ' upon account of the then prefent Excife upon excifeable Liquors in England, to any higher Impofition
- than two Shillings Sterling upon thirty-four Gallons Englijh Barrel, being twelve Gallons of the then
- prefent Scots Meafure ;) and it was by the Article laft mentioned provided. That the Excife then fettled
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