A. D. 1725. Anno duodecimo Geo?, Gii Rcgi^. C. 28. 589 afore fiiid Revenues of Cuftoms, Excife or Salt-Duty: And if any Information or Informations is or are enr ^■^<«-t- c. »&. tred in any other Perfon's Name or Names than as is before-mentioned, the fame, and all Proceedings ' 9 Cwi *■'• 3«. thereupon had, are hereby declared to be null and void ; and the faid Court or Courts where fuch In- fo^" ***' formation or Informations is, are or {hall be fo en tred, filed or profecuted, fhall not permit or fuffer any ioGic.zic'.i%' Proceeding or Proceedings to be had thereupon, and fliall caufe fuch Information or Informations to be taken & 10. off the File ; any Law, Cuftom or Ufagc to the contrary notwithflanding. 3» Gee, % 1. 10. ' XXIX. And for preventing the Frauds of fuch Chocolate Makers, who buying fmall Quantities of ioCn. i. c. 10. ' Cocoa-Nuts, do clandeftincly make the fame into Chocolate, and in like Manner fell and difpole of the ' Chocolate fo made, without paying the inland Duty thereon, whereby His. Majefty is defrauded of and in ' the faid inland Duty on Chocolate;' Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the NoDcaL-rl twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand il-ven hundred and twenty-fix, no Seller of, Trader or Dealer in Cocoa-Nuuto Cocoa-Nuts, {hall in any Parcel or Parcels fell, deliver out or difpofc of lefs than the Quantity of twenty- rfifpofcof left eight Pounds Weight of Cocoa-Nuts at the lcaft, at any one Time or Times ; and further, that from Time ,han . 23 lb - at to Time, and at all and every Time and Times, when fuch Seller of, Trader or Dealer in Cocoa-Nuts, (hall c " lc r ' mt » , either fell, deliver out or difpofe of any Parcel or Parcels of Cocoa-Nuts, of twenty-eight Pounds Weight or more, the Party or Parties fo felling, delivering out or difpofing of fuch Cocoa-Nuts, fliall enter or caufe to be entred down an Account in Writing, of the Chriflian and Surname and Names, and Place and Pla- an ,j , cnlcr ; n ces of Abode of the Perfon and Perfons to whom, or to or for whofe Ufe, or for or upon whofe Account Bonk, to whom fuch Cocoa-Nuts fliall be fo fold, delivered out ordifpofed of; and upon Demand or Requeft made by any a11 Cocoa-Nuts Officer or Officers of and for the inland Duties on Chocolate, fliall produce fuch Account or Accounts to irc ioU > tobe fuch Officer or Officers, and {hail permit him and them not only to infpect and perufe the fame, but alfo offi f d b> " thereout and therefrom to take an Account of the Name and Names, Place and Places of Abode of the Per- fon and Perfons to whom or for whofe Ufe, or for or upon whofe Account fuch Cocoa-Nuts fball be or fhall have been fold, delivered out or difpofed of; on Pain of forfeiting and lofing the Sum of twenty Pounds p .. for every Pound of Cocoa-Nuts, which ihall either be fold, delivered out or difpofed of in any Parcel or Parcels not containing or amounting in the Whole to twenty-eight Pounds of Cocoa-Nuts at the lean;, or which fliall be, or (hall have been lb fold, delivered out or difpofed of, without entring down, or cauling to be entred down in fuch Account or Accounts in Writing as aforefaid, the Name and Names, and Place and Places of Abode, of the Perfon and Perfons to whom or to or for whofe Ufe, or for or upon whofe Ac- count fuch Cocoa-Nuts fliall be or fhall have been fo fold, delivered out or difpofed of; and on Pain of for- feiting and lofmg the Sum of twenty Pounds every and each Time and Times, when fuch Seller of, Trader . or Dealer in Cocoa-Nuts fliall refufe to permit fuch Officer or Officers for the faid inland Duties, to infpect c°hte"'lie 'f^btr and perufe fuch Account or Accounts as aforefaid, or thereout or therefrom to take fuch Account or Ac- $Ga.". t*'iL counts as aforefaid. 31 c«, 2. <•. i C . XXX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-fix, no Gauger or Officer of his Majefty 's Duties, either of £° r S ffi f c l' °L Excife or of any other Duty, which at this Time are or hereafter fhall be under the Management of his penalty for not Majefty's Commiffioners of Excife, either as Commiffioners of Excife and Commiffioners of other refpective leaving a Copy Duty or Duties, or as Commiffioners of any fuch Duty or Duties, fliall be liable or fubject, to any Pe- of Charge, un- rialty or Forfeiture whatfoever, for omitting, or neglecting to deliver or leave, or for not delivering or lea- left required in ving a Copy or Copies of any Charge or Charges made by fuch Gauger or Gaugers, Officer or Officers, for Yl'f^b or on Account of the faid Duties or any of them refpectively, unlefs fuch Copy or Copies fhall by the refpective c'rriwExrffc' Party or Parties entitled, or that fliall be by Law entitled to have fuch Copy or Copies, or by his, her or 1 G».' 2. c . 16. their Order or Orders, be required and demanded in Writing, of and from fuch Gauger or Gaugers, Officer 19 <?«»". 2. e. 34. or Officers refoedtively ; any Law or Ufage to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithflanding. 2 3 £"" -■ c - z6 ' - ' 32 Geo 2. c. 57. 33 Geo. 2. c. 9. , G „ # 3< R y. XXXI. And be it further enacled by the Authority aforefaid, That no Action, Bill, Information or n Aftion for Plaint, fliall be brought or profecuted againft any fuch Gauger or Gaugers, Officer or Officers, for any fuch foch Offence, laft mentioned Offence or Neglect, unlefs the fame fliall be commenced before the twenty-feventh Day of unlers commen- jtpril in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-fix. XXXII. And whereas Difcoveries have been lately made of great Quantities of Foreign Goods, liable to 2? *"' ' 7Z ' the Duties in the Name of his Attorney Genera!, by Informations in Nature of Actions of Debt, for Re- covery thereof; and whereas feveral Perfons againft whom fuch Informations in Nature of Actions of Debt ' have been or may be brought, cannot pay the full Sum they are or may be fued for refpectively, the fame
- amounting in many Cafes to very large Sums, but may be able to pay fome Part thereof, in Cafe a Com-
- pofition could be made with them for the fame ;' Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fliall
and may be lawful for the Commiffioners of his Majefty's Treafury or any three or more of them, or the Lord High Treafurer, or the Commiffioners of the Treafury for the Time being, or any three or more of aTV ."l ,y *> them, to make fuch Compofitions or Agreements, as to him or them fliall feem reafonable, for any fuch Debtsfor the* Debts incurred by any Perfons, for the Cuftoms or other Duties of Goods fo' elahdeftinely. imported as Cuftoms.nf aforefaid before the twelfth Day of Alay in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and twenty- dandeflinelyim- three, and upon Payment of the Compofition-Money, to caufe the Remainder of the Debt fo compounded V 0T:ed Goods for, to be effectually dtfeharged, and the Compofition-Money fo paid, to be applied or appropriated, in Pro- . ^ I2 y portion to the feveral Branches to which the fame doth or may belong ; any Law, Statute or Ufage to the contrary in any wife notwithstanding. XXXIII. And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Forfeitures and Penalties TTo ... Fi r .'-•. by this Act impoied for any Offence which fliall be. committed, relating to any Part of his Majefty's Reve- to-he rccoveiedT 3 nues Sec.
