A. D. 1731. Anno quarto Georgii II. C. 15, 16. 59 and after fuch Condemnation, fuch Cocoa Nutfhels or Hufks mall be deftroyed or otlierwifc difpofed of as his Majefty's Commiffioners of the Cuftoms, Excife or Inland Duties refpectivcly concerned, or any three or more of them (hall think lit to direct and appoint; and for the Encouragement of his Ma- jefty's faid Officers to difcovcr the Importation of fuch Cocoa Nutfhels and ilufks, his Majefty's Com- miflioners of the Cuftoms, Excife and Inland Duties refpcctively concerned, or any three or more of them are hereby authorized and required to reward any fuch Officer or Officers, making Seiy.ure of fuch Cocoa Nutfhels or Hufks imported as aforefaid, in any Sum not exceeding twenty Shillings per Hundred Weight, out of the Duties arifing upon the Importation of Cocoa Nuts, or by the Inland Du- ties upon Chocolate, or either of them. CAP. XV. An Aft for importing from his Majefty's Plantations in America direftly into Ireland, Goods not enumerated in any Aft of Parliament. « TT7H E R E A S by feveral Acts of Parliament made in this Kingdom, and now in Force, it is en- '* Car. i. .-. iS.
- VV acted, That no Sugars, Tobacco, Cotton, Wool, Indigo, Ginger, Speckle Wood or 'Jamaica H&^Car.'z.
' Wood, Fuftick, or other dying Wood, Rice, MolafTes, Beaver Skins, and other Furs, Copper Ore, .. 26. ' Pitch, Tar, Turpentine, Mails, Yards and Bowfprights, of the Growth, Product or Manufacture of 2eCar.z. c -l' ' any of his Majefty's Lands, Iflands, Plantations or Colonies in America, fhall be carried, conveyed or ' imported from any of the faid Plantations to any Land, Territory, Dominion, Port or Place whatfo-
- ever, other than to fuch other Plantations as do belong to his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, or to
- the Kingdom of Great Britain: And whereas by an Act of Parliament made in this Kingdom in the
« feventh and eighth Years of the Reign of King William the Third, intituled, An Ad for preventing ?^ 2 ° v. 3.
- Frauds and regulating Abufes in the Plantation Trade, it is (amongft other Things) enacted, That it fhall « w. 3. c . r_.
- not be lawful, on any Pretence whatfoever, to put on Shore in the Kingdom of Ireland any Goods or iSf 4^' ; »- '• S
' Merchandizes of the Growth or Product of any of his Majefty's Plantations in America, unlefs the 6 " J,°'_ 6 , &
- fame have been firft landed in the Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, or Town of Berwick , 7 .
- upon Tweed, and paid the Rates and Duties wherewith they are chargeable by Law, under the Penalty 8 •/?»». c. 1%.
1 of the Forfeiture of the Ship and Goods : And whereas the faid Act of the feventh and eighth Years of |if BB ' c ' 1?
- his faid late Majefty King William the Third, hath been conftrued to extend to prohibit the im- 10 Am. t.wSf
- porting from his Majefty's Plantations in America into the Kingdom of Ireland, as well fuch Goods ~ 6 -
- and Merchandiie of the Growth or Product of his Majefty's faid Plantations as are not enumerated, as | G ™ c c ' J*"
- thofe Goods and Merchandize of the Growth, Product or Manufacture of the faid Plantations which & 15.
•* are in the feveral Acts for that Purpofe enumerated, and required to be imported into this Kingdom 13 G"^ 1 - c. 5. ' of Great Britain, or to fome other of the faid Plantations, to the great Prejudice of the Trade and %' a '^" ' Navigation of this his Majefty's Kingdom of Great Britain, and his Majefty's faid Plantations:' For Remedy whereof be it enacted, And it is hereby enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Ccnfent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afTembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That it fhall and may be lawful to import Goods not enu- into the faid Kingdom of Ireland from His Majefty's Plantations in America, and to land and put on Shore Adfof Parii"- 7 in the faid Kingdom of Ireland, all Goods and Merchandizes of the Growth, Product or Manufacture ment- may be of any of his Majefty's faid Plantations (except Sugars, Tobacco, Cotton, Wool, Indigo, Ginger, i T m P or j e ? int °| Speckle Wood or Jamaica Wood, Fuftick, or other dying Wood, Rice, MolafTes, Beaver Skins, and Plantation™ in other Furs, Copper-Ore, Pitch, Tar, Turpentine, Mafts, Yards and Bowfprights, of the Growth, Britifh Siiipsj&c. Product or Manufacture of the faid Plantations) ; any Thing in the faid recited Act of the feventh and eighth Years of his faid late Majefty King William the Third, or in any other Act contained, or any £x . . d as tcv Law or Ufage to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. th? importation II. Provided always, That the Goods and Merchandize to be imported into the faid Kingdom of fee-* of Hops into Ire- iand from his Majefty's Plantations in America, by Virtue of this Act, fhall be imported in Britijb Ship- ^p n %^p'^g^ s ping, whereof the Mafter and three Fourths of the Mariners at leaft are Britifl). conarmngPhnta. lii his, j Geo. 2. c . 7 & 9. •6Geo. 2. c. 13, 8 Geo. %. c. 19. 12 Geo. 2. ... 30, 15 Geo. 2. c. 31 & 33. 24 Geo. 2, c. 51 &? 53. 29G-C.2. c 5 £f 35. 30 G«. 2. <■ 9. CAP. XVI. An Aft to prevent the ftealing of Linen, Fuftian and Cotton Goods and Wares from Fields, Grounds and other Places ufed for whitening, bleaching or drying the fame. FOR the more effectual preventing of Thefts frequently committed in Fields or Grounds and other ' Repealed by ] Places ufed for whitening, bleaching or drying of Linen, Fuftian and Cotton Goods or Wares ; lS Geo- c> zl ' May it pleafe your Majefty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Ma- jefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That all and every Perfon and Perfons, Stealing from ...1 — _._. T 4 : _i~.___.i__.. _ . . r . .1 ■_-"* r csr _ i. r_ ._ 1 r 1 J J J _.__■_. /i_ _ 1-1 vj__ir_-nir_3" who at any Time after the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-one fhall cr'und_ S &c by Day or Night felonioufly take, fteal and carry away, or who fhall wilfully or malicioufly hire, or any Linen. £c. procure for Money or other Reward, any other Perfon or Ferfons felonioufly to take, fteal and carry to the Value of away, out of and from any whitening or bleaching Croft, Lands, Fields or Grounds, Bowking-houfe, I0i - Drying-houfe or other Building, Ground or Place made ufe of by any Whitfter, Crofter, Bowker or Bleacher for whitening, bowking, bleaching or drying any Linen, Fuftian or Cotton Cloth, or Cloth I z worked,
