60 C. 17. Anno quarto Georgii II. A. D. 1731. worked, woven or made of any Cotton and Linen Yarn mixed, or any Thread, Linen or Cotton Yarn, Linen or Cotton Tape, Incle, Filleting, Laces, or any other Linen, Fuftian or Cotton Goods or Wares whatfoever, laid, placed or expofed to be whitened, bowked, bleached or dried in any fuch whitening, bowking, bleaching or drying Croft, Lands, Fields, Grounds, Houfes, Buildings or other crbuyingorre- Places, to the Value of ten Shillings, or who (hall buy or receive any fuch Goods or Wares, knowing knowmg f/wbe the fame t0 be ftolen, (hall be deemed adjudged and taken to be a Felon and Felons, and every Per- ftolen, fon offending in the Premiffes, being convided thereof according to due Form of Law, (hall be and is Felony with- j s hereby declared to be guilty of Felony, and (hall fuffer Death as in Cafes of Felony without Benefit of c?erg^* e Clergy, unlefs the Judge or Court before whom fuch Trial and Conviction (hall be, (hall think it reafon- orthejldgemay able upon the Circumftances of the Cafe, that the Party offending, inftead of fufFering Death, lhould be order him to be tranfported to fome of his Majefty's Colonies or Plantations beyond the Seas ; in which Cafe it (hall and tran ported. ma y ^ j aw f u ] f or f uc } 1 J uc jge or Court, or for any fubfequent Court, with the like Authority as the former, to be holden for the fame County, Riding, Divifion, Liberty or Place where fuch Felon or. Fe- lons, Offender or Offenders were or (hall be tried and convicted, notwithftanding fuch fubfequent Court (hall happen to be held at or in any other Town or Place than that wherein fuch Trials or Convic- tions were or (hall be, to order the Perfon or Perfons fo convicted for any Offence aforefaid to be. tranfported to any of his Majefty's Colonies or Plantations in America for the Space of feven Years, in 4 Geo. 1. c. 11. h^ Manner as is directed for the Tranfportation of Offenders by an Act made in the fourth Year of the - Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, intituled, An Aft for the further preventing Robbery, Burglary and other Felonies, and for the more effectual Tranfportation of Felons and unlawful Exporters of Wool, and for declaring the Law upon fome Points relating to Pirates, or as is directed by another Act made in the 6 Geo. 1. c. 23. fj Xt h Year of his faid late Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Aft for the further preventing Robbery, Burglary and other Felonies, and for the ?nore effectual Tranfportation of Felons, and for that Purpofe all Powers and' Authorities contained in the faid Acts, or either of them, and which are now in Force concerning other- Felonies, (hall be obferved in the Execution of this Act. Such Perfons re- II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon or Perfons ordered to. orrefurnine&'c be tranfported in purfuance of this Act (hall refufe fo to be, or (hall break Prifon,. efcape, come on- to fuffer Death.' (hore, or return into this Realm before the Term expired, for which he,, (he or they (hall be ordered to See further be tranfported, he, (he or they offending in any fuch Manner (hall and may be treated, apprehended and' 17 G™' I' ['«' tried, and being convicted (hall fuffer Death in like Manner as any Perfon ordered to be tranfported,. i8G«.*2.' c'.ln', according to the faid recited Acts, or either of them, may by the Laws of this Realm in like Cafes be a 5 , 27^36. treated, tried or fuffered; any Law, Cuftom or Ufage to the contrary hereof in any wife notwith^ 2iGro. 2. c. 26. fl.„„j; ' 2 4 G«,.2. f . 4 6. finding. 29 Ceo, 2. c, 15, 32C0.2. c .jj2. CAP. XVIL An Acl for repairing and keeping in Repair the Pier or Piers and Harbour of Newhaven, in; the County of Suffix. P R.
- TT 7 HE RE AS good Harbours and Ports for Shipping are the greateft Encouragement to Trade
' VV and Navigation, upon which the Riches and Strength of this Kingdom do chiefly depend : And
- whereas there hath been Time immemorial a Pier or Piers of Timber built near the Town of "Newbaven,
' in the County of Suffix, and a fafe and good Harbour for Ships of a confiderable Burthen, but the '- fame (for want of a Provifion for the Maintenance thereof) is of late become neglected, and frequently ' choaked with Sands and Beech, and the Pier or Piers thereof are fallen to Ruin, to the great Damage 4 of the Merchants, Owners of Ships and Inhabitants of the faid Town, the Port of Lezves and other ' Places adjacent, and of all his Majefty's Subjects, whofe Lives and Eftates are many Times loft, ' which might be prevented, if the faid Haven and Pier or Piers were reftored and rebuilt with a proper ' and convenient Sluice or Sluices to fcour and cleanfe the fame, by which the ancient Trade of the faid
- Town and Port of Lewes might be revived, his Majefty's Cuftoms augmented, and the adjacent Lands
' improved :' To the End therefore that the faid Haven or Harbour and Peir or Piers may be reftor- ed and rebuilt, and fuch Sluice or Sluices made, Be it enacted, £sV. " Commiflioners appointed for repairing the Piers and Harbour of Newhaven. The Duties on Goods " exported or imported. For every Chalder or Tun of Coals, Salt, Planter of Paris, Tarris, Tobacco- " Pipe-Clay, Stone and Marble Blocks, Lead, Bulhel Iron, caft and Bar Iron, and other Goods paying " by the Tun, i s. For every Load of Timber, &c. i s. For every Load of Tan or Bark, 2 s. For " every Hundred of Single Deals, Spars, Ufers, Pipe, Hogfhead and Barrel Staves, 1 .f. For every " Hundred of Double Deals, zs. and of three Inch Deals, 3 s. For every Quarter of Wheat, Peas, " Tares, Beans and Hay Seeds, 3 d. For every Quarter of Barley, Malt, Oats, Saint Foin and light " Grains, 2d. For every Hogftiead of Wine and other Liquids, 6d. For every Hogfhead of Sugar, " Tobacco and other dry Goods, 9 d. and for every Tierce, 6 d. For every Barrel of Pitch, Tar, Gro- " ceries, and other Goods contained in Barrels, ^d. and in Proportion for fmaller Cafks. For every " Bundle, Bail, Pack, Baiket, Crate, Hamper and Cheft of Hemp, Linens, Woollen, Glafs, Fruits,
- ' Earthen Ware, not exceeding three hundred Weight, 3 d. For every hundred Weight of Allum,
" Cheefe, Tallow, Colours, Shot, Nails, Chains, and wrought Iron, Brafiers and Pewterers Wares, " arid other Goods paying Duty or Freight per Hundred, 1 a. For every Groce of Bottles, Stone or " Glafs, -id. For 'every hundred Feet of paving Stones or paving Marble, 2 s. For every thou fand of
- Tiles, Bricks and Clinkers, 1 s. For every Ship (Fifhing VelTels excepted) that comes to load or
" unload,
