22 C. 20. Anno tertio Georgii II A. D. 1730. felves again, as the Laws require all Perfons to do, that accept any new Office or Place of Profit or Truft tinder the Crown, fo as they have before that Time duly qualified themfelves for the respective Offices they fhall then be in the Pofleffion or Execution of; nor (hall they or any of them be liable to or incur any Penalties, Forfeitures or Difabilities for their omitting the fame on that Occafion. t-Q». i. b-4- ' XIII. And whereas by two feveral Acts of Parliament made in the eighth Year of the Reign of his ' late Majefty King George the Firft, For taking off the Duly upon all Salt ujeA in curing of Red Herrings ' or JVhite Herrings, and for laying proportionable Duties on fuch Herrings confumed at Home only, one Duty
- or Rate of one Shilling and eight Pence per Thoufand was laid on all' Red Herrings cured promifcuoufly
- with Red Herrings deligned for Exportation, but afterwards 'delivered out for home Confumption ; and
- another Duty or Rate of three Shillings and four Pence per Barrel was laid on all White Herrings cured
' promifcuoufly with White Herrings deligned for Exportation, but afterwards delivered out for home Con-
- fumption 5 and in each of the faid Acts there is a Provifion, that in cafe the Duties of Excife pn Salt (which
- then amounted to three Shillings and four Pence per Bufhel on home made Salt, and fix Shillings and eight
' Pence per Bufhel on foreign Salt) or any of them (hould ceafe, determine or be redeemed by Parlia-
- ment, then the refpective Rates and Duties thereby impofed (hould ceafe or be leffened in Proportion
' to the Duties on Salt, that fhould fo ceafe, determine or be abated. ' XIV. And whereas in Confequence of this prefent Act, four Parts in five of the whole of the faid ' Duties on Salt, both home made and foreign, computed together, will ceafe, determine and be abated
- from the twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and thirty ;' Be it therefore further
^d. per jjoooof enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That a proportional Part or Parts of the faid feveral Rates and Duties aii 1 8d! perlar- ' m P 0l ' e ^ by the laft mentioned Acts on Red Herrings and White Herrings delivered out for home Con- rd of white fumption, that is to fay, four Parts in five of each of them (hall, from and alter the faid twenty-fifth Day Herrings, of December one thoufand feven hundred and thirty, ceafe, determine or be abated, fo that the Duties or Rates on fuch Red or White Herrings (hall from thenceforth be charged only after the Rate of four Pence for every thoufand of fuch Red Herrings, and of eight Pence for every Barrel of fuch White Her* rings ; and the faid reduced Duties (hall be paid and payable to the proper Officers of the Cuftoms in the Manner as before is directed concerning the Duty on foreign Salt ; and in all other Refpects the feveral Proviiions in the fame Acts, in Relation to the faid Duties or Rates, are hereby ratified and con- firmed. Ob Oath of the XV. Provided always, That if the Maker or Curer of fuch Red or White Herrings for home Con- ring" tha^they fumption, a t the Time of making the Entry directed by both the faid Acts of the eighth Year of the were'eured only Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft (in order to have the Cafks and VelTels containing with homemade the fame, marked, and a Permit from the Officer for the Removal thereof) (hall make Oath in Writing he paiU " ty t0 before the Officer to be appointed for receiving the faid Entry (which Oath the faid Officer is hereby im- 8 Geo. 1. c. 4. powered to adminifter) that the Red or White Herrings then entered for home Confumption were cured f«6l. 16, on ]y w j tn g a ] t f the Product or Manufacture of Great Britain, without any Mixture of foreign Salt what- foever, then and in fuch Cafe the faid Red or White Herrings fhall not be charged with any Duty at all ; but neverthelefs the Cafks or Veffels containing the fame fhall be marked, and fuch Permit (hall be given by the Officer for the Removal thereof, as the faid Acts direct, faye only that inftead of expref- fing in fuch Permit, that the Duties had been paid for fuch Red or White Herrings, the fame (hall exprefs that fuch Oath had been made as is before directed ; and if it (hall afterwards appear, that the faid Red or White Herrings, fo as aforefaid permitted to be removed without paying any Duty, were cured with foreign Salt or any Mixture thereof, the Maker or Curer thereof (hall (over and befides the Penalties or Punilhments which he m .y fuffer by Law for falfe Swearing or Perjury) be alfo liable to all the Penalties and P'orfeitures which are by the faid laft mentioned Acts refpectively laid or impofed on any Offenders, that (hall remove Red or White Herrings without Entry, or not paying the faid Duties. 5 Ann. c. S. ' XVI. And whereas by the eighth Article of the Treaty of Union between the Kingdoms of England ' and Scotland, it was (amongft other Things relating to the Duties on Salt, which Scotland was after ' the Union to be liable to) agreed, That from and after the Union there fhould be allowed five Shil- ' lings Sterling for every Barrel of Beef or Pork fdted with foreign Salt, without Mixture of Briiijh or ' Irijl} Salt, and exported for Sale from Scotland to Parts beyond Sea, alterable by the Parliament of 5 Ann. c. 29. * Great Britain : And whereas by an Act of Parliament made m the fifth Year of the Reign of her faid ' late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for the Eafe of her Majejly's Subjects, in relation to the Du- ' ties upon Salt, and for making the like Alloivances upon the Exportation of White Htrrings, Flcjh, Oatmeal ' and Grain called Beer, alias Bigg, as are made upon Exportation of the Hie from Scotland, it was amongft
- other Things enacted, That for every Barrel of falted Beef or Pork which (hould be exported tor Saie
' from any Port of the Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales or Town of Berwick upon Tweed, to ' Parts beyond the Seas, after the firft Day of May one thoufand feven hundred and feven, by any Perfon ' or Perfons whatfoever, there (hould be for each Barrel the like Allowances as are to be allowed on fuch ' Beef and Pork exported from Scotland, to be paid out of the Duties on Salt : And whereas the grarrt- ' ing to Scotland the faid Allowance on the Exportation of Beef or Pork falted with foreign Salt only, to
- which they were immediately after the Union to become liable, and the granting the fame Allowance
' to England, was to prefeive an Equality of Trade in both the Kingdoms, when united ; but as in ' Confequence of this Act, feven Parts in ten of the Duties on foreign Salt will be taken off or be abated, ' it is reafonable alfo that the faid Allowances (hould on that Account be reduced and abated alfo ;' Allowance for ]£ e jt therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid twenty-fifth Day of ^ork d eport«l ^ ecem ber 0Ile thoufand (even hundred and thirty, the faid Allowances of five Shillings per Barrel on the reduced to i s. Exportation of falted Beef or Pork exported for Sale, from any Part of Great Britain to any Parts beyond id. per Barrel, the Seas, (hall be reduced to an Allowance of one Shilling and fix Pence per Barrel, and no more, on all Beef
