A. D. 1730. Anno tertio Georgii II. C. 28. 35 c VI And whereas by the fakl recited Act the Officers arc retrained from carrying any Perfon or Per-
- fons bv them arrefted to any Gaol or Prifon within twenty-four Hours from the Time of fuch Arreft ;
- and fevcral Perfons, who have been arrefted, refilling to be carried by the Officers to any Houfe wliat-
- foever to be kept in fafe Cuftody during that Time, have kept the Officers abroad with them in
« the Ni'"ht-time and thereby have found Means to make their Efcapes from fuch Officers :' Be it there- fore enacled by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon or Perfons, after the firft Day of Trinity Term ^""•[jjj'rte 8 next (hall be arrefted or in Cuftody of any Sheriff, Under Sheriff, Bailiff, Serjeant at Mace or other oflcerto Tome Officer or Minifter whatfoever, by Virtue of any Writ, Proccfs or Warrant, and fuch Perfon or Perfons Hoafe, to be car- lo arrefted (hall refufe to be carried to feme fafe and convenient Dwelling-houfe of his, her or their own ricd to Prifon. Nomination and Appointment, fo as fuch Dwelling-houfe (hall be within a City or Market-Town, in cafe fuch Perfon or Perfons (hall be there arrefted, or, if fuch Arreft (hall be made out of any City or Market-Town, then within three Miles from the Place where fuch Arreft (hall be made, and fo as fuch Houfe be not the Houfe of the Perfon arrefted, provided it be within the fame County and Liberty, that < Continued and then it (hall and may be lawful to and for fuch Sheriff or other Officer or Minifter to convey or carry the 'JqJ^ h /., • Perfon or Perfons fo refufing to fuch Gaol or Prifon, as he, (he or they is or are liable to be fent to by Sa faAb'er, Virtue of fuch Writ or Procefs j any Thing in the faid recited Act to the contrary notwithftanding. 3- &«■ *■ '- 13 > CAP. XXVIII. An Aft for granting Liberty to carry Rice from his Majefty's Province of Carolina in America directly to any Part of Europe Southward of Cape Finifterre, in Ships built in and belonging to Great Britain, and navigated according to Law. c TtrHEREAS by an AcT: made in the third and fourth Years of the Reign of her late Majefty 31-4 Ann. c, $.
- W Queen Anne, intituled, An Acl for granting to her Majefty a further Subfidy on IVmes and Mer-
« chandizes imported, all Rice of the Growth or Production of the EngliJI) Plantations in America, Afia or " Africa is obliged to be imported into England, (Vales or Berwick upon Tiveed, or to fome other of the ' faid Plantations, under fuch Securities and Penalties as other enumerated Goods or Commodities of
- the Growth, Production or Manufacture of the faid Plantations are fubject to by an Act made in the
- twelfth Year of the Reign of the late King Charles the Second, intituled, An Acl for encouraging and 1Z Car - 2, c - lS *
- increasing of Shipping and Navigation, or by another Act made in the five and twentieth Year of the as Car. z. c, 7,
' Reign of the faid late King, intituled, An Acl for the Encouragement of the Greenland and Eaftland
- Trade, and for the letter fecuring the Plantation Trade : And whereas His Majefty's Province of Carolina
- in America has by Experience been found to be a proper Soil for producing Rice to very great Perfection,
- and for many Years laft paft the Produce thereof has increafed ; and it is reafonable to expect, that not
' only the Produce thereof in thofe Parts, but alfo the Exportation thereof would be greatly increafed,
- for the mutual Benefit of this Kingdom and the faid Province, if (notwithftanding the Laws relating to
- Navigation and Trade to and from the Plantations] Liberty or Licence were granted for Ships built in
' and failing from Great Britain, to load Rice in the faid Province, and to carry the fame directly to any
- Ports of Europe lying Southward of Cape Finifterre, without bringing the fame firft to Great Britain,
1 as the faid Laws now require, whereby the fame will arrive at fuch Ports more feafonably and in better
- Condition for the Confumption thereof, and prevent their being fupplied with the fame Commodity
' from other Countries :' For this End, and for providing proper Securities for your Majefty's Duties, and for preventing any Prejudice or Damage to this Nation, which might happen thereby from any other unlawful Commerce between the Plantations and any other foreign Countries, as to any other enumerated Commodities, or otherwife; May it therefore pleafe your moft Excellent Majefty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent cf the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That the faid Act pafTed in the third and fourth Years of the Reign of her faid late Majefty, Aft ? &. 4 Ann. fo far as the fame extends to the making of Rice of the Growth and Produce of his Majefty's Plan- RJce an'mumc- tations in America an enumerated Commodity, (hall be and is hereby ratified and confirmed, as to all rated Commodi- Perfons, Ships, Veffels or Places, in all Refpects whatfoever, except only as to fuch of the faid Rice as ty confirmed; by this Act (hall be permitted or allowed to be exported from his Majefty's Province of Carolina in Ame- c*rXna! ° m rica, by fuch Perfons, and in fuch Ships and Veffels, and to fuch foreign Countries and Places, and under fuch Entries, Securities, ReftrieVions, Regulations, Limitations, Penalties and Forfeitures as are herein after particularly defcribed, appointed, limited and enacted for that Purpofe. II. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the twenty-ninth Day of Sep- After 29 Sept. tember one thoufand feven hundred and thirty it (hall and may be lawful, notwithftanding any of the becameddlrea? Acts aforefaid, or any other Act of Parliament, for any of his Majefty's Subjects, in any Ship or Veffel ly to any Part of built in Great Britain, or belonging to any of his Majefty's Subjects refiding in Great Britain, •and navi- Europe South- gated according to Law, that fhall clear outwards in any Port of Great Britain for the Province of Ca- pi n ^ e ° rrej apt ' rolina in America, to (hip or load Rice in the faid Province, and to carry the fame directly to any Part of Europe Southward of Cape Finifterre, without carrying the fame to any other of his Majefty's Plan- tations in America, or to Great Britain, the Mafter or other Perfon having or taking Charge of fuch Ship or Veffel, before (he clears outwards from Great Britain, firft taking a Licence under the Hands of the onLicenee.Cer- Commiffioners of the Cuftoms for the Time being, or any three of them, for the loading and carrying % ^ an the fame from the faid Province of Carolina directly to fome Part of Europe to the Southward of Cape Finifterre, upon a Certificate from the Collector and Comptroller of the Port where fuch Licence lhall F z be
