igS C. 2J. Anno duodecimo Carol I II. A. D. 1660. ' the Trial a VerdiA (hall pafs for the Defendant or Defendants, or the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs be nonfuit, then fuch Defendant or Defendants Ihall have double Cofts to him or them awarded againft fuch Plaintiff or Plaintiffs. Writs ofcer- L. Provided alfo, and be it enabled, That no Writ or Writs oi Certiorari (hall fuperfede Execution or tiorari no Super- other Proceeding, upon any Order or Orders made by the Juftices aforefaid in Purfuance of th's Acl, fedeas. ^^^ ^.j^^^. Execution and other Proceedings fhall and may be had and made thereupon, any fuch Writ or Writs, or Allowance thereof notwithftanding. Provifo as to the LI. Provided, That this Aft, or any Thing therein contained, (liall not extend or be conftrued to Aft of General extend in any Manner to weaken or invalidate one A6t of this prefent Parliament, intituled, Jn ASl of ^^C°"' c ■^'■^ ^"'^ General Pardon, Indemnity and Oblivion, but that every Claufe, Article, Matter and Thing iz ar, t. . . j.j^pj.gjj^ mentioned and comprifed, fliall notwithftanding this Aft or any Matter or Thing therein, re- main good and valid, and be of the fame Force, Virtue and Effeft, as if this Aft had never been made, Provifoconcem- LII. Provided always, and be it further enafted. That this Aft, or any Thing therein contained, fhaJl iirgEd. Back- not be prejudicial to Edward Backwell Alderman oi London, as to the Sum of twenty-eight thouland four ^' ■ hundred and fifty Pounds (or any Part thereof) by him advanced upon the Credit of leveral Orders of tins prefent Parliament, and by them charged on the Receipt of the Grand Excife ; that is to fay, the Sum of five thoufand Pounds payable to his Majefty's Surveyor General for the Repair of his Majefty's Houfes, charged by Virtue of an Order of the fixth oi September one thoufand fix hundred fixty, with Intereft: for the fame ; the Sum of ten thoufand Pounds advanced to her Highnefs the Princefs Royal, being charged with Intereft by an Order of the thirteenth of September one thoufand fix hundred fixty ; the Sum ot ten thoufand Pounds payable to her Majefty the Queen of fifl/?'^;^/,?, being charged, together with Intereft, by an Order of the thirteenth oi September one thoufand fix hundred fixty; the Sum of three thoufand four hundred and fifty Pounds payable for Provifions for Dunkirk by Order of the twenty- fixth of November one thoufand fix hundred fixty ; which Sum of twenty-eight thoufand four hundred and fifty Pounds, together with the Intereft for the fame, according to the Tenor of the faid Orders, after the Rate of Six per Cent. Ihall be paid to the faid Edward Backwell or his Affigns, out of the Grand Excife, and the Arrears thereof in Courfe, as is by the faid Orders appointed ; and in cafe the fame Tarther Pfcvi- fhall fall fhort in Payment by the twenty-fifth of December one thoufand fix hundred and fixty, that then fiom concerning jj^g Remainder fhall continue fecured to him out of the whole Excife in Courfe, as aforefaid, and that ff'car'.z. e. ii. no Other Payments be made out of the Excife, but what is appointed by this prefent Parliament in Courfe ib&iyCar.i.c.^. to precede the fame, until the faid Debt due to the faid Edivard Backwell ht fatisfied ; and that in cafe any ^^^^"m'"'^' ^^^^ °^ ^^^ Monies due to Aldermen Backwellhs paid out of that Part of the Excife which fliall grow due St. i. c. 24! to the King's Majefty, that then his Majefty fhall be reimburfed the fame out of the firfl: Monies that ^if^'&M. c. 3. (hall come in of the Arrears of Excife that will be due the faid twenty-fifth oi December. [Confirmed by ^^f:f3;!°-'3Car.^. Stat. ,.c.7.] 8 ^3. c. 19. 10 W. 3. c. 21. 12 W. 3. c. II & 12. 1 Ann. St. 2. c. 3. 4 Ann. c. 6. 8 Ann. c. 7. 10 Ann. c. 19. 12 Ann St. 2, c. 9. 6 Geo, i. c, 21. 11 Gw. I.e. 30. 12 Gw. I. c. 28. iG«. 2. f. 16. 23 Geo. 2. f. 26. 32 Geo. 2. f. 17. 33 Geo. 2. c. 9. andiGai.i. c.-j. CAP. XXV. An A6t for the better Ordering the Selling of Wines by Retail, and for preventing Abufes in the Mingling, Corrupting and Viciating of Wines, and for fetting and limiting the Prices of the fame. t%H. 8. e. 14. Y7 O R the' better Ordering of Selling of Wines by Retail in Taverns and other Places, and for pre- X* venting of Abufes therein, (2) be it enafted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Confent of the Lords and Commons in Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That no Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, from and after the five and twentieth Day of March one thou- fand fix hundred fixty-one, unlefs he or they be authorized and enabled in R'lanner and Form as in this prefent Aft is prefcribed and appointed, fhall fell or utter by Retail, that is, by the Pint, Quart, Potde or Gallon, or h-^ any other greater or lefTer Retail Meafure, any Kind of Wine or Wines to be drunk or fpent within his or their Manfion Houfe or Houfes, or other Place in his or their Tenure or Occupation, or without fuch Manfion Houfe or Houfes, or fuch other Place in his or their Tenure or Occupation, by The Penalty for any Colour, Craft or Mean whatfoever ; ( 3 ) upon Pain to forfeit for every fuch Offence the S um of five b'Vt^r^'"* Pounds ; the one Moiety of every fuch Penalty to be to our Sovereisin Lord the King; the other Moiety Carthevv 216. ^^^ ^'^^ o them that will fue for the fame by Aftion of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of the King's Courts of Record, in which Aftion or Suit no Effoiny Wager of Law or proteftion ihall be al- lowed. HisMajefiymay IT. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That it fliall and may be lawful to and for his ifraeoutCom- Majefty, his Heirs ami Succeffors, from Time to Time to iffue out under his or their Great Seal of Eng- cence't'^e utter- ^?"^ '^^^ more Commiffion or Commiffions direfted to two or more Perfons, thereby authorizing them to ing Wine. licence and give Authority to fuch Perfon or Perfons as they fhall think fit, to fell and utter by Retail all and (very, or any Kind of Wine or Wines whatfoever, to be drunk and fpent, as well within the Hojfe or Houfes, or other Place in the Tenure or Occupation of the Party fo licenced, as without, in any City, Town or other Place within the Kingdom oi England, Dominion of IFales, and Town and Port of Ber- wici upon Twe^d ; (2) and fuch Perfons as from Time to Time, or at any Time hereafter, (hall be by .fuch Commiffion or Commiffions, as aforefaid, in that Behalf appointed, fhall have Power and Autliori- ty, and hereby have Power and Authority, to treat and contraft for Licence, Autliority and Difpenfations tp
