Altered as to the Exportation of Long Cloth and white Woollen Cloth, by 11&12 W. 3. c.20
6 Ann. c. 8.
9 Ann. c. 6.
3 Geo. 1. c. 7.
said Kingdom, in any Ship or Vessel that hath not two Decks, and doth carry less than sixteen Pieces of
Ordnance mounted, together with two Men for each Gun, and other Ammunition proportionable, shall
pay to our Sovereign Lord the King for all and every the Wares and Merchandizes so exported or import
ed, one per Cent. over and above the Rates and Duties of Subsidy of Tonnage and Poundage otherwise
due and payable for the fame; any Thing in this Act before contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
Proviso for Ships exporting Fish. XXXVI. Provided always, That it shall and may be lawful to export, from any of his Majesty's Dominions, Fish into any of the Ports of the Mediterranean Sea aforesaid, in any English Ship or Vessel whatsoever, provided that one Moiety of her full Lading be Fish only, and in such Case to import any Wares or Merchandize in the fame Ship for that Voyage, without paying any other Rates or Duties of Tonnage or Poundage for the fame, than were heretofore accustomed.
Encouragment for building good and defensible ships XXXVII. And for the better Encouragement of building good and defensible Ships, be it enacted, Encouragement That all and every Person or Persons that shall within the Space of seven Years from and after the five and twentieth Day of March one thousand six hundred sixty-two, build or cause to be built within any of his Majesty's Dominions any Ship or Vessel of three Decks, or two Decks and a Half, with a Fore-castle, and five Foot between each Deck, mounted with thirty Pieces of Ordnance at least, and other Ammunition proportionable, shall for the first two Voyages which the said Ship or Ships make from his Majesty's Dominions to any foreign Parts, have and receive to his and their own proper Use and Benefit one tenth Part of the Customs that shall be paid to his Majesty for all such Goods or Merchandizes as shall be exported or imported on the said Ship or Ships, to and from this Kingdom; (2) and the Commissioners and Officers of his Majesty's Customs are hereby impowered and required to pay the same to the Owner or Owners of the said Ship or Ships accordingly.
Salt brought out of Scotland to pay one Half-penny a Gallon XXXVIII. Provided always, and be it hereby declared and enacted, That from and after the four and Salt brought out twentieth Day of June one thousand six hundred sixty and two, all Salt which shall be brought out of the of Scotland to Kingdom of Scotland into this Kingdom, the Dominion of Wales, or Town of Berwick upon Tweed, shall yield and pay, and is hereby made chargeable to yield and pay, unto the King's Majesty, one Half-penny upon every Gallon of such Imported Salt of Winchester Measure, at the Landing thereof; any Thing in this present Act, or any former or other Law, Statute or Order, to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.
[Continued by 2 Will. & Mar. Stat. 1. c. 4. §. 3. 1 Ann. Stat. 1. c. 13. §. 2. 3 Geo. 1. c. 7.]
Farther Provisions relating hereto, 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. 5 Geo. 1. c. 11. 6 Geo. 1. c. 21. 7 Geo. 1. St. 1. c. 21. 8 Geo. 1. c. 15, 18 & 31. 9 Geo. 1. c. 21. 11 Geo. 1. c. 7 & 30. re 12 Geo. 1. c. 28. 1 Geo. 2. St. 2. c. 17. 9 Geo. 2. c. 35. 15 Geo. 2. c. 31. 18 Geo. 2. c. 28. 19 Geo. 2. c. 34. 21 Geo. 2. c. 2. 28 Geo. 2. c. 21. 30 Geo. 2. c. 18 & 29. and 32 Geo. 2. c. 10.
An Act for the better Relief of the Poor of this Kingdom.
The Occasion of Increase of Poor.
'WHEREAS the Necessity, Number, and continual Increase of the Poor, not only within the
Cites of London and Westminster with Liberties of each of them, but also through the whole
Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales, is very great and exceeding burthensome, being occasioned 43 El. c. 2.
by reason of some Defects in the Law concerning the settling of the Poor, and for want of a due Pro-
vision of the Regulations of Relief and Employment in such Parishes or Places where they are legally
settled, which doth enforce many to turn incorrigible Rogues, and others to perish for Want, together
with the neglect of the faithful Execution of such Laws and Statutes as have formerly been made for the
apprehending of Rogues and Vagabonds, and for the Good of the Poor'
Vin. V. 16-414.
Burn, V.2--201.(2) For Remedy whereof, and for
the preventing the perishing of any of the Poor, whether young or old, for want of such Supplies as are
necessary, may it please your most Excellent Majesty, that it may be enacted;
(3) And be it enacted by
the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the fame,
Poor people going from Parish to another,
That
whereas by Reason of some Defects in the Law, poor People are not restrained from going from one Parish to another, and therefore do endeavour to settle themselves in those Parishes where there is the best another.
Stock, the largest Common's or Wastes to build Cottages, and the most Woods for them to burn and
destroy, and when they have consumed it, then to another Parish, and at last become Rogues and Vagabonds, to the great Discouragement of Parishes to provide Stocks, where it is liable to be devoured by
Strangers;
(4) Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforesaid,
How to be settled, coming to any Tenement under ten pounds yearly by value
That it shall and may be lawful, upon
Complaint made by the Churchwardens or Overseers of the Poor of any Parish, to any Justice of Peace,
within forty Days after any such Person or Persons coming so to settle as aforesaid, in any Tenement under the yearly Value of ten Pounds, for any two Justices of the Peace, whereof one to be of the Quorum,
of the Division where any Person or Persons that are likely to be chargeable to the Parish shall come to
inhabit, by their Warrant to remove and convey such Person or Persons to such Parish where he or they Altered and expanded by 1 Jac 2. c. 17. c.11. § 3.
were last legally settled, either as a Native, Housholder, Sojourner, Apprentice or Servant, for the Space
of forty Days at the least, unless he or they give sufficient Security for the Discharge of the said Parish,
to be allowed by the said Justices.
Persons grieved may appeal to the Quarter-Sessions II. Provided always, That all such Persons who think themselves aggrieved by any such Judgment of the said two Justices, may appeal to the Justices of the Peace of the said County at their next Quarter-Sessions, who are hereby required to do them Justice according to the Merits of their Cause.
Persons going to work in Harvest. III. Provided also, That (this Act notwithstanding) it shall and may be lawful for any Person or Per- sons, to go into any County, Parish or Place, to work in Time of Harvest, or at any Time to work at any other Work, so that he or they carry with him or them a Certificate from the Minifter of the Parifh and one of the Churchwardens and one of the Overfeers for the Poor for the faid Year, that he or they have a Dwelling-houfe or Place in which he or they inhabit, and hath left Wife and Children, or fome of them there, (or otherwife as the Condition of the Perfons thall require) and is declared an Inhabitant or Inhabitants there: (2) And in fuch Cafe, if the Perfon or Perfons thall not return to the Place afore-
