380 C. 5j 6, Anno vicelimo quinto Caroli II. A. D. 1672',
- to be very prejudicial to the Sale of the Cattle of this Realm, and a great Inconvenience and Difcourag^-.
' ment to thofe that feed the faid Cattle in their refpeftive Counties, who by Reafon thereof are forced to ' make Journies up in their owil Perfons to London, or to f^nd others purpofeiy for that Imployment, which ' commonly taketh up and wafteth all or the greateft Part of the Profit or Gain that they make of their Part of the Aft ' faid Cattle ;' (4) Be it therefore enacled by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, and by and with the rnadezz&aj Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afTem- Cdr. 2. c. 19. {;,le(ij and by the Authority of the fame. That the faid Claufe, and all and fingular Penalties in the faid %. 2. repe.1 e . ^^ relating thereunto, fo far forth as the fame do or may any Ways concern Salefmen or Faftors employed by Feeders or Farmers, but not as the fame do concern Salefmen or Faflors employed by Butchers, Job- bers or Brokers, fhall be and do fland repealed, and be utterly null and void to all Intents and Purpofes' whatfoever, 7 Ann. c. 6. CAP. V. An Aft for the King's Majefty's moft Gracious, General, and Free Pardon. EXP. C A P. VI. An Aft for taking off Aliens Duty upon Commodities of the Growth, Produft, and Manu- fadlure of the Nation. 11H.7. c. 14. < "^XT'HEREAS by a Statute made in the eleventh Year of King //fwry the Seventh it is enacted,- for the inforce- <■ yy That all Merchant-Strangers, and others that be made Denizens by the King's Letters Patents, or* Aar"^ I An ' otherwife, fhall pay fuch Cuftoms and Subfidies for their Goods and Merchandize inwards and outwards, Stat. I. c. 13.' ' as they fliould have paid if fuch Letters Patents had never to them been made 5 (2) and whereas by one ' other Statute made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord the King that now is, vs-. 14 Car. 2. c. 4. ' tituled, A Subftdy granted to the King of Tonnage and Poundage,, and other Sums of Money payable up07i Mer^' §■ ^' ' chandizes Exported and Imported, and afterwards confirmed by an A£l of Parliament made in the thirteenth ijCar. 2. ' Year of his faid Majefty's Pvcign, it is enacted. That every Merchant, TSTatural-born Subjeft, Dtnizen' Stat, J, c. 7. ' and Alien, ftiall pay the Sum of twelve Pence for all manner of Goods or Merchandize to be carried out; 'of this Realm or to be brought into the fame by way of Merchandize, amounting to the Value of tu-enty ' Shillings according to the Book of Rates, whereto Reference is made by the faid Statute ; (3); and that
- every Merchant-Alien ftiall pay the Sum of twelve Pence over and above the twelve Pence aforefaid, for
' all Manner of the Native Commodities of this Realm, or Manufaflures wrought of any fuch Native (J'om-* ' modities, of the Value of twenty Shillings, to be, carried out of this Realm by fuch Merchants-x'^liens ;.' ?- Car. 2. c. 4. c ^^^ J^,^J whereas by another Claufe of the faid Statute of the twelfth Year of his Majefty's Reign that- ^'^' ' now is, it is enacSed, That all Strangers and Aliens fhall pay fix Shillings and eight Pence per Piece for ' every Short Cloth to be carried out of this Realm by fuch Strangers or Aliens ; f ;) and whereas by the- ' twelfth Article of Rules, Orders, Direftions and Allov/ances annexed to the faid Book of Rates, it is re-' ' cited, ordered and direfted. That Merchant-Strangers fljould pay double Petty-Cufl-om for Lead, Tin,; ' Woollen Cloth, and for Native Manufaftures of Wool or Part of Wool, and for all other Goods, as well ' inwards as outwards, rated to pay the Subfidy of Poundage, three Pence in the Pound, and other Duties ' payable by Charta Mercatoria, befides the Subfidy ;' (6) Be it ena6ted by the King's moft Excellent Ma"- jefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this- Part of the faid prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That fo much and fuch Claufes only of Statutes of the faid Statutes of the eleventh Year of Henry the Seventh, and of the twelfth Year of our Sovereign Lord II H. 7. c. 14. the King that now is, and of the faid twelfth Article of Rules, Orders, Direiftions and Allowances, and of izCar. 2. c. 4. Charta Mercatoria therein mentioned, and all other Claufes contained in any other Act or Statutes of thia SG'o^^i'Vi'; Realm whatfoever, as do ariy ways concern any Cuftom or Subfidy upon any of the Native Commodities ' ' of this Kingdom, (except Coals) or Manufactures wrought or made in this Kingdom, or Town of Ber- wick upon Tweed, to be exported out of this Realm, payable by any Merchant-Alien made Denizen, or other Stranger or Alien, over and above the Cuftom and Subfidy payable by his Majefty's Natural-born - Subjects, and no more, be hereby repealed. ^_°'^^'?^'^.'""" II. And for the further Explanation hereof. Be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That from flinllMvnomor'e ^"f"^ ^*^'^^'" '^^'^ ^^ ^Y °^ May vt^zi^. fhall be in the Year one thoufand ilx hundred and feventy -three, every for the Native fuch Merchant, Denizen, Stranger or Alien, ftiall pay for fill Merchandize confifting of any the Native Commodities of Commodities of tliis Realm (except Coals) or Manufactures wrought or made in the Kingdom of £^;j-/(3«(/, th;sNation,tlian qj- Town of Bcrivick upon Tivced, to be carried out of this Realm by fuch any Merchant, Denizen, Stran^r t^au"rn'sub'" ° -^-^"' ^""'^'^ Cuftoms and Subfidies only, and no other or greater, than Merchants being the King's Na-. iefls : Exccp" for tural-bom Subjects do by Virtue of the faid Statute of the twelfth Year of his Majefty that now is pay Coals, or Manu- for any Merchandize of the Native Commodities of this Realm, (except Coalsj or Manufactures wrought faftures -wrought or made in this Kingdom or Town of Berwick upon Traced, to be exported o'jt of this Realm by fuch Na-' in ihisfCingdom tural-born Subjects; any Law, Cuftom or Statute to the contrary notwithftanding. ' or Berwick. j|j_ ^^^j [^^ jj. f^p(-[-jg|. gnaCted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the firft Day of ^fl/ What they fliall -^^^rjjjch ftiall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred feventy and three, every Merchant, pay or i . Denizen or Alien ftiall pay for all Sorts of Fifh caught by Eng/ifji.ien, and exported ii-i Engliflo Ship- ping, and whereof the Mafter and three Fourths of th'i Mariners fhall be EngiiJIi, fuch Cuftoms and Sub-- Cmctr-.tr.g Cuf- {^f.g only and no greater or other than Merchants being Natives of this Reahn do pay for the fame. [Con- ^°'^^^'{^'*;; tinuedby zWiU.&Mar. C.4. §.3. i Ann. St.,i. c. 13. §. 2. 9 Ann. c. 6. §. z. 3 Geo. i. c. 7.] a. ^.'4. 4 &' 5 ?/!?.©' M. cgfi?!;. 6 IV.& M. c. j.- 6 (S jtK^.r. j. ^Ga.j.cit. 6 Gi-o, i. c. ii. j Gee. r. ffnt. 1. c. zi. 8 Co. 1. f. 15. 18, 6f 31. 9GM. I.e. 21. II (7fo. J. c 7 fef 50. 12 C«. I. c. 28. I Geo. 2.y!(if. 2. I-. 17. g Geo. i, c. 33. 15 Gic. 2. c. 51. iSCm. 2.^.28. 19 C«, 2. f. 34. 2iG«. 2. c, 3. 28 Ci-o, 2. c, 21. 2 '^-"' *• <^' '^ ^29'., 32 G«. 2, f. 10. - 3 - w A t*
