A.D. i695« Anno fexto & feptimo GuLiELMi III. C. i8. $8g where the fame fhall be kept and entered in Books diftinft and apart from any other Branch of His Ma- jefty's Revenue. XlX. And for the encouraging of all fuch Ships or VefTels as {hall be employed in bringing Coals for Allowance of fupplying the City of London, and other Ports of this Kingdom, at more reafonable Rates than during this Seamen to Coal War they have hitherto been; Be it enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid Ships, and Pe- nine and tvv'entieth Day of September, there fliall be allowed yearly, from the fifteenth Day of April un- flj„si°"ir til the firfl Day of "January, free from imprefling, to every Matter of any Ship or VefTel employed in the them. Coal Trade, two able Seamen (fuch as the Mafter fliall nominate) for every Ship or VefTel under one 11&12W. 3, hundred Tun, and one for every fifty Tun, for every Ship or Velfcl of one hundred Tun and upwards c. 13. %. 8. Burthen, according to the Meafurement which fuch a Ship or Veifel fliall appear to be of, by a Certificate ^ •^""' '^- "• which fhall be produced from the Cuftoni Houfe, of what Number of Tuns fuch a Ship or Veflel hath ^' ' paid for, by an A6t for laying a Duty on Tunnag; of Shipping; and if any Captain, Lieutenant or other Officer, fliall by any Authority whatfocver prefume to imprefs or take any of the Men allowed by this Afl:, fuch Captain, Lieutenant or other Officer, fliall forfeit to the Mafter or Owner of fuch Ship or VeiFel ten Pounds for every Man he fliall fo imprefs or take, to be recovered, with Cofts of Suit, by Adiion of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of His Majefty's Courts of Record, wherein no £flbin, Pro- 1 tedtion, Privilege, Wager of Law, InjuncSlion or Order of Reftraint, fliall be in any wife granted or al- ' 'lowed, and fhall alfo be made incapable of holding any Place, Office or Employment, in any "of His Ma-
'jefty's Ships of War.
j '-' XX. And whereas the Tmpofition upon Coals exported to Foreign Parts is fo great, that it is almoft a q Anns, c. 6. '.Prohibition, to the great Diminution of His Majefty's Cufloms, the lefTcning of the iS/z^///?) Navigation, §• 5- ■* and the Exportation of Coals beyond the Seas:' for Remedy whereof be it enabled by the Authority
- .'aforefaid, That all Coals exported beyond the Seas in Foreign Bottoms fliall, during the Continuance of
- this Aft, only pay ten Shillings the Chaldron; and in Englijh Bottoms, only three Shillings the Chal-
dron; any Law to the contrary notwithftanding. I XXL" And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the tenth Day of May i wne thoufand fix hundred ninety-five, it fliall and may be lawful to and for His Majefty, or His Officers I in the Receipt of His Exchequer by His Command and Appointment, to borrow and take into the faid
- Receipt, at Intereft, for His Majefty's Ufe, by Way of Loan, any Sum orSums of Money, which together ACIaufcofLoan
i . with the whole Value or Amount of all the Sums of Money which fhall be colledted, levied and paid by virtue "^ 564;7co!. '.of this Aft, fhall not exceed in the whole the Sum of fi.ve hundred fixty-four thoufand feven hundred "P<=n^th^s^A^at Pounds; which Sum or Sums of Money fo to be taken up or borrowed, fliall and may be charged upon ^ ' '"^'^
- the Credit of His Majefty's Exchequer in general; and Tallies of Loan, and Orders for Repayment of
. the fame, fhall be levied accordingly, -which Orders fliall be aflignable and trahsferrable from one Per- . fon to another. j XXn. And it is hereby eiafted and declared. That all and every Sum and Sums of Money fo to be if this Supply (borrowed, not exceeding as aforefaid, together with the Intereft for the fame, not exceeding the Rate of faileth in Pay- feven Pounds per Centum per Annum, to be paid every three Months, until Satisfaftion of the Principal, ment, the next
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- iall be payable and be paid or fatisfied unto the refpeftive Lender or Lenders of the fame, his, her or ■'|"' s'™"'" 1"=
their Executors, Adminiftrators or Affigns, out of the Monies arifing by this Aft, fo far as the fame fliall '^^B • extend; and fo much as the faid Aft fliall fall fhort or be deficient for paying, the fame fliall be payable, and be paid or fatisfied unto the refpeftive Lender or Lenders of the fame, his, her or their Executors, Adminiftrators or Affigns, out of any of the next Aids or Supplies to be granted to His Maiefty in Parlia- ment; and fhall be transferred and transferrable thereunto, as foon as any fuch Aid or Supply fliall be if no Aid gi.ven granted; and in cafe no fuch Aid or Supply fliall be granted to his Majefty before the fecond Day of Fe~ before Feb. j. bruary one thoui'and fix hundred ninety-five, then the faid Sum and Sums of Money fo to be borrowed. Exchequer not exceeding as aforefaid, and the Intereft thereof, fliall be payable, and be paid and fatisfied to the faid '"^'S'^^' ' Lender or Lenders, his, her or their Executors, Adminiftrators or Affigns refpeftively, by and out of any of His Majefty's Treafure, which from thenceforth fhall come into, be or remain in the Receipt of His yi^t&'^^s Exchequer, not being already appropriated to any particular Ufes by any Aft or Aft s of Parlia- I .ment before this Time made. i XXIII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That nine of the Ships of War, Part of Nine siiips to ' the forty-three, which by an Aft of this prefent Seffion of Parliament were appointed to cruife in feveral suard the Coal
Stations to guard the Coafts and Trade of this Kingdom, are hereby appointed to cruife or convoy (that is ^"°«-
to fay) fix on the Northern Coafts, and three on the Weftern Coafts, in fuch Stations as fhall be direfted [| by the Lord High Admiral of England, or Commiffioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral
- of England for the time being, for the better protefting and preferving fuch Ships and VelTels as fhall be
' employed in the Coal Trade. XXIV. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That there fhall be allov/ed, to every . M(,j,tiis Xjme ' Mafter or Ov/ner of any Ship or VefTel, three Months Time for the Payment of the Duty impofed by for paying the this Aft, good and fufficient Security being given for the fame, fuch as the Colleftor or other Chief Of- Duties, and the ficer of the Port or Place v/here fuch Goods fhall be imported or brought, fhall approve of, or if fuch Maf- Duties to be re- j ter or Owner fhall pay prefent Money, there fhall be allowed him after the Rate of ten Pounds per Cen- ^o^'Jj"f°" ^^'
turn per Annum for fuch prompt Payment; and if any of the Coals, for which the Duty hereby granted,
paid, or fecured, at the Importation thereof, be again exported to any other Place of this Kingdom, or to any Parts beyond the Seas, then the aforefaid Duty fliall be wholly repaid, or the Security vacated, upon '..(due Proof thereof in ufual Form. XXV. And it is hereby further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That out of the Money that fhall be Apprepriation levied or paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer, as well upon Loans as otherwife, by virtue of this Aft, of tiie A-ioniei and alfo by one other Aft of this prefent Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An ASl for granting to His Ma- ariiing by this jejly
