,>l 590 C. 18. Anno fexto & feptimo Gulielmi 111. A. D. 1695.1^ >.nitheMmhgejeJfy certain Rates and Duties upon Marriages, Births, and Burials, and upon Batchelors and Widowers, for the ■A<^- Term of [we Years, for carrying on the War againft France, The Sum of fourl hundred forty-eight thoufand' 6&7W. 3.C. 6. |-g^,gi^ hundred and twelve Pounds fhall be and is hereby appropriated for the Services of the Navy and Ordnance for Sea Service, performed and to be performed, and for Pay of the Officers and Soldiers of the two Marine Regiments (that is to fay) out of this prefent AiSr, two hundred thoufand Pounds, and out: of the laft recited Aft, the Sum of two hundred forty-eight thoufand feven hundred and twelve Pounds:' And that all other Monies, which fliall be levied and paid by virtue of this and the aforefaid KQt into thai Receipt of the Exchequer, as well upon Loans, as otherwife, mall be applied and appropriated and is here- by appropriated to and for the Payment of his Majefty's Land Forces and Armies, and the paying for Arms, Ammunition, and other Charges incident to the War, and not otherwife. Rules in tlieAa XXVL And for the more effectual doing thereof, and that the Sums by this Aft appropriated may not of I W. & M. S, be diverted or applied to any other Purpofe than is hereby declared and intended, be It enabled by the Au-
- ' th 'p'^"'^ d t thority aforefaid. That the Rules and Diredlions appointed and enadted in one Aft made in the firft
be obferved. Year of their Majeflies Reign, intituled. An Ait for a Grant to their Majeflies of an Aid of two Shillings in the Pound for one Tear, for the fpeedy Payment of Money thereby granted, into the Receipt of the Ex- chequer, by the Colleftors and Receivers, and for Diftribution and Application thereof and keeping diftinft Accounts of the fam.e, and all other Provifions, Pains, Penalties, and Forfeitures thereby enafted, in cafe of Diverfion of any Money thereby appropriated, are hereby revived and enacted to be in Force; and fliall be praftifed, applied, executed, and put in ure, for and concerning the Diltribution and Application of the faid Sums hereby appropriated, as fully, amply, and efFeftually, as if the fame were here particularly repeated and re-ena£ted. Coal Meters al- XXVIL Provided always, and be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Weight, Me- ready fworn ftill tage, and Admeafurement, of all Coal and Culm, brought to or landed in the Port of London, or in anyi to continue. Other Port or Place, where there are fworn Coal Meters, {ball be taken by fuch Coal Meters for the; Farther Provi- time being, as now it is, and they to give an Account thereof upon Oath in Manner aforefaid ; any thing | foiis concerning j^^ jj^jg j^^ contained to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. f. 41, lyGw. i.e. 35- 19 Cw. 2. f. 35. 7.2 Geo. z. c. 27- i%Ceo. 2. c, 7,6, 30 Geo. 2. c. ig, 31 Cjs. 2,.'^. 15. 32 Gee. 2. c. 27. arif 33 Geo. 2. e. 15 I Penally for trad- ' XXVIII. And whereas notwithftanding the Seals and Marks that are appointed and ufed by the Com- ing inAlamodes,',tiifl;oiiers of His Majefty's Cuftoms upon Foreign Black Alamodes and Luftrings, in order to prevent' '^h'"rf>'""° ' Frauds, and the Seal and Seals alfo ufed by the Luflring Company, ill Men do daily import fraudulently] Houre"Marl:. ' great Quantities of i^vwc/:) Alamodes and Luftrings into this Realm, and do utter and fell the fame, by SftgW.^.c. ' which Means alfo they have Opportunities to export Wool] and Money out o( England, to the great I 56. ^.3. ' Prejudice of this Nation :' For Remedy whereof be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Per- . ' Fariher Frcyi- f^j^ or PcrfoHS fliall prefume to deal or fell, buy or fell again, or fend beyond Sea, any black Alamodes or ; 1 Jions concerning Lug-^ings, unlefs they have the Seal or Seals, Mark or Marks, which are already ufed for Foreign Goods at ! ; JvX ^.-o&^-'. f^2 Cuftom Houfe, or the Seal and Mark alfo ufed by the Luftring Company, for the Goods manufactured ' | 5 /Jnn. c. 10.^ by them in England, under the Forfeiture of all fuch unqualified Goods, and alfo {hall forfeit the Sum of X 6Aiw',c. jg. one hundred Pounds for every Offence; one half to the Ufe of His Majefly, His Heirs and Succeffors, ; ! S Geo. I. e. 15. g,^(j (.|-[g other half to the Ufe of fuch Perfon or Perfons who {hall fue for the fame, to be recovered by ' 9 ?,'J" ^' J" ' Aftion of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, or otherwife, in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at :J! z^Geo.'z'ccih We/iminfler, wherein no Eflbin, Proteftion, Privilege, or Wager of Law, fhall be allowed, and no more iii zo. andi6Geo. than one Imparlance. 2.e.2t. XXIX. And be it alfo enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That if the Buyer of fuch Goods, not fealed ' < Buyer, on dif- according to Law, {hall, within twelve Months after fuch Offence committed, difcover the Perfon or j | covcrngtlieScl- Perfons of v/hom he fliall buy the fame, he {hall not only be difcharged of the Penalty to which he is hereby : | ^"' '°j ^^^^' ' liable, but fliall alfo have and receive to his own Ufe one Moiety of the Sum hereby impofed upon the ! j arg- , . pg^^fy Qj. Parties that fliall fell or difpofe of any fuch Alamodes and Luftrings without the Seal or Marks ji| aforefaid. j 'j '^^°--Tihe ^^X- And be it further enaded. That if any Perfon or Perfons {hall alter, counterfeit, or mifapply ' J Mark"'^ '° any of the Seals or Marks now ufed, and hereby required to be ufed, for the Purpofes afordaid, fuch Of- ; fender fhall forfeit the Sum of one hundred Pounds, to fuch Perfon or Perfons who fliall fue for the fame, ; ; to be recovered in like Manner as is herein before mentioned. ': 5&6W. &M. ' XXXI. And whereas upon the Aft made the Jaft Scfiion of Parliament, iiitituled. An ASifor licencing c. 22. ' gyi^ rcgidatir.g Hackney Coaches and Stage Coaches, the Commiffioners being thereby enabled to licence , .', f "The Hackney ' ^'-'^g^ Coaches ; and it being enafted. That no Licence continue longer than for one Year from the i Coaches not to ' Date thereof ; and it being alfo enafted by the fiid Aft, That no Perfon {hall prefume to drive or let to ? grant Licences ' Hire any Stage Coach or Coach Horfes, without having fuch Leave or Licence, as the faid Aft directs; for longer Time ' it hath been doubted whether the faid Commiffioners might make ntw Licences for Stage Coaches, after [ than June, 95. c the Determination of the fir{l, and fo to continue for the Term of one and twenty Y^ars, and what J ' was intended by the general Prohibition of Stage Cojches not having fuch Licences, without having, « ' any Reftraint or Limitation of Time ;' For explaining of which Doubts, be it enafted, and it is here-[.J| by f irther enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That nothing in the faid Aft contained {hall extend or be I S conftrued any way to impov^er any Commiffioners, that are or fliall be appointed by virtue of the faid Aft, to make or grant any Licence to any Perfon or Perfons vvhatfoever, to drive or let to Hire any Stage Coach or Coach Fiorfes, to continue or be in Force after the four and twentieth Day of June one thoufand fix hundred ninety-five. And it is hereby declared and enafted. That all Leafes or Licences heretofore made, and which are to continue after the faid four and twentieth Day of 'June, as for all the Time after the faid four and twentieth Day of June, fliall be and are hereby declared null and void to ».U, lutents and Purpofes whatfoever. And it is hereby further enafted and declared, That nothing in the 3 faid
