6o6 C. 20. Anno feptimo & odavo Guliel-mi III. A. D. 1696 ; Maftrr or Cip- Privilege, Fioteclion, or Wager of Law, fhall be allowed, r,or any more than one Imparlance ; and the tarn of aSh.pto Captain or .Miifter of fuch Ship or Vellel (if the fame belong to a Subjefcj who fliall knowingly permit thc- forteit aooi. j-.^|j i^j^i^gp, Silver on Bullion to be put on board his faid Ship or VclTel, fliall forfeit to fuch Perfon or Perfohs as /.hall fue or inform for the lame, the Sum of two hundred Pounds, to be fued for and recovered in Manner as afore'aid ; and in caie the Ship or Veffel be a Man of War, or VefTel belonging to His Ma- jefly, then the Cap-tain thereof iliall forfeit the Sum of two hundred Pounds to any Perfon that {hall fue for. the fame as aforefaid, and {hall forfeit his Employment, and be made uncapable of any Office or Em- ployment, Civil or Military. PonaltyonConi- ym^ y^jj^j j,g J,, farther oiaaed, That if any CommifTioner or Commi{rioners, OfHcer or Officers of the ™!im'i"^'coc"-" Cu{loms, {hall grant any Cocquet for exporting of any molten Silver or Bullion whatfoever, before fuch qiiets tot export- Certificate firft had, as by this AiSl is direfted, and Entry thereof made in the Book hereby direfted to be ing Bullion be- kept by the Conimiflioners of the Cuiloms ; that every fuch CommifHoner and Officer of the Cufloms la fc.reCertifica:c, offending {hall forfeit the Sum of two hundred Pounds, and be made uncapable of any other Office Or ^"^^ _ Place of Profit or Truic v/hatfoever. In cafe of Sei- j^_ js.^^^^^ v.^ it further cna6i:ed by the Authority aforefaid. That in cafe any Seizure of any molten Sil- l'"oof°:oli'eon"' ^^' ° i^ul-'! Ai'"'" happen to be made in Purfuance and Execution of this Act, or that any AiStion, .Bill, the Owners • Plaint, Or Information {hall be brought for any of the Forfeitures or Penalties incurred by this A6t, and a Doubt or Qiieilion fliall arife thereon. Whether the molten Silver or Bullion then in Queflicn were really and truly foreign Bullion, or prohibited to be exported, or othei wife forfeited by this Aft ; in every fuch Cafe the Proof {hall lie on the Part of the Owner, Proprietor, or Claimer, of fuch molten Silver or Bullion, and for want of and ujilefs the Owner, Proprietor, or Claimer, or the Party fued, {hall prove that the molten Silver or Bullion Proof, to be for- in Qiieftion was, at the Time of the Seizure or Forfeiture thereof, foreign Bullion, and that no Part thereof teited. ^j^g (before the fame was moltenj the Coin of this Realm, nor Clippings thereof, nor Plate wrought within this Kingdom, that in every fuch Cafe, for want or luch Proof, the molten Silver and Bullion iii. Qusflion fliall be adjudged, deemed, conflrued, and taken, to be molten Silver and Bullion forfeited by this Aci, and liable to the Penalties before mentioned. Bullion exported X. Provided always, and be it further ena£led, That this Ac!:, or any thing therein contained, {hall not Licencc^not^ extend to prohibit the Exportation of fuch Bullion of Gold or Silver as fiiall be licenced by His Majeily exceeding (fuch Licences being entred in the Books of the Cuflom-houfe of the Port of London) fo as the fame be soo.cool. ex- exported before the lafl: Day of Jcnuayy, which fliall be in the Year one thoufand fix hundred ninety-fix, cepted. and do not exceed in Value two hundred thoufand Pounds Sterling, to be applied for the Payment of His Majefly's Forces. Penalty for ta- , XL And to the end the Subject, after fo great a Contribution and Charge for making good the Defici- kingcliptMo- ency of dipt Money, may not remain under any Part of the Mifchiefs which the Continuance of theCur- ney in Payment, j-gj^^y gf fm-j^ Money will occafion, be it further enadled. That whofoever, after the fourth Day of Mr.y lar*rftOT!&w '^^^ '^'^o'^^^"'^ ^'^ '^^'^*^'"^'^ "'"^'Y'^'^' ^^ '^'^'^ or receive any fuch dipt Money, otherwife than according conceymniCoir,, to the DirciSions, and in Purfuance of an A(?c of this prefent Ssflion of Parliament, intituled, An A(if:r S&'gfK-i.c.ie. re?ncdytng the ill State of the Coin of the Kingdom, in any Payment whatfoever, as if it were lawful Money, 9 &f 10^^. 3. {hall forfeit double the Value of the Silver fo received, to the Ufe of fuch Perfon as will inform or pro- f. 21. ■'^"^'- fecute for the fame, to be recovered in fuch Manner and Form as the Forfeiture for uttering Money dipt, I'e Geo'.'z,' "Xi. '^'^^er a Hole has been punched through it, in Purfuance of an A£l: made in this prefent Seffion of Parlia- ment is diredied to be recovered by the faid Ait; and the Juftices of the Peace are hereby impowered to hear and detenriine fuch Information or Profecutijsn accordingly. ' Xli. And whereas the uncertain Value of coined Gold has been highly prejudicial to Trade, and an ' Encouragement to certain evil difpofed Perfons to raife and fall the fame, to the great Prejudice of the Guineas, to be at ' landed ^Aen of this Kingdom :' Be il therefore enafted bv the Authority aforefaid. That from and after
- -^:.^'™' '° the Tenth Day of April one thoufand fix hundred ninety-fix, no Penbn ihall utter or receive any of the
pn I 9 . Pieces of Gold Coiji, commonly called Gtdnecs-, at any higher or greater Rate or Value than two and twenty Shillings for each Guinea, and fo proportionably for every greater or leflcjr Piece of coined Gold ; Penalty, and whofoever ihall offend herein fliall incur the Penalties and Forfeitures provided in an Ad: made in this prefent Paiiiament, for thole that fnall receeive or pay Guineas, and other Pieces of coined Gold, at a 7 & 8 W. •;. greater or higher P,.ate than in that Aft is direfted, to be recovered by the fame Ways and- Means that c. 10. §. iS. tjie Penalties and Forfeliurcs of that Aft are to be or may be recovered. CAP. XX. An Adl for granting to His Majfrfty an additional Dury upon all French Goods and Mer- chandize. Moji GiTicious Sovc7-eigiZy , > ;• vi 5-'.:.:. WE Your Majdfl:y's ihoft dutiful and loyal SuBjeftfe, the Commons afferkWed 'fh '"Parliament, have chear- fuHy ifnd uhanitnoufiy given and giatte'd, 'and'db*'Hcreby givd and graiVt lilito Your Majefty the additional and other Rates,- 'ImpofiticnS, Du'.:es_, and Charges, upon the feveral Sorts of Goods and Mer- chandize, to be imported into the Kingdom of Engknd. Dominion of Wales, or Town of Berivick upon TiL'eed, during fucli Time, and- in iuch ' Manner ind Form lis herein after foiroweth ; and do humbly pray Your'Majeity thfet if may be enafted-: ■ ■' , ; ■ ., T|.- And- be it e'nafted By'the- King's mp'ft^E:!^c?;Hent Majefty, by and with the_ Advice and Confent of thc'Lords Spiriitiial.-ahd TjCmpofal',.and ClimHio'irs, in .this !prclent Parliameiit affembled, and by the Au- . ■ ■ thority of theifeme, That- there fhall be 'anIV/ered -and p'aid to His Majefty, and his Heirs and Succelfors, for'the fevera-l-Gijods -and 'Merchandizes hereafter mentioned, over and above all Impofitlons, Duties, and Charges,
