A. D. 1696. Anno feptimo & odtavo Gulielmi III. C. ji, 627 ' dyhig the ill State of the Coin of the Kingdom-, it is (among)l: other Things) enafted, That in regard the/mail f^, 30. ' ' """ '■ Pieces of the New Motiies to be coined will he moll ufcfid in Commerce., that from and after the fourth Day of j'W. 3. c, i. .' ' February one thoufand fix hundred ninety-five., the Mafer and IVorker of Mis Majcjiy's Mint for the time being ' fhall., upon every hundred Pound Weight Troy of Sterling Silver to be coined from the dipt Money, purfuant tb '• ' the DireHion of that AEi., from time to time caufe at Icaji forty Pounds Weight Troy to be coined into Shil- ' lings, and ten Pounds Weight Troy to be coined into Sixpences, befidcs the other Coins which he is to make out 1 ' of the fame, purfuant to the Indenture of the Mint ; and that in cafe the Majler and Worker of the Mint Jlia'i ' omit fo to do, he Jhall forfeit for every fiich Offence tivcnty Pounds, the one Moiety thereof to His Majejly, the ' ' other Moiety thereof to the Informer, to be recovered by ACtic7i of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, wherei/i ' | ' no Wager of Law, Proteilion, Privilege, Imparlance, or Effoin, fljall be allowed: And fqrafmuch as the 1 ' Penalty for not making the feveral Species of Money in Quantity in the faid ASt diredTed, is wholly and ' ' only laid on the Mafter and Worker of the Mint, whole Part is only to deliver clean Silver Plates to the ' Corporation of Moneyers, from which the faid Corporation are lo make and mark the faid Monies, foi' ' which they, by Indenture of the faid Mint, are to have Nine-pence half-peny per Pound Weight Troy ^ ' for all fuch Silver made into Monies, and one Peny per Pound Weight Troy more for the better and mor6 i ' exaft fizeing and making the Money :' Now for the more fpeedy and effe6tual coining of the faid Money into the feveral Species, ' purfuant to the faid Aft of Parliament, be it enacted , iSc. EXP. " Moneyers refufmg to mark the Silver Plate and keep the faid Mills at Work, Mafter and Worker of the ; " Mint may employ other Perfons, &c. 1 CAP. XXXI. An A6t for continuing to His Majefty certain Duties upon Sak, Glafs Wares, Stone and Earthen Wares, and for granting feveral Duties upon Tobacco Pipes, and other Earthen 1 Wares, for carrying on the War againft France, and for eftablifning a national Land Bank, J and for talcing ofiF the Duties upon Tunnage of Ships and upon Coals. • ■ . >
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HERE AS by an A£l made at the Parliament held in the fifth and fixth Years , of the Reign ofj&sw. » I His prefent Majefty, and the late Queen Mary of BlefTed Memory, intituled, An A5i for grant- m. cy. ■ ing to their Majejiies certain Rates and Duties upon Salt, and upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors, for fe curing certain Recompences and Advantages, in the faid JiSl mentioned, to fuch Perfons as f] all voluntarily advance the ; Sum of ten hundred ihoufand Pounds towards carrying on the War againflYxAwze, it was enafted. That from < , and after. the five and twentieth Day q{ March one thoufand fix hundred ninety-four, there fhould be throughout the Kingdom of £'7?g'/(7?7^/. Dominion of /^"^/w, and Town of 5«-if/V,^ upon Titw^, raifed, le- vied, colleiSled, and paid unto their Majefties,, their Heirs and SuccelTors, until the feventeenth Day of '< May, which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred ninety-feven, and no longer, for , Salt, the feveral Rates and Duties therein mentioned :' We Your Majefly's moft loyal and dutiful Sub- • '; jefts, the Commons in Parliament aflembled, being fenfible of the great and neceflary Expexice in which . Your Majefly is engaged for carrying on the prefent War againft the French King, and being defirous to fupply the fame in fuch Manner as may be leaft grievous to Your Majefiy's SubjeiSs ; therefore, for the En- -i couragement of fuch Perfons who fhall voluntarily contribute to the advancing and paying into Your Ma- • jefty's Exchequer, towards carrying on the faid War, any Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding the Sum '; of five and twenty hundred and fixty- four thoufand Pounds, upon the refpeftive Terms and Recompences ■ herein after mentioned, we Your Majefty's faid loyal and dutiful SubjeiSls, the Commons in Parliament 1 aflembled, have given and granted, and do hereby give and grant unto Your Majefty, Your Heirs and Sue- j cefTors, Kings and Queens of England, the feveral Rates and Duties herein after mentioned. . • 1 II. And be it enafted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Content of the ^anj" "^r^"" ! Lord^ Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in Parliament afTembled, and by the Authority of the ever, asdiKfleJ I fame, That all and every the Rates and Duties upon Salt granted by the faid recited Aft, fhall be raifed, by 5 & 6 W. & ' levied, collccSled, anfwered, and paid unto Your Majefty, Your Heirs and Succeffors, Kings and Queens ^- <:• ?• of England, forever, in the fame Manner and Form, and by fuch Rules, Ways, and Means, and under '^"^f- 3- ^^O'^* fuch Penalties and Forfeitures, as are mentioned in the faid Act for raifing, levying, collefting, anfwering, ^■^"j'c^" J^f" and paying the fame, for the Term granted in the faid Ail ; and that the faid recited Aft, and every Ar- ufes by 5 Geo. tide. Rule, and Claufe therein mentioned, as for and concerning the Rates, Duties, and Impofitions upon 2. c. 6. and con- i - Salt, (hall continue and be in full Force for ever, as fully and amply, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the tinued by is ^ fame were particularly recited, exprefTed, and enafted in the Body of this Aft. $"■*• ^- S-' i ' J :> r 1 } Farther Pro-vi- j ficvs coticermng Sail, 9 fif lo TV. 3. c, 6, 10 &>" 11 ff. 3. c. 12. t Ann. fiat, i. c 21. 2 £f 3 Am. c. 14. 4 Ann. c. 12. 5 Ann. c, 29. 6 Ann. c. 12. a An^i, • c. 23. iz Ann, flat. ^. c.z. 5 G«, i. <r. 18. 8 Ceo. 1. c 4^? 16. ji C?w. i, r. 30. 3 Geo. 2. f. 20. 5 C«. 2. £. 6. 8 Gcii-,,2. c. iz. 14 Gso. z. r. 22. ] a6 Geo, 2. c, 3. & 32. ' " Commiffioners of Excife to keep apart the Monies arifing by the Duties hereby granted, and pay the EXP. " fame v/eekly into the Exchequer. A diftinft Book to be kept in the Exchequer, for entring the faid Mo-
- ' nies. Penalty on Commiffioners neglefting, or mifapplying the Monies. Weekly Sums to be a Fund
" for Loans. Salaries, y^. to be paid out of the Duties. Comptroller of the Excife to keep Account of " the Duties according to s &6 W. &M. c. 7. 1 795480 1. to be the yearly Fund, and paid as herein after 4^2 " direfled.
