698 "^ C. iB, 19. Anno nono 8: decimo Gdlielmi III. A. D. 1698,
- Exchange in this Kingdom ;' Be it therefore enacSed by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with
the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Parlia- ment aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from and after the four and twentieth Day of Bills of Ex- "June next, which fliall be in the Year one thoufand fix hundred ninety-eight, all and every Bill or Bills of ch-mge drawn in Exchange drawn in, or dated at and from, any trading City or Town, or any other Place in the Kingdom England, &c. of of England, Dominion of Wales, or Town of Berivick upon Tweed, of the Sum of five Pounds Sterling or 5I. orupwards, upwards, upon any Perfon or Perfons of or in London, or any other Trading City, Town, or any other t^Number'^of' Pl^ce (in which faid Bill or Bills of Exchange fhall be acknowledged and exprefled the faid Value to be re- Eays, &c. after ceived) and is and fhall be drawn payable at a certain Number of Days, Weeks, or Months after Date Acceptance, and thereof, that from and after Prefentation and Acceptance of the faid Bill or Bills of Exchange (which Ac- 3 Days after it is ceptance fhall be by the underwriting the fame under the Party's Hand fo accepting) and after the Expira- tiue, Party may ^j^j^ ^^ three Days after the faid Bill or Bills fliall become due, the Party to whom the faid Bill or Bills are Farther ProvJi-' "I'^'is payable, his Servant, Agent, or Affigns, may and fhall caufe the faid Bill or Bills to be proteffed by ons relating a Notary Publick, and in Default of fuch Notary Publick, by any other fubftantial Perfon of the City, hereto, 3 & A Town, or Place, in the Prefence of two or more credible Witneffes, Refufal or Negleil being firft made of Annaf.c.g. §.4. due Payment of the fame; which Proteft fhall be made and written under a fair written Copy of the faid, '^c^tmiT'^' Bill of Exchange, in the Words or Form following : ^nn. f. 2-5. iSalk, 131. Mod, Cafes in the Law 80, 373. 6 Mod, So, The Forin of the Proteft. Froteft or Notice thereof to be given in 14. Days after made. And 6 d. for the Proteft. In Default of Proteftnnade,&c. Perfon failing li- able to Cofts, Bills loft or mif- carried, Drawer to give another. EXP. R. ■* Made perpetual bv 13. Geo, a. ^; 30.' ■ N O W all R^en, that I A. B. on the Day of at the ufual Place- of Abode of the faid _ have demanded Payment of the Bill, of the which. , the above is the Copy, which the faid did not pay, wherefore I the faid J do hereby proteft the faid Bill. Dated this J Day of II. Which Proteft fo made as aforefaid, fhall within fourteen Days after making thereof be fent, or otherwife due Notice fhall be given thereof, to the Party from whom the iaid Bill or Bills were received, who is, upon producing fuch Proteft, to repay the faid Bill or Bills, together with all Intereft and Charges from the Day fuch Bill or Bills were protefted ; for which Proteft fhall be paid a Sum not exceeding the Sum of Six-pence; and in Default or NeglecS of fuch Proteft made and fent, or due Notice given within the Days before limited, the Perfon fo failing or neglecting thereof, is and fhall be liable to all Cofts, Da- mages, and Intereft, which d.o and fhall accrue thereby. ill. Provided neverthelefs, That in cafe any fuch inland Bill or Bills of Exchange fhall happen to be loft or mifcarried within the Time before limited for Payment of the fame, then the Drawer of the faid Bill or Bills is and fhall be obliged to give another Bill or Bills of the fame Tenour with thofe firft given, the Perfon or Perfons to whom they are and fliall be fo delivered giving Security if demanded, to the faid Drawer, to indemnify him againft all Perfons whatfoever, in cafe the faid Bill or Bills of Exchange fo al- ledg^ed to be loft or mifcarried, fhall be found again. CAP. XVIII. An A£f for the repairing the Highways from the Town of Birdlip, and the Top of Crickley Hill, in the County of Ghucejiery to the City of Gloucejler. For 20 Years from 24 "June i6g8. CAP. XIX. An Ail for cleanfing and making navigable the Chanel from the Htthe at Cclchefter, to Wivenhne. Duties to be paid from i Alay^ i6g3. for 21 Years, for all Goods landed or ftiipped from Wivenhoe, or the Neio Hithe ColcheJler. Every, Bay, Say, or Perpetuane, a Half Peny, Timber 6^. />^r Tun, Chalk 3 (S?. />ffr Tuni Paving Stone 6 d. per Tun; other Stones, Tobacco Pipe Clay, Afhes or Pantyles iz d. per Tun. Fullers Earth or Sea Coal 12c/. per Chalder. Oil 3 J. per Tun. Wine or Brandies ^s. per Tuii. All olher Goods, i^c. zs. per Tun. To be paid before landed, or fhipped. Continued by 5 Geo. r. c. 31. §. I. from May ijig. to May 1740. Duties to be paid to Colleftor, and by him to Receiver Ge- neral. Mayor, &^c. may affign where the Chanel fhall be enlarged, &c. may cut and dig the Land fo laid out, Wf. Earl of Kent's Land not to be cut. Except Gravel-pit Land, and two Pieces called Fore- lands. Nor the Lands of Nicholas CorfelUs, Efq; unlefs Reed Point. In cafe of Damaj^e Mayor and. Commonalty to repair the fame. Soil not to be laid on any Perfon's Land without Licence. On Payment of Sum agreed on, fuch Lands to be vefted in the Mayor and Commonalty, &c. Pe- jialty on Mayor, &c. not repairing the Premiffes. Mayor, ^c. to compound with the Owners of Lands. Commiffioners to mediate between the Corporation and Owners, and proportion every Perfon's Share. _ On Non-agreement, Sherift" of Effix to impanel a Jury, who are to enquire and affefs Damages. Commiffioners to give Judgment thereupon, &c. Such Judgment binding, to be kept among the Re- cords of the SefTions. Mayor, i^c. may nominate CollecSlor, b°f. Mayor of Colchejier, and Juftices of the Eaft Divifion of EJfex to be Commiffioners, and to take Account of the Receipts and DIfburfements, &c. No Goods to be laded or unladed at any Key In Colchejier River but at IVivenhoe, and the New Hiihe. Giles Sayer's Wharf excepted, i^c. Goods, i^c. unladen at Wivenhoe, and not carried to Colchefter, &c. exempted from Duties. The like from Colchejier to Wivenhoe. Mayor, ^c. may engage the Profits of the Toll, and grant the fame for 21 Years, for Security for Money borrowed, with Intereft at 6 /. per Cent, If before Expiration of the Term, fufficlent Money be raifed for the Ufes aforefaid, Duties to ceafe. In cafe Mayor, iSc. make new Chanel through Gravel-Pit Land, Earl of Kent may either have the Value thereof, or retain the fame. 4 CAP.
