■^crs to deliver them the like Qaantity new itamped, &c. without Fee. Penalty, C. 26. Anno nono 5c decimo Gulielmi III. A. D. 1698. or Paper, and as good in Q^iality, ftamped with fuch new Stamp or Stamps, without demanding or taking, direiSlly or indirectly for the fame any Sum oF Money or other Confideration whatfoever, under the Pe- nalty of Forfeiture for every Ofl'ence one hundred Pounds, to be fued for, recovered and divided in fuch Manner as the other Penalties in this Acl, relating to the Duties of Vellum, Parchment and Paper, arc direfted to be fued for, recovered and divided ; And in cafe any Perfon {hall neglect or refufe within the StampcdVeiium, Time aforefiiid, to bring or caufe to be brought unto the faid Comitiiffioners or Officers as aforefaid, any w'thin°[heTime '""^'^ Vellum, Parchment or Paper, the fame is hereby declared to be of no other _Effe£l or Ufe, than if it decinrcd ufelefs. ^^^ never been ftamped ; and that all Matters or Things which fliall afterthat Time be ingrofled or writ- ten thereon, fhall be of no other ESefl:, than if they had been ingroffed or written on Vellum, Parchment or Paper not marked or ftamped at all ; and all Perfons who fiiall ingrofs or write any the Matters or Things hereby charged on fuch Vellum, Parchment or Paper after the faid Time, fliall forfeit and fuffer as herein before is enatfted for Perfons writing or ingroffing on Vellum, Parchment or Paper, not marked or ftamped. LXVI. Provided always, and be it enafted, That it fliall and may be lawful to and for His Majefty, His Heirs and Succeilors, or to or for the Commiffioners of the Treafury, or any three or more of them, or the Treafurer of the Exchequer for the time being, out of the Duties arifmg by this A61, for or upon ftamp- ed Vellum, Parchment or Paper, to caufe fuch Sum and Sums of Money to be expended and paid trom time to time, for Salaries and other incident Charges, as fhall be necefl'ary in and for the receiving, co!le6t- ing, levying or managing of the fame Duties by this A£t granted; any thing in this Aft contained to the contrary notwithftanding. LXVII. Provided always., and be it further enafted. That as often as His Majefty, His Heirs or Suc- for altering the ceflors, fliall think fit to alter the faid Stamps or any of them, that the Proclamation, which is hereby in- tampsto e tended to be made for giving to all Perfons due Notice thereof, fliall within twenty Days after the Date thereof, be fent to the Mayor, Chief Magiftrate or other Head Officer of every City, Corporation, Bo- rough and Market Town, throughout the Kingdom of England., Dominion ol Wales., and Town oi Ber- ivici upon Tweed ; which Officers refpecStively fliall caufe the fame to be publiftied to the Inhabitants of fuch City, Corporation or Town, either on the next Market Day, or next Sunday in the Church immediately after the Time of Divine Service, upon Pain of forfeiting the Sum of two hundred Pounds, to be fued for by Aftion of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any Court of Record at Wejlminfter, wherein no Ef- foin, Proteftion, Wager of Law, Privilege, nor more than one Imparlance, fliall be granted or allowed ; the one Moiety of which Forfeiture to be to His Majefty, the other Moiety to fuch Perfon who fliall fue for the fame. LXVIII. And for the better Diftribution of the faid Vellum, Parchment and Paper, and that the Sub- jects may have the fame with more Conveniency and at an eafy Rate ; Be it enacted by the Authority afore- faid. That the Lord High Treafurer o^ England, or Commiffioners of His Majefty's Treafury for the time ■being, fliall once in every Year, at leaft, fet the Prices of all Sorts of ftamped Vellum, Parchment and Paper, that it fliall be fold at; and that the faid Commiffioners for the faid Duties upon Vellum, Parch- The Price to be meat, and Paper, fliall ftamp the faid Price fo let, upon every Skin or Piece of Vellum or Parchment, or itamped thereon. Sheet or Piece of Paper, fo by them to be fold ; and that the faid Commiffioners ftiall likewife allow and pay to every Perfon who fliall bring Vellum, Parchment or Paper to be ftamped (the Duty whereof fliall amount to the Sum of ten Pounds or upwards) after the Rate of fix Pounds in the Hundred Pounds ^(?r Jnniim for three Months, upon prefent Payment of the faid Duty upon the faid Vellum, Parchment and Paper, fo by them brought, over and above the like Allowance upon the fame Quantity by the faid former A(5i:s ; and that any Perfons that fliall buy of the faid Commiffioners or their Agents, Vellum, Parch- ment or Paper, the Duty whereof amounts to the like Sum of ten Pounds ar upwards, fliall have the fame Allowance. LXIX. Provided always. That nothing in this KSi contained ihall extend to charge any Letters Patents for collecting charitable Benevolence, commonly called Briefs, with the Duty therein mentioned, or to ' Charged with inake it necelTary that fuch Briefs fliould be doubly ftamped ; any thing herein contained to the contrary in Annumesby any wife notwithftanding. 4 Geo. i. c. 9. ■' o f. i^. 1 Ann. flat. %. c. <!.%. ^ & ^ A«tt. c. iz. ^ Aim. c. fj. g An/?, c, li & 2^. 10 Ann, 5 Cm. 1. c. ig.yiff. 4S. 6Ci;o, I, c, 4 £f 21. Il.Gw. I. f. 8, |I2 Geo. I, c. 33. 9 G», 2. c. 32, 19. a7id -^zGco. 2. c. 35. Matters in- groHed thereon to be of no Ef- itSt.. Commiffioners Salaries^ &c. and incident Charges, to be paid out of the Duties, Proclamation Stampi fent to the Mayor, &c, of every Corpora- tion, Sec, vho fliall caufe the fame to be publiilied, &c,
- Under Penalty,
Treafury once a year to fet the l*rlces on ftamp- ed Vellum, &c. Allowance on jfrompt .Pay- meut. Briefs not charged Farther Pro^'iftons concerning Stamp Duties, t Ann. flat, i c. ig £? 26. 12 Ann. fiat. 1. c. 2. 12 Ann. fiat. z. c, 9, •S6 Geo. z. c, 26, 29 Cca, a. c 12 & 13. 30 .G«. 3. c CAP. XXVf. An A6t to fettle the Trade to Africa. J HERE AS the Trade to Africa is highly Beneficial and Advantageous to this Kingdom, and to / the Plantations and Colonies thereunto belonging : And whereas Forts and Caftles are undoubt- edly neceffary for the Prefervation and well carrying on the faid Trade : And whereas the Forts and Ca- ftles now on the faid Coaft o^ , Africa have been, and nov/ are, maintained at the fole Coft and Charge of the prefent Royal African Company of England; towards which Charge it is moft reafonable that all Per- fons trading to fuch Parts of the faid Coaft oi Africa, as are herein after limited and appointed, fliould contribute ;' Be it therefore enafted, ^c. £ X P« *' Royal African Company fhall maintain, iSc.
- ' Men, Artillery, i^c. King's Subjefts as well
Mount and 2hipj i^c. all their Forts, Caftles, i^c. and fupply the fame with the faid Company may trade to Africa, between Cape /"•-..» «•„ i/r.,/i.„.. f,.?. /u.,n „.,. u" "M 1 the Cape of Good Hope, paying lo/. per Cent, &c, Mafl-er, l£c. fliairenter his Name and 15 Days before cleared from Port, Owner or Exporter to make Entry of Goods fliipped on " Oath,
