A. D, 1704. Anno tertio & quarto Ann^e Reglnze. C. 8. 1 79 XII. Provided always, and be it ena£t:ed and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That the Commifli- Commiffioners oners to be named in purfuance of this Aft, fhall not by Virtue of fuch Commiflion, treat of or concern- "["^^'j^ ^"1 u- ing any Alteration of the Liturgy, 'Rites, Ceremonies, DifcipJine or Government of the Church, as by tu^gy^orGo- " Law eftabliftied within this Realm. vernment of the Cburcb of Erg' CAP. VIII. »"^' An Aft to permit the Exportation of Irijh Linen Cloth to the Plantations, and to prohibit the Importation of Scotch Linen into Ireland..
- "IT T H E R E A S in and by an Aft made in the fifteenth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King '5 £»'• »• «• 7-
' W Charles the Second, intituled. An A£i for the Encouragement of Trade, it is amongft other ' Things enaiSled, That no Commodity of the Growth, Production or Manufa£lure oi Europe, fhall be ' imported into any Land, Ifland, Plantation, Colony, Territory, or Place, to his Majefty belonging, ' or which fhall hereafter belong unto, or be in the PofTeflion of his Majefty, his Heirs and Succelfors, ' in AJia, Africa, or America (except as is therein excepted) but what fhall be bona fide, and without
- Fraud, laden and fhipped in England, Wales, or the Town oi Berimck upon Tweed, under the Penalties
' in the faid Aft contained : Yet forafmuch as the Proteftant Intereft in her Majefty's Kingdom of Ireland
- ought to be fupported, by giving the utmoft Encouragement to the Linen Manufaftures of that King-
' dom ;' Her Majefty is gracioufly pleafed, in tender Regard to her good Proteftant SubjeiSts of her faid King- jg /f. s. c. 4. dom, and for the further Encouragement of the Linen Manufactures thereof. That it may be ena£ted ; and lEl.c. n. be it enacted by the Queen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiri- i^^nn.j}. 2. e. S. tual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament afTembled, and by Authority of the fame. After 14. June, That from and after the four and twentieth Day oijune one thoufand feven hundred and five, it fhall and may iros- Ir'"* l"'- be lawful to and for any Native or Natives o{ England, or Ireland, to lade and fhip in any Port of the faid n«ntnaybetranf- Kingdom of Ireland in Englijh built Shipping, whereof the Matter and one Moiety of the Mariners^ du- ^J^eEnglifc ring the prefent War, and afterwards the Mafter and three Fourths of the Mariners at leafl to be Englijh plantations. or IriJh, any white or brown Linen Cloth, which fhall be of the Manuf^<£ture of the faid Kingdom of Ire.- • Thi» Part of land, and no other, and the fame to tranfport in fuch Ships, and fo navigated, into any of the faid Lands, theAftcontm*- Iflands, Plantations, Colonies, Territories, or Places, and there freely to traffick with, and vend the ^^ ^^ jOeo. 1. fame ; any thing in the faid Aft, or in any other Aft, to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. der'the Umital II. Provided neverthelefs. That no Ship or VelTel coming to any of the faid Lands, Iflands, Plantati- tion therein ons. Colonies, Territories, or Places, from the faid Kingdom o( Ireland, fhall unlade, or break Bulk, inentioned.* until the Mafter or Commander of fuch Ship or VefTel fhall firft have made known to the Governor of no Ship to break fuch Land, Ifland, Plantation, Colony, Territory, or Place, or to fuch Perfon or Officer as fhall be by Bulk until No- him thereunto authorized and appointed, the Arrival of the faid Ship or VelTel, with her Name, and the »'<:e of Arrival Name and Surname of the Mafter or Commander, and fhall have delivered to fuch Governor or OfHcer, L 5? ^'^'" '" a true and perfeft Inventory or Invoice of the Lading of fuch Ship or VefTel, together with a Certificate ^^ an Invoice from the Chief OfHcer of the Port in Ireland, where fuch Ship or VelTel fhall be laden, expreffing the Par- of the Lading, ticulars of fuch Lading, with the Names and Abodes of the Exporters, and of two Perfons at the leaft, &c, delivered, who fhall have made Oath before fuch Chief Officer, that the faid Good5 and Linen are bona fide of the Manufafture of the faid Kingdom of Ireland, and until the Mafter or Commander of fuch Ship or Vellel fhalt have mads Oath before fuch Governor or Officer, that the faid Goods, and every Parcel thereof, are the fame Goods that he, the faid Mafter or Commander, took on board by Virtue of fuch Certificate as is aforefaid, nor until fuch Ship or VefTel fhall have been viiited and fearched by an Officer or Officers ; and in cafe th? Commander of any fuch Ship or VefTel fhall unlade, or break Bulk, before fuch Notice Penalty on Cow. given, and fuch Certificate produced, and fuch Oath made by fuch Commander, or before fuch Search mander offend-., made as aforefaid, or if upon fuch Search any Goods whatfoever of Woollen "Manufafture, not laden in '"S- England (neceftary Apparel of the Commander and Mariners only excepted) or any Linen Goods not laden in England, nor of the Manufafture of Ireland, fhall be found in fuch Ship or VelTel; in all or any of the faid Cafes, fuch Ship or VelTel fhall be, and is hereby adjudged forfeited, with all her Guns, Tackle, Ammunition and Furniture, together with all fuch Goods and Commodities, of what Kind fo- ever, as fhall be imported or found in fuch Ship ; one third Part to her Majefty, her Heirs and SuccefTors, cne third Part to the Governor of fuch Land, Ifland, Plantation, Colony, Territory, or Place, into which fuch G-oods fhall be imported, if the faid Ship, Veflel, or Goods be there feized, informed againft, or fued for (or otherwife that third Part alfo to her Majefty, her Heirs and SuccefTors) and the other third Part to him or them who fhall fue for the fame in her Majefty's Court, in fuch of the faid Lands, Iflands, ^Colonies, Plantations, Territories, or Places, where the Offence fliall be committed, or in any of her Majefty's Courts at JVeJlminJler, by Bill, Plaint, Information, or other Aftion, wherein no EfToin, Pro- teftion, or Wager of Law fhall be allowed. III. And be it further enafted. That all Ships coming from Ireland, to any fuch Land, Ifland, Colo- Sh'P»w|*"S ny, Plantation, Territory, or Place, fhall be fubjeft to the fame Rules, Vifitations, Searches, Penalties, atTto be vtfitrf and Forfeitures, to which Ships coming from England to any of the faid Colonies, Plantations, or Places, ;„ nke Manner ftre fubjeft or liable to by any Law now in Force. [The four next Seftions are omitted, being repealed as Ships from by 5 Ann. c, 8.] England. Aaa *' Penalty
