A. D. 1707. Anno fexto Annje Reginas. C. 22. 309 from Great Britain in foreign Bottoms, fhalT only pay ten Shillings the Chaldron ; and in Britijfj Bottoms only three Shillings the Chaldron, and after thofe Rates for greater or lefTer Quantities ; any former Law or Statute to the contrary notwirhftandiag. The faid refpeiStive Duties on Coals exported, to be raifed, levied, uplifted, and recovered in the faTie Manner, and under fuch Penalties and Forfeitures, as How Duties ftail any other Cuftoms or Duties payable to her Majefty upon the Exportation of any Goods or Merchan- be levied. dizes are by any Lawr or Statute now in Force, to be raifed, levied, uplifted, or recovered in England or See 8 Annae Scotland refpedively. <=■ '3- f- s- ' IX. And whereas by an A61 of Parliament made in the Eighth Year of the Reign of his faid late Ma- 8 & 9 w. j.
- jefty King William, of glorious Memory (intituled, An A£i for makiiig good the Deficiencies of feve- <^- lo. & 9
' ral Funds therein mentioned, and for enlarging the Capital Stocik of the Bank of England, and for raifing the Ams, c. 6^ ' publick Credit) it is amongft other Things enacted, That during the Continuance of the Corporation of ' ^' '" "* ' the Governor and Company of the Bank of iE'Kff/iTwr/, no other Bank, or any other Corporation Society, ' Fcllowftiip, Company, or Conftitution in the Nature of a Bank, fliall be erefted or eftabliflied, per- ' mitted, fuftered, countenanced, or allowed by A(£l of Parliament, within the Kingdom, as in and by ' the faid Aft more at large may appear ; neverthelcfs fince the palling of the faid Aft fome Corporations ' by Colour of the Charters to them granted, and other great Numbers of Perfons, by Pretence of Deeds ' or Covenants united together, have prefumed to borrow great Sums of Money, and therewith, contrary ' to the Intent of the faid Aft, do deal as a Bank, to the apparent Danger of the eftablifhed Credit of the ' Kingdom :' Now for preventing of fuch Praftice in Time to come, and the Mifchiefs thence to arife, Be p^.^^^^ g^ itenafted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and afterthe twenty-ninth Day of September
the Year of ,^08, during '
our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and eight, during the Continuance of the Governor and Company Continuance of .of the Bank of England, it fliall not be lawful for any Body Politick or Corporate whatfoever, erefted, or Bank, no Com- to be erefted, other than the faid Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or for other Perfons P^">' ""'""^ 'i» whatfoever united or to be united in Covenants or Partnerfliip, exceeding the Number of Six Perfons, in ceedmT fix' i '*' that Part of Great Britain called England, to borrow, owe, or take up any Sum or Sums of Money on Number, (hall j^heir Bills or Notes, payable at Demand, or at any lefs Time^than fix Months from the borrowing thereof, take up Money on their Bi!ls f*" ■ payable under fix Monthj. X. Provided always, and it is hereby enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That all European h'lnens, Sifters All European Threads, and Tapes or Incle, Linfeed, and Flax, fliall be exempted from the Payment of the Duties im- Linens, &c. ex- pofed by this Aft (called the Two third Subfidies, as aforefaid) during the faid Term of three Years by ""!f "* [°'" ^?" this Aft granted of and in the fame, as- aforefaid ; any Thing in this Aft contained to the contrary not- ^^" y' is A . ' withftanding. ' XI. And whereas in raifing the feveral Sums granted to his late Majefl:y King William, and her pre- Auditor in ' fent Majefty, by feveral Afts of Parliament for granting Aids by a Land Tax in the Years one thoufand nuking up Re- ' feven hundred and one, one thoufand feven hundred and two, one thoufand feven hundred and three, one "iver'sAccounti ' thoufand feven hundred and four, one thoufand feven hundred and five, one thoufand feven hundred and ^ County of
- fix, there hath happened a Deficiency in the feveral and refpe61:ive Aids in the County of Monmouth, and charge him'with
' the Comm.iffioners in the faid County having caufed the fame to be re-a(Ieffed and paid to the Receiver the Dtfeiency in ' General in a grofs Sum, and Duplicates not regularly returned into her Majefty's Remembrancer's Of- feveral Aids here- ' fice in the Exchequer, by Reafon whereof the Receiver is incapable of palling his Account;' Be it en- '" "nentionei. afted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Auditor in making up the faid Recei-ver's Accounts for the ' faid County, fhall charge the faid Receiver with tlie Sums contained in the feveral Afts of Parliament for the refpeftive Years before-mentioned, fo as that the faid Sums are fully anfwered to her Majefty, although Duplicates for the faid County are not regularly returned. XII. And for promoting the Confumption of Tobacco of the Growth of her Majefty's Plantations in After aa Sept. America, the Increafe of her Majefty's Revenue, and for the better Encouragement of the fai-d Britijh Plan- 1708, no Tot sc- tations. Be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the tv/enty-ninth Day of September coot" the Gi-owth- in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and eight, it fliall not bs lawful for any Commander of Europe, to be of any of her Majefty's Ships of War, or Purfer thereof, to fell, deliver, or caufe to be fold or delivered „f w°,r^°^ ^'"^ to any of her Majefty's Seamen or Marines on Board of fuch Ship, any Tobacco of the Growth ol Europe, nCar. . c. 34. nor any Tobacco mixed with Tobacco of the faid Growth. 15 Car. 2. c. 7. 32 (if 23 Car. 2. c. a6. XIII. And for the better Employrnent of the Poor of this Kingdom, Be it likewife enafted, That all Bat onlyTobacco Tobacco to be ufed or confumed on Board any of her Majefty's Ships of War in an.y Part oi Europe, from "^ ^'^^ Bntift and after the faid twenty-ninth Day oi September, fliall be fuch as is of the Growth of the faid £r/f/> Plan- "fXreT'™' tations which hath paid her Ma' '"'- '■-- " '^ ■' '1 •- " ' ■ -^ -^ n. .%.■.. o.,:_ that every fuch Commander or 1 fpeftive Places and Employments, and three Shillings for every ,, _- ^ ■ <r tion for every greater or lefler Qiiantity fo fold.ind delivered ; oneMoieiy thereof to the Qiieen's Majefty, and J'"*'^"' ^'t" the other Moiety to the Informer v/ho fliall fue for the fame by Aftion or Information in any of her Ma-^^^^ g'-^^™; jefty's Courts of Record at Wejlininfler, wherein no Eflbin, Proteftion, or Wager of Law fliall be allowed, j] ^ 46. 5 Co. and no more than one Imparlance. i- <•■ i r. ^Ge^. Ii c, 21. 9 Cw, t. c, 21. 12 Ceoi I. c. 2&fif 23, 21 Git, a. f. s. »4 Get. 2. f. 4^1. anizit Ceo. 2. e. ij. CAP
