A.D. lyio. Anno nono ANNiE Reginae. ' C. ii. 447 For and upon all Buck and Doe-skins (except fuch as paid the full Duty on the Importation as afore- Buck and Doe- faid) which (hall be drefled in Allom and Salt, or Meal, or be otherwife tawed as aforefaid, in Great Rri- ""s- tain, the Sum of three Pence for every Pound Weight Averdupois, and after that Rate for a greater or lef- fer Quantity. For and upon all Kid-skins which fhall be fo drefied or tawed in Great Britain (except fuch as paid the Kid /kins, full Duty on the Importation as aforefaid J the Sum of fix Pence for every Dozen, and after that Rate for a greater or leffer Number or Quantity. For and upon all Goat-skins which Ihall be fo drefTed in Allom and S^^lt, or Meal, or be otherwife Goat-fkins. tawed in Great Britain, the Sum of one Shilling and fix Pence for every Dozen, and after that Rate for a greater or leffer Number or Quantity. For and upon all Beaver-skins which fhall be fo tawed in Great Britain, the Sum of one Shilling for Beaver-skins, every Dozen, and after that Rate for a greater or leffer Number or Quantity. For and upon all Sheep-skins and Lamb-skins to be dreffed in Allom and Salt, or Meal, or otherwife SheepandLamb- tawed in Great Britain, the Sum of one Halfpenny for every Pound Weight Averdupols, and after that Rats '"s- See lo for a greater or lefler Quantity. ... ^dTGefi^'c' And for and upon all other Skins, and Parts and Pieces of Skins to be tawed in Great Britain (not be- . k;i^°' fore particularly charged) a Duty after the Rate of fifteen Pounds for every one hundred Pounds of the true and real Value thereof, and proportionally for greater or lefler Numbers or Quantities : Which fiid noTbetore'"^ feveral Rates and Duties for and upon all Hides and Skins, and Pieces of Hides and Skins, to be drrlfed charged. in Allom and Salt, or Meal, or otherwife tawed in Great Britain, fhall be paid by fuch Perfons as fhall be the Tawers or Makers thereof into Leather refpeftively. !1 For and upon all Hides and Skins which, within or during the Term aforefaid, fhall be dreffed in Oil Hides and Skins ) : within Great Britain, the Sum of four Pence for every Pound Weight Avsrdiipois, and after that Race for tlreffedin Oil. f{ a greater or leffer Quantity. i| For and upon all Deer-skins, Goat-skins and Beaver-skins, which fhall be fo drefled in Oil v/ithin Deer, Goat and ,! Great Britain, the like Sum of four Pence for every Pound Weight Averdupois, and after that Rate for a leaver-skins. • j greater or lefler Quantity. J; For and upon all Calve-skins which fhall be fo dreflTed in Oil within Great Britain, the like Sum of four Calve-skins. • Pence for every Pound Weight Averdupois, and after that Rate for a greater or lelfer Quantity. {( ■ For and upon all Sheep-skins which fhall be fo dreffed in Oil in Great Britain, the Rate of one Penny Sheep-skins and •.| for every fuch Pound Weight; and upon all Lamb-skins that fhall be fo dreffed in Oil in Great Britain, Lamb-skins. !, the like Rate of one Penny for every fuch Pound Weight, and proportionally for greater or leffer Qiianti- ■ 1 ties of fuch Sheep-skins and Lamb-skins refpedlively. 'i And for and upon all other Skins and Parts or Pieces of Skins, to be fo dreffed in Oil in Great Britain Skins dreiTed in
- } (not before particularly charged) a Duty after the Rate of fifteen Pounds for every one hundred Pounds of ^ "'" itiiii
c the true and real Value thereof, and proportionally for greater or leffer Numbers or Quantities : The faid ™^'6™' I : feveral Duties for and upon all Hides and Skins, and Pieces of Hides and Skins, to be dreffed in Oil with- ' 1 in Great Britain, to be paid by the Oil Leather Dreffers refpecStively. 'i III. And for better avoiding all Doubts and Controverfies concerning the feveral Kinds of Hides and Definition of
- Skins, and Pieces of Hides and Skins chargeable by this A61; It is hereby declared and enadled by the Tanned Leather.
Authority aforefaid. That by tanned Hides or Skins, or by tanned Pieces of Hides or Skins, are meant on- "^ "^2'°' '" ly fuch as are tanned in Wooze made of the Bark of Trees or Shomack, or whereof the principal Ingre- '^' '^' ^' '^' Clients fhall be fuch Bark or Shomack; and that by Hides and Skins dreffed in Oil, or Pieces of Hides and Leather dreffed Skins dreffed in Oil, are meant fuch as are made into Leather in Oil, or with any Liquor or Materials '" P?""* ""* whereof the chiefeft Ingredient fhall be Oil; and that by tawed Hides or Skins, or by tawed Pieces of^ Hides or Skins, are meant fuch as are dreffed or made into Leather in Allom and Salt, or Meal, or other In- See farther cm- gredients properly ufed by the T'awers of White Leather; and that when her Majefty's full Duty by this cemirg Duty on Acf fhall be paid for any Hide or Skin, or Part of any Hide or Skin, under any one of the faid Denomi- Leather and Skim nations, to wit, as for tanned Leather, tawed Leather, or dreffed Leather, the fame Skin or Hide, or Piece ^°if^"k'^'^^' of any Skin or Hide, is not to be further charged by this Aft under any other of the faid Denominations; ™a'de perpetuaill any thing in this Aift contained to the contrary notwithftanding. jC™. i. c 7. And fee 12 Ann. ft. i. c. 9. /. 64. 5 Geo. i. c. z. u Geo. 3. c. 25. IV. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That there fhall be raifed, levied, collefted Duty on Vellum ajid paid, unto and for the Ufe of her Majeflry, her Heirs and Succeffors, for and upon all Vellum and and Parchment j Parchment which fhall, at any Time' or Times, within or during the faid Term of thirty-two Years, to impoiied o. made I be reckoned from the faid four and iv/entieih Day of 7zc?zt one thoufand feven hundred and eleven, be made in J,", ."^""^ '^'"'?' /^ Tt • • ■ 1* i_r ir^ii/-r>-Ti iT-.-i-^ r Made perpetual (jrreat hritam, or imported into the lame, the feveral and refpeitive Rates and Duties her'-in after expref- by^Geo. i.e. 7. fed; chat is to fay. For and upon all Vellum fo imported a Duty after the Rate of one Shilling for every Dozen; and for all Parchment fo imported a Duty after the Rate of fix Pence for every Dozen, and pro- portionally fo, greater or leffer Numbers or Quantities, to be paid by the Importers thereof refpectively; and for and upon all Vellum which fliall be made in Great Britain as aforefaid, a Duty after the Rate of one Shilling for every Dozen; and for all Parchment which fhall be made in Great Britain as aforefaid, a Duty aft?r the Rate of fix Pence for every Dozen, to be paid by the Makers thereof refpe£tively. V. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That'the feveral Rates and Duties by this A£t Duty on Skins, fet or impofed upon all or any of the faid Hides or Skins, or Pieces of Hides or Skins, Vellum and Parch- ^'^- imported, ca ment, or made Wares, by this Acl chargeable, which fhall be imported or brought into Great Britain as j^ P"' ^'^ '* ■ aforefaid, fhall, from time to time, be fatisfied and paid by the Importer or Importers of the fame in ready ^P"""' Money, upon his, her or their Entry or Entries made, and before the Landing thereof; and that in cafe any
