A. D. 1669. Anno decimo & undecimo Gulielmi III. C. 17, 18. 15 . CAP. I^vii. An Aft for fupprefling of Lotteries.
- •^TTHEREAS feveral evil-difpofed Perfons, for divers Years lafl: paft, have fet up many mifchie-
- W vous and unlawful Games, called Lotteries, not only in the Cities of London and TVeJimlnJler,
' and in the Suburbs thereof, and Places adjoining, but in moft of the eminent Towns and Places in ' England-, and in the Dominion oi Wales, and have thereby moft unjuftly and fraudulently got to them-
- felves great Sums of Money from the Children and Servants of feveral Gentlemen, Traders and Mer-
- chants, and from other unwary Perfons, to the utter Ruin and Impoveriftiment of many Families, and
- to the Reproach of the Engl'ip: Laws and Government, by Colour of feveral Patents or Grants under
- the Great Seal ol Englaid for the faid Lotteries, or fome of them ; which faid Grants or Patents are
- againft the common Good, Trade, Welfare and Peace of his Majefty's Kingdoms :' For Remedy
.whereof be it enadted, adjudged and declared, and it is hereby enafted, adjudged and declared by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Tempo- ral, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That all Lotteries accU- fuch Lotteries, and all other Lotteries, are common and publick Nuifances, and that all Grants, Patents "^ publick Nai- and Licences for fuch Lotteries, or any other Lotteries, are void and againft Law. Grant's hereof n. And be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the nine and twentieth void. Day of December., which fhall be in the Year of our Lord God one thoufand fix huridred ninety-nine, p ^ no Perfon or Perfons whatfoever fliall publickly or privately exercife, keep open, ftiew or expofe to be jLg. n'o Per- plaid at, drawn at, or thrown at, or ftiall draw, play or throw at any fuch Lottery, or any other Lot- fon to keep opea tery, either by Dice, Lots, Cards, Balls, or any other Numbers or Figures, or any other Way whatfo-'fuchLottery,6fc. ever ; and that every Perfon or Perfons that ihall, after the faid nine and twentieth Day oi December, ex- Penalty on Of- ercife, expofe, open or fhew to be plaid, thrown or drawn at, any fuch Lottery, Play or Device, or fender. other Lottery, fhall forfeit for every fuch Offence the Sum of Five hundred Pounds, to be recovered by 9 Ann. c. 6, Information, Bill, Plaint or AdUon at Law in any of his Majefty's Courts at Wcjlminjler, wherein no ^' s^- Effoin, Wager of Law, nor any more than one Imparlance ftiall be allowed ; one third Part thereof to r j^. ' the Ufe of his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, one other third Part thereof to the Ufe of the Poor of 8 Geo.'i. c, ^. the Parifti where fuch Offence fliall be committed, and the other third Part thereof, together with double §• 36. Cofts, to the Party that fliall inform and fue for the fame; and the faid Parties fo offending fliall like- 9 Geo. i.e. 19. wife be profecuted as common Rogues, according to the Statutes in that cafe made and provided. 6Geo.2. c. 35. III. And be it further enafted. That every Perfon or Perfons, that after the faid nine and twentieth p ^^' Day of December, fliall play, throw, or drav/ at any fuch Lottery, Play, or Device, br other Lotteries, ^ "^pij.-ing a"' fliall forfeit for every fuch Offence the Sum of twenty Pounds, to be recovered by Information, Bill, fuch Lotteries. Plaint, or Aftion at Law, in any of his Majefty's Courts at Weftminjler, wherein no Effoin, Wager of 12 Geo. 2. czS. Law, nor: any more than one Imparlance, ftiall be allowed, one third Part thereof to the Ufe of his Ma- jefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, one other third Part thereof to the Ufe of the Poor of the Parifh where • fuch Offence ftiall be committed, and the other third Part thereof, together with double Cofts, to the Party that fliall inform and fue for the fame. IV. Provided neverthelefs. That nothing in this AiSt contained fhall extend or be conftrued to extend ^°y^ '^^^ ^'^' to effeft or to inforce the fupprefling of a Lottery, commonly called. The Royal Oak Lottery, for the Re- '"5' to continue mainder only of the Term for which it now ftands granted by Letters Patents under the Great Seal of JJ^nj^^ l,"pj. England; any thing herein before contained to the contrary notwithftanding. tent only. V. Provided alfo, That nothing in this Adl contained ftiall extend to afteft, reftrain, or prejudice the r^j^i^ ^^^ i^^^ ^^ Undertaking now in being, called, The charitable Adventure for the Benefit of Greenwich Hofpital, by ^Scd the Lot- the prefent Undertakers thereof, -with the Approbation of the Governors and Commiffioners appointed tery fcr Greee- for the Management of the faid Hofpital, for any Time before the four and twentieth Day of June one '*'<^ Hoff ital. thoufaad feven hundred, C A P. XVIII. , An Aft for taking off the remaining Duties upon Glafs Wares,
- TTfT HE RE AS in and by an A£i: made and paffed in the Parliament holden at Wejtminfer, in the g^^y , j. -^
'* VV fixth Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled. An AB for granting to his Majejly certain Duties upon
- Glafs Wares, Stone and Earthen Bottles, Coals, and Cuhn, for cat-rying on the War againjl France, feveral
■* Rates and Duties, therein mentioned, were laid upon all Glafs and Glafs Wares, Stone and Earthen ■' Bottles, which at any Tim.e or Times, during the Term of five Years, from the nine and twentieth ' Day of Septanber which was in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred ninety-five, ftiould be ^ ■* made within the Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, and Town oi Benuick upon Tzueed, or im- ' ported, or brought into the fame; and in and by another A& made and paffed in the Parliament holden ■' ?iX. Wejiminjler in the feventh Year of iiis Majefty's Reign, intituled. An A £i for continuing to his Ada- 7 "^^Z-^ 'i^^
- Je^y certain Duties upon Salt, Glafs Wares, Stone and Earthen Wares, and for granting feveral Duties upon
' Tobacco Pipes, and other Earthen Wares, for carrying on the War againji Y xzwq^,- and for ejfnbli/hing a na- ' iional Land Bank, and for taking off the Duties upon Tunnage <f Ships, and upon Coals, the aforefaid Rates
- and Duties upon Glafs or Glafs Wares, Stone Bottle^s, and Earthen Bottles^ are continued and granted
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