A. D. 17 1 3. Anno declmo Ann^ Regin^e. Stat. i. 611 c A P. XVI. An A& for the better Encouragement of the making of SailCloth in Great Britain. Mojl Gracious Sovereign, ■ H E R K A S the making of Sail-Cloth in Great Britain is of great Ufe and Benefit to the Nation, , y^^_ , ^_ being fet up in feveral Parts of this united Kingdom, imploying many thoufands of the Poor, and j &s IV. 3/ is brought to great Ferfe£tion ; but by the Duties on Hemp and Flax imported, and Drawback on Foreign c. jo, Sr 39. • made Sail-Cl'ih exported, the Makers of 5r/V//& Sail-Cloth have not a fufRcient Encouragement for fo ' ufefularJ beneficial a Manufadlure ;' Therefore we your Majefly's mofl: dutiful and loyal Subjefls, the Comm' 1 , of G?-eai Britain in Parliament affembled, have given and granted to your Majefty fuch additional Duty .;pon Foreign Sail-Cloth to be imported, as is herein after mentioned ; and do mofl: humbly befeech your Majefty, That it may be enaiSted ; And be it enadfed by the Qiieen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parlia- ment afiembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That from and after the one and twentieth Day of July ^^"' ^' f"'^h one thoufand feven hundred and thirteen, over and above all Subfidies, Duties, Impofitions and Payments, Duty of i d"pev already due and payable, or which ought to be paid to her Majefty, for or upon fuch Foreign made Sails eji, laid onfo- and Sail-Cloth, or Canvas ufually entred as Ho/lands- Duck or Fitry Canvas, which fliall be fit and proper reign Sail- to be made ufe of, for making of Sails for navigating Ships and Veffels, and which fliall be imported into ti'oth, &c. ini- Great Britain by Way of Merchandize, except fuch Canvas as is of the Produdl and Manufa<3:ure of Ire- P""^ forieven land, there {hall be railed and levied, collected, and paid unto her Majefty, her Heirs and Succeflbrs, a fur- Except Canvas ther Duty of one Penny per Ell, and after that Rate for greater or lefler Quantities, during the Term of of the Produft feven Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament, and no longer ; the fame of Ireland. to be raifed, levied, colledted and recovered, by fuch Ways, Means and Methods, and fubjeft to fuch Pe- (^"""""^d ly nalties and Forfeitures, and in fuch Manner and Form, as any Subfidy payable to her Majefty, for any ^^ Ceo.^.c.iy, other Goods or Merchandizes imported, or to be imported, may by any Law or Laws now in Force be rai- i_g? ' fed, levied, colledled and recovered.
- n. And whereas Hemp and Flax imported draws back nothing of the Duties paid for the fame, when Out of thefaid
- wrought up into Britijh Sail-Cloth ;' Be it enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That out of the faid ad- Duty (hall be
ditional Duty of one Penny ^^r Ell, a Reward or Recompence of one Penny be given and paid for every ^j°dof ^ j Ell of Britijh made Sail-Cloth or Canvas, fit for or made into Sails, which from and after the one and twen- jn for Saiil ^^ tieth Day of July one thoufand feven hundred and thirteen, and within the faid Term of feven Years, or Cloth made in at any Time before the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament, fliall be exported out of Great Britain Great Britain, by Way cf Merchandize : Provided always, That the Exporter of fuch Briti/h made Sail-Cloth fliall al- "j.^^jii- ways, before he receives any fuch Reward, make Oath (which the proper Officers of the Cuftoms have Jj^'^lj^t^j^^^'^^^j hereby Power toadminifter) that fuch Sail-Cloth was made in Great Britain, is aftually exported or fhip- The Exporter to ped to be exported, without any Intention to be relandeJ in any Part of Great Britain, and that no former make Oath that: Reward upon this A(3: was made for the fame Sail-Cloth. it was made in in. And it is hereby enafted. That if any Briti/h made Sail-Cloth, for which fuch Reward fliall be given, preatBritam, fliall be relanded in Great Britain, the fame fliall be forfeited ; and every Perfori concerned in bringing back 'ort'ed" &c"" or relanding the fame, fliall forfeit two Shillings for every E'l fo brought back or relanded ; one Moiety of „ .' ,' which Forfeitures fliall be to her Majefty, and the other Moiety thereof to fuch as will feize, inform or fue jandine Sail- * for the fame, or the Value thereof, to be recovered by A<£lion, Bill, Suit or Information, in any her Ma- cloth for which jefty's Courts of Record at TVejimirJIer, or in the Exchequer at Edinburgh, wherein no Efibin, Proteftion, fuch Reward Wager of Law, or more than Imparlance fliall be allowed. [This Ail is continued for feven Years by"'^^' been given. 10 Geo. I. c. 17. §.4. and by 20 Geo. 2. c. 4;. to i June 1751, fe-f.J • Farther Frc^^. Sail-Uoihy 4 Geo, i. c, Z7. g Geo. z, c. 37. lo Geo. 2. c. 27. 19 Geo, s. c. 27. 23 Geo* 2. c, 11, ^ 32, 26 Gio 2, c, 3^, CAP. xvir. . An Aft to veft in the Commiffioners for building fifcy new Churches in and abotit London and Wejimlnfter, and Suburbs thereof, as much of the Street near the May Pole in the Strand 'in the County of Middlefex, as fhall be fufficient to build one of the faid Churches upon ; and for reftoring to the Principal and Scholars of King's Hall, and College of Brazen Nofe in the Univerfity of Oxon, their Right of Prefentation to Churches and Chapels in Ste/ney Parifh. ' X7HEREAS by an Aft of Parliament pafled in the ninth Year of her Majefty's Reign, intituled, „ ^„n^ (.^ 32^ ' V V -^n A£i for granthig to her Majejiy feveral Duties upon Coals, for building fifty new Churches in and ' about the Cities of LiOndon «;?(/ Weftminfter, and Suburbs thereof, and other Purpofes therei7i mentioned, it ' is (amongft other Things) ena£i:ed. That it fliould and might be lawful to and for her Majefty, by Letters ' Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, to nominate, conftitute and appoint fuch Perfons as her ' Majefty fliould think fit, to be CommifTioners, to enquire and inform themfclves in what Pariflies the faid ' new Churches (except one for Greenvjich) were moft neceffary to be built, and of proper Places for the ' Sites of thefaid refpedtive new Churches ; and alfo aCemetery orChurch- -yard for each of the faid Churches ; ' and alfo which of the Chapels within the faid Parifhes are. fit to be made Parifli Churches ; and that they 4 I 2 ■■■.:■ ' fliould
