A. D. 1719. Anno fexto Georgii Regis. C. 15. 299 and Temporal, and Commons, in thi3 prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, vifo in the reci- That from and after the twenty-ninth Day oi September one thoufand feven hundred and twenty, the faicl te<1 Aft - as le > laft recited Claufe or Provifo, as to the Importation of Raw Silk and Mohair Yarn, of the Produft or Ma- ^^"kTnd nufafture of Afia, fhall be, and is hereby repealed, excepting only as to the Ports and Places in the laid Mohair Yamaf Streights or Levant Seas which are within the Dominions of the Grand Seignior. - the Product of Afia, is repealcdj except to Places within the Crand Signior'j Dominion*. CAP. XV. An Act to repeal fo much of the Act, intituled, An Att for preventing Frauds, and regulating Abufes in his Majeflfs Cuftoms, palled in the thirteenth and fourteenth Years of King Charles the Second, as relates to the prohibiting the Importation of Deal-Boards and Fir-Timber from Germany. I. 1T7HEREAS by a Claufe in an Act of Parliament paffed in the thirteenth and fourteenth 13 &I + Car - "- VV Years of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, An Acl for preventing Frauds and c ' 11 ' ^•^J* regulating Abufes in his Majefly's Cufloms, Deal-Boards and Fir-Timber are (among other Things therein mentioned) prohibited to be imported from the Netherlands or Germany, upon any Pretence whatfoever, in any Sort of Ships or Veffels whatfoever, upon Penalty of the Lofs of all the faid Goods, as alfo the Ship and Furniture : And whereas Fir-Timber, Fir-Planks, Mails, and Deal-Boards, are not only found to be ufeful and neceffary in the Building and Refitting his Majefly's Ships of War, and other Ships and Veffels, but the fame have of late Years been, and now are very much ufed in and about all manner of Buildings, which hath occafioned fo great a Demand for, and Confumption of the faid Com- modities, that the Price thereof, at the Places from whence the fame may now be lawfully imported, is very much increafed, to the Prejudice of Trade, which may be remedied, if the faid Prohibition be taken off, whereby the faid Commodities will become more plentiful, and the Price thereof much reduced :' Be it therefore enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the A f ter Au , r Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Autho- 1720. ib°muck rity of the fame, That from and after the firft Day of Augufl which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one of the recited thoufand feven hundred and twenty, fo much of the faid Acl:, intituled, An Acl for preventing Frauds, and^f 1 as P ron '- regidating Abufes in his Majefly's Cifloms, as prohibits the Importation of Deal-Boards and Fir-Timber from t ^J n Q f Deal- Germany only, fhall be, and the fame is hereby repealed, annulled and made void, to all Intents and Pur- Boards, &c. pofes whatfoever. from Germany repealed. 13 & 14 Car. 2. only, fhall he II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid firft Day of Augufl^h Ma]&y'a one thoufand feven hundred and twenty, it fhall and may be lawful to and for any of his Majefly's Sub- f^ b -' e ,.'fpi" ly Jefts, to import any Quantity or Quantities of Fir-Timber, Fir-Planks, Marts, and Deal-Boards, being'-r^er &c. of the Growth of Germany, into this Kingdom from any Port or Place in Germany, in Britijh built Ships from Germany, only, fo as the Owner or Owners are his Majefly's Britijh Subjects, and whereof the Mafter, and three paying the like Fourths of the Mariners at leaft are Britijh Subjects, paying the like Rates and Duties to his Majefty for P utlcs as that the fame, as are now payable for Fir-Timber, Fir -Planks, Mafts, and Deal-Boards imported fromJJ^"" rom Norway. III. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That this Aft, or any Thing therein contained, fhall Not to re P e . al Hot extend, or be conftrued to extend, to difcharge or repeal the faid Claufe in the faid Act of Parliament,',^ rec ^S Aa fo far as the fcme prohibits Importation of the faid Commodities from the Netherlands : But as to fuch Im- f f ar a3 ; t 1>r0 _ portation thereof from the Netherlands, or any Port or Place therein, the before-mentioned Aft, and all thehibits the im- Penalties and Forfeitures therein contained, fhall be in full Force and Efteft, as fully and entirely as if portation of tha this Aft had never been made ; any Thing in this prefent Aft to the contrary thereof in any wife not- ! ,^£° rai ™ du withftanding. ^tbSndJ! Qfl 2 C A T.
