A. D. tj2.t. Anno o&avo Georgii Regis. G. 4. 361 at the Beginning of every Fifhing Seafon for Herrings the Proprietor or Proprietors of trie Salt delivered At every Fifhing Duty free for the curing of Herrings for Exportation purfuant to the faid Ait, or his or their Agent or s " r ° n for H '-'- Agents, (hall inftead of the Oath required by the faid Act, make Oath in Writing before the Officer for ring *' .. PT " ? 'l e ~. the Duty on Salt, at the Office neareft to the Place where the faid Salt is lodged (who is hereby impow- of"hcOath r" d ered to adminifter the fame) declaring the Quantity of the Foreign or Britijh Salt respectively lodged for quired by 5 Geo. curing of Fifh, and that all the faid Salt is intended for the curing of Fifli for Exportation only, and fhall '• c. i3. tomake not by his or their Order, Confent or Connivance, directly or indirectly, be fold, given away, or any ° a:h ° f Inc way delivered but for the Purpofe aforefaid, except fo much thereof as mail be ufed for curing fuch Red •T—ilSf Sal ' Herrings as mall be entred with the Officer of the Place for home Confumption, and charged with the ringFilh tor* Duties by this Act chargeable thereupon. ■ Exportation. Farther Provi- fions relating to thefe Matters, 8 Ceo. 1. c. 16. 11 Geo. 1. c. 30. fcft. 41, 42. Except Salt ufed for curing Red Herrings for home Confumption. II. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That every Maker or Curer of Red Herrings, from Curer of Red ' and after the twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-two, before he remove He! 7i nss : aft " any Red Herrings (except for Exportation) from the Office or Place where the fame mail be cured, fhall tcfore^he remove from Time to Time make Entry thereof at the next Salt-Office, and fhall pay to his Majefty, his Heirs them (except for and Succeffors, a Duty of one Shilling and eight Pence for every thoufand of Red Herrings fo to be re- Exportation) to moved, and fo in Proportion for a greater or lefTer Quantity : And that in cafe fuch Red Herrings fhall make Entry, and be packed or put up in Casks, then the Number of Herrings in each Cask fhall be marked on the Head pay is. Sd for thereof; and upon Entry and Payment of the Duty, and marking each Cask as aforefaid, a Permit fhall q^ to'be*" be given gratis by the Salt-Officer, expreffing the Number of Red Herrings for which the Duties fhall be marked, paid as aforefaid, and the Marks and Numbers of fuch Casks, and for what Place the fame are intended, Upon Entry, &c. and whether to be fent by Land or Water Carriage ; on Pain of forfeiting all the Red Herrings that fhall Permit to be be removed or carried away before Entry be made and the Duty paid, and without the Casks being p,' ven , 6ratls * marked and Permit obtained as aforefaid, and of the Cask or Veflel in which fuch Herrings fhall be found, m0 val before and alfo the Sum of forty Shillmgs for every thoufand of Red Herrings fo removed, and fo in Proportion Entry, &c. For a greater or leffer Quantity, to be recovered from the Perfon or Perfons who fhall fo remove or carry Thefe Du:ies re,- away the fame : one Moiety thereof to the Ufe of his Majefty, his Heirs and SuccefTors, and the other " ved f ° r three Moiety to the Officer or Officers who fhall feize, fue or inform for the fame, to be fued for, recovered 2 "^ M 5 j et "o and levied in fuch Manner and Form, and with fuch Power of Mitigation, as any Fine, Penalty or For- the king- Moie- feiture may be fued for, recovered, levied and mitigated by any Law of Excife, or by Action of Debt, ty to the Officer "Bill, Plaint or Information in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at Weftminjier : And all and every informing. Officer and Officers of his Majefty's Cuftoms, Excife or Duties upon Salt are hereby authorized and S"^ t0 .- feize Empowered to feize all fuch Red Herrings fo removed or carried before Entry and Payment of Duty, and removeY'before all other Things performed as aforefaid, and the faid Cask or VefTels wherein they fhall be found. Entry, &c. III. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Proprietor or Proprietors of the Proprietor of Salt delivered Duty-free for curing Red Herrings for Exportation, his or their Agent or Agents, fhall in Salt, &c. toex- the Account which after the End of every Fifhing Seafon they are to deliver in Writing into the Salt- P. refs the Qa^n- Office, containing the Quantity of Fifh exported or entred and fhipped to be exported, on which the'!' 5 ' ' Rcd Her- "Salt taken away after its Delivery into the fole Cuftody of the faid Proprietor or Proprietors, his or their h '" m s e con'urnp- Agent or Agents, has been ufed or confumed, as by the former Law is directed (and under the Penalties t ion. thereby prefcribed) exprefs alfo the Quantity of Red Herrings entred for home Confumption, on which 'fuch Salt has been ufed or confumed. ' IV. And whereas by the aforefaid Act in the fifth Year of his Majefty's Reign, the Proprietor or Pro- 5 Geo, i„,c, i3.
- prietors of Salt delivered Duty-free for the curing of Fifh for Exportation are required at the End of Owner of FJyh
" every Fifhing Seafon to deliver an Account in Writing into the Salt-Office, containing the Quantity may caufe tflem '* of Fifh exported or entred and fhipped to be exported, on which the Salt taken away after its Delivery p re £„„ o°fs " ' into the fole Cuftody of the faid Proprietor or Proprietors, his or their Agent or Agents, has been ufed officer, whofe ' '* or confumed, together with a Certificate or Certificates by the proper Officers of the feveral Ports Certificate mail ' where the faid Fifh were fhipped for Exportation, verifying the faid Account : And whereas it may be admitted in- ' happen that fuch Fifh may never be exported for want of an Opportunity to fhip them while they are fteai1 °. f Certlfi - ' good and merchantable, fo that the Proprietors of the Salt can have no fuch Certificate as is by the faid tion requn-ed'bV ' Aft required:' Be it therefore enacted, That in fuch Cafe the Owner of the Fifh may caufe them to be theAajGeo.r. <kftroyed in the Prefence of an Officer of the Salt-Duties ; and the Officer's Certificate that fuch Fifh c. 18. were deftroyed in his Prefence, fhall be admitted to verify the Account of the Proprietor of the Salt ufed in curing them, inftead of the Officer's Certificate that they were fhipped for Exportation required by the faid A&. V„ Provided always, and it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe the Du- Du tyof is. 3d. ties of Excife on Salt (which now amount to three Shillings and four Pence per Bufhel on home-made P er ' n ° u ^ nd U P- Salt, and fix Shillings and eight Pence per Bufhel on foreign Salt) or any of them, fhall ceafe, deter- n a U ceafe'mCtte mine or be redeemed by Parliament, then the Rate or Duty of one Shilling and eight Pence per leffened in Pro- thoufand hereby impofed upon Red Herrings, fhall ceafe or be leffened in Proportion to the Duties portion to Du- on Salt that fhall fo ceafe, determine or be redeemed ; any Thing herein contained to the contrary not- fj e ? on Salt - witbftanding. ,8 ^ ,f So ° ■c'tf 4 VI. And whereas by an Act of Parliament made in the firft Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, in- , Geo ' s " 9 '
- tituled, An Ail for raiflng nine hundred and ten thoufand Pounds for publick Services by Sale of Annuities c- ig.'ie'a. 10.'
' after the Rate of five Pounds per Centum per Annum redeemable by Parliament , and to authorize a Treaty . • • ■ " yen,. V. A a a ' concerning
