A. D. 17 21: Anno o&avo Georgii Regis. C. 5,6. 363 Expiration of each Year; and every Perfon or Perforfs who fhall receive into his or their foie Cuftody any Quantity of foreign or Britijh Salt Duty-free for curing of Fifh for foreign Markets, that fha!) neg- lect or refufe to weign over to the proper Officer what of that Salt fliall remain in his or their Hands, or fliall neglect or refufe to deliver to the proper Officers yearly, within three Months after the Expira- tion of each refpective Year, fuch Accounts of the Salt received as aforefaid, and of the Fifh cu therewith and exported as the Act directs, together with a Certificate or Certificates by the proper Offi- cers of the feveral Ports where the faid Fifh was fhipped for Exportation, verifying the faid Account Penalty on NVg- } which Certificates the fail Officers are hereby required to give gratis, and without Delay) fliall for every ka pf Delivery uch Offence forfeit and lofe ten Shillings per Bufliel, to be recovered of the Proprietor or Prop ietors, ° ' A « 0, ; nls pf Perfon or Perfons, to whom or for whofe Ufe or Account the faid Salt was delivered, for every Bufhel fo tff'n^cuni^" delivered to or received by them ; one Moiety of all which Penalties aforefaid to be to his Majefty, his and exported. Heirs and SuccefTors, and the other Moiety to the Officer or Officers who fhall fuc or inform for the fame Concerning F ijbe- to be fued for, recovered and levied in fuch Manner and Form, and with fuch Power of Mitigation, as >y. fee farther any Fine, Penalty or Forfeiture may be fued for, recovered, levied and mitigated by any Law of Excife ; • Gc0 - 2 - c - '9' or by Adtion of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at We/lmin- 9 ^™- z - c - 33- fler, or in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, wherein no Elloin, Protection or Wager of Law fhall be " G '° [ ^' 4 2 9 " allowed. &? 2 6. 3,6Geo. 2. c, 9. 28 Geo. 2. c. 14. 29 Geo. 2. c, 23 & 39. 30 Geo. 2. c. 21 £? 30. 33 Geo. 1. e. 27.
- XL And whereas by Storms and violent Rages of the Tides from Sea, into feveral Ports and Har-
- hours of this Realm of England, divers Ships, Barges and Lighter Boats, laden with Salt, for which the
- Duty and Excife charged tnereon were duly paid, have been ftranded, overfet. funk and cad away,
' within the Bounds and Limits of the fame Ports and Harbours, before the fame Salt, or any Part thereof
- hath been landed or delivered on Shore, whereby the faid Salt have perifhed and been wholly loft, and many
' of his Maj fly's good Subjects, Owners of fuch Salt, have fuftained great and heavy Damages thereby,
- for which no Relief or Redrefs in refpect to the faid Duty and Excife have hitherto been provided : And
- whereas by an Act of Parliament made in the fecond Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne,
' intituled, An Ael fr the better fecuring and regulating the Duties uptn Salt, it is, among other Things, * & 3 Ann*>
- provided and enacted, That in fuch Cafes, where any Salt, for which the faid Duty hath been paid, c< 14 "
4 fhall by violent or ftormy Weather be loft at Sea, any Merchants or other Perfons, Owners of the faid
- Salt, being Subjects of this Realm, fhall upon due Proof made thereof before fuch Juftices at fuch
' Times and in fuch Manner, and with fuch ReftridHons as in the fame Act are fet forth, receive a Cer- ' tificate of fuch Proof as is therein directed, upon producing thereof to any the Officers appointed to col-
- lect the Duties on Salt, the faid Officer or Officers fliall let fuch Perfons buy the like Quantity of Salt,
- as is expreffed in fucn Certificate to be loft, without paying any Duty or Excife for the fame, as in and
- by the faid Act is exprefied:' Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every Relief for Salt
fuch Merchants and others as aforefaid, who fhall be Owners of any Salt, which after due Payment of perifhed, or loft the faid Duty fhall perifh or be loft in any of the Ports or Harbours or Rivers of this Realm, by Storms by Storms, m or Rages of the Tides from Sea or otherwife as aforefaid, fliall upon fuch Proofs to be made thereof, in R.ver of this° r all Points, and in Manner as by the faid recited Act is directed, be intitled to fuch Certificate, and there- Realm, upon to fuch Right and Privilege in all Refpects, as any Owners of the like Salt loft at Sea in the like Farthe Cafe, are intitled to by Virtue of the faid Act; any former Law or Statute to the contrary notwith- j„ g s a it, %Gco. {landing. >• <■■ 16 II Geo. I. c. 30. 3 Geo. 2. c. 20. 5 Geo, 2. c. 6. 8 Geo. 2. c. 12. 14 Geo, 2. c, 22. 26 Geo, 2. e. 3 & ]ii CAP. V. An Act to explain and amend the Act palled in the third Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, for repair- 'Continued by ing the Highway from feveral Places therein mentioned, leading towards Highgate Gateboufe and 8 Geo, 2. 28.' Hampftead in the County of Middle/ex. P R. CAP. VI. An A£t for granting the People called Quakers, fuch Forms of Affirmation or Declaration, as may remove the Difficulties which many of them lie under. I.lTTrlEREAS for giving fome Eafe to fcrupulous Confciences, an Act was made in the firft Year i W. &M.iT. j, / of the Reign of their late Majefties King William and Queen Mary, intituled, An Ac! for «• »8- exempting their Majejlies Proteftant SubjecJs, diffenting from the Church oj 'England, from the Penalties of certain Laws, whereby (among other Things) a Declaration of Fidelity, in the Form therein expreffed, is appointed to be made and fubferibed by certain Perfons, DifTenters from the Church of England, who fcruple the taking of any Oath : And wheeas an Act was made in the feventh and eighth Years of the Reign of his faid late Majefty King William the Third, intituled, An Act that the folemn Affirmation 7 &g w. 3. and Declaration of the People called Quakers, jhall be accepted inftead ef an Oath in the ufual Form, under c . 34 . the Provifions taerein mentioned, which Adf. being at firft temporary, was afterwards farther continued by an Act made in the thirteenth and fourteenth Years of the Reign of his faid late Majefty, and the , 3 & J4 .w. j. fame Act is made perpetual by an Act made in the firft Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, by which c. 4. laft mentioned Act a Form, importing the Effect of the Abjuration Oath, is prefcribed to be taken by the faid People called Quakers : And whereas the Inconveniencies to the faid People called Quakers, and A a a 2 ' their
