A. D. 172T; Anno o&avo Georgii Regis. C. 7, 8. 365 II. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforeYaid, That the Declaration of Fidelity and folemn Declaration, tec. ^jtw/vc/ imj [iiauc dim iuuii l J ucu prcfcribed by the Declaration of Fidelity, or had made the folemn Affirmation or Declaration, or had taken the Effect (otm " Atfs. of the Abjuration Oath, in the refpeftive Forms appointed by the faid recited Afts : And if any Pcrfoa p er f n» convia making fuch Affirmation or Declaration, as is appointed by this A (St to be made, inftead of the Aflfirma- cd of falli af- tion or Declaration in the Form prefcribed by the before mentioned A(St of the feventh and eighth Years firmir.p, & c . ]ia~ by Statutes of this Realm, againft Perfons convifted of wilful and corrupt Perjury. III. Provided always, That all Claufes, Provifoes and Exceptions, contained in the faid recited Afts All Claufej, &c. or any of them, not hereby exprefly altered or repealed, fhall be of fuch and the fame Force and Effect, in ,he rec ' t " d ' as they were before the making of this Aft. Ac ' s > ""thereby altered, to re- main in Force. Concerning Quakers, fee farther 12 Geo. 2. c. 13. 22 Geo, 2. c. 46 ./. 36. CAP. VII. An Aft for laying a Duty of two Pennies Scots, or one fixth Part of a Penny Sterling, upon every Sects Pint of Ale or Beer that fhall be brewed for Sale, vended or tapped within the Town of Elgine and Pri- vileges thereof, for paying the publick Debts of the faid Town, and for other Purpofes therein menti- oned. P R. " After March 25, 1722, for 19 Years, and to the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament, a Duty of " two Pennies Scots laid on all Beer and Ale fold, isc. in Elgine. Payable by the Brewers, &c. to the " Magiftrates." CAP. VIII. An Aft to enable his Majefty effectually to prohibit Commerce (for the Space of one Year) with any Country that is or fhall be infefted with the Plague; and for fhortning the Conti- nuance of an Aft palled in the feventh Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Act for repealing an Acl made in the ninth Tear of her late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An AH to oblige Ships coming from Places infecled> more effeblually to perform their Quarcntine ; and for the better preventing the Plague being brought from foreign Parts into Great Britain or Ireland, or JJles 0/Guernfey, Jerfey, Aldetney, Sark or Man; and to hinder the fpreading of Infeclion. 1 ^ WT ^ E R E A S feveral Places in foreign Parts, having far fome Time paft been, and ftill conti- ' VV nuing to be vifited with the Plague, it may be judged neceflary by his Majefty, for fecuririg ' his Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Dominions thereunto belonging, from fo dreadful a ' Calamity, to prohibit or reftain the Commerce between his Majefty's Subjefts and thofe of any other ' Country or Place, which is or fhall be infected with the Plague : And whereas it will be requifite to in-
- force fuch Prohibition or Reftraint by fevere Penalties ; EX P.'
" The King may by Proclamation, to be iffued before December iz, 172Z. forbid all Perfons to go to any " Place infefted, or to export or carry Goods, &c. to any fuch Places before March Z5, 1723. under the " Penalties fpecified in this Aft, and under the Regulations in fuch Proclamation. His Majefty may " likewife forbid any Perfon to come or import any Co:- modifies from fuch Places before March 25, 1723, " Goods, &c. exported contrary hereto, and the Veliels, &c. fhall be forfeited. Exporters of fuch Goods,, V £3"<r. fhall forfeit double the Value. Perfons coming from Places infefted fhall incur a Prcsrminire. Vef- " fels and Perfons coming from infefted Places, and attempting to enter any Port of Great Britain or Ire- " land, may be hindred and oppoftd by Force. VeiTels and Perfons coming and Goods brought from in-] " fefted Places, and landing' contrary to this Aft, fuch Perfons fliall be adjudged Felons without Bene- " fit of Clergy, and fuch Ship and Goods fhall be burnt. Perfons procuring fuch Goods to be imported, " fliall forfeit the treble Value thereof. Two thirds of the Forfeitures to the King, the other third to- " the Informers." The Act of* 7 VI. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That an Aft palTed in the feventh Year of ff°'^ twiiLm his prepnt Majefty's Reign intituled, ' An Aft for repealing an Aft made in the ninth Year of her late in Forte till '""^ ' Majefty Queen Anne,' intituled, An Ail to oblige Ships coming from Places infetled more effectually to per- March 25,1723, foi ... , twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-three; any Thing in the faid Aft 20 Geo. i.e. s. contained to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. C A P. 53-Os. 2. c. i£ y
