55% c - 3°- Anno undecimo Georgix Regis. A. D. 1724. Stale or rotten Sope put into any. Makings <jf Sope without due Notice to the Officer, no Al- lowance to be iriade for it. Officers pretend- ing to have had due Notice, and making Allow- ance, &c. for- feit 10 s. for every Pound, ani alfo the Maker. How thefe Pe- nalties (hall be fued for, and divided. Attempting to florrupt the Of- ficers of Excife, fprfej-.s 500 j. ' Duties to 'drift in the Office for the Stamp-Duties by Licences for Marriages and otherwife ; and for Relief of ' Perfons who have not claimed their Lottery-Tickets in due Time, or have lojt Exchequer-Bills or Lottery-Tickets; ' and for borrowing Money upon Stock (Part of the Capital of the South-Sea Company, for the Ufe of the Pub" ' lick,) It is amongft other Things provided and enacted, That in cafe ftale or rotten Sope, or Cuttings ' of Sope, be put into a Copper or Pan, in the Prefence of an Officer for the faid Duties, in order to be ' refrefhed or made new, fuch Officer fhall from time to time make an Allowance of the Duty of the ftale ' or rotten Sope or Cuttings fo put in, and certify every fuch Allowance upon his Report to be returned
- to the Head Office in the faid Act mentioned.
' XXXVII. And whereas, under Colour and Pretence of making fuch Allowances, purfuant to the s aforefaid Claufe, and by Combinations and Confederacies between fraudulent Makers of Sope and cor- 4 rupred Officers of and for the faid Duties, who by Bribes have: been prevailed upon, in fuch their Re- '
- ports of the Makings of Sope, fometimes to certify great Quantities of ftale or rotten Sope, or of Cut-
' tings of Sope, put into fuch Makings of Sope, when in Fact and in Truth no fuch ftale or rotten Sope, ' or Cuttings of Sope, have really and in Fact been put into fuch Makings of Sope; and at other Times, ' when fmall Quantities of ftale or rotten Sope, or of Cuttings of Sope, have been put into fuch Makings 4 of Sope, fuch Officers have been by the Means aforefaid prevailed upon to certify, in fuch his and their ' Report and Reports Quantities of fuch ftale or rotten Sope, or Cuttings of Sope, much greater and far 4 exceeding the Quantity or Quantities which at fuch Time and Times really and in Fact have been and 4 were put into fuch refpective Makings of Sope, whereby his Adajefty has been greatly defrauded of and ' in his Duties on Sope ; For preventing whereof for the Future, Be it enacted by the Authority afore- faid, That if any ftale or rotten Sope, or any Cuttings of Sope, in order to the refrefhing thereof, fhall from and after the faid twenty-fourth Day of ^aw one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-five be put into any Making or Makings of Sope, unlefs of the Intention and Defigning fo to put fuch ftale or rotten Sope or Cuttings of Sope there ihall be or fhall have been given to the Officer of the Divifion or Place where fuch putting in is intended to be, fuch Notice in Writing as herein after is mentioned (that is to fay) if fuch putting in is to be within the Limits of the weekly Bills of Mortality, then and in fuch Cafe, by the Sp?.ce of twelve Hours next before the refpeitive Time and Times of fuch putting in fuch ftale or rotten. Sope or Cuttings of Sope ; but if in any other Place or Places out of the Limits of the faid weekly Bills, then and in fuch Cafe, by the Space of twenty-four Hours next before the refpective Time and Times of fuch putting in fuch ftale or rotten Sope or Cuttings of Sope, that in every fuch Cafe and Cafes what- foever, where fuch putting in fhall be, or fhall have been without fuch Notice, the Officer fhall not cer- tify fuch putting in, or any Allowance for or in Refpect thereof ; nor fhall the Maker or Makers of Sope; in any fuch Cafe or Cafes, have or be entitled to have any Allowance or Allowances whatfoever, for or in Refpect of fuch putting in fuch ftale or rotten Sope, or of fuch Cuttings of Sope ; any Law or Statute to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. XXXVIII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if from and after the faid twen- ty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-five, any Officer or Officers of Excife, or for the faid Duties on Sope, fhall falfly pretend that he or they hath or have had due Notice in Writing of fuch putting in of fuch ftale or rotten Sope or of fuch Cuttings of Sope, in any Cafe and Cafes where and in which he or they really and in Fact fhall not have had fuch due Notice in Writing, and fhall make fuch Allowance and Allowances as aforefaid, and fhall falfly certify the fame, every fuch Officer and Of- ficers, for every Pound Weight of fuch ftale or rotten Sope or Cuttings of Sope, fo falfly allowed or cer- tified as aforefaid, fhall forfeit and lofe the Sum of ten Shillings ; and every fuch Maker and Makers of Sope, who fhall demand, claim, have, or take any Benefit or Advantage for or in Refpect of any fuch Allowance, fo falfly made or certified by fuch Officer or Officers, in every fuch Cafe and Cafes fhall for- feit and lofe the Sum of ten Shillings for every Pound-Weight of fuch ftale or rotten Sope or Cuttings of Sope, as fhall be claimed, demanded., had or taken by fuch Maker or Makers of Sope, for and in Refpect of fuch Allowance, fo falfly made or certified by fuch Officer or Officers. XXXIX. And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures by this Act before impofed, of and concerning the fuing for, recovering and dividing whereof other Directions are not herein given, fhall be fued for, recovered, levied or mitigated by fuch Ways, Means and Methods, as any Fine, Penalty or Forfeiture is or may be fued for, recovered, levied or miti- gated by any Law or Laws relating to his Majefty's Revenues of Excife, or any of them, or by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at Weflminfter for or on Account of any Thing done or omitted to be done contrary to this A£t in the Part and Parts of Great Britain called England, TVales, or Town of Berwick upon Tweed, or in the Court of Exchequer in Scot- land, for or on Account of any Thing done or omitted to be done contrary to this Act in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland ; and that one Moiety of every fuch Fine, Penalty and Forfeiture fhall be to the Ufe of his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, and the other Moiety thereof to him or them that fhall fue or inform for the fame. XL. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if and in cafe any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, liable to the faid Duties on Sope, or to the Duties of Excife, or to any otherDutyorDuties what- foever, under the Management of the refpective Commiffioners of Excife, either as Commiffioners of Excife, or as Commilfioners of fuch other Duty or Duties, or to any of them, in order to corrupt, per- fuade or prevail upon any Officer or Officers of or for the Duties due or payable for and in refpect of the Goods, Wares or Commodities before mentioned, or of any or either of them refpectively, either to do or perform any Act or A£ts, Thing or Things whatfoever, contrary to the Duty of fuch Officer or Officers, or to neglect or omit to do or perform any Act or Acts, Thing or Things whatfoever, belonging or apper- taining to the Bufincfs and Duty of fuch Officer and Officers, or to connive at or conceal any Fraud 3 or
