70 C. 45. Anno vicefimo Geop.gii II. A. D. 1747. i<;Geo.2, c. ^5. mcnt ; and wh'iL-h, by another Act made in the fifteenth Year of the Reign of his piefent Majefty, was fur- Coniiniied to thcr contiiuieiJ until the fiilT: Day of Ji/ni; one thoufand feven hundred and forty-fcven, and from thence to I Jmie 1754. j^i^g }^„(j Qf tiie then next Seffion of Parliament ; fliall be, and the lame is hereby further continued from the 'Fairhcrconti- £,;„[, g;(Q,i thereof uniil the fnfl: Day of 'Jn/u- one thoufand feven handled and fifty-four, and from thence, nued bv 27 Geo. ', r^ i r i l ^ o /t 1- T5 i- ^ a. c. iS.' yli'ti 'o ^^'^ jf^"" O' ^'■'^ '■'" ^'^•'"- "^^"'O'l Of rarlianient', ciaiifcsinSGeo. ]I. And be it further enafled by the Authority aforefaid. That the federal Claufes contained in an A<5t '• "^-'S- made in the eighth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty (intituled, An A£i for Encouragement of the Silk ManufaiTturcs of this Kingdom ; and for taking off feveral Duties on Merchaiidizes exported ; and for reducing ibs Ditf-f upon Beaver-fkins^ Pepper, Mace, Cloves and Nutmegs, i/nported ; and for Importation of all Firs of the Produol of the Britifli Plaritations into this Kingdom only ; and that the tivo Corporations of Affurance, on any Suits brought on their Policies, Jliall be liable only to ftngle Damages and Cofts of Suit) relating to the Encourage- ment of the Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom, and for talcing ofF feveral Duties on Merchandizes ex- ported, which were to continue in Force for three Years, from the twenty-fifth Day of March one thou- fand feven hundred and twenty-two, and from thence to the End of the then next SelTion of Parliament; nGeo I.e. 2Q. '"'"^ which fuid Claufes were, by an Ail made in the eleventh Year of his faid late Majefly's Reign, conti- nued from the Expiration thereof for three Years, and from thence to the End of the then next SelTion of a Geo. 2. c.iS. Parliament ; and by another Act made in the fecond Year of his prefent Majefty 's Reign, were further con- tinued from the Expiration thereof until the twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-four, and from thence to the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament ; and which, by ano- 8 Geo. 2. c. jS. ther Ad made in the eighth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, were further continued until the twenty- j. Geo. 2. 0.35. fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and forty-two, and from thence to the End of the then ContiniieJto '^^'^^ Seflion of Parliament ; and which, by an ASt made in the fifteenth Year of the Reign of his pre- 1 Tunc 1754. fen t Majeily, -were further continued until the firft Day of j'?/??? one thoufand feven hundred and forty-. • Fanher .onti- feven, and "from thence to the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament ; fiial! be, and the fame-are here- nuedby26 Geo. jjy continued from the Expiration thereof until the faid firft Day of June one thoufand feven hun.ared and ^•'^; 3*-'^ ^'"^ fifty- four, and from thence to the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament. "H'c" %(}"' "' l^'^- '^"'^ ^^ ^ further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the two laft Claufes in an Afb made in ' '. . the ninth Year of the Pvcign of his late Majefly, for continuing fome Laws, and reviving others therein men- '.?i'"r"'"'^^ tioned, for more effectual preventing Frauds in mixing Silks with StufFs to be exported, which faid Cliufes were 'oGeo"i"c % by an A(3:, made in the fecond Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, to continue in Force from the tvventy- ■ • • ■ jijnth Pay of &'^te7ziifr one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-four, and from thence to the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament; and which, by another A£t, made in the eighth Year of the Reign of his pre- fent Majefty, were further continued until the twenty-fifth Day of Alarch one thoufand feven hundred and forty-two, aiid from thence to the End of the then next SefTion of Parliament ; and which by another Act, made in the fifteenth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, was further continued until the fiift Day of 'fwie one thoufand feven hundred and forty-fevcn, and from thence to the End of the then next Seflion ccptinued to of Parliament, fliall be, and arc hereby further continued until the faid fiilt Day of func one thoufand {tzw jjune 1754. hundred and fifty-four, and from thence to the End of the then next SefHon of Parliament. S Ann. c. 9. ' IV. And whereas by two feveral Adts of Parliament made and pafled in the eighth and ninth Years of 9 Ann. c, 21. ' the Reign of her late Majefty Qiieen Anne, certain Rates and Duties, to be under the Man:igement of the ' Commiilloners for the Stamp Duties, were charged and dirccSted to be levied or continued, for or in rtfpect ' of Monies given, paid or contracted for, with Clerks, Apprentices or Scn'ants, to be paid at fuch Times ' and in fuch Manner, and under fuch Penalties, as in and by the faid feveral A6f:s are refpectively men- iSGeo.z.c.22, ' tioned, exprefi^d and provided : And whereas by an Aft made and pafled in the eighteenth Year of the ' Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled. An A5t for grantiiig to his Adajcfly the Sum of eight hundred ihcu- ' /and Pounds out fike Sinking Fund, and f,r granting a Sum remaining in the Exchequer, arifen by the Su'plus ' of the Duties upon Alalt, Mum^ Cyder and Pel ry, for the Service of the Tear one thoufand feven hundred and forty-five ; and for j ' "" ' ' ' ' >■-■'• , ■ , ■ c rr- „ t, ,. ' furthev Time for the ' tices ; and for the fui ' A(Sts, and that feveral Pcrfons had, through Negligence or Inadvertency, omitted to pay the feverj.1 Ratca
- and Duties payable in that Behalf; and to have the Indenture* or Contraiits ilamped within the Times, for'
' thofe Purpoi'es refpectively limited by the faid Acts, whereby fuch Clerks, Apprentices or Servants, and ' their Mafters or Miftrefli:s rcfpedlively, had incurred, and might be fubjrft to feveral Penalties, Forfcit- ' urcs and Difabilities ; it is therefore enacted. That upon Payment of the I'evcral Rates and Duties fo omit- ' ted or negleiSted to he paid as aforefaid, on or before the lirft Day of Augujl one thoufand feven hundicd ' and forty-five, and tendering to be ftamped fuch Indentures or Contrafts fo omitted to be ftampcd at the ' fame Time, or at any Time before the twenty-ninth Day of 5<-/>/t7;;/v;' one thoufand feven hundred and ' forty-five, the fame Indentures or Contracts fliould be good and available in Law and ]'~quity, and niirht ' be given in Evidence ; and the Clerks, Apprentices or Ser'ants therein named, fhould be capable of tol- ' lowing and exercifmg tlieir refpectivc intended Trades and Employments, as fully as if the Rates and Du- ' ties fo omitted, had been duly paid within the refpeclive Times in the faid former Afts limited and ap- ' pointed, and the Perfons who had incurred anv Penalties by the Omiffions aforefaid, upon Payment of ' I'uch Rates and Duties as aforefaid, within the Time thereby before limited, were thereby acquitted and ' dilcharged from the faid Penalties : And it was thereby further enadled. That after the twemy-fourth Day of 'June one thoufand (c;ven hundred and forty-five, if any Mailer or Miftrefs fliould neglect to pay t;.e faid Rates ajid Duties for Clerks, Apprentices or Servants, within tlie relpcdivc Times, in and by the former Ads
