402 A. D, i-j ^1, Anno vlceiimo quarto Georgii II. C. 52. Matter in Evidence, at any Trial to be had thereupon, and that the fame was done in purfunnce and by the Authority of this Aft ; and if it fliall appear fo to have been done, the Jury Ihall find for the Defendant or Defendants ; and if the Plaintiff" fhall be nonfuited, or difcontinue his Action, after the JDefendant or Defendants fliall have appeared ; or if Judgment fliall be given upon any Verdidl or Demurrer againft the Treble Cofts. Plaintiff, the Defendant or Defendants fhall and may recover treble Coffs, and have the like Remedy for . „, the fame as J^efendants have in other Cafes by Lav/. iatiom Jir f.ird>crChip. 53. and 25 Ga. 2. c 6. 29 do, 2, i, 5 & 35. 30 do, 2, c, 9, CAP. Lir. An Aft for continuing fevera] Laws therein mentioned, relating to the Premiums upon the importation of Mafts, Yards and Bowfprits, Tar, Pitch and Turpentine ; to Britijh made Sail Clo'h, and the Duties payable on Foreign Sail Cloth ; and to the Allowance upon the Exportation oi Britijh made Gunpowder. 'HEREAS the Laws herein after mentioned are found to be very ufeful and beneficial to the Publick, and arc fo near expiring, that it is fit they fhould now be continued ;' Be it therefore enaJ^ted by the King's moil Excellent Majelfy, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament alPem-bled, and by the Authority of the fame. That a Geo. 2. c. 35. ^^ niuch of an Acf made in the fecond Year of the Reign of his prefent Klajeffy, intituled, Jn Act for thi "the Iniportation better Prefer vatmi of hi i Majefty Woods z?2 Am.erica, and for ike Encouragement of the Importntion of Naval or naval Stores Stsrcs fro7n theHce and to encourage the hnportation of Mqfis, lards and Boufprits, from that Part of Great fi-om America, Britain c^/Ay/ Scotland, as relates to the ^■ctmwni upon Mafis, Tards ajid Boivfprlts-, Tar, Pitch andTurpen- "*"^- tine, which was made to be in Force from the twenty-ninth Day of Septetnber one thoufand feven hundred . , , and twenty-nine, for the Space of thirteen Years, and to the End of the then next Seilion of Parliament ; iTGe^z J-S. ""^"^ which by another A.51: made in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of his prefent ALijelfy, was further further co'nti- "continued until the twenty-fifth Day oi December one thoufand ("even hundred and fift)', and from thence i!ued unto 25 to the Elnd of the then next Seflion of Parliament, fliall be, and the fame is hereby further continued from December 1751. the Time therein limited for the Expiration thereof, unto the twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand "' Geo. s. ^-gy^j-, hundred and fifty-one, and from thence to the End of the then next SelTion of Parliament. Furll.tr continued I'y 32 Geo. 2. c. 23. Tar, "u",'iers°ach I^' Provided, That no Bounty fhall be paid on any Tar, unlefs each Barrel thereof fliall contain thirty- Barrel contain One Gallons and an half, and that the Officers who furvey fuch Barrel, fhall not f"urvey the fiime, till the 31 Gallons and Water fhall be all drawn olF, and every Barrel filled up with Tar. an tiall-; &c. cGeo. 2. c. 37. IIL And be it further enadfed by the Authority aforefaid. That an A<El made in the ninth Year of the ior encouraging Reign of his prefent Majelfy, intituled. An ASi for the further encouraging and regulating the Alanufadlure of tlie ManufaftuieBritilh Sail Cloth^ and for the more effectual fecurlng the Duties noiv payable on Foreign Sail Cloth imported into ri^h"'v^^ ^^" Kingdom, which was to be in Force from the twenty-fourth Day oifune one thouf"and {e.'e.n hundred ' "^' and thirty-fix, for the Space of five Years, and to the End of the then next SefTion of Parliament; and continued by which by another AiSl made in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, was further J3 Geo. 2. c,2S. continued until the twenty-fifth Day oi December one thoufand feven hundred and fifty, and from thence to further conti- ^^'^ ^vA of the then next SefTion of Parliament, fhall be, and the fame is hereby further continued from nued anto 25 the Time therein limited for the Expiration thereof, imto the twenty-fifth Day of December one thou- Dec. 1757, and fand fcven hundred and fifty-feven, and from thence to the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament. further hy '^i 'c ~' ^/ ^^' ■^"'^ ^^ '*■ '^^^^ CTiacSled by the Authority aforefaid, That an AGt made in the fourth Year of the ^ .^^'Iill°"^' Reign of his prefent Maiefly, (intituled. An ASi for granting an Allon'ance upon the Exportation of Britifh lor an .'allowance ? /-, ^1 ^ - ^ ^ ^ • • t^ -^r ^r ^t^ r 1 ^ r /r~* r^ on Exportation ' '^wrf^ (jimpoivder) which was to contmue m force for five Years from tiie twenty-fourth Day or June one of Biiurti Gun- thoufand feven hundred and thirty-one, and from thence to the End of the then next SefTion of Parliament, ?ovrter, and which by another AcSt made in the tenth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, was further con- contniucd by tinucd for feven Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament, and which by ^|^j*^'j'^g'Q'jJ^' ^^' another A6t made in the fixteenth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majelfy, was further continued until c. 26. * ' the twenty-fourth Day of '/ww one thoufand feven hundred and fifty, and from thence to the End of the futthcr conti- then next SefTion of Parliatiient, fhall be, and the fame is hereby further continued from the Expiration j>ucd to 24 June thereof, until the twenty-fourth Day of "June one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-fcven, aiid from thence »757. c<,daga,n j^ jj,^, j£jjj ^,f jj^g ^1^^^, ^.^j^j. geffion of P'ajlJameju. fty 31 G{i, 2. 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