472 C. 7 — 9. Anno viceiimo fexto Georgii II. A. D. 1753. Commencement XXIII. And it is hereby further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That this Aft, and the feveral of this Aft. Claufes and Provifions therein contained, fhall commence and take Effect from and after the firft Day of March one thoufand fcven hundred and fifty-four. Tor Performance of ^areiUim Jec farther 27 Oej. 2. c, 18. 29 Geo. 2. c, 8. 33 Geo, 2. c, 16. CAP. VII. An A£l for the more eafy and fpeedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Borough of Bojlon, and Skirbeci ^carter-, and the Pariflies of 5fl/?aK and W/rii^^:/^, in the County of !,/«(:»/«. PR, CAP. viir.
- ?«>/» 136? 14 An Aft for opening the Port o^ Exeter for the Importation of Wool, and Woollen Yarn from
Car. 7.. e.^■i& hplnn^ fiat. I. c. 32. 7 ©■ 8 W. 3. c. 23. 9 ef 10 W. 3. c. 40. 10 Gf II W. 3. c. 10. 3 Cm. i. c 21. 4. Cm. i. <:. 11. 5 Geo. i. c. 11. 12 C^?. i. c. 34. ij O'm. I. c. 23. 5 Geo. 2. c. 21- 12 Gso. 2. 1:. zi. 15 Cfo, 2. c. 27. 25 Geo. 2. c. 14. &" ig. 'HERE AS the opening of the Port of Exeter for the Importation of Wool, and Woollen Yarn from Ireland., will be of great Utility and Advantage to the Woollen Manufaftures in the City of Exfier, and alfo in the Neighbourhood thereof, by rendering the Conveyance of thofe Materials more eafy, cheap and expeditious, and rnay alfo be a Means of increafing the importation of Wool, and Woollen Yarn from Ireland., into this Kingdom :' May it therefore pleafe your moft Excellent Majc-fty, That it may be enacted ; and Be it enadted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament alTembled, Wool, &c. may and by the Authority of the fame. That from and after the firft Day of jnne one thouiand kven hundred be imported trom jjj^j fifty-three, it fhall and may be lawful for any Perfon or Perfons to import into the Port of Exeter any Fonof E.'eter- ^ool, or Woollen or Bay- Yarn, Wool-fells, Shortlings, Mortlings, Wool- flocks, and Worfted Yarn, ' from Ireland; any AiSt or A<9:s of Parliament to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. Unt'ertlicRcgu- H. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That all fuch Importations of Wool, Jations and Woollen or Bay-Yarn, Wool-fells, Shortlings, Mortlings, Wool-flocks, and "Worfted- Yarn, from Ireland, into the laid Port o^ Exeter, Iball be made from fuch Ports only, and under the fame Reftrictions and Regulations in all Refpedts, as Wool or Woollen-Yarn is now by Law permitted to be imported into the feveral Ports of Bidd.ford, Barnjlaple, Mlnehead, Bridgwater, Brijld, Milford Haven, Ckejier, Liv:r- poole, Lancajter and Great Yarmouth, or any of them, and in the fame Manner, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the fud Port oi Exeter had been particularly named for the Importation of the faid Goods, in an Act by TO X- u Will, made in the tenth and eleventh Years of the Reign of the late King William the Third, (intituled. An Acl 3. c. 10. to prevent the Exportation of Wool out of the Kingdoms it/" Ireland and. England into foreign Parts, and for the Encouragement of the Woollen Manufadiures in the Kingdom «/" England] or in any other A61 or A6ts of Par- liament whatfoever. Conceruing Wool^ tSr,. fee farther 26 Geo. z. c, ir. 29 Geo. 2, c. 33. 30 Ceo. 2. c. i CAP. IX. An Aft to explain, amend, and render more efFeftual an Aft made in the twenty-third Year of the Keign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An ASl fcr the Encoirragement cf the Bririfh IVhile Herring Fifiery; and for regulating the faid Fifiiery according to the Calendar now in Ufe, and for other Furpofes tht^rein mentioned. 23GTO.2.C. 24. ' ISTrFIEREAS by an Adt made in the twenty-third Year of the Reign of his prefer.t Majefty, inti- F!,rforii:erP,o-ei-<^ Yy tulcd. An Ait for the Encouragement of the Bricifll ///■.'Vi' Herring Eijhery, ai'ter impowering his fM-.irehiingtxie-t. Majefty, his Heirs and Succsfiors, by Letters Patent, under the Great Se.-.l of GVa?/ 5^/Vfl;V;, to incorpo- <!. ,c *)■ M 13 ^^. 4 i-;jt;e fundry Perfons in the faid Adl named, and fuch other Bodies and Perfons, as in the faid Adt are c'.jjr.'i. c. 1,2' mentioned, to be one Body Politick and Corporate, by the Name oi The Society cf the free Britijh Fijhery, h 3. II EJ. 3. ' for the Purpofe of carrying on and improving the Britijh "White Herring Fiflieries; it is, amongft other flat. 3. c. 1 £f 2. ' Things, enadted. That for an Encouragement to fuch Perfons as fhall become Subfcribers to the Stock 35 ;v. 3. 13/v'. t ^^j. (;;,;i-yj,-.g q.^-^ (he faid Fifherics, that the Sum of throe Pounds by the Year for each hundred Pounds, V. c.q.' z H. L^ which {liall be adlually employed in the (jjid Fiflicry, and proportionabiy for any greater or leffer Sum, e. 13. 14 /:'. 6. ' (liall be p,iid to the Proprietors of the f.id Stock, for and during the Space of fourteen Years from the c (1. 22 £</, 4. < Date of their Charter, out of the Cuftoms, by the Receiver General of his Majefty's Cuftoms, by equal "^'l', ^'^^ii^'i ' Half-yearly Payments, provided that the faid Society fiird! employ the Sum of one hundred thoufand [- '-" -ih ^Eil Pounds, at leaft, in the faid Fiihsrics, within the Space of eighteen Months after the Date of fuch Sub- <j ~e. 6. 1 El. e. ' fcripiion ; and it is by the faid Adl; further provided and enacted. That fuch Sums as fnal! /'w.7 file be 37. 5 £/. 1-. 5. ' contracted to be paid within fix Months, ihall be deemed employed within the Scnfe and Mi;aiiing 30 Ei. e. ic^ 43 e q|- jj.,g f.jjj ^£^^ j,-, (-^fg jo much Money of the faid Comp.iny as (hall be fuflicient to anfwer the f-.id .. i^>f. c Qo.m-;i^^s jclpedtively, iliall at the Time of making the fame, be in the Bank of E-gla/id: And whereas, ' purfuaxit El. e. Q. 1 J'.ic. 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