47^ C. iT^. Anno vicefimo fexto Georgii II. A. D o f. 2 . 2iG«,2.^gj^j. jjj- j.]^g Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Comnnons, in this prcient i'arliameiit afTcmbk-d, and by the ' ' ' . Authority of the fame, That from and after the firft Day of Juni; or.e thoufand ftven hundred and hfty- ^rtldtefore '•"" '■'"'^^' '^o '^°'^'^'^co imported into Great Britnin before the faid twenty-ninth Day oi September one thoufand Sept 175 i^niK- f*-*^^" hundred und fift)^-one, and no Tobacco St.dks flripped, or Snuff manufactured from Tobacco fo Tobjcco s'.-ilks imported, fhalj be periuitted to be removed by Land or Water ; upon pain that all fuch Tobacco, Tobacco firippeci.orSniift; Stalks Or Sn'.ilt, fo removed, fliall be forfeited, and fliall and may be feized and profecuted, and after Con- ^"';"^"':j°"' '^'J'dernnaiion burnt and deftroyed by fuch Peribns, and in fuch Manner and Form, and wirh fuch Rewards on renalt-'or' '^"'" ^^'^'^I'^a '^c fame, as by the faid AiSt is diieftcd in relation to any Tobacco, Tobacco Stalks or Snuft', Forfeiture/, &c. i^'"* '■'^'^ Removal whereof Certificates are by the faid A£i: required. n. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and a ay be lawful to and for any Mo-rd^n^'reau-'r^^^'^' °^^'"^ ^'^^'■°'^^ orExciiC to feize and prol'ecute any Tobacco, Tobacco Stalks or Snuff which Onjiititici 1)1311""^^-^^' be removed I'rom one Place to another in greater Quanuties than by the faid Act are allowed, and ih; Art allows, fnall not be attended with iuch Certificates as by the laid A^t are required ; and the Proof that llich To- ^^■il|)out a Ccrti-bacco, Tobacco Stalks or Snuii' had before been removed from the Port of importation with a proper Cer- (i.^z-j' &-^ ""^ tificate, and that the Duties payable thereon had been paid or fecured, fliall be upon the Claimer or Claimers picoVihac it °^ ^ Tobacco, Tobacco StalJis and Snuff fo fcized, and not upon the Officer or OiSccrs fo feizing and had been re- profecuting the fame. moved with, a Certificate, &c. to he on the Claimer. Provifo for the HL Provided always. That nothing in this or in the faid Aft contained, fhall extend to prohibit the TXjcco'import-"'^''^'^^^'--'" '■° Parts beyond the Seas of any Tobacco which hath been imported before the twenty-ninth cd before 29 Day of Septnnbcr one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-one, and fhall be exported at any Time before the Sept. 1751. twenty-ninth Day oi S.ptember one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-four, from any Port where the fame fhall be on thefiritDay of jmie one thoufand feven hundred and fifiy-three. The Inn froiin IV. Provided alfo. That if on the JBack of any Certificate to be granted by -sirtue of the faid Aft: for ■^x"'^mi'"b'^'°"'"'^'^'^^'i^^ ° '^^'■'■ying any Tobacco, Tobacco Stalks or Snuff by Land, the Lm from whence the fame fliall c':i'rrTed"to be^n■ ^^ Carried fhall be defcribed, fuch Certificate fliall be as effeftual to all Litents and Purpofes as if the Name icrted i'nftcad of ^^^ '^6 Perfon by whom the fame fliall be carried or conveyed were inferted thereon i any Thing in the faid rne Carrier's A6t to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. Name 01, the Eacii of the Ceiiiflcate.' Certificate for re- V. Provided alfo. That every Certificate to be granted by virtue of the faid Aft, for remoing or con- '^'"""'l^"'^" '^^y'"g Tobacco, Tobacco Stalks or Snuff, to be carried byL-uid or by Water from one Port ol- Place to contain'Tiie im" s'lo^ier, fliall be and be deemed a proper Certificate for that Purpofe, although in fuch Certificate the j>'jricrs Name. Nam.e or ISIames of the Perfon or Perfons by whom the faid Tobacco was imported, or by vvhom the Duties payable thereon were paid or fecured, be not inferted therein, fo as every other Requifite directed by the faid Aft, in cafe of iuch Removal, be obferved, and the Name or Names of the Importer or In;porters tf ' fuch TobacLO be retained and expreiled in the Bill or Bills from which Iuch Certificates are, in the accuf- tomed Manner, prepared ; fuch Bill or Bills to be delivered to theColleftor, or other chief Officer or Officers of the Port where the laid Tobacco fhall have been imported ; any Thing in the laid Aft to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. SicondPurchaf-T VI. Provided alfo. That the lecond Purchafer of any entire Hogfhcad of unmanufaftured Tobacco ot an Hogfiiead ^-j^.j] ^^^j j^^y (^g ijititjej jg (-j-ie Benefit of a Certificate, on the Reniovu.1 of any fuch Tobacco, or of any "u red" Tobacco' "Stalks ftripped, or any Snuff' or manufaftured Tobacco made therefrom, bvLand or by Water, in like intit'cd to 3 Cer- manner as Certificates by the faid Aft are direfted to be granted to the firft Purchafer from the Importer; tificate on the and that in all fuch Certificates fo to be granted to fuch fecond Purchafer of any entire Hoginead or Removal, &c. Hogfheads of fuch Tobacco, the Name of the Importer or Importers, Seller or Sellers thereo;, maybe omitted, provided that the Seller to fuch fecond Purchafer fliall have dJivered to the Colleftor, or other chief Officer of the Port where iuch Tobacco iliall have been imported, fuch and the like Account as tlie 9 Ann. c. to. Gfo. I. c. zi Importer or Importers thereof are by the laid Aft required to give. ' VII. And whereas by an A6t made in the ninth Year of tiie Reign of her late Majefty Queen J>i:ti, /•■--' ^^'^^^^^'■^'^'^1 -^^'-^^^fi (ft'^biijhlng a General Poji Ojjlce for all her Mnjtyy's Dominions, a>id far fettling a wa.iiy c. iV-' z^ Ceo "" ' ^""' ""^ "f ^^-"^ Revetiues thereof for the Service of the IFiir, and other her Majejiys Oeeafiom ; the Polt.Mafter f, 25. "' General and his Deputy and Deputies is and are authorized to demand, nae, receive and take for the ' Portage and Conveyance of every fingle Letter or Piece of Paper fent to and from the General Poll Office ' in London, to and from any Parts or Places in Great Britain, or the Kingdom of Ireland, certain Rates ' in the laid Aft mentioned : And whereas one or more Wiit or Writs or other Proceedings at Law are ' frequently ftnt inclofed in a Letter, or wrote upon one and the fame Piece of Paper with a Letter;' Be Every Writ, &c. it declared and enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That every fuch Writ and every fuch Proceeding at to pay as a di- Law fhall be rated, taxed and paid for as a feveral and diilintt Letter, accord:ng to the Rates mcniioued ft:nit Letter. in the faid Aft. 2 " VIII,
