5^2 C. 3 2. Anno vicefimo fexto Gf.orgii II. A. D. 1753. ' in this County, on the Day of without being licenfed thereto according to Law ' for, after being difabled to fell, as the Cafe may be). Given under my Hand and Seal this ' Day of And there {hall be added, That the fame s the firfl, fecond, or third Convi£tion ; which faid Conviction, in the fame or the lilci; Form of Words, fhalj be good and effectual in Law to all Intents and Purpofes, and fhall not be quaflied, fet afide, or adjudged void or infufficient, for wa;U of any other Form or Words whatfoever. Offender not lia- XIV. Provided always. That fuch Offender who fliall be punifhed by vi:tue of this Act, (hall not be bie " "^^1^^^^ punilhed again for the fume Offence by any former Ait ; and that fuc'i Offender who Hiall be punifhed by thTfuTne^Of-" virtue of any former Ad', fliall not be punifhed ;tgain for the fame Offence, by virtue of this prefent-Adt, fence. or any T'ung herein contained. Rights of the XV. Provided always, That this Aif, or any Thing herein contained, fliall not in any wife be preju- Unive: fities to Jlcial to the Privilege of iicenfmg Taverns and other Publick Houfes, claimed by the two Univerfities of grant Licences jj^^j p^^.^ ^f Qy^^f Britain called England, or either of them, nor to the Chancellor, Matters and Scholars, refcrved. ^^ ^^^^ OfScers of the fame, or their Succeffors, but that they may ufe and enjoy fuch Privilege as they have heretofore lawfully ufed and enjoyed ; any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithltanding. The Times of XVI. Provided always, That nothing herein contained fhall extend or be conftrued to extend to alter granting Licen- j.j^g Time or Times of granting Licences for keeping of Common Inns or A'e-Houfes, or to oblige lnn-"not°aTtcr-"p£ons not licenfed the Year preceding to produce Certificates, in any City or Town Corporate. ed &c. XVII. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That any Perfonlhall be deemed In'nahitantof thea competent Witnefs, and be admitted to give Evidence upon any Information or Complaint for any Of- p.in(h deemed a fence committed againft this A£f, notwithftanding fuch Perfon be an Inhabitant of or charged or liable competent Wit- ^^ ],g j-j^^^gg,^ {g j^e Payment of any Rates or Affeffments for the Relief of the Poor of any Pariih or nels. Scc'^vtheri'i Place where fuch Offence fhall be committed. Sir;.'?;.;f CAP. XXXII. An A(5l for continuing feveral Laws relating to the PiiniOiment of Pcrfons going armed or difguifed in defiance of the Laws of Cufloms or Excife -, to the Drawback of the Duties upon Copper Bars exported ; and to the Duties upon Foreign-made Sail Cloth ; and a.lfo for Encouragement of the Silk Manufadlures ; and for taking off feveral Duties on Mer- chandizes exported ; and for encouraging the Trade of the Sugar Colonics in A-merica; and for vacating the Security for the Duty on Salt loft in any River, or in Port, after fhipped ; and for enlarging the Time for proving the Lofs of Salt; and for Relief of Maiters of Ships with refpeft to the Importation of Soap and Candles, contrary to an Ad: made in the twenty- third Year of his Majefty's Reign; and alfo for the more effeftuai Payment of the Bounties upon Britifo-mzdc Sail Cloth ; and to impower the Commiffioners of the Treafury to direft the Payment of the Bounty to Jolm Henmker, and others, upon four Ships fitted out for the Whale Fifhery, and loft in the Greenland Seas ; and alfo to Philip Hau, and others, upon two Ships employed in the faid Fifhery, notwithftanding fome of riie Forms required by Law in fitting out fuch Ships, were not complied with. "HERE AS feveral Laws herein after mentioned, have by Experience been found ufeful and bene- ficial, and are near expiring;' May it therefore pleafe your Majcfty that it n-ae be tnaifted ; and Be it enafted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Adieo and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Auth.-^rity of the Claufes in 19 fame, That fo much of an Aft made in the nineteenth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, intituled. An Geo. s. c. 34. J. Si for the further Puni/hment of Perfons going armed or difguifed in d- fiance of the Laves of C/i/hms or Excife; farther conti- ^^^; r^y. indannifyin? Offenders 'asiainfl thofe Laws upon the Terms in this AEi mentioned; and for the Relief of i7<S. UJpeers of the Lujtoms in lnfor7nations upon Seizures; which Act was to continue in torcc tor the bipace or Faithcy contimed^^vcn Years, and from thence to the End of the next Seifion of Parliament, as relates to the further Punifh- ,hj 32 Cm. 2. ment of Perfons going armed or difguifed in defiance of the Laws of Cuftoms or Excife ; and to the Re- '• '^- lief of Officers of the Cuftoms in Informations upon Seizures, fhall be, and the fame is licreby further con- tinued, from the Expiration thereof, until the twenty-fourth Day of jane one thoufand fcvcn hundred and fifty-eight, and from thence to the End of the then next SeiTion of PaVliament. Claiifein 9 & }[. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Cluufe contained in an Aft made in 10 W. 3. c. 16, jj^g j^;,^jj^ 3,^jj fgjjjl^ Years of the Reign of his late Majefty King Jf-^i!iir,m the Third, intituKd, An AH ti ^' ^' fettle the Trade to Africa, for allowing during a limited Time a Drawback, of the Duties upon the Exporra- tion of Copper Bars imported ; and which Claiife after the Expiration thereof was, by an Aft made in the t^ Ann. flat. i. twelfth Year of the Reign of lier late Majefty Qiieen Anne, revived and continued for fourteen Years, and c. 18. ^.5. fur- from thence to the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament; and alfo the Proifo in the faid Lift Aft con- ther continued^ tained, that no Drawback fliall be allowed on the Exportation of any Copper but fuch as had been or fhouid to 2+ June I75,-.. ^^ imported from the Eaft-Indies and the Coalt of Barhary only ; and which faid Claufe and Provifo by ano- 13 Geo. r. c. 27. ther Aft made in the thirteenth Year of ihe Reign of his late Majeftv, were further continued for fourteen Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament ; and which faid Claufe and Pro- isGeo. 2.C. 35. vifo by another Aft made in the fifteenth and fixteenth Years of his prefent Majefty's Reign, were further continue^
