Goods, Produce

of B. or I., not subject to Duty, &c. may be exported under like Regulations as Corn.

56 G. 3. c. 66. § 1.

58 G. 3. c. 16.

-59 G. 3. c.13. §1.

the case may be; and such Exporter shall thereupon receive
a like Cocket, Certificate, Let Pass or Transire, as is given and
"conformable to all the like Regulations in force in case of
"Goods sent Coastwise from one Port of Great Britain to
"-another Port therein, or from one Port in Ireland to another
Port in Ireland, respectively: And Whereas it is expedient to
extend the Provisions of the said Act to certain other Articles
exported from Great Britain to Ireland, or from Ireland to
"Great Britain;' Be it therefore enacted by The King's Most
Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the
Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present
Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That
it shall and may be lawful to export from Great Britain to
Ireland, or from Ireland to Great Britain, any Articles, the Pro-
duce or Manufacture of either Country respectively, which are
not subject to Duty, nor entitled to Drawback, under the like
Rules, Regulations, Restrictions, Penalties and. Forfeitures, as in
the case of Corn exported from one Country to the other re-
spectively.

WH

CA P. XX.

An Act to continue, until the Fifth Day of April One
thousand eight hundred and twenty three, several Acts of
His late Majesty, for reducing the Duties payable on
Horses used for the Purposes therein mentioned.
[6th April 1821.]
"HEREAS by an Act passed in the Fifty sixth Year of
the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third,
intituled An Act for reducing the Duties payable on Horses used
for the Purposes therein mentioned, for Two Years; and for re-
pealing the Acts granting Allowances in respect of Children,
certain Duties of Assessed Taxes were discontinued and sus-
"pended, and other Duties substituted in lieu thereof, for the
Term of Two Years next after the Fifth Day of April One
'thousand eight hundred and sixteen; and which Rates of sub-
stituted Duties were continued by another Act passed in the
Fifty eighth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, in-
tituled An Act to continue until the Fifth Day of April One
• thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and amend an Act of the
Fifty sixth Year of His present Majesty, for reducing the
• Duties payable on Horses used for the Purposes therein men-
‹tioned, and extended to other cases therein mentioned, for the
Term of One Year, from the Fifth Day of April One thousand
eight hundred and eighteen, until the Fifth Day of April One
thousand eight hundred and nineteen; and the same Rates of
• substituted Duties were in like manner further continued for the
"Term of Two Years, from the Fifth Day of April One thousand
eight hundred and nineteen, by another Act passed in the Fifty
‹ ninth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An
• Act to continue Two Acts of the Fifty sixth and Fifty eighth
• Years of His present Majesty, for reducing the Duties payable
Horses used for the Purposes therein mentioned, to the Fifth
• Day of April One thousand eight hundred and twenty one; and

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to reduce the Duties chargeable under certain Acts of the Forty eighth and Fifty second Years of His present Majesty, in respect of certain Horses, Mares, Geldings and Mules: And 'Whereas it is expedient to continue the same substituted Rates of Duty in the said several Acts mentioned, for a further Time herein limited:' Be it therefore enacted by The King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That Duties further the several Duties, and the Regulations and Provisions for assessing, charging, raising, levying, collecting, applying and accounting for the same, in the said several Acts mentioned, shall be, and the same are hereby severally continued, from the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and twenty one, until and upon the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and twenty three.

[The Duties on Persons in respect of Horses, &c. kept and
used solely for the Purposes of Husbandry made to cease,
c. 110: § 1. post.]

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CA P. XXI.

continued.

An Act to indemnify Persons who shall give Evidence before
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal on the Bill to exclude.
the Borough of Grampound, in the County of Cornwall,
from sending Burgesses to serve in Parliament, and to
enable_the_Borough of Leeds, in the County of York, to
send Two Burgesses to serve in Parliament in lieu thereof.
[6th April 1821.]
HEREAS the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in
Parliament assembled have passed a Bill intituled An
Act to exclude the Borough of Grampound, in the County of
Cornwall, from sending Burgesses to serve in Parliament;
' and to enable the Borough of Leeds, in the County of York,
' to send Two Burgesses to serve in Parliament in lieu thereof:
'And Whereas it is alleged that there was the most notorious and
general Bribery and Corruption, previous to the Election of
Burgesses to serve in the last Parliament for the said Borough
of Grampound, in order to procure the Return of Burgesses to
serve in Parliament for the said Borough: And Whereas it is
necessary to examine, as Witnesses, at the Bar of the Lords
Spiritual and Temporal, in respect of such alleged Bribery and
Corruption, several Persons: And Whereas the Evidence of
⚫ such Persons may lead to Disclosures tending to expose them
to penal Consequences: And Whereas it is expedient to in-
demnify such Persons, as they are hereinafter indemnified, upon
their truly and faithfully making such Disclosure and Discovery
as hereinafter mentioned:' Be it therefore enacted by The King's
Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present
Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That
for the more effectually prosecuting the said Enquiry, that all and
every Person and Persons, not having been Candidates or a
Candidate for the said Borough at the last Election, who may or
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hath

Persons implicated in Bri

bery, not having been Candidates, examined

as Witnesses,

and making a faithful Dis. closure, indemnified.

Not to extend

to Persons giving false Evi

dence, or sup

pressing any Matter in question.

In cases of

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of Entries of Examination in the Lords' Journals, may be given in Evidence.

hath been or may have been implicated or engaged in such al-
leged Bribery and Corruption at or connected with any Election
of Members to serve in Parliament for the said Borough of Gram-
pound, and who shall be examined as Witnesses or a Witness at
the Bar of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, touching such
alleged Bribery and Corruption, and who shall upon such Ex-
amination make a true and faithful Discovery and Disclosure, to
the best of his, her or their Knowledge, touching all Acts, Mat-
ters and Things to which he, she or they shall be so examined,
shall be, and he, she and they is and are hereby freed, indemnified
and discharged of, from and against all penal Actions, For-
feitures, Punishments, Disabilities and Incapacities, and all
Criminal Prosecutions which he, she or they may have been or
may become liable or subject to, or which he, she or they may
have incurred or may incur, at the Suit of His Majesty, His
Heirs or Successors, or any other Person or Persons, for or by
reason or means of or in relation to any Act, Matter or Thing
done or committed by such Person or Persons, in respect of
such alleged Bribery and Corruption, respecting or concerning
which such Person or Persons shall be so examined as aforesaid,
and shall make such true and faithful Discovery and Disclosure as
aforesaid.

II. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That this Act
or any thing herein contained shall not extend, or be deemed or
construed to extend, to give any Benefit or Advantage to, or to
indemnify, free or discharge, any Person or Persons from or
against any Forfeitures, Penalties, Punishments, Disabilities or
Incapacities, or any Prosecutions, who, being examined as afore-
said, shall give any false Evidence, or make any false Discovery,
or suppress or refuse fully and truly to disclose any Act, Matter
or Thing within his, her or their Knowledge, touching or con-
cerning which such Person or Persons shall be so examined as
aforesaid; any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in
anywise notwithstanding.

III. Provided always, That. it shall be lawful for all Persons Actions, Copies who shall be so examined as aforesaid, upon any Action or Prosecution commenced or instituted, or to be commenced or instituted, of or in respect of any of the Matters to which they shall be so examined as aforesaid, to give in Evidence, upon the Trial of such Action or Prosecution, Copies of the Entries contained in the Journals of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of such their several Examinations; and that such Copies shall be conclusive Evidence, upon the Trial of all such Actions and Prosecutions, of the Fact of the Examination of such Persons, and of the Questions proposed to such Persons, and of the Answers given by them to such Questions.

CA P. XXII.

An Act for altering and amending the Laws of Excise for
securing the Payment of the Duties on Beer and Ale
brewed in Great Britain.
[19th April 1821.]
HEREAS the Laws made for securing the Duties of
Excise upon and in respect of Beer have been found
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'insufficient for the Purposes thereby intended;' Be it therefore
enaced by The King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the
Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and
Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the
Authority of the same, That from and after the Fifth Day of July Brewers to
One thousand eight hundred and twenty one, every Brewer of enter in a Book
Beer for Sale shall and is hereby required to enter, or cause
to be entered, in a Book or Paper to be delivered to him by the
Officer of Excise for that Purpose, and at all Times kept by Malt intended
Quantity of
such Brewer in some public and open Part of his entered Premises to be used in
ready for the Inspection of the Officers of Excise, the Quantity the next Brew-
of Malt which he or she shall intend to use in his or her next ing, &c..
Brewing, together with the Day when such Brewing is intended
to be made, and that such Entry shall be so made before any
Part of such Malt shall be mashed, or any Water or other Liquor
put thereto, or mixed therewith; and that every such Brewer
shall at the Time of making such Entry write, or cause to be
written, in such Book or Paper, opposite such Entry as aforesaid,

the Date when such Entry was so made as aforesaid; and that if Date of Entry
any such Brewer shall refuse or neglect to make such Entry as to be stated..
aforesaid, or shall cancel, obliterate or alter, or cause or suffer
or permit to be cancelled, obliterated or altered, any such Entry,
or shall make any untrue Entry therein, or shall not at all Times
keep such Book or Paper in some public and open Part of his
entered Premises ready for the Inspection of the Officers of
Excise, or shall mash, or put to or mix any Malt with Water or
other Liquor before such Entry shall be made as aforesaid, he or
she shall, for every such Offence, forfeit and lose the Sum of Two Penalty 2001.
hundred Pounds.

Mashed Malt
not removed till ·
gauged and

taken an Ac-
count of by
Officer.

Obstructing

II. And be it further enacted, That no such Brewer as aforesaid shall remove or cause to be removed his or her Malt which has been mashed, or any Part thereof, from the Tun or Vessel in which the same has been mashed, until the proper Officer shall have gauged and taken an Account of the Quantity of such Malt, or use, cause, permit or suffer to be used, any Means whatever to prevent or hinder such Officer or Officers of Excise from taking Officer. an accurate Gauge and Account thereof; and that if any Person or Persons shall remove, or cause, suffer or permit to be removed, any Part of such Malt as aforesaid before such Officer shall have gauged and taken an Account of the same, or shall use any Means as aforesaid, or obstruct, hinder, molest or prevent any such Officer or Officers in or from so doing, or in Execution of any of the Powers and Authorities given or granted to him or them by this Act, every such Person or Persons shall severally forfeit and lose for every such Offence the Sum of Two hundred Pounds: Penalty 2001. Provided always, that no such Brewer or other Person shall Proviso for reincur the Penalty aforesaid, for removing any such Malt as moving Malt aforesaid after all the Worts have been drawn off from such Malt after Worts have without any Officer having gauged and taken an Account thereof been drawn off as aforesaid, if such Brewer shall at the Time of making such Entry as aforesaid have specified in such Book or Paper and En- glect to attend. try as aforesaid the Time for such Officer to attend to take such Gauge and Account as aforesaid, and such Officer or Officers

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Samples of Wort may be taken after it is

drawn from the Mash Tun.

Fermenting

Worts before

shall not attend for that Purpose within an Hour after the Time so
specified.

III. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for any Officer or Officers of Excise to take a Sample or Samples, not exceeding One Pint at each Time, of any Wort or Worts at or on the entered Premises of any such Brewer as aforesaid, at any time or times after the same shall have been drawn from the Mash Tun, as often as may be necessary for the Purpose of ascertaining the specific Gravity thereof; returning such Sample and Samples to such Brewer after the specific Gravity thereof has been ascertained, or paying him or her for the same at and after the Rate of the current Price of Beer made from such Wort or Worts; and that no such Brewer shall ferment or mix, or cause, permit or suffer to be fermented or mixed, any Wort Samples taken, or Worts with any Yeast or other Matter or Thing for or occasioning Fermentation, until the proper Officer or Officers has or have taken such Sample and Samples as aforesaid; and that if any such Brewer as aforesaid shall ferment or mix, or cause, permit or suffer to be fermented or mixed, any of his or her Wort or Worts with any Yeast or other Matter or Thing for or occasioning Fermentation, until such Officer or Officers has or have taken such Sample and Samples as aforesaid, he, she or they shall forfeit and lose for every such Offence the Sum of Two hundred Pounds: Provided always, that no such Brewer as aforesaid shall incur the Penalty last aforesaid, for fermenting or mixing any of his or her Wort or Worts with Yeast, or any other Matter or Thing occasioning Fermentation, after the Expiration of One Hour after such Wort or Worts has or have been run or drawn off from the Copper in which the same has or have been boiled with Hops, without any Sample being thereof taken as aforesaid, if such Brewer shall at the Time of making such Entry as aforesaid have specified in such Book and Paper and Entry as aforesaid the Time for such Officer or Officers to attend to take and draw such Sample and Samples as aforesaid, and such Officer and Officers shall not attend for that Purpose within an Hour after the Time so specified.

Penalty of 2001. Proviso where Officer neglect to attend within

an Hour after the specified Time.

Books to be

delivered by Officer to Brewers, containing Forms of Certificates.

No Beer, &c.

sent out without

Certificate of
Date, &c.

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IV. And be it further enacted, That there shall be delivered by the proper Officer of Excise to every such Brewer as aforesaid, and to every Dealer in Beer or Ale, a Book or Books to be prepared with proper printed Forms and Titles for the Purpose hereinafter mentioned, and kept by every such Brewer and Dealer in some public and open Part of his or her entered Premises; and that from and after the said Fifth Day of July, no Beer or Ale shall be sold, sent out or delivered by the Brewer thereof, or by any Dealer therein, to any Brewer, Victualler, Dealer in or Retailer of Beer or Ale, or other Person or Persons, without a Certificate filled up and cut out progressively from the printed Forms for such Certificates contained in such Book as aforesaid, to be left therewith, signed by such Brewer or Dealer selling, sending out or delivering the same, or some Person on his Behalf, certifying the Date, Quantity and Quality of such Beer or Ale, to whom sold, and that the Duty has been duly charged thereon, and at what Place, at what Rate, and upon what