Duties of 59 G. 3. c. 52. payable only on Slate, &c. brought from Port to Port. No Duty for Chippings of Granite Stone, &c fit only for repairing Streets, &c. Duties on Pepper, Cap lies, &c. to cease. 'Act made in the Fifty ninth Year of the Reign of His late • Majesty King George the Third, for repealing the several Duties of Customs chargeable in Great Britain, and for granting other Duties in lieu thereof, certain Duties of Customs are imposed upon Slate and Stones of the Production of Great Britain, brought Coastwise from any Port or Place within Great Britain to any other Port or Place therein:' Be it enacted, That the said Duties of Customs imposed on such Slate and Stone shall be charged and payable only on such Slate and Stone brought Coastwise from any Port within Great Britain to any other Port therein. X. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, no Duty shall be payable, nor any Sufferance Warrant, Transire or other Document whatever, shall be required by any Officer or Officers of the Customs for or on the Shipping, carrying, conveying, removing or landing Coastwise within Great Britain of any Chippings of Granite Stone, Kentish Rag Stone or Whin Stone, broken up into small Pieces, or of any Round Pebble or Cobble Stones picked up in the Beds of Rivers or on the Sea Shore, and fit for no other Purpose than repairing Streets and Highways. XI. And be it further enacted, That from and after the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty one, all and sicum or Chil- singular the Duties of Customs payable on Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Long Pepper, Guinea Pepper, Capsicum or Chillies, imported into Great Britain, shall cease and determine, and be no longer paid or payable; save and except in all Cases relating to the recovering, allowing or paying any Arrears thereof respectively, which may remain unpaid on the said Fifth Day of July, or to any Fine, Penalty or Forfeiture relating thereto respectively, which shall have been incurred at any Time before or on the said Fifth Day of July. Any Wine may be imported in Bottles or Flasks, for private Use, in Six Dozen French Wine is subject. Proviso for Wine imported for private use from within XII. And Whereas by the Laws now in force, French Wines are allowed to be imported into Great Britain in Bottles or Flasks, provided the same are imported in Packages each of which shall contain at least Six Dozen reputed Quart Bottles or Flasks; and it is expedient to permit the Importation of other Wines in Bottles or Flasks, for private Use, under the like Regulations; Be it therefore enacted, That from and after the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty one, it shall and may be lawful for any Person to import into Great Britain, for private Use, any Wine in Bottles or Flasks, provided that such Wine be imported in Packages each of which shall contain at least Six Dozen reputed Quart Bottles or Flasks, on Payment of the same Duties, as well of Customs as Excise, as French Wine is subject to; and in such Manner, and under and according to such and the like Rules, Regulations, Conditions and Restrictions, and subject to such and the like Penalties and Forfeitures, as are provided and enacted in any Act or Acts of Parliament with respect to French Wine so imported into Great Britain, so far as the same are applicable thereto. XIII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to any Wine imported for private Use, and not intended to be sold, which which shall be imported into Great Britain from any Parts within the Limits of the Charter granted to the United Company of Merchants trading to the East Indies, under the Regulations contained in the said hereinbefore recited Act of the Fifty ninth Year of His said late Majesty's Reign; but that such Wine may be imported, under such Regulations and subject to such Duties as are required and directed by the said recited Act. Limits of Charter of East India Company. · XIV. And Whereas by the Laws now in force, any Wine 'whatever is allowed to be imported into Great Britain from Guernsey, Jersey and Alderney, in Bottles or Flasks, as well for Sale as private Use, in Packages, each of which shall contain at least Six Dozen reputed Quart Bottles or Flasks: And 'Whereas it is expedient that Wine so imported should be subject to the same Duties as French Wine;' Be it therefore enacted, That from and after the Fifth Day of July One thousand Wine imported eight hundred and twenty one, any Wine in Bottles or Flasks in Bottles or shall, on Importation thereof into Great Britain from the Islands aforesaid, be subject and liable to the Payment of the same Duties, as well of Customs as Excise, as French Wine, and shall be subject to the like Rules, Regulations, Conditions, Restrictions, Penalties and Forfeitures as are provided and enacted in any Act or Acts of Parliament with respect to French Wine so imported, so far as the same are applicable thereto. XV. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to compel the Proprietor or Proprietors of any Sort of Wood, liable to any Duties under this Act, to pay the Duties upon the Importation or Landing thereof in Great Britain, in any case where such Articles might, on or immediately before the said Fifth Day of July, have been secured without Payment of Duty, or in any case where the Whole or any Part of the Duties on such Articles of Wood are permitted to be secured by Bond or otherwise, under or by virtue of any Act or Acts of Parliament in force in Great Britain on and immediately before the said Fifth Day of July; but that in all such cases the Duties, specified in the Table to this Act annexed, marked (A.), may be secured by Bond or otherwise, in such Manner, and under such Rules, Regulations, Restrictions and Conditions, as are contained in any such Act or Acts, except where it is otherwise provided by this Act: Provided always, that in case the Importer or Proprietor of any such Wood, which shall have been secured by virtue of any Act or Acts of Parliament in force on or immediately before the said Fifth Day of July, and on which the Duties due on the Importation thereof shall not have been paid, shall be desirous of taking any such Wood from any Place where the same shall be secured, for the Purpose of being used or consumed in Great Britain, then and in such case the Duties imposed by this Act shall be payable thereon, notwithstanding such Wood may have been imported before the said Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty one. XVI. And be it further enacted, That the Duties of Customs granted and the Drawbacks allowed by this Act shall and may be managed, ascertained, raised, levied, collected, received, answered, paid, allowed and recovered, in such and the like manner as the Duties and Drawbacks on the said Goods and Mer X 3 chandize, Flasks from Jersey, &c. Guernsey, subject to the same Duties as French Wine. Where Duties on Wood were secured by Bond before July 5. new Duties to be secured in like allowed to be manner. Wood, the shall have been the Duties of in G. B., pay this Act. Duties and how to be levied and paid. Drawbacks F chandize, hereby repealed, were or might have been managed, ascertained, raised, levied, collected, answered, paid, allowed and recovered, and under the same Rules, Regulations, Restrictions, Provisions, Pains, Penalties and Forfeitures as such Goods and Merchandize were subject and liable to by any Act or Acts of Parliament in force on or immediately before the passing of this Act; and all Pains, Penalties, Fines and Forfeitures for any Offences whatever committed against or in breach of any Act or Acts of Parliament in force on or immediately before the passing of this Act, made for securing the Revenue of Customs, or for the Regulation or Improvement thereof, and the several Clauses, Powers and Directions therein contained, shall be in full Force and Effect as to the said Duties, and as to all Penalties and Forfeitures under this Act, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if they were at large repeated and reenacted in this Act. TABLE to which this Act refers. A TABLE of the Duties of Customs payable on the Importation into Great Britain, from Foreign Parts, of certain Articles of Wood therein enumerated or described, (not being of the Production of any Place within the Limits of the Charter granted to the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies, or not being imported from His Majesty's Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, or the Territories or Dependencies thereof). CA P. LXXXV. An Act to explain and amend several Acts relating to the W [2d July 1821.] HEREAS an Act was passed in the Twelfth Year of the 12 G. 2. c. 29. 'more easy assessing, levying and collecting of County Rates: 'And Whereas an Act was passed in the Thirteenth Year of the 13 G. 2. c. 18. Act was passed in the Fifty fifth Year of the Reign of His late 55 G. 3. c. 51. 'Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to amend an "Act of His late Majesty King George the Second, for the more easy assessing, collecting and levying of County Rates: And 'Whereas an Act was passed in the Fifty sixth Year of the Reign 56G. 3. c. 49. ' of His said late Majesty, to explain and amend the said last ' mentioned Act: And Whereas an Act was passed in the Fifty 57 G. 3. c. 94. 'seventh Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, to amend the said last mentioned Act: And Whereas there are several 'Parishes, Townships, Hamlets and Places, situated in and extending into Two or more Counties, Ridings or Divisions, having separate and distinct Commissions of the Peace, Part of such Parishes, Townships, Hamlets and other Places being situated in one County, Řiding or Division, and other Part or Parts thereof in another County or other Counties, Riding or Ridings, Division or Divisions, and the Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments situated in such Parishes, Townships, 'Hamlets or other Places, are rateable to the Relief of the Poor therein, and to the County Rates of the respective Counties, Ridings or Divisions, in which such Messuages, Lands, Tene'ments and Hereditaments are respectively situated; but the • Constables, Churchwardens and Overseers are appointed for the whole of such Parishes, Townships, Hamlets or Places, ' and it frequently happens that such Constables, Churchwardens ' and Overseers are resident in one Division of such Parishes, Townships, Hamlets or other Places, and that there are no • Constables, Churchwardens or Overseers residing in the other • Division thereof, or within the Limits of the Jurisdiction of the 'Justices making such County Rate or Rates, whereby consider'able Difficulties have in such Cases arisen in raising the County Rates in such Divisions:' For Remedy whereof, Be it 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 from and after the passing of this Act, all and every the Powers and Provisions, Clauses, Pains, Penalties and Forfeitures, given, granted, provided, made or imposed, by the said recited Acts or any of them, shall extend, and be deemed, construed and taken to extend, to all Cases and Places as aforesaid, X 4 where Powers of recited Acts to extend to Places where there are no separate where there are no separate Churchwardens or Overseers of the Poor, or where no separate or distinct Rate is made and collected for the Relief of the Poor of any such Division, or Part of any Parish, Township or Place, situated in and extending into Two or more Counties, Ridings or Divisions as aforesaid, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes, as if the said several Powers, Provisions, Clauses, Pains; Penalties and Forfeitures, were herein and hereby repeated and reenacted, as to all such Cases and Places as aforesaid; and that from and after the passing of this Act, all and every the Constables, Churchwardens and Overseers of any such Parishes, Townships, Hamlets or other Places as are situated in and extend into Two or more Counties, Ridings or Divisions, having separate and distinct Commissions of the Peace as aforesaid, shall be subject to the Precepts, Warrants, Orders and Directions of the several Justices of the Peace for the respective Divisions or Parts of such Parishes, Townships, Hamlets or other Places, so far as the same may relate to the making of the Returns required by the said recited Acts or any of them, and the assessing, levying and collecting of the Proportion of the County Rate for such respective Divisions or Parts of such Parishes, Townships, Hamlets or other Places, or otherwise to the Execution of the said recited Acts, and of any other Acts relating thereto, within the Parts of such Parishes, Townships, Hamlets or other Places, as shall be situated within the Limits of the Jurisdiction of the Justices making and issuing such Precepts, Orders, Warrants and Directions, and shall be subject to the same Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures, for Neglect and Disobedience of the Precepts, Warrants, Orders and Directions of such Justices, so far as the same shall relate to the Matters aforesaid or any of them, or otherwise to the Execution of the said recited Acts or any other Acts relating to the assessing, levying and collecting of the County Rate within the Limits of the Jurisdiction of the Justices making and issuing such Precepts, Warrants, Orders and Directions as such Constables, Churchwardens and Overseers, or other Officers would by the Laws now in force be subject and liable to, if such Constables, Churchwardens, Overseers or other Officers had resided within the Limits of the Jurisdiction of the Justices making and issuing such Precepts, Warrants, Orders and Directions: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend, or be construed, deemed or taken to extend to authorize any Justice or Justices of the Peace to act in the cases aforesaid, or any of them, beyond the Limits of the Jurisdiction within which he or they shall be generally appointed and authorized to act as such Justices. ' II. And Whereas by the said recited Act of the Fifty sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, it was enacted, that all 'Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments situate, lying or being in any extra parochial Place or other Places, whether rated to the Relief of the Poor or not so rated, although the same might not be deemed rateable to the Relief of the Poor ' within such extra parochial Places or other Places where no Rate is made for the Relief of the Poor, should be and the same were thereby declared to be subject to be assessed, taxed and rated, by and under the Order, Direction and Authority of Justices · of |