Place of the City or Town for which he shall be appointed In- Inspection of XXII. And be it further enacted, That the said Inspectors, as well in London as in all other Cities and Towns in which, by virtue of this Act, Inspectors may be appointed, shall and may, upon Application made to them to that Effect, allow the Entries made in such Book to be inspected, subject to such Regulations and Directions as the said Inspectors may from time to time receive from the Receiver of Corn Returns, under the Authority of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council appointed for the Consideration of all Matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations; provided, however, that the Person so applying shall be Proviso. permitted only to examine the Entry of any Return of British Corn bought or sold, which he shall himself have either bought or sold. · XXIII. And Whereas a certain Time must necessarily be re"quired after the passing of this Act for the Purpose of selecting ' and appointing the Inspectors or other Officers to be appointed by virtue of this Act; Be it therefore enacted, That all Inspectors or other Persons who at the passing of this Act shall hold Appointments and discharge any Duties required of them by the Laws in force previous to the passing of this Act, shall and they are hereby authorized and required to proceed forthwith to discharge the Duties required of them by this Act, in the same manner as if they had been appointed under the Provisions of this Act, and shall receive the Remuneration granted by this Act to the Inspectors of Corn Returns, until new Appointments shall have been made in the manner required by this Act. Inspectors and others acting Acts to continue to discharge their Duties till other Appoint under former ments are made. turns in a Book, and publish in London Gazette. XXIV. And be it further enacted, That the said Receiver of Receiver of Corn Returns shall and he is hereby required, at the End of Corn Returns every Week, to make up from the Returns received by him in the to enter ReWeek immediately preceding, in pursuance of the Directions of this Act, an Account of the total Quantities and Prices of each respective Sort of British Corn, of the Sales of which Returns shall have been made to him by the said Inspectors of Corn Returns; and the said Receiver is hereby required to enter the same in a Book, and to publish the said Accounts every Week in the London Gazette, in such Form and Manner as shall be directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council, appointed for the Consideration of all Matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations. • XXV. And Whereas by an Act passed in the Fifty fifth Year 55 G. 3. c. 26. of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, inti- § 5. 'tuled An Act to amend the Laws now in force for regulating the Y 2 • Import A.D.1821. "Importation of Corn, certain Provisions were made for regulating 'the Price at which Foreign Corn, Meal and Flour should thereafter be permitted to be imported into the United Kingdom, or 'be taken out of the Warehouse for Home Consumption;' Be it enacted, That the Average Prices of all British Corn, by which the Importation of Foreign Corn, Meal or Flour for Home Consumption shall in future be regulated, shall be made up and comPrices to govern puted at Four Quarterly Periods in each and every Year, in manner Mode of computing aggregate Average Importation. Receiver of Corn Returns to enter and publish aggregate Average Prices in the Gazette, &c. Ports of Isle of Man, &c. to be shut and opened at same English Ports. time with following; (that is to say,) the said Receiver of Corn Returns shall within Seven Days after the Fifteenth Day of February, the Fifteenth Day of May, the Fifteenth Day of August, and the Fifteenth Day of November in each Year, add together the total Quantities of each Sort of British Corn, and also the total Prices for which the same were sold, as shall appear from the Returns received by the said Receiver of Corn Returns in the Six last Weeks immediately preceding the said Fifteenth Day of February, Fifteenth Day of May, Fifteenth Day of August, and Fifteenth Day of November in each Year, and shall divide the said total Prices by the said total Quantities of each respective Sort of Corn, and the Sum produced thereby shall be deemed and taken to be the aggregate Average Price of each such Sort of Corn, in and for the Six Weeks immediately preceding the before mentioned Periods respectively, by which the Importation of Foreign Corn, Meal and Flour for Home Consumption, or the taking out the same from the Warehouse for Home Consumption, shall be governed and regulated in the United Kingdom. XXVI. And be it further enacted, That the said Receiver of Corn Returns shall enter the said Accounts of the Aggregate Average Prices of each Sort of British Corn in a Book, as soon as he shall have made up and computed the same in the manner hereinbefore directed, and shall at the same Time cause the same to be published in the London Gazette, and shall transmit a Certificate thereof to the Collector or other Chief Officer of the Customs, at each of the several Ports in Great Britain, and to the Commissioners of Customs in Ireland, who are hereby required forthwith to transmit Copies thereof to the Collectors or other Chief Officers of the Customs in the several Ports in Ireland; and the Importation of each Sort of Foreign Corn, Meal and Flour for Home Consumption, in the United Kingdom, and the taking the same out of Warehouse for the Purpose of being so consumed, shall be governed and regulated by the said aggregate Average Prices, until new Average Prices shall, under the Provisions of the said above recited Act of the Fifty fifth Year of His said late Majesty, or under the Provisions of this Act, be made up and computed, and a Certificate thereof be received by such Collectors or other Chief Officers. XXVII. And be it further enacted, That whenever the Ports of the United Kingdom shall be shut against the Importation of Foreign Corn, Meal or Flour for Home Consumption, the Ports in the Isle of Man, and in the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney and Sark, shall in like manner be shut against the Importation of such Foreign Corn, Meal or Flour for Home Consumption; and that whenever any such Foreign Corn, Meal or Flour shall be permitted to be imported into the Ports of the United 1 United Kingdom for Home Consumption, Foreign Corn, Meal or to transmit a XXVIII. And in order that due Notice may be given of the opening or shutting of the Ports of the United Kingdom, for the Purposes above stated; Be it further enacted, That the Receiver Receiver of of Corn Returns in London shall, and he is hereby required within Corn Returns Seven Days after the Fifteenth Day of November, the Fifteenth in London Day of February, the Fifteenth Day of May, and the Fifteenth Quarterly CerDay of August in each and every Year, transmit to the Collectors tificate of Aveor Chief Officers of the Customs in the Ports of the said Islands rage Prices to respectively, a Certificate of the Average Prices of British Corn, Collectors of inade and computed in the manner hereinbefore required; and Customs, by up such Collector or other Chief Officer shall cause the same to be ation to be which Importput up in some conspicuous Place in the Custom House; and the regulated. Importation of Foreign Corn, Meal and Flour into the Ports of the said Islands shall be governed and regulated by such Average Prices, until new Average Prices shall in like manner be made up and transmitted to such Collectors or other Chief Officers, and be by them received. XXIX. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, the Inspectors appointed for the several Cities and Towns named or to be named by virtue of this Act, shall not admit into the Returns to be by them made to the Receiver of Corn Returns in London, of the Quantities and Value of Corn sold in the said Cities and Towns respectively, any Account of Sales or Purchases of Corn which shall be tendered to them by the Dealers or other Persons required by Law to deliver in such Accounts, unless such Inspectors shall respectively have received satisfactory Proof that the Person or Persons tendering such Account shall have made the Declaration required by Law, at least One Calendar Month previous to the Sale or Purchase referred to in such Accounts. No Account of Sales admitted by into Returns, Inspectors unless on Proof that Dealer has previously made the Declaration. Power to His Majesty in Council to alter, add to or omit Towns which are to make Returns. XXX. And be it further enacted, That if any Justices of the Peace in any of the Counties, Ridings or Divisions, in which any of the Cities or Towns mentioned in this Act are situated, shall think it necessary or expedient that any Alterations should be made in the List of Cities and Towns hereinbefore specified, from which Returns of the Prices of British Corn are to be made, or that any such City or Town should be struck out of the said Lists, or that any other City or Town should be inserted in lieu thereof or in addition thereto, and shall direct a Representation to be made to His Majesty for the above Purpose, it shall be lawful for His Majesty in Council to direct such Alteration, Addition or Omission to be made accordingly: Provided nevertheless, that no Proviso. such City or Town shall be added to the said List, unless the same be situated in some County, Riding or Division, in which one or more of the Cities or Towns mentioned in this Act are situated. XXXI. And be it further enacted, That in case any City or Town shall be added to the List contained in this Act, from which Returns of Corn are to be made, the Justices of the Peace for added to the List in this the County, Riding or Division in which such City or Town shall Act, Justices, be situated, or the Mayor or other Chief Officer thereof, if such &c. to appoint Y 3 In case any City an Inspector. Returns from Two Thirds of the Towns sufficient. British Corn brought into the River Thames charged 1d. per Last; Foreign Corn, 2d. Corn Factor to give to Corn Inspector an Account of Quantity sold, &c. Account of Monies received by Inspector de livered to Lord Mayor, &c. twice a Year. Salary to Inspector, &c. Deduction. A.D. 1821. City or Town shall have or enjoy an exempt Jurisdiction, shall and they are hereby authorized and required forthwith to appoint an Inspector of Corn Returns for such City or Town, in like manner as is required by this Act, with respect to the Appointment of Inspectors of the other Cities and Towns named in this Act. XXXII. And be it further enacted, That if the Returns conformable to the Directions of this Act shall be made to the Receiver of Corn Returns from not less than Two Thirds of the Cities and Towns from which such Returns are required to be made, such Number of Returns made conformable to the Directions of this Act shall be deemed to be sufficient for forming the aggregate Average Prices by such Receiver of Corn Returns, for the Purpose of governing and regulating the Importation of Foreign Corn, Meal and Flour, or the taking of the same out of Warehouse for Home Consumption in the United Kingdom. XXXIII. And be it further enacted, That all British Corn that shall be brought into the River Thames, Eastward of London Bridge, and shall be sold and delivered, shall be charged with the Sum of One Penny per Last or Ten Quarters; and that all Foreign Corn, when delivered out of any Ship or Vessel in the Port of London, shall be charged with a Sum of Two Pence per Last or Ten Quarters; and that it shall be lawful for the Inspector of Corn Returns for the City of London to demand, collect and receive the same, from every Corn Factor or Importer of Corn respectively, on whose Account such British or Foreign Corn shall be sold and delivered, or shall be delivered out of the Ship or Vessel in which the same shall have been imported, as the case may be; and that the Corn Factor or Importer shall deliver a full and true Account of the Quantity of the said Corn, to the Corn Inspector, within One Week after the Sale and Delivery thereof, or the Delivery thereof from the Ship or Vessel, with the Name of the Master or Commander of such Ship or Vessel. and XXXIV. And be it further enacted, That an Account of the Monies so received by the said Inspector of Corn Returns, or the Deputy then executing the said Office during any such Disability, by Sickness as aforesaid, twice in every Year; (that is to say,) at the Quarter Sessions holden for the City of London next after Christmas and Midsummer, shall be stated and delivered by him to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen then and there assembled; it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Lord Mayor and Aldermen, and they are hereby authorized and required, under their Hands and Seals, to empower the said Inspector of Corn Returns, out of the said Sum and Sums so received, to retain and apply to his own Use and Benefit any Sum not exceeding the Rate of Two hundred Pounds per Annum, nor less than One hundred Pounds per Annum, from which said Sum shall always be first deducted such Sum as shall by the said Lord Mayor and Aldermen be directed and ordered, (which Order and Direction they are hereby empowered to make,) to be paid to or retained by any Deputy or Deputies then executing, or who have or hath executed, the said Office during any such Disability by Sickness as aforesaid; and such Part of the Residue or Overplus of the Monies Residue of Monies col lected. so collected and received shall be paid over without Delay to such Application of of the Proprietors of the said Estate of the Corn Exchange as manage and regulate the same as aforesaid, to the Use and Benefit of the said Estate, as shall be sufficient to repay thereunto all such Monies as may have been therefrom issued or expended, in providing, completing and keeping in Repair such Apartment or Office; and the Remainder thereof (if any) shall be paid to the Receiver General of His Majesty's Customs; and after such Payment made, the said Inspector of Corn Returns, or any Deputy executing such Office as aforesaid, their Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Successors, shall be for ever discharged and exonerated. XXXV. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Lord Mayor and Aldermen, at any Sessions holden in the Months of April, July, October and January yearly, for the said City, to inquire into and examine the said Inspector of Corn Returns, or the Deputy then executing the said Office as aforesaid, and he is hereby required to declare and make known, whether any of the said Corn Factors or Importers as aforesaid have neglected or refused to pay and discharge (the same having been demanded) any Sum or Sums of Money from him due and owing, on account of the said Penny charged on British Corn, or Two Pence on Foreign Corn per Last, by him so sold and delivered, or so imported, as the case may be; and in case the same shall, upon due Proof and Hearing, appear to the Satisfaction of the Court, then it shall be lawful for the Lord Mayor, or any Two Aldermen, by Warrant of Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of the Party so neglecting or refusing, to cause to be levied such Sum of Money as shall be thereupon due and owing; and after rendering the Overplus (if any) to the Party whose Goods shall be so distrained and sold, (the Charges of such Distress and Sale being first deducted,) the Money so levied shall be paid over to the said Inspector of Corn Returns, or his Deputy then executing the said Office, to be accounted for as herein directed and required. Lord Mayor, &c. in Sessions may inquire of Inspector, &c. whether Persons have neglected to pay Ďues; and may issue Warrant to levy same. XXXVI. And be it further enacted, That the Inspectors ap- Payment of pointed in pursuance of this Act, for the several Cities and Towns Country Intherein mentioned, (the City of London excepted,) shall be paid spectors. Quarterly, by the Collector or other Chief officer of His Majesty's Custonis or Excise in each of the said Towns respectively, such a Sum for each Return made by such Inspectors as shall appear to the said Magistrates or Mayors, or other Chief Officers, to be a fit and reasonable Allowance to such Inspector for the Discharge of his Duties, under the Provisions of this Act; provided that the total Amount of such Allowance shall in no case exceed the yearly Sum of Thirty Pounds, to each Inspector; and provided further, On Certificate that the Receiver of Corn Returns shall have certified to the said of Receiver of Corn Returns. Collector or other Chief Officer of His Majesty's Customs or Excise, previous to the Payment of such Allowance, that the Returns for which such Allowance is claimed by the Inspectors have been properly made, which Certificate the said Receiver is hereby required to make and transmit Quarterly; and provided also, that before any such Payment shall be made to any such Inspector, he shall have produced his Book, containing the Entries of the several Returns received by him from the Dealers in Corn, Inspector first to produce his Book of Returns from Corn Dealers. |