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Excise.
' Tenthly, If any Commissioner-Brewer that is under
a Composition,
' shall, during that time, suffer any Beer or Ale to be brewed in his house
' for another Common Brewer, without first giving notice to the Commissioners,
' Farmers, or Sub-Commissioners of that Division, of how much is
' to be Brewed, and the quantity and quality thereof; and forthwith paying
' down the Duty: As well the Brewer by whom, as for whom, shall
' pay for every Barrel Five pounds; one moyety to the King, the other
' moyety to the Informer, to be sued for in any Court of Record. |
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' Eleventhly, No person shall give a Bribe, Money,
Fee, or Reward, to
' any Gager or Officer, to make a false Report or Return; no sworn Gager,
' or other Officer, shall so take upon pain of each Ten pounds:
And
' upon proof by two Witnesses before two Justices by Warrant to levy of
' the Goods; for want of Goods, imprisonment for three Months. |
§. 27.
Bribe. |
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' Twelfthly, No Appeal shall be admitted, unless
the Appellant lay
' down in the hands of the Commissioners, or Sub-Commissioners, the
' single Duty of Excise, and give Security to the Commissioners of Appeal
' or Justices, for the Fine and Penalty: And if the Judgment be Reversed,
' the Commissioners shall restore the Duty, or so much thereof as shall
be
' adjudged. And the party, originally presented, shall pay double
costs;
' and if affirmed, the party Appealing shall pay the Commissioners complained
' of like costs. Note, The words are not intelligible, but
as I
' conceive, some mistake is in the Print; for it seems, the words should
' be prosecuting for prosecuted, or some other words to that sense. |
§. 28.
Appeal. |
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' Thirteenthly, Excise shall be paid for Vinegar-Beer,
made to sell in
' any other place, as well as in a Common Brew house. |
§. 29.
Vinegar. |
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' Fourteenthly, Colledges and Halls of Universities
excepted. |
Colledges. |
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' Fifteenthly, All Differences, Appeals, and Complaints,
touching
' Excise, shall be determined in the proper County. |
§. 30.
County. |
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' Sixteenthly, No Officer of Excise shall take any
Money, Fee, or
' Reward, for any Bond, Note, or Receipt, touching the Excise, if he do,
' shall pay for every offence Ten shillings. |
§. 31.
Receipts. |
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' Seventeenthly, The Justices, or any two of them,
or chief Magistrates,
' in all Counties and places, shall meet once a Month, or oftner, if occasion
' be, to hear and adjudge Matters of Excise. |
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' Eighteenthly, One third part of all Forfeitures
(not thereby disposed
' of) shall be to the King, another to the Poor, a third to the Informer:
' And all Fines and Forfeitures, for the Recovery whereof no Remedy is
' ordained by that Act, shall be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint,
' or Information, in any Court of Record in that County, City, or Corporation,
' where, the offence is committed; or by such other ways and means,
' and in such manner as is by the said former Act ordained 15 Car. 2.
c. 11. |
§. 32.
Forfeiture. |
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' Nineteenthly, In London no Appeal to be
received, unless commenced
' within two Months after the Judgment; and in the County, within four
' Months after the Judgment. |
§. 33.
Time of
Appeals. |
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' Twentiethly, No Commissioner, Farmer, Sub-Commissioner,
or other
' Person, to be imployed in the farming, collecting, or taking Accompts
' for the Duty of the Excise, shall take upon them that Office, or proceed
' in the execution of that imployment, until they have taken the Oaths
appointed
' by 12 Car. 2. cap. 23. As is appointed by that Act,
and have entred
' his Certificate of taking the said Oaths with the Auditor of the Excise,
under
' the Penalty of Fifty pounds the Month, if he shall neglect it. |
§. 34.
Oath. |
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