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Lib. J. R.
& U. S.
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Day of June, in the year one thousand seven hundred and
fifty six, to make a true and perfect Entry upon Oath, or
Affirmation if a Quaker, with the Collector or any Magistrate
of the County where he shall be resident (a Certificate of
which Entry the Magistrate is hereby required as soon as
may be, to send to the Collector of each respective County)
to the best of his Knowledge of the Quantity of the said Rum,
Wine, or Spirits, which at the time of making such Entry
shall be in his Possesion, and reserved as aforesaid and
every such House-keeper, Inhabitant, and Resident, shall,
and he is hereby required to account with upon Oath, and
pay to the said Collectors, or their Deputies respectively, at
or within one Month after Michaelmas, or Lady Day respec-
tively for so much as he shall have consumed, all and every
the Duties, Rates, and Impositions above laid on the Liquors
in his Possession, and entered with the Collector or Magis-
trate as above, such Collector making an Allowance of fifteen
p: Centum for Leakage on all Liquors in Cask, and not
bottled, which shall be so entred.
And Be it further Enacted, that when and as often as
any House keeper, Inhabitant or Resident, shall after the
twentieth Day of June next, purchase, or take into his her
or their House, Cellar, Vault, or other place, or reserve, or
lay by, any further, or other Quantity of Wine, Rum, or
other Spirits, except as before excepted, and except Liquors
purchased from any Retailers, under the Quantities herein
before limited, for his, her, or their own private use, or Con-
sumption, he she or they shall within one Month after pur-
chasing, or receiving such Wine, Rum, or other Spirits into
his, her, or their House, Cellar, Vault, or other place or
reserving or laying by as aforesaid, for the Use aforesaid
make true and perfect Entry on Oath, or Affirmation if a
Quaker, of the quantity of all such Wine, Rum, and other
Spirits so bought and received, or reserved and laid by &
shall within one Month after such Entry made pay unto the
Collector of the County, where he, she, or they reside, or his
Deputies for such Wine Rum, and other spirits, the several
Rates and Duties, directed by this Act, such Collector making
Allowance for Leakage, as aforesaid,
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And Be it further Enacted, that if any Person or Persons
whatsoever, not being a Retailer or Retailers, shall after
the twentieth day of June aforesaid presume to consume
or make Use of in any manner whatsoever, any Rum, Wine,
or other Spirits as aforesaid without having first made such
Entry, on Oath, or Affirmation if a Quaker, or shall not
account and pay as aforesaid, for such Liquors, or shall
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