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Excise.
Thus far go these two Acts of Parliament; and 15 Car. 2. c.
11.
' An Explanatory Act was made as followeth.
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Chap. 38. |
§. 8.
Measures
altered. |
' Fist, No Common Brewer or Retailer of Beer and
Ale without notice
' to the next Excise-Office, or to the Commissioners, Farmers, or Sub-Commissioners
' of that Division, erect, alter, or inlarge any Tun, Fat, Back
' Cooler, or Copper, or use them for Brewing; or shall use or make any
' private Store-house, Cellar, or place, other than such as were then opened
' and used in his common and usual Brew house, upon pain to forfeit
' Fifty pounds. And every person in whose occupation the same shall
be found
' shall forfeit Fifty pounds. And such Tun, Fat, Cooler, Back or
Copper, with
' the Beer or Wort therein, may be seised and delivered to the Overseer
of the
' Poor, to be sold for the use of the Poor, and distributed amongst them. |
15 Car. 22.
c. 11. |
§. 19.
Commissioners
nor
Farmers. |
' Secondly, No Commissioner for regulating the Excise,
shall directly or
' indirectly Farm it by Patent to himself, or any other in trust; nor
Farmer
' be capable of being a Commissioner: And if he act, shall lose the
benefit
' of his Farm, and be disabled to be Farmer or Commissioner; and all
' Acts made void; and persons troubled, may bring their Actions. |
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§. 20.
Gager. |
' Thirdly, Every Gager shall weekly after a Common
Brewer hath or
' ought to make his Entry, deliver to him, at his house or some of his
servants
' a Copy of his Return, or forfeit Forty shillings. And a Brewer,
if he
' certifie his Entry, or discharge the same within a week after such note
delivered,
' shall not incur any Forfeiture. |
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' Fourthly, Two able Gagers in every City shall
be appointed, one by the
' Commissioners, the other by the Brewers, and shall take an Oath before
' one Justices, to Gage all Tuns, Fats, Coppers, and Vessels; and deliver
one
' Copy to the Commissioners, and another to each Brewer. |
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§. 21.
Officer no
Justice. |
' Fifthly, No Commissioner, Sub-Commissioner, Farmer
of Excise, Common
' Brewer, or Inn-keeper, shall act as a Justice of Peace; if he do, all
' Acts done by him are void. |
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§. 22.
Deputies in
Towns. |
' Sixthly, The Commissioners, Farmers, or Sub-Comissioners,
shall
' under their Hand and Seal, depute some person in each Market-Town,
' to be there every Market day in some publick place, to receive Entries;
' and the next Market day it shall be published, who shall attend each
' Market day from Nine to twelve, and from Two till five. And if
such
' Office be not so attended, the Commissioners, Farmers, or Sub-Commissioners,
' for each Market day forfeit Ten pounds, to be Recovered by Action,
' one moyty to the King, the other to the Informer: And the person
coming
' and being able to prove a tender by one witness, shall be excused of
' all Penalties. |
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§. 23.
Delivery of
Beer. |
' Seventhly, No Common Brewer shall deliver out
Beer, without notice
' to the Excise Office, but between Michaelmas and our Lady-day,
between
' Seven in the Morning, and Five at Night; and between our Lady-day
and
' Michaelmas, from Three in the Morning, till Nine at Night, or
else forfeit
' Twenty shillings for every Barrel. |
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§. 24.
Mixing. |
' Eighthly, if a Brewer or Retailer shall after
any Accompt taken by the
' Gagers, of the Quantity and Quality of Beer, Ale, or Wort, mix his
' Small Bear with Strong Beer or Ale, and shall deliver out, or retail
the
' same without giving notice to the Gagers, or shall hide or conceal his
Beer
' or Ale from the Gagers, shall for every Barrel so mingled or concealed,
' forfeit Twenty shillings. |
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§. 25.
Utensils. |
' Ninthly, The Utensils or Brewing Vessels whose-soever
they be, shall be
' liable to the Duty and Penalties; and the Duty and Penalties may be
' levied thereof. |
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