Stables, &c. when built to be vested in Her Majesty. Duties imposed by 6&7 W.4.c.26. continued till 5th July 1840. Collection of the Duties. Stables and Stable Offices contiguous to Her Majesty's Palace of Windsor Castle aforesaid, for the Convenience and Accommodation of Her Majesty and Her Royal Establishment at Windsor. II. And be it enacted, That the said Stables and Stable Offices so to be erected and built as aforesaid shall, together with the Site of the same, become and be vested in Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, as Part of the Hereditary Revenues belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown. CA P. XXI. An Act for granting to Her Majesty, until the Fifth Day of • Most Gracious Sovereign, WE VE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and • Ireland in Parliament assembled, towards raising the necessary Supplies to defray Your Majesty's public Expences, have freely and voluntarily resolved to give and grant unto Your Majesty the Duties herein-after mentioned;' and therefore do most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the Queen'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 the Duties imposed on Sugar and Molasses by an Act passed in the Sixth and Seventh Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for granting to His Majesty, until the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, certain Duties on Sugar imported into the United Kingdom, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, shall be further continued until the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty. II. And be it enacted, That the Duties hereby continued shall be collected, paid, and accounted for in such and the like Manner as if the said Duties had been continued to the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty by the said recited Act. Bounties on III. And be it enacted, That the respective Bounties now paycertain Descrip- able on Sugar by an Act passed in the Third and Fourth Years of tions of refined the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act to grant cerSugar. tain Bounties and Allowances of Customs, and also by an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, for granting certain Duties on Sugar, shall continue to be allowed and paid so long as the Duties on the Importation of Sugar imposed by the said firstrecited Act shall remain in force or be further continued by any Act hereafter to be passed. Her Majesty Importation of Growth of cer- IV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That if at any Time satisfactory Proof shall have been laid before Her Majesty in Council that the Importation of Foreign Sugar into any British Possession within the Limits of the East India Company's Charter is prohibited, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by and with the Advice of Her Privy Council, or by Her Majesty's Order in Possessions at Council to be published from Time to Time in the London Ga- the lower Rate of Duty. zette, to allow the Importation of Sugar the Growth of any such British Possession at the lower Rate of Duty in the said firstrecited Act specified, in like Manner and under the same Restrictions and Conditions as Sugar the Growth of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal may be imported subject to a lower Rate of Duty under the Provisions of the said first-recited Act. 66 "Separate Accounts to be kept in the Exchequer of the Duties arising in Great Britain. Duties arising in Ireland to be paid "into the Exchequer there, § 5. The Treasury may direct Exchequer Bills to be made out not exceeding 3,000,000l. — § 6. "Powers of 48 G. 3. c. 1. extended to this Act, § 7. Exchequer "Bills to bear an Interest, § 8. Bank of England may advance Money on the Credit of this Act, notwithstanding 5 & 6 W. & M. c. 20.,-§ 9. Bills to be delivered to the Bank of England as Security for Advances, § 10. Exchequer Bills to be charged on "the Duties granted by this Act, § 11. Money due to be paid "out of next Aids, § 12. Surplus Monies to be carried to Conso"lidated Fund, § 13. Treasurer to allow necessary Charges of making forth new Exchequer Bills, § 14. Monies issued to be "replaced out of first Supplies, § 15. Act may be altered, § 16." 46 WHE An Act to enable Justices of Assize on their Circuits to take Inquisition of all Pleas in the Court of Exchequer of Pleas which shall be brought before them without a Special Commission for that Purpose. [4th July 1839.] HEREAS by the Statute commonly called "The Statute Stat. West. 2. of Westminster the Second," passed in the Thirteenth 13 Edw. 1. 'Year of the Reign of King Edward the First, the Justices of c. 30. 'Assize on their several Circuits are empowered to take Inqui'sitions of all Pleas in the Courts of Queen's Bench and Common 'Pleas: And whereas it is expedient to extend the said Power to Pleas in the Court of Exchequer, in order to put an end to 'the Practice which has hitherto obtained of issuing a separate 'Commission from the said Court upon each Record brought 'therefrom before the Judges of Assize:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen'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 it shall be lawful Justices of Asfor all Justices of Assize, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, on their respective Circuits, to try Causes and take Inquisitions of Pleas pending in the Court of Exchequer of Pleas which shall be brought before them, and to proceed thereon in like Manner as they can or may do in respect of Causes and Pleas pending in the Courts of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas under sion. and by virtue of the said Act, or by any other Law, Statute, or Usage whatsoever; and that it shall not be necessary hereafter to issue any Commission from the said Court of Exchequer of Pleas for that Purpose. 2 & 3 VICT. I CAP. size may try Causes, &c. pending in the Exchequer without a Special Commis CA P. XXIII. Duties. Allowances. Drawbacks. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for collecting W1 HEREAS the Laws for collecting and securing the Duties of Excise on Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Pasteboard, and Scale-board have become numerous and complicated, and it is expedient to consolidate and amend the same:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen'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 there shall be raised, levied, and collected, allowed, granted, and paid, the Duties, Allowances, and Drawbacks of Excise following; (that is to say,) On every Pound Weight Avoirdupois of all Paper, Glazed For all such Glazed or other Press Papers, made and charged For all Paper made and charged with Duty in the United King- For every Pound Weight Avoirdupois of printed Books in per- Kingdom, and which shall be exported as Merchandize, a For every Dozen Square Yards of Paper made and charged with Commissioners II. And be it enacted, That the said Duties, Allowances, and Duties and Drawbacks shall be under the Management of the Commissioners Drawbacks to of Excise, and shall be collected, paid, and accounted for in the be under the same Manner as other the Duties, Allowances, and Drawbacks Management of under the Management of the said Commissioners, and shall be of Excise. charged, raised, levied, sued for, granted, and paid under the Provisions of this Act, and under the general or special Provisions, Clauses, Enactments, Regulations, Pains, Penalties, and Forfeitures contained in any Act or Acts relating to the Collection and Management of the Revenue of Excise. III. And be it enacted, That every Paper Maker shall, before beginning to make or manufacture any Paper of any Description, or any Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board, or to prepare any Materials for the same, make a true and particular Entry in Writing, signed by such Paper Maker (or by each such Paper Maker in case of Partnership), of every Mill, Workhouse, Storehouse, and other Place intended to be made use of for the making, drying, or keeping of Paper of any Description, or Buttonboard, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board, or for the keeping or preparing of any Materials for making the same, and of all Engines, Chests, Machines, Vats, and Presses intended to be used in or for the making of Paper of any Kind, or Button-board, Millboard, Paste-board, or Scale-board, or in preparing the Materials for the same, by delivering such Entry to the Officer of Excise in whose Survey his Mill or Premises shall be situated; and in every such Entry every Workhouse, Storehouse, and other Place, and every Engine, Chest, Machine, Vat, and Press, shall be distinguished by a particular Number or Letter, or Number and Letter or Letters; and in default thereof such Paper Maker shall, for every unentered Mill, Workhouse, Storehouse, or Place, Engine, Chest, Machine, Vat, and Press, forfeit Two hundred Pounds, together with all Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board and all Materials found therein: Provided always, that nothing herein-before contained shall require any Paper Maker to make Entry of any Half Stuff Mill, or of any Warehouse or Storehouse, not forming Part of nor communicating with his Paper Mill, and used wholly and solely for the preparing of Half Stuff, or for storing or keeping of Rags or other Materials, and in which no Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, or Scale-board, nor any Pulp, shall be made or prepared. Paper Makers to make Entry of their Premises. marked and numbered. IV. And be it enacted, That every Paper Maker shall mark Workhouses, and number, and at all Times keep marked and numbered, every Storehouses, &c. Workhouse, Storehouse, and other Place, and every Engine, Chest, to be kept Machine, Vat, and Press, by him made use of for the making, drying, or keeping of any Kind of Paper, Button-board, Millboard, Paste-board, or Scale-board, or for keeping or preparing the Materials for the same, with distinguishing Numbers or Letters or Numbers and Letters corresponding to the Description thereof Paper Mills to be distinguished by Letters or Numbers. When Two Mills may be worked as One Mill. Powers for cise to enter into Mills. in the Entry; and every Warehouse, Storehouse, or Place, Engine, Chest, Machine, Vat, and Press, made use of for the making, drying, or keeping of Paper of any Kind, or of Button-board, Millboard, Paste-board, or Scale-board, or for keeping or preparing Materials for the same, which shall not be so marked or numbered, or which shall not correspond with the Description in the Entry, shall be deemed and taken to be unentered. V. And be it enacted, That every Paper Mill shall be distinguished in the Books of the Officers of Excise by some Letter or Number or Letter and Number, as the Commissioners of Excise shall direct; and every Paper Mill to which any Letter or Number or Letter and Number shall have been affixed shall continue to be distinguished by the same Letter or Number or Letter and Number during the Time that such Mill shall continue to be entered by any Person, and the Business of Paper-making carried on therein: Provided always, that where the Entry of any Mill shall be withdrawn and not renewed, or any Mill shall not be worked for the Space of Two Years, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Excise, if they see fit, to order the distinguishing Letter or Number or Letter and Number of such Mill to be changed or altered, and for such Mill to be distinguished by another or other different Letter or Number or Letter and Number. VI. And be it enacted, That where any Two or more Mills belonging to One Person or Partnership shall be situated not more than One Mile apart from each other, and the Paper, Buttonboard, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board made at either of such Mills shall not, for Want of sufficient Means, be wholly made and finished therein, but shall be required to be removed to the other of such Mills to be finished therein, it shall be lawful for such Mills, by the Permission of the Commissioners of Excise, and under such Regulations as they shall direct, to be worked together as One Mill, under One Entry and One Licence. VII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Officer Officers of Ex- of Excise, at all Times upon his Request, to enter into any Mill, Workhouse, Storehouse, or Place made use of by any Paper Maker for the making, drying, or keeping of any Paper of any Kind or Description, or any Button-board, Mill-board, Pasteboard, or Scale-board, or for the keeping or preparing of any Materials for making the same, except Half Stuff Mills and Warehouses and Storehouses not required to be entered as hereinbefore provided, and to examine and inspect every such Mill, Workhouse, Storehouse, or Place, and every Engine, Chest, Machine, Vat, Press, Vessel, and Utensil, and all Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, and Scale-board, therein, and to examine and take an Account of all Paper of any Kind or Description, and of all Button-board, Mill-board, Paste-board, or Scale-board, from Time to Time made or making by any such Maker; and every Paper Maker into whose Mill, Workhouse, or Premises aforesaid any Officer of Excise shall, on his Request or Application, be prevented from entering, shall forfeit Two hundred Pounds. Commissioners of Excise to provide Stamps for denoting the Charge of Duty. VIII. And be it enacted, That the Commissioners of Excise shall and they are hereby required to provide or cause to be provided proper Stamps, with such Marks and Devices thereon as they shall see fit, for marking or stamping all Paper, Button-board, Mill-board, |