49 G. 3. c. 63. hours next after such weighing as aforesaid, unless the same shall have been sooner weighed or re-weighed, he shall for every such offence, forfeit 1001. Makers to assist officers in weighing, on Penalty of 10 l. Penalty on conveying glass from the annealing arch before it is weighed, 100l. Glass to be kept apart till weighed. Makers not to use any but an entered annealing arch, or re And by § 15. every such maker shall, so often as he shall be required by the officer of excise under whose survey he shall then be, with a sufficient number of his servants, assist to the utmost of his power such officer, or surveyor, or supervisor, in weighing and taking an account, or in re-weighing and taking an account of all such glass, on pain of forfeiting, for every neglect or refusal, 1007. By § 16. if any such maker shall convey away any spread window glass or crown glass from any annealing arch or oven before the proper officer shall have weighed the same, or shall neglect or refuse to produce any such glass to such officer, that he may weigh according to this act, he shall for every such offence forfeit 1001. By § 17. every such maker shall at all times keep all spread window glass or crown glass in his custody, and which shall not have been weighed by the officer of excise according to the directions of this act, separate from all spread window glass and crown glass respectively, which shall have been weighed, and from all other glass wares whatsoever, upon pain of forfeiting 1001. By 18. if any such maker shall, for the annealing of any such glass, use any private or concealed annealing arch, oven, utensil, or place whatever, other than his known annealing arch entered move glass which for that purpose, or if any such maker shall fraudulently remove away any spread window glass or crown glass before the same shall have been weighed by the proper officer, or shall fraudulently hide any such glass, every such maker shall forfeit 1001. has not been weighed, &c. Penalty 100. By § 19. if any maker of spread glass shall manufacture within the same glass-house or building, by him entered or used for the manufacturing of spread window glass, or in any glass-house or building adjoining thereto, any other species of glass or glass wares, or if any maker of crown glass shall manufacture within the same glass-house or building by him entered or used for the manufacturing of crown glass, or in any glass-house or building adjoining thereto, any other sort of glass or glass wares except plate glass as aforesaid, every such maker shall, for every such offence, forfeit 501. Penalty 50l. For recovering By § 20. if any officer of excise shall have cause to suspect that glass fraudulently any spread window glass or crown glass respectively, shall have conveyed away. been fraudulently conveyed away before the same shall been weighed by the proper officer according to this act, and shall be lodged in any place whatsoever, then if such place shall be within the cities of London or Westminster, or within the limits of the chief office of excise in London, upon oath made by such officer before any two of the commissioners, or if elsewhere, before one justice for the county, riding, division, or place, where such officer shall suspect the same to be lodged or concealed, setting forth the ground of his suspicion, it shall be lawful for them respectively, as the case may require, before whom such oath shall be made, if it be judged reasonable, by special warrant, to empower such officer by day or by night, but if in the night time in the presence of a constable or other officer of the peace, to enter into every such place where he shall so suspect such glass to be deposited or concealed, and to seize and carry away all such glass which he shall then and there find so deposited or concealed as forfeited; and if any person whatsoever shall obstruct any such officer so authorized or any other person acting in his aid in the 49 G. 3. c. 63. execution of such warrant, from entering any such place where Penalty on persuch officer shall so suspect such glass to be so deposited or con- sons obstructing cealed, or in seizing or carrying away the same, or in the due execution of any such warrant, the person shall, for every such offence, forfeit one hundred pounds. And by § 21. if any person shall obstruct any officer of excise in the execution of any of the powers to him given by this or any other act relating to glass, the person so offending therein shall, for every such offence, other than for those for which any penalty is hereinbefore specially imposed, forfeit 3007.; provided always, that nothing in this act shall make it unlawful for any officer of excise, at all times to inspect, gauge, or otherwise to take an account of the metal and materials mixed and prepared or founded or founding for the making of glass in any such glass-house or building as aforesaid, as well before such metal or materials shall be put into any pot or pots, as after the same shall be put into any pot or pots, or to take a sample or samples not exceeding four ounces in the whole, out of each such pot or any other vessel or utensil containing such preparation for making glass. the recovery, Penalty on ob structing officers, 3001. to be levied. By § 22. all fines, &c. by this act imposed, shall be sued for, &c. Penalties and as any fine, &c. may be sued for, &c. by any law of excise or by forfeitures how action, &c. in any of his majesty's courts of record at Westminster, and one moiety shall be to his majesty, and the other to him, her, or them who shall discover, inform, or sue for the same. By § 23. powers of former acts extended to this act. By 17 G. 3. c. 39. § 37. if glass shipped for exportation shall 17 G. 3. c. 39. be relanded, it shall be forfeited, or the value thereof, over and Exportation. above the penalty of the bond given on exportation, and moreover every person concerned therein shall forfeit 1001. [For the drawbacks upon exportation of glass, see 43 G. 3. c. 69. 52 G. 3. 55 G. 3. c. 113. § 9, 10. Sched. (C.) 51 G. 3. c. 69. § 48. - 52 G. 3. c. 77. c. 94. 54 G. 3. c.97. § 6. c. 108. § 3, 4.] [For the duties and drawbacks on plate glass, see stat. 59 G 3. c. 115.] By stat. 56 G. 3. c. 108. § 6. no crown glass or German sheet 56 G. 3. c. 108. glass, or broad or spread window glass, shall be made in the united kingdom of greater thickness in the foot superficial, and exclusive of the centre or bullion, and selvage or rim thereof, than one-ninth part of an inch, except the metal shall, before begun to be manufactured into wares, be declared by the maker, by notice in writing to be delivered to the proper officer, to be made for plate glass, and the duty upon plate glass be charged thereon; and if any such glass, except as aforesaid, shall be made of greater thickness, the same shall be forfeited, and may be seized by any officer of excise. By 26 G. 3. c. 77. § 3, 4. for the better regulating of the ex- 26 G. 3. c. 77, portation of glass, every person intending to export any glass shall give, if within the limits of the chief office in London 12 hours' notice, elsewhere 24 hours, to the officer of excise, of his intention to pack up such glass, and of the time and place; and such officer shall attend and see the same packed up, and shall put a seal or mark thereon: And if any person shall open such package, or wil 19 G. 2. c. 12. Maker to keep scales and weights. 10 G. 3. c. 44. 26 G. 3. c. 77. Deceiving or obstructing the officer. 19 G. 2. c. 12. 17 G. 3. c. 39. 54 G. 3. c. 97. Power of the justices. 17 G. 3. c. 39. 53 G. 3. c. 97. Glass makers may deliver from entered warehouses muriate of potash to be used in the making of alum. excise,) he shall forfeit 201. Provided that if such person shall not begin and proceed to pack up such glass at the time mentioned in such notice, or within one hour after, such notice shall be void, and he shall be obliged to give a fresh notice: And if after the shipping any such glass the same shall be relanded, or put into any other vessel within Great Britain (shipwreck, &c. excepted), the same shall be forfeited, or the value thereof, over and above the penalty of the bond given on exportation, and may be seized by any officer of excise or customs. By 19 G. 2. c. 12. §. 14. every maker shall keep just scales and weights at the place where the glass is made, and assist the officer in weighing, on pain of 501. And by 10 G. 3. c. 44. § 15. if he shall make use of insufficient scales or weights he shall forfeit 1007., but not to be prosecuted both on this and the former act. And by 28 G. 3. c. 37. the same shall be forfeited, and may be seized by any officer of excise. By 26 G. 3. c.77. § 8. if in weighing his stock he put any other substance therein, whereby the officer may be hindered or impeded from taking a just account, or shall forcibly obstruct such officer; he shall forfeit 1007. And by 19 G. 2. c. 12. and 17 G. 3. c. 39. § 37. if any maker or other person shall obstruct any officer in securing the duties, he shall forfeit 501. By stat. 54 G. 3. c. 97. §8. if any person shall assault, oppose, obstruct, or hinder any officer of excise in the execution of the powers given by this act, or shall, by force or violence, after any such officer shall have seized any common glass bottles, or other bottles, as common glass bottles forfeited under this act, rescue or cause to be rescued, or shall break, damage, or destroy any such bottles, or shall attempt so to do, he shall forfeit 1007. The penalties to be recovered or mitigated as by the laws of excise (a), or in the courts at Westminster; and to be employed, half to the use of the king, and half to him that shall sue. 19 G. 2. c. 12, § 39. 17 G. 3. c. 39. § 41. 27 G. 3. c. 28. § 13. 32 G. 3. c. 40. § 9. 35 G. 3. c. 114. § 27. But by 17 G. 3. c. 39. § 38. no person concerned in the glass trade, or in any glass-house, shall act as a justice in any matter relating to these duties. Muriate of Potash. By stat. 53 G. 3. c. 97. § 1. it shall be lawful for any maker of glass to deliver from any workhouse, &c. entered by him, to any maker of alum, any muriate of potash, for the purpose of being used in the manufacture of alum, upon bond or security being given by such maker of alum, in double the duty of such muriate, that all such muriate shall be really and truly employed, spent, and consumed by such maker of alum in the manufacture of alum; which bond or security shall be discharged, upon the said maker of alum, or his agent or chief workman, making oath before the collector of excise of the collection in which the alum works to which such muriate shall be permitted shall be situated (which (a) For which see ante. oath such collector is to administer), that all the said muriate for 53 G. 3. c. 97. which such bond shall have been given was made use of in the manufacture of alum there, and for no other purpose whatsover; and the supervisor or officer of excise, under whose survey such maker of alum shall then be, at the same time certifying his belief of the truth of the matters so sworn to. §2. Before any maker of alum shall be permitted to receive any Alum makers to muriate of potash, such maker shall make true and particular entry make entry of in writing of every workhouse, &c. by him intended to be used in places for keepor for the keeping of muriate of potash, and for the using thereof in ing potash. the manufacture of alum, at the office of excise within the compass or limits whereof such workhouse, &c. respectively shall be situate ; and if any such maker shall receive any such muriate of potash without having first made such entry, he shall for every such offence forfeit the sum of 100l. together with all the muriate of potash found in any workhouse, &c. whereof no such entry as last aforesaid shall be made. § 3. There shall be paid a duty of excise of 20 shillings for every A duty of 208. ton weight of muriate of potash delivered by any maker of glass per ton of murifor the purpose of being used in the manufacture of alum, which ate of potash. duty (§ 4) shall be under the management of the commissioners of excise. § 5. When any maker of glass shall have occasion to deliver any Before delivery muriate of potash to any maker of alum, he shall give two hours of potash, notice previous notice, in writing, of his intention to the proper officer of to be given to the excise under whose survey such workhouse, &c. shall then be, and proper officer. shall specify in such notice the day, and the hour of the day, when he intends to weigh and deliver the same, and the quantity thereof, with the christian and surname of the maker of alum to whom the same is to be delivered, and the place at which his alum works are situate, and by what conveyance the said muriate of potash is to be removed; and such officer who shall be ordered by the supervisor so to do, and who shall not have any other unavoidable employment at the time, shall attend, and take account of all the muriate of potash so to be delivered, and shall make a just report and return thereof to the commissioners of excise, or to such persons as they shall appoint to receive the same, and such report or return shall be a charge upon such maker of glass. §6. No muriate of potash shall be delivered out of any workhouse, &c. belonging to any maker of glass, for being used in the manufacture of alum, or be received at the alum works, but in the presence of the proper officer of excise, who shall make and keep an account in writing, containing the real weight or quantity of the muriate so delivered out and received at any such alum works or workhouse, &c. belonging to or used by any such maker of alum, together with the day of delivery and receipt as aforesaid; and which account so to be made and kept shall also contain the name of the maker of alum to whom the muriate of potash was delivered, and for the use of what work, and to whom belonging. Officers to keep an account of the delivery of all muriate of potash. §7. And any officer of excise may take at any time a sample of Samples may be any muriate of potash, or other materials alledged to be muriate of taken by the potash, in the possession of any glass maker, or of any alum maker, officer. paying for the same (if demauded) the value thereof; and if any glass maker or any maker of alum shall refuse to permit such officer to take such sample, he shall forfeit 1001. 53 G. 3. c. 97. Permits to be granted for the removal of mu riate of potash. Note specifying certain particu lars to be delivered before per mits are granted. No muriate of potash to be ad mitted into the possession of a maker of alum without a permit. On receipt of muriate of potash, notice to be given to the proper officer. Only a decrease of 1lb. in a cwt. allowed. Maker of glass to keep an account of the quantity of muriate of potash delivered to alum works, and return the same to the next office of excise. Duty to be cleared in a cer tain time. Power of officers to enter premises. § 8. Where any glass maker shall have occasion to remove any muriate of potash from any such workhouse, &c. for the making or keeping mineral alkali or flux for glass, the officer of excise shall, without fee, upon a request note being delivered to him by such glass maker, give a permit in writing, signed by them, expressing the quantity so to be removed, and the name of the person from whom and to whom the same is to be removed, and that the duty in respect thereof has been paid; and the officer shall therein limit the time within which the same shall be removed from the premises, and within which the same shall be delivered and received into the premises of the maker of alum. § 9. No permit for the removal of muriate of potash shall be granted, or be valid, unless the maker requiring the same shall send to the officer of excise authorized to grant such permit, a request note in writing, specifying the name of the maker of alum to whom it is to be sent, the quantity to be removed, the number and contents of the casks or other packages containing the same, and whether to be removed by land or by water, and by what mode of conveyance. § 10. No muriate of potash shall be brought into any workhouse, &c. used by any maker of alum, without an authentic permit produced to and left with the officer of excise under whose survey such maker shall then be, on pain of forfeiting all such muriate so brought in without such permit. § 11. Every maker of alum shall, within six hours next after any such muriate shall be received by him, give to the officer of excise under whose survey he shall then be, notice in writing of the receipt thereof; on pain of forfeiting 501. § 12. In case in the muriate of potash brought in to be used at any alum work, in the manufacture of alum, any decrease shall be found exceeding the rate of 1 lb. in every cwt., the maker of alum to whose use the same was delivered, shall forfeit 501. § 13. Every maker of glass shall every day enter in a book, or on a paper to be provided for that purpose, an exact account of every quantity of muriate of potash, and the weight thereof, sold or sent out by him, with the name of the maker of alum to whom sold, &c. and the place of his alum works at which the same is to be delivered; and such book or paper shall be returned to the next office of excise every six weeks, and the truth of such entries verified upon the oath of such maker, or his chief workman or agent, before the proper collector or supervisor of excise, who shall administer such oath; and in case of neglect to keep such book or paper, or to make such entries, or to return the same, or to verify the said entries upon oath, such maker of glass shall forfeit 1001. § 14. Every such maker of glass shall, within one week after he shall have or ought to have made such entry, pay off all duties for muriate of potash due from him; on pain of forfeiting double the said duties. § 15. The officers of excise, at all times, by day and by night (but if in the night, in the presence of a constable or other peace officer), may enter into every workhouse, &c. or place used by any maker of glass or alum for storing or keeping of muriate of potash, or other matter alledged to be, or passing under the denomination of muriate of potash, and by weighing or otherwise to take an ac |