or pieces thereof, shall be charged accordingly. And if such tan- 5 G. 3. c. 43. ner, tawer, or dresser shall remove or cause or suffer the same to be removed contrary hereunto, he shall forfeit 201. § 22. Every tanner, &c. shall keep scales and weights for such reweighing, and bring the hides and skins and pieces thereof to the scales; and assist the surveyor and supervisor in re-weighing and examining from time to time the depending stock of such tanner, &c.; on pain to forfeit 501. By 9 Ann. c. 11. § 23. persons within the bills of mortality shall pay off the duties in 14 days to the commissioners, and elsewhere in six weeks to the collectors, after the said goods shall be marked. § 24. But no person shall be obliged, for payment of the duties, to go further than the next market town. § 25. Persons not paying as aforesaid, shall forfeit double duty; and shall not deliver out any of the said goods until the duty be paid, on pain of double value. 9 Ann. c. 11. Payment of the duties. with the officers. § 27. Every tanner, and other such person, shall once in three Tanners to bamonths (if demanded) make an account with the officer of the lance accounts goods taken out of the wooze, mill liquor, or other ingredients, and of his entries thereof, and balance the said account by the goods which have been charged and those which are in his possession unmarked and uncharged; on pain of 501. § 36. Any two justices residing near may hear and determine Penalties how offences; who shall, on information or complaint in three months recoverable. after seizure made, or offence committed, summon the party accused and the witnesses, and on appearance or contempt of the party (on proof of notice given) shall examine witnesses on oath, and give judgment, and issue warrants for levying the pecuniary penalties by distress and sale (if not redeemed in six days). § 37. They may mitigate the penalties, the charges of the of Mitigation. ficers being always allowed over and above the mitigation; and so as the mitigation do not reduce the penalties to less than one fourth part, over and above the charges. § 36. Persons aggrieved may appeal to the next sessions, who Appeal. may determine the same, and in case of conviction issue warrants for levying the penalties. § 47. And no certiorari shall be allowed. Certiorari. By stat. 55 G. 3. c. 113. § 12. no countervailing duty shall be 55 G. 3. c. 113. paid for leather or glass employed in the construction of and composing a part of any coach, landau, chariot, landaulet, chaise, or other wheel carriage belonging to any officer of state in Ireland, or member of either of the two houses of parliament, imported into Great Britain from Ireland, for the sole use of such officer or member, and not as merchandise or for sale. in respect of And by stat. 59 G. 3. c. 105. § 3. after reciting the above men- 59 G. 3. c. 105, tioned provision, 55 G. 3. c. 113. it is enacted, that after 5th July No countervail1819 no countervailing duty shall be paid in Great Britain or Ire- ing duty payable land respectively, for or in respect of the leather actually worked leather, &c. up and employed in the construction of and composing a part of employed in the any such coach, landau, chariot, landaulet, chaise, or other wheel construction of carriage as aforesaid, or for or in respect of the glass actually carriages brought worked up and employed in the construction of and composing a tain or Ireland part of any such coach, landau, chariot, landaulet, chaise, or other wheel carriage which shall be so brought into Great Britain or into Great Bri for private use. 43 G. 3. c. 69. Former duties repealed. New duties. 59 G. 3. c. 90. Persons printing, &c. silks, &c. shall clear the duties every six weeks. 59 G. 3. c. 52. 43 G. 3. c. 69. License. 55 G. 3. c. 30. 7 G. 3. c. 47. Ribbands and silks. Observations as to calicoes. 7G. 1. st. 1. c.7. Prohibition of calicoes. V. (9.) Linen cloth, silks, cottons, and calicoes. [10 An. c. 19. § 71-75. 77-79. 81-83. 92. 97. 98. st. 2. c. 36. § 21. 4 G. 3. 13 G. 3. c. 56. 25 G. 3. c. 72. § 21. 51 G. 3. c. 33. c. 90. § 11.] § 7—15. 17—23. 27—30. 33. 34. By the 43 G. 3. c. 69. § 1. all former duties are repealed. And in lieu thereof other duties are imposed upon all goods which shall be printed, stained, painted, or dyed in Great Britain, Schedule (A.). And by 50 G. 3. c. 26. certain export duties are imposed. The said duties to be paid by the printer, stainer, painter, or dyer thereof. And by 59 G. 3. c. 90. § 11. every person who shall print, paint, stain, or dye any silks, muslin, calicoes, linen, or stuffs, in Great Britain, shall by or at the end of every six weeks clear off and pay all the duties which shall during such six weeks have been charged upon such person or persons respectively, or shall then remain unpaid, for all such silks, muslin, calicoes, linens, and stuffs respectively as shall have been printed, painted, stained, or dyed by him, her, or them respectively, upon pain of forfeiting, for every default therein, double the sum of the said duties whereof the payment shall be so neglected; and no such person, after making default of such payment, shall deliver or carry out, or cause to be delivered or carried out, any such printed, painted, stained, or dyed goods, until he has paid and cleared off the whole of such duties, upon pain of forfeiting double the value of the goods so delivered or carried out. And by the 59 G. 3. c. 52. certain duties of customs are imposed upon French linens (or lawns). And by 43 G. 3. c. 69. Sched. (A.) every calico printer, and every printer, painter, or stainer of linens, cottons, or stuffs, shall pay annually for a license 107. And by 55 G. 3. c. 30. ten pounds in addition, which latter duty was limited to 5th April 1819; but by stat. 59 G. 3. c. 32. is continued until 5th July 1822. And by 7 G. 3. c. 47. § 6. all ribbands and silks printed, stained, or painted in Great Britain, though less than half a yard in breadth, are within the meaning of 12 An. c. 9. and 6 G. 1. c. 4. liable to the said duties, according to the proportions in which such ribbands and silks are made. But it is to be observed that such painted or stained calicoes cannot be used for wearing apparel, and therefore the printing or staining of them must be chiefly in order for exportation; for by the 7 G. 1. st. 1. c. 7. § 1. it is enacted, that no person shall use or wear in any apparel any printed, painted, stained, or dyed calico, on pain of 51. to the informer, on conviction, on the oath of one witness before one justice; who shall on information on oath in six days after the offence summon the party, and upon his appearance or contempt examine the matter, and on proof by confession or oath 7 G. 1. st. 1. c. 7. of one witness determine the same, and on conviction cause the penalty by warrant to be levied by distress and sale, rendering the overplus (charges of distress and sale being first deducted): Provided that persons aggrieved may appeal to the next quarter sessions, giving six days' notice, and the sessions shall hear and determine the same, and their judgment be final. § 2. 4. And if any person shall offer the same to sale, or any household furniture made up of or mixed therewith, unless for exportation, he shall forfeit 201. half to the informer, and half to the poor of the parish or place where the offence shall be committed, to be recovered in the courts at Westminster, with full costs, on prosecution in six months; and if he is a steward or other officer of a corporation, he shall also forfeit his office. Penalty on sell ing them; §3. No person shall use the same in any household furniture or using them on like pain of 207. § 11. But this shall not extend to calicoes dyed all blue. 10. But the same shall extend to stuff made of cotton, or mixed therewith, printed or painted; and to calico chequered or striped; and to calico stitched or flowered in foreign parts with any colour or with coloured flowers made there, (muslins, neckcloths, and fustians excepted). in furniture. Exceptions. But by 9 G. 2. c. 4. it shall be lawful to use stuff made of linen 9 G. 2. c. 4. yarn and cotton wool manufactured and printed or painted in Great Britain, provided the warp thereof be entirely linen yarn. By the 14 G. 3. c. 72. § 1, 2. whereas doubts have arisen whe- 14 G. 3. c. 72. ther stuffs wholly made of cotton spun within this kingdom ought Observations as not to be considered as calicoes, and as such be liable to the like to cottons. duties, penalties, and prohibitions, it is enacted that no greater duty shall be paid for the same than 3d. a yard (and by 43 G. 3. c. 69. Sch. (A) than 31d. a yard), and that any person may use the same in apparel or otherwise. § 3. And in every piece thereof shall be woven in the warp in both selvedges three blue stripes, each stripe of one thread only; the first of which stripes shall be the first or outermost thread, the second of the said stripes shall be the third thread, and the third of the said stripes shall be the fifth thread: and each piece shall be stamped at each end with a stamp to be provided by the officers of excise; and instead of the word calico, which stands for foreign calicoes, each piece shall be marked with the words British manufactory. To have three blue stripes in the edge. § 4. If any person shall expose to sale any stuffs wholly Selling without made of cotton, and printed, painted, stained, or dyed (mus- such mark. lins, neckcloths, and fustians excepted), wherein such mark shall not be woven; he shall forfeit the same, and 501. for each piece. § 5. Provided always, that nothing in this act shall extend to Exception. cotton velvets, velverets, or other fustians, not manufactured in Great Britain. §8. 10. If any person shall counterfeit such stamp, or knowingly Counterfeiting sell any such stuffs with a counterfeit stamp; he shall be guilty stamps. of felony, without benefit of clergy (a). § 9. If any person shall import any calicoes, muslins, or other |