ther with the Amount so already purchased or transferred as 'aforesaid, should have produced an Interest or yearly Dividend equal in Amount to the whole Annual Charge in perpetual Redeemable Annuities of the Public Debt of Great Britain, existing on the Fifth Day of January One thousand seven hundred and eighty six, the said Commissioners should thereupon certify and declare the same to the Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners of the Treasury for the time being, who should cause the said Certificate and Declaration to be published in the London Gazette, and to be laid before Parliament (if Parliament 'should be then sitting), but if Parliament should not be then sitting, then within Fourteen Days after the next Meeting of 'Parliament, and so from time to time whenever such a further Amount of the Capital Funded Debt of Great Britain should have been purchased or transferred as aforesaid, as should be equal to the whole Capital, and should have produced an Interest or yearly Dividend equal in Amount to the whole Annual Charge, in perpetual Redeemable Annuities, of each Loan con'tracted since the said Fifth Day of January One thousand seven hundred and eighty six, the said Commissioners should from time to time thereupon in like Manner certify and declare the same to the Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners of the Treasury for the time being, who should in like Manner cause every such • Certificate and Declaration to be published in the London Gazette, and to be laid before Parliament; and whenever any such • Certificate and Declaration should have been so made, published and laid before Parliament as aforesaid, the Amount of Public Debts to which such Certificate and Declaration should relate, should from time to time be deemed and taken to be wholly satisfied and discharged, and an equal Amount of Capital Stock, standing in the Names of the said Commissioners in the Books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or of the South Sea Company, should be considered to be redeemed by Parliament, and should from time to time be cancelled as above ⚫ mentioned, at such Times and in such Proportions as should be directed by any Act or Acts of Parliament to be passed for that Purpose, in order to make Provision for the Charge of any Addition to be made to the Public Funded Debt of Great Bri'tain by way of Loan, or in any other Manner; and it was thereby further enacted, that whenever the Amount of the Sum to be raised by way of Loan, or in any other Manner, which might create an Addition to the Public Funded Debt of Great Britain in that or any future Year, should exceed the Sum which on the First Day of February should have been or should be estimated to be applicable in the same Year to the Reduction of the National Debt, then and in every such Case an annual Sum, amounting to the One hundredth Part of the Capital Stock 'created by so much only of the Monies raised by way of Loan, or in any other Manner as aforesaid, in the Year, as should be equal to the Sum so estimated to be applicable to the Reduction of the National Debt within the same Year, should be issued at the Receipt of the Exchequer, to the Account of the said Com'missioners, in the Manner directed by the said therein recited Act of the Thirty second Year of His present Majesty; and I 3 ' with 1 G. 4. c. 17. 1 G. 4. c. 22. 1 G. 4. c. 13. 24,757,306). Three per Cent. Consols, and 23,173,7051. Three per Cent. Reduced, standing in the Books of the Names of the Commissioners for the Reduc tion of the National Debt, cancelled as herein mentioned. Dividends to cease, and the Money appli cable thereto to go to the Consolidated Fund, 'with respect to the Excess of the Monies which might be so be be a Part of the growing Produce of the Consolidated Fund of 6 CAP. XXIV. An Act to amend and continue, until the Twentieth Day of W His late Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act for the more HEREAS an Act was passed in the Fifty second Year of 52 G.3. c. 17. effectual Preservation of the Peace, by enforcing the Duties of Watching and Warding, until the First Day of March One thou 'sand eight hundred and fourteen, in Places where Disturbances prevail or are apprehended; which Act was afterwards renewed, as continued by and has been continued, by an Act of the Fifty eighth Year of 58 G.3. c. 52. His said late Majesty's Reign, until the Twentieth Day of June in the present Year; and it is expedient that the same should be amended and further continued:' Be it therefore enacted by The King'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 said Act of the Fifty second Year aforesaid shall further conbe and the same is hereby further continued, as hereby amended, tinued. for the Term hereinafter mentioned. Justices in Constables to settle the Order of Duty to be II. And Whereas the Provision in the said Act, that the Justices of the Peace at any Special or Petty Sessions held for carrying the said Act into Execution, shall determine, settle and arrange the Order, Rotation and Time in which every Person liable to the Duty of Watching and Warding shall under'take and perform the same, and regulate the Manner in which the said Duty shall be performed, hath in some Places been found highly inconvenient, and the good Effect of the Act hath been thereby greatly impaired;' Be it therefore enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Justices at any such Special or Petty Sessions, in case they shall see fit, to direct the Constables or Special Constables of any Parish, Township or Place, to determine, settle and arrange the Order, Rotation and Time in which every Person liable to the said Duty shall undertake and perform the same, and to regulate the Manner in which the said Duty performed. shall be performed; and that in every Parish, Township or Place, as to which such Direction shall be given, every Person so liable shall undertake and perform the Duty accordingly, and shall incur such Penalties, Fines and Forfeitures as are by the said Act imposed for neglecting or refusing to appear at the appointed Time or Place, or to proceed in the regular and punctual Performance of the said Duty, as if the Manner of performing the same had been regulated by the Justices in pursuance of the said Act: Provided nevertheless, that it shall be lawful for every Person Persons agaggrieved by any Order or Regulation made by the Constables or grieved may Special Constables in this Behalf, to apply for Redress to the Jus- apply for Redress to Special I 4 tices or Petty Ses s.ons. Substitutes may be hired to kers declining to act. tices at the first Special or Petty Sessions held under the said Act, who shall make such Order therein as to them shall seem just and proper. III. And be it further enacted, That if any Person, being One of the Persuasion of the People called Quakers, who shall be apserve for Qua- pointed to watch or to ward, shall neglect or refuse to appear at the Time and Place appointed for the Performance of the said Duties or either of them, or to proceed according to the Directions of any Constable or Special Constable in Performance of such Duties, such Person shall not be liable to the Fine or Penalty imposed by the said recited Act for Nonattendance or Nonobservance of such Directions; but it shall and may be lawful for any Two or more Justices of the Peace forthwith to hire, on as reasonable Terms as may be, a fit and proper Person to serve as a Substitute for such Person so neglecting or refusing, which Persons so provided as such Substitute shall be enrolled, and shall perform the Duties of Watching and Warding in the same Manner, and shall be subject to the same Duties and Authorities, and also to the same Penalties for neglecting or refusing to execute the same, or obey such Authorities, as if he had been personally subject to keep Watch and Ward; and any Two or more Justices of the Peace are hereby authorised, by Warrant under their Hands and Seals, to levy, by Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of such Quaker so refusing or neglecting, such Sum of Money as shall be necessary to defray the Expenses of providing and hiring such Substitute, rendering to such Quaker the Overplus (if any), after deducting the reasonable Charges of such Distress and Sale; and if no Goods or Chattels belonging to such Quaker can be found sufficient to levy such Distress, and it shall appear to such Justices that such Quaker is of sufficient Ability to pay the Sum of Ten Pounds, then it shall be lawful to commit such Quaker to the Common Gaol, there to remain without Bail or Mainprize for the Space of One Month, or until he shall have paid such Sum of Money as such Parties shall have agreed to pay such Substitute as aforesaid: Provided always, that no Quaker so committed shall be confined among Felons. Expense un. paid to be levied on Goods of Quakers. In Default of Distress Quakers may be committed. Proviso. Continuance of 9 G. 2. c.57. IV. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall continue in force until the Twentieth Day of June in the Year One thousand eight hundred and twenty four. CA P. XXV. An Act to repeal Part of an Act, made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, relative to the Manufacture of Sail Cloth. [30th June 1820.] WHEREAS an Act was made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, intituled An Act for further encouraging and regulating the Manufacture of British Sail Cloth, and for the more effectual securing the Duties now payable on Foreign Sail Cloth imported into this Kingdom: And Whereas in consequence of the great Improve'ments which have been made since the passing of the said Act, in the Manufacture of Sail Cloth, it is expedient that the Re strictions relates to the strictions contained in the said Act, as to the Materials to be § 6, 7. used, and Manner of manufacturing the same, should be re'pealed:' Be it therefore enacted by The King's Most Excellent So much of Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spi- recited Act as ritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament Materials used, assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after repealed. the passing of this Act so much and such Part of the said recited Act as relates to the Materials to be used in the Manufacture of British Sail Cloth, and the Manner of manufacturing the same, shall be and the same is hereby repealed. CA P. XXVI. An Act for the Encouragement and Improvement of the WHEREAS several of the Provisions contained in an Act Goods may be carried coast made in the Forty sixth Year of the Reign of His late 46 G. 3. c. 87. Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act more effectually to regulate the Collection of the Duties on Goods, Wares and Merchandise, imported or exported into or from Ireland, and the Payment of Bounties, Allowances and Drawbacks thereon, are productive of unnecessary Embarrassment and Expense in the Coasting Trade of Ireland; and it is just and expedient that the Coasting Trade, in every Part of the United Kingdom, should, as far as local Circumstances will admit, be placed upon the same Footing;' Be it enacted by The King'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 Expiration of Ten Days after the passing of this Act, it shall and may be lawful to and for any Person whatever to convey or remove and carry forth to the open Sea any Goods, Wares or Merchandise, which shall be shipped or put on under Reguboard according to the Directions of this Act, at any Port, Haven lations of this or Creek in Ireland, to be landed or discharged at any other Port Act. or Place in Ireland, without taking out any Cocquet or Cocquets, or giving any Security by Bond or otherwise for the delivering or discharge thereof at the Port or Place of Delivery or Discharge, any thing in the said recited Act, or in any other Act or Acts in force, to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding; subject nevertheless to the several Exemptions, Provisoes, Rules and Regulations hereinafter mentioned. wise in Ireland, without Coc quet or Bond, II. Provided always, and be it enacted, That no Goods, Wares Proviso as to or Merchandise which are or shall be prohibited to be exported Goods prohifrom Ireland to Foreign Parts, nor any Goods, Wares or Mer-bited to be exported or liable chandise which are or shall be liable to any Duty to His Majesty, to Duty above His Heirs or Successors, (unless the Amount of such Duty on the 51. or entitled Whole of the Cargo so to be carried coastwise shall not exceed to Drawback, the Sum of Five Pounds,) or which are or shall be entitled to any or having been Drawback or Bounty on the Export thereof, nor any Goods, Wares or Merchandise which shall by virtue of any Act or Acts of Parliament have been warehoused upon the Importation thereof wise to another into Ireland, and afterwards carried and conveyed coastwise to Warehouse for be again warehoused or for Exportation, shall be allowed to be Exportation. warehoused and afterwards carried coast removed, |