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7 & 8 W. 3. c. 39. § 8.

8 & 9 W. 3. C. 24.

Hemp or Flax,
&c. may
be im-
ported from Ire-
land, free.

"7 & 8 W. 3. c. 10. § 16. concerning Borelaps, and the Duties, "&c. to be in Force till 1710. § 1. EXP

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II. And whereas by one other Act made in the feventh Year of the Reign of His late Majefty King William the Third, intituled, An Act for encouraging the Linen Manufacture of Ireland, and bringing Flax and Hemp into, and the making of Sailcloth in this Kingdom, it is enacted, "hat it fhall and may be lawful to and for any Native or Natives of England or Ireland, to import into England, directly from Ireland, any Sorts of Hemp or Flax, and all the Production thereof, as Thread, Yarn and Linen, of the Growth and Manufacture of Ireland, free from all Manner of Customs, Duties, and Impofitions, whatfoever, upon producing fuch Certificate, and making fuch Oath, as in the faid Act is mentioned: And whereas by one other Act made in the eighth Year of the Reign of His faid late Majefty, intituled, An AE for granting to His Majefty a further Subfidy of Tunnage and Poundage upon Merchandizes imported, for the Term of two Years and three Quarters, and an additional Land Tax for one Year, for carrying on the War against France, a further Subfidy of Poundage was granted to His Majefty after the Rate of Twelve perce for the Value of every twenty Shillings, upon all Manner of Goods and Merchandizes imported or brought into this Realm, or any the Dominions to the fame belonging, at any Time after the first Day of May One thoufand fix hundred ninety feven, and before the firft Day of February One thoufand fix hun dred ninety nine, according to the feveral and particular Rates and Values of the fame Goods and Merchandizes, as the fame are particularly and refpectively rated and valued in the aforefaid Book of Rates; which faid additional Subfidy of Poundage hath been fince continued by divers Acts, and is yet in Force, and to continue for and during the Term of Her Majefty's Life; by reafon of which faid last mentioned Act, and the feveral Acts for continuing the faid additional Subfidies, all Lineus imported from Ireland do now ftand charged with the faid additional Subfidy of Twelve pence for the Value of every twenty Shillings of the fame Goods imported, notwithftanding the faid recited Act of the feventh Year of His late Majefty's Reign, for encouraging the Linen Manufacture of Ireland: Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the first Day of March in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and two, all Sorts of Hemp or Flax, and all the Production thereof, as Thread, Yarn and Linen, imported into England directly from Ireland, by any Native or Natives of England or Ireland, being of the Growth and Manufacture of Ireland, upon producing fuch Certificates, and making fuch Oath as in and by the faid Act of the seventh Year of His faid late Majefty was and is required, fhall be free from the faid additional Subfidy of Poundage, and all Manner of Customs, Duties and Impofitions whatfoever; any Act, Custom or Ufage heretofore to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithAtanding.

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CAP.

CA P. IX.

An Act for punishing of Acceffories to Felonies, and Receivers of stolen Goods, and to prevent the wilful burning and destroying of Ships.

FORASMUCH Counthe

and other Felonies, and the Receivers of Goods that have been ftolen, are the principal Cause of the Commiffion of fuch Felonies; and as the Law now is, no Acceffory can be • convicted or fuffer any Punishment where the Principal is not ⚫ attainted, or hath the Benefit of his Clergy;' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from and after the twelfth Day of If principal OfFebruary which fhall be in the Year of our Lord One thoufand fender be confeven hundred and two, if any principal Offender fhall be con- victed of Felony, victed of any Felony, or fhall ftand mute(a), or peremptorily chal- &c. it shall be lenge above the Number of twenty Perfons returned to ferve of lawful to proceed the Jury, it fhall and may be lawful to proceed against any Ac- against Accef ceffory, either before or after the Fact, in the fame Manner, as if fuch principal Felon had been attainted thereof, notwithBanding any fuch principal Felon thall be admitted to the Benefit of his Clergy, pardoned, or otherwife delivered before Attainder; and every fuch Acceffory fhall fuffer the fame Punishment, if he or the be convicted, or fhall ftand mute, or peremptorily challenge above the Number of twenty Perfons returned to ferve of the Jury, as he or she should have fuffered if the Principal had been attainted. (a) [As to ftanding Mute, fee 12 G. 3. c. 20.]

fory.

II. And forafmuch as Buyers and Receivers of ftolen Goods do oftentimes convey away and conceal the principal Felons, fo that they cannot be convicted of fuch principal Felony, and thereby fuch Buyers and Receivers have efcaped all Manner of Punishment, which hath greatly encouraged the buying and receiving of fuch ftolen Goods;' For Remedy whereof, be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid Receivers of twelfth Day of February One thousand seven hundred and two, ftolen Goods. it fhall and may be lawful to profecute and punifh every such Perfon and Perfons buying or receiving any ftolen Goods, knowing the fame to be ftolen, as for a Mifdemeanor, to be punished by Fine and Imprifonment, although the principal Felon be not before convicted of, the faid Felony, which fhall exempt the Offender from being punished as Acceffory, if the Principal fhall be afterwards convicted.

III. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, Witneffes for That from and after the faid twelfth Day of February One thou- Prifoner fhall fand feven hundred and two, all and every Perfon and Perfons, depose on Oath. who fhall be produced or appear as a Witnefs or Witnesses on the Behalf of the Prifoner, upon any Trial for Treafon or Felony, before he or the be admitted to depofe, or give any Manner of Evidence, fhall first take an Oath to depofe the Truth, the whole Truth, and nothing but the Truth, in fuch Manner, as the Witneffes for the Queen are by Law obliged to do; and if convicted of any wilful Perjury in fuch Evidence, fhall fuffer all the Perjury. Punifaments, Penalties, Forfeitures and Difabilities, which by

any

Captain, &c. wil-
fully burning,
&c. any Ship.

Death.

Such Offence committed on the High Seas, how to be tried.

28 H. 8. c. 15.

Conviction.

Death.

EXP.

any of the Laws and Statutes of this Realm are and may be inflicted upon Perfons convicted of wilful Perjury.

IV. And for the effectual preventing the wilful cafting away, burning, or otherwife deftroying, by Mafters and Mariners, of Ships under their Charge; Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Captain, Mafter, Mariner, or other Officer belonging to any Ship, hall, after the faid twelfth Day of February One thoufand feven hundred and two, wilfully caft away, burn, or otherwife deftroy the Ship unto which he belongeth, or procure the fame to be done, to the Prejudice of the Owner or Owners thereof, or of any Merchant or Merchants that shall load Goods thereon, he fhall fuffer Death as a Felon.

V. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every the faid Offence and Offences committed on the High Seas, or where the Admiralty hath Jurisdiction, fhall be inquired, tried, heard, determined, and judged, in fuch Shires and Places in the Realm, as fhall be limited by the Queen's Commiffion under the Great Seal of England, in such Manner and Form, as in and by an Act made in the twenty eighth Year of the Reign of the late King Henry the Eighth is directed and appointed for the Trial of Pirates; and that all and every Perfon and Perfons, who, from and after the faid twelfth Day of February One thoufand feven hundred and two, fhall be convict of any of the faid Offence or Offences last mentioned, or fhall ftand mute, or peremptorily challenge above the Number of twenty Perfons returned to ferve of the Jury, fhall fuffer Death without Benefit of Clergy.

CAP. X.

An Act for the better repairing and amending the Highways, from the North End of Thornwood Common, to Woodford in the County of Effex.

CA P. XI.

An Act for making the River Cham, alias Grant, in the County of Cambridge, more navigable, from Clayhithe Ferry to the Queen's Mill, in the University and Town of Cambridge.

CA P. XII.

An Act for the finifhing and adorning the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul's, London.

WHEREAS the Revenue already granted for rebuilding

W and adorning the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul's,

London, is not fufficient to compleat the fame; and it being alfo requifite to remove the Houfes between the North Side of the faid Cathedral Church, and the Alleys called New Jewry and Piffing Alley, which by their Nearness thereto expose it to apparent Danger in cafe of Fire, the Purchase and Removal whereof will be an additional Expence; and the faid Building being now fo far advanced, that it may in few Years be perfected, if vigorously carried on;' Be it enacted by the Queen's Moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and

Confent

Port of London,

&c.

Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That for all Sorts of Coals and Culm, which from Duties on Coal and after the fifteenth Day of May One thousand feven hundred and Culm from and eight, and before the fifteenth Day of May One thoufand 1708 to 1716, feven hundred and fixteen, fhall be imported or brought into the brought to the Port of the faid City of London, or the River of Thames, within the Liberty of the faid City upon the fame River, there shall be paid, by way of Impofition thereupon, over and befides all other Impofitions and Duties, according to the Rates hereafter mentioned (that is to fay) For all fuch Sorts of Coals and Culm as are ufually fold by the Chalder, for every Chalder thereof, containing thirty fix Bufhels Winchester Measure, the Sum of two Shillings; and for fuch Sort of Coals as are fold by the Tun, for every Tun thereof, containing twenty hundred Weight, the Sum of two Shillings; which faid Impofition of two Shillings for every Chalder of Coals or Culm, or Tun of Coals, shall, from Time to Time, during the Term aforefaid, be levied, an- How to be lefwered, collected and paid, in the fame Manner, Methods and vied, &c. Form, and at fuch Places, and by fuch Rules, Ways and Means, and under fuch Penalties and Forfeitures, as are mentioned, expreffed or directed in and by an Act of Parliament paffed at Weminfler, in the first Year of the Reign of King James the Second, intituled, An A& for rebuilding, finifbing and adorning 1 Jac. 2. c. 15ì of the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul's, London, for levying, anfwering, collecting and paying, the Impofition of Eighteen pence for every Chalder or Tun of Coals granted by the faid recited Act; and that all and every the Powers, Authorities, Articles, Rules and Claufes in the said recited A& mentioned or contained, shall be of fuch Force and Effect to all Intents and Purposes, for the levying, collecting, paying, ordering and dif pofing of the Impofition hereby granted, for and during the faid Term hereinbefore limited, as if the fame were particularly and at large fet down and enacted by this Act.

revived.

II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That Money, how ap all and every fuch Sum and Sums of Money, which fhall be raised, propriated. collected or levied, by virtue of this Act, fhall be appropriated, applied and difpofed to the compleating, adorning, fecuring and preferving the faid Cathedral Church of Saint Paul's, and to no other Ufe or Purpose whatsoever: And that the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Bishop of London, and Lord Mayor of London, for the Time being, or any two of them, fhall have the like Powers and Authorities for the ordering, directing and difpofing of the Monies arifing by virtue of this Act, for the Purpose before mentioned, as they had by the faid former A&t, for the ordering, directing and difpofing of the Monies arifing thereby.

III. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That it hall and may be lawful to and for the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Bishop of London, and Lord Mayor of London, for the Time being, or any two of them, to contract for and purchafe, and to appropriate, by Warrant under their Hands and Seals, fo much Monies arifing by the Duties granted by this Act, as fhall be fufficient for the contracting for, purchafing and demolishing all the faid Houfes and Buildings, VOL. VI.

C c

with

Houfes, Sheds, &c. to be pulled

down.

Exchange of certain Burial Places, &c.

Inclosure of Church Yard, &c.

Chapter House,

&c.

Sale of Houses,

&c. made by the Bishop of London, &c. fhall be good in Law.

Purchase Mo

nies, how applied.

with their Appurtenances, which are now erected, and ftanding between the North Side of the faid Cathedral Church and the faid Alleys called New Jewry and Piffing Alley; and that the Ground of the faid Houfes and Yards thereunto belonging (when purchased) fhall be and remain for ever after free from any future Building whatsoever, except as hereinafter is excepted: And alfo all Houfes, Buildings and Sheds, made ufe of for Watchhoufes, or any Offices of the faid Fabrick, for the building thereof, fhall at fuch Time as the faid Lord Archbifhop of Canterbury, Lord Bifhop of London, and Lord Mayor of London, for the Time being, or any two of them fhall appoint, be pulled and taken down, and that the Ground or Soil thereof fhall be laid to, and remain as Part of the Church Yard of the faid Cathedral Church: And that for the making the more regular the faid Church Yard, the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Bishop of London, and Lord Mayor of London, for the Time being, or any two of them, fhall have Power to treat and agree with the refpective Veftries of the Parishioners of Saint Gregory and Saint Faith, for exchanging their Places of Burial in the Church Yard, and Vaults under the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul's, for other equivalent Ground and Vaults belonging to the faid Cathedral, or elsewhere in the faid Parishes: And all the faid Ground and Vaults, as well that to be received in Exchange, as of the Houfes, Buildings and Sheds aforefaid, fhall be deemed and reputed the Church Yard and Burying Ground of the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul's.

IV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That at fuch Time as the faid Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Bishop of London, and Lord Mayor of London, for the Time being, or any two of them, fhall think fit, the faid Church Yard fhall be inclofed or feparated from the High Street, and that no House or Building what foever shall hereafter be erected in or upon any Part of the faid Church Yard, except a Place for the meeting of the Chapter of the said Cathedral Church, and for keeping the Stores for the neceflary Repairs of the faid Church, which may be built by and with Part of the Money to be raised by virtue of this Act. And if any Houfe or Building fhall hereafter be erected in or upon any Part thereof, except as -before excepted, the fame fhall be taken and esteemed a common Nuifance, and be profecuted and punished as fuch.

V. And whereas fome of the Houfes and Grounds, which may be purchased and made use of for fecuring the faid Cathedral from Accidents of Fire, and for regulating the Church Yard, as aforefaid, do or may belong to the See of London, Dean and Chapter, or Petty Canons, of the faid Cathedral, in Right of the faid See, Chapter and Church;' Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That any Sale made by the Lord Bishop of London, Dean and Chapter, or Petty Canous, of any such Houses and Grounds for the Purposes aforefaid, fhall be good and valid in the Law, and shall bind them and their Succeffors, any Statute of Restraint to the contrary notwithstanding: And that the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Bishop of London, and Lord Mayor of London, for the Time being, or any two of them, fhall apply and lay out the Monies which fhall be paid for the Purchase of the Eitate and Interest of the

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