inland duties hereby fet and impofed, of the divifion from whence fuch coffee, tea, cocoa nuts or chocolate fhall be brought, that in cafe of coffee, tea or chocolate, the inland duties charged or chargeable by this act upon the faid coffee, tea, or chocolate fo intended to be brought in as aforefaid, have been actually paid, or that the fame hath been condemned as forfeited, or was part of the ftock in hand of fome druggift, grocer, chandler, coffeehouse-keeper or chocolatehouse-keeper, or other perfon or perfons, body politick or corporate, felling or dealing in coffee, tea or chocolate, or making of chocolate, and in case of bringing in cocoa nuts, that the same have been duly entred with the officer or officers of his Majefty's customs, or that they were condemned as forfeited, or were part of the stock in hand of fome druggist or other person selling or dealing therein, upon or before the faid twenty fourth day of June one thousand seven hundred and twenty four, of which an account of such coffee, tea, cocoa nuts and chocolate had been taken on or before the faid twenty fourth day of June one thousand seven hundred and twenty four, and expreffing the quantity and quality thereof, and at what place the faid inland duties were fo paid for the faid coffee, tea or chocolate, or at what port or place the customs and duties were fo paid for fuch cocoa nuts, or the faid coffee, tea, cocoa nuts or chocolate were condemned, or of whose stock in hand the fame was part, on pain of forfeiting the coffee, tea, cocoa nuts or chocolate fo brought in without fuch notice and certificate as aforefaid, and treble the value thereof, together with the canifters, bags, jars, tubs, boxes, cafks and other veffels or package whatsoever containing the fame.

XII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, Officers in the That from and after the faid twenty fourth day of June one day-time may thousand seven hundred and twenty four it shall and may be enter all warehouses, &c. lawful for the officers for the faid inland duties hereby fet or used for keepimpofed, or any of them, from time to time and at all times ing coffee, &c. by day, to enter into all and every the warehouses, storehouses, and take acrooms, hops, cellars, vaults and other places made use of for counts. keeping or making any coffee, tea, cocoa nuts or chocolate by any druggift, grocer, chandler, coffeehouse-keeper, chocolatehouse-keeper, or other perfon or perfons, body politick or corporate, felling or dealing in coffee, tea, cocoa nuts or chocolate, by wholesale or retail, or making chocolate, and by weighing, gaging or otherwife to take an account of the quantity and forts of the faid commodities, which fhall at any time be in their or any of their cuftody, in the weighing whereof the of the faid commodities, or fome on their behalf, fee, &c. to owners of any hall be aiding and affifting to the faid officers, and keep fuffici- aflift officers in ent juft weights and fcales to be made ufe of by the faid officers weighing, and for that purpofe; and if any fuch druggift, grocer, chandler, to keep fufficoffeehoufe-keeper, chocolatehoufe-keeper, or other perfon or cient fcales and weights, perfons, body politick or corporate, felling or dealing in coffee, tea, cocoa nuts or chocolate, by wholesale or retail, or making chocolate, fhall hinder or refufe the faid officers, or any of them

to

Owners of cof.

account, for not keeping

fufficient

For hindring, to enter into fuch his, her or their warehouses, storehouses, &c. officer to rooms, shops, cellars, vaults or other places, or to take fuch enter and take account as aforefaid, or fhall neglect to keep fufficient just weights and scales to be made use of by the faid officers for the purposes aforefaid, or fhall keep any falfe weights or fcales, or thall neglect or refuse to affift the faid officers in the weighing as aforefaid, or shall let, hinder or obftruct any of the. faid officers in the execution of the powers and authorities given to him or them by this act, the perfon or perfons offending therein hundred pounds. fhall, for every fuch offence, forfeit and lose the fum of one

fcales, &c. for keeping falfe weights, for not affifting officer in weighing or for hindring

him therein, penalty 100l.

and on oath before com

miffioners or a justice of

any officer in

with a confta

XIII. Provided always, and it is hereby further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That in cafe any officer or officers for the On fufpicion faid duties by this act granted fhall have caufe to fufpect that of concealing, &c. coffee, &c. any coffee, tea, chocolate or cocoa nuts shall be fradulently hid &c. coffee, &c. or concealed in any place whatfoever, either entred for the keeping of the fame as aforefaid, or not entred, with an intent to defraud his Majefty of his duties thereon, then and in such case, if fuch place fhall be within the cities of London or Westminster, or within the limits of the weekly bills of mortality, upon oath made by such officer or officers before the commiffioners for the duties by this act granted, or any two or more of them, or peace, they in cafe the fame fhall be in any other part of Great Britain, upon respectively oath made by such officer or officers before one or more justice may impower or justices of the peace of the county, riding, divifion or place where fuch officer or officers fhall fufpect the fame to be fo hid the day-time with or with- or concealed, fetting forth the ground of such his or their suspiout, and in the cion, it fhall and may be lawful to and for the faid commiffinight-time oners for the faid duties, or juftice or juftices of the peace reble, to enter fpectively, before whom fuch affidavit or affidavits shall be made, all fufpected if he or they fhall judge it reasonable, by fpecial warrant or warplaces, and to ants under his or their respective hands and feals, to authorize take and carry and impower fuch officer or officers by day or by night, but if away coffee, &c.concealed. in the night-time, then in the prefence of a conftable or other lawful officer of the peace, to enter into all and every fuch place or places where he or they fhall fo fufpect fuch coffee, tea, chocolate or cocoa nuts shall be so fraudulently hid or concealed, and seize and carry away all fuch coffee, tea, chocolate and cocoa nuts which he or they fhall then and there find fo fraudulently hid and concealed, as forfeited for his Majefty's ufe, together with all and every the bags, canifters, boxes, cafks and other package or things wherein the fame, fhall be contained; and if any perfon or persons whatsoever shall let, obstruct or hinder any of the officers for the faid duties by this act granted obftructing, from entring fuch places, where he or they fhall fufpect fuch coffee, tea, chocolate or cocoa nuts fhall be fo fradulently hid or concealed as aforefaid, or in feizing and carrying away fuch nuts which thall be fo coffee, tea, chocolate and cocoa hid or concealed, together with the bags, canisters, boxes, casks or other package or things where the fame fhall be contained, the perfon or persons offending therein hall, for every such of6

Every perfon

&c. officer, &c. therein,

forfeits 1ool.

fence,

fence, forfeit and lofe the fum of one hundred pounds, to be recovered as aforefaid.

to be fold or

XIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, No coffee, &c.
That from and after the said twenty fourth day of June one
exposed to
thousand seven hundred and twenty four no coffee, tea, cocoa fale, but in
nuts or chocolate shall be fold, uttered or expofed to fale, either places entred.
by wholesale or retail, but when the fame fhall be in fome or
one of the faid warehouses, ftorehouses, rooms, fhops, cellars,
vaults or other places fo entred as aforefaid, or in fome or one
of the warehouses to be approved of by the commiffioners of his
Majesty's customs for the keeping of coffee, tea and cocoa nuts,
in pursuance of this act, upon pain of forfeiting all fuch coffee,
tea, cocoa nuts and chocolate which fhall be fo fold, uttered

or exposed to fale, when the fame fhall be in any other place on pain of for-
or places than thofe entered or approved as aforefaid, and treble feiting all fuch
the value thereof, together with the canisters, bags, jars, tubs, coffee, and the
boxes, casks and other veffels or package whatsoever containing
the same.

treble value.

fuch entred

XV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, For coffee, &c. That from and after the faid twenty fourth day of June one exceeding the thousand seven hundred and twenty four, where any fuch cof- weight of fix fee, tea, cocoa nuts or chocolate shall be sold in any of the faid pounds fold in entred places in any quantity above the weight of fix pounds, places, officer the officer or officers for the inland duties hereby fet and im- to give a cerpofed, of the respective divifions or places where the fame shall tificate. be fo fold, shall be obliged, and are hereby required from time to time, upon requeft of the feller or fellers thereof, without fee or reward, to give to the respective buyer or buyers thereof certificates in writing, figned by the respective officer or officers, expreffing the quantities fo fold, and the name and names of the respective buyers and fellers thereof; and that the duties by this act granted on fuch coffee, tea or chocolate fo fold, have been paid, or that such cocoa nuts have been duly entred with the officer or officers of his Majesty's customs, or that the fame have been condemned as forfeited, or were part of such stock in hand as aforefaid; which certificate shall be left with the officer or officers for the faid duties of the refpective divifions, to which the fame is or are intended to be carried, to fatisfy the faid officers that no duties are to be answered for the fame, that the feizing thereof may be prevented.

XVI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, Any quantity That from and after the faid twenty fourth day of June one exceeding the thousand seven hundred and twenty four no coffee, tea, cocoa weight of fix nuts or chocolate, exceeding the quantity of fix pounds weight, pounds carrythall be removed or carried from any part of this kingdom, by fuch permit or ing without land or by water, without a permit or certificate, figned by one certificate is or more of the officers for the faid inland duties hereby fet and forfeited. impofed, fignifying and certifying the names and places of abode of the buyer and feller, and expreffing the quantity and fpecies of the commodity so permitted or certified for, and that his Majefty's inland duties chargeable by this act upon coffee,

tea

tea and chocolate have been duly paid and fatisfied, or that the cocoa nuts have been duly entred as aforefaid, or that the fame have been condemned as forfeited, or were part of fuch stock in hand as aforefaid, upon pain of forfeiting the coffee, tea, cocoa nuts or chocolate which thall be found carrying from one place to another without fuch permit or certificate, together with the canisters, bags, jars, tubs, boxes, cafks and other veffels or package whatsoever containing the fame; which permit or cerThe time to be tificate shall be left with the officer of the divifion to which the limited by the fame fhall be carried, to prevent the feizure thereof; in which officer for fuch permits or certificates the officers, who grant the fame, thall permit or certificate to be express and limit the time for which the fame fhall continue in force.

in force.

Times for ma

chocolate

made.

Every week, if made within the weekly bills.

XVII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, king entries of That from and after the said twenty fourth day of June one thousand seven hundred and twenty four all and every perfon and perfons whatfoever, who fhall be a maker of chocolate, or the refpective perfon or perfons for whofe ufe he, fhe or they fhall make any chocolate, in cafe the fame be made in London or Westminster, or in any parts within the limits of the weekly bills of mortality, fhall weekly and every week, and in case the fame shall be made in any other part of Great Britain, shall once in every fix weeks, make a true and particular entry in writing Every fix at the next office for the faid inland duties hereby fet and imweeks, if made pofed, of all chocolate which shall be made by or for him, her or in other parts. them within fuch week or fix weeks refpectively; which faid entries fhall contain the weight of all chocolate by or for him, gol. for every her or them refpectively made within the time to which the same neglect of such refpectively relates, on pain of forfeiting for every neglect of entry the sum of fifty pounds; which entry shall be made upon oath by the faid makers or proprietors refpectively, or by his, her or their chief workman or fervant employed therein, according to the beft of their knowledge and belief, unless such maker or proprietor, or their respective workmen or fervants making fuch entry or entries as aforefaid, be a known quaker, in which cafe the folemn affirmation of fuch maker or proprietor, or his, her or their workman or fervant making such entry, fhall and may be taken instead of such oath; and the faid enBefore whom tries, oaths and affirmations to verify the fame fhall, for fuch

entry.
Such entry to
be upon oath.

fuch oaths

chocolate as shall be made within the limits of the weekly bills shall be made. of mortality, be made with and adminiftred by fuch officer or

officers, as fhall be appointed by the refpective commiffioners. for the faid inland duties, or the major part of them for the time being, who fhall attend at the general office for that purpose in London or Weftminfler (who have hereby power to adminifter the fame) and for all chocolate which fhall be made in other parts of Great Britain, with and by the collectors and supervisors of the district or divifion within which the refpective makers or proprietors fhall inhabit (who have hereby power to administer the fame) without any fee or charge whatsoever to be demanded or taken for the fame: provided always, That no fuch maker

or

or proprietor fhall be obliged to go or fend further than the For such enmarket-town where fuch chocolate fhall be respectively made, try not to go or the next market-town to the place where his, her or their cho- next maketcolate fhall be refpectively made, for the making of fuch entries town. as aforefaid.

further than

late made.

parts.

XVIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, Limitation of That all and every fuch maker or proprietor of such chocolate, times for payin case the same shall be made in London or Weftminster, or ing for chocowithin the limits of the faid weekly bills of mortality, fhall Every week within one week, and in cafe the fame fhall be made in any within the other part of Great Britain, shall within fix weeks next after he, weekly bills. The or they shall fo make or ought to have made fuch entry as weeks in other Every fix aforefaid, pay and clear off all the faid duties by this act set and imposed on such chocolate, which shall be due from him, her or them respectively; and that all and every fuch makers and proprietors of chocolate, who fhall refufe or neglect to make 501. for every such payment as aforefaid, fhall forfeit and lose for every fuch neglect of payoffence the fum of fifty pounds, over and above the faid duty ing. whereof the payment fhall be so refused or neglected; and that no fuch maker or proprietor of fuch chocolate, after fuch default in payment of the duties as aforefaid, fhall fell, deliver, or carry out any chocolate, until he, he or they have or hath paid and cleared off his, her or their duties as aforefaid, on pain of forfeiting treble the value of all fuch chocolate fo fold, delivered or carried out.

XIX. And for the more effectual prevention of the unlawful importation of chocolate ready made from parts beyond the feas, and likewife the clandeftine making thereof in Great Britain; be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That all chocolate which, All chocolate from and after the twenty fourth day of June one thousand seven to be inclofed hundred and twenty four, fhall be made in Great Britain, fhall in stampt pabe packed up, and a stamp or mark put upon the fame, in the taining one pers, each conmanner herein after mentioned: that is to say, all fuch makers pound. or proprietors of chocolate which shall be made in Great Britain, fhall from time to time, and at the refpective times and places where they are by this act directed and required to make fuch entries of the chocolate by or for them refpectively made as aforefaid, produce all the chocolate contained in fuch entry, or which ought to be contained in fuch entry, at the respective offices where fuch entries are or ought to be made to the respective officers, who in pursuance of this act shall be appointed for the receiving of fuch entries, which chocolate fhall be inclofed and tied up with thread in several papers, containing one pound weight of chocolate each, and not more or lefs, each of which papers to be tied up, fhall by an officer to be appointed by the Commiffionrefpective commiffioners for the faid duties for that purpose, or duties to apthe major part of them refpectively, have fuch a mark, ftamp, point a stamp, impreffion or device affixed thereon, as fhall be by the faid re- and from time spective commiffioners, from time to time, devifed or appointed to time alter for that purpose, which faid mark, ftamp, impreffion or device, it.

fhall or may be varied or altered, from time to time, in fuch

manner,

ers for thefe