Small Coals wise paying Duty of 18. per Chaldron subtions of 56 G. 3. ject to Regulac. 127. carried Coast XVI. AND be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act nor in any other Act passed in the present Session of Parliament shall extend to repeal or in any way vary or alter or affect an Act passed in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to reduce the Duty on the Exportation from Great Britain of small Coals of certain Descriptions; and that all small Coals which have been screened through a Screen or Riddle, the Bars of which not being in any Part thereof more than Three-eighths of an Inch asunder, which may be shipped to be sent Coastwise from the Port of Newcastle or Sunderland to any Port in England or Wales on Payment of One Shilling the Chaldron, shall be liable to the same Rules, Regulations, and Restrictions, and subject to the same Penalties and Forfeitures, as are provided by the said Act in respect of Coals exported, as far as the same are applicable: PROVIDED always, that no Ship shall be cleared from either of the Ports aforesaid as being laden with any small Coals of the above Description, which shall have on board any Coals of larger Dimensions (1) than before described, or any Culm or Cinders; and if any Coals of such Dimensions shall be found on board any Ship in any Port of England or Wales, although such Ship shall have been cleared from either of the Ports with such small Coals as aforesaid, the whole of the Coals laden on board such Ship shall be charged. with the Duty imposed on Coals brought Coastwise. (2) XVII. AND whereas it is enacted in the aforesaid Act for repealing the several Laws relating to the Customs, that such Repeal shall take effect from and after the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty-six: And whereas this present Act and several other Acts relating to the Customs, also passed or to be passed in this present Session of Parliament, is and are to come into operation and have effect from and after the Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty-six (3), and it is expedient to prevent any Doubts which might arise from the Continuance of any of the Acts now in force relating to the Customs, after the Period when the present (1) If small Coals, it must be stated in Fitter's Certificate, see Cap. 107. $120.; and Act 56 Geo. 3. Cap. 127. § 2.; Appendix. (2) See Penalty for selling small Coal as any other than such, § 29. (3) Chapter 106. to 116. inclusive. Acts of this Session, coming Jan. 5, 1826, to be the only Laws for Mat into force on ters contained therein. Register Bonds, &c. Nothing in this repeal or affect 8 G. 1. c. 14. 33 G. 2. c. 15. and the other aforesaid Acts passed or to be passed in this present Session of Parliament shall come into operation : Be it therefore enacted, THAT the Enactments and Provisions contained and expressed in this Act and in any other Act or Acts relating to the Customs passed in the present Session of Parliament, which are to commence and have effect from and after the Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, shall be and shall be deemed and construed to be, from and after that Period, the only Law or Laws in force concerning or relating to all Matters and Things expressed or provided for herein or therein; any thing contained in any of the Acts to be repealed on the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty-six by the aforesaid Act of Repeal, or in any other Act or Acts, to the contrary notwithstanding. XVIII. AND be it further enacted, That all Bonds given by the Owners or Masters of British Ships upon the registering of the same, and all Bonds - given by the Masters of British Ships upon their taking the Charge or Command of the same, shall be deemed to be Bonds for preventing Frauds or Evasions of the Duties of Customs, as well as for other Purposes, and shall be liable to the same Duties of Stamps as any Bonds given for or in respect of the Duties of Customs, or for preventing Frauds or Evasions thereof, are or shall be liable to under any Act for the Time being in force for granting Duties of Stamps. (1) XIX. AND be it further enacted, That nothing contained in this Act or in any other Act or Acts passed in the present Session of Parliament, shall extend to repeal or in any way to alter or affect an Act passed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of King George the First, intituled An Act for making the River Eden navigable to Bank End in the County of Cumberland (2); NOR to repeal or in any way alter or affect an Act, passed in the Thirtythird Year of the Reign of King George the Second, intituled An Act for rendering the Exportation of Culm from the Harbour of Milford in the County of Pembroke, and the Limits thereof, to the neighbouring Counties, more easy (1) See the Bonds, Cap. 110. § 21. and 22. See also Stamp Act, 6 Geo. 4. Cap. 41. § 2. (2) Local Exemption from Coast Duty on Coals between Ellenfoot and Bank End in County of Cumberland. to the Proprietors and Purchasers of the same (1), and for the better securing the Duties payable thereon; NOR to repeal or in any way alter or affect an Act, passed in the Thirty-seventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for extending the 37 G. 3. c. 100 Monmouthshire Canal Navigation, and for explaining an Act passed in the Thirty-second Year of His present Majesty, for making the said Canal (2); NÓR to repeal or in any way alter or affect an Act, passed in the Fortysecond Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, being an Act of a local and personal Nature, and intituled An Act for making and maintaining certain 42 G. 3 c. cxv. Railways to communicate with the Monmouthshire Canal Navigation, and for enabling the Company of Proprietors of that Navigation to raise a further Sum of Money to complete their Undertaking; and for explaining and amending Acts passed in the Thirty-second and Thirty-seventh Years of His present Majesty's Reign relating thereto (2); NOR to repeal or in any way alter or affect an Act, passed in the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to amend the 55 G. s. c. 26. Laws now in force for regulating the Importation of Corn (3); NOR to repeal or in any way alter or affect an Act, passed in the First and Second Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to repeal certain Acts 1&2 G. 4.c. 87. passed in the Thirty-first, Thirty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Years of His late Majesty King George the Third, for regulating the Importation and Exportation of Corn, Grain, Meal, and Flour into and from Great Britain, and to make further Provisions in lieu thereof (3) ; NOR to repeal or in any way alter or affect an Act, passed in the Third Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Im- 3 G. 4. c. 60. portation of Corn (3); except so far as any of the said Acts shall relate to the Importation of Wheat from the British Possessions in North America (3); NOR to repeal or in any way alter or affect an Act, passed in the present Session of Parliament, intituled An Act to alter 6 G. 4. c. 64. for One Year, and until the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the Duty on Wheat the Produce of the British (1) Regulations in such Cases for Payment of Coast Duties at the Place of Shipment instead of Port of Discharge. (2) Local Exemption from Coast Duty on Coals carried Eastward of the Holmes. (3) See Appendix. 5 G. 4. c. 70. 5 G. 4. c. 64. or Acts relating to the Fisheries. 4 G. 4. c. 88. 6° GEO. 4. Possessions in North America; NOR to repeal or in any way alter or affect an Act, passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to permit Flour to be substituted for Foreign Wheat secured in Warehouses (1); NOR to repeal or in any way alter or affect an Act, passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to amend the several Acts for the Encouragement and Improvement of the British and Irish Fisheries; NOR any other Act or Part of an Act relating to the said Fisheries, which shall be in force at the Time of the Commencement of this Act; nor to repeal or in any way alter or affect an Act, passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act for regulating Vessels carrying Passengers between Great Britain and Ireland; NOR to repeal or in any way alter or affect an Act, passed in the Fifty-first Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, 51 G. 3. c. 47. intituled An Act for carrying into effect the Provisions of a Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, concluded between His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal (1); - NOR to repeal or in any way alter or affect an Act, passed in the Fifty-ninth Year Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the 59 G. 3. c. 54. Third, intituled An Act to carry into effect a Convention of Commerce concluded between His Majesty and the United States of America, and a Treaty with the Prince Regent of Portugal (1); alter or affect any Act Duty is granted in the United Kingdom, Chapels. &c. Nor affect NOR to repeal or in any way or Acts by which a Drawback of respect of Materials imported into and used in building Churches or XX. AND be it further enacted, That nothing contained in this Act, or in any other Act passed in the present. Session of Parliament, shall extend to repeal or in any way alter or affect an Act, passed in the Sixth and Seventh Year of the Reign of King William the Third, intituled An Act for the better Admeasurement of Keels and Keel Boats in the Port of Newcastle, and the Members thereunto belonging; NOR to repeal or in any way alter or affect an Act, passed in the Fifteenth Year of the Reign of 15 G. 3. c. 27. His late Majesty King George the Third, ințituled An Act 6 & 7 W. 3. c. 10. (1) See Appendix. for admeasuring Waggons and other Carriages, used in loading Coals on board Ships at the several Ports of this Kingdom, in the same Manner as at the Ports of Newcastle and Sunderland; NOR to repeal or in any way alter or affect an Act, passed in the Thirty-first Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to prevent Keels, Pan Keels, and Pan Boats 31 G. 3. c. 36. and other Boats, and Wains and Carts, being used in the Removal or Carriage of Coals, after having undergone any Alterations or Repairs, without being first inspected, readmeasured, marked, and nailed. XXI. PROVIDED always, and be it further enacted, That if upon Examination of any Keel, Boat, Wain, Waggon, Barrow, Cart, Coup, or other Vessel or Carriage employed in the Conveyance of Coals, Cinders, Ashes, or Culm for the Purpose of being laden or shipped for Exportation, or to be carried Coastwise, and which shall have been admeasured, weighed, numbered, and marked in manner directed by any Act at any Time in force for that Purpose, there shall be found any greater Quantity of Coals, Cinders, Ashes, or Culm than such Keel, Boat, Wain, Waggon, Barrow, Cart, Coup, or other Vessel or Carriage is allowed to carry or convey, according to the Numbers, Nails, or other Marks set thereon, whether such Number, Nails, or other Marks denote the Quantity by Weight or by Measure, every such Keel, Boat, Wain, Waggon, Barrow, Cart, Coup, or other Vessel or Carriage so overloaded, shall be forfeited. XXII. AND whereas by the Consolidation of the different Branches of the Public Revenue, and of the several Duties payable on the Importation or Exportation of Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, and the Appropriation thereof, as directed by the several Acts in force in England, the hereditary and temporary Revenues of the Crown, of Subsidies of Tonnage and Poundage, and of other Duties upon Goods, Wares, and Merchandize arising in England, are not now kept distinct and separate at the several Offices, but have become blended with other Duties of Customs and Tonnage, both in the Collection and Appropriation thereof: And whereas it is expedient that Provision should be made for ascertaining the annual Keels and other Vessels employ ed in the Conveyance of Coals carrying more than the Quantity alforfeited. lowed to be An Account of the Amount of hereditary Revenues of the Crown to be kept separate. |