or before the first day of November one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, fhall be applied, over and above the fums applicable by virtue of the faid herein-before mentioned act of the twenty-fixth year of his prefent Majefty, to the purchase of such annuities in equal portions as nearly as may be, on every day (Saturdays and Mondays excepted) on which the fame fhall be transferrable, between the first day of November one thoufand feven hundred and ninety-three, and the firft day of February one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four; and all fuch part of the which fhall be. principal or capital ftock of fuch publick annuities, as fhall be their account, purchased by the faid commiffioners by virtue of this act, shall be and the divitransferred to the account of the faid commiffioners, in the books dends placed of the governor and company of the bank of England, of the thereto. governor and company of merchants of Great Britain trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, or of the united company of merchants of England trading to the Eaft Indies, refpectively, as the case may be; and that the dividends payable thereon fhall from time to time be received by the governor and company of the bank of England, and be placed to the account of the faid commiffioners.

transferred to

apart out of

the commif

III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That all dividends which fhall from time to time become due Dividends of and payable, in respect of the principal or capital stock of such redeemed annuities as shall be redeemed by virtue of this act, fhall be iffued ftock to be set or fet apart out of the consolidated fund, in the fame manner as the confoliif fuch principal or capital stock had not been redeemed, and dated fund, fhall be paid to the faid governor and company of the bank of and applied by England, to be placed to the account of the faid commiffioners, for under and the fame fhall from time to time be applied by them under the regulathe like rules and regulations, and in the manner prescribed by tions of 26 the said act of the twenty-fixth year of the reign of his prefent Geo. 3. c. 31. Majefty, with respect to the fums redeemed by virtue of the faid act; and that all and every the rules, methods, regulations, and provifions, which in and by the faid act of the twenty-fixth year aforefaid, are provided and established for applying, managing, or accounting for the fums vested in the faid commiffioners for the purposes of the faid act, fhall be practised, used, and put in execution, in and for the applying, managing, and accounting for all fums of money directed to be placed to the account of the faid commiffioners by virtue of this act, as fully and effectually as if the fame had been repeated and re-enacted in this prefent act.

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Preamble.

22 Geo. 3. c. 68.

Anno regni tricefimo tertio GEORGII III. c. 23. [1793.

CA P. XXIII.

An act for altering the provisions of an act, paffed in the twenty-
fecond year of the reign of his prefent Majesty, for repealing
the duties payable for beer and ale above fix fhillings the
barrel, exclufive of the duties of excife, and not exceeding
eleven fhillings the barrel, exclufive of fuch duties, and for
other purposes therein mentioned, so far as respects the quality
of table beer brewed by common brewers.-[April 30, 1793.]

WHEREAS an
7HEREAS by an act, paffed in the twenty-fecond year of
the reign of his prefent Majefly, intituled, An act for repeal-
ing the duties payable for beer and ale above fix fhillings the
barrel, exclufive of the duties of excife, and not exceeding
eleven fhillings the barrel, exclufive of fuch duties, and for grant-
ing other duties in lieu thereof; for granting additional duties on
coaches and other carriages therein mentioned; and alfo addi-
tional duties on fope made in Great Britain, and upon the produce
of the faid additional duties on coaches and other carriages; and
for the better fecuring the duty upon tea, and other duties of ex-
cife; and also for appointing the number of commiffioners of
excife who may hear caufes depending before them, relative to
the duties on male fervants; reciting, That beer or ale above fix
Shillings a barrel, exclufive of the duties of excife, brewed for fale,
is by law chargeable with the fame duties that are payable for the
Strongest beer or ale jo brewed for fale; and the brewing of good
table beer of moderate strength is thereby difcouraged; and in order
to promote the brewing of good table beer, it is expedient to proportion
the duties payable on fuch beer to the quality and real value thereof;
it was enacted, That, from and after the fifth day of July one thousand
feven hundred and eighty-two, the feveral rates and duties then pay-
able for beer or ale above fix fhillings the barrel, exclufive of the du-
ties of excife, and not exceeding eleven fhillings the barrel, exclufive of
fuch duties, commonly called Table Beer, which should at any time or
times be brewed by the common brewer in England and Wales,
fhould ceafe and determine, and in lieu and instead thereof there should
thenceforth be raised, levied, collected, and paid, throughout England
and Wales, for every barrel of beer or ale above fix fhillings the
barrel, exclufive of the duties of excife, and not exceeding eleven
fbillings, exclufive of fuch duties, commonly called Table Beer, brewed
by the common brewer, and jo proportionably for a greater or leffer
quantity, the fum of three fillings, to be paid by fuch common
brewer and whereas beer or ale above eleven fhillings the barrel,
exclufive of the duties of excife, brewed for fale, is by law charge-
able with the fame duty as is payable for the strongest beer or ale fo
brewed for fale: and whereas it is expedient, in order to anfwer the
purpose of the faid act, that the common brewer should be permitted
to brew for fale table beer of a higher price than eleven fhillings per
barrel, without the fame being liable to any greater duty than by the
jaid act is impofed on table beer brewed for fale of eleven fillings
the barrel, exclufive of the duties of excife: may it therefore please

your

brewers may

brew table

your Majefty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's moft excellent majefty, by and with the advice and confent of the lords fpiritual and temporal, and commons, in this present parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame, That, from and after the paffing of this act, it fhall and may be Common lawful to and for all common brewers in England and Wales to brew beer or ale above fix fhillings the barrel, exclufive of the beer above duty of excife by law impofed for or in respect of fuch beer, and 6s. and under not exceeding thirteen fhillings the barrel, exclusive of fuch duty, 138. per barcommonly called Table Beer, under, according, and subject to the rel, under the regulations of rules, regulations, reftrictions, and provifions which are con- act 23 Geo. 3. tained, provided, fettled, or established in and by the faid act c. 68. made in the twenty-second year of the reign aforefaid, for common brewers brewing beer or ale above fix fhillings the barrel, exclufive of the duties of excife, and not exceeding eleven fhillings the barrel, exclufive of fuch duties, commonly called Table Beer, and fuch common brewers fo brewing fuch beer or ale above fix fhillings the barrel, and not exceeding thirteen fhillings the barrel, shall not be chargeable with or liable to pay, for or or in respect thereof, any greater or higher duty than is impofed by law for or in refpect of beer or ale above fix fhillings the barrel, exclufive of the duty of excife, and not exceeding eleven fhillings the barrel, exclusive of fuch duty, brewed as aforefaid; any thing in the faid act, or in any other act or acts of parliament contained to the contrary thereof in anywife notwithftanding.

be made for table beer

II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That The allowneither the allowance of one fhilling and four pence, which is ances not to now payable upon every barrel of beer or ale above fix fhillings the barrel, exclufive of the duty by law impofed on fuch beer or above 6s. and ale (and not being beer or ale commonly called Table Beer, brewed under 138. and made in that part of Great Britain called England, by the per barrel. common brewer, under, fubject, and according to the rules, regulations, restrictions, and provifions contained and provided in and by the faid act made in the twenty-fecond year of the reign aforefaid) brewed by the common brewer, or by any other perfon or perfons who doth or fhall fell or tap out beer or ale, publickly or privately, within the cities of London and leftminter, or within the limits of the weekly bills of mortality, and returned by the gauger, nor the allowance of one fhilling and eight-pence, which is now payable upon every barrel of beer or ale above fix fhillings the barrel, exclufive of the duty by law imposed on fuch beer or ale (not being twopenny ale mentioned and defcribed in the feventh article of the treaty of union, or fuch table beer as laft aforefaid brewed by the common brewer, or by any other perfon or perfons who doth or fhall fell or tap out beer or ale publickly or privately, in that part of Great Britain called England, nor within the faid cities of London and Westminster, nor within the limits of the weekly bills of mortality, and returned by the gauger, shall be paid or payable for or in respect of fuch beer or ale brewed as aforefaid by any common brewer,

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above

The drawback not to be granted for table beer

above 6s. and

under 138. per barrel.

Regulations of former

laws extend

above fix fhillings the barrel, exclufive of the duties of excise,
and not exceeding thirteen fhillings the barrel, exclusive of fuch
duty, commonly called Table Beer; any thing in any act or acts
of parliament contained to the contrary thereof in anywife not-
withstanding.

III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That
the drawback of eight fhillings, which is by law payable for
every barrel of beer or ale above fix fhillings the barrel, exclufive
of the duty impofed in respect of fuch beer or ale (and not being
twopenny ale, mentioned and defcribed in the feventh article of
the treaty of union, not being fuch beer or ale commonly called
Table Beer brewed and made as firft aforefaid), for which the duty
by law impofed in refpect thereof fhall have been paid, and ex-
ported as merchandize to foreign parts, fhall be no longer paid
or payable for or in respect of fuch beer or ale brewed as afore-
faid by any common brewer, above fix fhillings the barrel, ex-
clufive of the duty of excise, and not exceeding thirteen fhillings
the barrel, exclufive of fuch duty, commonly called Table Beer;
any thing in any act or acts of parliament contained to the con-
trary thereof in anywife notwithstanding.

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IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That all and every the powers, directions, rules, regulations, reftriced to this act. tions, provifions, penalties, forfeitures, claufes, matters, and things, which are provided, fettled, or established, in and by the faid act made in the twenty-fecond year of the reign of his prefent Majefty, or by any other law or laws of excise, so far as the fame respectively relate to common brewers of table beer, above fix fhillings the barrel, and not exceeding eleven fhillings the barrel, or to fuch table beer as laft aforefaid, or to beer, ale, or other excifeable liquors, or are applicable to the purposes of this act, and which were in force immediately before the commencement of this act (except so far as the fame are expreflly altered or controlled by this act) fhall be extended and applied to all common brewers of table beer above fix fhillings the barrel, and not exceeding thirteen fhillings the barrel, and to fuch table beer as laft aforefaid, and fhall be practifed, ufed, applied, and put in execution, in and for the purposes of this act, as fully and effectually, to all intents and purpofes, as if all and every the faid powers, directions, rules, regulations, reftrictions, provifions, penalties, forfeitures, claufes, matters, and things were particularly repeated and re-enacted in this prefent act.

CA P. XXIV.

An act for feparating the chapels of Chorley and Rufford from the parish
of Crofton, in the county of Lancaster, and for making them two
distinct parish churches.

Township of Chorley made a parish, and separated from the parish_of
Crofton. Tythes of Chorley and great tythes of Bretherton, Mawdefley
and Bifpham, annexed to Chorley, and imall tythes, &c. of Bretherton,
Mawdefley and Bifpham to be paid to the incumbent of Crofton. Town-
fhip of Rufford made a parish, and feparated from the parish of Crofton.
Tythes of Rufford annexed to Rufford. Doctor Master and his heirs to

prefent

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present to the rectories of Chorley and Rufford. Vicar of Crofton difcharged from all rights, &c. belonging to Chorley and Rufford. Parfons of Chorley and Rufford to hold all the rights belonging to them. The parfon of Chorley charged with the yearly payment of the fourth part of 45l. 148. 4d. and the parfon of Rufford with the yearly payment of the fifth part of 451. 148. 4d, to his Majefty. Twenty acres of land may given to the parishes of Chorley and Rufford for glebe. Rufford intitled to the fame fhare of charities as before pafling this act. General faving.

CA P. XXV.

be

An act for paving the footpaths, within the borough of Ludlow, in the county of Salop; and for lighting, watching, and otherwife improving, the faid borough.

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Commiffioners. For chufing new commiffioners. Commiffioners to have twenty pounds a year real estate or personal eftate to the amount of eight hundred pounds. Twenty pounds penalty on commiffioners acting while holding any place of profit under the act, or being victuallers. Fourteen days notice to be given of firft meeting. Adjournments and future meetings. Voting by ballot, if defired. Commiffioners may fue and be fued in the name of their clerk. Proceedings to be entered in a book. miffioners to appoint a treasurer, furveyor and clerk. Officers to account. Footways to be paved. Pavement not to be altered without confent of the commiffioners. Pavement, lamps, &c. vefted in commiffioners. Commiffioners to provide lamps, &c. and forty fhillings penalty for wilfully breaking lamps, &c. Commiffioners to appoint watchmen. Sign pofts, penthouses, &c. fpouts and gutters to be taken down, and fixed against houfes. Commiffioners may make contracts. Inhabitants to clean the foot ways before their houses every Saturday, on penalty of two fhillings and fix-pence for every offence. Commiffioners to appoint fcavengers. Five fhillings penalty on causing annoyances in the streets, or leaving carriages, rubbish, &c. there. Ten fhillings penalty for leaving stalls in the market place, or cellar windows open. Privies to be emptied between eleven at night and five in the morning. Recompence to be made for damage done to water pipes. Commiffioners may purchase houses for widening streets, and in cafe of difference, a jury to fettle the price, and no inhabitant of Ludlow to be on the jury. How the money allowed for damages to be tendered. For paying the expences of the jury. If commissioners do not purchase houfes within fix years, owners not afterwards obliged to fell. Purchase money of houfes belonging to corporations, &c. to be laid out in lands. Money subscribed to be paid to the commiffioners, and applied to pay the expences of this act and pave foot ways, &c. Part of a common, called Whitcliffe, and certain rights upon other lands, agreed to be applied for the purposes of this act, and the boundaries of the parishes on the common to be fixed. Commiffioners may inclose the lands, and let the fame. Commiffioners may fell or exchange the lands, and lay out the money in purchase of other lands. Recovery of penalties. Appeal to the quarter feffions. Distress not unlawful for want of form. Plaintiffs not to recover after tender of amends. Proceedings not to be quafhed for want of form, nor removeable by Certiorari. Limitation of actions. General iffue. Treble cofts. Preferving the rights of the corporation of Ludlow. Corporation not exonerated from paving the carriage ways. Saving rights of lords of manors to trees on the common, and to manerial interefts. Publick act.

CA P. XXVI.

An act for the better fupply of mariners and feamen to ferve in his Majefty's fhips of war, and on board merchant ships, and other trading fhips and veffels, during the prefent war.-[April 30, 1793.]

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OR the better fupply of mariners and feamen to ferve in his Preamble.
Majefty's fhips of war, and on board merchant ships, and other

trading ships and vessels, during the prefent war, be it enacted by

the