N A&t for encouraging and promo Ating Fisheries and other Manufac tures in that Part of Great Britain II. An Act for the Encouragement of the III. An A&t to explain, amend, and render. IV. An Act for encouraging the Fisheries in 13 Geo. II. 23 Geo. II. 10 26 Geo. II. 28 29 Gee. II. 44 "other Purposes therein mentioned," 28 Geo. II. [37] [IV.] An Act for allowing a further Bounty on Veffels employed in the White Herring Fishery; for giving Liberty to alter the prefent Form and Size of the Nets used in the said Fishery; and for other Purposes therein mentioned, 30 Geo. II. [55] V. V. Claufes of "An Act for the better fup- "plying the Cities of London and "Westminster with Fish and to re- "duce the prefent exorbitant Price "thereof; and to protect and encou- VI. An A&t for the Encouragement of the VII. An A& to continue and amend an A& Art. ABSTRACT of the ACTS. Pag. COLLECTION OF THE. ACTS OF PARLIAMENT, NOW IN FORCE, RELATING TO THE FISHERIES of GREAT BRITAIN. N° I. Anno Regni decimo tertio GEORGII Regis. Cap. 29. An ACT for encouraging and promoting $1. WHEREAS, by the Fifteenth Ar- Preamble, ticle of the Treaty of Union, it is provided, That Two thoufand Pounds (A) per per Annum, for the Space of feven Years, fhould be applied towards encouraging and promoting the Manufacture of coarfe Wool within thofe Shires in Scotland which produce the Wool; and that the first Two thousand Pounds fhould be paid at Martinmas then next, and fo yearly at Martinmas, during the Time aforefaid: And whereas, by an Act paffed in the Fifth Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Act for fettling certain yearly Funds payable out of the Revenue of Scotland, to fatisfy publick Debts in Scotland, and other Ufes mentioned in the Treaty of Union, and to difcharge the Equivalent claimed in behalf of Scotland, in the Terms of the fame Treaty, and for obviating all future Difputes, Charges, and Expences, concerning thofe Equivalents, it is, amongst other Things, provided, That yearly, and every Year, reckoning the first Year to begin from the Feaft of the Nativity of St John Baptift, One thousand feven hundred and nineteen, the full Sum of Two thoufand Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain, fhould be one yearly Fund, payable at the four moft ufual Feafts of the Year, that is to fay, the Feast of St Michael the Archangel, the Birth of our Lord Chrift, the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary, and the Feast of the Nativity of John Baptift; the First Payment thereof to be due due and payable at the Feast of St Michael the Archangel, in the Year One thousand feven hundred and nineteen; to be charged upon, and paid out of the Monies arifen, and to arife, from Time to Time, of or for any of the Customs, Duties, Excifes, or Revenues, that are or fhall be under the Management of the Commiffioners of the Customs, and Commiffioners of the Excife in Scotland, after the Payments therein directed to be made, and subject to Redemption by Parliament, upon Payment of the full Sum of Forty Thousand Pounds, and of all Arrears of the faid Annuity, if any fuch be, in fuch Manner as is more particularly mentioned in the said Act, to be wholly applied towards the encouraging and promoting the Fisheries, and fuch other Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland, as may most induce to the general Good of the United Kingdom, according to the Tenor and true Meaning of the faid Fifteenth Article of the faid Treaty of Union, and to no other Ufe, Intent, or Purpose whatsoever; which faid Annuity hath not hitherto been paid, or applied to the Purposes for which the fame was intended: And whereas, by an Act paffed in the Twelfth Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Act for continuing the Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, in that Part of Great Britain called (A2) England; |