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meal exported in the terms of the law, whereby and fo long as rewards are granted for the exportation of other grain, and that the beer of Scotland have the fame rewards as barley: and whereas by another 5 Ann. c. 29. claufe in the faid act made in the fifth year of the reign of Queen Anne, it is enacted, That every merchant, or other perfon, exporting malt made of wheat, fhall have and receive for every quarter of malt made of wheat, or wheat malt, ground or unground, five fillings, to be paid by the refpective perfons mentioned in the faid act made in the first year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary, intituled, An act for the encouraging the exportation of corn: and whereas by an act made in the third year of the reign of his prefent Majefty, for better preventing frauds in the malting of corn for exportation, it is enacted, That there shall be paid to the malfters and makers of malt for exportation, for every twenty quarters of barley, or other corn or grain, that shall be entered and made into malt for exportation, an allowance of thirty quarters after the fame fball be dried and made into malt, and no more, upon the exportation 1 thereof, according to the faid act made in the first year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary, intituled, An act for the encouraging the exportation of corn; and in fuch cafes where by the faid at they are intitled to the fame; and fo in proportion for a greater or leffer quantity; payable in fuch manner as by the faid act made in the third year of his prefent Majefty's reign is directed: and whereas by a claufe in an act made in the twelfth and thirteenth year of the reign of King William the Third, intituled, An act for granting an aid to his Majefty for defraying the expence of his 12 & 13 W. 3. C. 10. f. 93. navy, guards and garrifons, for one year, and for other neceffary occafions; it is, amongst other things, enacted, That if the collector of the customs of any port wherein corn fhall be exported, Shall not have fufficient in his hands to fatisfy and pay fuch fum or fums of money which are or shall be due to any exporter by virtue of the faid att made in the first year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary, arifing out of the customs and duties out of which it ought to be paid, upon demand, according to the intent of the faid alt, that then fuch collector shall give to the perfon demanding fuch Jum or fums of money, without fee or reward, a certificate under bis band of what is due to fuch perfon for the corn exported from fuch port, certifying to the commiffioners of the customs at London, that he hath not monies in his hands fufficient to pay the fame; which certificate being annexed to the debenture for the corn fo exported, and being produced to his Majefty's commiffioners of the customs at London, they the faid commiffioners are thereby authorized and required, on demand, by the perfon that ball bring the fame, to caufe the monies thereby due to be paid in three months by the general receiver or cafbier of the customs, out of fuch monies as fhall be in his hand, arifing out of fuch cuftoms or duties in the faid port of London as are chargeable with the payment of any money for the exportation of corn, according to the faid all, without fee or reward, as in and by the faid feveral acts above recited or mentioned, relation being thereunto refpectively had, may more fully appear: and whereas by reafon of the great quantity of corn which of late hath been exported, the revenue

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applicable to the payment of the bounty on the exportation thereof (being charged alfo with other payments) bath not been fufficient to fatisfy and pay all fuch monies due for corn exported, as by virtue of the faid act made in the twelfth and thirteenth year of the reign of King William the Third, are in manner therein mentioned, payable by the faid general receiver or cafbier of the customs; and divers debentures for fuch monies fo payable do and may for that reafon remain unfatisfied: now, for making a reasonable compensation for fuch delay of payment, and to the end that the owners and tillers of land, and the nation in general, may continue to enjoy the benefit defigned by the faid bounty on the exportation of corn, be it enacted by the King's most 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 if at any time from and after the remaining un. twenty fifth day of March one thoufand feven hundred and fifty fatisfied for 6 three, any debenture for the bounty on corn exported, fo paymonths to car- able by the faid general receiver or cashier of the customs, shall ry an intereft remain unfatisfied more than fix months next following the day of 31. per

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when the fame (hall or may have been produced to the commiffioners of the customs at London, according to the directions of the faid act made in the twelfth and thirteenth year of the reign of King William the Third, then and in fuch cafe, for the forbearance of fuch money as, after the expiration of the faid fix months, fhall be due on fuch debenture, intereft after the rate of three pounds per centum per annum thall be allowed to the proprietor or proprietors thereof, his, her or their executors, admiftrators or affigns, fuch intereft to be computed from the end of the said fix months until the money due on fuch debenture, together with fuch intereft, fhall be paid, or until money fufficient fhall be referved in the hands of the faid general receiver or cafhier of the customs for that purpofe, and proper notice thall be given thereof.

II. And to the end that proper notice may be given that money, fufficient is referved for that purpofe, and that perfons to whom any fuch principal or intereft fhall be due, may not avail themselves of their neglect to demand the fame; be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That when money fufficient fhall be referved in the hands of the faid general receiver or money is in hand to pay cafhier of the customs, for payment of the principal and inteoff the deben reft due on any fuch debentures, as after the expiration of the faid fix months fhall remain unfatisfied, the faid general receiver or cashier shall and may give notice in writing to be affixed on three or more doors of fome publick place or places in the cuftom house London, and to be advertized in the London Gazette, that on a certain day to be limited in the faid notice, and on the four days next following fuch day (fo as fix days at the leaft intervene between the date of fuch notice, and the day fo limited, and fo as Sundays and holidays be not included in the number of fuch four days) he fhall be ready to pay and difcharge the principal and interest due on fuch debentures; after the expiration of

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which five days, if payment of fuch principal and intereft fhall after which not be demanded purfuant to the faid notice, all intereft on fuch time interest debentures fhall ceafe and determine.

to cease.

III. Provided always, That the principal monies due on fuch Principal to be debentures, together with fuch intereft as fhall be due thereup- paid notwithtanding. on, before the expiration of the time limited in the faid notice, Thall at any time afterwards upon demand be paid to the proprietor or proprietors of fuch debentures, his, her or their executors, adminiftrators or affigns.

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IV. Provided alfo, and be it enacted by the authority afore. If there shall faid, That if at any time after the day prefixed by order of the be at any time faid commiffioners of the customs, for the payment of any fuch ney in hand debentures fo produced to them, and before the end of fix fufficient to months next following the day on which the fame fhall have difcharge the been fo produced to them, the faid general receiver or cafhier of debentures, the customs fhall have money in his hands fufficient to fatisfy given thereof, the fame; and the like notice fhall by him be given in manner the intereft before mentioned, that he is ready to make payment thereof; thereon to and no demand of fuch payment fhall be made within the time cease, &c. limited in fuch notice, then and in fuch cafe, no intereft whatfoever fhall be allowed on such debentures; any thing in this act

to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithstanding.

V. Provided nevertheless, and be it declared and enacted by Principal and the authority aforefaid, That all debentures for corn exported, intereft to be payable as is aforefaid by the general receiver or cafhier of the paid in course. cuitoms, according to the intention of the faid act made in the twelfth and thirteenth year of the reign of King William the Third, together with the intereft thereof, payable by virtue of this act, (if any fuch interest shall be due) fhall be paid by the faid general receiver or cashier in courfe, refpect being had to the times when fuch debentures fhall have been produced to the commiffioners of the cuftoms, in manner before mentioned, without any other preference of one before another.

VI. And be it further declared and enacted by the authority

aforefaid, That when any certificate under the hand of the col- Day of pre

fentment to be

lector of the cuftoms of any port, affixed to any debenture for indorfed on corn exported from fuch port, certifying to the commiffioners certificate, and of the cuftoms at London, that he hath no monies in his hands an order for fufficient to pay what is due for corn fo exported, fhall be pro- and intereft to the payment duced to the faid commiffioners, they fhall immediately in fuch to be ign'd. manner as hath been accuftomed, caufe an indorsement to be made on the back of the faid debenture, of the day when the fame was fo produced; and fhall as foon as conveniently may be, fign their order to the faid general receiver or cashier for payment thereof, and of fuch intereft as fhall grow due thereon by virtue of this act, if the principal fhall not be paid before the time when the intereft allowed by this act is directed to comI, mence.

VII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, Payment to That it fhall and may be lawful for the faid general receiver or be made withcafhier of the cuftoms, and he is hereby authorized and re- out fee.

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quired, when he shall make payment of the principal money due on any such debenture, to pay also without fee or reward, the intereft which fhall be due thereon, by virtue of this act, out of fuch monies as fhall be in his hands, arising out of fuch customs or duties, as are chargeable with the payment of any money for the exportation of corn; and the monies fo paid by him, in obedience to this act, fhall be accepted of in his account, as fo much money paid to his Majefty, his heirs or fucceffors, and he shall be discharged therefrom accordingly.

VIII. And be it further declared and enacted by the authority aforefaid, That every person to whom any money shall be payable for corn exported by virtue of any fuch debenture, and his or her executors, adminiftrators or affigns, by proper words of affignment to be indorfed upon fuch debenture, may affign and transfer his or her right and intereft therein, to any other; which indorsement shall intitle fuch affignee or affignees, his, her or their executors, administrators or affigns, to the benefit thereof, and payment thereon; and fuch affignee or affignees may in like manner affign again, and fo toties quoties, at any time before payment thereof shall be made by the faid general receiver or calhier of the customs as aforefaid.

IX. And whereas by the fixth article of the treaty of union, it is provided that all parts of the united kingdom for ever, from and after the union, fhall have the fame allowances, encouragements and drawbacks, and be under the fame prohibitions, reftrictions and regulations of trade, and liable to the fame customs and duties on import and export; and that the allowances, encouragements and drawbacks, prohibitions, reftrictions and regulations of trade, and the customs and duties on import and export fettled in England, when the union commences, ball from and after the union, take place throughout the whole united kingdom; be it therefore enacted by the authority aWhere there forefaid, That if at any time, from and after the twenty fifth in hand to pay day of March one thoufand feven hundred and fifty three, the the bounty on collector of the customs at any port in that of Great Britain callcorn exported ed Scotland, from which corn fhall be exported, thall not have from Scotland, fufficient in his hand to fatisfy and pay fuch fum or fums of money, be granted; which are or shall be due to any exporter, by virtue of the laws

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now in being, arifing out of the customs and duties, out of which it ought to be paid, that then fuch collector shall give to the perfon demanding fuch fum or fums of money, without fee or reward, a certificate under his hand, of what is due to fuch perfon for the corn exported from fuch port, certifying to the commiffioners of the customs at Edinburgh, that he hath not and the deben, monies in his hand fufficient to pay the fame; which certificate ture to be paid being annexed to the debenture for the corn fo exported, and beby the receiving produced to the commiffioners of the customs at Edinburgh, er general in they the faid commiffioners are hereby authorized and required, 3 months.

on demand by the perfon that fhall bring the fame, to cause the monies thereby due, to be paid in three months, by the general receiver or cashier of the cuftoms in Scotland, out of such monies hall be in his hand, arifing out of fuch customs or duties as

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cent. intereft,

X. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, Debentures That if at any time from and after the twenty fifth day of remaining unMarch one thousand seven hundred and fifty three, any deben- fatisfied for 6 ture for the bounty on corn exported, fo payable by the faid ge- months to neral receiver or cashier of the customs in Scotland, fhall remain carry 31. per unfatisfied more than fix months next following the day when the fame fhall or may have been produced to the commiffioners of the customs at Edinburgh as aforefaid, then and in such case for the forbearance or delay of payment of fuch money, as after the expiration of the faid fix months fhall be due on fuch debenture, intereft after the rate of three pounds per centum per annum thall be allowed to the proprietor or proprietors thereof, his, her or their executors, adminiftrators or affigns, fuch intereft to be computed from the end of the faid fix months, until the money due on fuch debenture, together with fuch intereft, fhall be paid, or until money fufficient fhall be reserved in the hand of the faid general receiver or cafhier of the cuftoms in Scotland for that purpose; and like notice shall be given there- Notice to be of in writing, to be affixed on one or more doors of fome pu- given when blick place or places in the custom-house at Edinburgh, and to the fame are be advertised in the Edinburgh Currant, that the faid general re- difcharged, ready to be ceiver or cashier is ready to pay and difcharge the principal and and interest to intereft due on fuch debentures; after the expiration of which ceafe. time limited in fuch notice, if payment of fuch principal and intereft fhall not be demanded, pursuant to the faid notice, all intereft on fuch debentures fhall ceafe and determine.

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XI. Provided alfo, That if at any time after the day prefix- If there fhall ed by the order of the faid commiffioners of the customs at E- be at any time dinburgh, for the payment of any fuch debenture fo produced to thereafter mothem, and before the end of fix months next following the day ney in hand on which the fame shall have been fo produced to them, the faid general receiver or cashier of the customs in Scotland fhall have debentures, money in his hand fufficient to fatisfy the fame, and the like no- and notice be tice fhall by him be given in manner before-mentioned, that he given, the inis ready to make payment thereof, and no demand of fuch tereft to cease. "payment shall be made within the time limited for fuch notice,

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- XII. Provided alfo, That all debentures for corn exported, Debentures in payable as aforefaid by the general receiver or cafhier of the cu- Scotland to be ftoms in Scotland, together with the intereft thereof, by virtue of paid by the this act (if any fuch interest shall be due) fhall be paid by the ceiver, and faid general receiver or cashier in courfe, refpect being had to the without undue times when fuch debentures fhall have been produced to the preference. commiffioners of the customs at Edinburgh as aforesaid, without any other preference of one before another, according to the indorsement to be made on the back of the faid debenture of the day when the fame was fo produced; and every fuch debenture fhall be payable to the person therein named, or to his or her