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Sect. 43. AND be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the proper Officer or Officers of the Customs to take a Sample, not exceeding Half a Peck, from the Bulk of each Importation of Corn which have been already warehoused, and also from the Bulk of each Importation which hereafter shall be made and warehoused, and to keep the same until such Corn shall be taken out of the Warehouse, either for Exportation or Home Consumption, and to compare such Sample with the Corn so to be taken out, and if the same shall be found to agree therewith in Quality, the same to be returned; but if it shall appear not to agree therewith, in consequence of any Exchange of the Corn imported and warehoused having taken place, then and in such Case, the Corn so intended to be taken out shall be forfeited, and shall and may be seized by any Officer or Officers of the Customs.

Sect. 44. AND be it further enacted, That if any Person or Persons shall obstruct or hinder any such Officer or Officers of the Customs in taking any such Sample or Samples, the Person or Persons offending therein shall for each and every such Of fence severally forfeit the Sum of Two hundred Pounds.

Sect. 45. AND be it further enacted, That before any such Corn, Meal, or Flour shall be taken out of the Warehouse in which the same shall have been deposited, either for Home Consumption or Exportation, the said Corn shall be re-measured, and the said Meal or Flour re-weighed, in like Manner as when the same were imported at the Charge and Expence of the Proprietor or Proprietors, Occupier or Occupiers of such Warehouse or Warehouses, under the Inspection of and Certificate thereof delivered to the proper Officer of the Customs, in order to ascertain whether any of the Quantity originally imported and warehoused had or had not been removed or taken out of such Warehouse.

CORN.

Officer of Cus

toms to take that is wareSamples of Corn housed.

Penalty for ob structing Officers in taking Samples, 2007.

Corn when taken out of Warehouses to

be re-measured,

&c.

3o GEO. IV. Cap. 60.

An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Importation of
Corn.
[15th July 1822.]

WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to amend the Laws now in force for regulating the Im- 55 G. 3. c. 26. portation of Corn: And whereas it is expedient to alter and amend the said Act; be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That as soon as Foreign Wheat shall have been admitted for Home Consumption under the Provisions of the said Act,

When Scale of

Prices in re

CORN.

cited Act shall cease for Foreign Corn. Average Prices of British Corn for admitting Foreign Corn.

Duties on

the Scale of Prices at which the Home Consumption of Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour is permitted by the said Act shall cease and determine.

Sect. 2. AND be it further enacted, That thereafter Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour shall and may be permitted to be imported into the United Kingdom, and into the Isle of Man, for Home Consumption, under and subject to the Provisions and Regulations now in force, whenever the Average Prices of the several Sorts of British Corn, made up and published in the Manner now by Law required for regulating the Importation of Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour for Home Consumption, shall respectively be at or above the Prices herein-after mentioned; that is to say, whenever Wheat shall be at or above the Price of Seventy Shillings per Quarter; whenever Rye, Pease, or Beans shall be at or above the Price of Forty-six Shillings per Quarter; whenever Barley, Bear, or Bigg shall be at or above the Price of Thirty-five Shillings per Quarter; whenever Oats shall be at or above the Price of Twenty-five Shillings per Quarter.

Sect. 3. AND be it further enacted, That whenever Foreign Foreign Corn. Corn, Meal, or Flour shall be admissible under the Provisions of the above-recited Act or of this Act, there shall be levied and paid, upon all such Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour, when admitted for Home Consumption, whether such Corn, Meal, or Flour shall have been imported and warehoused previous to its becoming so admissible for Home Consumption or otherwise, the several Duties specified and set forth in the Schedule marked (A.) annexed to this Act.

When Scale of

Prices of recited
Act shall cease,
for British

North American
Corn.

Average Prices

of British Corn for admitting British North

American Corn.

Sect. 4. AND be it further enacted, That as soon as the Scale of Prices at which the Home Consumption of Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour is permitted by the above-recited Act, shall cease and determine according to the Provisions of this Act, then the Scale of Prices at which Corn, Meal, or Flour, being the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of any British Colony or Plantation in North America, is now by Law admissible for Home Consumption, under the Provisions of the said Act, shall also cease and determine.

Sect. 5. AND be it further enacted, That thereafter Corn, Meal, or Flour, of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of any British Colony or Plantation in North America, shall and may be permitted to be imported into the said United Kingdom, and into the Isle of Man, for Home Consumption, under and subject to the Provisions and Regulations now in force, whenever the Average Prices of the several Sorts of British Corn, made up and published in the Manner now by Law required for regulating the Importation of Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour for Home Consumption, shall respectively be at or above the

Prices herein-after mentioned; that is to say, whenever the Price of Wheat shall be at or above the Price of Fifty-nine Shillings per Quarter; whenever the Price of Rye, Pease, and Beans shall be at or above Thirty-nine Shillings per Quarter ; whenever the Price of Barley, Bear, or Bigg shall be at or above Thirty Shillings per Quarter; whenever the Price of Oats shall be at or above Twenty Shillings per Quarter.

Sect. 6. PROVIDED always, and be it further enacted, That whenever the Prices of British Corn respectively shall be below the Prices herein specified, Corn, or Meal or Flour made from any of the respective Sorts of Corn herein enumerated, the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of any British Colony or Plantation in North America, shall no longer be allowed to be imported into the United Kingdom for Home Consumption.

CORN.

When British American Corn shall no longer be imported.

Corn.

Sect. 7. AND be it further enacted, That whenever Corn, Duties on BriMeal, or Flour, of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of any tish American British Colony or Plantation in North America, shall be admissible for Home Consumption under the Provisions of the aboverecited Act or of this Act, there shall be levied and paid upon all such Corn, Meal, or Flour, when admitted for Home Consumption, whether such Corn, Meal, or Flour shall have been imported and warehoused previous to its becoming so admissible for Home Consumption, or otherwise, the several Duties specified and set forth in the Schedule marked (B.) annexed to this Act.

Sect. 8. AND be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, any Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour that may have been in Warehouse on the Thirteenth Day of May One thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, and may continue in Warehouse at the passing of this Act, may respectively be taken out of Warehouse for Home Consumption, whenever the Average Prices of British Corn, made up and published in the Manner and at the Time or Times now by Law required for regulating the Importation of Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour for Home Consumption, shall be as follows; (that is to say), whenever Wheat shall be at or above the Price of Seventy Shillings per Quarter; whenever Rye, Pease, or Beans shall be at or above the Price of Forty-six Shillings per Quarter; whenever Barley, Bear, or Bigg shall be at or above the Price of Thirty-five Shillings per Quarter; whenever Oats shall be at or above the Price of Twenty-five Shillings per Quarter; any thing in the aboverecited Act or in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding.

Sect. 9. PROVIDED always, and be it further enacted, That no such Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour now in Warehouse, shall be taken out of Warehouse under the Provisions aforesaid, unless there be previously levied and paid, upon the said Corn, Meal, or Flour, the several Duties specified and set forth in the

When Foreign Corn, warehoused before 13 May 1822,

may be taken out for Home

Consumption.

Duties on warehoused Foreign Corn, taken out

for Home Consumption.

CORN.

When British

warehoused before 13 May 1822, may be taken out for Home Consumption.

Schedule marked (A.) annexed to this Act: Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to charge any Duty upon any such Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour, being in Warehouse on the Thirteenth Day of May One thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, which shall be taken out of Warehouse for Home Consumption, after Foreign Corn shall be admissible for Home Consumption under the Provisions of the said recited Act of the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty.

Sect. 10. AND be it further enacted, That from and after American Corn, the passing of this Act, any Corn, Meal, or Flour, of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of any British Colony or Plantation in North America, that may have been in Warehouse on the Thirteenth Day of May One thousand eight hundred and twentytwo, and may continue in Warehouse at the passing of this Act, may respectively be taken out of Warehouse for Home Consumption whenever the Average Prices of British Corn, made up and published in the Manner and at the Time or Times now by Law required for regulating the Importation of Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour for Home Consumption, shall be as follows; (that is to say), whenever the Price of Wheat shall be at or above the Price of Fifty-nine Shillings per Quarter; whenever the Price of Rye, Pease, and Beans shall be at or above Thirtynine Shillings per Quarter; whenever the Price of Barley, Bear, or Bigg shall be at or above Thirty Shillings per Quarter; whenever the Price of Oats shall be at or above Twenty Shil lings per Quarter; any thing in the above-recited Act or in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding.

Duties on warehoused British American Corn taken out for Home Consumption.

Repeal of

Sect. 11. PROVIDED always, and be it further enacted, That no such Corn, Meal, or Flour, of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of any British Colony or Plantation in North America, now in Warehouse, shall be taken out of Warehouse under the Provisions aforesaid, unless there be previously levied and paid, upon the said Corn, Meal, or Flour, the several Duties specified and set forth in the Schedule marked (B.) annexed to this Act: Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to charge any Duty upon any such Corn, Meal, or Flour, the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of any British Colony or Plantation in North America, being in Warehouse on the Thirteenth Day of May One thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, which shall be taken out of Warehouse for Home Consumption after such Corn, Meal, or Flour shall be admissible for Home Consumption under the Provisions of the above-recited Act of the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty.

Sect. 12. AND whereas by an Act passed in the First and 1 & 2 G. 4. c. 87. Second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to repeal certain Acts passed in the Thirty-first, Thirty-third,

so far as relates

to Guernsey, &c.

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; it was enacted, that whenever the Ports of the United Kingdom, shall be shut against the Importation of Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour for Home Consumption, the Ports of the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark, shall be in like Manner shut against the Importation of such Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour, for Home Consumption; and that whenever any such Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour shall be permitted to be imported into the Ports of the United Kingdom for Home Consumption, Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour may in like Manner be imported into the Ports of the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark: And whereas it is expedient that so much of the said Act as relates to the said Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark should be repealed; be it therefore enacted, That so much of the said Act as relates to the said Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark, be and is hereby repealed.

Sect. 13. PROVIDED always, and be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, whenever the Ports of the United Kingdom shall be shut against the Importation of Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour for Home Consumption, the said Ports shall be also shut against the Importation of Corn, Meal, or Flour the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of the said Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark.

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