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II. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing in Not to apply to this Ad fhall extend to or be construed to extend to empower the Penalties beyond faid Juftices to examine into, hear, or determine any Profecution for 501. fuch Penalties as aforefaid, in any Cafe wherein the fame fhall in the Whole exceed the Sum of Fifty Pounds, unless they fhall be fo empowered by any other A&t or As of Parliament now in force or hereafter to be made.

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III. And Whereas Doubts have arifen in Proceedings before Juftices of the Peace for Penalties or Forfeitures incurred by Offences against the Laws relating to His Majesty's Revenue of Caftoms, where fuch Juftices have iffued out Summons for the Appearance of the Party against whom fuch Proceedings have been inftituted, which Summons hath been left at the Houfe or ufual • Place of Refidence of fuch Party, whether the same should be deemed a good and fufficient Summons, and as legal and effectual a Notice as if the fame had been perfonally ferved upon fuch Party; for the • Reinoval of fuch Doubts,' Be it declared and enacted, That in all Proc-edings before any Jultice or Juftices of the Peace for any Fine, Penalty, or Forfeiture incurred under any Act or Acts of Parliament now in force, or hereafter to be made relating to His Majefty's faid Revenue of Cuttoms, every fuch Summons fo left as aforefaid, and directed to fuch Party by his, her, or their right or affumed Name, is and fhall be (except where particular Provifions are or shall be made for fummoning Offenders, or for condemning Seizures made from Perfons unknown) deemed to be as good and fufficient a Summons, and as legal and effectual a Notice as if the fame were perfonally served upon fuch Party, and as if the fame were directed to fuch Party, by his, her, or their proper Name or Names.

Service of
Summons at
Houfe fhall be

fufficient.

IV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That where any Juftices may Party fhail or may be convicted before any Two or more of His Ma- mitigate jefty's Justices of the Peace, in any Penalty or Penalties incurred by Penalties to any Offence against any A&t or As relating to His Majefty's faid One-half. Revenue of Cuttoms, wherein no Power of Mitigation fhall be given to the faid Juices. or where it fhall be given not fpecifically by the fame Act or Acts, but only by reference to fome other Law or Laws, it fhall and may be lawful for the faid Juftices, in Cafes where upon Confideration of the Circumftances they fhall deem it expedient fo to do, to mitigate the Payment of the faid Penalty or Penalties, fo as the Sum to be paid by fuch Party be not less than One-half of the Amount of the Penalty or Penalties in which fuch Party shall have been convicted.

V. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That where any Imprisonment fach Offender or Offenders fhail have been committed to any fuch expired fhall Gaol as aforefaid, for Default of fuch Diftrefs as aforefaid, and fhall clear from there remain until the Expiration of the Period for which he, fhe, or Fines they, fhall have been committed, he, she, or they fhall be wholly discharged from the Payment of fuch Penalty or Penalties, in respect whereof fuch Warrant of Diftrefs hath been iffued to all Intents and Purposes, as if the full Penalty or Penalties had been paid by the faid Offender or Offenders immediately upon his, her, or their Conviction therein.

VI. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That no In- Limitation of formation or Proceeding for any Fine, Penalty, or Forfeiture incurred Time for by any Offence against any Act or Acts now in force or hereafter Informations,

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Six Months.

43 G. 3. c. 115. $1.

All Cuftomable

and prohibited

Goods feized as fubject to For

feiture, fhall be

Conveyed to the

Cufom Houle,

within fortyeight Hours.

Caftomable and

prohibited Goods fcized as feloni oufly ftolen, fhall

be deposited in the Thames or

to be made, relating to His Majefty's faid Revenue of Customs, fhall be exhibited or inftituted before any Justice or Justices of the Peace after the Expiration of Six Months from the Time of committing the Offence whereby fuch Fine, Penalty, or Forfeiture hath been incurred.

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VII. And Whereas, by an Act made in the Forty-third Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An A&t to explain and ' amend Two Alls made in the Second, and Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefly, for preventing the committing of Thefts and Frauds by Perfons navigating Bum Boats and other Boats upon the River Thames, and for the more effectual Prevention of Depre dations thereon, fo far as relates to the Seizure of Excifeable Commodi ties, it is amongft other Things enacted, that all Goods, Wares, or Merchandize, fubject or liable to a Duty of Excife, which shall be topped, detained, or taken by any Police or Peace Officer or other Perfon or Perfons under and by virtue of the Acts of Par⚫liament therein recited, or under or by virtue of any other Authority 'whatever, for or by reafon of the fame having been unfhipped, fmuggled, or run on fhore, fhail, and the fame are thereby direct-d and required to be carried, conveyed, or taken to and depofited and lodged in the Chief Office of Excife in London, in order that fuch Articles and the Perfon or Perfons in, whofe Cultody or Poffeffion the fame were found, may be profecuted or proceeded against, as the Nature of the Cafe fhall or may require: And whereas it is expedient that ail Goods, Wars, or Merchandize hable to the Payment of the • Duties of Customs, and not to the Duties of Excife on Importation thereof, or which shall be prohibited to be imported, or prohibited to be worn or ufed in this Country, or which fhall be fubject to Forfeiture for being unfhipped without the Prefence of an Officer of the Customs, or for any other Caufe whatever under any Law relating to the Revenue of Cuftoms, which fhail be fo ftopped, detained, or taken, fhould be depofited and lodged in His Majesty's Warehouse at the Cuftom Houfe in London; Be it therefore further enacted, That all Goods, Wares, or Merchandize, which by any A&t or Acts now in force or hereafter to be made, are or may be liable to the Payment of the Duties of Cultoms, and not to the Duties of Excife on Importation thereof, or which are or may be prohibited to be imported or to be worn or ufed in this Country, or which are or may be fubject to Forfeiture for being unfhipped without the Prefence of an Officer of the Cuftoms, or for any other Caufe whatever under any Law relating to the Revenue of Cuftoms, and which fhall be fo ftopped, detained, or taken, fhall, and they are hereby directed and required to be carried, conveyed, or taken to and depofited and lodged in His Majefty's Warehoufe at the Cuftom House in London, within Forty-eight Hours after the fame fhall have been fo taken, flopped, or detained, in order that all fuch Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, and the Perfon or Perfons in whole Cuftody or Poffeflion the fame were found, may be profecuted or proceeded againft, as the Nature of the Cafe fhall or may require; any Thing in any Act or Acts of Parliament to the contrary notwithstanding.

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VIII. And be it further enacted, That in cafe any fuch Goods, Wares, or Merchandize, which are or may be fo liable to the Payment of the Duties of Cuftoms and not to the Duties of Excife, or which are or may be prohibited to be imported or to be worn or used in this Country,

of Offender.

Country, or which are or may be fo fubject to Forfeiture for being other Police unfhipped without the Prefence of an Officer of the Cuttoms, or Office, to be profor any other Caufe whatever under any Law relating to the Revenue duced on Trial of Cuftoms, fhall be ftopped, detained, or taken by any Police or Peace Officer or other Peifon or Perfons, on Sufpicion of the same having been feloniously ftolen, taken, or received, it fhall and may be Jawful to and for fuch Police or Peace Officer or other Perfon or Perfons fo ftopping, detaining, or taking the fame, to lodge and depofit all fuch Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, as aforefaid, in the Office of the Thames Police, or the Police Office nearest to the Place where the fame fhall be fo ftopped, detained, or taken as aforefaid, there to remain until and in order to be produced at the Trial of any Perfon or Perfons who shall or may be charged with feloniously ftealing, taking, or receiving the fame as aforefaid.

IX. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That every fuch Police Officer or Peace Officer or other Perfon or Perfons who fhall fo ftop, detain, or take any fuch Goods, Wares, or Merchandize as aforefaid, on Sufpicion of the fame having been fo feloniously stolen, taken, or received as aforefaid, fhall within Forty-eight Hours after he or they shall have ftopped, detained, or taken the fame as aforefaid, give Notice thereof in Writing to the Commiffioners for manag ing His Majesty's Customs, together with the Particulars of fuch Goods, Wares, and Merchandize fo ftopped, detained, or taken as aforefaid.

Notice of fuch
Detention shall
be given to the
Cuftom Houfe.

X. And be it further enacted, That when and fo foon as the Per- Such Goods fhall fon or Perfons fo charged with feloniously stealing, taking, or receiv- be carried to the ing any fuch Goods, Wares, or Merchandize as aforefaid, fhall have Custom Houfe been tried for the faid Felony, all fuch Goods, Wares, and Merchan- after Trial. dize as aforefaid, fhall be immediately conveyed to, and depofited in His Majesty's Warehouse at the Cuftom Houfe in London, to be profecuted or proceeded against for fuch Cause of Forfeiture as the fame may be liable to, or be reftored upon Payment of fuch Duties as may be due in refpe&t of the fame, to fuch Perfon or Perfons as may prove himself to be the legal Proprietor, or otherwife be dealt with in fuch Manner as the Cafe may require.

XI. And be it further enacted, That in cafe any fuch Goods, Warea, or Merchandize, which are or may be fo liable to the Payment of the Duties of Cuftoms, and not to the Duties of Excife, or which are or may be prohibited to be imported, or to be worn or ufed in this Country, or which are or may be fo fubject to Forfeiture for being unfhipped without the Prefence of an Officer of the Cuftoms, or for any other Caufe whatever under any Law relating to the Revenue of Customs, and which fhall be ftopped, detained, or taken as aforefaid, fhall not be conveyed to and depofited and lodged in His Majefty's Warehouse at the Custom Houfe in London, in the Manner and within the Time or Times refpectively by this Act directed, all fuch Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, fhall and may be feized or re-feized by any Officer or Officers of His Majefty's Customs, and the Party or Parties neglecting or refufing fo to convey to and depofit and lodge the fame in His Majefty's Warehouse at the Custom Houfe as aforefaid, fhall forfeit and lofe the Sum of Twenty Pounds, One Moiety whereof fhall be to His Majefty, His Heirs and Suc ceffors, and the other Moiety to him or them who shall inform or fue for the fame.

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House, may be feized or re

of Cuftoms; and feized by Officers the Party neglecting fhall forfeit 201.

23 G. 2. c. 26. § 12.

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No Holidays at the Excile cxcept Sundays, Christmas Day, Good Friday, &c.

Office Hours

from Eight to Three.

46 G. 3. c. 133.

$2.

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An Act for the Abolition of certain Holidays, and for altering
and extending the Time for keeping open the Chief Office of
Excife.
[3d June 1809.]
THEREAS by an Act paffed in the Twenty-third Year of the
Reign of His late Majelty King George the Second, amorgft
other Things, for appointing the Time for which the Excife Office
'fhall be kept open, it is provided that fuch Office fhall be kept open
from Eight of the Clock in the Morning, until Two of the Clock
in the Afternoon and no longer: And whereas certain Holidays
have been and are now kept at the faid Office, by which the Pub-
lick Business has often been delayed, and Individuals put to Incon-
venience: And whereas it would be for the Benefit of the Revenue,
and contribute materially to the Accommodation of the Publick, to
abolish many of the Holidays hitherto obferved, and to extend the
• Time for keeping open the Chief Office;' Be it therefore enacted
by the King's moft 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 from and after the paffing of this Act, no Holidays whatever
fhall be permitted or allowed to be kept at the Chiet Office, or at any
other Office of Excife, except Chriflmas Day and Good Friday in
every Year, and any Days which thall be appointed by His Ma-
jefty's Proclamation for the Purpose of a General Fait or Thankf
giving, and alfo the Anniverfaries of the Reftoration of His Majefty
King Charles the Second, and of the Coronation of His Majefty, and
the Birth Days of Their Majefties, and of His Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales; but that all Bufinefs at the faid Offices relating
to the Revenue of Excife fhall be carried on and performed on every
Day throughout the Year, Sundays and the Days before mentioned
only excepted, any Law, Cuftom, or Ufage, to the contrary notwith.
ftanding.

II. And be it alfo enacted, That from and after the faid paffing of this Act, the said Chief Office fhall be kept open from Eight of the Clock in the Morning until Three of the Clock in the Afternoon.

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CA P. LXVII.

An Ad to amend an Act paffed in the Forty-fixth Year of His prefent Majefty, for the Redemption and Sale of the Land Tax, and to make further Provision for exonerating Small Livings and Charitable Inftitutions from the Land Tax. [3d June 1809.] THEREAS by an A& paffed in the Forty-fixth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An A&t to amend an At paffed in the Forty-fecond Year of His prefent Majefly, for confolidating the feveral Alls paffed for the Redemption and Sa.e of the Land Tax, and to make further Previfion for exonerating Small Livings • and charitable Inftitutions from the Land Tax, after reciting that the Profits arifing to the Publick from the Redemption of Land Tax by Bodies Politic and Corporate, and Companies and Feoffees and ↑ Trustees for Charitable and other Publick Purposes, by Sales under

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the Authority of the Commiffioners appointed by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, for the Purpose of regulating, • directing, approving, and confirming fuch Sales, amounted to a very large Sum, and was likely to be confiderably increased by further Sales and Contracts for Sale for the Redemption of Land Tax under the Authority of the faid Commiffioners, and that it might be expedient to augment the Income of Small Livings or other Ecclefiaftical Benefices, and of Charitable Inftitutions, by exonerating the fame from the Land Tax charged on the Meffuages, Lands, Tene<ments, or other Hereditaments belonging to fuch Livings or other Ecclefiaftical Benefices or Charitable Inftitutions in the Manner ⚫ therein mentioned, it was enacted, that it should and might be lawful ⚫ for the Commiffioners appointed or to be appointed by Letters • Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain for the Purposes afore faid, at any Time within the Space of Two Years after the paffing of the faid Act, to direct the Exoneration and Difcharge of the Land Tax charged upon the Mefluages, Lands, Tenements, and other Hereditaments belonging to any Livings or other Eccle• fiaftical Benefices or Charitable Inftitutions in Cafes where the clear • Annual Income of fuch Livings or other Ecclefiaftical Benefices or • Charitable Inftitutions fhould not exceed the Sum of One hundred and fifty Pounds, without the Transfer or Payment of any Confideration for the fame, in the Manner and under the Directions and Restrictions in the faid At mentioned, provided that the • Annual Amount of Land Tax to be exonerated by virtue of the faid Act, under the Direction of the faid Commiffioners without the Transfer or Payment of any Confideration should not exceed the Sum of Six thousand Pounds: And whereas it appears from the • Proceedings of the faid Commiffioners in the Execution of the • Powers and Authorities vefted in them by the faid Act, of which • Proceedings a Statement has been laid before Parliament, purfuant to the Provifions for that Purpose in the faid Act contained, that they have directed the Exoneration and Difcharge of the Land Tax charged upon Meffuages, Lands, Tenements, and other Here- 5670l. 68. 31d. ditaments belonging to One thousand two hundred and fixty-three Livings or other Ecclefiaftical Benefices, and to Two hundred and ⚫eight Charitable Inftitutions in Cafes where the clear Annual Amount of fuch Livings or other Ecclefiaftical Benetices and Charitable In⚫ftitutions do not exceed the Sum of One hundred and fifty Pounds, without the Transfer or Payment of any Confideration in the Manner and under the Directions and Reftrictions in the faid A&t mentioned, and that the Annual Amount of Land Tax which has been fo exonerated is only Five thousand fix hundred and feventy Pounds Six Shillings and Three-pence Three Farthings: And whereas the [§3.] Time limited by the said Act, for tranfmitting to the faid Commiffioners the Memorials which were required by the faid Act, in order to entitle the Parties claiming fuch Exoneration to the Benefit thereof is expired: And whereas the Profits arifing to the Publick from the Redemption of Land Tax by Bodies Politic and Corporate and • Companies and Feoffees and Truttees for Charitable and other Publick Purposes, have been confiderably increased by further Sales and Contracts for Sale for the Redemption of Land Tax under the Authority of the faid Commiffioners fince the Time of paffing the faid recited Act, and much Benefit to the Publick may be expected

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1263 Benefices and 208 Chari

ties exonerated under Recited

Act from Land Tax, amounting to

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