Mixture of other Materials therewith, in Manner in the faid A&t mentioned, or made of fuch old Ropes or Cordage mixed with fuch refufe Materials only, as are not fit for making any Paper chargeable with a Duty exceeding One Penny per Pound Weight, fhall be liable to the faid Duty of One Penny per Pound Weight, and fhall be denominated Paper of the Second Cals under the faid recited A&ts; and that fo much of the faid laft recited Act as directs, that if in any Engine of any Paper Maker of which Notice fhall be given as aforefaid, any Materials fhall be found other than old Ropes or Cordage, fuch Paper Maker fhall forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds, shall be and the fame is hereby repealed. II. And be it further enacted, That if in any Engine of any Paper Maker, of which Notice fhall be given under the faid latt recited Act as employed in the making of Paper chargeable with a Duty not exceeding One Penny for every Pound Weight thereof, any Materials fit for making a higher priced Paper than fuch Paper as old Ropes or Cordage will make, or any Materials fit for making or which can be employed in making any Paper chargeable with a Duty exceeding One Penny for every Pound Weight thereof, fhall be at any Time found, then and in every fuch Cafe fuch Paper Maker shall forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds, to be recovered and applied in like Manner as any other Penalty of like Amount may be recovered and applied under or by virtue of the faid laft recited Act. III. And be it declared and enacted, That every Paper Maker in Ireland fhall be charged and chargeable with, and fhall pay for and in refpect of every Vat or Wet Prefs whichever fhall be moft in Number, which fhall at any Time be kept or ufed by fuch Paper Maker, the feveral and respective Sums which by the faid recited A&t of the Forty-feventh Year aforefaid, for amending the Acts for regulating and fecuring the Collection of the Duties on Paper made in Ireland, are charged and made payable for or in refpect of any Vat or Wet Prefs of fuch Paper Maker, whether fuch Sum is charged and made payable for any Vat or Wet Prefs kept or ufed, or for any Vat or Wet Prefs kept and ufed by any fuch Paper Maker, at fuch Time and in fuch Proportions as in the faid laft recited Act is mentioned, fpecified, and contained. "Powers of recited Acts, 47 G. 3. ft. 1. c. 18. and c. 38. extended to this Act. §4. CA P. LXXVIII. Brown Paper made of Cordage, or of Materials fit only for inferior Paper, fhall be liable to the Duty of 1d. per lb. and be Clafs, &c. An Act for raising the Sum of One million two hundred and CA P. LXXIX. An Act for raising the Sum of Five hundred thousand Pounds by Treafury Bills for the Service of Ireland for the Year One thousand eight hundred and nine, [10th June 1809.] M 4 CAP. of the Second 10 G. 1. c. 10. § 31, &c. Dealers in Coffee may roaft their own Coffee on CA P. LXXX. An Act for allowing Dealers to roast their own Coffee on WH HEREAS by an A&t made in the Tenth Year of the Reign of King George the Firft, among other Things for repealing certain Duties therein mentioned, payable upon Coff. e imported, and ⚫ for granting certain Inland Duties in heu thereof, the Cmmiffioners for the faid Inland Duties for the Time being, or the major Part of them, are authorifed and empowered to provide Houses for the roafting of Coffee, and to appoint Officers for attending the fame, ⚫ and One or more Perfon or Perfons well skilled in the roafting of Coffee, to attend at each fuch Roating Houfe for that Purpose; and it was by the faid Act directed, that from and after the providing of fuch Roafting Houfes, and during the Continuance of the fame for the Purposes aforefaid, no Coffee Berries fhould be roafted, burnt, or dried in Great Britain. in order to make the fame fit for Sale, but in some or One of those Houses, under the Penalties in the faid A&t mentioned, and certain other Provifions were by the faid Act made with respect to fuch Roafting Houses: And whereas it is expedient to allow ail Sellers of and Dealers in Coffee to roalt their own Coffee, under, fubject, and according to the Rules and Regulations herein after mentioned;' Be it therefore enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majelly, 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 all Sellers of and Dealers in Coffee fhall be at liberty to roaft his, her, or their own Coffee, under, subject, making Entry at and according to the Rules and Regulations herein-atter mentioned; that is to fay, Every fuch Seiler of and Dealer in Coffee, being delirous to roaft Coffee, fhall, before he, she, or they, fhail prefume to roalt any Coffee, make true and particular Entry in Writing at the next Office of Excife, of One or more Room or Rooms for that Purpose, which Room and Rooms refpectively shall either be adjoining or as near as poffible to the Rooms or Places by him, her, or them entered and made ufe of, for keeping Raw Coffee; and if any Seller of or Dealer in Coffee fhall prefume to roatt any Coffee in any Room or Place whereof he, fhe, or they fhall not have made fuch Entry as aforefaid, the Perfon or Perfons fo offending fhall for every fuch Offence forfeit and lose the Sum of Fifty Pounds, together with all the Coffee which fhall at any Time be found in any fuch Room or Place whereof no fuch Entry fhall be made: Provided always nevertheless, that no Seller of or Dealer in Coffee, who fhall at any Time receive into his, her, or their Custody or Poffeffion, any unroasted Coffee, lefs in Quantity than Fifty-fix Pounds, fave and except Coffee returned to him, her, or them, by any Cuftomer for being difliked, fhall be at liberty to roaft, or put in Operation of roafting, or fhall prefume to roaft, or put in operation of roafting, any Coffee; and if any Seller of or Dealer in Coffee fhall contrary to the Directions of this Act, prefume to roaft, or put in operation of roafting, any Coffee, he, she, or they fhall, for each and every fuch Offence, forfeit and lofe the Sum of Fifty Pounds, together with all fuch Coffee by him, her, or them fo roafted or put in operation of roafting. the next Office of Excife. Penalty for not making Entry 501. Dealers receiving unroafted Coffee in lefs Quantity than 56lbs. fhail not be permitted to roaft Coffee. Penalty 501 II. And II. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to Officers of Exand for the Officers of Excife, or any or either of them, from Time cife may enter to Time and at all Times by Day and by Night upon his or their the Premifes of Dealers, Request (but if in the Night in the Prefence of a Conftable, or other lawful Officer of the Peace), to enter into all and every Room and Rooms entered or made ufe of by any fuch Importer, Seller, or Dealer in Coffee, for the Purpose of roafting or burning Coffee, and to infpect, examine, weigh, or take Account of all the Coffee, either raw, roafting, or roafted, which fhall at any Time be in any fuch Room or Rooms, and to remain and continue in any fuch Room or Rooms during the Time that any Coffee fhall be in the Operation of roafting. III. And be it further enacted, That it fhall and may be lawful to and may take and for the Officers of Excife, or any or either of them, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to take at any Time and Times a Sample or Samples of any Coffee, either raw, roafting, or roafted, which fuch Officer or Officers fhall at any Time find in any fuch Room or Rooms, paying for every fuch Sample the ufual Price thereof; and in cafe any Seller or Sellers, or Dealer or Dealers in Coffee, or Penalty for reany Workman or Servant to him, her, or them belonging, fhall refuse fufing Samples, to permit fuch Officer or Officers to take fuch Sample or Samples as aforefaid, upon his or their offering to pay for the fame after the Rate aforefaid, or fhall anywife obftruct or hinder him or them in taking fuch Sample or Samples, fuch Seller or Sellers, or Dealer or Dealers in Coffee to offending, fhall for each and every such Offence forfeit and lofe the Sum of One hundred Pounds. "Commiffioners may permit the Ufe of the prefent roafting Houses "till 08. 10, 1809. § 4, Samples of Coffee. 1001. V. And be it further enacted, That if any Perfon what foever Penalty on fhall affault, oppose, molest, obftruct, or hinder any Officer or Officers obftructing Offiof Excife in due Execution of this Act, or of any of the Powers or cers, 1001. Authorities hereby granted other than in any Cafe for which a Penalty is herein-before fpecitically impofed, all and every fuch Perfon or Perfons fo offending fhall for every fuch Offence severally forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds. VI. And whereas the Officers who before and at the Time of paffing this Act were employed in the roatting of Coffee may, by reafon of the Liberty given by this Act, be without fuch Employ 'ment, and may thereby lofe their Salaries, and it is therefore expedient that fome Compenfation fhould be made to fuch Officers for the Lofs of fuch their Salaries;' Be it therefore enacted, That Compenfation to it fhall and may be lawful to and for His Majefty, His Heirs and Officers for Lofs Succeffors, by Warrant under his or their Sign Manual, to direct of Salary for during Pleafure the Commiffioners of Excife to pay to fuch Officers roafting Coffee. out of the Revenue of Excife fuch Yearly Allowances as His Majefty, His Hers or Succeffors, fhall judge fit, fo as no Allowance to any fuch Officer fhall exceed Three-fourths of the Yearly Amount of the Salary of which he or they is, are, or fhall be deprived in confequence of fuch Liberty as aforefaid being given by this Ac. VII. And be it further enacted, That all Fines, Penalties, and For- Penalties feitures impofed by this A&t fhall and may be tued for, levied, recovered, shall be levied and mitigated by fuch Ways, Means, and Methods as any Fine, and recovered Penalty, or Forfeiture is or may be recovered or mitigated by any Law as under former or Laws of Excile, or by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Informa. Laws of Excise. 47 G. 3. ft. 2. c. 30. § 13. repealing 34 G. 3. c. 20. $9. Inftead of Penalty of 500l, under 34 G. 3. c. 20. Perfons counterfeiting Marks on Paper, or having Paper in their Poffeffion with fuch counterfeit ed Marks, &c.. fall be guilty of Felony, and tranfported for feven years. tion in any of His Majefty's Courts of Record at Veflminfler, or in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland; and that one Moiety of every fuch Fine, Penalty, or Forfeiture shall be to His Majefty, His Heirs and Succeffors, and the other Moiety to him or them who fhall difcover, inform, or fue for the fame. CA P. LXXXI. An Act to amend feveral Laws of Excife relating to Paper, feventh Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, among other Things to amend feveral Laws of Excife in Great Britain, fo much of an Act, made in the Thirty-fourth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefly, as is recited in the faid Clause is repealed, fave and except as is therein excepted, and it is by the faid Claufe • enacted, that if any Perfon or Perions whatever fhall counterfeit or forge, or cause to be counterfeited or forged, any Stamp, Device, or Label provided or directed to be ufed in purfuance of the faid A&t made in the Thirty-fourth Year of the Reign of His faid Majefty, every Perfon fo offending, and being thereof duly convicted, fhail be adjudged a Felon, and fhall for fuch his, her, or their Offence, be tranfported as a Felon or Felons for the Space ⚫ of Seven Years: And whereas by the faid Act of the Thirty-fourth Year of the Reign of His taid Majefty, it was alfo enacted, That if any Perfon or Perfons fhould counterfeit, forge, or resemble the Mark or Impreffion of any fuch Stamp or Device in Manner therein mentioned, or fhould have in his, her, or their Custody or Poffeffion, or fhould utter, vend, or tell any Paper with fuch a counterfeit or forged Mark or Impreffion as is therein mentioned, knowing the fame to be counterfeited or forged, or fhould upon any Ream, Bundle, or Quantity of Paper as is therein mentioned, knowingly put or place any Cover, or Wrapper having thereon fuch counterfeit or forged Mark or Impreffion as is therein mentioned, or any fuch counterfeit Label, every fuch Perion fo offending therein fhould, for every fuch Offence, forfeit the Sum of Five hundred Pounds: And whereas in lieu of the faid pecuniary Penalty of Five hundred Pounds by the faid A&t impofed it is expedient to extend the Provifions of the faid Act of the Fortyfeventh Year of the Reign of His faid Majelty to Perfons guilty of any of the faid Offences lattly hereinbefore recited;' 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, if any Perfon or Perfons whatever shall upon any Cover or Wrapper of or belonging to or used with or upon any Label affixed to any Ream or Quantity of Paper, or upon any Pafteboard, Millboard, Scale board, or glazed Paper, counterfeit, forge, or refemble the Mark or Impreffion, or any Stamp or Device provided or directed to be ufed in purfuance of the faid A&t of the Thirty-fourth Year of His faid Majesty's Reign, or or fhall have in his, her, or their Cuftody or Poffeffion, any fuch counterfeit Stamp or Device, knowing the fame to be counterfeited, or fhall have in his, her, or their Cuttody or Poffeffion, or fhall utter, vend, or fell any Paper with a counterfeit or forged Mark or Impreffion of any fach Stamp or Device on the Cover or Wrapper of such Paper, or on any Label affixed thereto, or any Pasteboard, Millboard, Scale board, or glazed Paper, with a counterfeit or forged Mark or Impreffion of any fuch Stamp or Device upon fuch Pafteboard, Millboard, Scale board, or glazed Paper, or upon any Label affixed thereto, knowing the fame to be fo counterfeited or forged, or fhall upon any Ream or Quantity of Paper which has not been duly entered with the proper Officer or Officers, and charged with the Duty of Excife impofed for or in refpect of fuch Paper, knowingly put or place any Cover or Wrapper having thereon fuch counterfeit or forged Mark or Impreffion, or any fuch counterfeit Label, every Perfon, fo in either of the faid Cafes offending, and being thereof duly convicted, fhall, in lieu and inftead of the laid Penalty of Five hundred Pounds, be adjudged a Felon, and fhall for fuch his, her, or their Offence be tranfported as a Felon or Felons for the Space of Seven Years. II. And whereas, by an A&t, made in the Forty-third Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act to repeal the 43 G. 3. c. 69. Duties of Excife payable in Great Britain, and to grant other Duties in lieu thereof, the Duties on Licences impofed by an Act made in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majefty, • intituled, An Ad for laying certain Duties upon Licences to be taken 24 G. 3. c. 41. out by the Makers of and Dealers in excifeable Commodities therein mentioned, were repealed, and other Duties on Licences are by the faid first mentioned A&t impofed in lieu of the faid Duties on Licences fo repealed, and among the Duties fo repealed was a Duty of Ten Pounds on every Licence to be taken out by every Calico Printer, and by every Printer, Painter, or Stainer of Silks, Linens, Cottons or Stuffs: And whereas by the faid Act of the Forty-third Year of the Reign aforefaid a Duty of Ten Pounds is impofed on 6 every Licence to be taken out by every Calico Printer, and by every Printer, Painter, or Stainer of Linens, Cottons or Stuffs, but by Mitake no Licence Duty is by the faid Act of the Fortythird Year of His faid Majefty's Reign impofed on any Printer, Painter or Stainer of Silks, and it is therefore expedient to rectify the faid Miftake;' Be it therefore enacted, That from and after the Printers, &c.of paffing of this A&t, every Printer, Painter, or Stainer of Silks, fhall Silks, thall take take out fuch Licence, and pay for the fame fuch Sum of Money as he, fhe, or they would have been fubject and liable to if the faid A&t of the Forty-third Year of the Reign aforefaid had not been made, and fhail alfo be fubject and liable to the like Penalties for every Neglect to take out or renew any fuch Licence as fuch Perfon or Perfons would have been fubject or liable to if the faid last mentioned Act had not been made. out Licences as under 24 G. 3. c. 41. III. And whereas by the faid A&t, made in the Forty-third Year 43 G. 3. c. 69 of the Reign of His prefent Majetty, a Duty is impofed on Salted [Schedule A. Beef, Pork or Bacon, brought by Land from Scotland to England, Salt) to be paid by the Perfon bringing the fame upon Entry thereof at the nearest Office of Excife in England, on Pain of the Forfeiture • of fuch Beef, Pork, or Bacon, or the Value thereof: And whercas |