of Treatury, may fioners of Excife, owing to any Default or Negligence in fuch Distiller or his Servants, with the Confent and that all fuch Worts, Walh, or Pot Ale were actually distilled at abate the Charge the Expiration of Nine Days, including the Day of brewing and of Duty. the Day of diftilling thereof, it fhall be lawful for the faid Commiffioners, by and with the Confent and Approbation of the Commiffioners for executing the Office of Lord High Treafurer, to remit, abate, or reduce any Charge of Double Duty which may have been made upon fuch Diftiller in refpe&t of fuch Worts, Wash, or Pot Ale not having been distilled at the Expiration of Six Days as aforefaid; any Thing in the faid recited Act to the contrary notwith. flanding. Notics of fuch be given by the Distillers to the vevor, Collector and Commif. fioners. Inhabitants of Townlands declared comperent Witneffes. XXXI. Provided always, and be it enacted, That whenever any fuch Accident by the burning or bursting of a Still fhall take place whereby any Diftiller fhall be prevented from the diftilling any Worts, Wash, or Pot Ale, within fuch Period of Six Days, fuch Diftiller fhall within Six Hours after fuch Accident, give Notice of fuch Accident to the Officer of Excife in charge of the Distillery of fuch Diftilier, and fhall within Twenty-four Hours next after fuch Accident give and tranfmit Notice thereof to the Surveyor of the Survey and Collector of Excise, of the District in which fuch Distillery is fituate, and to the Commiffioners of Inland Excife and Taxes, and in cafe of Negle or Failure in the giving or tranfmitting of fuch Notices as aforefaid, or any of them, fuch Diftiller fhall not be entitled to any Remiffion, Abatement or Reduction of Duty on account of fuch Accident, any Thing herein-before contained to the contrary notwithstanding. XXXII. And be it enacted, That in all Trials on Informations which may be traverfed under this or the faid recited Acts, no Inhabitant of a Parish, Townland, Manor or Lordship fhall be deemed an incompetent Witnefs on account of his being, or being fuppofed to be interefted as an Inhabitant in the Event of fuch Trial. "Powers of former Acts extended to this A&t. § 33. A& may be "altered this Seffion. § 34. TABLE referred to by this A&t. NUMBER of Charges of Singlings or Low Wines, for the Quantity of Spirits produceable wherefrom every Distiller in Ireland thall be chargeable with Duty within a Period of Four Weeks or Twenty-eight Days in refpect of every Still of fuch Diftiller, being of the feveral Contents following; that is to say, CAP. C. An Act to amend the feveral Acts for fecuring the Collection of the Duties on Auctions in Ireland. [15th June 1809.] HEREAS by an Act made in the laft Seffion of Parlia WH ment, intituled, An Ad to amend an A& made in the Forty 48 G. 3. c. 63. feventh Year of His prefent Majefty's Reign, for securing the Collection § 6. of the Duties on Audions in Ireland; it is among other Things pro ⚫vided and enacted, That upon any Sale by Auction of any Eftate, Goods, or Effects, feized for the Benefit of any Creditor in Execu⚫tion of any Judgment by any Sheriff or Sheriffs, or Perfon employed by him or them, the Sheriff or Sheriffs, under whofe Authority fuch Sale fhall be made, fhail be liable to and fhall be charged and chargeable with the full Auction Duty on all Goods and Effects fold at fuch Sale, and that a Return or Account of fuch Sale, and Payment of the Duty thereon, fhall be made by or on the Part of such Sheriff: And whereas it is expedient that no Auction Duty fhould ⚫ be paid on fuch Sales;' Be it therefore 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 Farliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That after the Expira- Sale by Auction tion of Ten Days after the paffing of this Act, in cafe the Sheriff of Eftates or under whofe Authority any fuch Sale fhall be made, or his Under- Effects taken in Sheriff, fhall certify at the Foot of the Return or Account of such Sale, that all the Eftate, Goods, and Effects, in fuch Account fpesified, were really the Property of the Perfon against whom fuch the Sheriff, as Judgment was had and obtained, and that the fame and every Part required by thereof were actually feized in Execution of the fame Judgment, in 47 G. 3. ft. 1. Dd 2 Manner c. 17. § 22. Execution ex empt from Duty, on Certificate of Fees fhall be payable on Criminal Profeentions accord ing to the following Table. Manner directed and contained in an A&t made in the Forty-feventh Year of His prefent Majefty's Reign, intituled, An A♬ to fecure the Collection of the Duties on Auctions in Ireland, and to prevent Frauds therein, fuch Certificate fhall be a fufficient Authority to the Examinator of Auction Duty in Dublin, or to the Collector of Excife of the District, as the Cafe may be, to discharge the faid Sheriff from all Duty on the Sale of fuch Goods by Auction, without any Payment of any fuch Duty, any Thing in the faid recited A&t of the laft Seffion of Parliament to the contrary in anywife notwithstanding. HEREAS WE CAP. CI. An Act to regulate the Fees payable by Perfons charged with To the Clerk of the Crown, or his Deputy, for each To the fame, for each Person that shall be indicted and To the fame, for each Perfon that shall be indicted and To the fame, for each Perfon whofe Trial shall be £. s. d. 2 13 4 1 13 4 To the fame, for filing every Affidavit that shall be fworn in relation to Criminal Bufinefs To the fame, for making out and attefting every Copy To the fame, for every Crown Summons in which the B. s. d. 7 9 3 4 To the fame, for every Certificate that may be required of him in relation to Crown Business To the fame, for the Copy of the Entry of each In- To the fame, for the Copy of each Indi&ment that he To the fame, for each Perfon whofe Trial shall be The fame to be paid by the Perfon charged in To the fame for each Perfon that shall be ordered to To the fame, for filing every Affidavit that shall be fworn in relation to Crown Business To the fame, for making out a Copy, and attefting every fuch Affidavit 3 4 To the fame, for every Crown Summons in which the Dd 3 5 that To the tame, for each Perfon whofe Trial shall be post- To the Gaoler for each Perfon that fhall be indicted and To the fame, for the Copy of each Committal and To the Crier attending Affizes or Seffions, for each For each Perfon whofe Trial fhall be poftponed, payable To the fame, for every Recognizance that shall be en- To the fame, for every other Affidavit that shall be fworn II. And be it further enacted, That if any Clerk of the Crown, Penalty on taking higher Fees, 101. Clerk of the Peace, or any of their Deputies, Sheriff or Under Sheriff, Gaoler or Under Gaoler, or Turnkey, or Crier at Affizes or Seffions, or other Person acting under them, or any of them, shall demand, take, or accept, any other or higher Fee than the Sum or Sums ftated and fet forth in the foregoing Schedule, for the feveral Matters and Things therein contained and specified, or for or on account of any other Matter or Thing whatfoever relating thereto, each and every fuch Person so offending fhall for each and every fuch Offence forfeit the Sum of Ten Pounds Sterling, to be recovered in any of His Majefty's Courts of Record in Dublin, by Action of Debt, Bill, or Plaint, in which no Effoign, Protection, or Wager of Law, or more than one Imparlance, fhall be allowed, or by Civil Bill, to be heard and determined by the Affitant Barristers at the Seffions of the Peace in fuch Counties as the faid Offences fhall be committed. III. And |