An Act for continuing several laws relating to the punishment of persons going armed or disguised in defiance of the laws of customs or excise; to the drawback of the duties upon copper bars exported; and to the duties upon foreign-made sail cloth; and also for encouragement of the silk manufactures; and for taking off several duties on merchandizes exported; and for encouraging the trade of the sugar colonies in America; and for vacating the security for the duty on salt lost in any river, or in port, after shipped; and for enlarging the time proving the loss of salt; and for relief of masters of ships with respect to the importation of soap and candles, contrary to an Act made in the twenty third year of His Majesty's reign; and also for the more efffectual payment of the bounties upon British-made sail cloth; and to impower the commissioners of the treasury to direct the payment of the bounty to John Henniker, and others, upon four ships fitted out for the whale fishery, and lost in the Greenland Seas; and also to Philip How, and others, upon two ships employed in the said fishery, notwithstanding some of the forms required by law in fitting out such ships, were not complied with.
Great Britain.
[London : printed by Thomas Baskett; and by the assigns of Robert Baskett,
1753]
At head of drop-head title: 'Anno vicesimo sexto Georgii II. Regis.' - Text in black letter.
Issued separately with a general titlepage, and also as part of: 'Anno Regni Georgii II. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, vicesimo sexto. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the tenth day of November, .. 1747. .. And from thence continued .. to the eleventh day of January, 1753. being the sixth session of this present Parliament.' - Imprint from general titlepage.
Last word of first line of text: 'here-'; first word of line below initial: 'ment'; last word of last full line of text: 'notwith-'.
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