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AN
Extract of the Acts again&s;t Importing IRISH Cattel, &amp;c.
One Expired, the other not.</HEAD>
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<HEAD>An Act again&s;t Importing Cattel from Ireland.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">18 Car. 2. Cap. 2.</NOTE> WHereas by an Act Intituled an Act for the Incouragement of Trade, (&s;ince expired) &s;ome Provi|&s;ion
was made to prevent the coming in of va&s;t numbers of Cattel, whereby the Rents and
Values of Lands were much fallen, and like to fall more, to the great impoveri&s;hing of the
Kingdom, which neverthele&s;s hath been found ineffectual, and the Importation of Cattel &s;pecified, fat or lean,
dead or alive to be unnece&s;&s;ary, and very De&s;tructive to the welfare of the Kingdom.</P>
<P>It is Enacted. That Importation of Cattel from beyond the Seas, after 2 <HI>Feb.</HI> 1666. is a publick Nui&s;ance, and
&s;hall be &s;o adjudged.</P>
<P>That if any great Cattel, Sheep, or Swine, or any Beef, Pork or Bacon (except for Provi&s;ion for the Ship in
which the &s;ame &s;hall be brought) &s;hall after the &s;aid 2 of <HI>Febr.</HI> be Imported from beyond Seas into <HI>England</HI>
or <HI>Wales</HI> or <HI>Berwick,</HI> the Officers of the Pari&s;h or place may &s;eize and keep the &s;ame 48 hours in &s;ome conveni|ent
place there, within which time if the Owners or their Agents &s;hall make it appear to any Ju&s;tice of the
Peace of the County, by the Oath of two credible Witne&s;&s;es, that the &s;ame were not Imported from any place be|yond
the Seas, after the &s;aid 2 of <HI>Febr.</HI> then the &s;ame, by Warrant of &s;uch Ju&s;tice, to be delivered without delay,
but in default of &s;uch Proof and Warrant then to be Forfeited, one half to the Poor of the Pari&s;h, the other half
to the Per&s;on &s;eizing.</P>
<P>A Clau&s;e concerning Fi&s;hery.</P>
<P>Provided this Act not to hinder the Importation of Cattel of the breed of the I&s;le of <HI>Man,</HI> not exceeding
600 head yearly&punc; to be Landed only at <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> or &s;ome Member thereof.</P>
<P>This Act to continue to the end of 7 years, and thence to the end of the next Se&s;&s;ion of the next Parliament.</P>
<P>(Expired.)</P>
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<HEAD>An Additional Act again&s;t Importing Foreign Cattel.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">20 Car. 2. cap. 7.</NOTE> THe &s;aid former Act 18 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. recited at large almo&s;t <HI>verbatim.</HI> Notwith&s;tanding which Act great
Numbers of Cattel have been Imported in Foreign and <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Ships, in continuance of the &s;aid Nu|i&s;ance,
and high contempt of Authority of Parliament, and divers Officers and others for their own Lucre, com|bining
with the Owners of &s;uch Cattel, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> have colourably &s;eized, and fraudulently &s;old the &s;ame at low rates
to the Owners or their Agents: and others of the &s;aid Officers di&s;charging their Duty, have been therefore &s;ued
and mole&s;ted in Counties and places far di&s;tant, to their Charge and Di&s;couragement. For Vindication therefore
of the Authority of Parliament, and indempnifying &s;uch Officers and others faithfully executing the &s;aid Act, and
for &s;uppre&s;&s;ion of the &s;aid Nui&s;ance. <HI>It is enacted,</HI> That every Officer and others who have acted in the &s;eizure,
detaining or di&s;po&s;ing &s;uch Cattel, Goods, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> &s;hall be kept harmle&s;s again&s;t the Owner or any claiming under him.</P>
<P><HI>Provided,</HI> That not only the Officers, but any other Inhabitant within the Pari&s;h or place where &s;uch Im|portation
&s;hall be, may &s;eize &s;uch Cattel, Goods, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> and forthwith deliver the &s;ame to the Officer of &s;uch place,
to be kept and di&s;po&s;ed to the u&s;es in this Act, and in the &s;aid recited Act mentioned, or either of them.</P>
<P>In ca&s;e no &s;eizure by any Officer or Inhabitant within &s;uch Pari&s;h or place where Cattel, Goods, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> is fir&s;t
Imported, &s;uch Pari&s;h or place for every default &s;hall Forfeit the &s;umm of 100<HI>l.</HI> to the u&s;e of the Hou&s;e of Cor|rection
of the &s;aid County or liberty, the Moneys &s;o Forfeited and other Forfeitures by this Act, and the &s;aid reci|ted
Act or either of them to be accounted for according to the Statute 43 <HI>Eliz. c.</HI> 2.</P>
<P>Every Ship with her tackle in which any Cattel, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> after 24 <HI>Mar.</HI> 1667. &s;hall be Imported, &s;hall be
Forfeited, and it &s;hall be lawful for any per&s;on within a year after &s;uch Importation to &s;eize and make &s;ale thereof,
half the Money to the u&s;e of the Poor of the Pari&s;h, and the other half to the u&s;e of the Seizor. Any Ju&s;tice of
Peace of the County or chief Officer of the Town near the place of Importation may by Warrant cau&s;e the Ma|&s;ter
and Seamen of &s;uch Ships and others imployed in Landing, Driving or taking Care of &s;uch Cattel to be ap|prehended
and committed to the Gaol of the County for three months without Bail.</P>
<P>When through any fraudulent Agreement or connivance of the Officers or otherwi&s;e, it &s;hall happen that any
Cattel, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> after the fir&s;t &s;eizure of them by Virtue of the afore&s;aid Act &s;hall be found in any other Pa|ri&s;h
than where the &s;ame &s;hall be fir&s;t &s;eized, then it &s;hall be lawful for any the Officers of &s;uch Pari&s;h or place
where &s;uch Cattel, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> &s;hall be found, to &s;eize and di&s;po&s;e of the &s;ame as Forfeited. The one Moiety to the poor
of the Pari&s;h, the other to the u&s;e of the Seizor, any former &s;eizure in any other Pari&s;h or Place notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>That if any Suit &s;hall be commenced or pro&s;ecuted again&s;t any per&s;on for any &s;eizure by vertue of this or the
afore&s;aid Act, and upon Tryal it &s;hall not be proved to the Jury that the cau&s;e of &s;uch &s;uit did ari&s;e within &s;uch
County where &s;uch Action is laid and Tryed, the Defendant &s;hall be found <HI>Not Guilty,</HI> without having regard to
any Evidence by or for the Plaintiff.</P>
<P>That if any Action or Suit be commenced for any Seizure or other thing in this or the afore&s;aid Act, &s;uch per|&s;on
&s;o &s;ued may plead the general I&s;&s;ue, and give this and the afore&s;aid Act in Evidence; and if the Plaintiff be
Non &s;uit or forbear Pro&s;ecution, or &s;uffer di&s;continuance, or if a Verdict pa&s;s again&s;t him, the Defendant &s;hall have
treble Co&s;ts with like remedy, as where Co&s;ts by Law are given to the Defendant.</P>
<P><HI>Prov<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;o,</HI> Not to hinder the Importing Cattel of the breed of the I&s;le of <HI>Man,</HI> not exceeding 600 head yearly, to
be Landed at <HI>Che&s;ter</HI> or &s;ome Member thereof, and not el&s;ewhere.</P>
<P>If any &s;hall confederate to evade the &s;eizures and forfeitures upon Importation of Cattel <HI>&amp;c.</HI> in this pre|&s;ent
Act, and put the &s;ame in Execution, every &s;uch per&s;on Indicted within one year after &s;uch Offence, and
convicted according to Law, &s;hall incurr the danger of Praemunire 16 <HI>Rich.</HI> 2.</P>
<P>(Not Expired.)</P>
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