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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Lunae</HI> 4. <HI>Martii</HI> 1643.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<HEAD>An Ordinance for the Regulating of the Rates on the Cu&s;tomes and Exci&s;e of Tobacco.</HEAD>
<P>_FOra&s;much as the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, have taken notice of the Rates, Cu&s;tomes, and Exci&s;e, laid and impo&s;ed on Tobacco of all &s;orts, to bee greater and higher than it will now well beare, in regard of the di&s;turbance of Trade in foraign parts, and pre&s;ent di&s;tractions of this Kingdom: For the regulating where|of, and for the incouragement and ea&s;e as well of the Importer, as Ingro&s;&s;er, and Sel|ler of Tobacco;</P>
<P>It is Ordained by the &s;aid Lords and Commons, that all Tobaccoes of the Engli&s;h Plantations, imported or remaining in the hands of the Merchant or Importer, or the Ingro&s;&s;er or Buyer thereof, &s;hall bee liable to &s;uch Rates for the Exci&s;e, and &s;uch rules ob&s;erved for the &s;ame, as are &s;et down and pre&s;cribed in a late Ordinance of the 23. <HI>December,</HI> 1643. And for all Spani&s;h Tobacco, not of the Engli&s;h Plantation, imported and remaining in the hands of any Merchant or Importer, or the Ingro&s;&s;er or Buyer thereof, at the day of the date of this Ordinance, there &s;hall bee paid only &s;ix pence for every pound Exci&s;e for the &s;ame. Provided alvvayes, that no per&s;on &s;hall have any benefit of this moderation, but only &s;uch as &s;hall within foureteen dayes after the publication of this Ordinance, make his per&s;onall appearance at &s;uch Office of Exci&s;e, under which his dwelling place &s;hall bee, and there de|liver in a true particular account of all &s;uch Spani&s;h Tobaccoes, not of the Engli&s;h Plantations, as were remaining in his hands at the date of this Ordinance, and for which the Exci&s;e hath not been paid as a fore&s;aid, and &s;hall pre&s;ently, according to the re&s;pective rate of &s;ix pence upon a pound weight, pay and cleare the &s;aid duty of Exci&s;e, for all &s;uch Tobacco as hee had at, or before the day of the date hereof, re|maining in his hands, but bee proceeded again&s;t without favour or pardon, according to the &s;aid former Ordinance of Exci&s;e of the eleventh <HI>September</HI> la&s;t.</P>
<P>And it is further ordained by the &s;aid Lords and Commons, that for all Tobaccoes which have not before this Ordinance, paid the Cu&s;tome and Exci&s;e, or &s;hall from the day of the date hereof bee Impor|ted by any Merchant or others, into the Kingdome of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Port and Tovvn of <HI>Barwicke,</HI> the Importer or Ingro&s;&s;er thereof, &s;hall pay Cu&s;tome and Exci&s;e for the &s;ame, as followeth, <HI>viz.</HI> For all Spani&s;h and other Tobacco, not of the Engli&s;h Plantation, the Importer &s;hall pay &s;ix pence for every pound weight for Cu&s;tome, and the Ingro&s;&s;er or fir&s;t Buyer, one &s;hilling Exci&s;e for the &s;ame. And for all Tobaccoes of the Engli&s;h Plantations, which &s;hall bee Imported as afore&s;aid, the Importer &s;hall pay one penny <HI>per</HI> pound Cu&s;tome, and the Ingro&s;&s;er or fir&s;t buyer, two pence <HI>per</HI> pound for Ex|ci&s;e of the &s;ame, which re&s;pective &s;ummes of one &s;hilling and two pence, are to bee paid by the Ingro&s;|&s;er or buyer, upon &s;ale thereof, as is pre&s;cribed in the &s;aid Ordinance of the eleventh <HI>September</HI> la&s;t.</P>
<P>And la&s;tly, It is ordered and ordained by the &s;aid Lords and Commons, that no part of the Cu&s;tomes or Sub&s;idy paid by the Merchant or other, at the time of the Importation of his Tobacco, as is expre&s;&s;ed in the &s;econd Article in the Booke of Rates, &s;hall be allowed by the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Cu&s;tomes, or other officer or officers of the &s;everall Cu&s;tome-hou&s;es, to any Merchant or others upon the exportati|on of any Tobaccoes. Any order or Ordinance heretofore made to the Contrary in any wi&s;e, notwith|&s;tanding: Provided that this Ordinance &s;hall continue in force for the &s;pace of one whole yeare from the day of the date of this Ordinance, and no longer.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Joh. Browne Cleric. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Printed at</HI> London, <HI>by</HI> Richard Cotes, <HI>and</HI> John Raworth, <HI>1644.</HI></P>
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