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<P>AN ACT For laying an IMPOSITION UPON COALS Towards the Building and Maintaining Ships for Guarding the Seas.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Veneris, 28 Martii, 1651.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P><HI>ORdered by the Parliament, That this Act be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>LONDON:</HI> Printed by <HI>John Field,</HI> Printer to the Parliament of <HI>England.</HI> 1651.</P>
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<HEAD>AN ACT For laying an IMPOSITION UPON COALS Towards the Building and Maintaining SHIPS for Guarding the Seas.</HEAD>
<P>_THe Parliament of <HI>Eng|land</HI> taking into their &s;erious con&s;ideration the manifold Lo&s;&s;es and great Prejudice &s;u&s;tained by the Mer|chants, and other the Good People of this Commonwealth, by rea&s;on of the many Py|rats and Sea-Rovers that infe&s;t the Coa&s;ts of this Common|wealth; and being de&s;irous to prevent the like for the future, by Building and Main|taining of &s;o many good and able Ships as may Secure and Encourage Trade and Commerce: For and towards the Build|ing and Maintaining of which Ships, Be
<PB N="1326" REF="3">it Enacted and Ordained by this pre&s;ent Parliament, and the Authority thereof, That from and after the Fir&s;t day of <HI>April,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and one, there &s;hall be payable and paid for and upon all Coals, commonly called <HI>Sea-Coal, Pit-Coal, Stone-Coal,</HI> or <HI>Kannel-Coal,</HI> brought or Tran&s;ported from <HI>Newca&s;tle, Sunderland, Swan|&s;ey,</HI> or other Ports of this Nation, or Im|ported from <HI>Scotland</HI> into, or unto any Port, Creek or Harbor of this Commonwealth, by way of Impo&s;ition as afore&s;aid, over and be&s;ides the Sub&s;idy, or other Duties payable for any &s;ort of the &s;aid Coals, by any Law or Ordinance now in force, the &s;everal Rates and Prices hereafter follow|ing; that is to &s;ay,</P>
<P>For all &s;uch of the &s;aid Coals as have been, or u&s;ually are &s;old by the Chalder, for every Chalder thereof containing Thirty &s;ix Bu&s;hels <HI>Winche&s;ter</HI> Mea&s;ure, the Sum of Two &s;hillings of lawful Engli&s;h Money.</P>
<P>And for &s;uch other of the &s;aid Coals as have, or u&s;ually are &s;old by the Stack, Ruck, Fathom, or other uncertain Denomination, for every Tun thereof containing Twenty hundred weight, the Sum of Twelve pence of like Money.</P>
<P>And for every Tun of Scotch-Coal Im|ported as afore&s;aid, containing Twenty hun|dred weight, the Sum of Two &s;hillings &s;ix pence of like Money: Which Rates and Sums of Money &s;hall be an&s;wered and paid at the Cu&s;tom-hou&s;es of the re&s;pective Ports of this Commonwealth to the Commi&s;&s;ioners for the Cu&s;toms for the time being, or
<PB N="1327" REF="3">their Deputies in the re&s;pective Ports of this Nation, where any Coals &s;hall arrive, by the Ma&s;ter or other per&s;on taking charge of any Ship, or other Ve&s;&s;el bringing Coals into any Port, Creek or Harbor of this Com|mon-wealth, before the Vn&s;hipping or Land|ing of any part of the &s;aid Coals then Laden on Board the &s;aid Ship or Ve&s;&s;el &s;o arriving as afore&s;aid within any Port, Creek or Harbor of this Common-wealth. All which Moneys the Commi&s;sioners for the Cu&s;toms for the time being, their Deputy and Deputies, are hereby required to re|ceive upon Accompt, and &s;hall from time to time i&s;&s;ue out the &s;ame unto the Trea&s;urer of the Navy, as by Order in Writing, &s;igned by five of the Committee of Parliament for the Navy and Cu&s;toms, the &s;aid Commi&s;|&s;ioners &s;hall be directed and appointed.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any Coals &s;o imported or tran&s;ported as afore&s;aid, &s;hall at any time be Vn&s;hipped or Landed; the afore&s;aid &s;everal Impo&s;itions or &s;ums of Money by this Act due and payable for the &s;ame not paid or lawfully tendered to the Commi&s;sioners, or Collectors of the Cu&s;toms, or one of them, or their Deputies as afore&s;aid, or Agreement with them or one of them made for the &s;ame in the open Cu&s;tom-hou&s;e, with the Privity or Agreement of the Check there; That all the &s;aid Coals &s;o Vn&s;hipped or Landed as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be forfeit and lo&s;t; the one moyety thereof to be to him or them that &s;hall &s;eize, or &s;ue for the &s;ame; and the other moyety or the value thereof, or the Fine or
<PB N="1328" REF="4">Compo&s;ition for the &s;ame, to be paid to the Commi&s;sioners of the Cu&s;toms for the time being, for the u&s;e of the Navy. And for the better levying of the &s;aid Duties and Impo|&s;itions afore&s;aid, and di&s;covering of the true Quantities of all Coals tran&s;ported or im|ported as afore&s;aid;</P>
<P>It is further Enacted by the Authority a|fore&s;aid, That all and every Ma&s;ter and Ma&s;ters of Ships and Ve&s;&s;els tran&s;porting any &s;ort of Coal from Port to Port within this Nation, &s;hall upon his or their arrival in any Port or Creek of this Nation, forthwith repair unto the Cu&s;tom-hou&s;e there, and be|fore the Collectors and Check for that Port, &s;hall make Report in writing upon Oath (if thereunto required) of the true quantity or number of the Chalders or Tuns of Coals, according to the Computations afore&s;aid, by him or them imported in his or their &s;aid Ship or Ve&s;&s;el; And before he or they &s;hall break bulk, or di&s;charge out of his or their &s;aid Ship or Ve&s;&s;el any part of the &s;aid Coals, &s;hall duly &s;atisfie and pay the Impo&s;t thereof, ac|cording to the rates and values before men|tioned. And that in ca&s;e any Ma&s;ter or other per&s;on taking charge of any &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, &s;hall refu&s;e to declare as afore&s;aid, or &s;hall break bulk, or unload any part of the &s;aid Coals before the Duties afore&s;aid payable thereupon &s;hall be &s;atisfied, and paid in maner afore&s;aid, or &s;hall depart from the Port until he hath received from the Officers for the Cu&s;toms, a full clearing of his &s;aid Ship or Ve&s;&s;el inwards; That all and every Ma&s;ter and Ma&s;ters &s;o offending as afore&s;aid, &s;hall
<PB N="1329" REF="4">forfeit and lo&s;e the &s;um of Ten pounds; the one moyety thereof, or of the Fine or Compo|&s;ition for the &s;ame, to be paid to the Commi&s;|&s;ioners of the Cu&s;toms for the u&s;e of the Navy as afore&s;aid, and the other moyety thereof to be to him or them that will &s;ue for and pro|&s;ecute the &s;ame in the Publique Exchequer, or any other Court of Record of this Com|mon-wealth.</P>
<P>And for the better di&s;covering and preven|tion of &s;uch frauds (as may by ill di&s;po&s;ed per&s;ons be endeavored to be practi&s;ed in di|minution of the Duties &s;o impo&s;ed as afore|&s;aid) It is further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That in all Ports and places of this Nation where &s;worn Meters are allowed, the Major, Bailiffs, or other chief Officer of &s;uch Port or place where any Coals &s;hall be mea&s;ured by the &s;worn or Publique Me|ters, to whom &s;uch Publique Meters are accomptable from time to time, &s;o &s;oon as any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el bringing Coals into the &s;aid Port &s;hall be unladen, &s;hall make Cer|tificate or Report in Writing to the Col|lectors and other Officers of the Cu&s;toms in the &s;aid Port, of the true contents, quan|tity and number of Chalders or Tuns of Coals mea&s;ured, weighed, or unladen out of each Ship or Ve&s;&s;el di&s;charged in that Port re&s;pectively; And that in places where no &s;worn Meters are appointed by the Pub|lique Officers there, or where &s;uch as are imployed as Publique Meters &s;hall be found or &s;u&s;pected to be unfaithful in their Tru&s;t, It &s;hall be lawful for the Commi&s;sioners and Collectors of the Cu&s;toms in &s;uch Ports
<PB N="1330" REF="5">and places, to appoint one or more fit and able per&s;ons, either upon Oath or without Oath, as to them in their di&s;cretion &s;hall &s;eem meet, to mea&s;ure, weigh, and take ac|compt of the quantity of Coals imported in any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el arriving in the &s;aid Port and di&s;charged there, or to in&s;pect the Acti|ons and make Report unto the Commi&s;si|oners or Collectors of the Cu&s;toms, of the behavior and demeanor of the &s;aid &s;worn Meters therein; And that if any &s;worn Meter &s;hall be found unfaithful in his Tru&s;t, or &s;hall make a fal&s;e Report of any Coals by him admea&s;ured or delivered out of any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, he &s;hall by this Act be for ever di&s;abled for executing the &s;aid Office of Meter, or u&s;ing or exerci&s;ing any other Office of Publique Tru&s;t in the &s;aid Port or this Commonwealth.</P>
<P>And for the better carrying on of the &s;aid Service, It is further Enacted by the Au|thority afore&s;aid, That the Committee of Parliament for the Navy and Cu&s;toms be hereby Authorized, as well to make and pub|li&s;h &s;uch Rules and In&s;tructions as may tend to the management of the &s;aid Service, and improvement of the &s;aid Revenue, for the be&s;t advantage of the Commonwealth, as from time to time to approve of &s;uch and &s;o many fit &amp; able per&s;ons, with their Salaries, as &s;hall be pre&s;ented to them by the Commi&s;|&s;ioners of the Cu&s;toms, as additional Offi|cers to the Officers now imployed in the Affairs of the Cu&s;toms, as &s;hall be meet and convenient for the better carrying on of this Service, and &s;ecuring and levying the Duties
<PB N="1331" REF="5">and Impo&s;itions afore&s;aid, in all the Ports, Creeks and places of this Commonwealth; which Officers are hereby enabled in the Affairs and Bu&s;ine&s;s afore&s;aid, to enter, board, and vi&s;it all Ships and other Ve&s;&s;els what&s;oever, importing Coals into any Port or Creek of this Nation; and the &s;ame to gage and admea&s;ure, and in di&s;covery and pur&s;uit of any Coals which have not paid the Impo&s;ition as afore&s;aid, to make &s;earch and &s;eizure thereof in any place what&s;oever, and otherwi&s;e to do as any other Officers by any Statute, Act or Or|dinance are enabled to do, concerning any other Goods or Merchandize Vncu&s;tomed. And in ca&s;es of any fraud or misbehavior of any per&s;on relating to the &s;aid Impo&s;ition by this Act &s;et and impo&s;ed upon all Coals as afore&s;aid, or tending to the Ob&s;truction of the Collecting thereof, The Committee of Par|liament for Regulating the Excize, as al&s;o the Commi&s;sioners of the Cu&s;toms, and their Deputies the Collectors in the &s;everal Ports of this Nation, are hereby enabled and au|thorized to examine and proceed again&s;t the Offenders therein and their Abettors, as by two &s;everal Ordinances of Parliament, hearing date the Sixth day of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty five, and the Six|teenth day of <HI>December,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hun|dred forty &s;even, in ca&s;es of Offence in Cu&s;tom|hou&s;es, is directed and appointed.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every the Moneys which &s;hall be Collected and gathered for the Impo&s;ition afore&s;aid upon
<PB N="1332" REF="6">Coals Imported or Landed in any Port or Creek of this Nation, between the Twelfth day of <HI>October</HI> and the Fir&s;t day of <HI>April</HI> in each year &s;ucce&s;&s;ively, &s;hall be paid by the Commi&s;sioners of the Cu&s;toms, to &s;uch per|&s;on or per&s;ons as &s;hall be appointed by the Parliament or the Committee of the Navy to receive the &s;ame, to be by them di&s;tributed for and towards the Relief of the Poor of &s;uch places, as &s;hall be Ordered from time to time by the Parliament or Committee of the Navy; and &s;uch di&s;tribution thereof to be made, as &s;hall hereafter be directed by the Parliament or Committee of the Navy.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That it &s;hall be lawful to the Commi&s;sioners for the Cu&s;toms for the time being, and their Deputy-Collectors in the &s;everal Ports, to make Allowance unto the &s;everal Ma&s;ters and others Importing Coals, as well of one Chalder or Tun in Twenty free of Impo&s;t, where Ingrain is or &s;hall be allowed, as of Five <HI>per Cent.</HI> more upon all Engli&s;h Coal; and after that Rate for every greater or le&s;&s;er quantity thereof, for the better Encouragement of the &s;aid Ma&s;ters and others u&s;ing the &s;aid Coal Trade.</P>
<P>Provided, That this Act &s;hall continue and be in force until the One and thirtieth day of <HI>March,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and three, and no longer.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Veneris,</HI> 28 <HI>Martii,</HI> 1651.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Parliament, That his Act be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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