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<HEAD>ACT CONCERNING APPAREL.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE>At Edinburgh, <DATE>the 2. of <HI>December,</HI> 1673.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_THe King's <HI>Maje&s;ty,</HI> con&s;idering that &s;ome difficulties have occured, concer|ning &s;ome expre&s;&s;ions and qualifications mentioned in the Act made in the la&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, concerning Apparel, and that the Manufactur of whyt-Lace or Pearling made of threed (whereby many poor people gain'd their lively-hood) was thereby much prejudged and impaired: For the clearing and remeed whereof, in time coming, His <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> hath though fit with ad|vice and con&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">nt of His E&s;tates of Parliament, to Re&s;cind, Di&s;charge and Annul that part of the aforementioned Act for Apparel concerning the allowance granted to the per&s;ons thereby priviledged, to wear Velvet, Satins and other &s;ilk Stuffs, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> And Declares, that now and in time coming, it &s;hall be free to all and every per&s;on within this Kingdom, to wear all &s;uch Silks, whyt-Lace, Cloaths and others&punc; in the &s;ame manner, and als freely, as be the afore&s;aid Act, they were allowed to be worn by the priviledged per&s;ons therein mentioned: And that plain Sating-Ribbons may be worn upon Apparel in the &s;ame manner as Taffietie Ribbons, any thing in the &s;aid Act to the contrare notwith&s;tanding. Like as His <HI>Maje&s;ty,</HI> with advice fore&s;aid, doth hereby Ratifie and renew the afo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;aid Act, pa&s;t in the la&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, concerning Apparel, in all the other Head, Clau&s;es and Articles thereof, which are not by this Act innovat or di&s;charged.</P>
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<HEAD>ACT Concerning the importation and Exci&s;e of BRANDY.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE>At <HI>EDINB&V;RGH,</HI> <DATE>the 1. of <HI>December,</HI> 1673.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_THe King's <HI>Maje&s;ty,</HI> having, upon good con&s;ideration, though fit to allow the Importation of Brandy, and Mum or Bremer-beer within this Kingdom; Doth therefore with ad|vice and con&s;ent of His E&s;tates of Parliament, Re&s;cind and Annul and Acts of Parliament and Privy Council, Proclamations and other Warrands prohibiting the &s;ame. Like as His <HI>Maje&s;ty,</HI> with advice fore&s;aid, Appoints every tun of imported Brandy to be lyable in pay|ment of &s;ix&s;core pounds Scots for cu&s;tome, without any defalcation, and ilk Scots pynt of the &s;ame Brandy to be lyable in the payment of &s;ix &s;hillings Scots for exci&s;e: And every barrel of the afore|&s;aid Mum, not exceeding twelve gallons to be lyable in thretty &s;hillings Scots of cu&s;tome, and al&s;much for exci&s;e, which exci&s;e of Brandy and Mum is to be rai&s;ed in the &s;everal Shires and Burghs, where the &s;ame &s;hall be retailled, by tapping and &s;elling in &s;mals, and employed for the proportional relief of the annuity of Exci&s;e payable by the &s;aids Shires and Burghs, and this cu&s;tome and exci&s;e to be lifted and payed conform to the Laws and Acts, made concerning Cu&s;tome and Exci&s;e <HI>re&s;pectiv&egrave;.</HI></P>
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<P><HI>EDINB&V;RGH,</HI> Printed by <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to the King's mo&s;t Excellent MAJESTY, <HI>Anno</HI> 1673.</P>
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