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<HEAD>ACT Concerning the Impo&s;ition ON TOBACCO.</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 the prejudice that doth, and may ari&s;e to the Trade of Tobacco, by, and upon occa&s;ion of, the late Impo&s;ition upon the Tobacco, and the Gift of the &s;ame given under His <HI>Maje&s;ties</HI> great Seal, to Sir <HI>John Nicol&s;on</HI> of <HI>Nicol&s;on,</HI> of the date the &s;econd of <HI>De|cember,</HI> 1671. Therefore His <HI>Maje&s;ty,</HI> with advice and con&s;ent of His E&s;tates of Parliament, doth di&s;charge the &s;aid Impo&s;ition upon the Tobacco: and Declares the &s;aid Impo&s;ition, and Gift thereof granted to the &s;aid Sir <HI>John Nicol&s;on,</HI> to be void and extinct in all intents, as if the &s;aid Impo&s;ition and Gift had not been impo&s;ed or granted. And His <HI>Maje&s;ty,</HI> with con&s;ent fore&s;aid, doth allow the importing of <HI>Tobacco</HI> in all time coming free and without payment of any other Cu&s;tome and Impo&s;ition but the ordinary Cu&s;tome; conform to the book of Rates, and the Exci&s;e. It is always Declared and Ordained, that &s;uch &s;ums of money as have been payed to the &s;aid Sir <HI>John,</HI> or to any per&s;on in his name, for and upon the account of the &s;aid Impo&s;ition, and all bands granted upon the account fore&s;aid, &s;hall pertain to His <HI>Maje&s;ty,</HI> and the &s;aid Sir <HI>John</HI> &s;hall be accountable for the &s;aid &s;ums, and &s;hall be obliedged to deliver the &s;aids Bands to the Lords of His <HI>Maje&s;ties</HI> The&s;aurie, for His <HI>Maje&s;ties</HI> u&s;e; Excepting alwayes, the Band given for the Tobacco, imported in the Ship called <HI>Kathrine</HI> of <HI>Gla&s;gow,</HI> whereof <HI>John Philips</HI> is Ma&s;ter, daily <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="7 letters">d  <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 words">  upon <HI>Clyd,</HI>in the We&s;t, which His <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> doth di&s;charge, and Ordains to be given back to tho&s;e who granted the &s;ame: And &s;icklyk, excepting any other Bands granted upon the account of the &s;aid Impo&s;ition, where the <HI>Tobacco</HI> is not vented, as to &s;uch proportions thereof, as the Merchands &s;hall declare upon their oath, are not &s;old by them; They alwayes paying the ordinary dues, <HI>viz.</HI> Cu&s;tome conform to the book of Rates and Exci&s;e. And His <HI>Maje&s;ty,</HI> with advice fore&s;aid, doth hereby Declare all <HI>Tobacco</HI> already imported, to be free of the &s;aid Impo&s;ition, where money hath not been payed, or bands granted for the &s;ame; and Di&s;charges any Arre&s;tments laid thereon upon the account of the &s;aid Impo&s;ition.</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 DOM.</HI> MDCLXXIII.</P>
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