East India Company Act 1697
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
(9 Will. 3) C A P. XLIV.
Most Gracious Sovereign,
WE Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons in Parliament assembled, considering Your Majesty's extraordinary Occasions, and being desirous to supply the same in such Manner, as may be least grievous to Your Majesty's Subjects, do humbly present Your Majesty with the further Gift of the Impositions, Rates, and Duties, herein after mentioned; and do beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by Authority of the same, That there shall be throughout the Kingdom ofEngland , Dominion of Wales , and Town of Berwick upon Tweed , raised, levied, collected, and paid unto his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, for Salt, the several additional Rates and Duties herein after mentioned (over and above all other Duties already payable for the same by any Actor Acts of Parliament before this Time made and now in Force) that is to say,
II An additional Duty of 5 d. per Gallon on Salt imported, from 1 July 1698, to 25 Decem. 1699.
II. For every Gallon of Salt, that from and after the first Day ofJuly one thousand six hundred ninety-eight, and before the five and twentieth Day of December , which shall be in the Year of our Lord one thousand six hundred ninety-nine, shall be imported into the Kingdom of England , Dominion of Wales , or Town of Berwick upon Tweed , the Sum of five Pence of lawful English Money, to be paid by the Importer and Importers thereof, and after that Rate for a greater or lesser Quantity.
III and 7 d. per Gallon from 24 December 1699, for ever.
III. And for every Gallon of Salt, that from and after the four and twentieth Day ofDecember , which shall be in the Year of our Lord one thousand six hundred ninety and nine, and in all Times coming from thenceforth for ever, shall be imported, as aforesaid, there shall be paid to his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, as a perpetual Duty, the Sum of seven Pence of like Money, to be paid by the Importer and Importers thereof, and after that Rate for a greater or lesser Quantity.
IV For home-made Salt, from 1 July 1698, to 25 Decem, 1699, 2 d. Halfpeny per Gallon,
IV. And for every Gallon of Salt and Rock Salt, that from and after the said first Day ofJuly one thousand six hundred ninety-eight, and before the five and twentieth Day of December , which shall be in the Year of our Lord one thousand six hundred ninety-nine, shall be made at the Salt Works, or taken out of any Salt Pit or Pits within the said Kingdom of England , Dominion of Wales , and Town of Berwick upon Tweed , or sold or delivered from the same, there shall be paid to his Majesty the Sum of two Pence Halfpeny of like Money, and after that Rate for a greater or lesser Quantity.
V and from 24 Decem. 1699, 3 d. . Halfpeny per Gallon for ever.
V. And for every Gallon of Salt and Rock Salt, that from and after the four and twentieth Day ofDecember one thousand six hundred ninety-nine, and in all Times coming from thenceforth for ever, shall be made at the Salt Works, or be taken out of any Pit or Pits within the Kingdom, Dominion, or Town aforesaid, there shall be paid to his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, as a perpetual Duty, the Sum of three PenceHalfpeny of like Money, and after that Rate for a greater or lesser Quantity; which said Duties upon Salt, hereby granted, shall nevertheless be subject to such Condition and Power of Redemption as are hereafter in this Act contained.
VI See 6 Ann, c. 17. ∥. 5. Duty on foreign Salt to be paid by Importer. Imported Salt landed before Entry, &c. forfeited, and also 10. per Bushel.
VI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the several Duties hereby set on all foreign and imported Salt, shall be from time to time satisfied and paid by the Merchant or Merchants, Importer or Importers of the same, in ready Money, upon his or their Entry or Entries made, and before the Landing thereof; and in that case any foreign or imported Salt shall be landed or put on Shore out of any Ship or Vessel from beyond the Seas, before due Entry be made thereof, with the Collector or Officer appointed or to be appointed for the said Duties on Salt, in the Port or Place where the same shall be imported, or before the Duties hereby imposed be fully satisfied and paid, or without a Warrant for the landing or delivering of such imported Salt, first signed by the Hand of the said Collector or Officer for the said Duty on Salt, in the said Port and Place respectively, that all such imported Salt as shall be landed, put on Shore, and delivered contrary to the true Intent and Meaning hereof, or the Value thereof, and also ten Shillings for every Bushel of such Salt so landed, put on Shore or delivered, and so in proportion for anygreater or lesser Quantity, shall be forfeited and lost; nevertheless, that all and every Person and Persons importing any Salt into this Kingdom, for which the aforesaid Duties are payable by this Act, shall have six Months Time for the Payment thereof, from the Time of the Importation, giving Security to the Personappointed to collect the same; and in case such Importer shall pay ready Money, he shall have after the Rate of ten Poundsper Centum per Annum out of the said Duties abated him.
VII 'These six enlarged to 9 Months by 5 Ann, c. 29. ∥. 5.
VII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all the said Duties on Salt shall, from time to time, for ever, be within the Receipt, Management and Government of the Chief Commissioners and Governors of the Receipt of Excise for the time being; and that all Collectors and other Officers necessary for the ascertaining, collecting or receiving of the said Duties upon Salt, shall be constituted andappointed under the Hands and Seals of the said Commissioners and Governors of the Receipt of Excise for the time being, or the major Part of them; and that all Penalties and Forfeitures by this Act imposed, concerning the said Duties upon Salt, shall be sued for, recovered, levied and received, or mitigated, by the same Means, Rules, Ways and Methods, as any Penalty or Forfeiture is to be sued for or recovered, as ismentioned, expressed, or directed to be recovered in and by one Act of Parliament made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of the late King Charles the Second, intituled,An Act for taking away the Court of Wardsand Liveries, and Tenures in Capite, and by Knights Service and Purveyance, and setting a Revenue on his Majesty in lieu thereof , or by any other Law or Statute now in force relating to the Revenue of Excise, and that as fully and amply to all Intents, as if the several Clauses in the said Acts or any of them contained were herein re-enacted or repeated.
VIII Makers and Proprietors of Salt to make true Entries with Officers.
VIII. And be it enacted, That all Makers and Proprietors of Salt and Rock Salt, within the Kingdom ofEngland , Dominion of Wales , and Town of Berwick upon Tweed , shall from time to time make true Entries with the said Officers so to be appointed as aforesaid, some or one of them, of the Quantities of Salt so by them made or taken out of any Pit or Pits, and delivered or imported as aforesaid; and shall likewise have a Warrant or Ticket under the Hand and Seal of some one of the said Officers, impowering such Maker or Proprietor of Salt to carry away the same, before such Time as the said Salt made or taken out of any Pit or Pits, within any the Places aforesaid, or any Part thereof, shall be removed or carried from the respective Salt Works or Pits, under the several Penalties and Forfeitures herein after mentioned; which said Warrant the said Officers are hereby required to give gratis , and without Delay, unto the said Makers or Proprietors of such Salt, upon Payment or giving Security for the Payment of the Duties hereby grantedwithin six Months after such Entry made; which Security the said Commissioners and Officers are hereby authorized and required to accept upon such Entry as aforesaid.
IX And an Allowance of 10 l. per Cent. per Ann. for ready Money.
IX. Provided always, That if any Person or Persons, at the Time of the Entry and Delivery of his or their Salt, shall pay down the Duty hereby imposed, such Person or Persons shall be allowed at the Rate of ten Poundsper Centum per Annum for the same.
X Officers may seize Salt conveying away before Entry made,
X. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Officers so appointed, to seize all such Salt, which shall from and after the said first Day ofJuly one thousand six hundred ninety-eight, be conveying or conveyed by Day or by Night, either by Land or by Water, before due Entry be made of such Salt, without Warrant, Ticket or Licence, obtained from the Commissioners of the said Duties upon Salt granted by this Act, their Collectors or...
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