Taxation Act 1698

XX. Recital of c, 4. ante, § 7.

Penalty of £200 upon Proprietors of Private Stills, &c.

And whereas by an Act next herein After recited it is enacted That upon the Discovery of any Private Still Back or other Vessell according to the Directions of the said Act every such Still Back and other Vessell shall be seized and that the Owner or Owners of every such Still Back and other Vessell who shall claime the same within Twenty Daies after such Seizure shall forfeite and loose for every such Still Back and other Vessell the Sum of Two hundred Pounds And whereas upon the Discovery of severall private Stills and Backs since the Commencement of the said Act some Doubt hath been made whether the Owners of such Stills and Backs by refuseing to claime the same within the time limitted by the said Act may not avoid the Penalties thereby imposed Be it enacted That from and after the Tenth Day of May One thousand six hundred ninety nine the Proprietor of any such private Still Back or other Vessell which shall be discovered according to the Directions of the said Act or the Person in whose Custody the same shall be found shall forfeite and loose for every such Still Back and other Vessell the said Penalty of Two hundred Pounds Any thing in the said Act or any other Law or Statute to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding