Taxation, etc. (No. 2) Act 1695

XLIX.

Duties on Glass, &c. under 6 & 7 W. & M. c. 18. to be levied as by this Act; and the said Act continued; Certain other Duties hereby granted on.

And to the end the Yearely Fund intended to be settled and payable by this Act for ever subject neverthelesse to the Proviso of Redemption aforesaid may be the more certainly and effectually raised and for the better Security and Encouragement of all and every such Person and Persons who shall subscribe and advance their Money for the Ends and Purposes before mentioned. Wee Your Majesties said dutiful and loyal Subjects the Co[m]mons of England in Parliament assembled have given and granted and do hereby give & grant to Your Majesty Your Heires and Successors Kings and Queens of England the further Impositions Rates and Duties herein after specified. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and every the Impositions Rates and Duties upon Glasse or Glasse Wares Stone Bottles and Earthen Bottles and every of them granted by the above mentioned Act intituled An Act for granting to His Majesty certaine Duties upon Glasse Wares Stone and Earthen Bottles Coals and Culme for carrying on the Warr against France shall be raised levied collected answered and paid unto Your Majesty Your Heires and Successors Kings and Queens of England for ever in the same Manner and Forme and by such Rules Ways and Means and under such Penalties and Forfeitures as are mentioned in the Act last, mentioned for raiseing levying collecting answering and paying the same for the Terme granted in the said Act And that the said last mentioned Act and every Article Rule and Clause therein contained as for and concerning the Rates Duties & Impositions upon Glasse Wares Stone Bottles and Earthen Bottles onely shall continue and be in full Force for ever as fully and amply to all Intents and Purposes as if the same were particularly recited exp[re]sed and repeated in this Act And that from and after the Seventeenth Day of May One thousand six hundred ninety six there shall be raised levied collected and paid unto Your Majestie Your Heires and Successors Kings and Queens of England for ever for and upon all sorts of Tobacco Pipes and for and upon all sorts of Stone or Earthen Wares which att any time or times shall be made burnt or baked within the Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales or Towne of Berwick upon Tweed or imported or brought into the same (China Wares or Wares usually called by the Name of China Wares Stone Bottles and Earthen Bottles excepted) the several and respective Impositions Rates Duties and Su[m]ms of Money herein after mentioned over and above all such Duties and Customs as are already payable for or upon the Importation of any of the said Wares or Co[m]modities that is to say.

Unglazed Tobacco Pipes.

For all unglazed Tobacco Pipes which from and after the said Seventeenth day of May shall be made or manufactured att any time or times within the Kingdom Dominion or Towne aforesaid the Su[m]m of Twelve Pence of lawfull English Money for every Grosse of the said Pipes reckoning every Grosse to containe One hundred forty foure Pipes and no more and after that Rate for a greater or lesser Quantity.

Glazed Tobacco Pipes,

And for all glazed Tobacco Pipes which after the said Seventeenth day of May shall be made or manufactured att any time or times within the Kingdom Dominion or Towne aforesaid the Su[m]m of One Shilling and Six Pence for every Grosse of the same reckoning every Grosse to be in Number as aforesaid and after that Rate for a greater or lesser Quantity.

Earthen Ware.

And for all sorts of Wares or Co[m]modities made of Earth or Stone and which shall be made baked or burnt with Fire co[m]monly known by the Name of Earthen Wares (except as before excepted) which shall att any time or times after the said Seventeenth day of May be made or manufactured in the Kingdome Dominion or Towne aforesaid there shall be paid & answered a Duty to be computed after the Rate of Ten Pounds for every Hundred Pounds of the true and real value thereof.

Tobacco Pipes and Earthen Ware imported.

And for all sorts of Tobacco Pipes and such Stone and Earthen Wares as aforesaid (except before excepted) which not being made or manufactured in the Kingdome Dominion or Towne aforesaid shall be imported or brought into the same att any time or times after the said Seventeenth day of May there shall be paid and answered that is to say For all sorts of Tobacco Pipes so imported the Su[m]m of Five Shillings for every Grosse computeing the Grosse as aforesaid and after that Rate for a greater or lesser Quantity And for such Stone or Earthen Wares imported (except before excepted) a Duty to be computed after the Rate of Ten Pounds for every hundred Pounds of the true and real value of the same.

Duties on Manufactured Goods paid by Maker.

All which said Rates and Duties by this Act imposed for and upon such of the said Tobacco Pipes Stone and Earthen Wares as shall be made within this Kingdom Dominion or Towne aforesaid shall be paid by the respective Maker and Makers of the same.