East India Company Act 1697

II. The Duty on Foreign Salt to be paid by the Importer.;

Imported Salt landed before due Entry, &c. forfeited, and Penalty.; Importer giving Security, to have Six Months for Payment; and at the Rate of £10 per Cent. per Ann. for ready Money.

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 satisfyed 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 that in 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 satisfyed 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 [X1 be] landed put on Shore and delivered contrary to the true Intent & 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 any greater 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 Person appointed to collect the same And in case such Importer shall pay Ready Money he shall have after the Rate of Ten Ponnds per Centum per Annum out of the said Duties abated him.

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