Taxation (Whale Fins and Scotch Linen) Act 1697

VIII. The said Duties upon Whale Fins and Scotch Linen imported, to be under the Management of Commissioners of Customs.

Receiver General to bring the same into the Exchequer; Officers of the Exchequer to issue and apply the same as herein mentioned.

And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Duties hereby granted and payable for Whale Fins and such Scotch Linen as aforesaid shall be from time to time under the Management and Government of the Commissioners of the Customs for the time being who shall cause the same to be raised levyed collected and paid to the Hands of the Receiver or Receivers General of the Revenue of the Customs for the time being And such Receiver or Receivers General shall from time to time bring the Produce thereof (the necessary Charges of raising and answering the same only excepted) into the Receipt of the Exchequer And that the Officers of the said Receipt of Exchequer for the time being to whom it shall appertain shall from time to time issue pay and apply as well the said Duties upon Whale Fins and such Scotch Linens as aforesaid arising by this Act as also such Part of the said Duties upon Glass and Glass Wares as is not taken away by this Act to and for the Payment and Satisfaction of such Principal and Interest Moneys whereunto the whole Duties upon Glass and Earthen Wares and Tobacco Pipes by any Act or Acts of Parliament now in Force ought to have been applied if this present Act had never been made and that in such Order and Form and under the like Penalties and Forfeitures as by any such Act or Acts now in Force are or were provided or prescribed for the issuing paying and applying of the said whole Duties upon Glass and Earthern Wares and Tobacco Pipes Any thing in this Act or any former Act or Acts of Parliament to the contrary notwithstanding.