# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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GEORGII III. REGIS.
Cap. 46.
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the Perſon or Perſons demanding ſuch Permit as afore=
ſaid, and whatever Exceſs ſhall be found, ſuch Exceſs ſhall
be ſeized and forfeited.

XVIII. And, to the Intent that the Officers of Exciſe Officers, Once
may the better guard againſt and diſcover any illicit in 30 Days,
Practices for evading the Duties upon Worts, Waſh, and to take an
other Liquors, granted by this Act, be it further enacted, Account of
That the Officers of Exciſe ſhall, within Thirty Days the Stock of
after the Day of the paſſing of this Act, and ſo after= all Diſtillers
wards once in every Thirty Days at the leaſt, and of= for Home
tener when Occaſion ſhall require, or when directed by Conſumption,
any Principal or General Officer of Exciſe, or by the and of the
Surveyor or Superviſor of the Diſtrict, take an Account raw Stock of
of the Stock of all Diſtillers and Makers of Britiſh Spi= Dealers:
rits for Home Conſumption, and alſo of the raw or un=
rectified Stock of all Dealers in Spirits for Home Con=
ſumption, (ſuch Diſtillers, Makers, or Dealers, not being
actual Rectifiers or Compounders of Spirits) ; and if, on
taking the ſame, the Quantity of Spirits in Stock, added
to the Quantity for which Permits ſhall have been granted
ſince the laſt Reckoning, ſhall be found to exceed the Stock
left in Hand on the laſt Reckoning, added to the Quan=
tity ſince legally made or received by Permit (ſuch Stock
being caſt or computed at the Strength of One to Ten
over Hydrometer Proof), the Quantity of Spirits ſo
found in Exceſs ſhall be ſeized, loſt, and forfeited.

XIX. And be it further enacted, That within Thirty And alſo of
Days next after the paſſing of this Act, and afterwards the raw Stock
Once in every Thirty Days at the leaſt, the Officers of of Rectifiers
Exciſe ſhall alſo take an Account of the raw or unrectified and Com=
Stock of every Rectifier or Compounder of Spirits, pounders, and
whether he be a Maker or not, and alſo of his Stock of of their Com=
all Compounds, Britiſh Brandy, or other Britiſh Spi= pounds, &c.
rits; and if on taking ſuch Account, the Stocks ſo taken,
added to the Quantity of Spirits for which Permits
ſhall have been drawn by ſuch Rectifier or Compounder
ſince the laſt Reckoning, ſhall be found to exceed the former
Stock, and the Quantity ſince made or received by Per=
mit, with the Allowance of Forty Gallons as aforeſaid
on every One hundred Gallons ſo made or received (caſt=
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