# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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753

GEORGII III. REGIS.

Cap. 46.
Scotland: And whereas, by another Act, made in the
Twenty-second Year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, and 22 *Geo.*
An Act for granting to His Majesty additional Duties upon III, Cap. 66.
the Produce of the several Duties under the Management of
the respective Commissioners of the Customs and Excise in
*Great Britain*, a further additional Duty or Charge of
Five Pounds per Centum was imposed upon the Produce
and Amount of all the several Inland Duties, Rates,
Impositions, and Charges (except as therein is excepted),
payable to His Majesty, and collected under the Manage=
ment of the respective Commissioners of Excise afore=
said: And whereas it is expedient to suspend the several
additional Imposts, Rates, and Duties, by the said seve=
ral recited Acts imposed upon Rum and other Spirits
imported from the Sugar Plantations of this Kingdom
in the West Indies; be it therefore further enacted, That
the several additional Rates and Duties, in and by the
said recited Act of the Twentieth Year of His Majesty's
Reign, granted and imposed upon Rum and Spirits im=
ported into Great Britain, being of the Growth, Produc=
tion, and Manufacture of the British Sugar Islands or
Sugar Plantations in the West Indies; and also the
said several and respective additional Imposts, Duties, or
Charges, after the Rate of Five Pounds per Centum,
imposed or granted, in and by the aforesaid Three several
recited Acts of the Nineteenth, the Twenty-first, and
the Twenty-second Years of His Majesty's Reign, upon
Rum and Spirits of the Growth, Produce, and Manu=
facture aforesaid, imported into this Kingdom; and all
Penalties and Forfeitures, in respect to the said addi=
tional Imposts, Duties, or Charges thereby imposed on
the Rum and Spirits aforesaid respectively, shall be, and
the same are hereby suspended for the Term of Two
Years, from the First Day of September, One thousand
seven hundred and eighty-four; but such Suspension shall
not extend to or affect the Arrears of any of the said ad=
ditional Imposts, Rates, or Duties, now remaining due
and unpaid, or to any Penalties or Forfeitures incurred
in respect thereof, otherwise than is herein-after ex=
cepted.

[margin:] The addition=
al Duties, by
the recited
Act 20 *Geo.*
III, granted
upon Rum
and Spirits im=
ported into
*Great Britain*,
the Produce
of the *British*
Sugar Islands;
and the addi=
tional Imposts
of 5 *per Cent.*
granted by the
recited Acts of
19, 21, and 22
*Geo.* III, upon
such Rum and
Spirits, and all
Penalties in
respect there=
of, shall be
suspended for
Two Years,
from *Sept.* 1,
1784.

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