# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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GEORGII III. REGIS. 747

Cap. 46.
XLIX. And, ſtill more effectually to anſwer the Pur-
poſes before expreſſed, be it enacted by the Authority afore-
ſaid, That no Spirits manufactured by ſuch licenſed
Diſtiller ſhall be exported, or carried, or ſold, out of the
Bounds of the ſeveral Counties, Diſtricts, Pariſhes, or
Places before deſcribed; and in caſe any ſuch Spirits
ſhall be found out of the ſaid Bounds, the ſame ſhall be,
ipſo facto, forfeited, and are hereby directed to be ſeized,
and treated according to the Rules of Exciſe in common
Caſes of Forfeiture; providing alſo, that it ſhall not be
lawful to the ſaid licenſed Diſtillers to keep, have, or uſe
more than One Still, or to remove the ſame to any other
Place, contrary to the Tenor or Direction of their reſpec-
tive Licences; as alſo that it ſhall not be lawful for ſuch
licenſed Diſtillers to uſe or conſume any other Grain than
the Growth or Produce of the Pariſh or Diſtrict (to be
mentioned and deſcribed in the Licence to be taken out in
Manner aforeſaid) where he reſides; neither ſhall it be
lawful to him, her, or them, to purchaſe Spirits from one
another, or to purchaſe or receive into their Stock, Spirits
made by any other Perſons whatever; and in caſe of any
Offence againſt this Prohibition, and due Conviction
thereof, the ſaid Perſons ſhall forfeit the Sum of One
hundred Pounds, One Moiety whereof ſhall go to the
Poor of the Pariſh where the Offence ſhall be committed,
and the other Moiety to the Informer; and further, that
the ſaid Diſtillers, upon ſuch Conviction, ſhall loſe the
Benefit of his, her, or their Licences, and be incapable of
having the ſame renewed, and ſhall alſo forfeit his, her,
or their Still and Implements, the Value whereof ſhall
be divided between the Poor of the Pariſh and the In-
former, in the ſame Manner as the Penalty aforeſaid;
which Penalties are to be levied upon the Goods of the
Diſtillers, and, failing of Goods ſufficient for the Pur-
poſe, their Perſons are to be impriſoned and detained,
without the Benefit of Ceſſio Bonorum, or the Act for the
Relief of the Royal Burghs, commonly called The Act
of Grace, or other Relief whatever: Providing alſo,
That if any ſuch licenſed Tenant, Poſſeſſor, or Tarman
of Land, ſhall be convicted of wilfully keeping or working
9 a Still

[margin: No Spirits ma-
nufactured by
licenſed Di-
ſtillers to be
carried out
of the ſaid
Bounds.]

[margin: No licenſed
Diſtiller to
keep more
than One Still,
or to remove
the ſame, &c.]

[margin: nor to pur-
chaſe Spirits
made by any
other Perſon,]

[margin: on Penalty
of 100l.]

[margin: If any ſuch
licenſed Te-
nant ſhall be
convicted of
keeping a Still
larger than is]