54 Geo. 3.

6. 156.

Extension of copyright,

Further ex

of such book; and shall deliver the same to the author, or other proprietor of the copyright of such book, upon order of any court of record in which any action or suit in law or equity shall be commenced or prosecuted by such author, or other proprietor, to be made on motion or petition to the said court; and the said author or other proprietor shall forthwith damask or make waste paper of the said book and sheet or sheets; and every such offender shall also forfeit 3d. for every sheet thereof, either printed or printing, or published or exposed to sale, contrary to this act; the one moiety thereof to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, and the moiety thereof to any person who shall sue for the same, in any such court of record, by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, in which no wager of law, essoin, privilege, or protection, nor more than one imparlance, shall be allowed provided, that in Scotland such offender shall be liable to an action of damages in the court of session in Scotland, which shall and may be brought and prosecuted in the same manner in which any other action of damages to the like amount may be brought and prosecuted there; and in any such action where damages shall be awarded, double costs of suit or expenses of process shall be allowed.

Rule 4. If the author of any book which shall not have been published 14 years on the 29th July, 1814, shall be living at the said time, and if such author shall afterwards die before the expiration of the said 14 years, then the personal representative of the said author, and the assignee or assigns of such personal representative, shall have the sole right of printing and publishing the said book for the further term of 14 years after the expiration of the first 14 years: provided that nothing in this act shall affect the right of the assignee or assigns of such author to sell any copies of the said book which shall have been printed by such assignee or assigns within the first 14 years, or the terms of any contract between such author and such assignee or assigns.

Rule 5. If the author of any book which has been already tension, 9. published shall be living at the end of 28 years after the first publication of the said book, he shall for the remainder of his life have the sole right of printing and publishing the same: provided that this shall not affect the right of the assignee or assigns of such author to sell any copies of the said book which shall have been printed by such assignee or assigns within the said 28 years, or the terms of any contract between such author and such assignee or assigns.

Limitation of

Rule 6. All actions, bills, indictments, or informations for any actions, 10. offence that shall be committed against this act, shall be brought within 12 months next after such offence committed, or else the same shall be void.

50 Geo. 3.

c. 40. § 2. Oil of vitriol.

TITLE CXLI.-Brimstone.

Rule 1. Nine tenth parts of the duties of customs paid on the importation into Great Britain of brimstone, shall be allowed (a) in respect of such brimstone used and consumed in making and preparing oil of vitriol, and the amount of such drawback shall be pard

(a) By 55 Geo. 3. c. 66. § 36. a drawback of nine tenth parts of the additional duties as shall have been paid on the importation into Great Britain of any foreign brimstone shall be allowed in respect of all such foreign brimstone which shall be hereafter used and consumed in making and preparing oil of vitriol.

and allowed to the manufacturer of such oil in Great Britain under the follow- 50 Geo. 8. ing regulations; that is to say, every manufacturer of oil of vitriol intending to c. 40. claim any such drawback or repayment under this act shall make an entry of Entry and his name and place of abode with the collector of customs of the port within delivery of or nearest to which his work shall be carried on, and shall once in every month enter in a book, to be kept for that purpose, an account of the whole quantity of foreign brimstone used and consumed in his manufactory within the preceding month, and at the end of the year, to be computed from the date of such entry, shall deliver the said account to the collector of customs with whom he shall have made such entry. (a)

account.

Rule 2. Every such manufacturer shall make oath to the truth of the ac- Oath as to count so delivered to the collector of customs under this act, in which oath he quantity, &c. shall depose that full nine-tenths of such brimstone have been consumed in the § 3. manufacturing of oil of vitriol, and that the residuum does not contain a quantity of brimstone worth extraction, and that such quantity does not at the utmost exceed one tenth of the whole brimstone used in such manufacture; and

duties were

paid, and

he shall also specify in such account the name of the importer of such brim- Name of im. stone, and the times when the duties due thereon were respectively paid to His porter, when Majesty; and if, upon a certificate being produced from the proper officers of customs in Great Britain where such brimstone was so imported, it shall ap- proof. pear that the full duties were paid thereon, and if sufficient proof be also made before the proper officers of customs, that the brimstone mentioned in such certificate is the identical brimstone so stated to have been used and consumed by the manufacturer of such oil of vitriol, then a debenture shall be issued for Debenture. the amount of the drawback by this act allowed upon such brimstone; and the same shall be paid by the collector of customs who shall have received such account out of any money remaining in his hands on account of the duties of

customs.

Rule 3. If any manufacturer of oil of vitriol shall deliver any false account False acof the quantity of foreign brimstone used and consumed in making and pre- count, § 4. paring oil of vitriol with an intent to defraud His Majesty, every such manufacturer shall, on being convicted of any such first offence, forfeit 2007, and for every second or further offence, 400l. to be sued for within three months after the delivery of the account.

46.

Drawback on refined brim

stone.

Rule 4. From July 5, 1819, such drawback as is mentioned in Table 59 Geo. 3. A. (b) shall be allowed in respect of any brimstone which shall be c. 52. refined in Great Britain from a larger quantity imported rough, and shall be exported thence upon oath being first made by the refiner or refiners thereof, before the collector of customs at the port of exportation, that the said refined brimstone was produced solely from brimstone which had been imported into Great Britain unrefined, and for which His Majesty's customs and duties had been duly paid, and that the same was duly exported; His Majesty's searcher also certifying the shipping thereof, and all such other requisites being duly performed as are necessary to be done with regard to brimstone unrefined exported from Great Britain.

Rule 5. From July 5, 1819, a drawback of nine-tenths, and no more, of Brimstone all such duties on importation as shall have been paid on any foreign brimstone, used in makshall be allowed in respect of all such foreign brimstone as at any time after ng oil of the said day shall be used and consumed in Great Britain in making and preparing oil of vitriol; and the amount of such drawback shall be ascertained,

(a) By 56 Geo. c. 81. § 1. it shall be lawful for the manufacturers of oil of vitriol to deliver the account required by the above act to the collector of customs, with whom they shall have made the entry as required by such act, within six months after the expiration of the year, computed from the date of the entry.

By 2. it shall not be requisite for the manufacturer of such oil of vitriol, after the first entry of his name and place of abode, to make any further entry of the same, unless any alteration shall take place in the firm of such manufactory, or where more than one year has been suffered to elapse without manufacturing any such oil of vitriol; and the manfacturers of oil of vitriol shall be entitled to the like drawback on the like conditions, and shall be liable to the like forfeitures for delivering false accounts, as were provided by the aforesaid act.

vitriol, § 47.

(b) See TITLE 246.

59 Geo. 3. C. 52.

5 Geo. 3. c. 30.4. Duty and drawback.

and paid and allowed to the manufacturers of such oil of vitriol, under the regulations of the preceding act, and under the like penalties upon any manufacturer of such oil for delivering any false accounts in respect of foreign brimstone used and consumed in his manufactory, with intent to defraud His Majesty, as are contained in the said act, and as if the same were repeated in this

act.

TITLE CXLII.-Bugles.

Rule 1. No duty or customs shall be paid, or secured to be paid, for any bugles which shall be imported into this kingdom, other than one half of the old subsidy (a) granted by 12 Cha. 2. which shall be paid down in ready money, and shall not be afterwards drawn back or repaid upon the exportation of the same goods; provided such bugles shall, upon landing, be immediately lodged in such warehouse belonging to His Majesty as the commissioners of Warehousing, Customs shall appoint; and shall not be delivered out of such warehouse but

Home con

sumption.

upon the following conditions; that is to say, if such bugles, or any part Exportation. thereof, shall be delivered for exportation to foreign parts, the same shall be subject to the like security and regulations, as East India goods, prohibited to be worn or used in Great Britain, are now liable to by law; (b) but if such bugles, or any part thereof, shall be taken out in order to be used in this kingdom, the person so taking out the same shall first pay up the remainder of the duties which would have been due and payable upon the importation of such goods into this kingdom; and they shall, in all other respects, be liable to the same regulations as they would have been subject to if this act had not been made.

How long bugles may

Rule 2. If such bugles shall not be either exported, or the full duties paid for the same, within five years from the importation thereof, but shall then conremain wate- tinue and be still remaining in the said warehouses; in such case it shall be housed, 5. lawful for the commissioners of customs to cause the said bugles to be publicly sold by auction, or inch of candle, to the best bidder; and the money arising by such sale to be applied, first, in discharge of the said duties and the expenses of such sale, and the overplus, if any, to be paid to the importer or proprietor of such bugles, or other persons authorized to receive the same.

Bugles not

Rule 3. Every person importing any bugles into Great Britain, which shall warehoused, not be warehoused in the manner hereinbefore directed, shall pay down in 57. ready money the several duties due for the same.

4 Geo. 3.

c. 14. 3.

seize sus

pected starch, &c.

TITLE CXLIII.

Candles, Hair Powder, Soap, and Starch.

[The regulations respecting these articles, when imported, exported, or carried coastwise, being closely blended together, it is judged proper to insert the whole under this title.]

Rule 1. It shall be lawful for any officer of excise or customs (c) to seize any quantity of starch or hair powder, that shall be found in any vessel, or Officers may shall be carrying in any cart or waggon, or in any other carriage whatsoever, where they shall have good reason to suspect and believe the same hath been made in some private workhouse or other place, or clandestinely im ported without payment of any duty, or that the same is starch or hair pow der which hath been exported and relanded again after the duty had been repaid and drawn back for the same, at the time of exportation thereof; and after such seizure shall have been made, the respective officers of excise or Exports, &c. customs are hereby required, within 10 days next after such seizure, to exhibit an information before any three or more commissioners of excise, or any two or more justices of the peace residing near the place where any such seizures shall be made, and if at the hearing of such information, (a) Now altered. See TITLE 246. (c) As to officers of army, navy, &c. sie TITLE 5, Rules 76, 83, 99, and 100.

(b) See TITLE 98.

the party in whose possession any such starch or hair powder hath 4 Geo. 3. been found does not make it appear that the duty hath been paid for c. 14. the same, all the said starch or hair powder so seized for the causes aforesaid shall be forfeited; and the person in whose possession such starch or hair powder shall be found shall likewise forfeit 5l. per cwt. and so in proportion for any greater or lesser quantity; and the said commissioners or justices of the peace shall then proceed to give judgment for the forfeiture of the said starch or hair powder, and likewise for the forfeiture of the said sum, in proportion as aforesaid.

cealed,

Rule 2. In case any officer for the duties upon starch, or any officer Searching for of customs, (a) shall have cause to suspect that starch is privately starch conmaking in any place whatsoever, or that any starch is lodged or concealed in any place whatsoever, with an intent to defraud His Majesty of his duty; then upon oath made by such officer before the commissioners for the duties upon starch, or before a justice of the peace, residing near the place where such officer shall suspect the same to be privately making, or to be lodged or concealed, setting forth the ground of his suspicion, it shall be lawful for the said commissioners, or justice of the peace, before whom such affidavit shall be made, if they shall, judge it reasonable, by special warrant under their respective hands and seals, to authorize such officer, by day or by night, but if in the night, then in the presence of a constable or other lawful officer of the peace, to enter into every such place where he shall so suspect that any starch is so privately making, lodged, or concealed, and to seize and carry away all such starch as they shall there find so privately making, together with all the materials that shall be there ready and preparing for the making of starch, and likewise all such starch as they shall find so lodged and concealed in any place whatever, as forfeited; and the person that shall be found so privately making starch, or the person in whose possession any starch. shall be found, unless he do make it appear that the duty has been paid for the same as aforesaid, shall forfeit 501.; and if any person Obstructing shall let, obstruct, or hinder any of the aforesaid officers from entering any such place for the purposes aforesaid, or in seizing and carrying away any starch, or any materials for the making of starch, which is and are before declared to be forfeited for the causes aforesaid, the person offending therein shall for every such offence forfeit 501,

officer.

warehouses,

Rule 3. If any starch maker, or maker of hair powder, or any Refusing offiseller of or dealer in hair powder, upon due request or demand made cer to enter by any such officer as aforesaid, in the day time, shall refuse to per- § 9. mit, or shall not permit, such officer to enter into all workhouses, and other places belonging to or that shall be made use of by him for the making or keeping of any hair powder, or shall refuse to suffer any such officer to examine and to take away with him any parcel or sample of hair powder, upon his offering to pay for the same the price that hair powder shall then commonly bear and be sold for, every such person shall for every such offence forfeit 201,

Size of

Rule 4. No candles, soap, or starch, shall be brought into Great 23 Geo. 4. Britain, in any vessel from Ireland, or the Isle of Man, or from any c. 1. § 27. other place whatsoever beyond the seas, otherwise than in packages, Packages. each whereof shall contain 224 lb, of neat candles, soap, or starch at the least, to be stowed openly in the hold of such vessel importing

(a) As to officers of army, navy, excise, &c. see TITLE 5, Rules 76, 83, 99, and 100,

28 Gro. 2, c. 21.

Rummaging, 28.

Cockets,

Suspected

the same, under the penalties and forfeitures following: that is to say, all the candles, soap, or starch so imported shall be forfeited, and the master of such vessel shall forfeit 50l.; and it shall be lawful for the respective officers of customs or excise, (b) or such other persons who are or shall be deputed or authorized thereto, by warrant from the commissioners of the treasury, to seize such candles, soap, or starch. (a)

Rule 5. It shall be lawful for the officers of excise, (b) or any of them, to go on board and enter into any vessel which shall be within the limits of any of the ports of the kingdom of Great Britain, and to continue on board the same, and to rummage and search in like manner as the officers of customs may now legally do, for all candles, soap, and starch, and to seize for His Majesty's use all such of the said commodities as shall be there found, which by the laws thereunto respectively relating shall be forfeited; and in like manner to seize such of the commodities aforesaid, as before due entry thereof with the proper officers, and without paying or securing the duties on the importation thereof, shall be found unshipping or unshipped out of such vessel, to be laid on land, without entry and payment of the duties due for the same respectively.

Rule 6. Where any sufferance, cocket, or transire, shall be granted for any candles, soap, or starch, to be shipped or put on board, to be carried forth to the open sea from any port, creek, or member within Great Britain to be landed at any other place in the said kingdom, such sufferance, &c. shall respectively express the quality, quantity, and weight of the said articles, and mark of the package so to be shipped, by whom such articles were made and sold, and to what place the same are consigned: and where any such articles shall be so shipped or put on board without such sufferance, &c. such articles shall be forfeited; and it shall be lawful for the respective officers of customs or excise, (b) or such other persons who are or shall be deputed or authorized thereto, by warrant from the commissioners of the treasury or under-treasurer, or by special commission from His Majesty, under the great seal or privy seal, to seize such candles, soap, or starch.

Rule 7. It shall be lawful for any officer of excise or customs (6) goods, 30. to seize any quantity of candles, soap, or starch, that shall be found in any vessel, or shall be carrying in any cart or waggon, or in any other carriage whatsoever, where they shall have good reason to suspect and believe the same hath been made in some private workhouse or other place, or clandestinely imported without payment of the duty, or that the same are candles, &c. which have been exported and re-landed after the duty had been repaid and drawn back for the same at the time of the exportation thereof; and if the party,

(a) By 42 Geo. 3. c. 93. § 19. no candles, soap, or starch, which shall be imported into Great Britain in any vessel, belonging in the whole or in part to His Majesty's subjects, otherwise than in packages containing 224 lb. neat of candles, soap, or starch respectively, at the least, shall be entered or reported for exportation; and all entries or reports which shall be made of any such candles, soap, or starch respectively, contrary to the directions of this act, are hereby declared to be null and void; and all such candles, soap, and starch respectively, imported into Great Britain otherwise than as aforesaid, shall be forfeited, and may be seized by any officer of excise. (b)

(b) As to officers of army, navy, &c. see TITLE 5, Rule 76, 83, 99, and 100.