# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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GEORGII III. REGIS. 743

Cap. 46.
Meaſure, and of no greater Size or Content, or of any
Number of Gallons under the ſaid Content, (except, in
conſequence of the Population and Quantity of Grain in
any particular Pariſh or Diſtrict, it may appear neceſſary
to the ſaid Commiſſioners to licence a Still or Stills from
Twenty to Thirty Gallons, and of no greater Size or
Content), together with all neceſſary Implements pro-
portioned to the ſame; and to diſtill or draw off Spirits
from the Barley, Bear, or Big, of the Growth of the
ſaid Pariſhes or Diſtricts, for One Year, and for no longer
or ſhorter Space, from the Date of the Commiſſion or
Licence, and ſo from Year to Year thereafter; and in ſuch
Commiſſion or Licence to fix and aſcertain the Bounds
and Limits of the particular Diſtrict within which the
Licence is to have Effect; which Perſons ſo licenced ſhall, [margin: Duty to be paid by ſuch Perſons.]
upon Delivery of the ſaid Commiſſions, be obliged to
pay into the Receipt of the General Exciſe, in the
City of Edinburgh, the Sum of Twenty Shillings
for each Engliſh Gallon of the Content of ſuch Still
ſpecified by him, for the Endurance of One Year, in
Place of all Rates or Duties whatſoever by this or
any former Act impoſed upon Diſtillers, or upon any
Materials or Produce of Diſtillation.

XLVI. And, in regard the ſaid Privilege and Exemp- [margin: Commiſſion-ers not to grant Licences to Tenants, unleſs they produce a Cer-tificate of Re-commenda-tion from their Landlords, etc.]
tion is hereby granted for the Purpoſe of promoting
Agriculture and Improvement, for aſſiſting to rear and
ſupport Cattle, and for accommodating the Inhabitants
of the ſaid Places, Pariſhes, and Diſtricts, with Spi-
rits drawn from their own Grain at moderate Rates, ſo
as all Pretence for the Commiſſion of Frauds againſt
his Majeſty's Revenue may be removed: Therefore, in
order to prevent all ſuch Frauds, and the Abuſes of the
ſaid Privilege and Exemption; be it enacted by the Au-
thority aforeſaid, That it ſhall not be lawful or allow-
able to the ſaid Commiſſioners to grant Licences under
this Act to any Perſon or Perſons who are Tenants or
Farmers, unleſs ſuch Perſon or Perſons ſhall produce,
with their Application, a Certificate ſubſcribed by their
real Landlord or Landlords, and alſo by a Juſtice of Peace
of the County where they live, recommending him,
her,