Leases for Corn Mills Act 1785
LEASES FOR CORN MILLS ACT 1785 | ||
CHAP. LXII. | ||
An Act to explain and amend several Laws now in Force for the Encouragement of Agriculture. | ||
Preamble. | ||
Persons making malt for sale after passing this act, shall return to the collectors of the districts, or person appointed in Dublin, an account monthly, verified by affidavit, of the quantity of barley and bere bought by them, and the prices paid for the same, as by 23 & 24 G. 3. c. 19. | ||
penalty 5l. | ||
WHEREAS a great part of the barley and bere used in this kingdom, is bought by private sale, and the returns of the sales at markets cannot therefore truly ascertain the real quantity and price of barley or bere fold: be it enacted by the King’s most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That every person making malt for sale, at any time after the passing of this act, shall, in the first week of every month, return to the collector of excise in the district where he or she shall make such malt, or to the person who shall be appointed in the city of Dublin, by the chief governor or governors of this kingdom for the time being, to receive the returns of corn directed by an act passed in the last session, entitled, An act for regulating the corn trade, promoting agriculture, and providing a regular and steady supply of corn in this kingdom, and for granting to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, the duties therein mentioned, a true account verified by affidavit, of the quantity of barley and bere bought by him or her in the preceding month, and the prices at which the same was bought respectively, under the pain of forseiting, for every such neglect, the sum of five pounds, to be sued for, levied, and recovered, in like manner as any of the penalties or forfeitures created by the said recited act, or by bill, plaint, or information in any of his Majesty’s courts of law, or by bivil bill. |