# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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744

ANNO REGNI VICESIMO QUARTO Seſſ. 2.
her, or them, as proper Perſons to receive ſuch Li-
cences.

[margin: No Perſons within the ſaid Diſtricts (ex-cept thoſe to be authoriſed under this Act, *etc.*) to diſtill any Low Wines or Spirits.]

XLVII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That it ſhall not be lawful to any Perſon or Perſons whatſoever, within any of the Places, Pa-riſhes, or Diſtricts ſo deſcribed, (excepting thoſe who ſhall be licenſed or commiſſioned in Manner before directed, or Diſtillers regularly entered, according to the general Laws of Exciſe), to extract or diſtill any Low Wines or Spi-rits, from Barley, Corn, or Grain of any Kind, or other Materials, by any Method or Proceſs whatſoever, or to have in his, her, or their Cuſtody, any Worm or Still commonly uſed in diſtilling Corn Spirits, or any Waſh, Low Wines, or other prepared Materials for Diſtillation.

[margin: Any Perſon convicted of diſtilling Spi-rits, or having any Still, *etc.* in his Poſſeſ-ſion, ſhall for-feit 100*l.*]

XLVIII. And, for preventing of Frauds and Offences againſt the Prohibitions hereby made; be it further en-acted by the Authority aforeſaid, That whatever Perſon or Perſons ſhall be convicted of extracting or diſtilling any Spirits from Corn or other Materials, or of hav-ing in his, her, or their Cuſtody, any Worm or Still commonly uſed in diſtilling Corn Spirits, he, ſhe, or they ſhall forfeit and loſe the Sum of One hundred Pounds for each Offence; One Moiety of which ſhall belong to the Poor of the Pariſh in which ſuch Offence ſhall be committed, and be paid to the Kirk Treaſurer or other Receiver of Charities upon their Account, and the other Moiety to the Perſon or Perſons who ſhall inform of, and ſue for the ſame; and further, the Still,

[margin: and alſo the Still, Worm, *etc.*]

Worm, Batch, and whole other Utenſils found there-with, and belonging thereto, ſhall be forfeited and ſeized, and the Value thereof divided by equal Moieties; One Moiety to the ſaid Poor of the Pariſh, and the other Moiety to the Informer or Proſecutor, in the ſame Man-ner as is directed to be done with the ſaid Fine or Pe-nalty; and further, in caſe the ſaid Perſon or Perſons ſhall refuſe or neglect to pay the ſaid Penalty when de-manded, then the Houſehold Furniture, Implements, Crop, and Cattle, of the Perſon or Perſons ſo con-victed, ſhall be taken in Execution, and ſold for Pay-

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