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If bulk broke before payment, 4 c. per tun.
The tackle, & c. attached till payment,
and sale after 5 days.
Applied for 5 years to rebuilding Finbarry church.
afterwards to the work-house.
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VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case any master, owner or owners, or other person or persons taking charge of any ship or vessel, whereupon such coals or culm shall be laden, shall break bulk, or deliver, out any coals or culm, before such duty or imposition of one shilling per tun be paid as aforesaid, every such master, owner or owners, or other person or persons taking charge of such ship or vessel, whereupon such coals or culm shall be laden, shall in such case pay the further duty or imposition of four shillings per tun over and besides the said duty of one shilling to the said governours, or to their deputy or deputies, officer or officers as aforesaid; and, in case of refusal of payment of all or any the impositions or duties hereby charged as aforesaid, the tackle, furniture, and apparel, of such ship or vessel may and shall be attached and detained by warrant from the said governours, or any five or more of them, until payment thereof; and in case of non-payment thereof within five days after such seizure, that then it shall and may be lawful to and for the said governors, or their deputy or deputies, officer or officers, so appointed as aforesaid, to sell and dispose of so much of the said tackle, furniture, or apparel, as will answer the said duties and impositions, and the reasonable charge of seizing, detaining, and taking the same, rendering the overplus to the owner if any be: the said several duties or impositions to be applied for the space of five years from the said first day of May one thousand seven hundred and thirty six to pay the expence of this act, and towards rebuilding the said cathedral church of Finbarry, in such manner as the said lord bishop of Cork with the consent of the dean and chapter, or the major part of them for the time being shall direct and appoint; the necessary charges in the management, collecting, and receiving the said duties or impositions being always first deducted; and from and immediately after the expiration of the said five years to the use of the said work-houses and the uses herein mentioned.
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