THE

JUSTICE of the PEACE,

AND

PARISH OFFICER.

BY RICHARD BURN, LL. D.

LATE CHANCELLOR OF THE DIOCESE OF CARLISLE.

Continued to the Prefent Time

By JOHN BURN, Efq. his Son,

ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR THE
COUNTIES OF WESTMORLAND AND CUMBERLAND.

The SEVENTEENTH EDITION; Including the
Statutes of the last Seffion of Parliament (32 Geo. III.)
To which is added,

An APPENDIX, containing the Act refpecting ALIENS,
and fuch others as have paffed in the prefent Seffion.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY A. STRAHAN AND W. WOODFALL,
LAW-PRINTERS TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY;
FOR T. CADELL, IN THE STRAND.

Ercile and Cuffoms.

S the cuftoms and excife, fo far as juftices of the

A peace, conftables, and other peace officers, are con

cerned therein, are in fome measure connected and interwoven with each other; it is thought proper here to reprefent them together, that the reader may at once have a full and distinct comprehenfion of the whole.

I. Of the cuftoms in general.

II. Of the excife in general.

III. Of the feveral particulars under the ma-
nagement of the commiffioners of the customs and

excife.

I. Of the customs in general.

By 27 G. 3. c. 13. after the 10th May 1787, all fub- Former duties fidies, cuftoms, impofitions, or duties whatever, refpecting repealed, the revenue of cuftoms, payable by virtue of any act or acts of parliament then in force, upon the importation of any goods, wares, or merchandize, into Great Britain; or upon the exportation thereof from Great Britain; or upon being brought or carried coaftwife from port to port within the faid kingdom; and the feveral drawbacks allowed upon the exportation thereof, or on any account whatever refpecting the duties of cuftoms; and alfo the additional impofts on duties charged upon the product and amount of the faid feveral duties of cuftoms, are repealed, except for recovering arrears. f. 1.

But the fame fhall not extend to any duties payable to the Exceptions. city of London, or any other city or town corporate in Great Britain. Or to repeal or alter the prifage of wines; the duty called butlerage; or the duty on fea coal exported from Newcastle; or to any special privilege or exemption to which any perfon, bodies politick or corporate, are entitled by law. Nor to alter or affect any bounty or premium now payable out of the customs on importation or exportation of any goods, wares, or merchandize, but the fame fhall continue to be paid and allowed as heretofore. f. 1, 30.

And in lieu of the faid duties repealed, there fhall be New duties, raifed and collected, upon the importation of any goods VOL. II.

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