577-83) giving the date for the proposed act to come into force as 1 June 1702

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/2/576, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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Whereas by certain clauses in an Act of Parliament {illeg}|m|ade in the sixt year of his Majesties reign intituled An Act to prevent the Counterfeiting the and Clipping the coin of this kingd{illeg}|om|e it is enacted that no molten silver {illeg}|m|ay be transported unless the same be first marked or stamped at Goldsmith's Hall & there proved and certified to be forreign silver and by another Act made in the seventh year of his Majesties reign intituled An Act to encourage the bringing Plate into the Mint to be coyned and for the further remedying the ill state of the coyn of th{illeg}|e| Kingdome it is enacted that no Bullion be shipped for exportation without certificate from the Court of the Lord Maior & Aldermen of the city of London that the same hath been proved upon oath made before them to be forreign Bullion and certain penalties are laid upon such persons as shall export or ship any other Bullion then foreign, and notwithstanding these and other laws for preserving the coyn \of this kingdom/ great complaints are \still/ made concerning the melting down of the coyn in private for exportation, and Merchants who import Bullion\silver/ from abroad are at greater charge and trouble then i{illeg}|s| necessary in carrying the same from place to place in order to get the silver melted \in private shops/ (if it be not yet in the Ingot) & the Ingots marked & certified for exportation \at Goldsmiths Hall & Yeild Hall/; Be it enacted by the Kings most excellent Majesty by and with the advice {illeg}|a|nd consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and of the Commons in this present Parliament assembled & by the authority of the same that \from and after the first day of Iune w^ch shall be in the year of o^r Lord one thousand seven hundred /and two\/ all \& every/ the aforesaid clauses of the two Acts of Parli{illeg}|a|ment above mentioned which relate to the marking certifying & exporting of forreign Bullion and punishing Offenders who export other Bullion then forreign be repealed \and made voyd/ and they are hereby repealed and made voyd\accordingly/ And it be further enacted by the authority aforesaid that from and after the said {illeg}|f|irst day of Iune aforesaid all molten silver or Bullion and all unmanufac/tured\