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■Jc-licences by former afts were repealed, and a new duty 

 of 2/. ^s. impofed. All perfons who ftiall fell ale or beer 

 by retail, or (liall fell cyder ,or perry, to be confumed in 

 their houfes or premifcs, (hall firft take out an excife- 

 licence, within the limits of the chief ofRce of excife in 

 London, under the hands and feals of two or more of the 

 commiffioners of excife in England, or of fuch perfons as 

 they, or the major part of them, ftiall appoint for that pur- 

 pofe : and in other parts of England, the licences are to be 

 granted under the hands and feals of the feveral coUeaors 

 and fupervifors of excife within their refpeaive diftnfts. 

 The duration of fuch licences is limited to the loth of 

 Oftober next enfuing the time of granting thereof. All 

 licences granted at the general licenfing day (hall be made 

 for one year only, to commence on the 29th day of Sep- 

 tember. 



Pi-Lt-Houfes, 1. 4, after houfes, add — under penalty ot 

 Xl.6s.9,d. 5 & 6 Ed. VI. c. 25. 26 Geo. II. c. 31. 



L. 9, after cofts, add — But no perfon (hall be liable to 

 the faid penalty, for feUing ale or beer in caflcs containing 

 not lefs than five gallons, or in bottles, not lefs than two 

 dozen quarts, not to be drank in his houfe, out-houfe, yard, 

 garden, orchard, or other place. 38 Geo. III. c. 54. 

 Penalties may be mitigated for the firft offence ; and all 

 penalties (hall be fued for and determined within fix 

 months after the offence committed. 



L. 15, after only, add — The day and place for granting 

 licences (Viall be appointed by two or more juftices for the 

 divifion, by warrant under their hands and feals, at leaft ten 

 days before fuch meeting, direfted to the high conftables, 

 requiring them to order their petty conftables, or other 

 peace officers, to give notice to the feveral inn-keepers and 

 alehoufe-keepers within their refpeftive conftablewicks, of 

 the day and place of fuch meeting : and all licences granted 

 fit any other time and place fhall be void. And no licence 

 (hall be granted to any perfon not licenfed the year preced- 

 ing, (except in cities or towns corporate,) unlefs he produce 

 a certificate under the hands of the minifter and the major 

 part of the churchwardens and overfeers, or elfe of three 

 or four reputable and fubftantial houfeholders of the place, 

 fetting forth that fuch perfon is of good fame and of fober 

 life and converfation ; and it (hall be mentioned in fuch 

 licence that fuch certificate was produced, otherwife the 

 licence (hall be void. No juftice of the peace, being a com- 

 mon brewer of ale or beer, inn-keeper, or diftilTer, or a 

 feller of and dealer in ale or fpirituous liquors, or inte- 

 refted in any of the faid trades, or beings a viftualler or 

 maltfter, (hall be capable or have any power to grant 

 licences for felling ale or beer, or any other hquors, but the 

 fame fhall be void. All mayors, town-clerks, and other 

 perfons whom it may concern, fhall make out ale -licences 

 duly ftamped before the recognizance be taken ; on pain of 

 10/., half to the king, and half to the profecutor, with cofts. 

 6 Geo. c. 21. I Ann. ftat. 2, c. 22. 



L. 18, after tippling, &c. add-^i Jac. c, 9. I Ch. 

 c. 4. By 21 Jac. c. 7. innkeepers who fuffer tipphng are 

 difablcd from keeping an ale-houfe for three years. By 

 30 Geo. II. c. 24. if any perfon licenfed to fell any 

 forts of liquors, or who (hall fell or fuffer the fame to be 

 fold in his houfe, out-houfe, ground, or apartment thereto 

 belonging, _/^a// knoiv'mgly fuffer any gaming with cards, 

 dice, draughts, (liuffle -boards, miffifGppi, or billiard-tables, 

 (kittles, nine-pins, or with any other implement of gaming 

 in his houfe, out-houfe, ground, or apartment thereunto 

 belonging, by any journeymen, labourers, fervants, or ap- 

 prentices, and Ihall be convifted thereof on confeffion, or 



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oath of one witnefs, before one juftice, within fix days after 

 the offence committed ; he ftiall forfeit for the firft offence 

 40J. and for every other offence 10/. by diftrefs by warrant 

 of fuch juftice ; three-fourths of which ftiall be to the 

 churchwardens for the ufe of the poor, and one-fourth to 

 the informer. 



And if any journeyman, labourer, or apprentice, or 

 fervant, Jhall game in any houfe, out-houfe, ground, or 

 apartment thereto belonging, wherein any liquors (hall br 

 fold, and complaint thereoi fliall be made on oath before 

 one juftice where the offence (hall be committed, he ftiall 

 iffue his warrant to the conftable or other peace-officer of the 

 place wherein the offence is charged to have been committed, 

 or where the offender ftiall lefide, to apprehend and carry 

 the offender before fome juftice of the place where the 

 offence ftiall be committed, or where the offender (hall re- 

 fide ; and if fuch perfon (hall be convifted tliereof by the 

 oath of one witnefs or confeffion, he fhall forfeit not exceed- 

 ing los. nor lefs than 5^. as the juftice fhall order, every time 

 he (hall fo offend, and be convifted as aforcfaid, one-fourth 

 to the informer, and three-fourths to the overfeers for the 

 ufe of the poor ; and if he fhall not forthwith pay down 

 the fame, fuch juftice fhall commit him to the houfe of cor- 

 reftion, or fome other prifon of the place where he ffiall be 

 apprehended, to be kept to hard labour for any time not 

 exceeding one month, or until he (hall pay the forfeiture. 



If any perfon (allowing for fome excepted cafes under 

 I J. c. 9.) fhall continue drinking or tippling in any inn, 

 viftualling-houfe, or ale-houfe, he fhall on conviftion thereof 

 before a mayor or juftice of the peace on view, confeffion, 

 or oath of one witnefs, forfeit for every offence 3^. 4//., to 

 be paid within one week next after the conviftion to the 

 churchwardens, who fhall be accountable for the fame to 

 the ufe of the poor ; and if he (hall refufe or negleft to pay 

 the fame, it fhall be levied by diftrefs. And if he be not 

 able to pay the forfeiture, then the mayor, juftice, or court 

 where the conviftion fhall be, may punifh the offender, by 

 fetting him in the ftocks for every offence by the fpace of 

 four hours. I J. c. 9. 4 J. c. 5. f. 4. 21 J. c. 7. f. 2. 

 I C. c. 4. 



If any alehoufe-keeper ftiall be convifted of the faid 

 offence, he fhall moreover for the fpace of three years be 

 difabled to keep any fuch ale-houfe. 7 J. c. 10. 21 J. 

 c. 7. f. 4. 



ALECTORIA, in Botany., feems to derive its name 

 from a^lx1al5, unmarried, becaufe nothing has been made out 

 refpefting the male flowers. This is one of the tribe of 

 filamentous Lichens, eftabhfhed as a genus by Acharius, 

 (fee LiCHENES,) and we fhall endeavour to explain its 

 charafters.— Achar. Syn. 291. Lichenogr. t. 13. f. i — 4. 

 Sm. Prodr. Fl. Grace. Sibth. v. 2. 323 — Clafs and order, 

 Cryptogamia Algiz. Nat. Ord. L'tchenes. 



Eff. Ch. Frond cartilaginous, branched ; fpongy within. 

 Shields feffile, thick, bordered, flattifh, of the fubftance of 

 the frond ; their difk flightly coloured. 



I. K.jubata, Wiry Aleftoria, or Rock-hair. Achar. 

 n. I. Prodr. Fl. Grasc, n. I. ( Parmeha jubata ; Achar. 

 IVJeth. 272. Lichen jubatus ; Linn. Sp. PI. 1622. Achar. 

 Prodr. 219. Weftring Lich. 183. t. 14. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 1880. Schrad. Journ. v. j. 83. t. 3. f. 4. Ufnea jubata 

 nigricans ; Dill. Mufc. 64. t. 12. f. 7.) 



/S, Lichen chalybeiformis ; Linn. Sp. PL 1623. Achar. 

 Prodr. 220. (Ufnea rigida, horfum-Yorfum extenfa ; Dill. 

 Mufc. 66. t. 13. f. ip. Parmelia jubata ; Achar. Meth, 



273-) 



Frond thread-ftiaped, fmooth, very much branched, of 



a fmoky« 



