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Townshend Revenue Act, 1767
The American Revolution
, 1999From U.S. History in ContextAbout this DocumentTownshend Revenue Act, 1767An act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in America; for allowing adrawback of the duties of customs upon the exportation, from this kingdom, of coffee and cocoa nutsof the produce of the said colonies or plantations; for discontinuing the drawbacks payable on chinaearthen ware exported to America; and for more effectually preventing the clandestine running ofgoods in the said colonies and plantations.Whereas it is expedient that a revenue should be raised, in your Majesty's dominions in America, formaking a more certain and adequate provision for defraying the charge of the administration of justice, and the support of civil government, in such provinces where it shall be found necessary; andtowards further defraying the expences of defending, protecting, and securing, the said dominions;we, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the commons of Great Britain, in parliamentassembled, have therefore resolved to give and grant unto your Majesty the several rates and dutiesherein after mentioned; and do most humbly beseech your Majesty that it may be enacted, and be itenacted by the King's most excellent majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lordsspiritual and temporal, and commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority ofthe same, That from and after the twentieth day of November, one thousand seven hundred and sixtyseven, there shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid, unto his Majesty, his heirs, and successors,for and upon the respective goods herein after mentioned, which shall be imported from Great Britaininto any colony or plantation in America which now is, or hereafter may be, under the dominion of hisMajesty, his heirs, or successors, the several rates and duties following; that is to say,For every hundred weight avoirdupois of crown, plate, flint, and white glass, four shillings and eightpence.For every hundred weight avoirdupois of green glass, one shilling and two pence.For every hundred weight avoirdupois of red lead, two shillings.For every hundred weight avoirdupois of white lead, two shillings.For every hundred weight avoirdupois of painters colours, two shillings.For every pound weight avoirdupois of tea, three pence.
For every ream of paper, usually called or known by the name of Atlas Fine, twelve shillings.For every ream of paper called Atlas Ordinary, six shillings.For every ream of paper called Bastard, or Double Copy, one shilling and six pence.For every single ream of blue paper for sugar bakers, ten pence halfpenny.For every ream of paper called Blue Royal, one shilling and fix pence.For every bundle of brown paper containing forty quires, not made in Great Britain, six pence.For every ream of paper called Brown Cap, not made in Great Britain, nine pence.For every ream of paper called Brown Large Cap, made in Great Britain, four pence halfpenny.For every ream of paper called Small Ordinary Brown, made in Great Britain, three pence.For every bundle, containing forty quires, of paper called Whited Brown, made in Great Britain, fourpence halfpenny.For every ream of cartridge paper, one shilling and one penny halfpenny.For every ream of paper called Chancery Double, one shilling and six pence.For every ream of paper called Genoa Crown Fine, one shilling and one penny halfpenny.For every ream of paper called Genoa Crown Second, nine pence.For every ream of paper called German Crown, nine pence.For every ream of paper called Fine Printing Crown, nine pence.For every ream of paper called Second Ordinary Printing Crown, six pence three farthings.For every ream of paper called Crown Fine, made in Great Britain, nine pence.For every ream of paper called Crown Second, made in Great Britain, six pence three farthings.For every ream of paper called Demy Fine, not made in Great Britain, three shillings.
For every ream of paper called Demy Second, not made in Great Britain, one shilling and four pencehalfpenny.For every ream of paper called Demy Fine, made in Great Britain, one shilling and one pennyhalfpenny.For every ream of paper called Demy Second, made in Great Britain, nine pence.For every ream of paper called Demy Printing, one shilling and three pence.For every ream of paper called Genoa Demy Fine, one shilling and six pence.For every ream of paper called Genoa Demy Second, one shilling and one penny halfpenny.For every ream of paper called German Demy, one shilling and one penny halfpenny.For every ream of paper called Elephant Fine, six shillings.For every ream of paper called Elephant Ordinary, two shillings and five pence farthing.For every ream of paper called Genoa Fools Cap Fine, one shilling and one penny halfpenny.For every ream of paper called Genoa Fools Cap Second, nine pence.For every ream of paper called German Fools Cap, nine pence.For every ream of paper called Fine Printing Fools Cap, nine pence.For every ream of paper called Second Ordinary Printing Fools Cap, six pence three farthings.For every ream of any other paper called Fools Cap Fine, not made in Great Britain, one shilling andten pence halfpenny.For every ream of any other paper called Fools Cap Fine Second, not made in Great Britain, oneshilling and six pence.For every ream of paper called Fools Cap Fine, made in Great Britain, nine pence.For every ream of paper called Fools Cap Second, made in Great Britain, six pence three farthings.For every ream of paper called Imperial Fine, twelve shillings.
For every ream of paper called Second Writing Imperial, eight shillings and three pence.For every ream of paper called German Lombard, nine pence.For every ream of paper called Medium Fine, four shillings and six pence.For every ream of paper called Genoa Medium, one shilling and ten pence halfpenny.For every ream of paper called Second Writing Medium, three shillings.For every ream of painted paper, not made in Great Britain, six shillings.For every ream of paper called Fine Large Post, one shilling and ten pence halfpenny.For every ream of paper called Small Post, one shilling and one penny halfpenny.For every ream of paper called Fine Genoa Pot, six pence three farthings.For every ream of paper called Second Genoa Pot, six pence three farthings.For every ream of other paper called Superfine Pot, not made in Great Britain, one shilling and sixpence.For every ream of other paper called Second Fine Pot, not made in Great Britain, one shilling and onepenny halfpenny.For every ream of paper called Ordinary Pot, not made in Great Britain, six pence three farthings.For every ream of paper called Fine Pot, made in Great Britain, nine pence.For every ream of paper called Second Pot, made in Great Britain, four pence halfpenny.For every ream of paper called Super Royal Fine, nine shillings.For every ream of paper called Royal Fine, six shillings.For every ream of paper called Fine Holland Royal, two shillings and five pence farthing.For every ream of paper called Fine Holland Second, one shilling and six pence.For every ream of paper called Second Fine Holland Royal, one shilling and six pence.
prohibited to be imported or exported into or out of any of the said plantations, or for which any dutiesare payable, or ought to have been paid; and that the like assistance shall be given to the saidofficers in the execution of their office, as, by the said recited act of the fourteenth year of KingCharles the Second, is provided for the officers in England: but, no authority being expressly given bythe said act, made in the seventh and eighth years of the reign of King William the Third, to anyparticular court to grant such writs of assistance for the officers of the customs in the said plantations,it is doubted whether such officers can legally enter houses and other places on land, to search forand seize goods, in the manner directed by the said recited acts: To obviate which doubts for thefuture, and in order to carry the intention of the said recited acts into effectual execution, be itenacted, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the said twentiethday of November, one thousand seven hundred and sixty seven, such writs of assistance, toauthorize and impower the officers of his Majesty's customs to enter and go into any house,warehouse, shop, cellar, or other place, in the British colonies or plantations in America, to search forand seize prohibited or uncustomed goods, in the manner directed by the said recited acts, shall andmay be granted by the said superior or supreme court of justice having jurisdiction within such colonyor plantation respectively.XI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any action or suit shall be commenced,either in Great Britain or America, against any person or persons for any thing done in pursuance ofthis act, the defendant or defendants in such action or suit may plead the general issue, and give thisact, and the special matter, in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon; and that the same was donein pursuance and by the authority of this act: and if it shall appear so to have been done, the jury shallfind for the defendant or defendants: and if the plaintiff shall be nonsuited, or discontinue his actionafter the defendant or defendants shall have appeared, or if judgement shall be given upon anyverdict or demurrer against the plaintiff; the defendant or defendants shall recover treble costs, andhave the like remedy for the same as defendants have in other cases by law.
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Britain), Parliament (Great. "Townshend Revenue Act, 1767."
The American Revolution
. Woodbridge, CT: Primary Source Media, 1999. American Journey.
U.S. History in Context
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