# Linen Manufacture Act 1695, Section II


English-made Sail Cloth may be exported Duty free, on Oath, as herein mentioned.
And for as much as the making of Sail Cloth in England is of great Use and Benefitt to the Nation & will employ many thousands of the Poor which Manufacture is already sett upp in several Parts of this Kingdome and brought to good Perfection Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforesaid That for the Encouragement of the further Improvement of the same all English made Sail Cloth (upon due Proof upon Oath of its being made in this Kingdome) shall from and after the First day of August One thousand six hundred ninety and six be exported free from the Payment of all Custome and Duty whatever whether the same be exported in the Piece or Boult or in Sails ready made Any Law Act or Statute to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/7-8/39/section/II (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/linen-manufacture-act-1695/section-II
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