# Taxation Act 1698, Section XV: From the 1st May 1700, English Bone Lace, &c. may be exported Duty-free, on Oath of Manufacture.


And whereas great Numbers of the Poor of this Kingdome are imployed in the Manufacture of Bone-lace For the Encouragement thereof Be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That from and after the First Day of May One thousand seaven hundred It shall and may be lawfull for all Persons Natives and Forreigners to export to the English Plantations in America or to any other Parts beyond the Seas or into Scotland all Sorts of English Bonelace Needle-worke Point or Cutt-worke without paying any Custome or Duty for the same Oath being first made that the same was made or manufactured within the Kingdome of England Dominion of Wales or Towne of Berwick upon Tweed Any Law or Statute to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/11/3/section/XV (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/taxation-act-1698-aep-will311-3/section-XV
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