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Section XXI Where Rent is payable in Malt, or to be ascertained by the Price of Malt, Tenant may make such Deduction as herein mentioned; which the Landlord is to allow, and Tenant discharged.

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And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That where any Rent is reserved and payable in Malt or if payable in Money and the Su[m]m or Quantity of such Rent is to be ascertained by the Price of Malt and is to increase just as much as the Price of Malt doth increase itt shall and may be lawfull dureing the continuance of this Act for the Tennant of any Lands subject to any such Rent to detaine deduct and abate so much of every such Rent as will amount to Two Shillings a Quarter for every Quarter of Malt or the Value of it in Money that is so reserved and so proportionably for any lesser Quantity and the Person or Persons Body Politick or Corporate to whom any such Rent is reserved as aforesaid shall upon Receipt of the Residue of any such Rent make an Allowance of such Deductions as aforesaid and the Tenant be discharged as if such Payment had been made without any Deduction or Abatement whatsoever.