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ALPHABETICAL ABRIDGMENT

THE LAWS

FOR THE

PREVENTION OF SMUGGLING.

1816.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY OBOROE EYRE AND ANDREW STRAHAN,
PRINTERS TO THE KINo's MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTT.

1816.

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ALPHABETICAL ABRIDGMENT,

(VV ■■■j--f"-

Sfc. Sfc.

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ALDERNEY. See " Guernfey."
ARMED PERSONS. See « Smugglers."
I. ARMS and AMMUNITION. If any-(
Cutter, Lugger, Shallop^ Wherry,
Smaci, or Taivl, belonging in the
whole or in part to any of His
Majefty's Subjefts, or whereof One
Half of the Perfons on board are
Subjects of His Majefty, fhall be
found or difcovered to have been
within the Limits of any of the
Ports of Great Britain, or in the
Britifh or Irifh Channels, or within
loo Leagues of the Coaft of Great
Britain or Ireland, having on board
any Arms or Ammunition, except
by Licence of the Admiralty, every
fuch Cutter, &c» with the Arms and
Ammunition, and the' Goods on board,
(hall be forfeited . - -^

2. ■ Not to extend to any Cutter,'

Lugger, Shallop, Wherry, bmack,
or Yawl, belonging to or employed
in the Service of the Navy, Vic-
tualling, Ordnance, Cufloms, Excife,
or Poft Office ; nor any Cutter, &c.
which (hall have been regularly
entered and cleared at any Cuftoip
lioufe in any of His Majefty's Dp-
minions with Arms or Ammunition,
as Merchandize, or for the Ufe of Jiis
Majefty's Stores or Garrifons, and
which fhall be regularly ftowed in the
Hold of fuch V<?irel

ACTS.

Reign,

34 Geo. 3.
47 Geo. 3.

Chap.

Seft.

34 Geo. 3.

uii

A- J

'.»

•50

*^*r

«7

14.

ARRACK, not to be imported in Veffels
or Cades under 60 Gallons, or in Veffels
under 100 Tons.
See " Spirits."

BLADDERS, capable of containing Li<
quids, of the Sort ufually adapted for
Smuggling, on board Ships and VeiTels
within certain Diftancei> of the Coafts
of Great Britain or Ireland.
See ♦* Ships and Veffels."
« Guernfey."

BOATS. The Owners of every Boat be-
longing to a Ship or Veffel, owned in the
whole or in part by any of His Ma-
jefty's Subjects, ihall caufe to be
painted upon the Outftde of the Stern
of every fuch Boat the Name of fuch
Ship or Vejfely and the Port or Place to
which (he belongs, and the Mafter's
Name within-fide the Tranfum, in
White or Yellow Roman Letters, not
lefs than Two Inches in Length, on a
Black Ground, on Forfeiture of fuch
Boat - - -J

- The Owners of every Boat not he-'

longing to a Ship or Ve£el (hall caufe
to be painted upon the Stern of every
fuch Boat, in White or Yellow Roman
Letters of Two Inches in Length, on
a Black Ground, the Nanus of the
Owners of fuch Boat, and the Port or
Place to which fuch Boat belongs, on
Forfeiture of any fuch Boat found
within the Limits of any of the Ports
of Great Britain, or in the Briti(horIri(h
Channels, or within 100 Leagues of
the Coafts of Great Britain or Ireland^

— — — Nothing in thefe Afks is to forfeit'
any Boat whatever in the Service of
the Navy, Vi£tuallinor, Ordnance, Cuf-
toms, Excife, or Poft Office ; nor any 1
the Owner of which (hall have f

Boat the

a Licence for navigating the fame, or
which are ufed lolely in Rivers or
Inland Navigation

Pinnace

Any

Wherry,

Barge> or Galley, rowing or buUt to

Reign.

I Chap.

Sea.

27 Geo. 3.

27 Geo. 3.
47 Geo. 3.

32
66

«7

■j

27 Geo. 3.
47 Geo. 3.

4
17

ip.

Sea.

;«

•J

■^

BOATS— rofl///»tt^</.

ro«f wi/A mor^ /i&jn Four Oars, found
either upon Ijand or Water, within
the Counties of Middlefex, Surrey,
Kent, or EfTex, or in the River Thames,
or within the Limits of the Ports of
London, Sandwich, or Ipfwich; or
any Boat, &c. rowing with more than
Six Oarsi found either upon Land or
Water in any other Port, or within
Two Leagues of the Coaft of Great
Britain, (hall be forfeited with the
Tackle and Furniture ; and every Per-
fon uiing or rowing in any fuch Boat
(hall forfeit 40 1. except Boats licenfed
by the Admiralty, or the Commiflion-
ers of the Cuftoms ; Tow Boats be-
longing to licenfed Pilots within the
Port of Hriftol ; Barges or Galleys of
His Majefty or the Royal Family ;
Long Boats, Yawls, or Pinnaces be-
longmg to Merchant Ships or Veffels,
or belonging to Ships or Veffels em-
ployed in the Greenland or Southern
Whale Fifheries

■' ■ ' '■ Any Boat belon;^ :ng in the whole
or in part to His j^ajefty's Subjects,
or whereof One Half of the Perfons on
board (hall be Subje£ts of His Majefty,
rowed with or conjlruded to row with
more than Six Oars, found within the
Limits of any Port in the United King-
dom, or in the Britifli or Iri(h Channels,
or within icx> Leagues of any Part of
the Coafts of Great Britain or Ireland,
(hall, with all the Furniture, Tackle,
and Apparel, be forfeited

Nothing in this Aft as to the"

Number of Oars of any Boat (hall
extend to Boats employed in the
Whale Fi(heries; nor to any Boat
belonging to any Merchant Shijp or
Ve(rer exceeding the Burthen ofi^o
Tons ; nor to any Life Boat ; nor any
Boat employed folely in Rivers or In-
land Navigations; nor to any Boat
belonging to His Maiefty, or in the

Reign.

8 Geo. I.
19 Geo. 3.
32 Geo. 3.
35 Geo. 3.

Cha[><

Sedt.

iS
69
22
92

3»4

3*5
6

47 Geo. 3.

! i'

BOATS— ron/i/iMf^/.

Service of Government^ or in the Em-
ployment of the Cuftoms or Excife ;
nor to any Boat liceafed to ufe more
than Six Oars

— ^— Any Boat rowed with or conftruSed'
for rowing with more than Six Oars,
found or difcovered to have been ho-
vering, or within Four Leagues of
that Part of the Coaft which is between
the North Foreland and Beachy Head,
or within Eight Leagues of any other
Part of the Coaft, mall be forfeited ;
provided that fuch Diftance of Eight
Leagues (hall be meafured in any Di-
rection between the Southward and
Eaftward of Beachy Head, although
any Part of the extended Limits may
exceed the Diftance of Four Leagues
from any Part of the Coaft of Great
Britain to the Eaftward of Beachy Head

A.ny Boat,Wherry, Pinnace, Barge, \

or GaUey, rowed with or conjlrulled to
row with more than Four Oarsy belong-
ing wholly or in part to His Majefty's
Subjefts, or whereof Half the Perfons
on board are Subjeds of His Majefty,
found within the Limits of any Port
of Great Britain, or in the Britifti or
Irifti Channels, or within loo Leagues
cS the Coaft of Great Britain, or dif-
covered to have been within fuchLimits
or Diftance, the Owners of which
fhall not have obtained a Licence from
the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms in
England or Scotland, as the Cafe may
be, or from the Lords of the Admi-
ralty, prior to the A£t 47 Geo. 3.
ch. 66, every fuch Boat, Sec. with
the Tackle and Furniture, fhall be j
forfeited - - -J

Not to extend to any Boat, &c,'
belonging to His Majefty or any of
the Roy 3 Family, or in the Service
of Government, or in the Employ-
ment of the Cuftoms or Excife ; nor
to any Long Boat, Yawl, Pinnace,

Keigii.

Chap.

Sea.

42 Geo. 3
47 Geo. 3.

82
66

3
9

5» Geo. 3.

141

.'u»

'•rt

■0^^ fir:

ip.

Sea.

3
9

4«

II.

9. BOAT S-^oniinued.

or other Boats belonging to any-
Square-rigged Veflel in the Merchant
Service, or to any other Merchant
Veflel above 150 Tons Burthen not
otherwife requiring* a Licence for the
T.Tfe thereof, nor to any Boat employ-
ed in the Fifheries, or any Life Boat,
or any Tow Boat ufed in towing Vef-
. fels belonging to licenfed Pilots within
the Port and Jurifdi£lion of the City
of Briftol, or any Boat, &c. employed
folely in Rivers or Inland Navigation ^

10. Any Boat exceeding 28 Feet in Length
from the Forepart of the Stem to the
Aft-fide of the Tranfum or Stern Poll
aloft, and tke Length of which Jhall be
greater than in the Proportion of '^\ Feet
to one Foot in Breadth^ found either
upon Land or Water within the
Counties of Middlefex, Surrey, Kent,
or Eflex, or in any Port of Great
Britain, or within Two Leagues of the
Coaft thereof, fliall be forfeited with t he
Tackle and Furniture ; and every Per-
fon ufing or rowing in any fuch Boat
(hall forfeit 40 1. but not to extend to
Boats licenfed by the Admiralty or the
CommifDoners of the Cuftoms ; Tow
Boats belonging to licenfed Pilots
within the Port of Briftol ; Barges or
Galleys of His Majefty, or the Royal
Family ; Long Boats, Yawls or Pin-
naces belonging to Merchant Ships
or VefTels, or to Ships or Veflels em-
ployed in the Greenland or Southern
Whale Fifheries - -

— — Any Open Boat belonging wholly'
or in part to any of His Maje^'s Sub-
jects, or whereof One Half of the
Perfons on board are Subjedts of His
Majefty, and being of the Length of
23 Feet and upwards, built for rowing
or failing, or for rowing and failing,
the Length of which Jhall be greater them
in the Proportion of ^^ Feet to l Foot
in Breadth, to be meafured by a
*A4

Reign.

Chap.

Sea.

52 Geo. 3.

8 Geo. I.
19 Geo. 2.
24 Geo. 3.

141

18
69
47

3»4
3»5
33

ii.BOAT.S

ftraii

12.

>3-

14.

—continued,

ht Line from the Forepart of
the Stem to the Aft-fide of the Tran-
fum or Stern Pod aloft, found on Land
or within any Port of Great Britain, or
Member or Creek thereof, or in the
Britiih or Iriih Channels, or wit\in 100
Leagues of the Coaft of Great Britain
or Ireland, fhall be forfeited - -^

—— Any Boat built for rowing or fail-'
ing, or for rowing and failing, belonging
wholly or in part to any of His Ma-
jelly's Subjedts, and being o/'/it^ /.^^//^
oflS Feett and undet the Length cfl^Feet
irom the Forepart of the Stem to the
Aft.fide of the Tranfum or Stern Poft
aloft, and the Depth of which is greater
than in the Proportion of One Incht and
One Quarter of an Inch to every Foot of
the Length, fuch Depth to be taken
from the upper Part of the Plank next
the Keel to the Top of the upper Strake,
whether fuch Strake be fixed to the
Boat or ufed as a loofe or (hifting
WaihStrake, (hall be forfeited, togethe-
with the Ship or VefTel to which th
fame belongs - " " "^

— Any Open Boat belonging as afore-'
faid of 2^ Feet and upwards, the Depth
of which jhall be greater than in the Pro-
portion of One Inch to every Foot of the
Length, fuch Depth to be taken as
before mentioned, may be feized by
any Officer of the Cuftoms or Excife.^
N. B. — No Limits or Diftance are'
mentioned in the loth Section of the
Ad 28 Geo. 3. ch. 34. as to Boats
mentioned in N<^' i2 & 13.

— ^ Not to extend to any Boat in'
the Service of the Navy, Vi6tu-
ailing, Ordnance, Cuftoms, Elcife,
or Poft Office, or Boat ufed on any
Canal or Inland Navigation, nor to
any Boat the Owner of which fhall
have a Licence, if the fame be on
board at the Time of her being
detained or examined, nor to any

Reign.

Chap.

28 Geo. 3.
47 Geo. 3.

2i5Geo.3.

34
66

Soft.

10
»7

28 Geo. 3.

14. BOATS-^coatinued.

Whale Boat belonging to any Veflfel

employed in the Greenland or Southern

Whale Fifliery, nor to any Boat which

(hall be built with Timber and Plank not

lefs than the following Scantling, viz.

An Open Boat from ao to 25 Feet

long, having Plank ^ of an Inch

thick and Timbers i^ [nch fquare.

From 25 to 30 Feet long, having
Plank li Inch thick and Timbers

2 Inches fquare.

From <to to 35 Feet long, having
Plank if Inch thick and Timbers

3 Inches fquare.

From 35 to 40 Feet long, having
Plank 2 Inches thick and Timbers

4 Inches fquare.

From 40 to 50 Feet long, having
Plank 2 Inches thick and Timbers

5 Inches fquare.

From 50 Feet and upwards,
having Plank 3 Inches thick and
Timbers 6 Inches fquare
fc5. ■' Any Open Boats built for rowing or*^

failing, or for rowing and failing, be-
longing in the whole or in part to any
of His Majefty's Subje£is, or whereof
One Half of the Perfons on board are
SubjeAs of His Majefty, and being of
the Length 0/1^ Feet an J under the
Length £/' 1 8 Feet, to be meafured by a
ftraight Line from the Forepart of the
Stem to the After>fide of the Tranfum
I or Stern Poft aloft, and the Depth of

! which Jhall he greater than in the Proper'

I tion of\\ Inch to l Foot in Length', fiich

' Depth to be taken from the upper

Part of the Plank next the Keel to the
Top of the upper Strake (whether fuciis
upper Strake (hall he fixed to the
Boat or (hall be ufed as a loofe or
ihifting Wafh Strake) found either
upon the Land or within any Port
' of Great Britain or any Member or
Creek thereof, or in the Britifh or
Irifh Channels, or within 100 Leagues

Reign.

28 Geo. 3.
32 Geo. 3.
35 Geo. 3.

Chap.

Sea.

34
22

34 Geo. 3.
47

50
66

9
17

15-

i6.

«7-

BOATS— ro«//»«<r</.

of the Coaft of Great Britain or
Ireland, (hall be forfeited, unlefs fuch
Boat (hall have Plank of f of an Inch
thick and Timbers i^ Inch fquare^
and not more than nine Inches diftant
from Timber to Timber ; and if any
fuch Boat (hall be found on board, or
(hall belong to any Cutter, Lugger,
Shallop, Wherry, Smack, or Yawl,
fuch Cutter, Lugger, Shallop, Wherry,
Smack, or Yawl, (hall alfo be forfeited. J

I Not to extend to Whale Boats, or
any Boat in the Service of the Navy,
Victualling Office, Ordnance, Cuftoms,
Excife, or Poft Office, nor to any
Boat the Owner of which (hall have a
Licence, the fame being obtained and
entered agreeably to 24 Geo. 3, and
adiually on board at the Time fuch
Boat is detained, and produced on De-
mand ; nor to any Boat wholly employed
in the Cod, Herring, Mackarel, or
other Fi(heries, carried on from Great
Britain, having on board fufficient
Hooks and Lines and Nets for fuch
Fifheries, and clearing out from Great
Britain - - - -,

Any Open Boat belonging wholly'

or in part to any of His Majefty's Sub

{*e6ts, or whereof Half the Perfons on
>oard are Subjects of His Majefty,
and being 30 Feet long and upwards^
built for rowing or failmg, or for row-
ing and failing, the Length oftohichJhaU
exceed the Proportion of one Foot for erery
two Inches of the Width, meafured by a
ftraight Line from the Forepart of the
Stem to the Aft-fide of the Tranfum
or Stern Poft aloft, found within the
Limits of any Port of Great Britain,
or in the Briti(h or Iri(h Channels, or
within 100 Leagues of the Coaft of
Great Britain or Ireland, (hall be for-
feited, unlefs the fame being clench-
built (hall have Plank not lefs than Half
an It'ch thick, and Timbers of the fol-

Reign.

Chap

Sea.

34 Geo. 3.

35 ^eo. 3.

50
92

] 9.

52 Geo. 3.

141

I 8.

i '

VIZ.

BOATS— continued.
lowing Dimenfions,
For every Boat,

Feet. Feet.

exceeding the length of 30 and under 35
of the length of - 35

- 40

- 45
- - - 50 Feet & upwards

fuch Timbers refpectively not being

above 10 Inches apart.

Not to extend to Boats belonging"

to Veffels above 150 Tons Burthen,

provided fuch Boats are licenfed by

the Commiilioners of the Cuftoms.

Life Boats nor Boats employed in
the Whale Fiflieries.

Boats belonging to any Square-
rigged Ship or Veflel in the Merchants
Service, or to any otlier Merchant
Veffel above 150 Tons Burthen.

Boats ufed Jolely in Rivers or Inland
Navigation.

Employed in the Service of Govern-
ment ; or

Licenfed by the Admiralty prior to

the Aft 47 Geo 3. ch. 66 or by the

Commiflioners 01 the Cuftoms before

this Aft. . - -_

■ The Commiflioners of the Cuftoms'

England, Scotland, and Ireland,

refpeftively, may revoke Licences for
Open Boats not belonging to Ships or
VefFels, allowing fuch Open Boats to
proceed to Foreign Parts, and in future
refufe Licences for fuch Boats ; or
confine the Employment or Navigation
thereof in any Manner and withm any
Limits and Diftance of the Coafts as
they may deem fitting and proper
— — After the faid Commimoners ref-'

peftivelv (hall by any Order in Writing
under their Hands have revoked any
fuch Licence, a Copy of the Order
fhall be left either with any one of
the Owners or with the Perfon having
the Care or Cuftody of any fuch Boat ;
and from and after the Delivery of a

Reign.

Chap.

Seft

52 Geo. 3.

141

SS Geo. 3.

- ^vB.«^;r;iuQitwv;^!VUVUJ|lUPJl/|IV'' '■'.<.

IS!

20. BOATS—continued.

Copy of fiich Order the Licence (hall
be null and void, and the Owners re-
quired to caufe the faid Licence to be
delivered up to the Collector of the
Cuftoms of the Port to which fuch Boat ^
(hall belof.^ within three Months from
the Day on which the Order (hallhave
been delivered as aforefaid ; or, in cafe
of the faid Licence being loft or taken
by the Enemy, fatisfaSory Proof on
Oath (hall be within the fame Period
made before the CoUe&or or Comp>
troUer of fuch Port ; and in cafe fuch
Licence (hall not be delivered up, and
no fuch Proof made within fuch Period
as aforefaid, the Owners (hall forfeit
20 1. ; or if fuch Open Boat (hall be
ufed or navigated after a Copy of the
Order revoking the Licence (hall have
been delivered, every fuch Open Boat
(hall be forfeited - * "_

2 1 . • - ■ Every Open Boat, belonging in the"

whole or in part to His Majefty's
Subjefis, found or difcovered to have
been in Foreign Parts, or found
with or difcovered to have taken on
board at Sea any Goods from any Ship,
Veffel, or Boat coming from Foreign
Parts, (hall be forfeited, unlefs fuch
Open Boat (hall have gone into any
Foreign Port, or have taken fucn .
Goods to preferve the fame, from Ne- [
celfity or Diftrefs, of which Proof
(hall be made before the Collector or
other Chief Officer of the Cuftoms
immediately upon the Arrival of the
faid Boat in a Port of this Kingdom,
or unlefs fuch Boat (hall be licenfed
for that Purpofe by the Commiffioners
of His Majefty's Cuftoms, or any
Three or more of them
22.—— The Commiffioners of His Ma-T

Reign.

Chap.

Sea

jefty's Cuftoms in England, Scotland,
and Ireland refpe£tiveiy, or any Three
or more of them refpe6lively, may grant
any Licence required for any Boat

$S Geo. 3.

143

1 n

56 Geo. 3.

104

21 i

143

104

BOATS — continued. -

upon fuch Conditions, as to the Navi-
gation, Trade, and Employment of
any fuch Boat, and for fuch Limits
as to Diftance from the Coaft of the
United Kingdom, or otherwife, as the ^
faid Commiffioners refpefiively may
deem neceffary or expedient or proper
for the Security of the Revenue and the
Prevention of Smuggling ; and every
Boat having any fuch conditional or li-
mited Licence which fhall trade, navi-
gate, or be employed in any Manner not
authorized by the Licence, (hall be for
feited in like Manner as if no Licence
whatever hadbeen?ranted for fuch Boat_

■ ■ The Mailer of any Boat which by'

27 Geo. 3. ch. 52. or 24 Geo. 3. cli.
47. is required to be licenfed, (hall
produce the Licence to every Officer
of the Cuftoms or Excife who (hall
board fuch Boat within the Limits of
any of the Ports of this Kingdom, or
within 100 Leagues of the Coaft
thereof, on the fame being required by
fuch Officer ; and if fuch Mafter (hall
not have fuch Licence on board, or
(hall not produce the fame, or if the
Licence is produced without an In-
dorfement thereon that the proper
Security has been given to the Col-
le Aor of the Port to which (he belongs,
fuch Officer may feize fuch Boat, and
the fame (hall be forfeited - J

Reign.

made ufe of in the Removal of Pro-
hibited or Run Goods.

See •* Cattle and Carriages.'*
For the Regulations under which

Licences are to be granted.
See '* Licences."
BONDS. Officers to be allowed a Pro.
portion of the Penalty of the Licence
Bond.

See ** Licences."
BOTTLES. No Wine to be imported in
Bottles except in certain Quantities^ or
for private Ufe. See " Wine."

Chap.

56 Geo. 3.
27 Geo. 3.
38 Geo. 3.

Seit.

104
23

5
12

27 Geo. 3.
47 Geo. 3.

32
66

7*n

■

BRANDY. Regulations as to the Impor.
tation, and to prevent the Smuggling,
See " Spirits."

BRIBES. Offered to Officers of the Army,
Navy, Marines, Cuftoms, or Excife.
See « Officers."

BULK, BROKEN. See «' Ships."

« Guernfey."

CAMBRICKS and FRENCH LAWNS.l
Not to be imported except into the
Port of London oniy% nor imported into
that Port unlefs packed in Bales, Cafes, I
or Boxes, covered with Sackcloth or '
Canvas, each of which fhall contain
JOG Whole Pieces or 200 Demi or Half
Pieeest on Forfeiture thereof

1. CANDLES. Not to be imported other

wife han in Packages containing 224
Pounds Net at leaft, to be flowed openly
in the Hold of the Velfel importing the
fame, on Forfeiture thereof

2. ■ Not to be entered or reported for

Exportation in any Veffel belonging
wholly or in part to His Majefty's
Subje6ts otherwife than in Packages
containing 224 Pounds Net at the
leaft ; and all Entries and Reports made
contrary to this A.Gt fhall be void, and
the Candles fhall be forfeited

1. CATTLE and CARRIAGES. All Vef.=

fels and Boats^ and all Horfes and
other Cattle and Carriages whatfoever, I
made ufe of in the Landing, Remov- f
ing, Carriage, or Conveyance ofanyprohi-
hited or uncujlomed Goods fhall be foneited^

2, . All Seizures of Horfes, Cattle,"*

and Carriages whatfoever, for being
ufed in the Removing, Carriage, or
Conveyance of Goods, or for any
other Caufe of Forfeiture contrary
to any Aft of Parliament rela-
ting to the Revenue of Cuftoms,
may be adjudged and determined
by and before any Two of His Ma-
jeflfs Juflices of the Peace for any
County, Riding, City, Diviflon, or
liberty, in fuch Manner and by

Reign.

Chap.

32 Geo. 3.

23 Geo. 2.

42 Geo. 3.

^9i

S Ann.

' .f,:

''IV ■

I. CATTLE and CARRIAGES— continued.
fuch and the like Rules as the Seizure
of any Horfes, Cattle, or Carriages
liable to Forfeiture for being ufed in
removing, carr^'ing, or conveying of
any Prohibited or Run Goods, may be
adjudged and determined by any Juftice
or Juftices of the Peace, by virtue
of any A&. of Parliament in force,
relating to the Cuitoms or Excife, and
Judgments given in purfuance of thefe
A£ts (hall be valid and efTedlual in the
Law, and final to all Intents and Pur-
pofes whatfoever, and not liable to any
Appeal or any Writ of Certiorari

CINNAMON and CLOVES. Imported^)
by virtue of a Licence from the Com-
millioners of the Cuiloms, from any
Place or Places beyond the Seas, other
than diredly from the Eaft Indies,
fhall not be packed in any other Pack-
ages than in Ca^s or Bales, containing
the Quantity herein-after mentioned;
that is to fay, each Bale of Cinnamon
to weigh 70 Pounds Weight or upwards,
and each Bale of Cloves 300 Pounds
Weight, on Forfeiture thereof

CLEARANCE. See '« Guernfey,"

Jerfey,

t€

« Alderney,"
« Sark* and
*« Man."
Goods."

COCKETS. See

COFFEE. Not to be imported in Pack
ag containing lefs than 100 Pounds
Weight Avoirdupoife

■■ Not to be entered or reported for

Exportation, otherwife than in Packages
containing 112 Founds Weight Net of
■ Coffee at leall ; and all Entries or Re-
ports made contrary to this Aft fhall
be void, and the Coffee fhall be for-
feited - - - __
• ■ Any Coffee of the Weight of 20'
Pounds or upwards, found on board
any Ship or Vejfel whatever at Anchor
or hovering within the Limits of any

Reign.

Chap.

Sed.

6 Geo. I.
24 Geo. 3.
j6 Geo. 3.

47
104

36
14

6 Geo. I.

48 Geo. 3.

120

42 Geo. 3.

. J

I :

I ' !

3. COTYEE— continued.

Port of this Kingdom, or within Four
Leagues of that Part of the Coaft
which is between the North Foreland
on the Coad of Kent and Beachy Head
on the Coaft of SuiTex, or within Eight
Leagues of any other Part of the
Coaft, or (hall be difcovered to have
been within fuch Limits or Diftance,
and not proceeding on her Voyage,
Wind and Weather permitting, unlefs
in cafe of unavoidable Neceflity or
Diftrefs of Weather, of which the
Mafter (hall give Notice and make
Proof before the Collector or other
Chief Officer of the Cuftoms of any
Port within the Limits of which fuch
Ship or VefTel (hall be found, imme-
diately after her Arrival within fuch
Liniits, ?,U fuch Coffee, and the Ship
or VefTel, with the Guns, Tackle
and Furniture, (hall be forfeited

^. ■ ProvidedthatfuchOiftanceofEight'

Leagues (hall be meafured in any Di-
re6tion between the Southward and
Eaftward of Beachy Head, although 1
any Part of fuch Limits fo extended [
may exceed the Diftance of Four
Leagues from any Part of the Coaft to
the Eaftward of Beachy Head

Any Coffee of the Weight of")

20 lbs. or upwards, found on board
any Ship, Vejfel, or Boat belonging in
the whole or in part to any of His Ma-
jejly^s SuhjeSff or whereof One Half of
the Perfons on hoard are Subjeds of His
Majefty, at Anchor or hovering within
the Limits of any of the Forts of
Great Britain, or in any Part of the
Britifh or Irifh Channels, or within 100
Leagues of any Part of the Coaft of
Great Britain or Ireland, and not pro-
ceeding on her Voyage, unlefs in cafe
of Neceffity,to be proved as above men«
tioned, all fuch Coffee, with the Ship,
Veffel, or Boat, and the Guns, Tackle,
and Furniture, (hall be forfeited

Reign

Chap.

Seil

24 Geo. 3.
42 Geo. 3.

42 Geo, 3.

47
82

24 Geo. 3.
47 Geo. 3.

47
66

V ,

COFFE E— ^:o«/in«^</.

But not to prevent Evidence from
being received in any Suit or Infor-
mation for the Forfeiture of any Ship,
Veflel, or Boat) in order to fhew from
the Smallnefs of the Quantity of the
Goods and other Circumftances of the
Cafe, that the fame were on board
without the Knowledge either of the
Owner or of the Mafter of the VcfTel,
and without any wilful Negleft or
Want of reafonable Care in the Dif-
charge of the Duty of fuch Owner or
Mafter : And where Proof fhall be fo
made that fuch fmall Quantity was on
board without the Knowledge either
of the Owner or Mafter, and without
any wilful Negleft or Want of reafon-
able Care in either of them, fuch Veflel,
if exceeding loo Tons Burthen, fliall
not be forfeited for fuch fmall Quantity
of Goods - - ' ■ "^

Provided that fuch Goods found on'

Reign.

Ghap.

Sea.

board any fuch Ship, Veflel, or Boat,
within the Limits or Diftance men-
tioned in this A6k, or in 42 Geo. 3.
ch. 82. or 47 Geo. 3. ch. 66. whether
with or without the Privity or Know-
ledge of the Mafter thereof, ftiall be
forfeited, and t;he Perfon in whofe
Charge or PoiTeflion the Goods ftiall be
found, fliall forfeit treble the Value
thereof - - - -

:ORDAGE. See " Ships."

« Guernfey."

CURRANTS. Not to be imported other-")
wife than loo/e in Hogsheads or other
Ca^St each of which fliall contain
Five hundred Weight Avoirdupois of
Net Currants at leaft, nor packed
in Rolls, Bags, or any other Pack-
ages within fuch Hogflieads or Caflcs,
OH Forfeiture thereof; but Veflels K
coming from any Pla ? from whence
Currants are ufually imported, may
have on board a Quantity not ex-
ceeding Five hundred Weight for
B

24 Geo, 3.

23 Geo. 3.

J''!-.

i:i

! .

CURRANTS.— fo«/i«W.

the Ships Ufe, to be (lowed openly
and loofe in a Caflc capable of contain-
ing Five Cwt. Net, and to be regularly
reported - - - - -_

CUTTERS. See « Ships and Veffels.*'
DISGUISE. Perfons wearing any.

See " Smugglers."
EAST INDIES. See « Goods."

'« Manifefts."
« Seizures."
FIRE WORKS. See «' Signals.''
FRENCH LAWNS. See ♦' Cambricks."
GLASS. Every Package containing any"
Plate or Plates of Glafs unframed,
being " Plate, Crown, or Sheet Glafs,"
imported or brought in for the Pur-
pofe of Exportation, (hall contain
Five hundred Weight iTet at leaft of
fuch Glafs, and fhall meafure Six cu-
bical Feet at leaft, and be entirely filled
with Glafs without any other Cafe or
Package whatever contained therein;
and fhall alfo be marked or damped on
the Outfide, in Roman Letters not lefs
than Four Inches in Length, with the
Name of the Perfon to whom the fame
is configned, and alfo with the Words
"Plate Glafs," "Crown Glafs," or
*' Sheet Glafs," refpeftively, as the
Cafe may be, with the Number and
Sizes contained in the faid Package, on
Forfeiture of all fuch Glafs brought
contrary to this Aft

Not to forfeit any Plate Glafs beingT
of the Length of 60 Inches or upwards, j
on account of the fame not being >
brought in Packages marked and de- [
fcribed as aforefaid - -J

— ' And in cafe any Crown Glafs,"
Plate Glafs, or Sheet Glafs, (hall be
found inclofed in any Ca/e or Package
whatever containing other GooJst Wares,
or Merchandize, than fuch Crown
Glafs, Plate Glafs, or Sheet Glafs, or
(hall be found amongft Goods fo con-
tained in any fuch Cafe or Package,

Reign.

Chap.

Seft.

45 Geo. 3.

122

Chap. Sea

122

GLASS— ron//«W. Re'g"- Chap. Seft.

all fuch Glafs Ihall be forfeited, to-
gether with Double the Valup thereof
GLOVES. See ♦* Seizures."
GOODS. If any Perfon ihall caufe any"

Goods for which the Duties are due

or payable to be landed or conveyed

away without due Entry, upon Oath

thereof made before the Lord Trea-

furer or any of the Barons of the

Exchequer, or Chief Magiftrate of the

Port or Place where the Offence fhall

be committed, or the Place next ad-
joining thereunto, the I<ord Treafiirer

or any of the Barons aforefaid, or Chief

Magillrate of the Port or Place where

the Offence (hall be committed, or the

Place next adjoining thereunto, may iffue

a Warrant to any Perfon enabling him

with the Affiftance of a Sheriff, Juf-

tice of Peace, or Conflable, to enter

into any Houfe in the Day -time where > 12 Car. 2. 19

fuch Goods are fufpeded to be con-
cealed ; and in cafe of Reiiftance to

break open fuch Houfes and to feize

and fecure the Goods concealed ; and

all Officers and Miniflers of Juflice

are required to be aiding and affifting

thereunto - - -

— — — Provided that no Houfe fhall be

entered unlefs it be within the Space

of one Month after the Offence fup-

pofed to be committed ; and if the

Information whereupon any Houfe

fhall come to be fearched fhall prove

to be falfe, the Party injured fhall

recover his full Damages and Cofls

againft the Informer by Adion of

Trcfpafs - -

Any Officer of the Cufloms,autho-"

rized by fVrit of AJJtJlance under the
Seal of His Majelly's Court of Ex
chequer, may take a Conflable, Head-
borough, or other Public Officer inha-
bitng near the Place, and in the Day-
time enter any Houfe, Shop, Cellar,
Warehoufe Room, or other Place,
B2

GOODS— roff/inW.

and in cafe of Refiftance, break open
Doors, Chefts, Trunks, and other
Package, to feize and from thence to
bring any kind of Goods or Merchan-
d\2e whatfoever prohibited and un-
cuftomed, and fecure the fame in His
Majefty's Storehoufe in the Port next
to the Place where fuch Seizure fliall
be made - -

■ ' All Goods imported or brought*
into Great Britain with Intent to be
landed (except Diamonds, Bullion,
and Frefh Fifh, Britifh taken, and im-
ported in Britifli-built Ships owned,
navigated, and regiilered according to
Law, and alfo except Turbots and
Lobfters, however taken or imported)
whether fuch Goods (hall be liable to
Duty or not, (hall b» regularly entered ^
at the Cu/lom Houfe, and not unjhlpped
or landed but in the Prefence of the proper
Officers^ either on Sundays, Holidays,
or any other Days, on Forfeiture there-
of; and fuch OfEcers fhall examine the
Goods, and not deliver them until they
have taken a particular Account of the
Quantity and Species thereof - - .
I If any Goods whatfoever liable toT

the Payment of Duties, (hall be un-
Jhipped nv'ith Intention to be laid on Land
(Cuftoms and other Duties not being firjl
paid or fecured) or if any prohibited
Goods nuhatfoever, fhall be imported into
any Part of, Great Britain, the fame
fliall be forfeited ; and the Perfons affift-
ing or otherwife concerned in the un-
fliipping, or to whofe Hands the fame
fliall knowingly come after the un-
fhipping thereof), fhall forfeit Treble
the Value thereof, together with the
Veflels and Boats, and all the Horfes
and other Cattle and Carriages what-
foever made ufe of in the landing, re-
moving, carriage, or conveyance of any
of the aforefaid Goods

Reign.

Chap.

i3&i4Car.2

i3&i4Car.2
27 Geo. 3.
36 Geo. 3.
43 Geo. 3.

Sea. I
5

I a Car. 2.

8 Ann.

7
12

I
3

4
3

3
17

GOODS^ccntittueJ. ^''"'i^"- ^hap

. Any Cuftomable Goods found by any'
Officer of the Cuftoms in the Cuftody
of any Perfon being in any Bark, Hoy,
Lighter, or Boat on the Water or coming
diredlyfrom the Water Side v/ithout the
Prefence of an Officer, may be lent to
His Majefty's Warchcufe ti;l Proof be
made by Oath or otherwife (to the Sa-
tisfaction of the Commiffioners in Lon-
don, or of the Principal Officers in the > 6 Geo.i. 21
Out Ports) of Payment of the Duty, or
that the faid Goods were brought in
a lawful Way of Trade, or compound-
ed for or condemned in the Court of
Exchequer ; on which Proof the Goods
are to be delivered ; but if not made
within Ten Days, they are to be feized
and profecuted

— In cafe any Foreign Goods fhall by'
any Coqfting Vejfel or Boat be taken in
at Seat or out of any Ship or Vejel, in
order to be landed or put into any other
Ship, Veflel, or Boat within the Li-
mits of any Port, withor* Payment of
the Duties, fuch Goods fhall be for-
feited, and the Mailer of fuch Coafting
VefTel or Boat fhall forfeit treble the
Value, unlefs in cafe of Neceffity, which y- 5 Geo. i. 11
he fhall immediately give Notice of,
and make Proof before the Chief Offi-
cers of the Cufloms of the Firft Port of
this Kingdom where he fhall arrive;
and the Mafler of the Ship or Veffel
out of which fuch Goods fhall be taken
at Sea, unlefs in cafe of Neceffity as
aforefaid, fhall forfeit treble the Vailue
thereof - _ - -^

If any Cuilomable or Prohibited'

StSt.

Goods fhallbe found on board any Vejfel
of^O Tons or under, hovering on the Coajii
of this Kingdom within the Limits of
any Portf and not proceeding on her
Voyage for Foreign Parts, or to fome
other Port of this Kingdom, Wind
and Weather permitting, any Officer
of the Cuftoms may go on board fuch
*B3

8. GOODS—continued.

VefTel and take an Account of the La-
dii ?, and fhall alfo take Security from
the Mafter in treble the Value of fuch
♦ Foreign Goods, with Condition "That

] fuch Ship or Veffel, (as foon as Wind

' and Weather, and her State and Con-

dition doth permit) fhall proceed re-
gularly on fuch Voyage, and land
fuch Foreign Goods in and at fome
Foreign Port or Porto ;" and if on
Demand he (hall refufe to enter into
fuch Security, or having entered into the
fame fluiU not proceed regularly on
fuch Voyage, unlefs fufFered to make
longer Stay by the CoUedlor (or other
Principal Officer in hisAbfence) not ex-
ceeding 20 Days, then all the Foreign
Goods on board fliall be taken out
and forthwith brought on Shore and
fecured ; and if the Goods are Cuftom-
able, the Duties (hall be paid ; and
Prohibited Goods or other Goodsliable
to Forfeiture found on board are for-
feited, as alfo the Ship or Veffel, if
liable to Condemnation

9. ■ After fuch Goods are fecured, the"

Bond (hall be void and.delivered up ; or
the fame may be vacated and difcharged,
on a Certificate under the Common Seal
of the Chief Magiftratein any Place or
Places beyond the Seas, or the Hands
and Seals of Two known Britifh Mer-
chants upon the Place, that fuch
Goods were there landed, or on Proof
by credible P'rfons that they were
taken by £nei ies or perifhed in the
^ Seas, the £xan« .ation and Proof there-
of being left the Judgment of the
Commiflloners ^ the Cuftoms

10. ■' ' ' Any Foreif . Goods taken on board'

any Coq/iing V (el tn Parts beyond the
Seas, or out of any Ship or VeJTel at Sea
or at any Port or Place of this King-
dom other than the Port or Place from
whence fuch Goods Jhall be certified^
fuch Goods and double the Value

Keign.

Chjp.

Sei't.

5 Geo. I.
8 Geo. I.

II
1 1

8
8

5 Geo. I .

9 Geo. I.

Chjp.

fciet't,

U
1 I

8
8

9 13

). GOODS—continueJ.

thereof, (hall be forfeited, aud the
Mailer cf the faid Coafting Ship
wherein the faid Goods were imported
(hall forfeit the Value of f;ich Goods
-— In cafe any Foreign Goods (hall by*
any Ship, Veffel, or Boat whatever, 6t
taken in at Seat Qt put out of any Ship or
Vejfel whatever within Four Leagues
from the Coafts o/'thia Kin^^doin without
Payment ofthe Duties, (unlefs in cafeof
apparent NecelTity or other lawtul Rea-
fon, of which the Mafter ofthe VeiTel or
Boat taking in the fame (hall give imme*
diate Notice to and make Proof of be>
fore the Chief Officer or Officers ofthe
Cuftoms of the firft Port where he (hall
arrive), fuch Goods (hall be forfeited \
and the Mailer of the VelTel or Boat tak-
ing in the fame, and all Perfons affiAing
or concerned in qn^hipp*' ig or receiving
fuch Goods, (hallforfit Treble the Va-
lue thereof; and the Ships, Boata, and
Veffels, into which fuch Goods afe un-
(hipped anu taken (hall be forfeited if
not exceeding • oo Tons Burthen ; and
the Mafter or Ptirfer of the Ship or Vef-
fel out of which fuch Goods (hall be
t?ken (unlefs from Neceffity or other
lawful Reafon, whereof he (hall give No-
tice and make Proof as aforefaid) (hall
alfo forfeit Treble the Value thereof
If any Goods whatever (hall be unr

Reign.

Chap.

S««.

»•

9 Geo. 2.

»3

Jhippedat Sea, and taken out of any Shipyr
Kejfel employed in the Service of the Eafi
India Company on her Voyage HomevDords
to this Kingdom, at any DiiancefrQm
the Coafts thereof, (utilefs in cafe of

, apparent Ijfeceffity, or fome other law-
ful Iveafon, yf which the Mafter of
fuch Ship or Veifel (hall give immediate
Notice to and make Proof of before the
ColleAor and Controller, or the Chief
Officer of the Cuftoms, at the firft Port ►
of this Kingdom where he (hall arrive,)
all fuch CJpods, and everyShip, Veflel,
or Boat, into which the fame Audi be
*B4

17 Geo. ^.

li. GOODS — continued,

unfliipped and taken, or which (hall be
ufed in removing the fame, (hall be for-
feited ; and the Mailer of the Ship or
Veffel from whicii fuch Goods (hall be
unlhipped permitting the fame» and all
others concerned in unfhipping or re-
ceiving fuch Goods, fhall forfeit Treble
the Value thereof - -

If any Goods whatever (hall be put'

»3

14'

h ■ '

on board any fuch Ship orVeJfel at Sea,
at any Di/lancefrom the Coqjis of this
Kingdom, after clearing outwards
and departing from the Port of Lon.
don on her outward-bound Voyage,
(except F -»vifions and Stores necef-
fary for the Voyage), .all fuch Goods,
and every Ship, Veffel, or Boat, out
of or from which the fame fhall be
fo unladen, (hall be forfeited ; and the
Mailer of fuch Bail India Ship know-
ingly permitting fuch Goods to be
taken on board, and every other Perfon
concerned in the unihipping or re-
ceiving of the faid Goods, (h^l forfeit
Treble the Value thereof
— If any Goods liable to Forfeiture [See'
Appendixl by any A61 of Fkrliament,
upon being imported into Great Britain,
(hall be found on board any Ship or Veffel
whatever yitAnctior, orhovenng witliin
the Limits of any Port of this Kmgdom,
or within Four Leagues of that Part of
the Coail which is between the North
Foreland on the Coail of Kent, and
Beachy Head on the Coail of Suffex,
or within Eight Leagues of any other
Part of the Coail, or discovered to
have been within fuch Limits or Dif-
tancc, (and not proceeding on her
Voyage, Wind and Weather permit-
ting), unlefs in cafe of unavoidable
Neceff.iy and Diilrefs of Weather, of
which the Mailer (hall give Notice,
and make Proof before the Colledor,
or other Chief Officer of the Cuiloms
of any Port in the Limits of which

Reign.

Chap. : Sea S 4. GO

17 Geo. 3.

24 Geo. 3.
42 Geo. 3.

GOODS'-continued.

fuch Ship or Veflel fliall be found im-
mediately after her Arrival within fuch
Limits; all fuch Goods, and the Ship or
Veflel, with all her Guns, Tackle, and
Furniture, mall be forfeited
Provided, that fuch Diftance of"

Eight Leagues fliall be meafurod
any Direction between the Southward
and Eaftward of Beachy Head, al-
though any Part of fuch Limits fo
extended may exceed the Diftance of
four Leagues from any Part of the
Coaft to the Eaftward of Beachy
Head - -

|6. If any Goods liable to Forfeiture by"

any Aft of Parhamenl, upon being im-
ported into Great Britain, fliall be round
on hoard any Ship, VeJfeU or Boat belong-
ing in the ivhok or in part to any of His
Majefly's Subjeffsy or whereof One Hidf
of the Perfons on board are Subje£is of
His Majejly, at Anchor, or hovering
within the Limits of any of the Ports
of Great Britain, or in any Part of th^e
Britifli or Irifli Channels, or ivithtn
100 Leagues of any Part of the Coaft
of Great Britain or Ireland, and not
proceeding on her Voyage, unlefs in
cafe of Neceflity, to be proved as
before mentioned, all fuch Goods Ihall
be forfeited, together with the Ship,
Veflel, or Boat, in which laden

But not to prevent Evidence from'

being received in any Suit or Infor-
mation, for the Forfeiture of any Ship,
Veflel, or Boat, in orde>* to ftiew, from
the Smallnefs of the Quantity of the
Goods and other Circumftances of the
Cafe, that the fame were on board with-
out the Knowledge either of the Owner
or of the Mafter of the Veflel, and
without any wilful Negledl or Want
of reafonable Care in the Difcharge of
tht Duty of fuch Owner or Mafter; and
where Proof fliall be made, that fuch
fmall Quantity was on board, without

Reign,

42 Geo. 3.

24 Geo. 3.
47 Geo. 3.

Chap.' Sea.

47
66

24 Geo. 3.
47 Geo. 3.

J
17

20. •-

1 7. GOODS— -conimued.

the Knowledge either of the Owner or
Mafter, and without any wilful Ne^-
le&i or Want of reafonable Care in
either of them, fuch Veflel, if ex-
ceeding loo Tons Burthen, fhall not
be forfeited for fuch fmall Quantity
of Goods - - ._

1 8 — — — Provided, that fuch Goods found'
on board any fuch Ship, VefFel, or
Boat, within the Limits or Di fiance
mentioned in this A A, or in 42 Geo. 3.
ch. 82. or 47 Geo. 3. ch. 66. whether »
with or without the Privity or Know- 1
ledge of the Mafter thereof, fhall be for-
feited ; and the Perfon in whofe Charge
or PofTeffion the Goods fhall be found
ftiall forfeit treble the Value thereof

19. ■ If after the Seizure of any Brandy,"]

Arrack, Rum, Spirits, or Strong

Waters, either Foreign or Britifh, or
any Foreign Excifeable Liquors , by any
Officer of Cuftoms or Excife, in pur-
fuance of any A.6t now in force, or
hereafter to be made, any Perfon fhall
by force or violence re/cue, or Jball
caufe nr Procure to be refcued, any
fuch Spirits or Strong Waters, or any
Foreign Excifeable Liquors, or (hall
attempt or endeavour fo to do, or
fhall, at or after fuch Seizure, Jlavey
Break, or otheriuije defiroy or damage
any Cq/k, Vejfel, or Bottle, contain-
ing fuch Spirits or Strong Waters,
or fuch Foreign Excifeable Liquor,
the Party or Parties fo offending fhall
for every fuch Offence forfeit 40 1.

If any Perfon fhall by force or'

violence refcue or caufe to he re/cued
any Goods which may be liable to be
feized by virtue of any Aft now in
force, or fhall attempt or endeavour
fo to do, or after fuch Seizure fhall
flante, break, or otherwife destroy or
damage any Package wherein the fame
(hall refpe6tively be contained, the
Officers of the Cuftomi, and all Per-

Reig!i.

Chap.

Sc>;t

24 Geo. 3.

8 Geo. I.

19 Geo. 3.

GOODS— continued,

fons afting in their Aid and AflTiftance,
may arreft and detain the Offender,
and convey him before a Juftice of
the Peace, and the Juftice fhall, if he
fee caufe, commit him to the next
County Gaol, to be deah with as di-
refted by this Aft
See *' Smugglers."

. If any Perfons to the Number of'

Three or morcy armed ivitb Fire jirtns
or other ojfenfive Weapons^ fhall be afl'cm-
bled in order to be aflifting in the ref-
cuing or taking away any Goods after
Seizure, from any Officer of the Reve-
nue or other Perfon employed by or
afTifting him, or from the Place where
fuch Goods were lodged, being thereof
lawfully convifted fhall be adjudged
guilty of Felony, and fhall fuffer Death^
See '* Smugglers armed or in Difguife."
|2. - Refcued after Seizure by armed"!

Reign.

Chap.

Scrt.

Perfons, the Rape or Lath or Hundred I
where the Fa6l was committed in Eng- ^
land are to make Satisfaction, not ex- j
ceeding 200 1. J

See " Smugglersarmed or in Difguife "
r — Every Mafter of any Ship or Vef-"
fel on board of which any Goods (hall
he Jhipped for Exportation to Foreign
Parts from any Port or Place in Great
Britain, (hall upon Demand deliver to
each and every Officer or Officers of
His Majefty's Cuftoms who fhall come
on board his Ship or Veffel, either
within the Limits of any Port in Great
Britain, or withiu four Leagues of
the Coafl thereof, every Cocquet or
Cocquets delivered to him by the
proper Officer or Officers of the Cuf-
toms at the Port or Place where the
Ship or Veffel fhall have been cleared
out, for the Examination and Infpec-
tion of every fuch Officer, under the
Penalty of icol. ; and if fuch Officer
fhall find any of the Goods on board
fuch Ship or Veffel not tocorrejpond

19 Geo. 2.

26 Geo. 3.

«8

if'

111

III

33. GOODS— -fo«//««^</.

with the Coquet or Cocquets fo pro-
duced, he fhall feize the faid Goods,
which (hall be forfeited; or if fuch
Officer {hall difcover that any of the
Packages indorfed upon the Cocquet
or Cocquets produced are not on board,
the Mailer Ihal Iforfeit the Sum of 20I.
for every Package contained in fuch
Cocquet or Cocquets and not found -J

1. GUERNSEY, JERSEY, ALDEH.O
Nl^Y, SARK, and MAN.
No Spirits of any kind (hall be Im-'
ported into Great Britain yrow the IJle
of Man ; and where any Ship or Veffel
coming from thence and having on
board any Spirits exceeding Two Gal-
lons for each Seaman, or any Goods
prohibited to be imported from thence into
Great Britain, (hall be found at Anchor
or hovering within the Limits of any
Port of Great Britain, or within Three
Leagues of the Shore, or difcovered to
have been within the faid Diitance, and
not proceeding on her Voyage, Wind
and Weather permitting, (unlefs in cafe
of unavoidable Nece(uty and Diftrefs
of Weather, of which the Matter (hall j
give Notice and make Proof on his
Arrival) all fuch Goods, together with
the Ve(rel in which the fame (hall be fo
imported or found, with all her Tackle
and Furniture, (hall be forfeited

No Spirits (hall be imported into*

Reign.

Chap.

SeftJ

or exported from the Iflands of Guem
fey, Jerfey, Alderney, Sark, ojt, Man,
or removed from any one to any other
of the faid Iflands, or Coaftwife from
any one Part to any other Part of
either of the faid Iflands, or water-borne
for that Purpofe, in any Ship, Veflel,
or Boat of lefs Burthen th^n 100
Tons, nor in any Caflc or Package of
lefs Size or Content than 60 GtSlons ;
nor (hall any Tobacco or Snuff ht fo
imported or exported in any Ship,
VeflTel, or Boat of lefs Burthen than

5 Geo. 3.

GUERNSEY, kc.-^continueJ.

lOO Tons ; nor in any Cafl< or Package
containing lefs than 450 Pounds Weighty
fave and except any fuch Spirits or
loofe Tobacco as ftiall be for the Ufe
of the Seamen belonging to and en
board any fuch Ship, Veflel, or Boat,
not exceeding two Gallons of the for-
mer and five Pounds of the latter for
each Seaman ; and alfo except fuch
manufadlured Tobacco or SnufF as
fhall have been duly exported as Mer-
chandize from Great Britain or Ire-
land ; nor fhall any Wine be imported
into or exported from the faid Iflands,
or carried from any one of the faid
Iflands to any other thereof, or Coaft-
wife from any one Part to any other
Part, or be (hipped or water-borne
for the Purpofe of being (hipped in
any Ship, Veffel, or Boat of lefs Bur-
then than 60 Tonsy or in any Package
lefs than an Hogshead, on Forfeiture
of all fuch Goods (hipped' or laden con-
trary to thefe Afts, and every fuchShip,
VefTel or Boat in which laden, with the
Guns, Tackle, and Furniture - -^

Provided that nothing herein con-'

tained (hall fubje6l to Forfeiture
any Boat not exceeding the Burthen
of 10 Tons for having on board
any Foreign Spirits of the Quan-
tity of 10 Gallons or under in Cades
or Packages of lefs Size or Content
than 60 Gallons, or any Tobacco, SniifF,
or Tea, not exceeding- 50 Pounds
Weight of each, for the Supply of
the faid Ifland of Sarkt fuch Boat
having a Licence from the proper
Officer of the Cuftoms at either of
the Iflands of Guernfey or Jerfey ;
provided that every fuch Boat having
on board at any one Time any greater
Quantity of Spirits than 10 (^ons,
or any greater Quantity of Tobacco or
SnufF than 50 Pounds Weight of each
of the faid Articles, unlcfs in Ca(k8 or

Reign.

Chap.

Sea.

45 <5eo. 3.
48 Geo. 3.

121
84

3
12

48 Geo. 3.

4
12

ill'

III!

Uliii

GUERNSEY, &cc. —continued.

Packages of the Size, Content, or
Weight before required, or having on
board at any. one Time any grer ier
Quantity of Tea than 50 Pounds
Weight, fhall be forfeited

... Not to prevent the Importation'

into or Exportation from the faid
Iflands of any Wine in Bottles {hipped
in Cafes or Cades only, each containing
Six Do%en reputed Quart Bottles ; pro-
vided that before the Shipment for
Great Britain or Ireland, the Mafter of
the Ship, Veflel, or Boat, together with
one other fufficient Surety, fhall give
Bond to the proper Officer of the Cuf-
toms in 408. per Gallon that the Wine
fo fhipped (hall ( the Danger of the
Seas and Enemies excepted) be duly
entered and landed at the Port or
Place *T Great Britain or Ireland to or
for which the fame fliall be declared at
the Time of giving fuch Bond ; and >
fuch Officer is hereby required to
furnifli the Mafter with a Certificate
fpecifying the Number of fuch Pack-
ages and the Quantity of Wine con-
tained in each, the Date of the Bond,
and the Name of the Port or Place to
or for which the fame (hall be fo de-
clared ; and fuch Bond (hall not be de-
livered up or cancelled until a Certifi-
cate under the Hand of the proper Offi-
cer of the Cuftoms in Great Britain or
Ireland of the due landing of the Wine
mentioned therein (hall be produced to
and left with the Officer taking the
Bond within Three Months after the
Date thereof - -

■i If any Ship, Vejfel, or Boat, having'

on board any Foreign Spirituous Li-
quors in any Cafk or Package which
(hall not contain 60 Gallons at the
leaft (except only for the Ufe of the
Seamen not exceeding Two Gallons
for each Seaman), or having on board
any IVitie in Caflcs or Packages of lef»

Reign.

Chap.

Sea,

45 Geo. 3.
48 Geo. 3.

121
84

5
12

[. GUERNSEY, ^c.—contmued.

Content than a reputed Hoglhead (ex-
cept fuch Wine in Bottles as is before
allowed and provided, miie fuch Ship,
Veffel, or Boat having Wine on board
fliall not exceed 60 Tons Burthen; or if
any Ship, Veffel, or Boat, having on
board any Tobacco or Snuff" in any Cade
or Package containing Tefs than 450
Pounds Weight (faveand except loofe
Tobacco for the Ufe of the Seamen not
exceeding Five Pounds for each Seaman)
fliall be found at Anchor, or hovering or
dif covered to have been within Two
Leagues of the Coafts of either of the ^
faid Iflands oiGuern/ey, Jer/ey, Sark, or
Marii or within Two Miles of the
Coail of Alderney, fuch Ship, Veffel,
or Boat not proceeding on her Voyage,
(Wind and Wea*,her permitting) un-
lefs in cafe of unavoidable Neccffity or
Diftrefs of Weather, of which Ne-
ceffity or Diftrefs the Mafter fhall give
Notice and make Proof before the
Chief Officer of the Cuftoms of the
neareft Port, or the Port in which fuch
Ship, Veffel, or Boat fliall take Shelter,
or to which fuch Ship, Veffel, or Boat,
can go^ under all Circumftances of
Wind, Tide, and Weather, immedi-
ately after the Arrival of fuch Ship,
Veffel, or Boat, within the Limits of
fuch Port, then all fuch Goods and
Packages, and the Ship,Veffel or Boat,
with all the Guns, Furniture, Tackle,
and Apparel thereof, fliall be forfeited ^
6. ■■ I In cafe any 5^// (whether Foreign or'

Britifli) fliall be exported from the
Iflands of Guernfey^ J^ffeyt Aldtrneyt
Sari, or Man, or removed by Sea
from any one Part to any other Part
of either of the faid Iflands, or fliall
be put on board any Ship, Veffel, or
Boat whatever, in order to be fo re-
moved or carried otherwife than in
Bulk or in Ca^s containing four hundred
freight Net of Salt, except only fuch

Reign.

Chap.

Sea.

45 Geo. 3.
48 Geo. 3.

121

6
12

.( !

!■ I

111 I

III!

111 ,

'>'' I
Ifil I

6. GUERNSEY, 9i.c. -continued.

Salt as may be for the neceflary Pro-
vifions, or for t)ie Ufe of the Seamen,
not exceeding two Pounds Weight for
each, to be uowed openly and fairly in
fuch Ship, Vefll'l, or Boat ; or in cafe
any Pepper fliall be exported from the
faid I (lands, or ftiall be removed by
Sea from any one Part to any other
Part of the fame, or (hall be put on
board any Ship, Veflel, or Boat
whatever (other than fuch Quantity
as may be necefTary for the Ufe of
the Seamen), in order to be fo removed j
in Cades not containing Four hundred
Weight Net of Pepper, all fuch Salt
and Pepper, and the Ship, Veffel, or
Boat on board of which any fuch Salt
or Pepper (hall be found, with the
Guns, Furniture, and Apparel, fliall be
forfeited - -

7. — — . Not to prevent the Exportation from"
either of the Iflands of Guernfey or Jer-
fey at any one Time of a«iy Quantity of
i'a// not exceeding loBuftiels, any Quan-
tity of Pepper not exceeding 50 lbs.
Weight, or any Quantity of Wine not
exceeding I o Dozen reputed Quart Bot-
tles/or /Af Supply of Sari ; and the faid
Articles may be fo exported in any Boat
not exceeding the Burthen of 10 Tons,
fuch Boat having a Licence from the
principal Officers of the Cuftoms at
either of the faid Iflands of Guernfey
or Jerfey, (which Licence fuch Of-
ficer is hereby authorized and required
to grant) : Provided that every fuch
Boat having on board at any one Time
any greater Quantity of the refpeftive
Articles than what is permitted by
this Aft, fuch Articles, if in Packages
of lefs Size or Content than prefcribed
by the Laws in force,, (hall be forfeited j
8, ■ If after the Departure from'

Guernfey, Jerfey, Sark and Man re-
fpeftiyely of any Ship, VeJfeUorBoat
helonging wholly or in part to His Ma-

Reign.

Chap.

SedB

47 <^eo. 3.

48 Geo. 3.

66
84

3'
12

49 Geo. 3.

GUERNSEY, Scc—contittued.

jefiy's SuljeSst or whereof Half the Per-
font on board are His Majejifs SubjeSs,
having on board any Spirits, Tobacco,
SnufF, Tea, Wine, or Salt, Bulk (hall
be broietiy or any Part of the Cargo un-
laden or unfliipped, or any Alteration
made in the Form, Size, Defcription,
or Number of the Packages, or in the
Quantity, Quality, or Mode of Pack-
age of the Goods therein, at any Time
in the Profecution of the Voyage for
which the Veflel or Boat cleared out,
fuch Veflel or Boat, with her Guns,
Tackle and Furniture, fliall be forfeited ;
but no Forfeiture (hall be incurred for
breaking Bulk, or unlading the Cargo
or any Part of it, through unavoidable
Neceflity or Diftrefs, nor for any Al-
teration in the Cargo if occa(ioned by
Neceflity or Accident, or made to
preferve the Veflel or Boat, to be
proved to the Satisfaflion of the re-
fpe6tive Commilfioners of the Cuftoms
or Excife - ...

No Ship or Veflel fliall fail from"

Guernfey, Jerfey, Alderney or Man,
without a Clearance, whether in Ballaft
or having a Cargo, and if with a Cargo,
the Mafter (hall give Bond to His Ma-
jefty in double the Value of the Veflel
and of the Cargo, for duly landing the
fame at the Port for which the Ve(rel
clears j and every Ship or Ve(rel not
having fuch Clearance, or which hav-
ing a Clearance for any Cargo, (hall be
found light or with any Part of the
Cargo difcharged before Delivery there-
of at the Port fpeci(ied in the Clear-
ance, unlefs through Neceflity or to
preferve the VeflTel, to be proved to
the Satisfadlion of the refpedive Com-
milTioners of the Cuftoms or Excife,
fliall be forfeited - - .J

If any Ship, Vejfel, or Boat, belonging'
wholly or in part to His MajeJlyU Sub-
yeQs, or whereof Half the Perfons on

Reign.

Chap.

Sea.

47 Geo. 3.

48 Geo. 3.

66
84

47 Geo. 3.

48 Geo. 3.

66
84

12
12

W I

S4>

10. GUERNSEY, hc^cuntinued.

board are Subjeffs of His MajeJIyt (hall
fail from Gucrnfey, Jorfey, Alderney,
Sark, or Man, with a greater Number
of Perfons on board than allowed, or
if any Ship, Vefl'el, or Boat fhall
fail from any of the faid Iflands
having on board, or which ihall have
taken on board during the Voy-
age, any Small Cordage adapted for
flmging fmall Cades, or any more
fmall Cades, Tin or other Cafes
or Bladders of lefs Content than 60
Gallons, and capable of containing
Fluids of the Sort ufed for fmuggling
Spirits, than (hall be neceflary for the
Ufe of fuch Veffel, or any Materials
for making any fuch fmall Cades,
Cafes, Boxes, or Bladders, or any Im-
plements for broaching or drawing off
any Fluids more than is ufual and ne-
ceflary for the Purpofes of the Voyage,
or any Materials adapted for repacking
any Tobacco or Snun on board during
the Voyage, fuch Ship, Veffel, or
Boat, with her Guns, Tackle, and
Furniture, diall be forfeited
HATS. No Baft or Straw, Chip, Cane,"
or Horfehair Hats or Bonnets, or
any Platting or other Manufadures of
Baft or Straw, Chip, Cane or Horfe-
hair, proper for making Hats or Bon-
nets, diall be imported, except into
the ?ort of London only, and not into
that Port unlefs packed in Bales or Tubs
lontaining 75 Dozen of Hats or Bonnets,
or 334 Pounds Weight of Platting or
other ManufaAure at the leaft, on
Forfeiture thereof, as alfo of the Vef-
fel, if of the Burthen of 50 Tons or
under - -

1. HAWKERS. If any Perfon fliaU ofFer=
any Tobacco, Tobacco Stalks, Spanlfl*
Tobacco, Stalks forTohacco, Stalk Flour,
Snuff Work^ Tobacco Stalk Flour or
Snuff, to Sale, not having a Permit ; or
if any Hawker, Pedlar, or Petty

Rcigii.

Chap.

Sc(|

47 Geo. 3.

48 Geo. 3.

66
84

«3
12

fo Geo. 3,

sri

HAWKERS— fow//'«ttw/. i^e'K".

Chapman, fliall ofter any Tobacco,'
&-C. to Sale although he fliall have a Her-
mit ; fucli Ptrfon or Hawker, Pedlar
or Potty Chapman, (hall forfeit all
fuch Tobacco, &c. with the I'ackages,
and alio the^Sum of 20 1. ; and any Per-
fon to whom the fame is fo offered may
fcixe fuch Tobacco, Sec, and I'ackages,
and carry the fame to the next Ware-
houfe of the Cufloms or Excife ; and
the Pcrfon offending may be brought
before any Jiillice of the Peace, who
may commit him to Prifon ; fuch To. y\ 20 Geo, 3.
bacco, 8cc. fhall be profccuted as if f
feized by an Officer of the Cufloms or
Excife ; and after Condemnation there-
of, and Commitment of the Offender,
the Perfon feizing fhall have the fame
Rewards as any Officer of the Cufloms
or Excife would have had for feizing
the fame ; and if the Perfon feizing fhafi
defire it, in the meantime, till fuch To-
bacco, Sec. can be fold, he may be ad-
vanced Three-pence for every Pound
Weight thereof, on a Certificate, under
the Hand and Seal of fuch Juflice, of the
Offender being committed to Prifon j
and after the Sale of fuch Tobacco,
&c. (if the fame fhall be fold) the
Monies fo advanced fhall be replaced
out of the Produce

If any Perfon (hall offer for Sale'

Chap.

any Tea, Foreign Spirits, or any To
hateo or Snuff, not beiag licenfed to deal
therein, ana not having a Permit for
the fame; or if any Hawker, Pedlar,
or Petty Chapman fhall offer for Sale ^
any Tea or Spirits, or any Tobacco
or Snuff, although he has a Permit for
the fame j the Perfon to whom the
fame is offered for Sale may arreft
and detain the Perfon and feiase all fuch
Tea, &c. and carry the fame to the
next Warehoufe of the Cufloms or
Excife, and convey the Perfon before
a Juflice, who may require him to enter
Ca

Sea.

134

liili!

(fill

HAWKERS— fo»/,flW.

into a Recognizance as dire^led by
45 Geo. 3. ch. 1 2 1 . ; and (if the Offen-
der be a Subjedl of His Majefty, and
a Seaman or Seafariner Man, and capa*
ble of ferving in the Navy), fuch
Juftice may fend him to fome Officer of
the Imprefs Service, to be dealt with
according to the faid A6t, or otherwife
to be by fuch Juftice committed to
I'rifon, and profecut.ed for the Penal-
ties ; fuch Goods may be profecuted
in the Name of the Seizor ; and
after Condemnation or Commitment
of the Offender, the Perfon fo feiz-
ing and detaining fhall be entitled
to 5 I. if a Moiety of the eftimated
Value (hall not exceed fuch Sum j
and if a Moiety of the Value ex-
ceed 5I. then a Moiety of fuch Value,
which the Commiflioners of the Cuf-
toms and Excife refpedUvely (hall pay
in like Manner as Rewards under
the faid A6t are paid ; and the Perfon
fo arrefting any fuch Offender (hall
have fuch further Rewards as by any
Law now in force are given to any
Officer of the Army, Navy, or Ma-
rines, for arrefting any Offender againft
any A&. for preventing Smuggling -

— — If any Hawker, Pedlar, or
Petty Chapman, (hall be convided of
knowingly dealing in, or felih.^ any
Smuggled or Prohibited Goods, he ihall
forfeit Iiis Licence, and be incapable
of obtaining a new one, over and
above all other Penalties and For-
feitures for fuch illicit Dealing

— — If any fuch Hawker, &c. trading"
by Licence, on Demand made by any
Officer of the Cuftoms or Excife, Sec.
(hall refufe to produce and fiev/ his
Licence, or (hall not have fuch Licence
ready to produce, he (hall forfeit 10 1.
and for Non-payment fuffer as a
common Vagrant, and be committed
*o the Houfe of C9rre^ion

Reign.

Chap.

Sect.

48 Geo. 3.

50 Geo. 3.

4«

[AWKERS—roff/inw^d.

•Any Perfon forgingor counterfntingany^
fuch Licence, or producing a forged or
counterfeited Licence for the Purpofe
of trading as a Hawker, Pedlar, or
Petty Chapman, (hall forfeit 300 1. - j
— Any Pt *fon trading under a Li-n
cence granted to another Per/on, or in I
which his own real Name is not in- L
ferted) fhall forfeit 40 1. except Ser- j
vants of licenfed Mafters • -J

Any Perfon may detain a Hawker-

Reign.

&c. trading without, or refufing or
ncgleSing to produce a Licence upon De-
mand, and a Peace Officer may carry
him before a Juilice, who, on Con-
vidion, may levy the Penalty by
Diftrefs, and commit the Offender till
the fame is levied or paid

HORSES. All Horfes and Cattle whatfo-'-v
ever, made ufe of in the Landing, Re-
moving, Carriage, or Conveyance of any I
prohibited or uncuftomed Goods, (hall be [
forfeited - - - I

All Seizures of Horfes and Cattle^

whatfoever, for being ufed in the Re-
moving, Carriage, or Conveyance of
any Goods, or for any other Caufe of
Forfeiture contrary to any A&. of
Parliament relating to the Revenue of
Cuftoms, (hall and may be adjudged
and determinedly and before any Two of
Hit Majejly^s Juftices of the Peace for
any County, Riding, City, Divifion,
or Liberty, refiding near the Place
where fuch Seizure (hall be made, in
fuch Manner and by fuch and the
like Rules as the Seizure of any Horfes
and Cattle liable to Forfeiture for
being ufed in removing, carrying, or
conveying of any prohibited or Run
Goods may be adjudged and deter-
mined by any Juflice or Juftices of the
Peace, by vu*tue of any AA of J*ar-
liament in force, either relating to the
Cuftoms or Excife ; and Judgments
given in purfuance of this AGt mall be

50 Geo. 3.

Chap.

4»

Sea.

«9

8 Ann.

»7

6 Geo. I.
24 Geo. 3.
56 Geo. 3.

47
104

a. HORSES— eontinueil.

valir^ and efFe£tual in the Law^ and
final to all Intents and Purpofes what-
foever, and not liable to any Appeal,
or anv Writ of Certiorari

J. ■ If anjr Perfon fhall take or »/^ any

Horfd Mare, or Gelding belonging t9
any other Per/on without his Confent,
for the Purpofe of carrying or con-
veying any Foreign Brandy, Rum,
Geneva, or Spirits, or any Tobacco
or Snuff, fubjedt to Forfeiture by this
or any other Aft of the Cultoms or
Excite, fuch Offender, being convifted
before a Juftice on the Oath of a cre-
dible Witnefs^ (hall forfeit a Sum not
exceeding 50 1. nor lefs than 20 1. to
be recovered as any like Penalty by
the Laws of the Cuftoms or Excife, and
One Half fliall go to the Informer, and
the other to the Owner of fuch Horfe,
&c. and the Offender fliall remain liable
to fuch other Punifhment or Aftion
I j.|; '!)i,|i I as he would by Law have been liable

to for taking or ufing fuch Horfe, &c.
if fuch Penalty had not been impofed
by this Aft
HOVERING. See" Boats.'*

'< Coffee."
*' Goods."
" Salt."

"Ships and Veffels."
" Spirits."
" Tea."

« Tobacco and Snuff."
"Wine."
I !.|| ,ii ,1 I IMPLEMENTS. For drawing off Fliiids

or repacking Tobacco.
See "Ships."
"Guernfey"
JERSEY. See "Guernfey."
1. JUSTICES. Any Two or more of His")
Majefly's Juftices of the Peace for any
County, Riding, City, Divifion^ or
Liberty, may examine into, hear» and
dettrmine all Projecvtiotu fw tht Con-
demnation of any Seizure xn^itwAtt ot

Reiga. Chap.

45 Geo. 3-

JUSTICES—fon/wW.

by virtue of any Aft or Afts relatincr I
to His Majefty'a Revenue of CuU I
tome; and the faid JuiUces are hereby ^
authorized and required, upon Im-
formatiun exhibited before them, for
the Condemnation of any fuch Sei*
zure or Seizures as aforefaid, to
proceed thereon in the fame Manner
and with the like Powers and Autho-
rities as are given to them by any
Law or Laws of Excife now in force
with refpeft to Forfeitures for the^
Breach of any Law or Laws of Ex-
cife - - - -

— It ftiall not be lawful for any

Perfon or Perfons vthatfoever to com-
mence or profecute, or caufe or pro-
cure to be commenced or profe-
cuted, any Information againft any
Perfon or Perions for the Recovery
of any Fine, Penalty, or Forfeiture,
under or by virtue of any Aft now
in force, or which (hall hereafter be
made relating to either of His Ma-
jefty's Revenues of Cuftoms or Ex-
cife, unlefs the fame be commenced
or profecuted by Order of the
Commiflioners of His Majeily's Cuf-
toms or Excife; and if any In«
formation is commenced or profe-
cuted by or in the Name of any
Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, except
upon fuch Order as aforeCaid, the
fame, and all Proceedings thereupon
had, (hall be null and void ; and the
Juftice or Juftices of the Peace where
or V,„' 'e whom fuch Information is
or fhail ine To commenced or pro-
fecuted, fhall not ])ermit or fuffer
any Proceeding or Proceedings to
be had thereupon - -^

LACE. No Thread Lace (hall be imported"
excoj^t into the Port of London, and
not mto that Port In Parcels contain-
ing left then 12 Tards, unlefs of the
Value of Two Pounds per Yard or
C4

Reign.

56 Geo, 3.

Chap.

104

Sea.

»4

$6 Geo. 3.

104

43 Geo. 3.

1 «

■ n-

Li A C E — continued.

upwards, or for the Importer's private j
Ufe only - - "J

LICENCES. No Licence for the NaviO
gation of any Ship, Veffel, or Boat, j
ihall be granted by the Commiffioners
of the Admiralty, or any Perfon autho*
rized by them to grant the fame, but
that in every Cafe where the Owners
of any Ship, Veflel, or Boat are
required to have a Licence, the fame,
unlefs granted before the pafling of
this Ad by the Admiralty, /ba/l be
granted by the Commiffioners of the Cuf-
toms in England, Scotland, and Ireland
refpe3ively, or any Three of them ; and
the Ships, Veffels, and Boats fo li- )»
ccnfed by the faid Commiffioners re-
fpeftively, fliall be liable to all the
Rules, Regulations, Reftriftions, Pe-
nalties, and Forfeitures, to which
Ships, Velfels, and Boats licenfed by
the Admiralty were refpeftively liable ;
and the Owners of every Ship, Veflel,
or Boat (hall alfo be fubjed to the
like Securities, Penalties, and For-
feitures to which the Owners of any
Ship, Veffel, or Boat, fo required to
be licenfed by the Admiralty, were
fubjeft and liable " ~ -^

. ' Every Licence for a Ship or Vef-"

fel fliall hecify the Tonnage, whether
Cutter, Lugger, Shallop, or Wherry,
or what Sort of Built flie is, and who
is or are the Owner or Owners thereof,
and for what Port, Harbour, or Creek
flie is about to fail, and what Quantity
and Number, and what Sort of jirms
and Ammunition, flie is licenfed to have
on board • - -

Every Licence granted by the'

Reign.

Chap.

Sea!

Commiffioners of the Culloms in Eng-
land or Scotland /or any Boat, Wherry,
Pinnace, Barge, or Galley rowing with
Six Oars, or otherwife requiring Licence,
after3ifl: Auguft i8i'i, fliall contain
the proper Defcription thereof, the

47 Geo. 3.

24 Geo. 3.

LICENCES— ro«/mW.

Names of the Owners, tlieir Places |
of Abode, and how intended to be )>
employed, with any Particulars the
Commiflioners may direA ; and the
Owners fhall alfo give Security by
Bond as herein-after direfted ; on fail-
ure whereof the Licence (hall be
void, and fuch Boat, &:c. may be
feized as if no Licence had been
granted - - - -

The Commiflioners of the Cuftoms"
in England, Scotland, and Ireland re-
fpeftively, may grant any Licence re-
quired for any Ship, Veflel, or Boat,
upon fuch Conditions as to the Naviga-
'on, Tradcy or Employment of any fuch
Miiip, Veflel, or Boat, and for fuch
Limits as to Diftance from the Coaft
of the United Kingdom, or otherwife
as the faid Commiflioners may deem
neceflary ; and every fuch Ship, Veflel,
or Boat, having any fuch conditional
or limited Licence, which fliall trade^
navigate, or be employed in any Man-
ner not authorized by the Licence,
{hall be forfeited, and liable to Seizure
in like Manner as if no Licence had
been granted for fuch Ship, Veflel, or
Boat - - - -_

— iWffup any licenfed Ship or Vef-'
fe' j, rucceds to Sea, or fails out of
any i or r, Harbour, or Creek in this
Kingrdt r., t'lf- Owner ftiall bring fuch
Licence lo the proper Officer of the
Cullomi for the Port, Harbour, or
Creek from which fuch Ship or Vef-
fcl is about to fail, to be duly regif-
iered ; and fuch Owner Jhall produce
the fame to the proper Officers of
tV" Cuftoms of any and every Port,
*■ '.-^rbour, or Creek at which he ftiall
avr^ve - , _

— The Owner, of any fuch Ship,'
Veflel, or Boat, fo requiring a Li-
cence, fliall give Security in Treble the
Value thereof^ at the Port to which

Reign.
52 Geo. 3.

Chap.

141

Sea.

56 Geo. 3.

104

24 Geo. 3.

if III:
w

i I Hfi ! I.

1*1;
'II

III

H I

!'i

1!,

111

6. LICENCES— continued.

fuch Ship, Vcffel, or Boat (hall be-
long and no other ; and the Perfons
who are to become fuch Security (hall
be approved by the CoUeAor and
Comptroller of the Cuftoms, fufficient
and refponfible, and refiding at or near
the fame Port ; and the Condition of
fuch Security Ihall be. That in cafe
fuch Ship, Veffel, or Boat (hall be
loft, broken up, fold, or otherwifc
difpofed of, the Licence (hall be de-
livered up to thtr Perfon or Perfons
by whom fuch : ■ 5ty (hall have
been taken, or to i )r their Suc-
ce(ror8 in Office, in order that the
fame may be cancelled; and that
fuch Ship, Ve(rel, or Boat (hall not
be employed in the Importation or
landing of any Tea or Foreign Spi-
rituous Liquors, or any prohibited
or other Goods contrary to any A&.
of Parliament which now is or here-
after may be in force, or in the Ex-
portation of any Goods which are
or may be prohibited to be exported
from this Kingdom, or in the relanding
of any Goods whatfoever contrary to
Law which are entered outwards for
Exportation for any Drawback or
Bounty, or which are or may be pro>
hibited to be ufed or worn in Great
Britain ; and that fuch Ship, Ve(fel, or
Boatj (hall not be found in any Part
of the Briti(h or Iri(h Channels, or
elfewhere on the High Seas, within
lOO Leagues of the Coaft of Great
Britain or Ireland, or difcovered to
have been within the faid Limits, hav-
ing on board any Spirits, Tea, To-
bacco, or Snu(F, in any ivianner con-
trary to 45 Geo. 3. ch. 121. ; and that
the faid Velfel or Boat (hall not be
employed, or be found or difcovered
to have been out of the Limits within
which the faid VelTel or Boat is licenfed

' to navigate or trade, and (hsdl not be

Reign .

Chap.

■4

24 Geo. 3.
36 Geo. 3.
46 Geo. 3.
S6 Geo. 3.

47
82

137
104

101

3
2

LlCENCES—fo«/<«»^^.

engaged for or ufed in any Trade or
Employment whatever other than that
defcribed and fet forth in the Licence ;
and that tlie faid Ship, Veffel or Boat
fhall not be ufed or employed in any
other Way or Manner contrary to
the Laws in force or hereafter to
be made relative to the Revenue of
Cuiloms - - - -

■ If any Perfon (hall counterfeit,'
trafe, alter, or falfijy, or caufe to be
counterfeited, erafed, altered, or fal*
fiiied, any Licence which has been
granted by the Admiralty, or by
the Commiffioners of His Majefty's
Cuiloms in England, Scotland, or Ire-
land refpedlivdy, or any Three of
them for the Time being or fhall know-
ingly or wilfully make ufe of any Li-
cence fo counterfeited, erafed, altered,
or falfified, fuch Perfon fhall for every
Offence forfeit 500 1.

When any licenced Ship, Veffel,*

or Boat fhall be feized for any Caufe
of Forfeiture, and any Bond taken for
the faid Ship or Veffel or Boat fhall
be put in Suit, and the Penalty thereof
recovered, the Commiilioners of His
Majefly's Cuftoms in England, Scot-
land, or Ireland refpeftively fhall pay
unto the Officer or Officers making
the Seizure One Half Part of the Sum
recovered from the Obligors of fuch
Bond, free from all Cofts and Charges
of Suit - - - -^

— — — No Officer of His Majefly's Cuf-"
toms fhall cancel any Bond given upon
the j|;ranting of any Licence for the
Navigation of any Veffel or Boat, or
deliver up any fuch Bond, until the
Licence or Licences in refpefl whereof
fuch Bond was given hath been deli-
vered up to the proper Officers of the
Cufloms for the Space of 12 Calendar
Months, or the Penalty of fuch Bond
hath been paid to His Majefty -

Reign.

Chap.

Sea.

47 Geo, 3. 66

48 Geo. 3.

III I

! i

lir.

1 1

LICENCES— ron/mMd-^/.
IC. ■ ■ If the Owner or Mafter of any

licenfed Veflel or Boat loft, broken
up, captured) burnt, feifed, and con-
demned, fold, or otherwife difpofed of,
fhall knowingly make ufe of the Licence
in order toproteti from Seizure and Pro-
fecution any other Vejfel or Boat ; or if
the Owner or Mafter of any Veflel or
Boat licenfed by the Commiflioners of
the Cuftoms in England or Scotland
(hall ufe fuch Licence for any otherVef-
fel or Boat than that for which it was
granted ; fuch Owner, and alfo the Maf-
ter, knowing thereof, fhall forfeit 200 1._
1 1 . - Whenever any licenfed Ship or Vejfel'

exceeding 1 5 Tons Burthen ftiall be
difpofed of the Licence granted for the
fame (hall, in cafe the Ship or Veflel
was licenfed for the Coafting or Fifh-
ing Trade only, be delivered up to the
Colleftor of the Cuftoms at the Port
to which fuch Ship or Veflel fliall be-
long, within Two Months from the
Time fuch Ship or Veflel (hall be fo
difpofed of ; or in cfe the Ship or
Veffel was licenfed for trading to Parts
beyond the Seas, then the faid Licence
(hall be delivered up to thefaidCoUedlor
within the Period of One Calendar
Month from the Time when the Dif-
pofal of fuch Ship or Velfel (hall come
to the Knowledge of the Owner there
of; or in cafe the Licence (hall have been
loft or taken by the Enemy," fatis-
faftory Proof thereof on Oath (hall be
made within the fame Periods refpec-
tively, before the Colleftor and Comp-
troller of fuch Port ; and in cafe the
Licence (hall not be produced and fo
delivered up, and no Proof is made
i within the faid Periods refpe£tively,

I the Owners and alfo the Mafter of fuch

i Ship or Veffel ftiall forfeit 50 1. if of

the Burthen of 15 Tons and under
> the Burthen of i co Tons, and 100 1, if

j of the Burthen of i5oTon8 or upwards^

Reign.

5 2 Geo 3.

Chap.

Seit.

LICE

2>-

141

6 :

52 Geo. 3.

'3' —

141

14.

Chap.

Sedt.

141

6 i

141

UC^^CES— continued. R'^'g"- Ici^ap.

- Whenever any liccnfed Boat of*
any Defcription whatever (not be-
longing to any Ship or Veflel, and
being under the Burthen of 15 Tons)
fhall be difbofed of, the Licence fhall
be delivered up to the CoUedor of
the Cuftoms at ths Port to which fuch
Boat belongs, within Six Weeks from
the Time fnch Boat fliall be fo dif-
pofed of; or in cafe of the faid Licence \ 52 Geo. 3.
being loft or taken by the Enemy,
fatistaftory Proof thereof on Oath
fhall be within the fame Period made
before the Colleftor or Comptroller of
fuch Port ; and in cafe fuch Licence
fhall not be produced and fo delivered
up, and no Proof made within fuch
Period; the Owner of fuch Boat fhall
forfeit 30 1.
— — The Commiflioners of the Cuftoms'
in England, Scotland, and Ireland re-
fpeAively, may revoke Licences iffued
for Open Boats j not belonging to Ships
or VcfTels, allowing fuch Open Boats
to proceed to Foreign Parts, and in > ^^ Geo. 3.
future refufe Licences for fuch Boats,
or confine the Employment or Naviga-
tion thereof, in any Manner and within
any Limits and Diftance of the Coafts
as they may deem fitting and proper
- After the faid Commiflioners re-"

Scd.

'43

fpeftively fhall by any Order in Writ-
ing under their Hands have revoked
any fuch Licence, a Copy of the Order
of Revocation fhall be left either with
any one of the Owners, or with the
Perfon having the Care or Cuftody of
fuch Boat ; and from and after the
Delivery of a Copy of fuch Order, the
Licence fliall be null and void, and the
Owners required to caufe the faid ! i-
cence to be delivered up to the Col-
leAor of the Cuftoms of the Port to
which fuch Boat fhall belong, within
Three Months from the Day on which
the Order' (hall have been delivered as

h
ih'

14. LICENCES— fon/m«f^.

aforefaid ; or in cafe of the faid Licence j
being loll or taken by the Enemy,
fatisfadlory Proof on Oath fliall be
within the fame Period made before
the Collector or Comptroller of fuch
Port ; and in cafe fuch Licence (hall
not be delivered up, and no fuch Proof
made within fuch Period as aforefaid,
the Owner fliall forfeit 20 1.; or if
fuch Open Boat fliall be ufed or navi-
gated after a Copy of the Order re-
voking the Licence fliall have been
delivered, every fuch Open Boat fliall
be forfeited - - _ -

MACE and NUTMEGS, Imported by=
virtue of a Licence from the Commif-
fioners of the Cuftoms, from any Place
beyond the Seas, other than directly
from the Eail Indies, fliall not be
packed in any other Packages than
in Ca/is or Bales containing 300 Pounds
If eight or upwardsjon Forfeiture thereof
MAN, Ifle of. See « Guernfey.'*

1. MANIFESTS. Every Mafter of any-|
Ship belonging in the whole orin Part to
any of His Majefliy's Subjeds, laden
with any Goods, Wares, or Merchan-
dize and bound to Great Britain, fliall,
on his Arrival within Four Leagues of
the Co^^, produce every Manifeft to fuch
Officer of the Cuftoms atfhall demand the
fame and firft come on board his Ship,
and fliall deliver to fuch Officer a true
Copy thereof, which Copy is to be
provided and fubfcribed by the Mafter ;
and the Officers to whom the original
Manifefl: fliall have been fo produced
fliall certify upon the Back thereof
that the fame was produced, and alfo
the Day on which the fame was pro*
duced and Copy delivered, and Uke-
wife certify upon the Back of fach
Copy the Day on which the fame was
produced, and forthwith tranfmit fuch
Copy to the CoUeftors and Comp-

; trollers of the fevcral Ports to which

Reign.

Chap.

Seel

<■'',

6 Geo. I.

MANIFESTS— fon/i'nw^^.

the Goods appear to be configned j
and the Matter fliall in like Manner
produce fuch Manifefts to the Officer
of the Cuftoms who (hall firft come on
board within the Limits of any Port
of Great Britain in which the Cargo
or any Part thereof is intended to
be difcharged, and alfo deliver to him
a true Copy thereof (fuch Copy
alfo to be provided and fubfcribed by
the Matter) ; the Production of which
Manifeft and the Delivery of fuch Copy
to be certified to have been fo pro-
duced and delivered by the Officer
who fhall firft come on board the Ship
on her Arrival witliin the Limits of any
fuch Port, upon the Back of the origi-
nal Manifeft ; and fuch Officer is forth-
with to tranfmit the Copy of the Mani-
feft to the Colledor and Comptroller
of that Port; provided that if any
Manifeft dire^ed to be delivered up
to the Colle6tor and Comptroller of
any Port where fuch Veffel arrives fliall
contain an Account of Goods not there
to be landed, but which (hall appear to
be configned to fome other Port or
Place in Great Britain, then the Col-
le6lor and Comptroller (hall certify
upon fuch Manifeft under their Hands
fuch part of the Cargo as ftiall
have been there delivered, and deliver
back the original Manifeft to the
Mafter, and fo in like Manner as often
as the Cafe (hall require, until fuch
Ship (hall arrive at her laft Port or
Place of Difcharge - - -

If the Mafter (hall not produce"

fuch Manifeft as aforefaid upon De*
mand thereof, and give fuch Copy at
aforefaid, ot (hall not gtre an Account
of the Deftiuation of fuch Ship, or fliall
give a falfe Account of theDefttnation,
the Mafter fliall forfeit a Sum equ^ to
double theValue of the Goods, together
with the full Dutif s payable thereon -

Reign.

Chap.

Sea.

26 Geo. 3.

a6 Geo. 3.

I !

54 Geo. 3.

MAmFESTS— continued, R«ig"-

3. ■ Any Goods imported or brouprht

fnto Great Britain in Ships belonging
in the Whole or in Part to His Ma-
jelly's Subjedls from any Place within
the Ealt India Company's Charter,
the Cape of Good Hope, Saint He-
lena, or from Places at which fuch
Ships are allowed to clear on their
Homeward Voyages, fuch Goods not
being included or de/crileJ in the Manife/l
or Manifefts required by this Aft, or
which (hall not agree therewith, fhall be
forfeited, notwithflanding they may be
included in the Report of the Ship,
and the Mafter (hall forfeit 50 1. for
every Package - - -

I. OFFICERS. Any Per/on armed with'
Club or any Manner of Weapon heating
or wounding any Officer of the Cuftoms
or his Deputy, or Perfon a£ting in his
Aid in the due Execution of his Office,
either on board any Ship or upon Land
or Water, every fuch Perfon may by
the next Juftice of the Peace be com-
mitted to Prifon till the next Quarter ^
Seflions, when the Juilices may punifh
him by Fine not exceeding 100 1. ; and
the Offender (hall remain in Prifon till
difcharged of the Fine and Imprifon-
ment by Order of the Court of Ex-
chequer, or till he difcovers the Perfon
that fet him on work, that he may be
legally proceeded againfl - - J

2, Perfons more than Five in Company'

Chap,

Sec

i3&i4Car.2.

who Jball forcibly hinder or refifl any of
the Officers of the Cufloms or Ex-
cife in feizing or fecuring any Kinds
of run Goods fhall be deemed and
taken to be Runners of Foreign Goods
and Commodities within the Mean-
ing of this A£t ; and being convicted
thereof, fhall be adjudged guilty of
Felony, and be tranfported as Fe-
lons to His Majefty's Colonies or
Plantations in America, there to re-
main for Seven Yeats, in the fame

8 Geo. I.

OFFICERS— ro«/in«<r</.

Manner as Felons are appointed to be |
'. ranfported by the 4 Geo. 3. ch. 1 1. J

— Officers, and any Perfons who'

aii in their Aid and Afliftance,

Reign.

Chap.

Sea.

being on board any Ship, Boat, or
VeifTel, within the Limits of any of
the Ports of this Kingdom, forcibly
oppo/ed, obftruQedt woundedf or Sea/en,
by any Perfons in the due Execution
of their Duty, being convidled thereof,
(hall be tranfportcd to fome of His
Majelty's Colonies and Plantations in
America, for fuch Term as Court
(hall think (it, not exceeding Seven
Years, in the fame Manner as by
4 Geo. I . ch. I f . and 6 Geo. 1 . ch. 23. .
— - Any 0(ficer of the Cuftoms or'
Excife producing his Warrant or
Deputation (if required) may go on
hard any Coaling Vejfil within the
Limits of any of the Ports of this
Kingdom, and fearch the Cabin and
all other Parts of fuch Coafting
VelTel for prohibited and uncuftomed
Goods; and fuch Officer may re-
main on board during the whole
Time that the Veffel mall continue
within the Port; and if any Perfon
(hall obftruS or hinder any Officer of
the Cuftoms or Excife in going or
remaining on board fuch Coalling
VeiTel, or in the entering or fearch -
ing the Cabin or any other Part there-
of every fuch Perfon fliall forfeit
lool. - - - - -

If any Perfon keeping any Houfe

where Ale, Wine, Brandy or other
Strong Liquors ^all be fold, by
Retail, (hall knowingly harbour or
entertain any Perfon againjl whom any
Procefs of Arreft (hall have iffued for
having beat, abufed, or obftruded
any Officer of the Cuftoms or Excife
in the Execution of his Office, to
which Procefs the Sheriff, or Officer
having Execution thereof, IhatU have

9 Geo. 2.

9 Geo. 2

1 ;

I I

li !

'II
' I

h*!

5. OVFlCVjKS-^continueil.

returned that fuch Perfon cannot be I
found, and who fhall not have appeared ^
to the faid Proccfs ; or if any Perfon
fhall knowingly harbour or entertain
any Perfon who haviny, been in Prifon
for the faid Offence fhall have efcaped,
or having been convidled fhall fly from
Juftice; every iuch Perfon fo offending
fhall forfeit 100 1. and be rendered
incapable of having a Licence for
keeping any Virtualling Houfe, or
felling Wine, Ale, or Strong Li-
quors by RtLail for the future

6. ' Provided that no Perfons fhall

fufler any Penalty or Difability for
fuch harbouring or entertaining, unlefs
Public Notice fhall have been given
Six Days before, in Two fuccef-
five Gazettes, of the abfconding of the ^
Perfon who fliall be fo harboured or
entertained, and alfo by Writing to be
fixed to the Door of the Patifh Church
where fuch Perfon laft dwelt before
his abfconding - - -

y. ........^ li tiny Perfon pq/Jing nvith prohibited

or unettftomed Goods contrary to this
Ad, and armed with Guns, Piflols,
Cutlaffes, or other offenfive Weapons,
fhall hinder, moleji, or refift any Officers
of the Cuftoms or Excife, who in the
Execution of their Duty fhall endea-
vour or offer to fearch for or feize any
prohibited or uncutlomed Goods from
any fuch armed Perfon, by beating,
maiming, or wounding any fuch Oln-
cers or any Perfons adding in their
Afliftance, in every fuch Cafe the ^
Officers and all Perfons by them called
to their Affiftance fo refifted may op-
pofe Force to Force, and endeavour
by the fame Methods that are ufed
againft them to defend themfelves, and
execute the Duty of their Office ; and
if any Perfon fo hindering, moleding,
or refilling the Officers aforefaid, or
their Aififtants, fliall be wounded.

ReitJM.

9 Geo. 2.

CI14).

{

9 Geo. 2.

OFFIC E Rii— continued.

maimed, or killed, and the faid Of-
ficers and their Aflidants (hall be
profecuted, they may plead the
General Iffuc, and give this A&. and
the Special Matter thereof in Evi-
dence; and all Jullices before whom
fuch Officers or Perfons a£ting in
their Affiftance fliall be brought, for
or on account of any fuch Wound-
ing, Maiming, or Killing, are required
to admit every fuch Officer and Per-
fons to Bail . - _

Any Perfons to the Number of Three'

or more armed with Fire Arms, or of-
fenfive Weapons, who (hall forcibly
obflrud, ajfaultt or rejijl any Officer
of the Revenue in feizing any un-
cuflomcd or prohibited Goods ; cr if
any Perfons (hall malm or dangtroufly
wound any Officer of the Revenue in
attempting to go on board any Ship
or Verfel within the Limits of any of
the Ports of this Kingdom, orjhoot at,
ma'tmt or dangeroufly wound him when
on board fuch Ship or Ve(fel, and in
the due Execution of his Duty, every
fuch Perfon (hall be adjudged guilty
of Felony, and (hall funer Death as
in Cafes of Felony without Benefit of
Clergy ; and Perfons convicted in Scot-
land (hall incur the Pains of Death and
Con(ifcation of Moveables
See " Smugglers armed, or in Dif-
' "guife."

If any Officer of the Revenue or"

other Perfon employed in feizing any
Goods liable to Forfeiture for being
prohibited or uncuttomed, or for
being prohibited to be exported, or
in endeavouring to apprehend any Of-
fender againft this Aft, (hall be ivound-
edf maimed, or hilled, or the Goods
rejfcued by Perfon* fo armed as afore -
faid, unlefs the Offender is apprehended
and convided withih Six Calendar
Months after the Fad, the Rate, or

Rei^n.

Chap.

Seft.

19 Geo. 2.

1 1 'i

9. OYFlCERS^continueJ.

Lath, or Hundredy where the Fad was I
committed in England, fliall make Sa- ^
tisfa6lion not exceeding 40 1. for the
Damages by wounding or maiming,
and not exceeding 200 1. for Damages
by Lofs of the f Toods, and fhall alfo pay
to the Executors or Adminiftrators for
each Perfon killed 100 1. to be levied
upon the Inhabitants by a propor-
tionate Tax ; and fuch Adlions fhall
be profecuted In the fame Mannejr as
by 8 Geo. 2. cap. 16. with refpeft to
Damages recovered upon Hundreds in
Cafes of Robbery

But no Pevfon fhall recover fuchT

Damage unlefs Notice be given within
Four Days after the Injury to Two or
more of the Inhabitants of ibme Town,
Village, or Hamlet near the Place, nor
unlefs within Eight Days after he de-
clares upon Oath, before aJuflice of the
Peace of the County where the Fa£t
was committed, whether he knows any y.
of the Offenders ; and if he does, fuch
Perfon mufl be bound by Recogni-
zance to profecute fuch as he knows ;
nor unlefs he alfo gives Notice, and
enters into fuch Recognizance as is re-
quired by 8 Geo. 2. cap. 16. of Perfons
robbed, and commences the A6lion
within a Year - " ".

II. If any Perfon fhall qffaultt oppofe,'

or ohjlruQ any Officer of the Cufloms or
Excife in feizing any Goods what-
foever liable to be feized by virtue of
any Aft now in force, or by Force or
Violence refcue, or caufe to be refcued,
any of the /aid Goods after the fame have
beenfei%edy or Jh all attempt or endeavour
fo to doy or after fuch Seizure fhall
deflroy or damage any Cafks, VefTels,
Boxes, or Package wherein the fame
refpeftivelv fhall be contained, the Of-
ficers of the Cufloms and Excife, and
a|l Perfons ading in their Aid and Af-
lillance, may arrefi and detain any

Reign.
19 Geo. 2.

Chap. I

Sett.

6,8

7.9:

19 Geo. 3.

I. OFFICERS— fo»//«tf^//.

Perfon fo offending, and forthwith
convey him before a Juftice of the
Peace near to the Place where the
Offence fhall be committed ; and the
Juftice fhall, if he fee Caufe, commit
the Perfon to the next County Gaol
until the next General Quarter Seflions,
there to be dealt with as direded by
this Aft _ , •

See " Smugglers."

\2. ^ If any Perfon upon the Shore, or'

on board any Ship, Veffel, or Boat
whatever, fhall malicioujly Jhoot at or
upon any Shlpy Ve/fel, or Boat belonging
to the Navy, Cufloms, or Excife., within
the Limits of any of the Ports of Great
Britain, or within Four Leagues of
that Part of the Coaft which is between
Beachy Head and the North Foreland,
or within Eight Leagues of any other
Part of the Coatt ; or if c»ny Perfon
being on Shore, or on board any Ship,
Veffel, or Boat within the faid Limits
refpeftively, fhall malicioujly Jhoot at,
maim, or dangeroujly wound any Officer
of the Navy, Cufloms, or Excife, acting
in the due Execution of his Duty ; or
fhall malicioufly fhoot at, maim, or
dangeroufly wound any Perfon aiding
and aflifting fuch Officer ; every Perfon
fo offending, and every Perfon 9(fi fling
therein, fhall be adjudged guilty of Fe-
lony, and fuffer Death without Benefit
of Clergy - - -

[13.——— When any Perfon is charged with"
any Offence made Felony by this AA
before a Juflice or Judge of the King's
Bench if in England, or before One
of the Lords of Julticiary if in Scot-
land, by Information of One credible
Perfon on Oath, fuch Jullice or Judge
fhall certify and return fuch Informa-
tion to One of the Secretaries of State,
to be laid before His Maj^fly in
Council, who may order the Offender
to furrender himfelf, and if he does

I>3

Reign

Chap.

Sea.

24 Geo. 3.
,42 Geo. 3.

47
82

T I
2»3

24 Geo. 3.

13. OVTICERS— continued.

not furrender, or efcape after fuch
Surrender, he is to be deemed to be
convi6ted of Felony

Every Perfon who fhall harbour,

15.—

16.

17.'

18.

Reign.

Chap.

Seft.

conceal, aid, or fuccour fuch Perfon
knowing him to have been required to
furrender, (hall be deemed guilty of
Felony, and be tranfported for the
Space of Seven Years - •

— If any Offence againfl this Aft"
falls within the 19060.3. c.69. the
Offender may be committed to the
County Gaol until the next Quarter
SefTioiis of the Peace, and tried and
punifhed as by that A^ direfted

— — Offences in England, Wales, or th?*
Town of Berwick upon Tweed, or
within the Limits of any of the Ports
thereof, or within Four or F.gl^t
Leagues of the Coatls, may be tried
before any Court of Qyer and Ter-
miner, Great i^eirion, or Gaol Deli-
Tery, in any County of England or
Wales - - .;

Offences declared to be a Felony'

or Mifdemeanor committed in Scot-
land, or wtthin the Limits of any Port
thereof, or within Eight Leagues of
the Coafls of the fame ; any Juftice,
Judge Ordinary, or Judge Admiral,
Depute or Subftitute, refiding near-
eft the Place, may grant a Warrant
for committing the Ofender ; and fuch ^
Perfon (hall be tried before the Court
of Jufticiary, or Circuit Courts, or
High Court of Admiralty at Edin-
burgh ; or in cafe the Offence be oply
punifhable by Hard Labour or Impri-
fonment, the Offender may be tri|?d
before theJudge Ordinary of theCounty
w Place where tlie Warrant was granted^

- — Eveiy Ferfpn taken before a Juf-"
tice for any Offence deemed a Mifde
meanor, fhall enter into a Recogni
zance with Two Sureties to plead
the Indiftment • *

24 Geo. 3.

16!

is:

FFICERS— fo/i/»i»W.

Whenever any Perfon is charged

with affaulting or obftruAing any Offi-
cer of Cuftoms or I'.xcife, or Perfon
afting in his Aid, or with rcfcuing or
attempting to refcue any Goods after
Seizure, any Judge of the Kin^^'s
Bench may iffue his Warrant to appn>
hend and bring the Offender befoi? .
him or fome other Judge of the Kinj^ 8 ^
Bench, or before fome Juftice of the
Peace, in order to his being bound with
Two Sureties to appear to anfwer the
IndiiStment or Information ; or, upon
refufing, he may be committed to the
Common Gaol of the County until he
jhall lo become bound, or be difcharged
by Order of the Court or one of the
Judges - - --

|o. - .. ■ If any Officer of the Navy or of

Cuftoms or Excife, being on Shore, or
going on board, or returning from on
board any Ship, Boat, or Veffel, within
the Limits of any of the Ports of this
Kingdom, or within Four Leagues of
that Part of the Coaft which Ues between
Beachy Head on the Coail of Suffex,
or within Eig/jt Leagues of any other
Part of the Coaft, (hall be ohjiruaed
or qffiaulted in the due Execution of his
Duty, or if any Perfon acting in the
Aid or Affiftance of fuch Officer fhall
be obftrufted or afTaulted, the Offen-
der may be carried before a Juftice of
the Peace refiding near to the Place
where fuch Offence (hall be committed
who may commit him to the next
County Gaol, and being duly coa-
viAed (hall be fentenced to Hard La-
bour on the River Thames, or other
Navigable River in England, for any
Term not exceeding Three Years, ac-
cording to 19 Geo 3. ; or fuch Court
may order the Offender to be com-
mitted to the Common Gaol or Houfe
of Correction for any Term not ex-
ceeding Three Yeara; • -J I
D4

Reign.

26 Geo. 3.

Chap

Sett.

34 Geo. 3.
42 Geo. 3.

SO
82

5
2

;• i

m\\

lit

OFFICE RS^continutJ.

i I . If any Perfon fliall ajfault^ oppofe,'\

oh/lrud, or hinder any OJxcer of His
Majefty's Army, Navy, or Marines,
or any Officer of the Culloms or Ex-
cife, oi any Perfon aiding or affiiling
fuch Officer, in the due Execution of
the Powers tjiven by this Atl, fuch
jfi i Perfon fliall be adjudged a Felon, and

tranfported for Seven Years, or impri-
foned in any Houfe of Correction or
Common Gaol, and kept to Hard
Labour for any Term not exceeding
Three Years, at the Difcretion of the
Court before whom the Offender fliall
be tried ; or if any Perfon fliall mali-
cioufly^oo/ at or upon any Shipt VeJfeU
or Boat belonging to His Majefty's Navy,
or the Cuftoms or Excifcy in any Part
of the Britifli or Irifli Channels, or
elfewhere on the High Seas, within loo
Leagues of any Part of the Coafts of
Great Britain or Ireland ; or if any
Perfon fliall malicioufly Jhoot at,
maim, or dangero»Jly wound any Officer
of His Majelly*8 Army, Navy,
or Marines, or the Cuftoms or Ex-
cife, or any Perfon aiding or affift-
ing fuch Officer in the due Execution
of his Duty under any of the Powers
of this Aft, every Perfon fo offending
or affifting therein fhall be adjudged
guilty of Felony, and fuffer Death
without Benefit of Clergy

12. — — — Every Offence committed within'

Reign.

Chap.

any Port, Harbour, or Roadftead of
Guernfey, Jerfey, Alderney, or Sark,
may be determined in the faid [flands ;
and every Offence committed elfewhere
out of the United Kingdom may be
determined in any County of the
United Kingdom ; and every Offence ^
committed within England, Scotland,
or Ireland refpeftively, may be de-
termined within any County of that
Part of the United Kingdom in which
committed, in fuch Manner as if eom-

45 Geo. 3.

121

45 Geo. 3.

121

\6.

OFFICER 'S-^cont'muetl.

mitted in the County in whicli the famr I
(hall be determined - -J

»■ JufticcH of the Peace, the Court

of King's Bencii, andjnfticefi of Oyer
and Terminer, or CJaol Delivery,
empowered to take Cognizance of
AfiauItH, Obftrud^ions, Felonies, or ^
Offences, as if the fame had been
committed or incurred on I^and within
the refpeftiveJurifdiftions of the faid
Court or Juftices - - .

Where any Officer or Seaman em-
ployed in the Service of the Culloms
or Excife fhall be killed^ maimed,

woundedt in the due Execution of this
Aft, or any other Aft relating to the
Revenues of Culloms or Excife, or
pafled for the Prevention of Smuggling,
the Commiffioncrs of Culloms and
Excife, in England, Scotland, or
Ireland refpedlively* niay make Provi-
fion for every fuch Officer or Seaman,
or the Widows and Families of fuch as
ihall be killed, under the Direftion of
the Lords Commiffioncrs of His Ma-
iefty's Treafury

Where any yt£l to be done after'

the paffing of this KGt in bre/»ch of or
in refiflance to any Part of the Laws for
colleSing His Majejly*s Revenue in Great
Britain, would fubje6t the Offender
to fufFer Death as guilty of Feh)ny
without Benefit of Clergy, fuch Adl
fhall be taken to be Felony with Be-
nefit of Clergy, unlefs alio declared
Felony without Benefit of Clergy by
thisAA

—— If any Perfon fhall malicioufly'
/ho9t at or upon any Ship, VeJJ^U or
Boat belonging to His Majefty's
Navy, or the Cufloms or Excife, with-
in the Limits of any Port, Harbour,
or Creek of Great Britain or the Ifle
of Man, or in any Part of the Britifh
or Irifh Channels, or on the High Seas
within 100 Leagues of the Goad of

Reign.

Clrip.

Sc6t.

47 <^'eo. 3.

48 Geo. 3,

66
84

24 Geo. 3.
47 Geo. 3.

47
66

52 Geo. 3.

Ul I

«t."ll

26. OYYlCERS^conllnued.

Great Britain or Ireland, or if any
Perfon within the Limits aforefaid
fhall malicioufly Jboot at, maim, or
dangernujly wound any Officer of His
Majefty's Army, Navy, Marines,
Militia, or Volunteers, or any other
His Majefty's Military or Naval Forces,
or of the Cuftoms or Excife, or any
other Perfon aiding or aflifting any
fuch Officer when in the due Execu-
tion of his Duty, every Perfon fo of-
fending, or aiding, abetting, or aflift-
ing therein, (hall fufFer Death as a
Felon without Benefit of Clergy ; and
every fuch Offence committed within
any Port, Harbour, Creek, Haven,
or Roadftead of Guernfey, Jerfey,
Alderney, Sark, or Man refpe^tively,
may be determined in the faid Iflands
refpediively ; committed elfwhere, out
of the United Kingdom, may be
determined in any County of the
United Kingdom ; and committed
within England, Scotland, or Ire-
land refpe«9:ively, may be determined
within fuch Part oi the United
Kingdom in which refpe6tively com-
mitted, but in any County or Shire
thereof

2»7, . If any Perfon (hall be charged by"

Information on Oath with being guilty
of fo affembling, aiding, or aflifting
in any Cafe wherein any fuch Officer
as aforefaid, or any Perfon aiding or
affixing any fuch Officer as aforelaid,
fhall have been killed, fuch Informa-
tion fhall be forthwith certified, by the
Perfon taking the fame, to One of
His Majefty's Principal Secretaries of
State, who fhall forthwith lay the
fame before His Majefty in His Privy
Council, and His Majefty may there-
upon, by His Order in Council, cum.-
mand the Offender to Curreoder hiiQiielf
to any Perfon cpmpet«nt to tajce (uch
Surrender ■» , , ,»

Rcign.

Chji

S;i

:ai

52660.3.

FFICE RS — continued.
— — If fuch Perfon (hall not fo fur-
render within the Time limited, or
{hall after Surrender and before t rial
efcape, he (hall be adjudged to be at-
tainted of Felony, and fhall fuffer
Death without Benefit of Clergy if
the Offence is charged to have been
committed in England, or within
the Limits of a Port, or within loo
Leagues of the Coaft ; and the Court
of King's Bench, or the Juftices of
Oyer or General Gaol Delivery, or
Great Seffions, for the County or Place
where the Offender fhall be, may
award Execution againft him as if he
had been convifted ; and if charged
to have been committed in Scotland,
the Offender fhall be deemed to be
convicted of a Capital Crime, and fhall
fuffer the Pains of Death and Confif-
cation of Moveables; and the Court
of Jufticiary, or theLordsof Jufliciary
in their Circuits in Scotland, fhall
award Execution in fuch Manner as if
he had been found guilty and con-
demned in the faid Courts
' In cafe any Ship or Vejfel hahle to'

Seizure or Examination by any Aft of
Parliament in relation to the Revenue
of Cufloms or Excife fhall not bring to
on being required fo to do, or being
. chafed by any VefTel in the Service of
His Majefty's Navy having the proper
Pendant and Enjign of His Majeity's
Ships hoifled, or in the Service of the
Cujloms or Excife having a Pendant
and Enfign hoijled <with fuch Maris
thereon as are now ufed and ivorn by
fuch VefTels in a Blue Fie'd, the Cap-
tain or Officer may fhoot at or into
fuch Ship or VefTel which (liall not
bring to, after fuch Colours (hall be
hoifled, and a ^un fired as a Signal ;
and fuch Captain or Officer, and every
Perfon acting it) his Aid or by his
Direction, is indemnified and difchaiged

Reign.

Ch^p.

52 Geo. 3.

Sea.

24 Geo. 3.

47-5

47
66

23
32

29.

Vv.

SO-

3I"

}

24 Geo. 3.

OFFICERS— /fo«/in»^i. Re'g"- Chap.

from any Penalties or Actions for fo

doing ; and in cafe any Perfon fhall be

wounded or killed^ and the faid Offi-
cer or other Perfon acting in his Aid

or by his Diredion (hall be fued or

prolecuted, or be brought before any

of His Majeily's Juitices of the Peace

or other Perfon having competent

Power, for or on account of fuch

wounding or killing, every fuch

Juftice or Perfon is required to

admit everyf uch Officer and Perfon to

Bail - ...
If any Britifli Ship or Veffel, not"

in the Service of His Maje(ty*s Navy,

or the Cuftoms or Exciie, (hall carry

or hold any fuch Pendant or £n-

fign, the Mafter of every fuch Ship or I

Veffel (hall forfeit 500 1. J

■ In cafe any Ship or Vejfel liable')

to Seizure or Examination by this or

any other Act of Parliament in force

(hall not bring to on being required fo

to do, or being chafed by any Ship or

Veffel in His Majefty's Navy having

the proper Pendant and Enfign of His

Majeily's Ships hoifted, or by any Ship

or Venel employed in the Prevention

of Smuggling, under the Authority

of the Lords of the Treafury, the

Lords of the Admiralty, or Commif-

fioners of the Cuftoms or Excife, hav-
ing a Pendant and Enfign hoifted oj

fuch Defcription as His Majefty by any

Order in Council, or by His Royal Pro"

elamation under the Great Seal of the

United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Ireland, /hall order and direS, the Cap«

tain, Mafter, or other Perfon having

t|ie Charge or Command of fuch Ship .

or Veffel in His Majefty' s Navy, or

employed as aforefaid, (firft caufing a

Gun to be fired as a Signal) may (hoot

at or into fuch Ship or Veffel ; and

fuch Captain, Mafter, or other Offi-
cer, and every Perfon actmg in his Aid ^ 56 Geo. 3. 104

SnJ

OFFICERS— tfo«/iii«^^.

and Afliftance, or by his Direction, is
indemnified and difcharged from any
Penalties or Actions for Damages for
fo doing ; and in cafe any Perfon (hall
be wounded, maimed, or killed, by
means of fuch Firing, and the faid
Captain, Mailer, or other Perfon (hall
be fued or profecuted, or brought
before any of His Majefty*8 Juftices
of the Peace, or other Juftices or Per-
fons having competent Authority,
every fuch Juftice, Perfon or Perfons,
is and are authorized and required to
admit every fuch Captain, Matter, or
other Perfon or Perfons fo brought
before him and them, to Bail

If any Ship or Veffel not being in

the Service of His Majefty's Navy, or
employed as aforefaid, (hall carry or
hoift any fuch Pendant or Enfign as is
herein-before refpectively mentioned,
the Mafter of every fuch Ship or VeflTel
(hall forfeit 500 1.,

- Of His Majefty's Cuftoms and"

their Deputies are authorized to go
aboard any Ship or VeJfeU as nuell Ships of
War as Merchant Ships , and from thence
to bring on Shore all Goods prohi-
bited or uncuftomed, except Jewels,
if they be outwards bound, and if
they be Ships or Ve(fels inwards bound
to bring on Shore all fmall Parcels of
Fine Goods, or other Goods which
(hall be found in Cabins, Chefts,
Trunks, or other fmall Package, or
in any private or fecret Place, in or
out of the Hold of the Ship or Ve(rel,
which may occafion a juft Sufpicion
that they were intended to be fraudu-
lently conveyed away, and all other
Sorts of Goods whatfoever for which
the Duties were not paid within 20
Days after the Firft Entry of the Ship,
unlefs the Commiflioners of the Cuf-
toms (hall allow a longer Time ; and
the Officerff of the Cuftoms and their

Reign

Chap.

Se£t.

^6 Geo. 3.

104

13 &

Car

c 147

.2. j

33. OFFICERS— fo/j//«M«/.

Deputies may freely ftay and rertiain
on board until all the Goods are deli>
vered and difcharged out of the faid
Ships or VpfTels ; and if any Mailer or
any other Perfon whatfoever fhall
fuffer any Package to be opened
aboard the faid Ship or Veflel, and
the Goods therein to be embezzled,
carried away, or put in any other
Form or Package after the Ship comes
into Port, he fhall forfeit lool.

Officers of the Revenue properly'

35-

36.

authorized to examine any Ship, or
the Cargo on board, fhall at all Times
have free Accefs to the Cabin and every
Part or Place in fuch Ship; and in cafe
any Place within the Cabin, Fore-
callle. Steerage, or any other Part of
the Ship, or any Boxes, Chefls, or
other Things contained therein, fhall
be locked or faflened, and the Keys
withheld, or the Places fhall not be
opened, fuch Officers, if they are fu-
perior to Tidewaiters or Watermen,
may open the fame in the befl Manner
they can, and are indemnified in fo
doing ; but if fuch Officers fhall only
be in the Clafs of Tidewaiters or
Watermen, they fhall fend for t^eiv
fuperior Officer, who is authorized to
open or caufe the fame to be opened,
and fhall be indemnified in fb doing

If any Officer of the Cuftoms"

fhall direftly or indirectly make any col-
hifive Seizure of Foreign Goods to the
Intent that the fame may efcape Pay-
ment of the Duties, he (hall for-
feit 500 1. and be incapable of fervmg
His Majefty in any Office or Employ-
ment in the Revenue ; and the Importer
and Owner of the Goods fhall forfeit
Treble the Value thereof. See No. 39. ^

— Provided that if the Officer or'
Importer and Owner of the Goods
ihall difco"er his Offence to the Corti-
miffioners of the Cuftoms in England

Reign .

Chap.

26 G

eo.

5 Geo. I.

. OFFICER S^continueil.

or Scotland refpeftively within Two I
Months after the fame fhall have been ^
committed, fo as his Accomphce or
AccompHces be convi6ted, the Of-
fender (ball be acquitted and dif-
charged

If any Perfon other than the Of-'

ficcr of the Revenue making fnch col-
lufive Seizure, or the Importer and
Owner of the Goods fo feized, fhall
within Three Months after fuch Sei-
zure difcover to the Commiffioners of
the Cuftoms in England or Scotland
rcfpeftively any Perfon who (hall
have been guilty of fuch Fraud, fo as
he is convifted thereof, the Perfon fo
difcovering (hall receive to his own
Ufe One Half Part of His Majelly's
Share of what fhall be recovered on
the Convidlion

|8. If any Perfon or Perfons whatfo-"

ever fhall q^er any Bribe, Recompence,
or Reward whatfoever to any Officer
of the Cufloms or Excife, to connive
at or permit any cuflomable or pro-
hibited Goods to be run om Shore, or
to connive at any falfe or fhort Entry
of any fuch Goodtr, or to do any other
AA whereby His Majefly might be
defrauded, every fuch Perfon and
Perfons fhall for every Offence (whether
the fame Offer or Propofal fhall be
accepted or not) forfeit the Sum of
50 1.
— — If any Officer of His Majefty's"
Navy, Cuftoms, or Excife fliall make
any coUuJive Seizure, or delh'er up or
make any Agreement to deliver up or not
to fei%e any Ship or VefTel or any
Goods liable to Forfeiture, or fhall
directly or indircftly take or receive
any Bribe, Gratuity, Recompence, or
Reward for the Negleft or Nonper-
formance of his Duty, every luch
Officer fhall for every Offence for-
feit 500 1. and be rendered incapable

R>.ign.

5 Geo. I ,

9 Geo. 2.

Chnp. 8ea. 1

If! SI I

39. OFFICERS— continueJ.

of ferving His Majefty in any Office I
or Employment) Civil or Military j and ^,
if any Perfon whatfoever (hall offer or
promife to give any Bribe, Recom-
pence, or Reward to, or make any
collufive Agreement with any Officer
of the Navy, Cuftoms, or Excife, to
do^ conceal* or connive at any A&,
whereby any of the Provifions made
by any Aft of Parliament relative to
His Majelly's Cuftoma or Excife may
be evaded or broken, every fuch Per-
fon fhall (whether the fame Offer or
Promife be accepted or performed, or
not) forfeit 500 1.

40. ■'■■ If any Perfon (hall give, offer, or"

promife to give any Brihct Recom-
pence, or Reward to, or make any
collaftve Agreement with any Com-
miiuoned or Non-commiflioned or
Warrant Officer of His Majefty's
Army, Navy, or Marines, to do, con
ceal, or connive at any Aft by which
His Majefty might be defrauded
His Revenue of Cuftoms and Excife,
whether any fuch Bribe or Offer fhall
have been accepted or not, every fuch
Perfon fhall forfeit 100 1.

41* ■ If any Officer on Half-pay, Mili-"

7 "
on- ^

ichf

in I

tary or Naval, fhall make any eollu
Jive Seizure, or fhall deliver up, or
fhall make anv Agreement to deliver
up or not to feize any Ship or Veffel,
Boat, Horfe, Cattle, or Carriage, or
any Goods liable to Seizure, or fhall
direftly or indireftly take or receive
any Bribe, Gratuity, Recompence, or
Reward, for the Negleft or Non-per-
formance of his Duty, in relation to
any fuch Goods or Articles, or Sei-
zure thereof, every fuch Officer therein
offending fhall forfeit 500 1. and be
rendered incapable of ferving His
Majefty in any Office or Employment
Civil or Military ; and if any Perfon
whatfoever fhall give, offer, or promift

Rcien.

24 G

eo.

Chap.
47

47 Geo. 3.

56 Geo. 3.

104

[OVUCEKS—continiuJ.-

to c^ive any Bribe, Recompence, or
Reward to, or nfake any fucn collufive
Agreement with any fucn Officer, every
fuch Perfon (hall for fuch Offence,
whether the fame Offer, Propofal, Pro-
mife, or Agreement be accepted or per-
formed or not, forfeit 500 1. -J
— — The Commander of any of His"
Majefty*s Ships or Veffels ot. War, or
any Commiffioned, Warrant, or Petty
Officer, fpecially authorized by them,
may/eizef without having any Deputation
or Commiffion for that Purpofe, any
Goods, or any Ships or Veffels what-
foever, fubje^ to Forfeiture by any
Pi.8t now m force for any Offence
againft the Revenues of Cuftoms or
Excife, provided that the Commander
(hall bring or caufe to be brought every
fuch Seizure to His Majefty's Ware-
houfe at t>ic neareft Cuftom Houfe to i
which fuch Seizure can conveniently >
be brought, and depofit the fame in the
Cullody of ihe proper Officer of the
Cudoms, in cafe the Seizure (hall be
made under any AA for fecuring the
Revenue of Cuitoms, or in the Cuftody
of the proper Officer of Excife, in
cafe it (hall be made under any Ad
for fecuring the Revenue of Excife
only, and (hall in all Refpe6ts, in regard
to the Profecution and Delivery, con-
form to all the Regulations, and Re-
ftri£tions to which the Officers of the
Cuftoms and Excife are now fubje6t .
refpefting Seizures made by them -J
— • All PowerSf Authorities, Exemp-'
tions, and Exceptions, and all Privi-
leges and Protehions, as to maintaining
or defending any Suit or Aftion, and
pleading therein, or any Cofts thereof,
in relation to any A^s that may be
done by any Officer of Cuftoms or
Excife under any Law in force on and
immediately before the Puffing of this
Ad, for the Protedion of the Revenues
£

Reign.

Chap.

Seft

'§

Y'
t

26 Geo.

43. OFFICERS— fo«/i«tt<?r/.

of Cuftoms and Excife, or Prevention
of Smuggling, and every Thing therein
contained,.relating to any Ships, Veffels,
or Boats fubjcdl to Forfeiture by any
Aft now in force for the Prevention
of Smuggling, or by reafon of being
found with any prohibited or un-
cuilomed Goods on board within cer-
tain Diftances of the Coafts of Hi(i
Majefty's Dominions, or to any Goods
laden on board any fuch Ship, Veffel,
or Boat, or to any Matter or other
Perfon having or taking the Charge or
Command, or any other Perfon on

. board, (hall be put in Execution in all
•Cafes, and be ufed and exercifed by all
Commiflioned Officers of His Majefty's
Army, Navy, and Marines ; . provided
that Ships, Veifels, Boats, and Goods
or other Articles feized by any Officer
of His Majefty*8 Army, Navy, or
Marines, under the Provifions of this
Aft, fball forthwith be delivered to
or lodged in the Cuftody of fome Of-
ficer of His Maiefty's Cuftoms or

. Expife, who (hall take an Account
thereof, and give a Receipt for the
fame - - - -,

44. ___ Any Warrant or other Non-com-

mi/Jioned Officer, not being Below the
Rank of a Serjeant in the Army, ap-
proved of by the Officer commanding
the Regiment as proper and qualified
for the Service, may patrole with any
Number of Soldiers under his Com-
mand for the Purpofe of preventing
illicit Praftices on the Revenue, and
feixe, without having any Deputation or
Commiffion for that rurpofcyany Veffel
; or Boat, or any Goods whatever,

which fhall be fubjeft to Forfeiture
by any Aft now in force for any Of-
. fence againft the Revenue of Cuftoms
or Excife ; proyided that fuch War-
rant or ether Non-commiffioned Officer,
on the making of any l.rh. Seizure,

Reign. I Chap,

45 Geo. 3.

121

^nw»'E«i'»'"ff?^»v«^w<iwM»« ■'TS'WTVf'* • ^

I OFFICE RS—^o«//n«^/

(hall caufe the fame to be brought I
without Lofs of Time to His jVtajefty's )=•
Warehoufe, at the neareft Cuftorri
Houfe to which fuch Seizure can con-
veniently be brought, and there depofit
the fame in the Cuftody of the proper
Officer of the Cuftoms in cafe the
Seizure fliall be made under any A&.
for fecuring the Revenue of Cuftoms,
or in the Cullody of the proper Officer
of Excife in cafe it (hall be made
under any Aft for fecuring the Re-
venue of Excife only, and mall in all
RefpeAs, in regard to the Profecution
or Delivery of fuch Seizure, conform
to all the Regulations and Reftri6kions
to which the Officers of the Cuftoms
and Excife are, in cafe of fuch Seizures
made by them, now fubjeft

— All the Powers and Authorities of"
every Aft paffed for the Prevention of
Smuggling, in relation to the arreting
and detaining any Perfons liable to be
arrefted or detained under any fuch
Aft, ftiall extend to every Warrant
and Non-commiflioned Cifficer of the .
Army not below the Rank of a Ser- [
jeant, who hath been or (hall be ap-
proved by the Officer for the Time
being commanding his Regiment as
qualified to patrol for the Purpofe of
preventing illicit Praftices on the Re-
venue _ - _

Every Officer of the Cujlom (hall'

ufe and exercife the like Ponuers and
Authorities for the Examination, Sei-
zure, Detention, Removal, and Profe-
cution of any Ship, Boat^ or other
Veffel, Carriage or Cattle, or Goods,
forfeited under any Lanu of Excifi, as
are or ihall hereafter be gratited or may
be exercifed by anjr Officer of Excife ;
and every Officer of Extife foatl have the
like ' Powers and Akthortties for the
Examination, Seizure, DefeHtioi^, Re-
motalf and Profi^cutioti of ahjr Ship,

£ a *

Reign.

Chap.

SedK
30

47 Geo. 3.

. ■

\ ■

48 Geo. 3.

1-^

•

■; .•■ •- •

56 Geo. 3.

104

' m>^mj^iH/ ivr^mt

46. OFFICERS— tfo/i//««^^/.

Boat, or other Veflel, Cattle or Car-
riage, or Goods forfeited under any
Law relating to the Cttfioms, as are or
(hall hereafter, be gi'anted, or fhall or
may be exercifed by any Officer ot
Cuftoms - • «

Any Officer of the Army or Navy

48.

on Half-pay, authorized for that Pur-
pofe by Warrant or other Inftrument
under the Hands of the Lords of the
Treafury for the Time being, or any
Three or more of them, or by a De-
putation from any Three or more of
the Commiffioners of Cuftoms or Ex>
cife in England, Scotland, or Ireland
refpeftively, may fet%et within fuch
Limits as (hall be fpecified in fuch
Warrant or Inftrument, any Wine,
Spirituous Liquors, Tea or Tobacco,
or any prohibited Eaft India or French I
Goods, or any other Goods fpecified I
in any fuch Warrant or Inftrument, I
wliich may be fubjeft to Seizure under
any Law relaiing to the Revenue of
Cuftoms or Excite, or any Veffel, Boat,
Horfe, Cattle, or Carriages ufed in
the Importation or Removal of fuch
Goods ; and all the Powers and Au«
thoriiies in any Ads in relation to the
making of any fuch Seizure by any
Officer of the Cuftoms or Excife, and
to the arrefting or detaining any Men
liable to be arrefted or detained, (hall
extend to all Officers authorized as
aforefaid, and to all Goods which they
are empowered to feize, as if the Powers
relative thereto were re-ena£ted in this

Aa - - - V

Every ^ch Seizure Jhall be profe-^
cutedi and difpofed of under the Direc-
tion of the Commiffioners of the Cuf-
toms or Excife, in the fame Manner
as if made by any Officer of the Cuf-
toms or Excife ; and all Penalties, For-
feitures, Matters, and Things^ con-
tained in any Acts of Parliament rela-

Reign. Chap.

56 Geo. 3.

104

8. OFFICERS— tfo«/«W</.

live to the Seizure of the like Defcrip-
tion of Goods by Officers of the
Cuftoms or Excife, and all Powers, )>
Exemptions, Privileges, and Protec-
tions, as to maintaining or defending
any Suit or Action and pleading therein,
or any Coils thereon, in relation to any
Acts done or that may be done by
any Officers of the Cuftoms or Excife,
fhall apr^y to all fuch Officers on Half-
pay, and to Seizures made by them,
as if the Powers relative thereto were
re-enacted in this Act
15. .■ But nothing in this A& fliall give"

to any fuch Officer on Half-pay any
Power to feize any Ships or Commo-
dities liable to Forfeiture under any
A£k for the Encouragement and In-
creafe of Shipping and Navigation -

PACKAGES opened and altered.
See " Goods/'
« Guernfey."

PEDLARS. See « Hawkers.'*

PEPPER. Not to be exported from Guern-"
fey, Jerfey, Alderney, Sark, or Man,
otherwife than in Cq^s containing Four
hundred IVeight, except for Ship's Ufe,
and in certain Quantities from Guern-
fey and Jerfey for the Supply of Sark
See " Guernfey."

PLATTING FOR HATS. No Plat--
ting or other Manufa^ures of Baft
or Straw, Chip, Cane, or Horfehair,
proper for making Hats or Bonnets,
ihaU be imported except into the Port
oi London only t nor imported into that
Port unlefs packed in Bales or Tubs
containing 224 Pounds Weight of fuch
Platting or other Manufactures at the
leaft, on Forfeiture thereof, as alfo of
the Veflel if of the Burthen of 50
Tons or under - - -

1. PROSECUTIONS. In cafe any Profe--
cution (hall be commenced by any
Officer of the Cuftoms or Excife for
the Recovery of any Penalty or For-

Reign.

56 Geo. 3.

Chap.

104

SeA.

56 Geo. 3.

104

47 Geo. 3.

48 Geo. 3.

49 Geo. 3.

31
12

10 Geo. 3.

; I

;

1. PKOSECUTlOliS— continued.

feiture incurred by virtue of Jiny A£l
relating to either of His ^Iajefty*8 Xaid
Revenues, His Majefty's Attorney
General, in cafe it fnall appear to his
Satisfaction that fuch Penalty or For-
feiture was incurred without any In-
tention of Frand, may ftop all further
Proceedings by entering a Noli Pro-
fequiy or other wife, on every fuch Pro-
fecution, as well with refpeft to the
Share of fuch Penalty or Forfeiture to
which any fuch Officer may claim to
be entitled, as to the Share thereof be-
longing to His Majefty

2. It{hallnotbela>yfulforanyPerfon"|

to commence or profecute ^ny Action
or Information agaiuft any Perfon for
the Recovery of any Fine, Penalty,
or Forfeiture under any A6t now in
force, or which (hall hereafter be made,
relating to the RevenvisofCuftoms or
Excife, unlefs the fame le commenced
or profecuted by Order of the Commif-
Jioners of His M.ajefly's Cufloms or
Excife t or by or in the Name of His
I Majefly*s Attorney General ; and if a,ny

\ Afikion, Informa^tion, or Writ of Ap-

praifement is commenced, o;r j/Tued by
\ or in the Name of any Perfon, except

upon fuch Order, or by or in the
; Name of His Majefty 's Attorney Ge-

neral, the fame and all Proc,ee,dings
thereupon had f|iall be null and vpid^
and the Court or Juftice of tjie feace
\ where or before whom fucl^ A6^ion,

! Information, or Wjrit of Appr^ije-

i ment is or /hal| be commenced or

iffued {hall not permit any Proceedings
to be had thereupon

When carried on folely a^ the'

Cl^arge of the Croyjrn, the Omc^rs con-
cerned therein fla^ll be allowed OnC'
jourth of the Sum recovered by w^y
of Penalty or Coj^^poiition : Whep
cap-ied on whojly ^t thiepharge of the;
Crown, except t^e. ^h^x^pi^f^tsig

Reign.

Chap.

26 Geo. 3.

^6 Geo. 3.

104

PROSECUTIONS— foii/i«»^//.

the Defendant upon the SherifPs War-
rant, the Officers concerned therein
(hall be allowed a Moiety ; and when
the fame (hall be carried on wholly at
the Charge of the Officer concerned ^
therein, nich Officer (hall be allowed
Two'thirds of the Sum recovered ; but
not to alter or repeal any AA now in
force, by which any greater Rewards
are allowed ; and no fuch Officer (hall
be at Liberty to commence or carry
on any Profecution or Action, for the
Recovery of any Penalty or Share
thereof, without the Permiffion and
Directions of the Commiffioners of the
Cuftoms

■ In any Profecution carried on in the'

Court of Exchequer at Weftminfter
or at Edinburgh, by any Order of the
Commiffioners, the faid Commiffioners
or any Three or more of them ref-

£e£kively, under the Direction of the
lOrds of the Treafury, if they (hall
deem it expedient may order the whole
or any Part of the Cqfls and Expencet
of fuch Profecution (whether the
Money which (hall be recovered by
way of Penalty or CompoHtion, (hall
be fufficient to anfwer fuch Cofts and
Expences or not) to he paid out of His
Majefiy*s Share of the Penalties arifing
by Cuftoms or Excife Profecutions,
and to allow the Officer concerned or
Perfon through whofe Information or
by whofe Means or Affiftance fuch
Offences were detected, any Sum not
exceeding a Moiety of the Sum reco-
vered - - - - .
In all Cafes where any Ship^ Vejjfel^
or Boat Hcenfed (hall be feized by any
Officer of the Cuftoms, Excife, or of
His Majefty's Army, Navy, or Ma-
rines, authorized to feize the fame,
and any Bond taken for the Ship, Vef-
fel, or Boat (hall be put in Suit, and
the Penalty thereof recovered) the
E4

Reign.

Chitp.

Sfeft.

47 Geo. 3.

if 6 Geo. 3.

104

47 Geo.3,

i 1

5. PROSECUTIONS-r..r.;;iiW.

Commiflloners of the Cuftoms in Eng-
land, Scotland, or Ireland, (hall pay
unto the Officer making the Seizure,
One Half of .the Sum recovered on
fuch Bond, free from all Cofts of Suit
RUM. See ** Spirits."

1. SALT or ROCK SALT. Not to be-|

imported from Ireland in any Veflel I
of lefs Burthen than looTons, on For- |
feiture thereof, and alfo of the VeffelJ

2. • '■ Not to be imported from other'

Places in any Veflel of lefs Burthen
than 40 Tons, or othernvife than in Bulk
only, (except for Ship's Ufe, not ex- ^
ceeding Five Pounds for each Seaman)
on Forfeiture thereof, and alfo the
Veflel - - -

3. • If any Salt or Rock Salt exceeding"

Two Pounds "Weight for each Sea-
man fliall be found on board any Ship
or Vejfel which ftiall be at Anchor
or hovering within the Limits of any
Port of Great Britain, or within Four
Leagues of that Part of the Coaft
which is between the North Fore-
land on the Coafl; of Kent, and Beachy
Head on the Coaft of Suflex, or
within Eight Leagues of any other Part
of the Coaft, or fliall be dilcovered to
have been within luch Limits or Dif-
tance (and not proceeding on her
Voyage, Wind and Weather permitting
unlefs in cafe of unavoidable Neceflity
and Diftrefs of Weather, of which
\ the Mafter (hall give Notice and

make Proof before the Colledor or
other Chief Officer of the Cuftoms
of any Port in the Limits of which
fuch Ship or Veflel fhall be found, im-
mediately after her Arrival in fuch
Limits), all fuch Salt or Rock Salt,
and the Ship or Veflel, with all her
Guns, Tackle, and Furniture, fhall be
forfeited - - -

Provided that fuch Diftance of Eighfj
Leagues fliall be meafured in any Di- |

Rfeign.

Chap.

45 Geo. 3.

3 Geo. 2
38 Geo. 3.

20
89

38 Geo. 3.
42 Geo. 3.

89
8a

14
I

ai UJi.ll^l ■■<

SALT or ROCK SAVr-^continued.
re&ion between the Southward and
Eaftward of Beachy Head, although
any Part of fuch Limits fo extended
may exceed the Diftance of Four
Leagues from any Part of the Coaft to
the Eaftward of Beachy Head

— — Provided alfo, that nothing in thefe'
Ads (hall forfeit any Ship or Veffel
for having Salt on board, if known
to be employed in Fifliing, and no
other Salt (hall be on board than fhall
have been received from fome entered
Warehoufe, not exceeding the Quan-
tity neceffary for preferving fuch a
Quantity of Fi(h as may reafonably
be expedled to be taken by the Crew

■ " If any Salt or Kock Salt exceeding"
TwoPounds Weight for each Seaman
fhall be found on board any Sbipt Vef-
felf or Booty belonging in the whole or
in part to any of His Majejlys Suh-
jeds, or whereof One Half of the Perfons
on board are Subje3s of His Majefty,
at Anchor, or hovering within the
Limits of any of the Ports of Great
Britain, or in any Part of the British
or Irifh Channels, or within loo
Leagues of any Part of the Coaft of
Great Britain or Ireland, and not pro-
ceeding on her Voyage, unlefs in cafe
of Neceffity to be proved as before
mentioned^ all fuch Salt or Rock Salt,
together with the Ship, Veffel, or
Boat in which laden ftiall be forfeited

" ' ■ If after the Departure from Guern-'
feyi JerfeSi Aldemey, Sarky or Man,
of any Shipy Veffel, or Boaty belonging
in the whole or in part to His Mafeflfs
Subje^Sy or whereof One Half of the Per-
fons on hoard are SubjeSs of His Majefly,
having on board any Salt, Bulk fhall be
broken, or any Part of the Cargo ftiall
be unladen or unftiipped from fuch
Ship, Veffel, or Boat, or any Altera-
tion fliall be made in the Form, Size,
Befcription, or Number of the Pack-

Reign.

42 Geo. 3.

38660.3.
42 Geo. 3.

38 Geo. 3.
47 Geo. 3.

Chap.
82

Sea.

89
66

14
17

SALT or ROCK ^kW— 'continued.
ages taken on board, or in the Quan-
tity or Quality,, or Mode of Package
of the Goods contained therein, at any

: Time while in the Profecution of the
Voyage from the Iflands^ every fuch

; Shid, VefTel, or Boat, with her Fur-
niture, Tackle, and Apparel, fhall be
forfeited; But no Forfeiture fhall be
incurred on account of the breaking
Bulk or unfhipping the Cargo, or any
' Part thereof, if done through unavoid-
-able Neceffity or Diftrefs ; nor on ac-
count of any fuch Alteration in the
Cargo, if the fame was occafioned by
inevitable Caufe or Accident, orbecamfe
neceflary for the Security or Prefer-
vation of fuch Ship, Veflel, or Boat,
fuch Neceffity, Diftrefs, Caufe, or
Accident to be proved to the Satis-
fadion of the Commiffiouers of the
Cuftoms or Excife - - -.

— > In cafe any Salt, Foreign or Britifli,'
Ihall be exported from Guemfeyy Jer-
fey, Alderneyt Sari, or Maut or be
removed by Sea from one Part to any
other of the Iflands, or put on board
any Ship, Veffel, or Boat, to be fo
removed or carried, otherwije than in
Buikt or in Cajks containing Four hnn-
dred weight net of Salt (except only fuch
Salt as may be for the neceffary Provi-
fions of fuch Ship, VeiTel, or Boat, or
for the Ufe of the Seamen, not exceed-
ing Two Pounds Weight for each
"baasn, to be ftowed openly and fairly
in fuch Ship, Veffel, or Boat), all fuch
Salt, with the Packages, and the
Ship, Veffel, or Boat, fhall, with the
Furniture, Tackle, and Apparel, be
forfeited - - - -^

— But it fhall be lawful to export'
from Guemfey or Jerfey at any one
Time any Quantity of Salt not ex-
ceeding 10 Bufhels in any Boat not
exceeding lo Tons, having a Licence
from the Principe. Officer of the Cuf-

Reign.

47 Geo. 2.

48 Geo. 3.

47 Geo. 3.

48 Geo. 3.

Chap- Seft

66
84

11
12

66
84

II
12

SALT.or ROCK SALT— fow/inw^.
toms at ekher of the faid Iflands for
the Purpofe of being employed in
caffying Commodities for the SuMiy
of Sari *, provided that fuch Boat nav-
ing on board at one Tinie any greater
Quantity than herein allowed, other-
wife than in Buljk, or in Caiks of Four
hundred Weight, (hall be forfeited -

SARK. See " Guemfcy."

SEIZURES. Any Two or more Jujices
of the Peace for ^.ny County, Riding,
City, Divifion, or X'iberty, may examine
into, hear, and determine ^11 Profecutions
for the Condemnation of Seizures made
under any A€t relating to the Cuftoms ;
and the Juftices are required, upon
Information exhibited before them for
the Condemnation of fuch Seizure, to
proceed thereon, in the fame Manner
and with the like Powers as are given
by any Law of Excife now in force
with refpe£t to Forfeitures for the
Breach of any Law of !^xci{e

— In cafe any Profecution fliall be'

commenced by any Officer of the
Cuftoms or Excife for the Recovery
of any Forfeiture incurred by virtue
of any A&. relating to either of
His Majelty's faid Revenues, His
Majefly's Attorney General, in cafe
it fliall appear to his S^tisfa&ioji
that fuch Forf^itujre was incurred
without any Intention of fraud, 9iay
ftop all further PrQqeediQgs by enter-
ing a Noli Profeqvi, or otherwife,
on every fijch Profiecution, ail well
with relpe^ to the Sh^re pf fuch
Forfeiture to whjch any fuch Officer
may claim to be entitled, a9 tp the
Share thereof belonging tp liis Ml^
Jefty - - - -^

No Perfon fliaU iifnf or cftufe to^
be iffued any Writ <f 4ppr^m/mt for
the Condemnation oC any Ship* Bopit,
orYeffel, oranyGppdg, Uj^f^^sfnt"
fei^ed by virtue of mf Ma mMs Uie t

Reign.
49 Geo. 3.

Chap.
62

Sfid.

J',

56 Geo. 3.

104

1 i< i

'r. [

26 Geo. 3*

r- 1

I I

SEIZURES— fon/i«W.

fame be iflued by Order of the Com-
mifHoners of the Cufloms or Excife,
or by or in thp Name of His Majefty's
Attorney General j and if any Writ of
Appraifcment is iflued by or in the
Name of any Perfon, except upon fuch
Order, or by or in the Name of His
Majefty's Attorney General, the fan»e
and all Proceedings thereupon had
fhall be null and void, and the Court
or Courts where fuch Writ of Ap-
praifement fliall be iffued (hall not
permit any Proceeding to be had there-
upon • - - - "^

I The Commiflioners of the Treafury'

of Great Britain, or any Three of them,
may diredl any Spirits feized and con-
demned to be again diftilled, for the
Purpofe of bringing the fame to a
proper Strength, and direA fuch Spirits,
either before or after any fuch I)iftil-
lation, and alfo any Tobacco or Snuff'
feized and condemned, to be delivered
to the Care of the Commiflioners for
viftualling His Majefty's Navy, or to
caufe fuch Spirits, Tobacco, or Snuff
to be deftroyed ; or if it (hall appear
to them moft conducive to the Pro-
tefliun of the Revenue, they may
dire£l the fame to be fold, for Home
Confumption or Exportation ;; and the
faid Commiflioners (hall give fuch
Dire6tions for the Removal of any
fuch Spirits, Tobacco, or Snuff, and
make fuch Regulations for the af-
certaining the Value, or to fix any
Average Value thereof, for the Pur-
pofe of afcertaining the Rewards
(where the Spirits are diftilled or de-
ftroyed) to which Perfons feizing the
fame would have been entitled if the
fame had been fold and diftributed
under any A£ts in force, and to di-
> dire£t the Amount, (not being in any
Cafe a lefs Amount, as far as the
Mode of afcertaining the Value will

Reign.

Chap.

Sea.

56 Geo. 3.

104

45 Geo. 3.
47 Geo. 3.

121

SEIZURES— fo«//«Mfd.

allow, than fuch Officer would have
been otherwife entitled to), and the
Time and Manner of paying the fame,
and alfo to regulate the Amount and
Mode of Didribution of Rewards
to any Commiffioned, Non-commif-
fioned Officer or Private Men of His
Majelly's Forces, or any Commif-
fioned Officer, Petty or Warrant Of-
ficer, or Seamen of His Majelly's Navy
or Marines, as (hall appear to be rea*
fonable - - * - -

All Spirits which (hall be feizedl

by any Officer of His Majelly's Army,
Navy, or Marines, or Officer a6ting
under the Orders of the Commiffioners
of the Admiralty, or under the Order
of the Commiffioners of Cuftoms or
Excife, or by Officers on Half Pay,
Military or Naval, at Sea or on Shore,
or having been un (hipped or landed
without Payment of the Duties, (hall,
after the Seizure thereof, be lodged
nvith the proper Officer of Excife^ and
fecured and gauged, and taken and
kept Account of; and after the Con-
demnation thereof, upon Profecution
thereof by Order of the Commiffioners
of Excife, (hall be forthwith conveyed
to fuch Places as are mentioned in the
45 Geo. ch. 121. and there re-diftilled
under the Orders of the Commiffioners
of Excife for the Purpofe of making
the fame of a proper Import Strength,
and (hall afterwards be fold or other-
wife difpofed of as direfted by the
faid Aft, and by 47 Geo.a. ch. 66.
and alfo by this A£l, under the Orders
of the Commiffioners of Excife

The Commiffioners of the Cudoms,'
(hall caufe all Ships, Velfelb, Boats,
and Goods, (except Spirits and Goods
required to be burnt or dedroyed, and
Ve(rels and Boats to be broken up),
feized by any Officers of the Cudoms,
and condemned according to Law to be

Rcigii.

Chap.

■, ;■

56 Geo. 3.

104

Sett.

1 i

6. SEIZV KES^continued,

fold publicly to the be/l Biddtr at fuch
Places as the Commiflioners (hall think
pioper ; but no Goods condemned as
forfeited under any Law or Laws of
Cuftoms or £xci(^ in Great Britain or
Ireland, (hall be fold at a lefs Price
than (hall be equal to the Duties of ^
Cuftoms and Excife upon fuch Goods
imported or taken for Home Gonfump"
tion ; and all condemned G >ods for
which on Public Sale a Price (hall not
be offered equal to the Price afore*
faid, and all condemned Goods the
' Importation whereof is or (hall be
ivhnlly prohibited, (hall be dejlroyed, or
fold for Exportation, or applied and dif
pofed of to fuch Public Ufe as (hall be
ordered by the Commiilioners of the
Treafury, or any Three of them
, ' ' For the Reward and Encourage-
ment of Officers of the Army, Navy, or'
Marines, or Officers acting under the
Orders of the Commiilioners of the
Admiralty, and of Officers on Half
Pay, and of Officers a6ting under the
Orders of the Commiffioners of Cuftoms
or Excife, for the Prevention of
Smuggling, and of other Perfons
giving Information of any Smuggling
Tranfaftion, the Rewards hereinafter
, mentioned (hall in lieu of the Rewards
; now payable, be allowed in refpedi of
all Seizures of Ships, Boats, or other
Veffels or Goods at Sea, or for being
un(hipped or landed without Payment
of Duties, or the Importation of which
: (hall be wholly prohibited ; -^that is to
, fay^ if any Officers making fuch
■ Seizure at Sea (hall alfo arreft and
, detain all the Perfons "employed in
' navigating the Ship, Boat, or other
Vefiel in or on board of which fuch
Goods (hall be brought or feized,
and (hall alfo fei2e fuch Shipy Boat*
or other Vedel, or makbg> fuch Sen
zure on Shore, Jhall alfe deUiR' the

Reign.

Chap.

3 Geo. 3.
56 Geo. 3.

22
104

SEIZURES— fo«//««^^.

Perfun >yho (hall be unlading, remov-
ing, ur concealing fuch Goods, and
ulfo feize and fecuie the Carriage,
and Horfe or Horfes, or Cattle, ufed
in removing and carrying the fame ;
and fuch OiHcers (hall convey all Per-
fons fo detained before One of His
Majefty's Jultices of the Peace fo that
they may be dealt with according to
Law, or (hall deliver every fuch Perfon
who (hall be (it for and liable to be
employed in His Majefty's Navy to
fome Commander in or on board of
one of His Majefty's Ships of War,
then fuch Officers (hall be paid the
Whole of the Faluet after dedudting all
Cofts, at which fuch Goods (hall be
eltimated or (ixed by the Commiflloners
of Cuftoms or Excife ; and in cafe fome
or one only of fuch Perfons as aforefaid
(hall be detained and brought before
fuch Juftice, or delivered over for the
Ufe of His Majefty's Navy, and the
reft (hall unavoidably eicape, and
fuch Ship, Boat, or other Veffel, (hail
alio be feized, fuch Officers ihall be
paid, after fuch Deduction as aforefaid,
Three Fourth Parts or Shares of fuch
Value as aforefaid ; and in cafe fuch
Officers (hall alfo feize luch Ship,
Boat, or other VefTel^ or the Carriage^
Horfe or Horfes, or Cattle, but fhall
not alfo detain and produce before the
Juftice, or deliver over for the Ufe.
of His Majefty's Navy, any of the Per-
fons aforefaid, or fhall arreft> detain,
and produce before the Juftice, or de-
liver over for the Ufe of His Majefty's
Navy, fuch Perfons or fome or one
of them, but not feize fuch Ship^
Boat, or other VefTel, Carriage, Horle^
or Cattle, then fuch Officers making
fuch Seizure (halllbe paid> after fuch
Deduction as aforefaid, Tvfd. Third
Parts of fuch Valtte.-^ and in cafe any
Officers ftiall m^e^; Seizj^re. of any

Reign.

Chap.

Sea.

^6 Geo. 3.

104

t':i i:

0' '

SEIZURES— fo«//W^.

fuch Goods, and (hall not feize the
faid Ship, Boat, or other Veffel afore-
faid, or detain and produce before
the Juftice, or deliver over for the
Ufe of His Majefty's Navy any of the
Perfons aforefaid, then fuch Officers
only (hall be entitled to, and (hall be
paid after fuch Deduction as aforefaid,
One Half Part of the Fake : Provided
that the Lords Commiflioners of His
Majeily's Tre^^'ury for the Time
being, upon Proof being made to
their Satisfadlion that the Failure of
any fuch Officers upon making any
fuch Seizure as aforefaid in arrefting
all or any of the Perfons, and produ-
cing them or him before fuch Juftice,
or delivering them or him over for
the Ufe of His Majefty's Navy, or
feifing fuch Ship, Boat, or other Vef-
fel, was not owing to any Want of Ex-
ertion on the Part of fuch Officer or
Officers, but was folely occafioned
by Refiftance, or from the Violence
of the Sea, Darknefs of the Night, or
other infurmountable Obftacles, may
grant to fuch Officer or Officers fuch
further Part of the Value of fuch Seizure
as by them may be deemed expedient
in that Behalf - - -

.— — — The Lords Commiffioners of His"
Majefty's Treafury for the Time be-
ing, or any Three of them, or the
Commiffioners of Cuftoms or Excife
under their Direction, may order fo
much of the Reward, Part, or Share
of any fuch Seizure, or of the Value
thereof as aforefaid, as is by this A£l
given or granted to the Officer or Ofi&-
cers making any fuchSeizure, as they
may deem proper, to be paid to the
Perfon or Perfons by whofe Information
or through <athofe Means and AJJiJlance
fuch Seizure may have been made

One Half Part of all fuch Rewards^

4fter fuch Deduction as aforefaid, (hall |

Reign.

Chap.

Sea.

IsElZtJR
be

**: . .u» n m m tm

56 Geo. J:

104 7

|sEl2tTItES— fo«/i«W.

be paid by the Ccmtriiffioncrs of Ciif-
toms or Excife by Whom thfe Pfofe-
cutiion fhall be dire£ted, to fuch Officer
or other Perfon who fhall be entitled to ^-
the^ fame, immediately upon thu Condenf-
nation of any fuch Seitzure, attd the
other HiJf Part thereof upon the
Accounts relating to' fuch l^eizure
being finally adjufted

— In cafes iv&efe Per/hns are not'
linhle to be arrejied ancl detained under
the AAs for the Prevention of Smug-
gling, the Officers' fhall be' allowed'
one Moiety of the Product of the
Goods feized, the Charges being fii'ft
deducted ; provided theyy2'/ztf attd prO'
ftcute the Ship or VeJfeU on board
which the Goods Jhcdl have been brought,
found or feiztd, dr the Boat, Vejfel,
Cart, Horfe^ or other Cattle or Car- >
riage made ufe of va. the removing or
conveying of hich Goods', and dif-
cover any of the Perfons concerned
in the unfhipping or receiving fuch
Goods fo that they may be profe-
cuted, otherwife they fhall only be en-
titled to One Third Part of the Net
Produce arifing by the Sale of fuch
Goods - - - -

— — But upon Seizures of Foreign'
wrought Silhs, Vel-oets, Crapes, or
Tiffanies, Calicoes printed, painted,
flained, or dyed in Pcrfia, China, or
Eall India, and of Foreign manufac-
tured Leather Gloves, the Officers fhall
be allowed Two Third Parts although
the Boat, Veffel, Cart, Horfe, or other
Carriage made ufe of in the removing
fuch Goods fhall not be feized oi* profe-
cuted, nor any of the Perfons concerned
in unfhipping or receiving fuch Goods,
or in whofe Poffeffion the fame fhall be
fouiid and feized, fhall not be difcb-
vered and made knoWn, fo that they
may be profecuted

Reign.

56 Geo. 3. j

ri & f2 T
Wni. 3. J-
3 Geo. 3.
5 GtiM.^,

II&I2\

Wm. 3. /
50 Geo, 3.

Chap.

Sua.

;ro'4

"J. '

f . '

1 ,.:

< ■ i

' . .;

}
1

1
i

(

nv I

SElZURES—contittueJ.

12. — — — And when any Officer upon the'
Seizure of any Goods liable to For-
feiture by any A&. relating to the

' Cuftomi or Excife (hall alfo feize

the CartSi Horfes^ Cattle^ or Cur'
riages made ufe of in the Removing,
Carriage, or Conveyance of any fuch
Goods, and the fame (hall be con-
demned, fuch Officer (hall be entitled
to Three Fourths of the Proceeds of
fuch Carts, Horfes, Cattle, and Car-
riages after all Charges attending the
Profecution and Sale thereof fhsdl be
deduced - - -^

13' '■' ■ ' ■ And when any Officer (hall feize'
any Spirits within the Limits cf the
Ports, or within loo Leagues of the

' Coafts of Great Britain or Ireland,

which (hall h^Lvc been funk or concealed
under or in the Water within fuch Limits
or Diftance, fuch Officer (hall be al-
lowed One Moiety of the Value at
which the Spirits (hall be fixed or efti-
mated - _ . -^

14. ■ The Commiffioners of the Cuftoms'

, and Excife in England and Scotland

(hall reward Officers and Perfons feiz-
ing Vejfels and Boats broken up after
Condemnation, in the following Manner,
(that is to fay), for all VeflTels or Boats
as (hall exceed Four Tons by Ad-
meafurement an Allowance of 40 s.
per Ton ; and for all Boats which (hall
not exceed Four Tons by Admeafure -
ment an Allowance of So s. per Ton ;
and for all Ve(rels and Boats which, on
account of their Built, Conftruction,
Denomination or Defcription , are liable
to Forfeiture by any Aft of Parlia-
ment, and which (hall be liable to be
broken up, and which Ve(fel8 and
Boats at the Time of the Seizure
thereof (hall be found in Ballaft or
light, an Allowance of 30 s. per Ton ;
to be paid upon the Condemnation of

Reign.

Chap.

47 Geo. g.

49 Geo. 3.

28 Geo. 3.
47 Geo-. 3.

34
66

, SEIZURES— fon/i»«^rf.

fuch Veflfels and Boats according to
the legal Admeafurement thereof ; and
alfo One Moiety of the Produce of the
Materials after dedudiing the Charges
of Condemnation and Sale

— All Cqfis and Expences attending'
the Seizure, Detention, Cuilody, Re-
moval, Profccution« Condemnation,
and Sale of any Ship, Boat, or other
Veffel, Carriage, Horfe, Cattle, or
Goods forfeited under any Law of
Cuftoms or Excife, (hall (except in
the Cafes herein-after mentioned) be
paid out of the grofs Proceeds a'if-
ing from the Sale of fuch Seizure
whenever fuch Goods are fold ; and
in cafe fuch Goods (hall not be
fold, but be deftroyed or otherwife
difpjf! d of by any Order of the Lords
of t e Treafury, or any Three of them,
fuch Colls and Expences (hall be paid
out of His Majefty's Share of Seizures^

— — But in all Cafes where any Ship,"
Veffel, Boat, Horfe, Cattle, Cart, Car-
riage or Goods, fliall be feized as for-
feited under any A£t relating to the
Cuiloms or Excife, the Commiflioners
or any Three or more of them, under
the Dire6tion of the Lor(:3 of the TVm-
/«rj», if they fliall deem it expedient fo
to do, may order the Whole or any Part
of the Cqfts and Expences ariHng either
from the Seizure, Cuftody, Removal,
Detention, or Profecution whether con-
demned or not, and alfo of the Cods,
Charges, and Expences arifing from
the Condemnation and Sale thereof,
whether the Produce fliall be fufficient
to anfwer the Cofts and Expences, or
not, to be paid out of His Majejly*s Share
of the Produce of Seizures, and diftri-
bute amonglt the Officers, who fhall
have made fuch Seizure, and the In-
former, if any, by whofe Information
or through wnofe Means or Affiflance

Reign.

Chap.

Sea

56 Geo. 3.

104

56 Geo. 3.

104

i6. SElZVRES-^continued

fuch Seizure fhall have been made, a
Sum not exceeding the Share or Pro-
portion of fuch Seizure, or the Value
thereof, or the R eward for making fuch
Seizure direfted to be allowed to the
; Informer, or Officer, or Perlon making
fuch Seizure, in full, without deducting
the faid Cofts and Expences, or any
Part thereof ; and the Refidue of fuch
Produce (hall be applied to fuch Ufes
and Purpofes aa His Majefty's Share
of the Produce of fuch Seizures is by
Law applicable unto

1 7. ' ' In all Seizures made by any Offi-*!

cers, or Warrant or Non-commiflioned
OfKcers, or Privates of His Majefty's
Army, and in all Cafes of any Offi-
cer?, or Warrant or NoU'Commiflioned
GiBcers, or Privates, who fhall aid
or affift any Officer of the Cuftoms
or Excife in the making, fecuring,
or guarding of any Seizures, His
Majefty in Council may direft in what
Manner and Proportions the Re-
wards given by this or any other Aft
relating to the Revenue fhall be divided,
or dijiributed amongfi the Commlf-
Jiomd and Warrant and Non-commif'
Jionfd Officers and Privates, aftually
making or aiding, or affifting in
making the Seizure, and the Com-
miffioned Officers, and Warrant and
Non*commiffioned Officers and Pri-
vates of the Regiment, Battalion, or
Corps to which the Perfons aftually
making, or aiding or affifting in the
making the Seizure fhall belong -

18. " ■' I Every Reward or Part or Share'

Reign. [Chap.

of any Seizure, or of the Value there-
of, allowed by this Adt, as fhall by
virtue of this or any other A6t be pay-
able to any Officers, Non- commiffioned
Officers, Petty Officers, Seamen, <ir
Privates, of His Majefly's Army, yi g ^
Na^y, or Marines, or ading under f ^ ^'

47 Geo. 3.

104

, SEIZURES— tfon/foW.

the Orders of the Admiralty, (hall
be diilributed in fuch Proportions,
and according to fuch Rules, Re-
gulations, and Orders, as His Ma-
jefty by His Order in Council or Pro-
clamation fhall dire6t or appoint -J

SHIPS and VESSELS. All Cutters, Lug-"]
gersy Shallops i or fV berries (of what
Built foever), all Vefels of any other
Defcription whofe Bottoms are Clench
IVorkt unlefs fquare-rigged or fitted
as Sloops with {landing Boltfprits, all
Vejffels the Length of which Jhall he
greater than in the Proportion of 3^
Feet to One Foot in Breadth \ and all
Ships or Veffels armed for Refijlance,
(otherwife than as hereinafter excepted)
belonging in the whole or in part
to His Majefty's Subjefts, or where-
of One-half of the Perfons on board
are Subjects of His Majefty, found
within the Limits of any of the Ports
of this Kingdom, or in the Britifh
or Irifli Channels, or within 100
Leagues of any Part of the Coafts of
Great Britain or Ireland, (hall be for-
feited, together with all the Goods
laden thereon " " "^

Not to forfeit any Ship or Veffel'

(except Cutters, Luggers, Wherries,
Smacks, Yawls, and Boata) having
on board Two Carriage Guns of the
Calibre not exceeding Four Pounds
and Small Arms not exceeding Two
Mu fleets for every Ten Men ; nor
any Ship or Veflel in the Service of
the Navy, Vi«Slualling, Ordnance,
Cuiioms, Ei^cife, or Poll Office ; nor
any Veflel whatever the Owner of ■
which fliall have a Licence for navi-
gating the fame ; nor any Lighters
or Barges ufed folely in Rivers or
Inland Navigation ; nor any Veflels
which ihall have on board any Arms
or Ammunitioe regularly cleared at

Reign.

Chap.

Sea..

24 Geo. 3.
47 Geo. 3.

47
66

4
17

24 Geo. 3.
34 Geo. 3.

! '1'

a. SHIPS and VESSELS— ro«ft«tt^//.

any Cuftom Houfe in any of His
Majefty's Dominions as Merchandize,
or for His Majefty's Stores or Gar-
rifons, and ' regularly (lowed in the
Hold of fuch Ship or Veffel

3. ■ Any Cutter, Lugger, Shallop, Wherry^'

Sloop, Smack^ or Tawl, belonging in
the whole or in part to any of His
Majefty's Subje^s, or whereof One-
half of the Perfons on board are Sub-
jeAs of His Majefty, found within the
Limits of any of the Ports of Great
Britain, or in the Britifh or Irifh Chan- I
nels, or within 100 Leagues of any y>
Part of the Coafts of Great Britain
or Ireland, having a Bovjprit which
(hall emeed in Length more than Two-
thitds of the Length of fuch Cutter, &c.
from the Fore-part of her Stem to the
aft-fide of the Sternpoft aloft (whe-
ther a ftanding or running Bowfprit),
fliall be forfeited - -

Not to forfeit any Cutter, &c. in

the Service of the Navy, Vi£lualling,
Ordnance, Cuftoms, Excife, or Pod
Office; nor any Cutter, &c. the Owners
of which (hall have a Licence for navi-
gating the fame ; nor any Lighters
or Barges ufed folely in Rivers or In-
land Navigation

— — Every Cutter, Lugger^ Shallopt"
Wherry, Smack, or Tawl, of any built
whatfoever, belonging in the whole or
in part to any of His Majefty's Sub-
jefts, or whereof One-half of the
Perfons on board are Subje6ls of His
Majefty {unlefs fquare-rigged or fitted
with ajlanding Bowfprit, the Heel of
which fhall be fixed to the Main Deck
by an Iron Ciafp, fuch Llafp to be
without Bits ft'curely bolted through
the Bowfprit and Beam of the faid
Deck, and the faid Bowfprit to be
fteaved or elevated at the leaft Two
Inches in every Foot, from the ttraigh

Reign.

Chap.

3»

27 Geo. 3.

34 Geo. 3.

35 Geo. 3.
47 Geo. 3.

50
56

»7

SHIPS and VESSELS— f0n/iiitf<r//.

JLine of the Range of the Deck, and
rigged with a fixed Stay for the Jib to
work upon, which Stay (hall not be
lefs than a Two Inch Rope for a
Veflel of 20 Tons» and fhall increafe
in Size not lefs than ^ an Inch for
every other 10 Tons, and the faid
Bowfprit to be without any Traveller
or other Materials to conduA the
Jib out and in upon the faid Bow-
{jprit, and without any Flying Jib
fet thereon in any Manner whatever),
which (hall be found or difcovered
to have been within the Limits of any
of the Ports of this Kingdom, or in
the Britifh or Iriih Channels, or within
100 Leagues of any Part of the Coails
of Great Britain or Ireland, every fuch
Cutter, &c. (hall be forfeited, toge-
ther with all the Goods laden thereon ^

•■■ Not to forfeit any Cutter, &c.

belonging to or employed in the
Service of the Navy, Vidualling,
Ordnance, Cuftoms, Excife, or Poft
Office ; nor any Cutter, &c. having a
Licence for her Navigation, fuch
Licence being obtained and entered
agreeably to 24Geo. 3. ch. 47. and pro-
duced when demanded ; nor to forfeit
any fuch Cutter, Sec. ufed on Rivers,
Canals, or Inland Navigations

Any Cutter, Lugger, Shallop,"

Wherry, Smack, or Tatvl^ belonging in
the whole or in part to any of His
Majefty's Subjefls, or whereof One-
half of the Perfons on board are Sub-
jefts of His Majelty, found or difco-
vered to have been within the Limts or
Diftance herein-before mentioned, hav
ing on board any yirnu or Ammumtion
except by Licence of the Admiralty,
every fuch Cutter, &c. with the Arms
and Ammunition, and the Goods on
board fhall be forifeited

Not to forfeit any Cutter, Lug-n
ger. Shallop, Wherry, Smack, or |
F 4

Reign.

Chap.

34 Geo. 3.

Sea,

34 Geo. 3.
47

If '!

14
»7

.wijii apipi

8. SIflPS and VESSELS— fo/i/ww</.

Yawly belonging tQ or employed in I
the Service of His Majeilv's Navy, y
Victualling, .Ordnance, CuKoms^ Ex-
cife, or Poll Office ; nor any Cutter, >: c.
which (hall have been regularly entered
and cleared at any CuHom Houiie
in any of His M^efty's Dominions
with Arms and Ammunition as Mer-
chandize, or for the Ufe of His Ma-
jefty's Stores or Garrifbns, and which
{hajll be regularly ftowed in the Hold
of fuch Veffel - . -

9. ■ r Every Veffel belonging ip tlie

whole or in part to His Majefty's
SubjeiSls, or whereof One-haif of the
Perfons on board axe Sybjedls .of tjlis l
Majelly, exceeding th ^urthtn of SO
Tons by Admeajuraifieut , which /hall be
rigged or fitted as a Lt^gger^ ihali, he
forfeited - - -r^

N.B. — No Limits or piftance are
mentioned in this Se£bion.

lO f . ' ' ■' But the Owner of every Veflel'
or Boat rigged and fitted at the
Time of the paljRng of this AA, not
exceeding the Burthen of 50 Tons by
' Admeafurement, defirous of navigating

fuch Ship or Veffel for the Purpole
of f ifhing, or carrying on lawful Trad,e,
or as a Packet, or jfor any other lawful !
Purpofe, fhall take out a Licence from I
the Commiffioners pf tlie Cuftoma in '
England^ Scotl^nd^ or Ireland, Qr
any Three or more of them, within
Two Months after the paffing of this
Aft ; and during fiich Period of T>yo
Months ro fuch Veflel of Bo^ ihall
be liable to jSeizurp under thp ^rovi-
fions of this Ajft, for want iof fyph
Licence - - -

li. — — — - No Ship, Veffel, or ^oat bplong-'
ing in the whole or in part to His
Maieily's Subje/fts, or i^hereof One-
half or the Perfoiis on board are S^b-
jeds of His Maj^fty, and U9t heing a
Lifgger, and at tl)^ Tftoe ^tte.4 ^d

Re\gii

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34 Geo. 3-

Chof.

SedJ

47<5eo.3.

I.SPIPS and VESSELS— fon/«i«ft/.

rigged as fuch, (hall have on board ^or
be navigated by a gnaUr Number of Men
(Officers and Boys included) than m
thefoHoiving Proportion ; ( that is to fay) ,
if of 30 Tons or under, and above
Five Tons, Four Men ; if of 60 Tons
or under, and above 30 Tews, Five
Men ; if of 80 Tons or under, and
above 60 Tons, Six Men ; if of 100
Tons or under, and above 8 J Tons,
Seven Men ; and above that Tonnage, V
One Man for every 15 Tons of fuch
additional Tonnage ; or if a L#ugger,
the following Proportions (that is to
fay), if of 30 Tons or under, Eight
Men ; if of 50 Tons or under, and
above 30 Tons, Isine Men ; and in cafe
any fuch Ship, Veflbl, or Boat fliall be
found or difcovened to have been within
the Limits of aay Port of the United
Kingdom, or in the Britiih or Irifh
Channels, or within 100 Leagues of
thie Coafl of Great Britain or Ireland,
having on board any greater Number
of Men than in the Proportion before
limited, every fuch Ship, Veffel, or
Boat, fhall be forfeited

112. ■ Not to forfeit any Ship, Veffel, or'

Boat by reafon of any Excefs in the
Proportion of Men, whether a regular
and eftablifhed Packet or Paffage
Veffel or not, if they are bonA fide
Paffengers only, or taken on board at
Sea under any Circumftanpes of Dif
trefs or unavoidable Necelfity } Proof
of fuch Perfons being Paffengers only,
or of fuch Circumftances, being given
to the Satisfaction of the Commif-
fioners of the Cuftoms if required by
them, or to the ^ati8fa6lion of the
Commiffioners of Excife on Seizures
made by the Officers of Excife

'3' " i The Commiflioners of the Cuftoms'

and all Perfons acting under their
Dire6kion, in granting any Licence
fof pavigatiug any Fejfel exceeding 50

Aieifn.

47 Geo. 3,

Chfip.

47 Geo. 5.

■He

IJ SHIPS and VESSELS— fon/iiifi^^/.

Tons Burthen^ and rigged as a Lugger,
are indemnified ; and uich Licences are
to be deemed valid ; and the Proviiions
of the 47 Geo. 3 . ch. 66. as to granting
Licences, (hall, from the Day on which
the faid A&. pafTed, extend to all
Veflels rigged and fitted as Luggers,
exceeding the Burthen of 50 Tons by
Admeafurement, and by the faid A&.
made liable to Forfeiture, and not to
Veflels therein defcribed under the
Burthen of 50 Tons

14.' The faid Commiflioners refpec-'

tively, at any Time within 10 Years
from the Date of the Firlt Licence

Reign.

granted under this Att, may renew any
fuch Licence to the Owner of any fuch
VelTel, on Proof to their Satisfaction
of the Ownerfhip of fuch VefTel having
been changed by Death or otherwile^
1^. But no fuch Lugger exceeding the'

Burthen of 50 Tons fhall have on
board or be navigated by a greater
Number of Men (Officers and Boys
included) than in the following Pro-
portions ; that is to fay,

If of 80 Tons or under, and above

60 Tons, 1 1 Men.
If of 100 Tons or under, and above

80 Tons, 12 Men.
And if above 100 Tons, one Man
for every Ten Tons of fuch ad-
ditional Tonnage.
16. ■ wi And in cafe any fuch Lugger fhall
be found or difcovered to have been
within the Limits or Diftances in the
faid recited A6t mentioned, having on
board any greater Number of Men
than in the Proportion aforefaid, every
fuch Lugger, fhall be forfeited ; but not
to extend to any Veffel exempted in the
faid recited A€t from the Provifions
therein contained refpefting the Number
f of Men by vrhich luch Snip or Veffel

maybe navigated -

48 Geo. 3.

Chap.

Setll

in J
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for
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SHIPS and VESSELS— ro/i/iWr*/.

— - The Commiflloners of the Cuiloms'
in England and Scotland, or any Three
or more of them, may grant Licences
for the Navigation of Luggers not ex-
ceeding the Burthen of 6^ Tons intended
to U folely employed in the Fijbery car-
ried on in the North Seas, between
Saint Abbs Head on the Coaft of
Scotland and the South Foreland on
the Coaft of Kent, but no fuch Lug-
ger (hall proceed beyond the Dif-
ances from the Coaft hereafter men-
tioned ; (that is to fay), when any fuch
Lugger is employed in the Fifliery
to the Northward of a due Eaft Line
from Loweftoffe Light Houfe, and to
the Southward of a due Eaft Line from
Saint Abbs Head, fuch Lugger (hall
not proceed beyond the Diftance of so
Leagues from the Coaft ; when any
fuch Lugger (hall be employed in tl^
Fi(hery to the Southward of the faid
due Eaft Line from Loweftoffe Light
Houfe, and to the Northward of a
due Eaft Line from the North Fore-
land, fuch Lugger (hall not proceed
beyond the Diftance of Six Leagues
from the Coaft ; and when employed
in the Fifhery to the Southward of the
faid due Eaft Line from the North
Foreland, and to the Northward of a due
Eaft Line from the South Foreland,
not to proceed beyond the Diftance of
Four Leagues from the Coaft ; and if
any Lugger, licenfed under the Frovi-
iions of this Ad, (hall be found beyond
the Diftances hereinbefore mentioned,
every fuch Lugger (hall be feized and
profecuted

Provided that the Owners of every
Lugger licenfed under this A&. (hall,
before any iuch Lugger proceed to
Sea, or fail out of any Port, Harbour,
or Creek give Security by Bond to His
Majefty, His Heirs and Succe(rors, in
the Penalty of Treble the Value therc-

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I -of, in the Mmmer required by 46 Geo. 3.

' ch. 1 37. with re(pe<£^ to ceriain Veffew

and Boats for which the Owners are
quired to give Security by Bond, as
dine^ted by that Adi
— No Licence Jball he required from
the Commiflioners of the Culloms in
England, Scotlsindy or Ireland, for
navigating any fqnare-rigged Ship or
Vejfel of the BurtheK tf aoo Tom or
upwaras by Aiimeafurement ; and no
iuch Ship or VefTel fliall be deemed
liable to Seizure or Forfeiture on ac-
count of the Lenjgth, Bwlt, Conftruc-
tion, Denomination, or Defcription ;
bust every fuch Sliip or V^flel which .
fliall be armed fior Reiilbuice, or be f
navigated with any greater Nuoober
of Men than is allowed by Law, in
proportion to the Number of Tons of
her Admeafurement, (hall be liable to
Soizure or Forfeiture under any A6t
of Parliament m force relating to
liqenfing of Ships or Veffels, unlets the
Oivner of every fuch Ship or Veffel fliall
have taken out a Licence for the Navi-
gation thereof ...
Every oj^en Vejfelt belonging in the'
whole or in part to His Ikiutjefty's
Subjects, which fliall be found or dif-
covered to have been in Foreign Parts,
oV found with, or difcovered to have
taken on board at Sea, any Good^, from
any Ship, Veflel, or Boat coming from
Foreign Parts, (hall be fbrieited, unleiii
fuch open Veflel fliaU have gone into
any Foreign Port, or have taken fuch
Goods on board from Nccellity or
Diilrefs, of which Proof fliall be made
before the Colle^or or other Chief
Officer of the CuftomB immediately
upon the Arrival of the faid Veffel in
any Port of this Kingdom ; or un/efs
fuch Fejeijhali if litenfed for that Par-
pofe by the ComiMffioiiers of Cufloma
or any Three or moie of dmn

Reign.

Chap.

\.i Mi

•i k:

Sea.

$6 Geo. 3.

104

aii

'ii

(

■

9»

i-V-

SHIPS and VESSELS— fo«//«aw/.

. — The Gommifiioners of the Cuftonur*)
in England, Scotland', afid Ireland or [
any 'Ihree or more of then* mzy grant
any Licence which fhail be required
for any Ship or VeffeK upon fnchCofv-
ditions as to the Navigation, Trade, and
Employment and for fuch Limits as to
Diftance from the Coaft of the United
Kingdom, or otherwife as the faid
Commiflioner9 may deem necefTary or
proper for the Security of the Rjsrve-
nue and the Prevention of Smu^pgiing f
and every Ship or Veflel, havisig aay
fuch conditional or limited Lioeacr,.
which (hall tradle, mavigaU, or i» *m-
tloyed in any Manner nofi autiorhud by
the Licence, fliall fae forfeited iad liaMe
to Seizure in like Maader,. inall Rs>

fpe^s, as if no Jcence had) faaren
granted - - ..

|j2.- The Mafter of any Ship or Veffiel^

which by 24 Geow 5. ch. 47. or
27 Geo. 3. ch. 32. i(i required to be
licenfed, (hall produce fucA Licence to
every Officer of theCuftome or Excife
who (hall come on board fuch Ship or
VelTel within the Limits of any of the
Ports of Great Britain, or ia the Britifli
or Irifh Channels, or within 100 Leagues
of the Coaft of Great or Ireland, on the
fame being required by fuch Officer ;
and if fuch Mailer (hall not have the
Licence on board, or /hall not produce
the fame, or if the Licence ia produced
without an Indorfemoit thereon that
the proper Security has been given, fuch
Officer may feize the Ship or Veflel
and the fame fliaU be forfeited

i]' • In cafe any Ship or Veflel iiahle to'

Seizure or Examinettion by any A6^ of
Parliament in relation to the Revenue of
Cuftoms or Excife^/W/ not bring to on
being required fd to do, or being chafed
by any Veflel in the Service of Hii
Majefty's Navy having the proUr Pen*
dant and Enjgn of HU Mt^fif**^ Ship^

Rei^.

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27 Ge».^.
5^ Geo. 3>
56 Geo. p

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53
!i04

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27 Geo. 3,
47 Geo. 3.

3»
66

7
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23. SHIPS and VESSELS'-contiaued.
if - hoiked or in the Service of the Cu/lonu I
\ or Excife having a Pendant and Enjign

I hot/led f with fuch Marks thereon as are

' i now u/ed and worn by fuch VefTels in a

Blue Field, the Captain or Perfon hav-
ing the Command of fuch Veflcl in the
Service of His Majrfty's Navy, Cuf-
toms> or Excife, may (hoot at or into I
fuch Ship or VefTel which (hall not ^
bring-to after fuch Colours (hall be
hoifted, aud a Gun fired as a Signal ;
and fuch Captain or Officer, and every
Perfon asking in his Aid or by his
Direction, (hall be indemnified and dif-
charged from any Penalties or AAions
for Damages for fo doing ; and in cafe
any Perfon (hall be wounded or killed
and the faid Officer or other Perfon
ading in his Ai<i or by his Direction,
(hall be profecuted or brought before
t. any Juftice, or Perfon having compe-

tent Authority, for or on account of
fuch wounding or killing, fuch Juftice
or Perfon is required to admit fuch
Officer and Perfon brought before him
to Bail - - - -^

24. .11 J " If any Briti(h Ship or Ve(rel, not!

being in the Service of His Majefty's I
Navy, or of the Cuftoms or Excife, >
(hall carry or hoift any fuch Pendant I
or Enfign the Mafter (hall forfeit 500I, J

25. In cafe any Ship or Ve(rel iiable'\
to Seizure or Examination by this or

* any other A&. of Parliament in force

(hall not bring-to on being required fo
to do, or being chafed by any Ship or
VeflTel in His Majefty's Navy having
the proper Pendant and Enfign of His

' Majefty's Ships hoifted^ or by any

Ship or VeflTel employed in the Pre-
vention of Smuggling under the Au-

I thority of the Lords of the Treafury,

of the Admiralty, or the Commif-
fioners of the Cuftoms or Excife, having
a Pendant and Enfirn hoi/led of fueb
Dtjcriftion at His Mcyefty by any Order

Reign. Ichap.

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24 Geo. 3.
47 Geo. 3.

47
66

24 Geo. 3.

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l26.

-.SHIPS and VESSELS— tfon/imitfi/.

in Council, or by Proclamation under the
Great Seal of the United Kingdom /hall
order and direSl the Captain, Mafter, or
other Perfon havin? the Command of
fuch Ship or Veflel in His Miuefty's
Navy, or employed as aforefaid (furft
caufing a Gun to be fired as a Signal)^
may moot at or into fuch Ship or
Veflel ; and fuch Captain, Matter, or
other Perfon, and every Perfon ading
in his Aid and Afliftance, ojr by his
DireAion, (hall be indemnified and
difcharged from any Penalties or
Anions for Damages for fo doing ;
and in cafe any Perfon fhall be
wounded, maimed, or killed by means
of fuch firing, and the faid, Captain,
Mafter, or other Perfon a£ling in his
Aid or Afliftance, or by his Direction
(hall be fued or profecuted, or (hall be
brought before any of His Majefty's
Juftices of the Peace, or other Perfons
having competent Authority, for or
on account of fuch wounding, maiming,
or killing ; every fuch Juftice or Perfon
is required to admit every fuch Captain,
Mailer, or other Perfon or Perfons
fo brought before him to Bail
— If any Ship or Veflel not being in!
the Service of His Majefty's Navy, or I
employed as aforefaid, (hall carry or I
hoift any fuch Pendant or Enfign, the \
Mafter of every fuch Ship or Veffel
(hall forfeit 500I. - - -_

|i?. In cafe any Foreign Goods Jhtdl by'

any Coajling Vejfel or BocU be taken in at
Sea, or out of any Ship or Vejfel in
order to be lan^d or put into any
other Ship, Veffel, or Boat, within the
Limits of any Port, without Payment of
the Duties, fuch Goods (hall be for-
feited, and the Mafter of fuch Coaft-
ing Veffel or Boat fliall forfeit treble
the Value, unlefs in cafe of Neceflity,
which he (hall immediately give No-
tice of and make Proof before the

Reign.

Chap.

Sea.

56 Geo. 3.

104

$6 Geo. 3.

104

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5 Geo. X.

.1 W4W-.3

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SI '!

■

2^ SHIPSi and VESSH.LS—eontinued.

Chief Officers of the Cuftoms of the

firft Port of this Kingdom where he

\ ] j fhall arrive ; and the Mafter of the Ship

: ' or VefTel out of which fuch Goods

; ihall be taken at Sea (imlcf* in cafe

^ \ of Necefllty as alom^aid) AaU forfeit

' treble the Value thereof

28J— ' If any Cuftomable or Pvohibited'

Goods Jhall be found in BMtd any Veffel
of $0 Tons or uHtkf, Jltovsting on^ the
Coafis of this Kingdom 'mthitttSe Limtlt
of any Port, and not pfUMtocding on
he* Voyage for S'oreign Parts, or to
fodie other Port of this Kingdom^
(Wind and Wedtfier permitting^,) any
Officer of the Cuftoms iflaly go on
board fuch Ship or Vejfel, and takd
an Account of the Lading^, and
\ take Security from the Mafter, in
' I > treble the Value of fuch Foreign
; ' ^ Gdds, with Condition "That fuch
' , « " Ship or Veffel (a» foon aft Wind and
\ \ \ " Weather, and the State and Gondii
\ I ' <* tion of fuch Ship or Veffel doth
" permit) will proceed regularly on
** fuch Voyage, and land fuch "St^
j ^ ** reign Goods in and at feme Fo^
I «* reign Port or Ports;" and if on^
Demand he fhall nefufe to enter into
I I fuch Security, or having entered into
, i , thei fame fhall not proceed r^ularly oil
^•*j 1 fudi Voyage, unlefs fuffered to make
I ■ longer Stay by the Colleftor (or Other
I principal Officer in his Abfence), not
exceeding Twenty Daysy. then ^\i the
: Foreign Goods on board fhall be tftken
) out of fuch Veffel, and brought on
• Shdre and fecured and if the Goods
ar^ Cbflomable, the BotiM fhall be
. paid ; and prohibitied o» other Goods'
' uable to Forfeiture found on board-
are forfeited, as alfo^ tAie Ship or Veffi^'
if liable to Condemnation >* *-^
After ftiah Goodd am fecured,'
the B<ind fhaU Hei void Md delivei«d
i4p>i oij the fame Aa9> be dMargvd'on

Reigta.

lift A J

2 i

5 Geo. iiv

Ghhp.

Se^

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•t

l...i-.

[SHIPS and VESSELS— ro»//n«/frf.

a Certificate under the Common Seal
of the Chief Magiftrate, or the Hands
and Seals of Two known Britiih Mer-
chants, in any Place beyond the Seas,
that fuch Goods were there landed, or
on Proof by credible Perfons that fuch
Goods .were taken by Enemies, or pe-
rifhedin the Seas, the Examination and
Proof thereof being left to the Judg-
ment of the Commiflioners of tlie
Ctiftoms - - - -

Any Foreign Goods taken oh

hard any Coqfting Veffel tn Parts
leyond the Seas^ or out of any Ship
or Veffel at Sea^ or at any rort or
Place of this Kingdom, other than the
Port or Place ff^m whence fuch Goods >
Jhalllie certified, fuch Goods and double
the Value thereof fhall be forfeited,
and the Matter of the Coafting Ship
wherein tlie faid Goods are imported
(hall forfeit the Value thereof

— And where any Foreign Goods JhalV
by any Ship, Boat, or Vejfel whatever ^
he taken in at Sea, or put out of any Ship
or Vejfel within Four Leagues from
the Cualts of this Kingdom, without
Payment of the Duties (unlefs in cafe
of apparent Neceflity, or other lawful
Reafon, of which the Matter of the
Veffel or Boat taking in the fame
fhall give immediate Notice to and
make Proof before the Chief Gifficer
or Officers of the Cuttoms of the firft
Port where he (hall arrive), fuch
Goods fhall be forfeited, and the
Matter of the Veffel or Boat taking in
the fame, and all Perfons afilfting or
concerned in unfhipping or receiving
the fame, Ihall forfeit treble the Value
thereof ; and the Ships, Boats, and
Veflels into which fuch Goods are
unihipped and taken, (hall be forfeited,
if not exceeding loo Tons Burthen ;
and the Matter or Purfer of the Ship
Of Veffel out of which Goods (hall be
G

Reign.

5 Geo. 1 .

Chap.

Sea.

9 Geo. I.

9 Geo. 2.

'.a "

33-

34-

3i.^HIPS and VESSELS— ron/mW.

taken, (unlefs from Neceffity, or other
lawful Reafon, whereof he (hall give
Notice and make Proof as aforefaid),
(hail alfo forfeit Treble the Value

32. — If any Goods whatever (hall be"

u:%/bipped at Seat and taken out of any
Ship or Veffel employed In the Ser^ke of
the Eq/l India Company ^ on her Voyage
Homewards to this Kingdom, at any
Diftance from the Coafts thereof (unleU
in cafe of apparent Neceflity, or fome
other lawful Reafon, of which the Maf-
ter of fuch Ship or Ve(rel (hall give
immediate Notice to and make Proof
of before the Collector and Controller,
or other Chief 0(ficer of the Cuftoms,
' at the firft Port of this Kingdom where
', he (hall arrive) all fuch Goods, and every
Ship, VeflTel, or Boat into which they
are taken, or which (hall be ufed in
. reniioving the fame, (hall be forfeited ;
and the Mafter of the Ship or Ve(rel
from which fuch Goods (hall be un-
(hipped, permitting the fame, and all
others concerned therein, or in receiving
fuch Goods, (hall forfeit Treble the
Value thereof - -

In cafe any Goods (hall be put on

hoard any fuch Ship or Vejfel at Seat i*t any
Diflancefrom the Coa/ls of this Kingdom^
after having been cleared outwafds,
and departed from the Port of London
(except Provifions and Stores nece(rary
for the Voyage), all fuch Goods, and
every Ship, veffel, or Boat out of
or from which the fame (hall be fo
unladen, (hall be forfeited; and the
Mafter of fuch Eaft India Ship, per-
mitting fuch Goods to be taken on
board, and every other Perfon con>
cemed in the un(hipping or receiving
of the faid Goods, (hall forfeit Treble
the Value thereof

— If after the Arrival of any Ship ern
Vejffel bound to Great Britain^ either I
within the Limlu ^ any of the Ports |

Reisii.

Chap.

17 Geo. 3.

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1)9

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SHIPS and VESSELS— fo«/m»r</.

or within Four Leagues of the Coaft
thereof, Bulkjhallbe broken, or any
Part of the Cargo of fuch Ship or
VefTel (hall be unladen or unfliipped for
any Purpofe whatever, before fuch
Ship or Veffel fhall come to the proper
Place for the Difcharge of her Cargo
or any Part thereof, the Matter and
the Mate, or other Perfon next in
Command, (hall forfeit 200 1. ex-
cept in cafe of Neceffity, Diftrefs,
or unavoidable Accident, of which
the Matter (hall give Notice, and
(together with Two or more of the
Mariners on board) (hall make Proof
upon Oath before the ColleAor or
other Chief Officer of the Cuftoms of
the Port within the Limits of which
fuch Accident, Kecetlity, or Diftrefs
(hall happen, or before the Collector
or other Chief Officer of the firft Port
in Great Britain within the Limits of
which fuch Ship or VelTel (hall after-
wards arr e, if the faid Accident,
Neceffity, or Diftrefs (hall have hap-
pened not within the Limits of any
Port, but within Four Leagues of the
Coatt of Great Britain -

— — If any Goods taken on board any'
Ship or Ve(rel in any Foreign Port
(haU, after the Arrival of fuch Ship
or Veffel within the Limits of any
Port of Great Britain, or within
Four Leagues of the Coaft thereof,
or after tlie firft Produ6tion of the
Manifeft or Content to the Officers of
the Cuftoms (whether fuch Goods (hall
be inferted in the faid Manifeft or
Content directed to accompany fuch
Goods or not), be thrown overboard,
or flaved, or otberwife in atn Manner
de/lroyed (except \n cafe of'^ unavoid-
able Neceffity, Proof of which (hall
be made to the Satis&dion of the
Co^uniffioners pf the Cuftoms in
England and Scotland refpedively),
G2

Reign.

Chap.

'i'tXT^

26 Geo. 3.

.'^■'*

Sea.

100

35- SHIPS and 'VESSELS— contiftued. R'!g«-

the Mafter of the Veifel on board I
^ which fuch Offence (hall be committed i

(hall forfeit 200 1. - - -J

^6. ■ Any Ship or Veffel belonging'

wholly or in Part to His Majeily's
/ '^ Subje^ls, or whereof One-half of the

I Perfons on board (hall be Subjects

? of His Majefty, found or difcovered

to have been within the Limits of
any Port in the United Kingdom,
or in any Part of the Britifh or Irifh
Channels, or on the High Seas, within
I CO Leagues of any Part of the Coaft
of Great Britain or Ireland, having on
hoard, or having had on board during
the Voyage, any^o// Cor/Za^^ adapted
and prepared forflinging/wa// Ca^St or
any more fmall CaOcs under 6o Gallons^
or any Tin or other Cafes or Bladder*
ot' lefs Content than 6o Gallons (and
capable of containing Liquids) of the
Sort ufed or adapted for fmuggling
Spirits, than (hall be necelTary for the
Ufa of the faid Ship or Ve(rel, or any
Materials for making any fuch Small
Cajksy Cafes, or Bladders, or having on
board or naving had on board any Sy-
plion,Tube,Hofeor/w//<'»i/«/5 whatever
for broaching or drawing off" any Fluid,
more than is nece(rary for the Uie of
the Voyage, and not being a P^rt of
the Cargo, and included as fuch in the
regular official Documents, or having
on board, or having had on board,
any Materials adapted for repacking any
Tobacco or Snuff which may be on
board or have 1been on board during
the Time, every fuch Ship,, VefTel, or
Boat, and the faid Implements, An-
kers. Calks, Cafes, and Materials, (hall
be forfeited " " * J

If any Ship or VefTel (hall be'

found or difcoVercd to have been
hovering, or within the Diftancesof
Four cr Eight Ltagues of fuch FartSc
of the Coafts of Creat Britain or Ire-

ap,

Sea.

S7-

7.SHIPS
lai
foi

47 Geo. 3.

39-

n
S
I. SIGN

101

t SHIPS and VESSELS ^coutiiiufd.

land refpeflively as are in any A€ts
for preventing Smuggling ipecified
at to fach refpe^tive Diftances of
Four and Eight Leagues, having on
board or having had on board during
the Voyage any /mail Cordage, adapted
and pr^ared for Ringing fmall Cajki% or ^
zny more yfniert, &c. (as aforefaid) than
fhall be really neceflary for the Ufe of
the faid Veffel, or any Materials/or
mai'tng fuch Anhertt &c. or any fuch
Syphon, Tubet Hofe, or Implement, or
any fuch Material* for repacking any
Tobacco or Snuff which may be on
board or have oeen on board during
the Time, every fuch Ship, Veffel, or
Boat, and the (aid Implements, Caiks,
and Materials, (hall be forfeited

h8. Every Ship or Veffel belonging'

' wholly or m part to His Majefty's Sub-

jeds, or whereof One-half of the Per-
fons on board (hall be Subjeds of His
Majefty, which (hall have taken on board
any Sprits, Tobacco, Snuff, or Tea, in ani
Forftgn Port of any State at War with
His Majefty, or have taken any fuch
Articles on board from any Veffel or
Boat coming from any fuch Port, f
more than is neceffary for the Ufe of
the Men on board, without Special Li«
cence from the Privy Coujicu, Admi-
ralty, or Secretary of State, (hall be
forfeited; but no fuch Seizure (hall be
made after the End of Six Months
from the Time of the Veffel taking
fuch Goods on board ~ ~ ",
[39» " For the Regulations under which

Licences are to be granted for the Na-
vigating Ships and Veffels, and the Pe*
muties and Forfeitures relating thereto.
See *' Licences."
I. SIGNALS. If any Perfon, after Sunfet^
and before Sunrife between the aift
September and ift April, or after the
Hour of Eight in the EVenmg and
before Six in the Morning between

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102

1. SIGNALS— rofl/M(i<r</.

the laft Day of March and 22d Sep* I
tember, (hall make, or aflift in makine ,
or be prefent for the Purpofe of aflin-
- ingin making, any Light, Fire, Flaih*
or Blaze, or any Signal by Smoke,
or by FkOcket, Fireworks, FlagSf
Firing of Guns, or other Fire Arms,
or any other Contrivance, in or on board
or from any Shipt VefTelt or Boatt or
on or from any Part of the Coqft of Great

* Britain^ or within Six Miles thereof, for
, the Purpofe of giving any Signal to
I any Perfon on board any Smuggling ^
I Veffel or Boat, whether the Perfon on
] board be or not within Sight or Diltance

to fee or hear fuch Signal, fuch Perfon

• (hall be deemed guilt)' of a Mifde-
meanor, and any Perfon may arreft the

' Ofiender;andconvey him beforea Juf-
tice, who may commit him to Prifon ;
3 upon the Trial of the Indidment it

(hall not be necelfary to prove that any
Ve(rel or Boat was actually hovering or
off the Coaft, or "lund or difcovered to
have been withit. any Limits or Dif>
tances mentioned in any A6t againd
■ Smuggling ; and the Offender on Con-
viction (hall either forfeit lOol. or be
1 1 committed to Prifon, and kept to hard

• '• Labour, for any Term not exceeding
' One Year, at the Difcretioii of the
Court before whom he (hall be convifted^

2. If any Perfon be indifted for anvT

fuch Offence, the Proof thnt fuch 1

i ' Light, &c. charged with having been v
> made for a Signal was not made with ]
fuch Intent, (hall be on the Defendant j

3. When any Perfon is arretted and"

taken before a Juilice for any Offence
againtt this A£t, he fhall not be ad-

! mitted to Bail without firll entering

into a Recognizance to appear and

anfwer to any. Indictment for fuch

Mifdemeanor ; ^nd fuch Recognizidice

■ (hall be forthwith tranfmitted to the

^ proper Officer - .

Reign.

Ciinp,

47 Geo. 3.

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103

SIGNALS— fo«//»««f.

^ " Any Perfon may put out and ex-'
tinguifli any fuch Light, &c. or any
Smoke, Signal, Rocket, Firework,
or other Contrivance made as aforefaid,
and enter any Lands for that Purpofe,
without being liable to any Indi^mcnt
or AAion - - -

SMACKS. See "Ship and Veffels."

SMUGGLERS. Upon Information on'
Oath before any Ju (lice of the Peace that
any Perfon or Perfons is or are waiting
or loitering within Five Mites from toe
Sea Coq/l or any Navigable River, and
there is reafon to fufpedi that he or
they wait with Intent to be aflifting in
the running or carrying away any pro-
iiibited or uncuftomed Goods, every
fuch Juftic c is to caufe fuch Perfons
to be brought before him ; and if a
fatisfadtory Account is not given of
their Callings and Employments, or
they oiherwife make it appear that
they were not to be concerned in or
aififting in any fraudulent or clandeiline
Trade or unlawful Occupation, and
were not affembled wich Intent to
carry on the fnid clandeiline Pradlices,
every fuch Perfon (hall be committed
to the Houfe of CorreAion, to be
whipped and kept to hard Labour for
any Time which fuch Juftice fhall think
meet, not exceeding One Month, and
the Commiffionersof the Cuftomt (hall
pay to the Informer aos. per head

■ If any Perfon (hall defire Time for"

naaking it appear that he was not con-
cerned in any fraudulent Pra€lice, the
Jultice may commit him to Gaol until
he (hall give fuch Account of himfelf^
and make Proof of the Matters afore-
faid to the Satisfaction of the Juftice,
or until he finds Security not to be
gwilty of any of the faid Offences

-^ If the Matter of any Ship or Vejjfef

of the Burthen, of 50 Tota or under, in
part or fully tofkn with Brandy, at
G4

Reign.

47 Geo. 3.

Chap.

SeA.

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9 Geo. 2.

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104

3. SMUGGLERS— fon/ma^^/.

Anchor or hovering within Two

t , Leagues of the Shore (and not pro-

I ' ceeding on her Voyage, Wind and

f ' Weather permitting), fliall fufFer any

j uucuftomed or prohibited Goods to be

put out of fuch Ship or Veflel into any

Boat or Bottom to be laid on Land,

fuch Mafter, befides the Penalties and

Forfeitures incurred by any Law now

in being, (hall fuffer Six Months Im-

prifonment

4. -< Where the Officers of the Cuftoms

Reign.

or Excife fliall find on board any Ship
or Veflel arriving from Foreign Parts,
within the Limits of any Port of this
Kingdom, more than 100 lbs, 'weight of
Tea (not being in Ships belonging to
or employed by the £aft India Com-
pany) or more than 100 Gallons of
Foreign SplritSt over and above Two
Gallons for every Seaman, and being
in Caflcs under 60 Gallons, the Mailer
fliall forfeit 300 1. ; and any Officer of
the Cuftoms or Excile, and any Perfon
afling in his Aid, may convey him
before a Jufticerefiding near where fuch
Ship or Veflel fliall then be, or where
fuch Perfon is arrefted ; and fuch Per-
fon fliall enter into a Recognizance to
His Majefty, with one fufficient Surety
in 300I. with Condition to enter an
Appearance in the Court of Exche-
quer to any Information which fliall
be exhibited againft him ; and if he
refufe to enter into fuch Recognizance,
the Juftice fliall commit him to the
County Goal - - . -_

— — Officers of the Cuftoms or Excife^'
and all others a£ting in their Aid, may
arreft every Perfon found affifiing in
Mnfltippingt to be hid on Land, any Goods
whatever, the Duties not betngj^rjl paid
or fecured, or which are or may be
prohibited to be imported into this King-
4om; and fuch OfScerB and their
/Vffiftanta fliall fojrthwHh carry fuch

Chi'

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19 Geo. 3.
26

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105

SMUGGLE RS—fon//«W.

Perfon before a Juftice refiding near
the Place where the Offence is com-
mitted, who may commit fuch Perfon
to the next County Gaol till the next
Quarter Seilions^ to be dealt with as
direded by this Adt - - .

If the Offender is committed, theT

Officer fliall enter into a Recognizance |

Reign.

Chap.

SefXi

■.■r> %•

to His Majeily in 40 1. conditioned to \
appear at the General Quarter Seffions (
to profecute the Offender - -J

— The Juftices at the General Quar-"
ter Scffions may try and determine
fuch Offence; and if the Perfon is con-
vifted, they are, in lieu of any other
Punifliment by any former Aft, to
commit him to Hard Labour in the
Houfe of Correftion for any Term
not exceeding Three Years, nor lefs
than One Year - . - -^

— — But if any Perfon fo convifted is'
approved of as fit to ferve His Majefty,
the Juftices may adjudge him to ferve
as a Soldier or Sailor ; and no fuch
Perfon ihall be taken out of His Ma-
jefty's Service by any Procefs, but for
fome Criminal Matter, nor during the
Term of Five Years (unlefs fooner dif-
abled by Accident or Infirmity^ be V
difcharged from fuch Service i; . and
any Officer of His Majefty's Land
Forces, Marines, or Sea Service, who
(hall wilfully difcharge any fuch
Perfon ; or for any Gratuity, or by
any coUufive or evafive Means, fuffer
him to avoid a6tual Service, he fhall
be cafhiered - - -

If the Majer of any Ship or Vejfel'

Jball coucealy or fuffer to be concealed by

his Mate or Seamen, in any Part thereof,
or in any Cheft or otner Thing be-
longing' to fuch Ship or Veffcl, any
Foreign Spirits above Two Gallons
for each Seaman, or any Tea above the
weight of 6 lbs. or 9Xiy Cofjlee thovc
the weight of 19 lbs. ; or if the Maftcr

19 Geo. 3.

106

• 1

SMUGGLE KS-^ continue J.

(hall clandeftinely import or fuffer
to be clandeftinely imported any Fo-
reign Spirits, or any other uncuf-
tomed Goods, whereby the Owners )>■
of fuch Veffel become liable to Penal-
ties, or the Veffel to be forfeited, the
Mafter fhall not only forfeit to the
Owners nil his Wages, but alfo Treble
the Value of all fuch Foreign Spirits,
•Tea, Coffee, or any other uncuftomed
Goods, over and above the Penalties
to which he (hall be liable by any Law
now in force ; fuch Penalty of Treble
the Value of the Goods to be recovered
of fuch Mafter by and to go to the
Owners of the Ship or Veffel only -

lb. ' If the Mate or Seamen of any Ship'

. ; or Veffel Jhall conceal on board or im-

} port any Foreign Spirits, above Two

, I Gallons for each Seaman, or any Tea

I above 6 lbs. weight, or any Coffee

above 1 9 lbs. weight, they ftiall forfeit
refpe6kively to the Owners all Wages
then due, and alfo lo s. each for every
Gallon of fuch Spirits, and 10 s. for

M every Pound of fuch Tea and Coffee

above the Quantities hereby limited -

tl. " If fuch Mafter or Seamen commit'

any fuch Offence in Time of War,
contrary to this or any other A£l,
the Owner of fuch Ship may fend
them on board fome of His Majefty's
Ships of War, to ferve for 1 hree
Years, except difabled or otherwife
unfit for fuch Service

ta, II ' This A£fc (hall be printed, put up,"
and continued on fome confpicuous
! Flirt of every Briti(h Ship or Veffel
trading to or from this Kingdom ; and
whenever the printed Claules are de-
faped or deftroyed, the Ship Mafter
(hfdl immediately replace the fame,
under the Penalty of One Shilling
per Day during fuch Omiffion, to
i>e recovered by and be paid to the
OJwner of the Veffel by Warrant

Reign.

21 Geo. 3.

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Cbp. Se

107

SMUGGLE RS—con/i/itttf^/.

under the Hand and Seal of One I
Juftice - - - -J

. If fiich Mates or Seamen be dif-

abled from ferving in the Navy in
Time of War, or offending in Time of
Peace, fhall negleft or refufe to pay
the faid Penalties on Conviction, or {
(hail not have fufficient £fFe£ts to an- j
fwer the fame, the Juftice may commit
inch Offenders to the County Gaol
for any Time not exceeding Three
Months, and not lefs than Six Weeks -^

Such Juftice may mitigate any

Penalties incurred under this ACtj but
fuch Mitigation ftiall not extend to
more than One Half Part thereof ; and ^
the Orders and Proceedings of Juftices
fhall not be quafhed or removed, but
their Determination fhall be final

|lj. Any SubjeS of His Majejly, who'

jball •voluntarily t and without Licence f
or any /undent Excujefor the fame ^ fail
to any Road or Harbour on the Coafl of
any of His Majeflys Enemiet» or be
found in any Ship or Veffel lying on
the Coaft, or in any Road or Harbour
of any Enemies Country ; or under
the Protefiion of any Batteries or
other Force on fuch Coaft, or under
the ProteAion of any Veffel belonging
to His Majefty's Enemies, witnout .
fuch Licence or fufiicieAt Excufe, fuch '
.SfaiporVifftd having on board or having
had on board, on fuch Voyage, any
Spirits, Tea, Tobacco, or Snuff, or
being in fuch H&rbour, or on fuch
Coaft, or under the ProteSion of fuch
Batteries, with Intent to tatke on board
any fuch Articles^ ^very fiich Stib-
je6k of His Majefty fhall "be deemed
guilty of Felony, and be tranL;>orted
K>r any Term not exceeding Seven
Years • - ^

|i6,.i— — i. Ever^ Perfob» beinsf a SivijeA ^
His Majefly^ foimd 011 Xoarii or <^0* '^
*i>ered to have, been on board my Slnpt '

Reign.

Chap.

Sea.

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108

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1 6. SMUGGLERS— fon/i'aW.

f^e^l, or Boat liable to Forfeiture
under this A6k, or of any other A6t,
for being found, or having been at
Anc})or> or hovering within any fuch
Diftances of any of the Dominions of
His Majefty, with fuch Goods on
board as fubjed fuch Ship, Veffel,
or Boat, or Goods to Forfeiture, and
who fhnll not prove that he was only a
Paffenger on board ; and every Per/on

I found aiding or qfjiftlng In unfhlpplng,

or found carrylnpt conveying, concealing,
or a/ljfting In toe carrying away, con-
'oeylng, or conceeding any Spirits fubjed
to Forfeiture under any Law relating

^ ^ to the Revenue of Cuftoms or Excife,

fhall forfeit either Treble the Value
of the Goods that fliall be found or
taken from fuch Perfon^ or loo \; at
the Option of the Commiffioners of
Cuftoms or Excife ; and Officers of the
Army, Navy, Marines, Cuftoms, or £x-

i cife> ihall arreft and detain every fuch

Perfon, being a Subje£l of His Majefty,
and convey the faid Perfon before a
Juftice of the Peace refldin? near to
the Port or Place into \wiich fuch
Ship, Velfel, or Boat (hall be taken
or carried, or near to the Place where
any fuch Perfon (hall be fo taken or
arrefted ; and fuch Juftice is required,
upon Proof on OaUi that fuch Perfon
was fo found or taken, or difcovered
as aforefaid (unlefs any fuch Perfon
taken or having been on board of any
fu^ch Ship, Veflel, or Boat, (hall prove
that he was only a Paflenger), to hold
fuch Perfon to Bail, with Two good
and fufficient Sureties in tool, each,
for his Appearance to anfwer to any
Indifftment or Information that may
ji bie brought againft him, and in De-
fault of finding Bail, to pommit fuch
Perfon to any Gaol or Prifon, or
Houfe of Corre^on : Ph>nded, that
if any fuch Perfon (hall be capable

Reign.

Chap.

45 Geo.3.

121

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[smuggle KS-^contittueJ.

and defirous of entering and ferving
as a Seaman or Marine in any of His
Majefty's Ships of War, he may be
conveyed on board any fuch Ships of
Waf) in order to his bein^ entered and
received as a Seaman or Marine ; and
being fo entered and received, (hall
not on any Account be difcharged
during the Term of Five Years, and
froAi thence until the Conclufion of
any War in which His Majefty may
be engaged, unlefs difabled within
that lime by unavoidable Accident
or Bodily Infirmity ; and any Officer
of the Navy or Marines) who fliall
knowingly difcharge any Perfon fo
entered and received, or (hall by
falfe Muiler or Certificate, or in
Cortfideration of a Gratuity, or by
any other coUufive or evafive Ways,
fufFer any fuch Perfon to avoid the
aAual Service hereby intended, every
fuch Officer (hall on Conviction be
caihiered: Provided that no Perfon
fo detained, and entering as a Seaman,
Ihall be liable to the Penalty, unlefs
he (hall defert His Majefty's Service -^
— — Where, by reafon of any Perfon fo'
entering, to ferve His Majefty, no Pe-
nalty or Forfeiture Jhall be recoverable^
the Commimoiiers of Cuftoms or £x-
cife are required, on Proof made
to their Satisfaftion of fuch Deten-
tion, and of fuch entering into His
Majefty's Service, to reward the Per- .
fon who would, if any Penalty or For- j
feiture had been recoverable, have
been entitled to any Part thereof, with
fuch Sum, not exceeding the Propor-
tion to which fuch Perfon would have
been entitled, as under all the Circum-
ftances of the Cafe (hall appear propsr _
No Perfon fo found on board any'
Veifel or Boat (hall have the BeneJU of
any ProteSion to fecure him from
being impre(red, or to whicl^ he may be

Reign.

Chap.

Sea.

45 Geo. 3.

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1 8« SMUGGLERS— foir/fflW.

entitled under any A&. of Parliament,
or in refpefit of the Veffe! having Let-
ters of Marque, but every fuch Pro-
tection (hall be null and void ; and any
fuch Perfon, and every Perfon liable to
be detained under this A&., or 45 G. 3.
ch. 1 2 1 . being a Seafaring Man, may
be conveyed on board of any of His
Majefty's Ships, or delivered over to
any Officer of the Imprefs Service,
and impreffed into His Majeily's Na-
val Service ; and no Perfon fo im>
preflcd fhall, unlefs difabled, be dif-
i charged during the Period of Five
Years, nor after the Termination of
fuch Five Years until the Conclufion
of any War in which His Majefty ^
may be then engaged $ and all the
Frovifions and Penalties of 45 Geo. 3.
ch. 121. as to discharging any Man,
fhall extend to Men fo imprefled un-
der this A&. ; and no Perfon im-
preffed fhall forfeit any fuch Pe-
nalty of 100 1. or treble the Value,
unlefs he (hall defert His Majefty's
Service ; and the Commiilioners of the
Cufloms or Excife, upon Proof to
their Satisfaction that any fuch Men
have been fo impreffed, and alfo of
the Ship, VelTel, or Boat in which
they were found being liable to Sei-
zure, or of fuch Perfon being liable to be
detained, to award to the Officer any
Sum not exceeding ao 1. for each Man^

|ci. " ■ 'P I Whenever any Ship, Veffel, or

Boat required to be licenfed fliall be

foupd or difcovered to have been

' within the Limits or Diftance men-

' tioned in 24 Geo. 3. ch. 47. 42 Geo. 3.

. ch. 82. or 47 Geo. 3. ch. 66. and any
Perfon on board fhall during the Chace
widiin fuch Limits or DifUnce throw
any Part of the Cargo overboardt unlefs
through Neceffity or Diftrefs, or for
the Prefervationof theShip, Veffel, or S-
Boatj, being thfn laden with « le^ |

Reign.

Chan.

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47 fieo. 3.

4Q.Geo. 3.

Ill

[smugglers— fon/i*«tff//.

Cargo, fuch Perfon being » Swbje6k of
His Majefty, and not a Paifenger, (hall
forfeit lool. and may be arrefted and
dealt with as direAed by 45 Geo. 3.
ch. 121. and 47 Geo. 3. ch. 66.; and
the Officer fliall have the like Powers,
Authorities, and Rewards, as in re-
fpeft of Perfons arrefted under either
of the faid Afts

— - When any Perfon liable to be ar-'
refted or detained, and arrefted or
detained, under 45 Geo. 3 ch. 121. or
47 Geo. 3. ft.2.ch. 66. mall be found
notJU or able toferve His Majejiy in His
Naval Service, and ftiall be refufed by
any proper Naval Officer, every fucn
Perfon (hall forfeit 100 1. ; and any Of-
ficer of the Army, Navy, Marines,
Cuftoms^ or Excife, may convey hinr.
before a Juftice of the Peace, who
fliall, upon Proof on Oath by a cre-
dible Witnefs that fuch Perfon was fo
liable to he arrefted or detained, and
has been fo refufed, hold him to Bail,
with Two or more fufficient Sureties
in 100 1. each, for his Appearance to
anfwer any Information which may be
brought againft him ; and till fuch Bail
is found, fuch Juftice may commit him
to Prifon until he (hall pay the Penalty,
or be delivered by due Courfe of Law^

— Every Perfon who may be arrefted"
or detained under the A8s 45 G . 3 . r ^. 1 2 1 .
or 47 Geo. 3. ch. (^. and who by virtue
of the faid Afls, would have been liable
to be imprefled into His Majcfty's
Naval Service, (hall be liable to ferve
His Majefty in the faid Service, and to
be kept and detained in the faid Ser-
vice, in the fame Manner and for
fuch and the fame Period of Time as
in the fa^d A£ls is mentioned ; and all
Perfons and Officers who by the faid
A£ts would have be'^n authorized to
receive and detain any fuch Perfon,
are authorized fo to do in the fame

Reign.

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112

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3 1. SMUGGLERS-— coii/Mttf^.

Manner, and ^s effe6tually» as if fuch
Perfon and Officers had been empow-
ered fo to do by any Imprefs Warrant
ilfued for that Purpofe
22. Any Perfon knowingly harbouring'

or concealing, or fuflfering to be har-
i boured and concealed, any prohibited
i or run Goods, (hall forfeit the fame,
^ and Treble the Value thereof ; and
/ the Value fliall be deemed to be ac-
cording to the Price of the bed Goods
' of the like Kind in London
23. -If any Perfon (hall o^r to Safe any

Goods wiiich are or (hall be prohibited,
or which have been, or (hall be, or
(hall by the Perfon fo offering to Sale
be pretended to have been run, fuch
Goods, with the Package, (Iiall be for-
feited, and may be feized by the
Party to whom offered, or by any
Officer of the Cuftoms or Excife ; pro-
vided, that if the Seizure is made
within the Limits of the Weekly
Bills of Mortality, then within 24
Hours ; and if made elfewhere, then
within 48 Hours next after fuch
Seizure, the Goods (hall be lodged
as follows ; viz. if the Goods are pro-
hibited, or are liable to Duties of Cuf-
toms only, the fame (hall be lodged in
fome Cuflom Houfe Warehouie near
the Place of Seizure ; and if the Sei-
zure is made at a Place too remote
from any fuch Warehoufe, then in
fome Excife Office near the Place of
Seizure ; but if the Goods are liable to
any Excife Duty, the (ame (hail be
loaged in fome Excife Office, or other
fafePlace, underthe Cuftody of fome Of-
ficer of Excife, near thePlace of Seizure J
-^— Every Perfon offering fuch Goodsl
to Sale, befides forfeiting the fame, I
(hall alfo forfeit Treble the Value, to f
be eftunated as aforefaid - -J

AH the prohibited or run Goods,*)

1 fo 9^ ias ffKb brought -by any perfon. |

Reign.

Chap.

Seft.

25. SMI

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15. SUUGGLERS—coatinued.

with the Package, fliall be forfeited,
and may be feized from fuch Buyer
either by tiie Seller or by any Officer
of the Cfjftoms or Excife '; provided
that within the like Times before
limited for Goods feized from the
Seller, the Goods fo feized from the
Buyer be lodged in the like Cuftody, as
liefore appointed for Goods feized.
from the Seller - - -^

26. Where any Perfon (hall buy any'

fuch prohibited or run Goods, or which
the Seller fhall pretend to be fuch, the
Perfon fo buying, befides the Goods
• bought, (hall forfeit Treble the Value
', thereof, to be computed asaforefaid;
\ but not to fubjeft both the Party
j buying, and the. Party felling or of-
I fering to Sale, to Treble the Value of
I the fame Parcel ; but that the Party,
f whether Buyer or Seller, or Offerer
to Sale, who fhall firft profecute with
I „ EfFeft the other Party, (hall be dif-
charged from any Profecution for
which the other Party is profecuted
with Effect ; provided, that if with-
in One Month next after making
fuch Seizure, either b) the Seller
or Buyer, or Party to whom the
Goods are offered to Sale, a Profe-
cution is not commenced, and after-
wards carried on to Adjudication by
the Party feizing them, the Perfon in
whofe Cudody mch Goods are lodged
may profecute for the Forfeiture
thereof - , -

All Perfons whatfoever employed in'

carrying any Goods prohibitedt run, or

clandeftinely imported, knowing the

j . fame to be prohibited, or to have been

I clandeftinely run or imported with-

t out Payment of the Duties, and

yXi* ^^^ (hail be thereof convifled, upon

their Appearance or Default, upon .

the Oath of One or more credible

Witnefs or Witnefleg, or by the Con-

Reign.

Chap.

stet.

11 Geo. I.

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l-J, SMUGGLERS— contittueJ. R"gn-

feifion of the Party, before a Jufticc of
the Peace of tKe County, Divifion, or
Liberty wliere fuch Offence (hall be ^ 9 Geo. 2.
committed, or the Offender found,
(hall forfeit Treble the Value of all fuch
Goods, to be levied by Diftrefs and
Sale of theOffender'sGoodsorChattels,
by Warrant under the Hand and Seal
of fuch Juftice before whom fuch
Offender (hall be convicted ; and for
ivant of fuch Diftrefs, every fuch
Offender ftiall be committed to the
Houfe of Corre£lion, there to be
whipt and kept to hard Labour for
any Time that fuch Juftices (hall judge
meet, not exceeding Three Montns - ^

28. ' If any Perfon ttizW offer any Tobacco f'

Tobacco Stalis, Spani/bi Tobacco Stalks
for Tobacco Stalk Flour» Snuff Wori,
Tobacco Stalk Flour, or Snuff", to Sale,
not having a Permit ; or if any Hawker,
Pedlar, or Petty Chapman, (hall offer
any Tobacco, &c. to Sale, although
he (hall have a Permit ; fuch Perfon,
Havrker, Pedlar, or Petty Chapman,
(hall forfeit fuch Tobacco, &c. with
the Packages, and alfo 20 1. ; and any
Perfon to whom the fame is offered
may feize fuch Tobacco, &c. and
Packages, and carry the fame to the
next Warehoufe of the Cuttoms or
Excife, and bring the Perfon offend-
ing before any Juftice of the Peace,
who (hall commit him to Prifon, that

' he may be profdcuted for the Penalty ;

and futh Tobacco, &c. (hall be pro-
fecuted as if f(^ized by an Officer of y 29 Geo. 3.

; the Cuftoms or Ekcife ; and after Con-

'. demnation and 'Commitment of the

Offender, the Perfon feizing (hall
have the fame Rewards as any Officer
of the Cuftoms or Excife would have
had for feizing the fame, to be paid by
the Commiffioners of the Cuftoms or
Excife ; and if the Perfon feizing (hall
defire it, the faid Commiffioners re-

Chap.

Sea.

28.SMIJ

19.

124

115

a8. SMUGGLERS— fo«/mtt^</.

fpe£tively (hall in the ineantime» till
fuch Tobacco, .Src. can be fold, caufe
Three-pence for every Pound weight
thereof to b? advanced, on a Certificate
under the Hand and Seal of fuch Juftice
of the Offender being committed to
Prifon ; and after the Sale of fuch
Tobacco, &c. (if the fame (hall be
fold) *:he Monies advanced (hall be re-
placed out of the Produce

1151, ' ■ If any Perfon (hall o^er to Sale'
any Tea, Brandy, Rum^ Geneva, or
other Foreign Spirits, or any Tobacco or
Snu^, not being licenfed to deal therein,
andffo/ having a Permit for the fame ;
or if any Hawker, Pedlar, or Petty
Chapman, (hall offer to Sale any Tea,&c.
although he has a Permit for the fame,
the Perfon to whom offered may arrefb
and detain the Perfon fo offering, and
feize all fuch Tea, &c. and carry the
fame to .he next Warehoufe of the
Cuftoms or Excife, and convey the
Perfon before a Jullice, who may re-
quire him to enter into a Recognizance
as diredled by 4^ Geo. 3. ch. 121.; and
(if the Offender be a Subjeft of His
Majefty, and a Seaman or Seafaring
Man, and capable of ierving in the
Navy) may fend him to fome Officer
of the Jmprels Service, to be dealt with
according to the faid KQt, or other-
wife to be by fuch Juflice committed
to Prifon, and profecuted for the Pe-
nalties ; uud fuch Tea, &c. may be
profecuted in the Name of the Seizor ;
and after Condemnation or Commit-
ment of the Offender, the Perfon
feizing fuch Goods, and detaining the
Offender, fhall be entitled to 5 1. if a
Moiety of the eflimated Vafue fhall
not exceed fuch Sum, and if a Moiety
of the Value exceed 5 1. then a Moiety
of fuch Value, wliich the Cominif-
fioners of the Cultoms and Excife re-
fpediively are to pay in like Manner

H'2

Reign.

Chap.

Sea.

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39. SMUGGLERS— roff/mW.

as Rewards under the faid A€t ; and
the Perfon fo arrefting any fuch Of-
fender (hall have fuch furtlier Rewards
as by any Law now in force are given
to any Officer of the Arnjy, Navy, or
Marines, for arrefting any Offender
aeainft any A&, for preventing Smug-
S^ng

— If any Hawker , Pedlar, or Petty'
Chapman^ (hall be convi£ted of know-
ingly dealing in or felling any fmuggled
or prohibited Goods, he (hall forfeit
his Licence, and be incapable of ob-
taining a new one, over and above all
other Penalties and Forfeitures for fuch
illicit Dealing . . .^

— — If any fuch Hawker, Sec. trading'
by Licence, on Demand made by any
Officer of the Cuftoms or Excife, &c.
(hall refufe to produce his Licence,
or (hall not have fuch Licence ready to
produce, he (hall forfeit lol. $ and for
Non-payment (hall fuffer as a Common
Vagrant, and be committed to the
Houfe of Corredion - - -^

— Any Perfon forging or counter-^
feiting any fuch Licence, or producing I
a forged or counterfeited Licence for \
the Purpofe aforefaid, (hall forfeit
300 1. - - .

Any Perfon trading under a Li-'

cence granted to another Perfon, or

1 which his own real Name is not V

iferted, (hall forfeit 40 1. except Ser- j

mts of licenfed Mafters - -J

— - Any Perfon may detain a Hawker,'

. c. trading without or refu(ing or

: .>gle£iing to produce a Licence upon

Jemand ; and a Peace Officer (hall

carry him before a Juftice, who on

Convi£don (hall levy the Penalty by

Diftrefs, and commit the Offender tiU

the fame is paid - . .

SMUGGLERS ARMED or in DISo

GUISE. Perfont, more than Ftve in I

Company^ fwMpalfng wiib any Foreign \

Reign.

Chap.

Sea ■ I. SMU(

50 Geo. 3.

117

SMUGGLERS ARMED or in DIS-

GU ISE—continued.
Goods, landed toitbout due Entry and
Payment of Duty, from any of the
Coafts of this Kingdom, or within ao
Miles thereof, or carrying any qffenfi^.'e
Arms or Weapons t or wearing any Utf-
guife when pajjftni with fueh Goods, or
hindering or refining any Officer of the
Ciiftoms or Excife in feizmg or fecur-
ing any fuch Goods, (hall Be deemed
Runners of Goods within the Meaning
of this A€t ', and, being conviAed of
any of the faid Offences, fhall be ad-
judged )>uilty of Felony, and be tranf-
{)orted to fome of His Majefty 's Co-
onies or Plantations for Seven Years ;
and if they return before the Expira-
tion th«" jof, Execution (hall be awarded
againft them as Perfons attainted of
Felony - - -^

Offenders, before Conviftion, difO

Reign.

covering Two or more Accomplices I

within Two Months, (hall receive4oI. for f

*ach, and be acquitted of their OffenceJ

Other Perfons difcovering Offend-")

ers within Three Months to be paid I
40 1. for each, over and above any other f
Reward - - -J

The Rewards to be paid by theT

Receivers General and Ca(hier8 of I
Cuftoms or Excife out of any Public I
Money in their Hands, upon a Certi- [
ficate from the Judge before whom the
Offender was tried

- Two or more Perfons in Company'
found pqffing within Five Miles from
the Sea Coyl, or any na/vigabif River,
with any Carriage laden with more than
Six Pounds of Tea, or Spirits excee£ng
Five Gallons, not having paid the Du-
ties, and not having a Permit, or any
other Foreign Goods above the V(due of
30 1. Sterling, landed without Payment
of the Duties, and who Jball carry any
offitnfive Arms or Weapon*, or wear any
"Di^ui/efVfhen pa(&ng vnth fuch Goods,

Chap.

Se£t.

l,.r

8 Geo. I.

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118

€.

SMUGGLERS ARMED or in DIS-

GUISE--ro«//««^^.
or luho Jhall olJlruS, a/fault, or re/ijl
any of the Officers of the Cuftoms or
Excite in the feizing any prohibited
• or run Goods, or other the Execution f
of their Office, fhall be deemed Run-
ners of Foreign Goods within the
Meaning of 8 Geo. i. although no
Proof be given that fuch Goods were
run ; but the Proof of Payment of
the Duties, and of the Manner how
the faid Perfons came by the fame,
(hall wholly lie ort fuch Perfons ; and
every Perfon convicted of any of the
faid Offences fhall be adjudged guilty
of Felony, and be tranfported to one
of His Majefty's Colonies or Planta-
tions in America for Seven Years ; and
if any fuch Offender (hall return into
Great Britain or Ireland before the
Expiration thereof, he fhall fuffer as
a Felon, and have Execution awarded
againff him as a Perfon attainted of
Felony - - -.

■ All the Goods, Weapons, and'

Arms found upon or with fuch Per-
fons, and all the Furniture of the
Horfes, Cattle, juid Carriages, and the
Package of all Goods, fhall be for-
feited - _

If any Officer of the Cuftoms or

Excife Jhall in the Execution of his
.Duty he maimed or dangeroujly wounded
by any Offender hereinbefore men-
tioned, or if any fuch Officer or other
Perfon fhall be fo maimed or wounded
in the apprehending or endeavouring
ta apprehend any fuch Offender, fuch
Officer and Perfon fhall, upon the Con-
vi6tion of the Offender, receive 50 1.
over and above any Reward they fhall
be entitled to by virtue of this Aft ;
and in cafe any Perfon fhall be killed
in the apprehending or endeaTOuring
to apprehend fi>ch Offender, then the
Executors or Adminiftrators of fuch

Reign.

Chap.

Sea.

9 Geo. 2.

119

Chap,

Seil.B, SMUGGLERS ARMED or in DIS-
GUISE — continued.
Perfon killed (hall receive 50 1. over
and above any Reward that the Perfon
killed, or the Executors or Admini.

13 H llrators, (hall be entitled to by virtue

of this Ad ' -

Any Perfons within Three Months'"

difcovering to the Commiffioners of
the Cuftoms or Excife in England or
Scotland any Perfon who fhall have ^
been guilty of any furh Offence, fo
as fuch Offender be convidled, fhall
receive 50 1. for every Offender

— The Rewards to be paid out of"
any Pubic Money in the Hands of the
Commiffioners of the Cuftoms or Ex-
cife, upon producing a Certificate
under the Hand of the Judge of the
Court before whom the Offender was
tried, or upon producing fuch Certifi-
cate of any fuch Perfon being fo killed ;
and if any Difpute fhall arife between
the Perfrs entitled to the Rewards
about their refpe6tive Shares, the fame
fhall be divided in fuch Shares and
Proportions as to the faid Commif-
fioners, or the major Part of them,
fhall feem juft and reafonable

10. ' If any Perfon pajfmg with pro-'

hVoited or uncuftomed Goods j and armed
with Guns or offen/ive Weapons, fhall
rejijl any Officer of the Cuftoms or
Excife, who in the Execution of his
Duty fhall endeavour or offer to fearch
for or feize the faid Goods from fuch
Perfon, bv beating, maiming, or wound-
ing any iuch Officer, or other Perfons
ading in their Affiftance, then all
Officers, and Perfons by them called
to their Affiftance, who are fo refifted,
may oppofe Force to Force, and en-
deavour, by the fame Methods that are
violently ufed againft them, to defend
themfelves, aijid execute the Duty of
their Office ; and if wy Ferfona fo
rcfifting the Officers CMrth^v: ^-fjSAaiits
H 4

Reign.

Chap,

Seft.

9 Geo. 2.

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/ .'1 i.

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120

lO.

SMUGGLERS ARMED or in DIS-
G U IS E— <ro«/i/i W.
(hall be vrounded, maiined» or killed,
and the laid Officers and their Afliftants
(hall be profecuted, fuch Officers, and
Perfont acting in their Affiftance, may
plead the General Ilfuet snd give this
A6t and the Special Matter thereof
in Evidence ; and all Juftices and Per.

' fons before whom , any fuch Officer

; or P<Tfon (hall be brought, are re-
quired to admit them to Bail

■ If any Perfons to the Number of"

Three or more^ armed with Fire Arms
or offenfive Weapons^ ajemhled in order
to cyfiji in, or being aSunlly a/Ming in,
the Exportation of Goods prohibited to
he exported, or in tarrying them in order
to be exported, or in the running or
carrying atvay prohibited Goods, or
Goods liable to any Duties which have
not been paid, or in re/anding Goods ex-
ported upon Debenture or Certificate,
or in r^ttiff^the fame after Seizure, <r
in refcuing any Perfon apprehended for
any Offence made Felony by any A&.
relating to the Revenue, or in prevent-
intr the apprehending any Perfon guilty
of any fuch Onence, or amding
therein ; or if any Perfon Jball have
his Face blacked, or wear any Maflt
or other Dijguife, when paffing with
fuch Goods, or (hall aifault any Of-
ficer in feizing fuch Goods ; or if any
Perfon (hall dangeroufly wound any
Officer in his Attempt to board any
Veffel within the Limits of any Port,
or wound him when on board in the
due Execution of his Duty, every fuch
i Perfon, if coiivi£ted of any fuch
Offence, (hall be adjudjged guilty
\- of Felony, and (hall fatter Death;
and if convided in Scotland, (hall
j fuffer Death and Confifcation of Move-
ables - ; • - -
j iVo/«.—-That wearing any Difguife,
\ or wounding an Officer, ta to be

Reign.

Chap

Se^

,. SMU<

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19 Geo. 2.

hs«

of'

121

,1, SMUGGLERS ARMED or in DIS-
GUISE— ron/ffitf^i/.
deemed Felony, with Benefit of
I Clergy, and punifhable only as

j fuch by 52 Geo. 3. ch. 143.

See No. 22.
|12. •■ If any Perfon is charged with any'

of the faid Offences upon Oath before
a Juftice of the Peace, or one of the
Juftices of the Court of King's Bench,
if committed in England, or before the
Lord Juftice General or one of the
Lords of Jufticiary, or a Juftice of the
Peace, if in Scotland, the fame fhall be
certified, and the Information returned,
to one of the Principal Secretaries of
State, to be laid before His Majefty in
His Privy Council, who may require
the Offender to furrender : upon his
Surrender, he fhall be committed to
Gaol without Bail or Mainprize ; and
if he does not furrender, or efcapes,
he is to be deemed convi6ted and at-
tainted of Felony, without Benefit of
Clergy, in England, or convicted of a
Capital Crime in Scotland, and Exe-
cution may be awarded accordingly.
— Perfons knowingly harbouring or"*
abetting any fuch Offender after the
Time appointed for his Surrender (hall
be tranfportcd for Seven Years ; and
returning into Great Britain or Ireland
before the Expiration thereof, fhall
fuffer as Perfons attainted of Felony.
But not to prevent the Judge of

P3-

M5.

the King's Bench, or of the Court of
Jufticiary in Scotland, from bailing any
Perfon committed for Felony, and not V
convided or attainted thereof, in fuch
Manner as they may by Law bail any
Offender in other Cafes of Felony -J

Offences made Felony by any A£i

relating to the Revenue of Cuftoms
or Excife may be tried in any County
of England, as if the Fa£fc had been >
committed therein; but no Attainder
for Felony upon this A.€t is to work

Reign.

Chap.'

SeSt,

r ■

,r . .1

19 Geo. 2.

2,4

.;.

1^2

1 8.

15. SMUGGLERS ARMED or in DIS
GUIS )i— 'Continued,
Corruption of Blood, Lofs of Dower,
or Forfeiture of Lancia or Tenements

l5. ■■ Whoever* apprehends or difco-

vers any Offender in England, who
has been advertifed and not furren-
dered, and caufes him to be brought
before a Juftice of the King's Bench,
or a Juftice of the Peace for London
or Middlefex, (hall be paid 500 1.
(within One Month after Execution is
awarded) by the Commiffioners of the
Cuftoms or Excif^, who are to divide
the Reward among the Peifons con-
cerned, in fuch Proportions as they
think reafonable ; and if the Dif-
coverer is any fuch Offender (againft
whom no fuch Order in Council has
been made), he is, befides his Share of
the Reward, to be difcharged from his
Offence, and all former' like Offences
for which no Profecution has been
commenced " " "^

17. ■ i Perfons wounded in apprehending"

endeavouring to apprehend fuch
fhall be paid 50 1. ; and
are killed, their £xe-

Reign.

Chap.

Offenders
if fuch Perfons
cutors or Adminiftrators (laying Proof
thereof before the Commilfioners of
the Cuftoms or Excife) fhall be paid
100 1. ; fuch Rewards to be paid by
the Receiver General of the Cuftoms
or Cafhier of Excife, upon an Order
from the Commiffioners, and to be
allowed of in their Accounts as Money
paid to His Majefty
— — In cafe any Officer of the Revenue,'
or other P erf on, being employed infeizing
or conveying any Goods liable to For-
feiture for being prohibited or uncuf-*
tomed, or for being prohibited to be
exported, or in endeavouring to appre-
hend any Offender againfl this A61,
fhall be wounded, maimedt or killed, or
the Goods refcued, by Perfons armed as
aforefaid, (unlefs tlw Offender is ap-

SMUGG
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prehe

Caler

Rape

Fadt

make

for

19 Geo. 2.

123

SMUGGLERS ARMED or in mS-

GVlSE^continued.
prehended and convided within Six
Calendar Months after the Fa6l), the
Rape, or Lath^ or Hundred, where the
Fadt was committed in England, fliall
make Satisfadlion, not exceeding 40I.
for the Damages by wounding or
maiming, and not exceeding 200 1. for
Damages by Lofs of the Goods, and
{hall pay to the Executors or Adminif-
trators for each Perfon killed lool. to
be levied upon the Inhabitants by a
proportionable Tax

— But no Perfon is to recover fuch"
Damage unlefs he caufes Notice to be
given of the Offence within Four Days
to Two or more of the Inhabitants of
fome Town, Village, or Hamlet near
the Place ; nor unlefs, within Eight
Days after, he declares on Oath, before
a Jultice of the County, whether he
knows any of the Offenders ; and if he
does, fuch Perfon muft be bound by
Recognizance to profecute fuch as he
knows ; nor unlefs he alfo gives No-
tice, and enters into fuch Recogniz-
ance, as required by 8 Geo. 2. ch. 16.
as to Perfon s robbed ; and commences
the Adion within a Year

If any Perfons, to the Number of'

Tnvo or more, Jhail he found pajftng in
any Part of the Kingdom tutth One
or more Horfes^ or tutth any Cart or
CarriagCt whereon (hall be laden more
than Six Pounds of Tea^ or Foreign
Spirits exceeding Five Gallons, not hav-
ing paid the Duties, and without an
authentic Permit, and carrying any of-
fen five Arms or Weapons, or wearing
any Vi%ard, Majk, or other Difguife,
when palling with fuch Tea or Foreign
Spirits, any Officers of the Cuftoms
or ExcifCj and all other Perfons adling
in their Affiftance, may arreft the Per-
fons fo pafilnff, in wnofe Cuftody or
PoiTcffion fuch Tea or Spirits fhall

Reign.

19 Geo. 2.

Chap

Sea.

6,8

7>9

lii

19660.3.

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21.

22.

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20. SMUGGLERS ARMED or in DIS-
GUISE — continued*
then be found, and fuch Officers and ;
their Afliftants {h: 11 convey fuch Of- j
fenders before any Juilice or the Peace, I
who may commit them to the next
County Gaol till the next General
Quarter Sefiions, to be tried and dealt
with as directed by this Aft

See " Smugglers*' Nos. 6, 7, & 8.

Whenever any Perfon ihall be"

charged with rr/cuinj or attempting to
re/cue by force any uncuilomed or
prohibited Goods, and the fame (hall
be made appear to any Judge of the
King's Bench by Amdavit, or by
Certificate of an Indictment or In-
formation being filed againft fuch
Perfon, the Judge may iffue his War-
rant to apprehend and bring the Of
fender before him or fome other Judge [
of the King's Bench, or before fome
Juftice of the Peace, in order to his
being bound with Two Sureties to
anfwer the Indictment or Information;
or, upon refuting, the Offender may be
committed to Gaol until he f.all fo
become bound, or be difcharged by
Or.ler of the Court or one of the
Judges - -

— — Where any A8 to be done after
the pafling of this Adt» in Breach of or
in Rejijlance to the Laws for the col-
lefting His Majefty's Revenue, would
by the Laws in force fubjeCt the Of-
fender to fuffer Death as guilty of
Felony without Benefit of Clergy,
fuch Act (hall be taken to be Felony
with Benefit of Clergy, and punifhable
Only as fuch, unlets alfo declared
Felony without Benefit of Clergy by
thisACt - - -^

— — If any Perfons to the Number of'
Three or more, armed with Fire^jima
or other offenfive IVeatonst (hall within
Great Bntam, or within the Limits of
any Port, Harbour, or Creek thereofi

Reign.

Chap.

26 Geo. 3.

52 Geo. 3.

24.

be ai

125

\i\.

i'.

SMUGGLERS ARMED or in DIS- ^"g"- ^hap

GUISE — continued.
or within the Ifle of Man, or the Limits
of any Port, Harbour, or Creek thereof,
h affem'led in order to be aiding or qffiji-
ing m the illegal Exportation of Goodt
prohibited to be exported^ or in the carrying
offuch Goods in order to fuc!i Exporta-
tion» or in the illegal running or carry-
ing away prohibited or uncuftomed Goods ^
or Goods liable to Duties which (hall
not have been paid or fecured, or in
the illegal relanding of any Goods,
or in ref cuing or taking away any
Goods after Seizure, or trom the Place
where the fame fhall have b^n lodged,
or in refcuing any Perfon apprehended
for any of the Offences made Felony
by any A^ relating to the Cuftoms
or Excife, or in preventing the appre-
hending any Perfon guilty of any tuch
Offence ; or in cafe any Perfons to the
Number of Three or more, fo armed > 5* Geo. 3. 143
as aforefaid, (hall, within Great Britain
or the Ifle of Man, be fo aiding or
q^ing ; every Perfon fo offending,
or fo aiding or affifting, (hall be ad-
judged guilty of Felony, and fuffer
Death, without Benefit of Clergy;
and every Offence committed within
any Port, Harbour, or Roadftead of
Guemfey, Jerfey, Aldemey, Sark, or
Man, (hall be determined in the faid
Iflands refpedively } and every Offence
committed elfewhere out of the United
Kingdom fliall be determined in any
County of the United Kingdom ; and
if committed withinEngland, Scotland,
or Ireland refpedively, (hall be deter-
mined within fuch Part of the United
Kingdom in which committed, but in
any County or Shire thereof

Whenever any Perfon (hall be'

Se6l.

charged by Information on Oath with
fo aUembling, aiding, or adifting in any
Cafe wherein any Omcefi or Perfon aid-

1^6

24-

SMUGGLERS ARMED or in DIS-
GUISE— contittued.
ing or afTiiling fuch Officer in the Exe-
cution of his Duty as aforefaid, fhall
have been killedi the Information
(hall be forthwith certified to One of
His Majefty's Principal Secretaries of
State, who ihall forthwith lay the
fame before His Majefty in His Privy
Council, and His Majefty may by His
Order in Council command the Of*
fender to furrender himfelf; but if
fuch Perfon fhall not furrender within
the Time limited, or fhall, after Sur-
render and before Trial, make his
Efcape from Juftice, he fhall be ad-
judged to be attainted of Felony, and
fhall fuffer Death, without Benefit of
Clergy ; if the Offence fhall be charged
to have been committed in England, the
Court of King's Bench, or the Juflices
of Oyer or General Gaol Delivery or
Great SefTions for the C nty or
Place where fuch Offender fhall be,
may award Execution againil him as
if he had been convi6led ; and if the
Offence fhall be charged to have been
committed in Scotland, the Offender
fhall, in the like Cafe, be adjudged to
be convi£led of a Capital Crime, and
Confifcation of Moveables ; and the
Court of Jufliciary, or the Lords of
Jufticiary in their Circuits, may award
Execution againft fuch Offender in
fuch Manner as if he had been found
guilty and condemned in the faid
Courts refpeftively

SOAP and STARCH. Not to be im-^
ported otherwife than in Packages i
containing 224. Pounds weight at leaft, (^
to be flowed openly in the Hold of the f
Vcffel importing the fame, on Fox- 1
feiture thereof - - - J

'2.

— Not to be ^ntered or reported for'
Exportation in any Vcffel belonging
wholly or in |)art to Hif Majeuy's

Reign.

Chap,

SeJ

Vf '"

cor
the

SPIRIT
or

Vel

60 f
the|
T^
thel

5a Geo. 3.

143

12I

.. <. \>

23 Geo. 2.

127

SOAP and STARCH-^contmued.

Subje6t8, othenvife than in Packages I
containing 224 Pounds vuagbt at the f
leall;and all Entries and Reports ntade
contrary- to this A£i fhall be void, and
the Soap (hall be forfeited
[, SPIRITS. No Rum fhall be imported
or brought into Great Britain m any
VefTel or Cade which (hall not contain
60 Gallons at lead (except only for
the Ufe of the Seamen^ not exceeding
Two Gallons for each) on Forfeiture
thereof - ' -

— — But if it be made appear to the'
Commiffioners of the Cuftoms in Eng-
land or Scotland refpe£tivcly, th^t
any Rum, the Produce or Manufa6lure
of any of His Majeifty's Dominions in
America, was imjpojrlied 4ire6tly from
thence in fmall C!aiks, without Fraud
or Concealment, for the Ufe of the
Majier in the yoyage, or for the Pri-
vate Ufe of the ^ierchants or Tinders
fo importing the fame, or de/igned as
PrefentSt and not by way of Mer-
chandize, the Comibiffioners may, if
they think proper, admit fuch RuiQ.to
an Entry - - -fs -^

No Brandy, Arrack, Rum, Ge-'
neTa, Strong Waters, or other Spirits
whatfoerer, brought into Great Bri-
tain in Veffels or Calks which (hall
not contain 60 Gallons, (hall be «)i-
terei or reported for Exportation ; and
all Entries and Reports made of fuch
Liquors (hall be null and void

No Foreign Spirituous Liquors

{exee^ Rum of the Britifli Plaatatiom$
and Arraek ) (hall be imported into
Great Britain in any Velfel or Caflc
which (hall contain kfs than 100
Gsllons at the leaft (except only
for the Ufe of the Seam^, not
exceeding Two Gallons for each), on
Forfeiture of fuch Liquors, and of the
Ship or Veflel, o^ vrbatever Burthen

the £ime may be ,\

Reign.

42 Geo. 3.

Chap.

Sea.

5 Geo. 3.

28 Geo. 2.

26 Geo. 3.

~~>

] ■«—

'1'

i!r I

uk i'ii
lli'i

I'!

ill'

lii

ie8

SFIRlTS^onthttuJ.

— No Perfon (hall import into Great"
Britain any l^oreign Spirits whatever,
of a greater Degree of Strength than One
to Nine over Hydrometer Prooft on For-
feiture thereof, with the Fackaees^
except Rum or Spirits of the Fromice
of the Britifli Surar Plantations - ^
No Brandy, Arrack, Rum, Strong'

Waters, or Spirits of any Kind what
foever (hall be imported in any Ship
or VeiTel of the Burthen of loo Tone
or under, except only for the Ufe of
the Seamen (not exceeding Two Gal-
Ions for each), on Forfeiture thereof,
and of the Ship or Veffel in which im-
ported - • -

But Rum and Spirits of the Growth'

and ManufaAure of the Britifh Sugar
Plantations may be importea in any
VeiFel of not lefs Burthen than 70
Tons . - _ -

Any Ship or VeiTel of the Burthen
of 50 Tons or under, in part or fully
ladtn with Brandy, found at jtnehor or
hovering within Two Leagues of the
Shore, and not proceeding on her Voy-
age, Wind and Weather permitting,
may be compelled to come into Port
by any of His Majefty's Ships, or
by any Veflel or Boat in the Service
of the Cuftoms, or any OfBcer of the
Cuftoms ; and the Mafter, and alfo
the Ship or Veflel, and the Brandy
therein, (hall be fubje£t to the fame
Regulations, Penalties and Forfeitures,
as fuch Cargoes, Ships, or Veflels,
and the Maners, hovering within the
Limits of any Port of this Kingdom,
are fubjeft to by 5 Geo. i. ch* ii»

See « Ships and Veflels.'*
"•^ If the Mafter of fuch Ship or
Veflel ftiall fuffier any Brandy or other
uncuftomed or prohibited Goods to be
put out of fuch Ship or Veflel mtp any
Hoy, Lighter, Boat, or Bottom, to be
laid on Land, he flisdl^ befides the Pe«

Reign.

a6 Geo* 3.

5 Geo. 3.

Chap.

6 Geo. 3.

»7

6 Geo. I,

I).

■•A

■).—

1^9

SPIRITS— fo«//W^//.

nalties and Forfeitures incurred by any
Law now in being, fufFer Six Months
Imprifonment - •

No Spirits fhall be iniported into'
Great Britain from the Ijte of Man ;
and if any Ship or Veffd coming from
thtncCi having on board any Spirits
(except for the Ufe of the Seamen
not exceeding Two Gallons for each)
fliall be found at Anchor or hovering
within the Limits of any Port of Great
Britain, or within Three Leagues of the
Shore, or difcovered to have been within
fuch Limits, and not proceeding on
her Voyage, Wind and Weather per-
mitting, (unlefs in cafe of unavoidable
Neseffity and Diftrefs of Weather, of
which the M after fhall give Notice and
make Proof to the proper Officers
upon his Arrival) all fuch Spirits, to-
gether with the Ship or Veflel in which
imported or found, (hall be forfeited,
whether Bulk fl>all have been broken
or not - - - " *J

If any Ship or Vejfel whatever'

fliall be found at Anchor or hovering
within the liimits of any Port of Great
Britain, or within Four Leagues of
that Part of the Coaft which is between
the North Foreland on the Coaft of
Kent, and Beachy Head on the Coalt
of SufTex, or within Eight Leagues of
any other Part of the Coaft, or ftiall
be difcovered to have been within fuch
Limits or Diftance, (and not proceed-
ing on her Voyage, Wind an J vVeather
permitting, unlefs in cafe of unavoid-
able Neceffitv and Diftrefs of Weather,
of which the Mafter ftiall give Notice
and make Proof before the CoUeAox
or other Chief Officer of the Cuftoms
of any Port in the Limits of which
fuch Ship or Veflel fliall be found, im-
mediately after her Arrival in fuch
Limits), having onvboard any Spirits in
any Vefl*el or Caflc not containing 60

Reign.

Cbap

Sea.

f * "-1 ** /

5 Geo. 3.

» ^

24 Geo. 5.
42 Geo. 3.

47
82

I
I

ISO

II.

IS.

13-

14.

SPIRITS— ^on/inW.

Gallons at the leaft (except for the
Ufe of the Seamen, not exceeding Two
Gallons for each), then not only all
fuch Spirits, but alfo the Ship or Veifel,
ihall be forfeited ...

■ ' Provided that fuch Diltance of^

Eight Leagues (hall be meafured in
any Diredtion between the Southward
and Eaftward of Beachy Headj al-
though any Part of fuch extended
Diftance may exceed Four Leagues
from any Part of the Coaft to the
Eaftward of Beachy Head

If any Ship, VeJfeU or Boat be-'
longing in the whole or in part to any of
Hit Majejiy*s Su/jeds, or whereof One
Half of the Perfons on board are Sub-
jeQs of His Maje/ly, ihall be found at
Anchor or hovering within the Limits
of any of the Ports of Great Britain, or
any Part of the Britifh or Irifh Channels,
or elfewhere on the High Seas within
100 Leagues oi any Part of the Coaft of i
Great Britain or Ireland, (and not pro- r
ceeding on her Voyage, unlefs in cafe of
Neceiuty, to be proved as before men-
tioned), having on board any Spirits in
any VelTel or Cafk which ihall not con-
tain 60 Gallons at the leaft (except for
the Ufe of the Seamen, not exceeding
Two Gallons for encb) then not only
all fuch Spirits, biiw alfo the Ship,
VeiTel, or Boat, (hall be forfeited

But not to prevent Evidence from ■

being received, in any Suit or Informa-
tion for the Forfeiture of any Ship,
Veifel, or Boat on account of any
Spirits contained therein, in order to
ihew, from the Smallnefs of the
Quantity and other Circumftances
of the Cafe, that they were on board
without the Knowledge either of the
Owner or of the Mafter, and with-
out any wilful Negle& or want of
reafonable Care in the Difcharse of the
Duty of fuch Owner or Maner; and

Reign,

Chap.

Sc^

42 Geo. 3.

24 Geo. 3.
47 Geo. 3.

47
66

24 Geo. 3.

131

|i4. SPIRITS— /-ow/mW.

where Proof (hall be fo made, fuch
VefFel, if exceeding lOO Tons Burthen,
fhail not be forfeited for fuch fmall
Quantity

|i^, ■ But the Spirits fo found on board"

any fuch Ship. Veffel, or Boat within the
Limits or Diftance mentioned in this
A6t,or42Geo 3. ch. 82. or 47 Geo. 3.
ch. 66. whether with or without the
Privity or Knowledge of the Owner or
Mailer thereof, fhall be forfeited, and
the Perfon in whofe Charge or Poffef-
fion the fame (hall be found fliall for-
feit Treble the Value thereof

|l6. ■• If any Vejfel or Boat comin? from'

Foreign Parts, and belonging wholly or in
part to Hit Majejly*s Sulje^s, or whereof
Half the Per/ons on bmrd are SuljeSs
tf Hit Majejly, (except any Ship or other
Jquarc'rigged Vejfel )y (hall be found in
the Britilh or Infh Channels, or elfe-
where on the High Seas within 100
Leagues of the Coaft of Great Britain
or Ireland, or (hall be difcovered to
have been within fuch Limits, having
on board any Foreign Spirits in any
Caflc or Ppckage of lefs Size or Content
than 60 Gallon* t (except for the Ufe of
the Seamen, not exceeding Two Gal-
lons for each) all fuch Spirits, with the
Veffel or Boat, (hall be forfeited

[17. Provided that in cafe any Veffel or'

Boat, not coming from Foreign Parts,
(hall on the High Seas take on board
from out of any Ship, Veffel, or Boat
coming from Foreign Parts, any Fo-
reign Spirits in any Caflc or Package
of lefs Size or Content than as afore-
faid, every fuch Veffel or Boat (hall >
be deemed to be a Veffel or Boat
coming from Foreign Parts, Mrithin the
Meaning of this A« ; and not only all
fuch Foreign Spirits, with the Caiks
or Packages containing the fame, but
alfo every fuch Veffel or Boat, Audi be I
forfeited - - -J

' I z

Reign.

Chap.

Sedt.

24 Geo. 3.

45 Geo. 3.

121

m^i

Htili'

i-i'
I

■^N

132

i8.

19.

20.

SPIRITS— fon//«ttf^.
. No Spirits Ihall be imported into'

or exported yy-oOT Guernfeyt Jerfeyt M'
(hrneyiSarki or Man^ or removed Coail-
wife, or to or from the faid Iflands, or
fliipped or waterborne in order to be
fo removed, in any Ship or Veffel of
lefs Burthen than 100 7b«j, nor in any
Caflc or Package of lefs Content than
60 Gallons, on Forfeiture thereof, as
alfo of the Ship or Veflel - - j

■ But not to forfeit any Boat not

exceeding the Burthen of 10 Tons for
having on board at any one Time 10
Gallons of Foreign Spirits or under,
in fmall Cafks, for the Supply of the
JJland of Sat it (fuch Boat Jhavmg a
Licence from the proper Officer of the
Cuftoms at Guernfey or Jerfey for
carrying Commodities for the Supply
of Sark) ; provided that any fuch Boat,
having on board any greater Quantity
of Spirits than before limited, fhall be
forfeited

— • If any Ship, Vejfel, or Boat 'tuhat-'
ever, having on board any Foreig-n
Brandy, Rum, Geneva, or other Spi
rituous Liquors in any Calk or Pack-
age which fhall not contain 60 Gal-
lons at the leafl (except only for the
Ufe of the Seamen, not exceeding
Two Gallons for each), fhall be found
at Anchor or hovering, or fhall be
difcovered to have been <wilhin Two
Leagues of the Coafts of Guernfey,
Jerfey, Sark, or Man, or within
Two Miles of the Coaft of AU
derney, fuch Ship, Veffel, or Boat
not proceeding on her Voyage (Wind
and Weather permitting), urlefs in ).
cafe of unavoidable Neceffity or
Diflrefs of Weather, of which the
Mafler of fuch Ship, Veffel, or Boat
fhall give Notice and make Proof be-
fore the Chief Officer of the Cufloms
of the neareft Port, or the Port in
which fuch Ship, Veffel, or Boat

Reign.

45 Geo. 3.
48 Geo. 3.

45 Geo. 3. 121

Chapj Sc6

121

45 Geo. 3.
48 Geo. 3.

121

133

I SPIRITS — continued,

fliall take Shelter, or to which (he
can gOy under all Circumitances of
Wind, Tide, and Weather, immedi-
ately after the Arrival of fuch Ship,
Veffel, oi Boat within the Limits of
fuch Port, all fuch Spirits, and the
Ship, Veffel, or Boat, (hall be for-
feited

— Every Ship or Veffel belonging in'
the whole or in part to His Majelly's
SubjeAs, or whereof One Half of the
Perfons on board fliall be Subjefts of
His Majefty, which (hall have been
laden wiih, or (hall have taien on board
any Spirits in any Foreign Port belcng-^
ing to any State or Ponvfr at War with
His Majefty, or (hall have received or
taken any Spirits on board from any
Ship, Veffel, or Boat coming out of I
or from any fuch Port, in any greater •
Quantity than (hall be neceilary for the
Ufe of the Men on board for the Voy-
age, without a Special Licence from
His Maiefty's Privy Council, or the
Admiralty, or One of His Majefty*s
Secretaries of State, (hall be forfeited ;
but no Seizure (hall be made after the
Expiration of Six Months from the
Time fuch Spirits were taken on
board

If after the T eparture from Guern-'

fey, Jerfeyy JjJderney, Sari, or Alan, of
any Ship, Veffel^ or Boat, belonging
in the whole or in part to His Ma-
jefty 's Subjedls, or whereof One Half
of the Perfons on board are Subjects
of His Majefty, having on board any
Spirits, Bulkjhallbe broken, or any Part
of the Cargo (hall be unladen or un-
fliipped, or any Alteration Jliall be
made in the Form, Sixet Defcription,
or Number of the Packages taken on
board, or in the Quantity or Quality
or Mode of Package of the Goods
contained therein, at any Time during
the Voyage, every fuch Ship, Veffel,

1 1

Reign.

Chap.

Sea.

47 Geo. 3.

134

12. SVlRlTS-^cotttimed.
-I or Boat {hall be forfeited ; but no

Forfeiture {hall.be incurred on account
! of the breaking Bulk, or un{hipping j>

',' or unlading the Cargo or any Part

i thereof, if the fame was done through

! unavoidable Nece{fity or Di{lref8 ; nor

; {hall any Forfeiture be incurred on

' account of any fuch Alteration in the

Cargo, if the fame was occafioiied by

inevitable Caufo or Accident, or became

nece{rary for the Security or Preferv-
1 ation of fuch Ship, Veflel, or Boat ;

fuch NeceJTity, Dittrefs, Caufe, or
i Accident, to be proved to the Satif-

; faction of the Commillioners of the

Cuftoms or Excifc
23. Every SubjeS of His Majejly who

{hall voluntarily, and without His Ma-

• jetty's Licence, cr the Licence of His
I Majefty's Privy Council, or of One
, of His Maje{ly'8 Principal Secretaries
: of State, or of the Firft Lord of the
I Admiralty, or other fuiiicient Au-

• thority, and without fuflficient Excufe,
proceed and fail to any Road or Har-

I l)our upon the Enemies Coqftt or who

{hall be found in any Ship, Ve{rel, or
Boat lying on the Coaft, or in any
Road or Harbour of any Country
belonging to His Majefty's Enemies,
without any fuch Licence or Autho- •

■ rity, or fufincient Excufe, or be under

the Proteftion of any Batteries or
other Force on fuch Coatts, or of
any Ve{rel belonging to His Majefty's
Enemies, having on board, or having
had on board on fuch Voyage, or
being in fuch Harbour, or i^pon
fuch Coaft, or under the Protec-
tion of fuch Batteries, with Intent to
take on board any Spirits, {hall be
deemed guilty ofl^lony, and be tranf-
ported for any Term not exceeding |
Seven Yeare - - -J

I. TEA. Above the Quantity of 6 lbs.'.
. Weight found in any Bnti{h Ship or {

Reign.

Chap.
66

Sett.

48 Geo. 3.

' ■"

135

Chap.

Seel.

— —

,TEA — continued.

VelTel arriving in Great Britain from
Foreign Parts (except thofe employed
by the £aft India Company) (halt be
forfeited, whether fuch Tea fhall be
intended or reported for Exportation
or not - ir^r - -.

-■ If any Ship or Vejjfel whatever

fhall be found at Anchor, or hover-
ing within the Limits of any of
the Ports of Great Britain, or
within Four Leagues of that Part
of the Coaft which is between the
North Foreland on the Coaft of Kent,
and Beachy Head on the Coaft of
Suffex, or within Eight Leagues of any
other Part of the Coaft, or Ihall be
difcovered to have been within fuch
Limits or Diftance, (and not pro-
ceeding on her Voyage, Wind and
Weather permitting, unlefs in cafe of
unavoidable Necemty and Diftrefs of
Weather, of which the Mafter fhall
give Notice and make Proof before
the Colleftor or other Chief Officer of
the Cuftoms of any Port within the
Limits of which fuch Ship or VelTel
fhall be found, immediately after her
Arrival in fuch Limits), having on
board Six Pounds Weight of Tea or
upwards, all fuch Tea, and alfo the
.«h'p or Veffel, fhall be forfeited -J
Provided that fuch Diftance of1

Eight Leagues fhall be meafured in j
any Diredtion between the Southward I
and Eaftward of Beachy Head, al- I
though any Vnxt of fuch extended f
Diftance may exceed Four Leagues
from any Part of the Coaft to the
Eaftward of Beachy Head - -J
— — If any Ship, Vejfely or Boat, be-
longing in the whole or in part to any
of Hu Majefly's SulyeSst or nuhere^
One Half tf the Perfons ou hoard are
Suhjeas of His Majffiy, fhall be found
at Anchor or hovering within the Li-
miti of amy of the For^s of Great Bri-
*I4

Reign.

28 Geo. 2.

Chap.

24 Geo. 3.
42

Sea.

!li;

42 Geo. 3.

»'■ --■

■ i >- i

"'if- i' ■

r-Mi'

. -

II, h:

136

TEA — continued.

. tain, or in any Part of the Briti(h or I

k Iriih Channels^ or within lOO Leagues I
of any Part of the Coaft of Great ^
Britain or Ireland, (and not proceeding
on her Voyage, unlefs in cafe of Necel-
fity, to he proved as before mentioned,)
having on board more than 6lb8. of
Tea, all fuch Tea, together with the
Ship, Veffel, or Boat (hall be forfeited .
' But not to prevent Evidence from
being received, in any Suit or Infor-
mstKn for the Forfeiture of any Ship,
Veil;;! • Boat, in order to ftiew,
from t -Imallnefs of the Quantity,

' and other Circumftances of the Cafe,
that the Tea wan on board without
the Knowledge either of the Owner,
or of the Mafter of the VeiTel, and
without any wilful Neglefl or Want
of reafonable Care in the Difcharge of
their Dut^' ; and where Proof (hall
be fo made, fuch Ship or VefTel, if
exceeding loo Tons Burthen, fhall
not be forfeited for fuch fmall Quan-
tity - -

' ■ '■ But the Tea fo found on board^
any fuch Ship, VeiTel, or Boat within
the Limits or Diftance mentioned in
this A&., or in 42 Geo. 3. ch. 8a. or
47 Geo. 3. ch. 66. whether with or
without the Privity or Knowledge of
the Mafter thereof, fhaU be forfeited ;
and the Perfon in whofe Ch?,rge or
Poifeffion the fame fhall b^; found
fhall forfeit Treble the Value taereof -^
If after the Departure froLi Guern^'

fen, Jerfeyt Jildem^, Sark, or Man,
of any Ship, VefTel, or Boat, belong-
ing wholly o** in part to His Ma-
jefty's Subjeds, or whereof Half . the
Perfons on board are Hia Majefty's
SubieAs, having on board any Tea,
BmkJhaM bebrohnt or any Part of -the
Cargo unladen or unfhipjped, w emy
jtUeration made in the Fomi| Size^
Defcription or Niunlxr of the Pack*

Reign. I Chap.

24 Geo. 3.
47 Geo, 3.

47
66

24 Geo. 3.

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■f.

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||,TEA — continued,

ageSi or in the Quantity, Quality, or
Mode of Package of the Goods therein,
at any Time while in the Profecution
of the Voyage, fuch Ship, Veffel, or
Boat fliall be forfeited ; but no For-
feiture fhall be incurred for breaking
Bulk, or unlading the Cargo or any
Part of it, through unavoidable Ne-
ceffity or Diftrefs, nor for any Altera •
tion in the Cargo, if occafioned by
inevitable Caufe or Accident, or necef-
fary for the Security or Prefervation of
the Ship, Veffel, or Boat; to be proved
to theSatisfadtionof the refpe6liveCom-
miffioners of the Cuftoms or Excife -
If any Veffel or Boat coming from
Foreign Parts, and belonging nuhvlly
or in part to His Majeflys Sul)je3s, or
nuhereof One Half of the Perfons on
board Jball be SubjeQs of His Majeflys
(except any Ship or other fquai'e-
rigged Veffel), fliall be found in any
Part of the Britifli or Irifti Channels,
or elfewhere on the High Seas within
lOO Leagues of any Part of the Coails
of Great Britain or Ireland, or difco-
vered to have been within the faid Li-
mits, having on board more than 6 lbs.
Weight of Tea, all fuch Tea. together
with the Package containing the fame,
and the Veffel or Boat, (hall be forfeited_
— And in cafe any Veffel or Boat,
not coming from Foreign Parts, fliall
on the High Seas take on board
out of any Ship or other Veflel or
Boat coming from Foreign Parts, any
Tea whatever, every fuch Veffel or
Boat fliall be deemed to be a Veffel or
Boat coming from Foreign Farts,
within the Meaning of this Ael ; and
not only all fuch Tea, together with
the Packages containing the fame,
but alfo every fuch Vieffel or Boat,
fliall be forfeited
|io. Not to forfeit any Boat not ex-'

Reign.

ceeding lo Tons for having oik boiurd

Chip. I Set! .

47 Geo. 3.

48 Geo. 3.

45 Geo. 3.

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10. T^A'^continued.

any Tea, not exceeding 50 Pounds

; • : Weight, for the Supply of the JJland of

; ■ 5arZ,(fuch Boat having a Licence from

. 1 the proper Officer of the Cuftoms at \

. i either of the Iflands of Guernfey or

Jerfey for carrying Commodities for the

' Supply of Sark), provided that any

Boat having a greater Quantity of Tea

than before limited ftiall be forfeited

11. Every Ship or Veffel belonging'
wholly or in part to His Majefty's

i Subjects, or whereof One Half of the

' Peribns on board (hall be Subjects of

His Majefty, which (hall have been
laden with or have taken on hoard any
Tea in any Foreign Port of any State at
War with His Majefty, or have taken
any fuch Articles on board from any
Veffel or Hoat coming from any fuch
Port, more than is neceffary for the
Ufe of the Men on board, without
' fpecial Licence from the Privy Coun-

cil, Admiralty, or Secretary of State,
(hall be forfeited : but no Seizure ihall
be made after the End of Six Months
from the Time fuch Tea was taken on
board « - -

12. - Every SubjeS of His Majefty who")

voluntarily and without His Majefty's
Licence, or the Licence of the Privy
Council) or one of His Majefty's Prin-
cipal Secretaries of State, the Firft
Lord of the Admiralty, or other fuf«
ficient Authority, and without fuffi-
cient Excufc, (hall proceed and fail to

' any Road or Harbour upon the Enemies

Coafty or be found in any Ship, Veffel,

I -: or Boat lying on the Coaft, or in any

t' Road or Harbour of any Enemies

Country, without any fuch Licence
or Authority or fufficient Excufe, or

\ be under the Prote£tion of any Bat-

teries or other Force on fuch Coaft,

\ or of any Veffel belonging to the

Enemy, having on board or had on

\ board on the Voyage^ or being in fuch

Reign.

45 Geo. 3.

Chap.

Seal

121

47 Geo. 3.

vv .

48 Geo. 3.

139

. TEA — continued.

Harbour, or upon fuch Coail, or
under the Proteftion of fuch Batteries
nvlth Intent to take on board any Tea^
{hall be deemed guilty of Felony, and
be tranfported for any Term not ex
ceeding Seven Years
TIM CASES. Fitted or adapted for the
fmuggling of Spirits, found on board
Ships and Veflels within certain Dif-
tances of the Coaft,

See " Ships and Veflels."

*' Spirits."

" Guernfey."
TOBACCO and SNUFF. Not to be^
imported or brought into Great Britain
except in Hogsheads, Cq/isy Chejls, or
Cafes, each of which fhall contain at
leaft 450 Pounds Weight, and fuch To-
bacco or Snuff (hall not be packed
in Bags or Packages within any fuch
Hogfheads, &c. nor feparated or di-
vided within the fame, in any Manner .
whatever, except loofe Tobacco for »
the Ufe of the Seamen and Paflengers,
not exceeding Five Pounds Weight
for each Perfon, on Forfeiture of fuch
Tobacco and Snuff, with thePackages,
and the Ship, Veffel, or Boat im- |
porting the fame - - - J

Not to be imported into Great'

Britain from Foreign Parts otherwife
than in Hogsheads Cq/k, Chejl, or Cafe
only, each of which (hall contain 450
Pounds Weight of Tobacco or Snuff, ex-
cept as is before provided by 29 Geo. 3.
ch, 68. feft. 9. on Forfeiture of fuch
Tobacco, with the Packages - -j

— ^— But not to prevent the Importation"
of Twriry 7o^dtf<:o packed in Bags or
Packages within any Hogfhead, Ca(k,
Cheft, or Cafe, or the feparatingor »
dividing of the Tobacco, provided the
Hog(head, Ca(k, Cheft, or Cafe con-
tains 450 Pounds Weight

Nor to prevent the Importation'

under an Order in Council of unma*

Reign.

Chap.

Sea.

29 Geo. 3.

30 Geo. 3.

47 Geo.3.

l» 2

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140

TOBACCO and SNUFF— ro«//nW.

nufadlurcd Tobacco of the Eajl Jndiest
or of the Spatitjh or Portugueje Colonies
or Plantations in South America,
packed in any Sort of Packages
whatfoever, upon fucn Conditions,
&-c. as ihall be provided in any fuch
Order - . _ .

- Not to be imported or brought'

into Great Britain from Foreign Parts
in or on board any Ship or Veflel
of lefs Burthen than 120 Tons, on
Forfeiture thereof, and alfo of the
Ship or Veflel in which imported -

' If any Ship or Veffel luhatever

fliall be found at Anchor or hover-
ing within the I jmits of any of the
Ports of Great Britain or within Four
Leagues of that Part of the Coaft which
is between the North Foreland on the
Coaft of Kent, and Beachy Head on
the Coaft of Sufiex, or within Eight
Leagues of any other Part of the Coaft,
or ihall be difcovered to have been
within fuch Limits or Diftance (and
not proceeding on her Voyage, Wind
and Weather permitting, unlefs in cafe
of unavoidable Neceflity and i-irtrefs
of Weather, of which the Mafter fliall V
give Notice and make Proof before the
Colleftor or other Chief Officer of the
Cuftoms of any Port within the Limits
of which fuch Ship or Vefld fliall be
found, immediately after her Arrival in
fuch Limits), having on board any
Tobacco which, taiken together or
I feparately, (hall exceed 100 Pounds
fVaght, or aiiy Tobacco Stalks,
whether manufadured or unmanu-
factured, or any Tobacco Stalk
Flour, or any iSnuff Work^ all fuch
Tobacco, t&c. and the Skip or Veflel,
(hall be forfeited ■>

I ■ Provided that imh iDiftance of
Eight Leagues' fliall be meafured in
any Direction between the Southward
and Eaftward of Beachy He«»d, al- >

Reign.

49 Geo. 3.

Chap.

Seal

29 Geo. 3.

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29 Geo. 3.
42 Geo. 3.

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141

.TOBACCO and SNUFF— ro«//ntf^</.

though any- Part of fuch extended
DiAance may exceed Four Leagues
from any Part of the Coaft to the Eaft
ward of Beachy Head

If any S/jtp, Fejel, or Boat k-^

longing in the whole or in part to any of
His Maje/ifs SubjeStt or whereof One
Half of the Perfons on board are Sub-
jeSs of His Maje/ly^ (hall be found at

Anchor or hovering within the Limits
of any of the Poits of Great Britain,
or in any Part of the Britifli or Iri{h
Channels, or within lOO Leagues of any
Part of the Coalls of Great Britain or
Ireland, and not proceeding on her ^
Voyage (unlefs in cafe of Neceffity, to
be proved as before mentioned), having
on board any Tobacco or Snuff which,
taken together or feparately, (hall ex-
ceed ICO Pounds Weight, or any To-
bacco Stalks, manufadured or unma*
nufaftured, t>r any Tobacco Stalk
Flour, or any Snuff Work, all fuch
Tobacco, &c. and the Ship, Velfel, or
Boat (hall be tbrfeited

But not to prevent Evidence from'

being received, in any Suit or Infor-
mation for the Forfeiture of any Ship,
or VefTel, in order to (hew from the
Smallnefs of the Quantity, and under
the Circumilances of the Cafe, that
tlie Tobacco, &c. was on board with-
out the Knowledge either of the Ow-
ner or of the Mailer and without any
wilful Negleft oir Want of reafonable
Care in the Difcharge of the Duty of
fuch Owner or Mafter ; and where
Proof Ihall be made that fuch fmall
Quantity was on board without the
knowledge either of the Owner or
Mafter, and without any wilful Neg-
left or Want of reafonable Care m
cither of them, fuch Ship or Vef-
fel, if exceeding loo Tons Burthen
(biall not be forfeited for fuch fmall
Quantity • '• -J

Ueign.

Chap. ' Sea.

24 Geo. 3.
29 Geo. 3.
47 Geo. 3.

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29 Geo. 3.

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TOBACCO and SNUTF-- continued. Re'S"- thap.

' But the Tobacco, &c. fo found'

on board any fuch Ship or VefTel,

within the Limits or Diftance men-
tioned in this A£t, or in ±2 Geo. 3.

ch. 82. or 47 Geo. 3. ch. 60. whether

with or without the Privity or Know-
ledge of the Mailer thereof, fhall be for-
feited, and the Perfon in whofe Charge

or Pofleffion the Good& fhall be found |

(hall forfeit Treble the Value thereof J
— — If any Veffel or Boat coming from

Foreign Parts, and belonging tvhoUy or

in part to His MajeJ{y*s Sulye^s, or

whereof One Half of the Perfons on

board fhall he Sul^eSs of His Majefly,

{except any Ship or other fquare-rigged

Feffel)t mall be found in any Part of

the Britifh or Irifh Channels, or within

100 Leagues of any Part of the Coafts

of Great Britain or Ireland, or dif>

covered to have been within the faid

Limits, having on board any Tobacco

or Snuff in any Cafk or Package what- > 45 Geo. 3. 121

ever containing lefs than 450 Pounds

Weight, (except loofe Tobacco for the

Ufe of the Seamen, not exceeding Five

Pounds Weight for each, and except

fuch manufaAured Tobacco or Snuff

as fhall have been duly fhipped for

Exportation as Merchandize from

fome Port or Place in Ireland), all

fuch Tobacco or Snuff, together with

the Caflcs or Packages containing the

fame, and the Veffel or Boat, fhall be

forfeited - - - -,

— — And in cafe any Veffel or Boat,

not coming from Foreign Parts, fhall

ii'^

on the High Seas take on board from
any Ship or other Veffel or Boat
coming from Foreign Parts, any To-
bacco or Snuff in any lefs Quantity
than as aforefaid, every fuch Veffel or
Boat fhall be deemed and confidered
to be a Veffel or Boat coming from
Foreign Parts ; and . all fuch Tobacco
or Snuff, with tlie Cafks o^ Packages

145

li. TOBACCO and SliVFF— continued.

containing the fan\e, and fuch VeiTel I
or Boat, (hall be forfeited - -J

M, Not to be imported into or ex-'

ported from Guernfey, Jerfeyy Alderneyt
Sari, or Man, or carried Coaftwi'e in
either of the faid Iflands, in any Ship,
Veifel, or Boat of lefs Burthen than loo ^
Tons, nor in any Cafk or Package con-
taining lefs than 450 Pounds Weight,
on Forfeiture thereof, and alfo of the
Ship, Veffel, or Boat

If any Ship, Veffel, or Boat, ie'ong-'

14.

'5-

ing wholly or in part to Nit Majefiy*s
SubjeSs, or whereof Half the Perfom
on board are His Majeftfs SuijeSs,
(hall be difcovered to have been within
the Limits of any Port or Harbour of
the United Kingdom, or in any Part
of the Britifh or Irifli Channels, or
within 100 Leagues of the Coafts of
Great Britain or Ireland, having on
board any Tobacco or 3nuff (except
for the Ufe of the Seamen, not ex-
ceeding what is now by Law allowed
for their Ufe^ which, though in Pack-
ages of legal Size, fhall neverthelefs
be divided within the Package into
fmaller Packages, either by Cords or
Strings, or any Thing introduced
therem, or in any Manner whatever ;
or if any other Croods, or any Article
whatever, fliall be found in any Pack-
age of Tobacco ; all fuch Tobacco and
Snuff, with the Package, and every
Article contained therein, and the
Ship, Veffel, or Boat, ihall be forfeited^
-— If after the Departure from Guern"'
fey, Jerfey, Alderney, Sari, or Man,
of any Ship, Veffel, or Boat, belonging
in the whole or in part to His Ma-
jefty's Subjeds, or whereof One Half
of the Perfons on board are Subje&s
of His Majefty, having on board any
Tobacco or Snuff, Bulijball be broien,
or any Part of the Cargo (hall be un-
laden or un(hipped, or any AUeration

Reign.

Chap.

45 Geo. 3.
48 Geo. 3.

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1 5. TOBACCO and HNUYF-^continued.

Jha/i be made in the Form, Si%e, Defcr'tp'
tiou, or Numbet" of the PachageSf or in
I the Quantity or Quality or Mode of

Package of the Goods contained
therein, at any Time while in the Pro- ^
i fecuiion of the Voyage, every fuch

^ Ship, Veffel, or Boat (hall be forfeited ;

i *" ' but no Forfeiture fliall be incurred on
I account of the breaking Bulk, or un-

; (hipping or unlading the Cargo, or

any Part thereof, if the fame waa done
j through unavoidable Neceffity or Dif-

! trefs ; nor on account of any Altera-

tion in the Cargo, if the fame was oc-
cafioncd by inevitable Caufc or Acci-
dent, or for the Prefervation of fuch
Ship, Vcflel, or Boat ; fuch Neceflity,
} Diitrefs, Caufe, or Accident to be

I proved to the Satisfaction of the Coni-

miflloners of the Culloms or Excife

16. Every Ship or Veflel Motiving'
wholly or in part to His Maje/ly's

' SuhjeSSi or tuhereof One Half of the

',1 Perfons on board fhall be SuhjeQs of

His Majeflyt which fliall have been

' laden with or have taken on hoard any

I Tobacco or Sntiff" in any Foreign Port

\ of any State at IVar with His Majeily,

or have taken any fuch Articles on (

board from any Veflel or Boat coming

from any fuch Port, more than is

neceflary for the Ufe of the Men on

board, without Special Licence from

the Privy Council, Admiralty, or Se-

\ cretary of State, fliall be forfeited ; but

I no Seizure fliall be made after the End

of Six Months from the Time fuch To-

■i bacco or Snufi" was taken on board -

17. ■ , ■ Every Siihje^ of His Majefly who"

oluntarily and without His Majefty's
Licence, or the Licence of the Privy
Council, or one of His Majefl:y's Prin-
cipal Secretaries of State, the Firll
Lord of the Admiralty, or other fuf-
ficient Authority, and without fiifficicut
Excufe^ (hall proceed and fail t<j any

Reign. Chap.

ScctJ

47 Geo.

48 Goo.

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17. TOBACCO and SNUFF— fo«/iW^/.

Roitd or Harbour upon the Enemies
Coa/l, or be found in any Ship, Veflel,
or Boat lying on the Coaft or in atiy
fuch Road or Harbcurof any Enemies
Country, without Authority or fuffi-
cient Excufe, or be under the Protec-
tion of any Batteries or other Force
on fuch Coaft, or of any VefTel be-
longing to the Enemy, having on
board, or had on board on the Voyage,
or being in fuch Harbour, or upon fuch
Coaft, or under the ProteAion of fuch
Batteries, with In'ent to take on board
any Tobacco or Snuff, fhali be deemed
guilty of Felony, and be tranfported
for any Term not exceeding Seven Years ^

1 18. Offered for Sale by Hawkers or

Pedlars, or Perfons not having a Per-
mit. See " Hawkers and Pedlars."
TONNAGE REWARDS.
See " Seizures, 14."

I. WINE. No Sort of Wine (hall be im-
ported in any Ship or Veffel which
Ihall not exceed the Burthen of 60 Tonj,
on Forfeiture thereof, as alfo of the
Ship or Veffel in which imported

12. Not to be imported in Flajks or

Bottlesy except Wine of the Growth
of the Dominions of the Great Duke
of Tufcany in open Flafks ; or Wines
of the Growth of Turkey, or any
other Part of the Levant Seas, in the
fame Manner that fuch Wines were
ufually imported before the pafling of .
I Geo. 2. ch. 1 7.;. and except French '
Wine in Dottles from Guernfey, Jerfey,
or Alderney, in Britifh-built Ships or
Veffels, and French Wine in Bottles
from France in Britifh or French-built
Ships or Veffels, each -Package of
French Wine containing at the leall Six
Dozen reputed Quart Bottles or Flafks^
— — — And any Sort of Foreign WinesT
may be imported,/rain Ireland xn Pack-
ages not containing lefs than bix Dozen
reputed Quart Bottles or Flafks ; pro* \
*K

R«ign.

48 Geo. 3.

f -.

24 Geo. 3.

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I Geo. 2.

39 & 40I

Geo. 3. J

4a Qeo. 3.

45 Geo. 3.

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Sea.

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Vfl't^E— continued.

vided that I'uch Wines are imported in
Brilifli or Irifli-built Ships or Veflels,
and according to fuch Rules, &c. as are
provided by the Afts in force ; but
if any Foreign Wines in Bottles or
Fladcs (hall be imported from Ireland
in any Icfs Quantity, or otherwilie than
in fuch Packages, Ships, or Veflels as
are required by this Aft, the fame
fhall be forfeited

' Of the Growth of the Dominions'

of the Crown of Spain or Portugal ^
and alfo French Wines^ fhall not be
imported in any fmaller Veflel or Calk ^
than an Hog/head in which fuch Wines |
have been ufually imported, on For-
feiture thereof - - -J
> ■ ■ I3ut if it fliall be made appear'

to the Satisfadlion of the Commiflioners

of the Cuftoms in England or Scot-

' land, that any Wines are imported,

without Fraud or Concealment, in

any fmaller Veflel or Cafk than an

Hogfliead, for the private Ufe of the ^

. Importer, and not by way ofMer-

■ . chandize, any Three or more of the

faid Commiflioners may, if they think

' proper, admit fuch Wine to an Entry,

' and caufe the Duties to be accepted

indead of the Forfeiture

6. ■ " Of the Growth of any Country not'

before enumerated or defcribedy ftiall not
\ ■ be imported in any Veflel or Cafk

; i which fliall contain lefs than 25 Gal-

,^ lons^ except on Proof to the Satis-

fadlion of the Commiflioners of the
Cuftoms in England or Scotland re-
fpedlively, that the fame is imported
for private Ufe, and not by way of
Merchandize - - -^

7. If any Ship or Vejfel of 60 Tons or'

under fliall be foundT at Anchor, or
hovering within the Limits of any of

,:. the Ports of Great Britain, or within

Four Leagues of that Part of the Coaft
which is between the North Foreland

Reign.

Chap.

Sea.

SS Geo. 3.

18 Geo. 3.

2$ Geo. 3.

I Geo. 2.
18 Geo. 3.

17
27

7
6

147

y. WINE — continued.

on the Coaft of Kent, and Beachy
Head on the Coaft of Suffex, or
-within Eight Leagues of any other
Part of the Coaft, or fhall be difco-
vered to have been within fuch Limite
or Diftance, (and not proceeding on ^
her Voyage, Wind and Weather per-
mitting, unlefs in cafe of unavoidable
Neceflity and Diftrefs of Weather,
of which the Matter (hall give Notice,
and make Proof before the ColledHor
or other Chief Officer of the Cuftoms
of any Port in the Limits of which
fuch Ship or Veflel (hall be found,
immediately after her Arrival within
fuch Limits), having on board any
Wine in Calks, all fuch Wine, and the
Ship or VeflTel (hall be forfeited

Provided that fuch Diftance ofT

Eight Leagues (hall be meafured in
any Direction between the Southward
and Eaftward of Beachy Head, al-
though any Fart of fuch extended
Diftance may exceed Four Leagues
from any Part of the Coaft to the
Eaftward of Beachy Head

I J. ' If any Ship or Vejfel ofCoTont or'

under, belonging in the whole or in part
to any of His Majefty^s Suhjeffs, or
whereof One Half of the Perfons on hoard
are SubjeSs of' His Majejlyt Jhall be
found at Anchor, or hovering within
the Limits of any of the Ports of Great
Britain, or in any Part of the Britiih
or Iri(h Channels, or elfewhere o« V
the High Seas within loo Leagues of
any Part of the Coaft of Great Britain
or Ireland, and not proceeding on her
Voyage, (unlefs in cafe of Neceflity,
to be proved as before mentioned),
having on board any Wine in CaOcs* all
fuch Wine, and the Ship or Vc(rel
(hall be forfeited

|lo, —.-—.« Not to be imported into or ex-

ported from Guernfey, Jerfev, Alderne^
Sari, or Man, or removed Coaftwi'

ifel

Reign.

Chap.

SeA.

24 Geo.
42 Geo.

47
82

4a Geo. 3.

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47 Geo.

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3

47
66

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148

ip. WINE — continued.

,./

II.

K-

in the faid Iflands, in any Ship, Veflel, I
or Boat, of lef^ Burthen than 60 Tom, ^
or in any E'ackage lefs than an Hogshead,
on Forfeiture thereof, with the Ship,
Veffel, or Boat

See *' Guernfey." •' • r ^ ^'

If, after the Departure fromT

Reign. Chap.

'I'

Guernfey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, of
any Ship, Veffel, or Boat belong-
ing in the whole or in part to His
Majefty's Subjects, or whereof One
Half of the Perfons on board are Sub-
je£ls of His Majefty, having on board
any Wine, Bulk Jhall be brokent or zny
Part of the Cargo fhall be unladen or
unlhipped, or any Alteration Jhall be
made in the Form, Size, Defcription,
or Number of the Packages, o» in the
Quantity or Qual'cy, or Mode of
Package of the Goods contained there*
in, at any Time while in the Profecu-
tion of the Voyage, every fuch Ship,
Veffel, or Bout, (hall be forfeited;
provided that no Forfeiture (hall be
incurred on account of the break-
ing Bulk, or unthipping or unlading
Cargo, or any Part thereof, if the
fame was done through unavoidable
Neceflity or Diftrefs ; nor on account
of any fuch Alteration in the Cargo,
if the fame was occafionedby inevi-
table Caufe or Accident, or for the
Security or Prefervation of fuch Ship,
Veffel, or Boat ; fuch Neceflity, Dif-
trefs, Caufe, or Accident to be proved
to the SatisfaAion of the Commiflion-
ers of the Cufioms or Excife

121

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84

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FINIS.

Eyr« and Strahan,
Hb Majefty'a Priaten.

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^ APPENDIX.

A TABLE of GOODS wholly prohibited to be imported, or
prohibited to be worn or ufed in Great Britain, and which are
]i:ible to Forfeiture on board VeiTels hovering within the Limits
of the Ports or within certain Diltances of the Coaft.

See Goods, « N"» 14 & 16."

BROCADE. No Gold or Silver Brocade,")
or other Work made thereof, (hall be
imported into Great Britain, nor worked
or made up in or upon any Wearing
Apparel, on Forfeiture thereof, and
alfo lool. by the Importer for each
Parcel imported - - -

CALLICOES, printed, painted, ftained,
or dyed, in Perfia, Ckina, or Eaft
India. See " Silks." • .

CHOCOLATE and COCOA PASTE.
No Chocolate ready made, or Cocoa
Fade, fliall be imported into Great >
Britain, on Forfeiture with Double the J
Value thrreof - J

COCOA-NUT SHELLS or HUSF S.-|
If any Perfon fliall import any Cocoa
Nut Shells or Huflcs without the Nuts
thereto belonging, the fame may be
feized, and after Condemnation (hall
be dcllroycd, or otherwife difpofed of,
as the Commiiiioners of the Cuftoms
or Excife fliall dired, and the Officers
rewarded with a Sum not exceedinor
208. per Hundred Weight

EMBROIDEllY. No Foreign Em-"^
broidery fliall be imported into Great |
Britain, nor worked or made up in (^
or upon any Wearing Apparel, on For-
feiture thereof, and alfo 100 1. by the
Importer for each Parcel imported

FRINGE. See *' Manufaftures of Gold,
*' Silver, or Metal."

GIRDLES. See '* Ribbands."

GLOVES and MITTS of SILK or
LEATHER. If any Foreign m mu-
fadured Silk or Leather Gloves or
Mitts ftiall be imported into Great
Britain, the fame fliall be forfeited,
and may be feized in like Manner as

Reign.

10 Ann.
15 Geo. 2.
22 Geo. 2.

Chap.

J;^

10 Geo. 1,

4 Geo. 2.

;-*^^

k .:'■'

13 &I4C.2

10 Ann.

II
26

15 Geo. 2, I 20
22 Geo. 3

• 36

Se«.

7»9
»»5

7>9
i»5

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APPENDIX*

GLOVES, ^c.-^cont'mucd.

other prohibited or uncuftomed Goods ; |
and every Perfpn concerned in import- ^
ing or veniling fuch Gloves or Mitts,
or in whofe Pofleffion they fhall be
found, fliall forfeit 200 1. with Cotts
of Suit ; but not to fubjcA the Wearer
to fuch Penahy or Forfeiture

< The Aa 6 Geo. 3. ch. 19. iliall ex-'

tend to all Foreign Leather cut into
the Form of Gloves or Mitts, called
Shapes or Tanks, or which fhall be t
cut or prepared in any other Manner j
or Form, in order to be made into
Gloves or Mitts, and are not lit for
any other Purpofe
LACES. See •* Ribbands."
LEATHER, cut into the Form of Gloves

or Mitts. See « Gloves."
MANUFACTURES of GOLD, SIL-")
; V^R, or METAL. No Gold or
' Silver Thread, Lace, Fringe, or
i other Work made thereof, or any
; Tiiread, Lace, Fringe, or other Work
]^ made of Copper, Brafs or other in-
; ferior Metal, or Gold or Silver Wire
; or Plate, fhall be imported into Great

■ Britaio ; and no fuch Gold or Silver
; Thread, Lace, Fringe, or other Work
; made thereof, fhall be worked or made

up in or upon any Wearing Apparel,

; on Forfeiture thereof, and alio lool. by

the Importer for each Parcel imported

MITTS. See «* Gloves."

NEEPLEWORK. No Perfon fhall im

port any Foreign Needlework, on

; Forfeiture thereof, and alfo lool by

i the Importer _ - _

Pt ATE. See " Manufaftures of Gold,

; " Silver, or Metal."
RiBBANDS, LACES and GIRDLES. 1
; If Jmy Perfon fliall import any Rib-

■ bands, Laces or Girdles not made in
Great Britain, whether of Silk only or

, mixed with any '"other Materials, the
fame fhall be forfeited ; and the Im-
porters and their Afliftants, or the
Vendors or Perfons concealing the
famcy fhall forfeit 300I. with Cofts of

}

Reign.

5 Geo. 3.

6 Geo, 3.

25 Geo. 3.

10 Ann.
15 Geo. 2.
22 Geo. 2.

Chap.
48

«9

13 & 14C.3.

3 Geo. 3.
5 Geo. 3.

26
20
36

s«a.

I
I

7»9

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1,2

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APPENDIX.

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RIBBANDS, kc.—continued.

Suit ; but not to fiibjeft any Perfon
Wearing fuch Ribband, &c. as Part
of their Drefs to any Penalty or For-
feiture " " "_
SHAPES for GLOVES and MITTS.'

See "Gloves."
SILKS. No wrought Silks, Bengals, or'
StufFs mixed with Silk or Herba,
of the Manufacture of Perfia, China,
or Eaft India, or Calicoes printed,
painted, llained or dyed there, im-
ported into this Kingdom, (hall be
ufed or worn therein ; but after Entry
i thereof (hall be put into Warehoufes
1 approved by the Commiflioners of the
Cuftoms, and not taken out other
, than for Exportation ; and any fuch
Silks, &c. whether mixed or made up
I for Sale with any other Goods or
I otherwife, whicli fhall be found in any
Place (other than fuch Warehoufe),
' fhall be forfeited, and the Perfon in
whofe Cullody the fame (hall be found,
or that (hall difpofe thereof, (hall forfeit

20cl. " " "^

' If any Perfon (hall import or bring"

into any Port of Great Britain, other
than the Port of London, or fome Port
which has been approved of for the Im-
portation of Ea(l India Goods by the
Order of His Majefty in Council, any of
the faid Silks or Callicoes, or fhall im.
,port or bring the fame into the Port of
London, and fhall not make due Entries
thereof, the fame fliall be deemed and
taken to be clandefline running thereof;
anji the Perfon s offending and their
Abettors fhall not only forfeit the
Goods, but alfo ^500.

■■— No wrought Silk, or Silk mixed with"

Gold or Silver, or other Materials,

isi

or Oliver, or
fhall be imported, on Forfeiture thereof,
and 200I. by the Importer ; and the ^ 6 Ann.
Perfon in whofe Cuftody, or who fhall [
fell or conceal fuch Silk, fhall, betides I
other Penalties, forfeit lool. -J

— No Foreign-wrought Silks, Crapes*!
or Tiffanies (hall be imported into I
Great Britaini or tb? I^ands of Guem- |

Reign.

Chap.

Sea.:

II & 121

Wm. 3. J

II & I2\

Wm.3./
53 Geo. 3.

■jv

10
^S5

4
10

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APPENDIX.

SlLtK.S—'ConiinueJ.

fey, Jerfey, Alderney, Sark or Man,
on Forfeiture thereof} and lool.by the
Importer, for each Piece or Remnant,
with Coils of Suit ; and all Silks,
Velvets, Crapes or Tiffanies, or other
Work made thereof, whether mixed
with any other G'^ods or not, and
the Goods with which they may be
mixed, may be feized, and after Con-
demnation fliall be forfeited, and the
Vender or Maker-up (hall forfeit lool.
for every Piece or Remnant, or other
Work made thereof, with Cofts of
Suit ; and the Perfon who (hall fell or
_ otherwife difpofe of any fuch Silks
&c. (hall for each Offence forfeit I ool.
with Colls of Suit ; but not to in(li6l
any Penalty on the Wearer of fuch
Silks, &c. or Work made thereof, or
on the Owner of any Furniture

SILK STOCKINGS. If any Foreign^!
manufactured Silk Stockings (hall be
imported into Great Britain, the fame
fhall be forf. ted, and may be feized in

/ like Manner as other prohibited and
uncu domed Goods ; and every Perfon
concerned in the bringing in or vending
fuch Stockings, or in whofe Poffefiion
they fhall be found, (hall forfeit 200 I.
with Cofts of Suit ; but not to fubjeft
the Wearer to fuch Penalty or For-
feiture - _ .

THREAD. See " Manufaftures of Gold,
" Silver, or Metal."

TOBACCO STALKS and SNUFFl
WORK. No Tobacco Stalks, whether
manufadlured or not, or Tobacco Stalk
Flour or Snuff Work, (hall be imported ,^
into Great Britain, on Forfeiture there- |
of, together with the Ship, Veffel, or j
Boat importing the fame - -J

VELVET. See " Silks."

WIRE. See " Manufadures of Gold,
"Silver, or Metal."

Reign.

6 Geo. 3.

50 Geo. 3.

Chap.

5 Geo. 3.

29 Geo. 3.

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His^ajetfy's Printera.

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