Not to prevent the lading of Salt, Wine, Oranges, or Lemons, at cer tain Places herein mentioned. Certain Articles for the Fisheries, and Herrings from Guernsey, Jersey, and Man. 19. Fruit, Wine, Finisterre in Ships arriving from the Colo nies; also Corn and Grain from any Part of Europe South of Cape Finisterre. But nothing in 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. or in the other Acts (see No. 17.) is to forfeit for want of such Clearance (1.) Salt laden in any Part of Europe, for the Fisheries in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Quebec, or for any other Place to which Salt is allowed by Law to be carried for the Use of the Fisheries; Wines laden in the Madeiras of the Growth thereof; Wines of the Growth of the Western Islands or Azores, laden there; Oranges or Lemons of the Azores or Madeiras, shipped from thence for Exportation to any of the Ports in the British Colonies in North America. 2 Geo. 3. c. 24. § 7. § 6. 15 Car. 2. c. 7. 4 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 1. 57 Geo. 3. c. 89. § 1. (2.) Goods the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of Great Britain, Ireland, Guernsey, or Jersey, fit and necessary for the Fisheries carried on in any of the British Colonies shipped by the Inhabitants of Guernsey or Jersey; Tools or Implements necessary for the Fishery, manufactured in the Isle of Man; and Herrings cured there and shipped from the said Isle. 9 Geo. 3. c.28. §1,2. 12 Geo. 3. c. 58. § 4. 15 Geo. 3. c. 31. § 5. See EUROPE. (3.) Fruit, Wine, Oil, Salt, or Cork, laden in any Part of Europe to the Southward of Cape Finisterre, for Exportation direct to certain Colonies in North America, on board any British Ship, owned, navigated, and registered according to Law, which shall have arrived at any such Port of Europe with the Articles enumerated in this Act. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 1. See CORK. FRUIT. OIL. SALT. WINE. (4.) Corn or Grain laden in any Part of Europe to the Southward of Cape Finisterre, for Exportation to any of His Majesty's Sugar Colouies, on board any Ship having landed a Cargo of Sugar, Coffee, or Cocoa, imported from the said Sugar Colonies, under the Regulations of this Act. 52 Geo. 3. c. 98. § 1. See CORN AND GRAIN. Cocoa. Coffee. SUGAR. (5.) Articles 19.4 But nothing in 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. or in the other Acts (see No. 17.) is to forfeit for want of such Clearance Guiana from the (5.) Articles requisite as Supplies for the Cul- Supplies into the tivation of the Estates in Demerara, Berbice, and Province of Essequibo in the Province of Guiana, or the Netherlands for Clothing, Maintenance, and Comfort of the Resi- the Estates of Dutch Propriedents thereon, shipped in the Netherlands by the Subjects of the King of the Netherlands being Dutch Proprietors in such Colonies respectively. 56 Geo. 3. c. 91. § 4. See GUIANA. (6.) Articles enumerated in the following Schedule marked (B.), shipped at Malta, or the Dependencies thereof, or Gibraltar, on board any British-built Ship, owned, navigated, and registered according to Law, for Exportation direct to any of His Majesty's Sugar Colonies or Plantations in America, or to Newfoundland, Bermuda, or any of the British Colonies or Plantations in North America. 55 Geo. 3. c. 29. 57 Geo. 3. c. 4. tors Certain Articles into the Sugar from Malta or Gibraltar. Colonies, &c. 19. On board Vessels hovering within the Limits of a Port and not proceeding on the Voyage. But nothing in 4 Geò. 3. c. 15. &c. (see No. 17.) &c. Aniseed. Cumminseed. Ostrich Feathers. Honey. Rice. Maccaroni or Vermi celli. Cascasoo. Parmesan Cheese. Bologna and other Sau sages. Caviar. 20. Where any Vessel of the Burthen of Fifty Tons or under, laden with customable or prohibited Goods, shall be found hovering within the Limits of Port any on the Coasts of any of the Dominions or Territories belonging to the Crown of Great Britain, and not proceeding on her Voyage for Foreign Parts, Wind and Weather permitting, any Officer of the Customs may go on board and take an Account of the Lading, and take Security from the Master, by his own Bond to His Majesty, in Treble the Value of such Foreign Goods then on board, with Condition that such Vessel, as soon as Wind and Weather and her State and Condition will permit, shall proceed regularly on the Voyage, and land such Foreign Goods at some Foreign Port; and if the Master shall upon Demand refuse to enter into such Bond, or having entered into the same, shall not proceed regularly on such Voyage, as soon as Wind and Weather and the State and Condition of the Vessel will permit (unless suffered to make a longer Stay by the Collector, or in his Absence the principal Officer of such Port, not exceeding Twenty Days), then all the Foreign Goods on board shall, by the Direction of the Collector or other principal Officer, be taken out and brought on Shore and secured; and in case the Goods are customable, the Duties shall be paid, and any prohibited or other Goods liable to Forfeiture, which may be found on board, shall be forfeited, and the Officer of the Customs shall prosecute the same, as also the Vessel in case she shall be liable to Condemnation; and after the Goods are secured, such Bonds shall be void, and delivered up without Fee or Reward, and, not being otherwise discharged, shall, on a proper Certificate returned under the Common Seal of the Chief Magistrate in any Place beyond the Seas, or under the Hands and Seals of Two known British Merchants upon the Place, that such Goods were there landed, or upon Proof by credible Persons that such Goods were taken by Enemies, or perished in the Seas, (the Examination and Proof thereof being left to the Judgment of the Commissioners of the Customs) shall be vacated and discharged. 5 Geo. 1. c. 11. § 6. 3 Geo. 3. c 22. Foreign Ships at Two Leagues of the Shore, and within 48 Hours, the Goods therein laden Anchor within not departing 21. If any Foreign Ship shall be found at Anchor or On board hovering within Two Leagues of the Shore of any Plantation, Colony, Territory, or Place in the Possession or under the Dominion of His Majesty in America, and shall not depart from the Coast, and proceed upon her Voyage to some Foreign Port or Place, within 48 Hours after the Master shall be required so to do by any Officer of His Majesty's Customs, unless in case of unavoidable Necessity, and Distress of Weather, such Ship, with all the Goods therein laden, shall be forfeited, whether Bulk shall have been broken or not, and be seized and prosecuted by any Officer of His Majesty's Customs. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 33. forfeited. Not to extend to fishing on a certain Part of French Ships May in certain 22. But not to extend to any Ship belonging to the Subjects of the French King, which shall be found fishing, and not carrying on any illicit Trade, on that Part of the Island of Newfoundland which stretches from Newfoundland. Cape Bonavista to the Northern Part of the said Island, and from thence running down to the Western Side, reaches as far as Point Riche. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 34. 23. The Officers of the Customs and their Deputies may go on board any Ship of War or Merchant Ship, and bring on Shore all Goods prohibited or uncustomed (except Jewels) if they be Outwards bound, and if they be Ships Inward bound, from thence to bring on Shore unto His Majesty's Storehouse, all small Parcels of Goods which shall be found in Cabins, Chests, Trunks, or other small Package, or in any private or secret Place, Cases be brought on shore by the Officers. Altering Package and embezzling Goods, or putting them into any other Form or Package. Found concealed the Officers. in or out of the Hold of the Ship, which may occasion a just Suspicion that they were intended to be fraudulently conveyed away, and all other Sorts of Goods for which the Duties were not paid within 20 Days after the First Entry of the Ship, to remain in the Storehouse until His Majesty's Duties thereupon be satisfied, unless the said Officers shall see Cause to allow a longer Time; and the Officers and their Deputies may remain aboard until all the Goods are delivered; and if the Master of any Ship, or any other Person, shall suffer any Truss, Bale, Pack, Fardel, Cask, or other Package to be opened aboard the said Ship, and the Goods therein to be embezzled, carried away, or put in any other Form or Package, after the Vessel comes into the Port of her Discharge, in every such Case the said Master shall forfeit £100. 13 & 14 Car. 2. c. 11. § 4. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. § 6. 24. In case, after the clearing of any Ship, and disafter discharging charging the Watchmen or Tidesmen from Attendance thereupon, there shall be found on board any Goods which have been concealed from the Knowledge of the Officers, and for which the Duties due upon the Importation thereof have not been paid, the Master shall forfeit £100. 13 & 14 Car. 2. c. 11. § 5. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 22. § 6. Found concealed has made his Report. 25. All Goods which shall be found concealed in any after the Master Place on board any Ship, at any Time after the Master thereof shall have made his Report to the Collector or other proper Officer of the Customs, and which shall not be comprized in the said Report, shall be forfeited, and may be seized and prosecuted by any Officer of the Customs; and the Master (in case it can be made appear that he was anyways consenting or privy to such Fraud or Concealment, shall forfeit Treble the Value of the Goods. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 36. Officers may hibited and un- 26. Any Officer authorized by Writ of Assistance under the Seal of the Superior or Supreme Court of Justice, having Jurisdiction within the Colony or Plantation in America, may take a Constable, Headborough, or other Public Officer inhabiting near unto the Place, and in the Day-time enter into any House, Shop, Cellar, Warehouse, or Room, or other Place, and in case of Resistance, break open Doors, Chests, Trunks, and other Package, there to seize and from thence to bring any Goods prohibited or uncustomed, and secure the same in His Majesty's Storehouse, in the Port next to the Place where |