Iron and Lum ber may be landed in any and in Africa, but in no Part of Europe except Great Britain or Ireland. Bond. 1. No Iron or Wood called Lumber, the Growth, Production, or Manufacture of any of the British PlantaPart of America tions in America, (that is to say) Deals of several Sorts, Timber Balks of several Sizes, Barrel-boards, Clap-boards, Pipe-boards, or Pipe-bolt, White-boards for Shoe-makers, Boom and Cant Spars, Bow Staves, Capravens, Clap-bolt, Ebony Wood, Heading for Pipes, Hogsheads, and Barrels, Hoops for Coopers, Oars, Pipe and Hogshead Staves, Barrel and Firkin Staves, Trunnels, Speckled Wood, Sweet-wood, small Spars, Oak Plank, and Wainscot, shall be laden in any of the said Plantations until sufficient Bond shall be given, with One Surety besides the Master of the Ship, to the Collector or other principal Officer of the Customs at the Loading Port, in the Penalty of Double the Value of the Goods, with Condition that the said Goods shall not be landed in any Part of Europe, except Great Britain or Ireland; which Bonds shall be discharged in the Manner Condition of the hereafter mentioned; (that is to say,) for such of the said Goods as shall be entered for or landed in Great Britain or Ireland, the Condition of the Bond shall be to bring a Certificate in Discharge thereof within 18 Months from the Date of the Bond, and within Six Months for such of the said Goods as shall be entered for or landed in any of the British Colonies or Plantations in America; which respective Certificates shall be under the Hands and Seals of the Collector, or other principal Officer of the Customs resident at the Port or Place where such Goods shall be landed, testifying the Landing thereof; and for such of the said Goods as shall be entered for or landed at any other Place in America, Africa, or Asia, to bring the like Certificate within 12 Months, under the Common Seal of the Chief Magistrate, or under the Hands and Seals of Two known British Merchants residing there; or such Bond or Bonds shall be discharged in either of the said Cases by Proof upon Oath, by credible Persons, that the said Goods were taken by Enemies, or perished in the Seas. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 28. 5 Geo. 3. c. 45. § 23. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6. But Lumber may be carried to the Madeiras or Western Isles, Europe South of Cape Finisterre, or any Part of upon the Bond herein directed. 2. Any of the said Wood called Lumber, of the Growth, Production, or Manufacture of any British Colony or Plantation in America, may in like manner be there laden on board any Ship or Vessel, to be carried from thence to the Madeiras, or the Western Isles called the Azores, or to any Part of Europe to the Southward of Cape Cape Finisterre, upon sufficient Bond being given, in the Penalty and in the Manner directed by the said Act, with Condition that the said Goods shall be there landed accordingly, and not in any other Part of Europe, except Great Britain or Ireland; and that Certificates, testifying the Landing thereof, shall be produced to the Collector, or other Principal Officer, where Bond shall have been given, within 18 Months from the Date of such Bond, under the Common Seal of the Chief Magistrate, or under the Hand and Seal of the British Consul, or Hands and Seals of Two known British Merchants residing where such Goods shall be landed; and upon the producing of such Certificate, or Proof upon Oath being made by Two credible Persons that the said Goods were taken by Enemies, or perished in the Seas, the said Bond shall be discharged. 5 Geo. 3. c. 45. § 23. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6. Isle of Man. 3. No Rum or other Spirits shall be shipped or laden Rum not to be on board any Ship in any British Colony or Plantation landed on the in America, but on Condition that the same shall not be carried to or landed in the Isle of Man, under the like Securities, Penalties, and Forfeitures as are prescribed in 12 Car. 2. and 25 Car. 2. or either of them, with respect to the Goods in those Acts particularly mentioned. 5 Geo. 3. c. 39. § 5. See ASHES (POT AND PEARL). rated in the in not to be landed any Part of Europe to the Northward of Cape Finisterre, except Great Ireland. Britain or 4. The Master of every Ship that shall take on board Goods not parany Goods not particularly enumerated in any of the ticularly enumePlantation Laws, shall, together with One Surety, give Plantation Laws, Bond in the like Penalty as is provided for Goods enumerated; and such Bond shall also be given to the Collector or other Principal Officer of the Customs at any Port or Place in any of the British American Colonies or Plantations where the Vessel shall be laden, with Condition that such Goods shall not be landed at any Part of Europe to the Northward of Cape Finisterre, except in Great Britain or Ireland; which Bond shall be discharged in the Manner hereafter mentioned; that is to say, For such of the said Goods as shall be entered for or landed in Great Britain or Ireland, the Condition of the Bond shall be, to bring a Certificate in Discharge thereof within 18 Months from the Date of such Bond, and within Six Months for such of the said Goods as shall be entered for or landed in any of the British Colonies or Plantations in America; which Certificates shall be under Exception as to certain Ports. Non-enumerated Rum) may be sey or Jersey. under the Hands and Seals of the Collector and Comptroller, or other Principal Officer of the Customs resident at the Port or Place where such Goods shall be landed, testifying the Landing thereof; and for such of the said Goods as shall be entered for or landed at any other Place where the same may be legally landed, to bring the like Certificate within 12 Months, under the Common Seal of the Chief Magistráte, or under the Hands and Seals of Two known British Merchants residing there; or such Bonds shall be discharged in either of the said Cases by Proof, upon Oath made by credible Persons, that the said Goods were taken by Enemies, or perished in the Seas; and if any such Non-enumerated Goods shall be laden on board any such Ship in any British Colony or Plantation in America, before such Bond shall be given, the Goods so laden, together with the Ship, shall be forfeited, and shall and may be seized by any Officer of the Customs, and prosecuted in such manner as any other Forfeiture against the Laws of the Revenue may be prosecuted. 6 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 30, 31. 7 Geo. 3. c. 2. § 1. 20 Geo. 3. c. 10. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6. 5. Not to extend to Ships which shall be bound to some of the Ports of Spain within the Bay of Biscay. 6 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 31. 6. Any Non-enumerated Goods (except Rum) laden in any British American Colony or Plantation, may be landed in Guern. landed in Guernsey or Jersey; and all the Regulations of the 6th Geo. 3. c. 52., so far as the same relates to the Bond and Security for landing such Non-enumerated Goods in Great Britain, shall extend to Guernsey and Jersey, as fully as if the said Islands had been excepted and named in the said Act, and may be cancelled and discharged by the Certificate under the Hands and Seals. of the Magistrates of the Royal Courts of Jersey or Guernsey respectively, or any Three of them, and the Principal Officers of the Customs in the said Islands respectively, testifying the landing of such Goods, in the same manner as if the Goods had been landed in Great Britain or Ireland. 9 Geo. 3. c. 28. § 3. Masters of Ships to take Certifi cates that Bonds 7. Every Person having the Charge of any Ship, shall, before he departs from any British Colony or Plantation have been given, where he receives his Lading, take a Certificate under the Hands and Seals of the Collector or other Principal Officer of the Customs there (which Certificate such to be delivered up at the Port of unlading. Officers Officers are required to grant, without Fee or Reward, that Bond hath been given pursuant to the Directions of this or any other Act, as the Case shall require; and the Master shall keep such Certificate in his Custody till the Voyage is completed, and shall then deliver the same up to the Collector or other Chief Officer of the Customs at the Port or Place where he shall discharge his Lading, either in Great Britain, Ireland, or any British American Colony or Plantation, on Forfeiture of £100 for every Offence. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 24. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6. any British 6. If any British Ship laden as aforesaid with any Goods of the Produce or Manufacture of Colony or Plantation in America, shall be discovered by any Officer of His Majesty's Customs within Two Leagues of the Shore of any British Colony or Plantation in America, and the Person taking Charge of such Ship shall not produce a Certificate that Bond has been given pursuant to the Directions of this or any other Act, as the Case may require; or if he shall not produce such Certificate to the Collector or other Chief Officer of the Customs where he shall arrive in Great Britain, Ireland, or any British American Colony or Plantation; such Ship and all the Goods therein laden shall be forfeited. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 25. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6. Goods (EAST India). 1. No Commodity of the Growth, Product, or Manufacture of the East Indies, or other Places within the Limits of the Company's Charter, shall be imported or carried into any Plantation, Colony, Territory, or Place to His Majesty or to the Crown of Great Britain belonging in America, unless bonâ fide and without Fraud laden in Great Britain or Ireland, in Ships navigated according to Law, on Forfeiture of such Goods or the Value thereof, together with the Ship in which imported; and such Ship and Goods shall and may be seized, and the same or the Value thereof shall and may be prosecuted in any of His Majesty's Courts of Record at Westminster or in Dublin, or in any of His Majesty's Courts in such Land, Island, Colony, Territory, or Place where the Offence shall be committed, by Bill, Plaint, or Information, where no Essoign, Protection, or Wager of Law shall be allowed, nor any more than One Imparlance; One If Certificates not produced, the Ship and Cargo forfeited. Not to be imported unless laden in Great Britain or Officers conniving at fraudulent Importation.. Not to be ex ported from the other Colonies; Free Ports to or brought into those Parts in Foreign Ships. To take Oaths for the due Ob servance of Acts relating to 'the Plantations. One Third Part of the said Forfeiture shall be for the 2. No Goods of the Growth, Production, or Manufacture of the East Indies, or other Places beyond the Cape of Good Hope, shall, upon any Pretence whatever, be exported from any of the Free Ports, to any other British Colony or Plantation in America or the West Indies, on Forfeiture thereof, and of the Ship. 45 Geo. 3, c. 57. § 12. See FREE PORTS. 3. If any Foreign Ship arriving at any of the Free Ports shall have on board any Goods of the Growth, Production, or Manufacture of the East Indies, or other Places beyond the Cape of Good Hope, such Goods shall be forfeited, together with the Ship in which the same shall be brought, whether such Goods shall be intended to be landed or not, or whether Bulk shall have been broken or not. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. § 13. See FREE PORTS. Governors. 1. The Governors or Commanders in Chief of any British Colony or Plantation shall, at their Entrance upon their respective Governments, or within Six Months after the same, take a solemn Oath before such Persons as shall be appointed by His Majesty, to do their utmost that all the Matters contained in any Act of Parliament heretofore made and now in force relating to the said Colonies and Plantations, and all the Clauses contained in 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. shall be punctually observed, “ac cording |