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not to hire
West Indies at
more than double
Wages, unless
authorized by
the Governor.

Seamen, in the

1. No Master of any Merchant Ship, which shall have Masters of Ships proceeded from any Place in Great Britain or Ireland, shall hire or engage any Seaman, Mariner, or other Person at any Place within His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in the West Indies, to serve on board any such Ship, at or for greater Wages or Hire for such Service than according to the Rate of Double Monthly Wages contracted for with the said Seamen, Mariners, and other Persons, at the Time of the Ship's then last Departure from Great Britain or Ireland, being in the same Degree and Station in which such Seaman, Mariner, or other Person shall be so hired or engaged at any such Port or Place, unless the Governor, Chief Magistrate, Collector, or Comptroller of such Port or Place, shall think that greater Wages or Hire ought to be given to such Seaman, Mariner, or other Person, and shall authorize the same by Writing under his Hand; and all Contracts and Securities which shall be made contrary to this Act shall be void; and the Master of any such Merchant Ship, or other Person who shall enter into or give, or cause or procure to be given, any such Contract or other Security, Promise or Undertaking, or who shall hire or procure to be hired any Seaman, Mariner, or other Person to enter on board any Ship contrary to this Act, or who shall pay or procure to be paid any greater Hire or Wages, or other Gratuity or Advantage, to any Seaman, Mariner, or other Person so hired or engaged, than is allowed by this Act, shall forfeit £100. 37 Geo. 3. c. 73. § 3. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6. 2. The Master of every Merchant Ship trading to Ships trading to His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in the West Indies, shall have on board, at the Time of clearing out from Great Britain or Ireland, One Apprentice who shall be under the Age of Seventeen Years, duly indented for Three Years, for every 100 Tons, and so in proportion for every 100 Tons according to the Certificate of Registry; and the Indenture of every Apprentice shall be enrolled at the Custom House of the Port from whence such Ship shall clear out, with the Collector or Comptroller, within One Month after the Execution thereof; and such Apprentice shall be exempt from serving in His Majesty's Navy for Three Years from the Date of the Indenture; and every Owner or Master neglecting to enrol the same shall forfeit £10, One Moiety by the Owner and the

other

West Indies to have an Ap entice for every

100 Tons.

Masters of such
Ships out and

home, within ro
Days after

Lists of Crew.

other Moiety by the Master.

39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

37 Geo. 3. c. 73. §4.

3. The Master of such Ship shall, within 10 Days after his Arrival out at any Port in the said Colonies and Plantations, and within 10 Days after their Arrival Home Arrival,to deliver at any Port in Great Britain or Ireland, deliver upon Oath, to be made before the Collector or Comptroller of such Port, a true List and Description of all the Crew on board at the Time of the clearing out from Great Britain or Ireland, and of the Crew on board at the Time of Arrival at any Port in the said Colonies or Plantations, and also a true List and Description of every Person who has deserted or who has died during the Voyage, and also a true Account of the Wages due to each Person so dying, at the Time of his Death; and every Master neglecting so to do shall forfeit £50; and for each List or Account so delivered, the Collector or Comptroller shall be entitled to 2s. 6d.; and any Person may inspect such List, for which Inspection the Colector or Comptroller shall be entitled to One Shilling. 37 Geo. 3. c. 73. § 5. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6. 4. No Seaman, Mariner, or other Person who shall, titled to greater within His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in the West Wages than Indies, engage himself to serve, or who shall in the said Colonies or Plantations enter on board any Merchant Ship which shall sail from Great Britain or Ireland, shall be entitled to receive any greater Wages or Hire, or other Gratuity or Advantage, on account of such Service, than herein authorized. 37 Geo. 3. c. 73. § 6. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6.

Shall not be en

herein authorized.

Not to extend to

Seamen producing Certificates of Discharge from Ships in which they last served, or if hired through Necessity.

5. But not to extend to any Agreement which shall be made with any Seaman, Mariner, or other Person hired or engaged to serve on board any Merchant Ship at any Port within His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in the West Indies, who shall at the Time of such Engagement produce to the Master a Certificate under the Hand of the Master of the Ship on board of which such Person had then last served, signed in the Presence of one or more Witnesses, stating their Places of Abode, certifying that such Person had been duly discharged; and which Certificate the Master shall grant within Three Days after Application made to him before a Witness, or in default thereof shall forfeit £20; nor to any Agree ment to be made with any Person hired or engaged to

serve on board any Merchant Ship, which through Necessity, or on account of very hazardous Service or extraordinary Duty, require such Agreement to be made and more Wages given, and of which Necessity, Service, or extraordinary Duty, Proof shall be made on Oath before the Chief Magistrate or Principal Officer of any Port, or before any Justice of the Peace of the said Colonies or Plantations; provided that such Person so hired or engaged shall not have deserted from the Ship on board of which he had then last served; and also that no greater Wages shall be given by any Master, or received by any Seaman, Mariner, or other Person, except in Cases of such Necessity, very hazardous Service, or extraordinary Duty, than after the Rate of double the Monthly Wages, or the Wages to be settled or directed by any Governor, Chief Magistrate, Collector, or Comptroller as herein-before directed. 37 Geo. 3. c. 73. § 10.

6. The Articles to be entered into between the Masters, Seamen, and Mariners of such Merchant Ship, shall be to the Effect mentioned in the Schedule annexed to this Act*. 37 Geo. 3. c. 73. § 11.

Seeds.

Ships into Ports

wick;

1. Any British-built Vessel, owned and navigated ac- May be imcording to Law, or any Vessel belonging to the Subjects ported in Foreign of any Sovereign or State in Amity with His Majesty, to be approved, may import Seeds into such Ports as shall be specially in Nova Scotia appointed for that Purpose by His Majesty within the or New BrunsProvinces of Nova Scotia or New Brunswick; provided that Seeds shall not be imported in Foreign Vessels, unless of the Growth or Produce of the Country to which the Vessel importing the same shall belong; and the same may be re-exported, either to the United Kingdom or any other of His Majesty's Possessions, in any Britishbuilt Vessel, owned and navigated according to Law. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. §1, 2, 3.

2. His Majesty, with the Advice of His Privy Council, under such may make such Rules and Regulations for the Importa- Rules and Regution and Exportation of Seeds at the said Ports, with lations as His such Penalties and Forfeitures for the Breach thereof, as think necessary. Majesty shall shall seem fit and necessary to His Majesty, by and with the Advice aforesaid. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. § 6.

*The Form of the Articles is in the Appendix.

3. This

Limitation of the Act.

Officers may

enter Houses to seize prohibited

and uncustomed Goods.

On Actions
General Issue

may be pleaded,
and Treble Costs

allowed to Defendants.

Who may seize
Sugar, Indigo,

and Wine landed
without a War-

rant.

3. This Act shall continue in force during the Space of Three Years from and after the passing of the same*, and until Six Weeks after the Commencement of the then next Session of Parliament. 58 Geo. 3. c. 19. §7.

Seizures.

1: Any Officer of the Customs, authorized by Writ of Assistance under the superior or supreme Court of Justice having Jurisdiction within the Colony or Plantation, may take a Constable, Headborough, or other Public Officer inhabiting near the Place, and in the Day-time enter any House, Shop, Cellar, or other Place, and in case of Resistance break open Doors, Chests, Trunks, and other Packages, there to seize and to bring any kind of prohibited or uncustomed Goods to His Majesty's Storehouse in the Port next to the Place where such Seizure shall be made. 13 & 14 Car. 2. c.11. §5. 7&8 W. 3. c. 22. § 6. 7 Geo. 3. c. 46. § 10.

2. If any Action or Suit shall be commenced against any Person for any thing done in pursuance of this Act, the Defendant may plead the General Issue, and give this Act and the special Matter in Evidence at any Trial to be had thereupon, and that the same was done by the Authority of this Act; and if it shall appear so to have been done, the Jury shall find for the Defendant; and if the Plaintiff shall be nonsuited or discontinue his Action after the Defendant shall have appeared, or if Judgment shall be given upon any Verdict or Demurrer against the Plaintiff, the Defendant shall recover Treble Čosts, and have the like Remedy for the same as Defendants have in other Cases by Law. 7 Geo. 3. c. 46. § 11.

3. Sugar, Indigo, and Wine, landed in any of His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations before due Entry and Payment of the Duty, or without a Warrant for the landing and delivering the same by the proper Officer, may be seized by the Governor or Commander in Chief of the Colony or Plantation where landed, or by any Person authorized by such Governor or Commander in Chief in that Behalf, or by Warrant of any Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate, or by any Custom

*8th May 1818.

house,

In what Courts

Forfeitures are to be prosecuted

house, Impost, or Excise Officer, or any Person aiding or assisting him. 6 Geo. 2. c. 13. §3. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. §1.7. 4. Forfeitures incurred in the British Colonies or Plantations in America, under any Law relative to the Trade or Revenue of the said Colonies or Plantations, and recovered. shall be prosecuted and recovered in any Court of Record or of Vice Admiralty having Jurisdiction in the Colony or Plantation where the Cause of Prosecution arises; and in Cases where there shall happen to be no such Courts, then in any Court of Record or of Vice Admiralty having Jurisdiction in some British Colony or Plantation near to that where the Cause of Prosecution arises; provided that where a Seizure is made in any other Colony than that where the Forfeiture accrues, such Seizure may be prosecuted in any Court of Record or of Vice Admiralty having Jurisdiction, either in the Colony or Plantation where the Forfeiture accrues, or in the Colony or Plantation where the Seizure is made, at the Election of the Prosecutor; and if there are no such Courts in either of the last-mentioned Colonies or Plantations, then in any Court of Record or of Vice Admiralty having Jurisdiction in some British Colony or Plantation near to that where the Forfeiture accrues, or to that where the Seizure is made, at the Election of the Prosecutor. 49 Geo. 3. c. 107. § 1.

the Collector and

5. Prosecuted under the Authority of this Act, by To be deposited whomsoever made, shall be deposited in the Custody of in the Custody of the Collector and Comptroller of the Customs at the Comptroller of Port where made, or into which they shall be carried, the Customs. and shall be subject, in respect to the Charge, Care, Sale, and Delivery thereof, to the Rules and Regulations of 26 Geo. 3. c. 40. and shall be deliverable on Security, according to the Rules of 28 Geo. 3. c. 34. (See No. 10 to 13.) 49 Geo. 3. c. 107. § 2.

Costs.

6. No Person shall be admitted to enter a Claim to Claimers to give any Ship or Goods seized and prosecuted in any of the Security for British Colonies or Plantations in America, until suffi cient Security be first given by Persons of known Ability, in the Court where such Seizure is prosecuted, in £60, to answer the Costs and Prosecutions; and in default of giving such Security, the Ship or Goods shall bẹ adjudged to be forfeited. 4 Geo. 3. c. 15. § 44.

7. On Actions and Informations brought or entered in On Informations the British Plantations, upon any Law concerning His of Seizure, the Majes. Jury to be

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