CA P. XLVII. An Act to allow, until the Fifth Day of April One thousand W on the Exportation from Ireland of Salmon, Red Herrings and Dried Sprats, for the Terms and Periods hereinafter specified: May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act the several and respective Bounties hereinafter mentioned shall be granted and allowed; that is to say, For every Barrel of Salmon containing Forty two Gallons, which shall have been or shall be exported from Ireland to Foreign Parts at any Time in the Year ending on the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty six, a Bounty of Four Shillings and Sixpence; and in the Year ending on the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, a Bounty of Three Shillings and Sixpence; and in the Year ending on the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, a Bounty of Two Shillings and Sixpence; and from and after the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, until the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and thirty, a Bounty of One Shilling and Sixpence : Certain Bounties granted on Exportation from Ireland of Salmon: For every Barrel of full Red Herrings containing Thirty two Red Herrings: For every Barrel of clean shotten Red Herrings containing Thirty Shotten Red For every Last consisting of Ten thousand Dried Red Sprats, Red Sprats: which shall have been or shall be so exported in the Year ending on the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty six, a Bounty of One Shilling; and from and after the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty six, until the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and thirty, a Bounty of Sixpence: And 1830. Bounties under this Act paid as other Bounties of the until 5th April, And all the said Bounties respectively shall cease and determine on the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and thirty. II. And be it further enacted, That the Bounties by this Act granted, continued and made payable; shall be paid in such Manner and under such Directions and subject to such Rules, Regulations and Restrictions in all Respects as Bounties of the like Nature relating to the British or Irish Fisheries, and under such other Orders, Rules, Regulations and Directions as shall and may be made for the Payment of such Bounties by the Commissioners of the Irish Fisheries appointed under an Act of the Fifty ninth Year of His late Majesty, intituled An Act for the Encouragement and Improvement of the Irish Fisheries. like Nature. 59 G.3. c.109. 6 G.4. cc. 104, 105, 106, 107. Commencement of Act. Management. G.4. c.106. Signature of Two Commis sioners sufficient without Seals. Duties of Officers performed by Persons and at Places appointed by Commissioners. CA P. XLVIII. An Act to alter and amend the several Laws relating to the W of Parliament for consolidating the Laws of the Customs, HEREAS several Acts were passed in the last Session and it has been found necessary to make certain Alterations and Amendments therein;' Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty six the same shall come into and be and continue in full Force and Operation for all the Purposes mentioned therein. II. And Whereas an Act was passed in the last Session of 'Parliament, intituled An Act for the Management of the Customs; and it is expedient to alter and amend the same in 'Manner hereinafter provided;' Be it therefore enacted, That every Order, Document, Instrument or Writing required by any Law, at any Time in force, to be under the Hands and Seals of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, which shall be signed by Two or more Commissioners or Assistant Commissioners of the Customs, shall be deemed to be an Order, Document, Instrument or Writing under the Hands and Seals of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, within the Meaning of such Law. III. And be it further enacted, That every Act, Matter or Thing required by any Law, at any Time in force, to be done or performed by, to or with any particular Officer, nominated in such Law for such Purpose, being done or performed by, to or with any Person appointed by the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs to act for or in behalf of such particular Officer, the same shall be deemed to be done or performed by, to or with such particular Officer; and that every Act, Matter or Thing required by any Law, at any Time in force, to be done or performed at any particular Place within any Port, being done or performed at any Place within such Port appointed by the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs for such Purpose, the same shall be deemed to be done or performed at the particular Place so required by Law. ' IV. And Regulation. 6 G. 4. c.107. IV. And Whereas another Act was passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled An Act for the general Regulation of the Customs; and it is expedient to alter and amend the same in Manner hereinafter provided;' Be it therefore enacted, That List of Crews so much of the said Act as requires that the Master of every of Ships from British Ship arriving at any Port in the United Kingdom, on her West Indies. Return from any British Possession in America, shall deliver upon Oath to the Collector or Controller a certain List of the Crew of such Ship, shall apply only to Ships so arriving on their Return from the West Indies. $ 23. V. And Whereas by the said Act for the general Regulation 6 G.4. c.107. of the Customs it is enacted, that no Goods shall be unladen from any Ship arriving from Parts beyond the Seas before due Entry of such Goods shall have been made; and that no Entry for the landing of any Goods shall be valid, unless made in • Manner therein directed; and that any Goods taken or delivered out of any Ship, by virtue of any Entry not so made, shall be deemed to be Goods landed without due Entry thereof, and shall be forfeited: And Whereas Provision is nevertheless made for the landing of Goods in certain Cases by Bill of Sight, for Examination by the Importer, in Presence of the proper Officers, prior to his making a perfect Entry for the same;' Be it therefore enacted, That such Goods, although landed by Bill of Sight, Perfect Entry shall not be deemed to be landed, or to be delivered out of the after Bill of Ship within the Meaning of the said Act, except in virtue of Sight. such perfect Entry when the same shall have been made; and that if such perfect Entry be not made in Manner required by the said Act for the landing of Goods as hereinbefore mentioned, such Goods shall then be deemed to be Goods landed without due Entry thereof, and shall be forfeited. VI. And be it further enacted, That so much of the said Aet 6 G.4. c.107. made for the general Regulation of the Customs as prohibits the Importation of any Spirits on account of the Strength thereof, and also so much of the said Act as prohibits the Importation of Beef, Pork or Bacon, to be warehoused for Exportation only, shall be and the same is hereby repealed; and also so much of the said Act as restricts in any Way the Importation of Bonnets, Hats or Platting of Bast or Straw, Chip, Cane or Horse Hair, and also of Cambrics or Lawns, and also of Coffee, and also of Or Molu, and also of China Ware or Porcelain, not being the Produce of Places within the Limits of the East India Company's Charter, and also any Tobacco made up in Rolls, being the Produce of and imported from the State of Columbia, and in Packages containing at least Three hundred and twenty Pounds Weight of such in part repealRoils of Tobacco, shall be and the same is hereby repealed. VII. And Whereas it is expedient to subject the Importation ed. London till 5th of Gloves to certain Restrictions;' Be it therefore enacted, That Gloves only to it shall not be lawful to import any Leather Gloves into any Port be imported other than the Port of London, until after the Fifth Day of July into Port of One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, nor unless in Packages each of which shall contain One hundred Dozen Pairs 6 G.4. c. 107. of such Gloves at least, nor unless in Ships of the Burthen of Seventy Tons or upwards; and that such Restrictions shall be complied July 1827. Regulation. Stamps on Plate exported. Treasury or Customs may fix Rate of Rent in the King's Warehouse. Coast Duty ad valorem. Drawback on Exportation of into Isle of Smuggling. 6 G.4. c.108. Licences, for what Vessels required. complied with and enforced in like Manner as if the same were set forth in a Table denominated "A Table of Prohibitions and Restrictions Inwards," contained in the said Act for the Regulation of the Customs. VIII. And be it further enacted, That all Bonds given to prevent the relanding of Plate, in respect of which any Drawback shall be allowed upon the Exportation thereof, shall be liable only to the same Duties of Stamps as any Bonds given for or in respect of the Duties of Customs, or for preventing Frauds or Evasions thereof, are or shall be liable to under any Act for the Time being in force for granting Duties of Stamps. IX. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, by Warrant or Order under their Hands respectively, to fix the Amount of Warehouse Rent to be paid for any Goods taken to and secured in any of the King's Warehouses in the United Kingdom, or in the Isle of Man, for the Security of the Duties thereon, or to prevent the same from coming into Home Use. X. And be it further enacted, That if any Goods brought Coastwise be subject to Duty according to the Value thereof, such Value shall be ascertained in the same Manner and under the same Regulations and Conditions as is and are directed in the said Act in respect of Goods imported from Foreign Parts. XI. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful to export from the United Kingdom to the Isle of Man and to import into the Isle of Man direct from the United Kingdom, without the Licence of the Commissioners of the Customs, any Quantity of Coffee of the British Plantations upon which the Duty payable in the United Kingdom shall have been paid; and that a Drawback of Four Pence for every Pound of such Coffee shall be allowed upon the Exportation thereof. XII. And Whereas another Act was passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled An Act for the Prevention of Smuggling; and it is expedient to alter and amend the same in Manner hereinafter provided;' Be it therefore enacted, That no Licence (except a Licence for arming) shall be required under the said Act for any Ship or Vessel which is of the Burthen of Two hundred Tons or upwards, nor for any Square rigged Ship or Vessel, or any Ship, Vessel or Boat propelled by Steam, which is not of greater Length than in the Proportion of Three Feet Six Licence Bond. Inches to One Foot of Breadth; and that no greater or other Bonds of Security shall be required on account of any Licence to be issued under the said Act, than in the Sum of One thousand Pounds, or in the single Value of the Vessel or Boat for which such Licence is to be issued, if such Value be less than One thousand Pounds, and by the sole Bond of such Owner or Owners of such Vessel or Boat Provided always, that if any such Bond shall be taken of the Owner of any Boat who shall not have attained the age of Twenty one Years, such Bond shall nevertheless be valid and effectual to all Intents and Purposes; any Thing in any Act, or in any Law, Custom or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding. XIII. And Smuggling. XIII. And be it further enacted, That no Bond given on account of the Licence of any Vessel or Boat, under the said Act for the Prevention of Smuggling, shall be cancelled until the Space of Licence Bond not to be can celled for 12 Twelve Months after the Licence for which such Bond had been XIV. And be it further enacted, That in case any Vessel shall, Goods forfeited on account of any Goods, become liable to Forfeiture under the with Vessel. said Act for the Prevention of Smuggling, the Goods creating such Forfeiture shall also be forfeited. In what case Foreign Boat reign Vessel forfeited as Fo would be. Vessels or Boats arriving in Port with Spirits or Tobacco in small Packages (Exception) for 'XV. And Whereas by the said Act for the Prevention of 6 G.4. c.108. Smuggling it is enacted, that if any Foreign Vessel shall, in § 5. 'certain Cases therein described, be found within One League of the Coast of the United Kingdom, such Vessel shall be forfeited;' Be it therefore enacted, That the like Forfeiture shall, in similar Cases, attach equally to any Foreign Boat, as fully and effectually as if in the said Act such Forfeiture had been made to attach to any Foreign Vessel or Boat. XVI. And be it further enacted, That if any Vessel or Boat whatever shall arrive or shall be found or discovered to have been within any Port, Harbour, River or Creek of the United Kingdom, not being driven therein by Stress of Weather or other unavoidable Accident, having on board, or in any Manner attached or affixed thereto, or having had on board, or in any Manner attached or affixed thereto, or conveying, or having conveyed in feited. any Manner, within any such Port, Harbour, River or Creek, any Brandy or other Spirits, except Rum, in any Cask or Package of less. Size or Content than Forty Gallons, except only for the Use of the Seamen then belonging to and on board such Vessel or Boat not exceeding Two Gallons for each Seaman, or any Tobacco or Snuff in any Cask or Package in which such Tobacco or Snuff could not be legally imported into the United Kingdom in such Vessel, (except loose Tobacco for the Use of the Seamen, not exceeding Five Pounds Weight for each Seaman,) every such Vessel or Boat, together with such Spirits or Tobacco, shall be forfeited; and every Person found or discovered to have been on board such Vessel or Boat, at the Time of her becoming so liable to Forfeiture, and knowing such Spirits or Tobacco to be or to have been on board, or attached to such Vessel or Boat, shall forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds, and shall be liable to Penalty. Detention and Prosecution, and to be dealt with in the Manner directed by the said Act for the Prevention of Smuggling, in Cases of Persons found or discovered to have been on board Vessels liable to Forfeiture under that Act: Provided always, that if it shall be made appear by Proof on Oath, to the Satisfaction of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, that the said Spirits or Tobacco were on board without the Knowledge or Privity of the Owner or Master of such Vessel or Boat, and without any wilful Neglect or Want of reasonable Care on their or either of their Behalfs, that then and in such Case the Vessel or Boat shall not be liable to Forfeiture, although the Persons concerned in placing 7 GEO. IV. the L Persons found on board knowing thereof. Proviso where such Goods on board without Owner of Knowledge of Vessel. |