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Rh such Goods to be shipped directly from the Warehouse in which they may have been secured without the Duties due on the Importation into Great Britain being first paid; be it therefore enacted by the King's Must 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 Twentieth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twelve, it shall and may be lawful for any Person or Persons to export from Great Britain to the Port of Douglass in the Isle of Man, in British-built Ships, owned, navigated, and registered according to Law, and not of less Burthen than Fifty Tons, any Quantity of Wine, Brandy, Geneva, Rum, Tea, Coffee, or Tobacco which any such Person or Persons may be authorized so to export by virtue of any Licence or Licences granted by the Commissioners of the Customs in England Scotland respectively, in pursuance of the Powers vested in them by former Acts or this Act, any Law, Custom, or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding.

II. And be it further enacted. That any such Goods intended to be exported to the said Port of Douglass by virtue of any such Licence shall and may be taken out of any Warehouse or Warehouses wherein the same may have been lodged or secured, for the Purpose of Being so exported as aforesaid, without Payment of any Duty of Customs or Excise, any Thing in an Act or Acts of Parliament to the contrary notwithstanding; Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to permit the Exportation from Great Britain or the Importation into the Isle of Man of any greater Quantity of any of the said Articles in any one Year than are now allowed by Law,or to permit any such Goods to be exported from Great Britain, or imported into the Isle of Man, in any other Package than such as are now directed and required by Law; and that on the Exportation of any such Goods from Great Britain, and on the Importation of the same respectively into the Isle of Man, pursuant to this Act, all the Rules, Regulations, Restrictions, Securities, Penalties, and Forfeitures contained in any Act or Acts of Parliament in Force relating to such Goods respectively so exported or imported, and to the Payment, Recovery, and Appropriation of any Fine, Penalty, or Forfeiture relating thereto, and all the Clauses, Provisions, Regulations, Restrictions, Penalties, and Forfeitures contained, in any Act or Acts or Laws in, force in relation to the Isle of Man shall, so far as they are not hereby altered or varied, and in respect of which no other Provision is made by this Act, be and are hereby declared to be in full Force, and to extend to this Act, and shall be construed therewith and as Part thereof, so far as the same respectively apply, as fully as if the same were particularly repeated and re-enacted in the Body of this Act.

62 GEORGII III. Cap. CXLI. An Act to regulate the Manner of licensing Boats by the Commissioners of the Cus­toms, and the delivering up of Licences in Cases of Loss or Capture of Vessels licensed; and for enabling the Commissioners of the Customs to purchase certain Boats at a Valuation. [22d July. 1812.]

ND be it further enacted, That no Licence shall from and after the passing of this Act be granted by the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs in England or Scotland, for any Boat whatever made, built, or constructed to row with more than Six Oars; and if any such Boat belonging in the Whole or in Part to His Majesty's Subjects, or whereof One Half of the Per­ sons on board are Subjects of His Majesty, shall be found within the Limits of any Port in Great Britain, or in any Part of the British or Irish Channels, or elsewhere on the High Seas within One hundred Leagues of any Part of the Coast of Great Britain or Ireland, such Boat not having been licensed previous to the passing of this Act shall be forfeited, and shall and may be seized by any Officer of the Army, Navy, or Marines, or of the Customs or Excise; and every such Offi­cer and Officers may and he and they is and are hereby authorized and required to arrest and detain every Person being a Seaman or Sea-faring Man found on board any such Boat (not being a Passenger on board), and to convey him to any Ship or Vessel in His Majesty's Service, or to the Custody of any Officer employed in His Majesty's Impress Service; and any Person being such Seaman or Sea-faring Man may thereupon, if fit and able to serve His Majesty, be impressed into