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646 have been taken up, weighed, swept for, or taken Possession of, whether the same shall have belonged to any Ship or Vessel in Distress or otherwise, or whether the same shall have been preserved from any Wreck within the Jurisdiction aforesaid, such Person or Persons shall on Conviction thereof be deemed guilty of receiving Stolen Goods, knowing the same to be stolen, as if the same had been stolen on Shore, and suffer the like Punishment as for a Misdemeanor at the Common Law, and be also liable to be transported for Seven Fears, in the Discretion of the Court before which he, she, or they shall be tried.

XI. And whereas it frequently happens, that Anchors, Cables, and other Marine Stores, or Merchandize, which have been weighed, authorized to swept for, or taken Possession of, within the Jurisdiction aforesaid, are, for fraudulent Purposes, carried away to Rochester, London, Portsmouth, and other Places not within the Jurisdiction aforesaid, and Limits of the the Officers of the Lord Warden cannot, by reason of such Removal, recover the same ; be it enacted and declared, That from and after though removed out of the passing of this Act, it shall be lawful for the Serjeant or Serjeants of the Admiralty of the Cinque Ports, Deputies, or any other Officer of the Lord Warden, whenever the Case shall happen, to seize such Anchor, Cable, or other Marine Stores or Merchandize, out of the Jurisdiction aforesaid, and thereto take and carry away the sane to some one of the aforesaid public Places of Deposit, or to place the same in a Place of Security, till Proceedings shall be instituted against the same, either in the Court of Admiralty of the Cinque Ports or in the High Court of Admiralty.

XII. And be it further enacted, That all Persons who shall trade or deal in buying and selling' Anchors, Cables, Sails, old-Junk or Paper Stuff, old Iron, or Marine Stores of any Kind or Description, within the Jurisdiction aforesaid shall have their Names, with the Words, Dealer in Marine Stores," painted distinctly in Letters of not less than Six Inches in Length, upon the Front of all their Storehouses, Warehouses, and other, Depots for such Goods; and in default of  so doing they shall, on Conviction before any Person or Persons duly authorized to act,as a Magistrate or Magistrates within the Limits aforesaid, forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Twenty Pounds, nor less than Ten Pounds, One Half of which Penalties, shall be paid to the Informer, and the other Moiety to the Poor of the Parish where such Offence shall be committed;  and further, that it shall not be lawful for such Dealers or Traders to cut up any Cables or Part of the same, or to uncant, untwine, or unlay the same, or Cordage of any Description into Junk or Paper Stuff, nor any woulding, wounding, or worming, or any Cable Matting on the same, or on Rigging, on any Pretence whatsoever, without first obtaining a Permit from the Lord Warden's Deputies, or one of them, which Permit shall not be granted unless an Affidavit shall have been first made before some one of the Persons duly authorized to act as Magistrates within the Limits of the Cinque Ports, Two ancient Towns, and their Members, and shall have been delivered to and left with the Person granting such Permit, In which Affidavit there shall be sworn that the Cable and Cordage,so intended to be cut