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 A. D. 1 66 2. Anno decimotertio& quarto Caroli II. C. ii. 239, IX. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Goods, Wares or Merchandizes, Goods fecretiy for which the Duties of Subfidy or Cuftom are due and payable to the King's Majefty, {hall be fecretiy <:»nvey"'be. conveyed on Board any Ship or VefTel before the Cuftom and Subfidy thereof be duly anfwered and paid, cuftomed""' arid Ihall efcape the Difcovery thereof by the Officers of the Cuftoms or others, and be carried into the andundifco- Parts beyond the Seas ; in fuch Cafe the Owners or Proprietors of fuch Goods, Wares or Merchandizes, o** *'"'* ©r other Ferfon or Perfons who fliall have fo (hipped, or caufed the fame to be (hipped and tranfported, """""• (hall forfeit the double Value of the Goods, computed according to the Book of Rates, except for Coal, The Penalty,, which fo fecretiy exported as aforefaid, fhall pay double the Cultom and Duty, to be colleded and levied ' in fuch Manner as by the Ad of Tonnage and Poundage is direded and appointed. " Car. j. c. 4. X. Be it further ena6ted by the Authority aforefaid. That for Preventing oft rauds in colouring of Stran- For preventing aers Goods, and otherwife, every Merchant or other palTmg any Goods, Wares or Merchandizes, inwards frauds in co- or outwards, (hall by himfelf or his known Servant, Factor or Agent, fubfcribe one of his Bills of every gTrsolod""' Entry, with the Mark, Number and Contents of every Parcel of fuch Goods as are rated to pay by the Piece or Meailire, and Weight of the whole Parcel of fuch Goods as are rated to pay by the Weight, without which the Officers of the Cuftoms (hall not fuflfer any Entry to pafs ; and that no Children of Aliens under tiie Age of twenty-one Years, be permitted to be Traders, or any Goods or Merchandizes to be entred in their Names. XI. Be it alfo hereby enacted. That upon any Adlions, Suits and Informations that fliall be brought. There (hall be commenced, or entred upon any Law or Statute concerning the King's Majefty's Subfidies of Tonnage and TJ^"^^ J^^y.'" Poundage, or Ships or Goods to be forfeited by Reafon of unlawful Importation or Exportation, there (hall concerning cu^* not be any Party- Jury, but fuch only as aire the natural and free born Subjedts of the King, his Heirs or ftoms. Succciiors ' XII. And whereas Allowance is given to Merchants and others for Defe6ls and Damages upon Goods, Allowances for ' and hveper Cent, generally upon all Goods imported, and twelve per Centum upon Wines;' every Mer- Defers and Da- chant or others having the aforefaid Allowances inwards, (hall in Perfon, upon Oath by himfelf or by his hiw w'be made', luiown Servant or Fadlor, demand and receive the Monies due upon Debentures for fuch foreign Goods ex- ported by Certificate, with fuch Abatements and Allowances as were made and given to him upon the Im- fiortation ; (2) and if he be found fraudulently to (hip out lefs in Quantity or Value than is exprelTed in his 'ertiticate, the Goods therein mentioned, or the Value thereof, (hall be forfeited, and the Owner or Mer- chant (hall lofe the Benefit of receiving back any Part of the Subfidy for thofe Goods ; (j ) and if any Goods flipped out by Certificate as aforefaid, (hall be landed again in the fame, or any other Port or Place within the Kingdom of England,^ Dominion ai Wales and Town and Port of Berwick (unlefs in Cafe of Diftrefs to fave the Goods from Perifliing, which (hall be prefently made known to the Perfon or Perfons which are ©r (hall be appointed by his Majefty to manage his Cuftoms, and principal Officers of the Port) no Allow- ance (hall be demanded or made for thofe Goods, and the faid Goods or Value thereof (hall be forfeited and loft. - ■: . XIII. Be it further enacfted by the Authority aforefaid. That all Goods, Wares or Merchandize, that Goods broughr ■fhall be brought out of or carried into the Kingdom of Scotland by Land, into or out of the Kingdom of from, or carried England^ Dominion oi Wales or Port and Town of Benuick, (hall pafs and be carried by and through forne La'nd^'jhafrpars'^ of the Towns and PafiTages hereafter named, (that is to fay) by and through Berwick or Carlijle, and then through Ber- and there pay the Cuftom and Subfidy granted and due to the King's Majefty, by an Atft of this prefent wick or CariiHe,. Parliament, intituled, J Subfidy granted to the King of Tonnage and Poundage, and other Sums of Money payable „ Gar, 2.0. 4, 'Upon Merchandize exported and imported; (2) and if any Goods, Wares or Merchandize prohibited or un- ■cu(tomed, coming out of Scotland into England, or going out of England into Scotland, (hall pafs by or be- yond the Towns, Ports and Places aforenamed, without due Entry and Payment of the Cuftoms, That then all fuch Goods, Wares and Merchandize, or the Value thereof, (hall be forfeited and loft. ' XIV. And whereas in and by an A<5t of Parliament in the firft Year of Queen Elizabeth, of famous Me-, ehz, c. h, ' mory, direding when and where Merchandize (hall be landed and Cuftoms paid, it is amongft divers other When and where ' Things enadedand ordained. That no Goods, Wares or Merchandize (hall be fliipped or loaden aboard ^H^^^^H^ ' open Place, Key or Wharf, Places, Keys or Wharfs, (except the Port of Hull) as her Highnefs, her Heirs paid. ' and Succeflfors (hould therefore afTien and appoint by Virtue of her Highnefs Commiffion.or Commif- ' fions within the Port of London, and in all Ports, Creeks, Havens or Roads ; as in and by the faid A£ldoth' ' and may at large appear: (2) And whereas, notwithftanding the aforefaid AiSt, there are fome Ports, ' Creeks and Places, where Cullomers, Colle(5lors and Comptrollers and Searchers and their Servants, had. ' then, Time out of Mind, been refident, to which no fuch Commiffions were fent, nor Places, Keys nor ' Wharfs appointed, as by the faid A6t was direded: And whereas alfo fince that Time, by Reafon of the ' Alteration of Rivers, Streams, Channels and Sands, fome Places then appointed are become unfit and ' ufelefs, and others much more convenient and commodious, as well for Traffick and Ccmincrce as for ' Landing and Difcharging, Lading and Shipping of Goods, Wares and Merchandize ;' (3} It is enaded. ' and ordained, and be it enadted and ordained by the Authority aforefaid. That the King's Majefty may ' lawful for the Landing and Difcharging, Lading or Shipping of any Goods, Wares or Merchandize, ' within the Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales or Port or Town of Berwick upon Tweed, and to ' what ancient and Head Ports refipedively fuch Places, Members or Creeks fhall belong and appertain ; (4) ■ ' And where any fuch Member, Creek or Place (hall be fo (as aforefaid) appointed by Virtue of the faid ' by themfelves or their fufficient Deputy or Deputies, Servant or Servants, refide and inhabit, for the Efl- 'Virtue,
 * any Ship or VelTel, or landed or difcharged out of or from any Ship or Vefl^el, but in or upon fome fuch and Cuftom* '
 * from Time to Time by his Highnefs Commiffion or Commilfions out of his Court of Exchequer, affign
 * and appoint all fuch further Places, Ports, Members and Creeks, (except the Town of Hull) as (hall be
 * CommilTion or Commiffions, the Cuftomer, Collector, Comptroller and Searcher of the Head-Port, (hall
 * tring, Clearing and Paffing, Shipping and Difcharging oir Ships, Goods and Merchandize; (5) and by