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 A. D. 1751. Anno vicelimo quarto Georgii II. C. 41. .379 or to whom the Goods belong, (hall caufe fuch Certificate to be delivered to the chief Officer of thc^, , Cuftoms, if any fuch there be; and in cafe there be no Officer of the Cufloms, then to the Officer of i."red°o "the Of- the Excife of the Divifion whereunto fuch Goods are carried and conveyed; and fuch Officer is hereby ficcr whcie the directed to examine the fame with the Goods, and if they agree therewith, the Goods may be taken away Goods are con-' and difpofed of by the Perfon or Perfons to whom of Right they belong or appertain, and fuch Officer is'^^^'^' '^"• thereupon to enter fuch Certificate diftinftly in a Book to be kept by him for that Purpofe; and the Offi- ^"^/j" ^^^-^"""^^ cer of Cufloms -or Excife receiving fuch Certificate fhall from Time to Time tranfmit an Account of the to the Officer ap. fame to the Officer to be appointed by the High Treafurer or Commiffioners of the Treafury for keeping pointed by the fuch Accounts. Treafury-. XI. A-nd be it further enafted, That the Officers of the Cufloms who fhall grant fuch original Certifi- Officer granting cates at the Port or Place of Importation, fhall once in every Month tranfmit Duplicates thereof to the ^.^"i'-^"'!)" 'h Perfon to be appointed by the High Treafurer or Commiffioners of the Treafury for keeping the Accounts ca'tes monthly" herein after mentioned. to the officer appointed by the Treafury. ,XII. And be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Tobacco or Tobacco Stalks ex- Tobacco or ceeding twenty-four Pounds Weight, or any Snuff exceeding ten Pounds Weight, fhall, from and after ^"" ^''"^5 * the faid twenty-ninth Day of Sc'ttember one thoufand feven hundred and fiftv-ojie, be found removina; by"'"'" ^'S;'" -r, r 1 ■' T-» Ti/ r f ■ ■ i i • i / i /-' • <- i . , ^- -' toj nd removing: Land from the Port or Place of Importation, without having one or other of the Certificates herein before ^^^^out a Ccrtr. direfled, all fuch Tobacco, Tobacco Stalks and Snuff, and the Calks, Chefrs, Cafes or other Package ficatc, to be for- containing the fame, together with the Horfes, Cattle, Carts, Waggons and all other Carriages whatfoever, knid, with the employed or in any ways made ufe of in the Removing or Carriage or Conveyance of fuch Tobacco, To- ^'"'"^^ ^""^ '-^'' bacco Stalks and Snuft", or any or either of them, fliall be forfeited and lofr, and flaall and may be fued for'""*^ ' and profecuted by any Officer or Officers of the Cufloms or Excife in the Manner herein after diredled ; and the Carrier or other Perfon employed or entrufted in the removing, carrying or conveying fuch Goods, ""J* ''^^ earner or any of them, fhall, befides the Lofs of his Cattle and Carriages, alfo be committed to the County Gaol "°=™nn"«"- for the Space of one Month, by any Juftice of the Peace for the County where the Offence is committed, or the Offender fliall be found; and if any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever fhall counterfeit, forge, eraze, orr="^.7°f'^°""- in any wife alter any fuch Certificate or Duplicate thereof, as herein before is mentioned and defcribed, or [^^'^^'""^ '^ ''"* fhall caufe or procure the fame, or either of them to be counterfeited, forged, erazed, or altered in any Refpe£l-, he, flie, or the}' fo offending fliall forfeit and pay the Siun of fifty Pounds for every fuch Offence, to be fued for, recovered, levied, and divided in the Manner as is herein after cxpreffed. XIII. And it is hereby fur^her enacted by the Authority aforelaid. That from and after the faid twenty- NoTobacco,&c. ninth Day of Scptemher one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-one, no Tobacco, Tobacco Stalks or Snuffs [? ^ .^P'... fhall be fliipped or laden on board any Ship or Veffcl whatfoever, to be carried by Water from any Port e^ try made,' or Place whatfoever in Gre.it Britain, to any other Port or Place whatfoever in Great Britain, until the fame, and. every Part thereof, be firfl entered at the Cuflom-houfe at the Port where or neareft to the Place where fuch Goods fliall be fliipped and laden ; and if it is Tobacco unmanufacT:ured which is to be carried^"'' if"nmanu. by Water as aforefaid, the fame fliall not be fliipped or laden on board any Ship or Veffel whatfoever, to ^ '^[J|.'^^J° ^'r be carried by Water as aforefaid, but in the original Package in which it was imported, prefcrving the packj,,,' "' fame Marks and Numbers, nor without a Certificate being firll had and obtained from the ColleiSlor and with aCertificate Comptroller or other chief Officer of the Cufloms at the Port or Place where fuch Tobacco was imported of the Duties in Great Britain, that the Duties thereof were paid or fecured at the Importation, and by v/hom, and the ^'"S paid; Time when, and in what Ship or Veffcl, Ships or Veffels, the fame and every I'art thereof was imported ; and if it is Tobacco Stalks or Snuff, or other manufaiflured Tobacco, which is to be carried by Water as """ "'^""'^e- aforefaid, the fame fliall not be fhipped or laden on board any Ship or Veffel whatfoever to be carried by Q"|^f'|f;,'Jj^"''j^°i. Water as aforef.-.id, without a Certificate being firfl had and obtained from the Collector and Comptroller the Duties were or other chief Officer of the Cufloms at the Port or Place where the Tobacco was imported in GrciZif paid for the To- Brkain, from v.'hich fuch Stalks were ffrippcd or feparated, or fuch Snuff was made or manufacftured, that ^^'^'^° of "hich the Duties were paid or fecured for fuch Tobacco at the Importation thereof; which faid feveral Certifi-'''^ '•'?^*"'^^, catcs fuch Officer cr Officers are hereby required and direiled to grant and deliver to all and every Perfon officer's to "rr'nt and Perfons being the Importer or Importers of fuch T'obacco, or their known Agents or Servants, who fuch Certificates fliall apply to him or them for the fame, v.'ithout any Fee or Reward whatfoever, on pain 61 forfeiting gratis, under Pe- the Sum of ten Pounds for every fuch Offence. "'''^y °* '°'- XIV. And it is hereby further cnacled. That before any fuch Tobacco, Tobacco Stalks or Snuff for^nd the Pmprie. which fuch Certificate is' granted, fnall be fliipped or laden on board any Ship or Veffel uhatfoever i'l []" Ba'ck^f tT Great Brita'n, to be carried by Water as aforefaid, the Proprietor or Proprietors thereof fliall defcribe and (2,.fj^^3jg°,l,^' infert on the Back of fuch Certifi;ate, in a fair and legible Manner, the Names of each particular Package Packages, in v/hich fuch Goods are contained, together with the particular Marks and Numbers fet on each Package, M.iric?, Num- aiid alfo the true and exact Weight of each particular Species of fuch Goods contained in each particular '"="'We'gh: Package, and the Place or Pl.ices from whence the fame were brought, and to which they are to be carried^" v""<:-- and conveyed by Water as aforefaid. r> -c XV. And it is hereby further enaded. That fuch Certificate as aforefaid fliall, by the Proprietor or yjiJj;^]^^^^^^'" "^= _ Proprietors cf fuch l^.bacco. Tobacco Stalks and Snuft" before the fame be fhipped or laden on board any ^jg(j„ of the Ship or Veflcl for the Purpdfes aforefaid, be delivered to the Mafter or other Perfon or Perfons takingVeiTel, charge of any Ship or VeiTel, Ships or VellHs on board which fuch Tobacco, Tobacco Stalks or SnuM fliall be Ihii'pcd or laden, in order to be removed and carried by Water as aforefaid ; which Certificate the Mafter or other Perfon or Perfons taking charge of any fuch Ship or Veffel, Ships or VeffeL-; on board and by him ts v/hich any fuch Tobacco, Tobacco Stalks or Snuft" fliall be laden as aforefaid, Ihall immediately after the drlef Officer his or their Arrival in any Port or Place in Great Britain witii fuch Goods on board, deliver to the "f the Pen, 2 C -> Colledor