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 2 C. I. Anno tricefimo Georgu 11. A. D. 1757. Dublin, or at the General Qiiarter-Sefllons of the Peace for the County, City or Place, where the Offence Maimer and Ma- fhall be connmittcd ; and that the Mafter and Mariners of any fuch Ship. Boat or Vefitl, wherein any fuch rrers if convift- Qftence fhall be commited, knowing fuch Oflence, and wittingly and willingly aiding and aflifting there- ed, to be com- ^^^^^ j^ij being thereof duly convicted in any fuch Courts as aforefaid, liiall be imprifoned for the Space of three Months without Bail or Mainprize. Oficers impow- II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That it (hall and may be lawful to and for ered TO leizc the any Perfon or Perfons, being an Officer or Officers of the Cuftoins, or being lawfully authorized in this Vtffils, and ^ Behalf by the Lord High Treafurer of Great Britahiy or the Commiffioners of the Treafury for the Time i^iii&cditics ; being, or any three or more of them, to take or feize all fuch of the faid Commodities, not al- lowed to be exported by this A(5t, or by his Majefty's Royal Proclamation, or fuch Order of Council, in purfuance of this Act, as he or they fliall happen to find, know, or difcover to b^ laid on Board any Ship or other Veflel or Boat, at Sea, or in any Port, or in any navigable River or Water, to the Intent or Purpofe to be exported, tranfported or conveyed, out of Great Britain or heht:d, contrary to the true. Intent oi this kdi and alio the Ship, Veflel or Boat, in which the fame fliall be found, and to bring -.nii to Jodge the fne faid Goods to the King's Warehoufe or Warehoufes belonging to the Cuftom-houfe, next to the ^'^,- '" '•^'^_ Place where fuch Seizures fhall be made, or to fome other fafe Place (where there are no fuch Warehoufes) houies". ^^' "' order to be proceeded againft according to Law, and in cafe of Recovery, to be divided according to the Directions of this Act. ' N ceflary Provi- 111. Provided always that this A£t, or any thing herein contained, fhall not extend to prohibit the Expor- hon rot Shifs CD t2f.on or Currying out of fuch, or fo much of the faid Commodities, as {hall be iiecellary to be carried in any ibeir Voyage ; ^^jp cr Ships, oi Other VelTel or Vefiels, in their refpeftive Voyages, for the Suftenance, Diet and Sup- port of the Commanders, Mailers, Mariners, Paflengers or others, in the fame Ships or VefTels only ; or- K^^'^Sh's ^^^ ^^ Vii^ualling or providing any of his Majefty's Ships of War, or other Ships or Veflels in hisMa^- to"c«', Fc'n:', orJ^l^y"^'' Service; or for his Majefty's Forces, Forts, or Garrifons ; any thing herein contained to the coii* Ciirions, are trary notwithftanding. excfp;ed. The laid Com- IV. Provided alfo. That this A<S, or any thing herein contained, fhall not extend to prohibit any Per* ircdities may be fyn or Perfons to ftiip or put on Board any of the Commodities aforefaid, to be carried Coaftwife ; that ir^aCo^awtTe '^ ^° '*^^ ^^'■" ^"^ ^°'"'^' C^'^^k, or Member of the Kingdoms oi Great Britain or Ireland, to any other granted forthe ^^^^t Creek, or Member of the fame refpe£tively, having fuch or the like Coaft-cocquet or Sufferance fc.T.e, andSecu- for that Purpofe, and fuch or the like fufficient Security being firft given for the Landing and Difcharging ri'.y giveji. the fame in fome other Port, Member or Creek of the faid Kingdoms, and returning a Certiftcate in fix: Months, as if required by Law in Cafes where Goods which are liable to pay Duties on Exportatiofl^ arc carried Coaftwife from one Port of Great Britain to another, and not otherwife. The faid Ccm- V. Provided alfo. That this A£t, or any thing herein contained, fliali not extend to any of the faid Eiodities n^ay be Commodities which fhall be exported, or fhipped to be exported, out of or Worn Great Britain to Lr!'ie7 cr'tTis* ^^^^^"^y °^ ^^'^^ Irelojid 'io Great Brilain, or from Great Britain or Ireland X.o Gih'rahar, or unto any of his Entlfti'iflandsrr Majelty's lilands Or Colonies in Jmerica^ that have ufually been fupplied with any of the faid Com- Colonies in An-.c- moditics from Great Britain or Ireland, for the Suftentation of the Inhabitants of the faid Illands, Colo- rca. ibeExfor- nies or Dominions, or for the Benefit of the ^nV(//j Fifliery in thofe Parts only; {o as the Exporter tcr declaring ^^^ before the fhipping or laying on Board the fame, declare the Ifland, Colony or Dominion, Iflandsi, rrcTt'pncd'for, Colonies or Dominions, for which the faid Commodities are refpeclively dcfigned, and do become bound and giv.nB Seco- with Other fufficient Security, in Treble the Value thereof, to the Commiffioners or chief Officer or Of- jjty. ficers of his Majefty's Cuftoms, belonging to the Port or Place where the fame fliall be ftiipped or put on Board (who hath or have hereby Power to take fuch Security in his Majefty's Name, and to his Ma- jefty's tlfej that fuch Commodities ftiall not be landed or fold in any Parts whatfoever, other than the^ C.rtificate* from Kingdoms, Domfnions, IHands or Colonies for which the fame ftiall be fo declared; and that a Cerr ttje Port oH^nd-tit^catc under the Hand and Seal of the Colle<itor, Comptroller, or other chief Officer of the Cuftoms; ^w^^h^nTiinlu- ^^ '^ "^ fuch, of the Naval Officer, or fome other principal Officer of the Port where the fame fhall be ediime, landed, fhall within the rcfpefiiive Times herein after for that Purpofe mentioned (the Danger of the Seas excepted ) be returned to the Officers who took the faid Bonds, that the faid Commodities have Officers to take been landed at the Port or Place for which the fume fhall be fo declared ; and for the taking of fuch brturity, and Security, and giving fuch Certificates (which the refpedtive Officers aforefaid are hereby on Demand of"/, ^rV^is. required to give) no Fee or Reward fhall be demanded or received; and if any Officer fhall make Otfictr crjn'iag 2ny falfe Certificate of any fuch Commodities being fo landed fuch Officer fhall forfeit the Sum of •J taMe L-rrtifi- two hundred Pounds, and lofe his Employment, and be incapable of ferving his Majefty, his Heirs <..r, f. imfcit or SncceiTors, in any Office relating to the Cuftoms; and if any Perfon fhall counterfeit, rafe or . .ad oc fti'fiiy any fuch Certificate, or knowingly publifti any fuch counterfeit, rafed or falfe Certificate, he ii^l'HenjltyofiO^^'^ fo*-'^ ^^' '""^ of two hundred Pounds, and fuch Certificate fhall be void and of none Ef- t 4Mt ffeitijig, fedt ; v/hich fi^id Penalties for Oftences committed in Great Britain ox Ireland, fhall be recovered; tc. iCr»tific4te. in the fame Courts, and in the fame Manner, as the other Penalties inflicted by this Adt are re- ' ■■.'lofRo- coverable ; and for Offences committed in the Colonics or Plantations x America, or other the Do- ' ■•';• minions belonging to the Crown of Great Britain in Europe, fhall be recovered in the High Court cf Admiralty, or in any other Chief Court of Civil or Criminal Jurifdidtioii in fuch refpe(5tive >• AnX-aiKia Colonics, Plantations or Dominions; and ftiall be divided intJ equal Moieties betv/ecn his Ma- •..,u. jffjy and the Infonncr; and the faid Bond or Bonds, if not proftcutcd withiia three Years, fhall x void. VX Provided