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 158 C. 15. Anno quarto Georgii III. A. D. 1763. Where the Goods periih, difcharged, in either of the faid Cafes, by Proof upon Oath made by credible Perfons, that the faid or arc taken, the Bond Goods were taken by Enemies, or perifhed in the Seas. is difcharged. XXIX. And, for the better preventing Frauds in the Importation or Exportation of Goods that are liable to the Payment of Duties, or are prohibited, in the Britijh Colonics or Plantations in Ame- No Goods ti be (hipped rica ; It is further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the twenty-ninth Day of in one Britifh Colony to September one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-four, no Goods, Wares or Merchandizes, of any be earned to another, K j. d whatfocver fhall be fhipped or laden on board any Ship or Veffel in any of the Britijh Colo- without a Sun. ranee ; . „, . " . . r <", • i r *. <. ^u n •.•/? A i r> J ■ ' nies or Plantations in America, to be carried from tnence to any other Britijh Colony or Plantation,, without a Sufferance or Warrant firft had and obtained from the Collector or other proper Officer of the Cuftoms at the Port or Place where fuch Goods fhall be intended- to be put on board ; and the «nd taking out a proper Mafter of every fuch Ship or VeiTel fliall, before the fame be removed or carried out from the Port or Cocket; Place where he twkes in his Lading, take out a Cocket or Cockets expreffing the Quantity and Quality of the Goods, and Marks of the Package, fo laden, with the Merchants Names by whom fhipped and to whom configned ; and if they are Goods that are liable to the Payment of any Duty, either upon the Importation into, or upon the Exportation from, the faid Colonies or Plantations, the faid Cocket or Cockets fhall likewife diftindtly Specify that the Duties have been paid for the fame, re- ferring to the Times or Dates of Entry and Payment of fuch Duties, and by whom they were paid ; which is to be produced which Cocket or Cockets fhall be produced by the Mafler of fuch Ship or Veflel, to the Collector or at the Pore of Dii';hargej other principal Officer of the Cuftoms at the Port or Place where fuch Ship or Veflel fliall arrive in any of the Britijh Colonies or Plantations in America, before any Part of the Goods are unladen or on Forfeiture of the put on fliore : And if any Goods or Merchandizes ihall be fhipped as aforefaid without fuch Suf- Goods. ferance, or the Veflel fhall depart and proceed on her Voyage without fuch Cocket or Cockets, or Goods alfo to be forfeit- the Goods fhall be landed or put on fhore before fuch Cocket or Cockets are produced at the Port or ed if they do not agree Place of Difcharge, or if the Goods do not agree in all Refpects therewith, the Goods, in any or with theCccket. either of thofe CafeSj fllall be f or f e ited and loft 3 and any Officer of his Majefty's Cuftoms is hereby Vetfel difcovered near the impowered to flop any fuch Ship or Veffel, bound as aforefaid, which fhall be difcovered within two toaftmaybeftopt; and Lea.o-ues of the Shore of any of the faid Britijh Colonies or Plantations in America, and to feize and Co e cke t is S 'ro d r uced C rna take from thence a11 the Goods which lba. U be found on board fuch Shi P °r Veflel for which no fuch beieized. Fr0 "" ' ""* Cocket or Cockets fliall be produced to him. ' XXX. And whereas BritiJIi Veflels arriving from Foreign Parts at feveral of the Out Ports of { this Kingdom, fully or in part laden abroad with Goods that are pretended to be deftined to fome ' Foreign Plantation, do frequently take on board fome fmall Parcels of Goods in this Kingdom, ' which are entered outwards for fome Britijh Colony or Plantation, and a Cocket and Clearance ' thereupon granted for fuch Goods, under Cover of which the whole Cargoes of fuch Veflels are ' clandeftinely landed in the Britijh American Dominions, contrary to feveral Ads of Parliament now ' in force, to the great Prejudice of the Trade and Revenue of this Kingdom ;' For Remedy whereof, No Veflel to be cleared Be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the firft Day of May one thou- out for any of the Bri- f 2 nd feven hundred'and fixty-four, no Ship or Veffel fhall, upon any Pretence whatfoever, be cleared iin?efs°the who f e"'"' outwards fr° m an Y ?° n oi tms Kingdom, for any Land, Ifland, Plantation, Colony, Territory or be Lpped in' this KinV- Place to his Majefty belonging, or which lhall hereafter belong unto or be in the Poileffion or under dom; the Dominion of his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeffors, in America, unlefs the whole and entire Cargo of fuch Ship or Veflel fhall be bona Jide, and without Fraud, laden and fhipped in this Kingdom ; s produced, mav be anyGoods (except as herein after mentioned), for which the Mafter or other Perfon taking the Charge feized ; of fuch.Ship or Veflel fhall not produce aCocket orClearance from the Collector or proper Officer of his Majefty's Cuftoms, certifying that the faid Goods were laden on board the faid Ship or Veffel in fome Port of Great Britain. Salt, XXXI. Provided always, That this Act fhall not extend, nor be conftrued to extend, to forfeit, for want of fuch Cocket or Clearance, any Salt laden in Europe for the Fifheries in Ncvj-England, Newfoundland, Penfylvania, Nevj York, and Nova Scotia, or any other Place to which Salt is or fhall Madeira Wines, &c De allowed by Law to be carried ; Wines laden in the Madeiras, of the Growth thereof; and Wines Horfes, Provifiom, or of the Growth of the Wcftern IJlands, or Azores, and laden there; nor any Horfes, Victuals, or Lmens from Ireland, Li nen Cloth, of and from Ireland, which may be laden onboard fuch Ships or Veflels. excepte ' XXXII. And it i, hereby further enacted, That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall counterfeit, rafe, Penalty on counterfeit- a ]; e r, or falfify, any Affidavit, Certificate, Sufferance, Cocket, orClearance, required or directed ofrufica  or ^all knowingly or willingly make ufe of any Affidavit, Certificate, Sufferance, a- > 5 • 'c (jQ^gj^ or Clearance, fo counterfeited, rafed, altered or falfified, fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit the Sum of five hundred Pounds; and fuch Affidavit, Certificate, Suffe- rance, Cocket, or Clearance, fhall be invalid and of no Effect. Chutes inAfl: 9 Geo. 2. ' XXXIII. And whereas by an Act of Parliament, made in the ninth Year of the Reign of his late <• Yy ' Majefty King George the Second, intituled, An Ail for indemnifying Perfons who have been guilty' of ' Offences againjl the Laivs made for fecuring the Revenue of Cujhms and Excife, and for enforcing thofe ' Laws for the future, and by other Acts of Parliament fince made, which are now in Force, in order ' to prevent the clandeftine Landing of Goods in this Kingdom from Veflels which hover upon the ' Coafts thereof, feveral Goods and Veflels, in thofe Laws particularly mentioned and defcribed, are ' declared to be forfeited, if fuch Veflels are found at Anchor, or hovering within two Leagues of the 4 ' Shore