HOVERING ACTS. 493 



VII. — Fenaltics. 



20. Any transgressiou against these regulations committed by the 

 cruisers shall be punished by the customs collectors with a fine of not 

 less than live dollars nor exceeding two hundred dollars, except in 

 cases of smuggling, in which case the customs regulations shall be en- 

 forced. 



21. These fines shall be deposited, and held in deposit, until the De- 

 partment (Treasury Department) sliall decide ui)on their legality, to 

 which end the customs collector shall in each case submit a report. 



Tran sitory . 



All foregoing regulations are annulled. 



Mexico, June 24, 1874. 



Megia. 



HOVERING ACTS. 

 GEEAT BRITAIN. 



[9. Geo II, Cap. 35. A.D. ]7:J6.] 



An net for in(leiniufyin<5iitu-,soiis who have heen guilty of oft'enses agiiinst the laws 

 made for st'cnriug the reveiiue,s of customs aud excise, auil for euforciug those 

 laws for the future. 



XXII. And he it further enacted by the authorltii afnresaid, That from 

 and after the said twenty-fourth day of June, one tliousand seven hun- 

 dred and thirty-six, Avliere any ship or vessel whatsoever coming or 

 arriving from foreign parts, and having on board six pounds of tea, or 

 any foreign brandy, arrack, rum, strong waters, or other sprits whatso- 

 ever, in casks under sixty gallons (except only for the use of the sea- 

 men then belonging to and on board such ship or vessel, not exceeding 

 two gallons for each seamen) shall be found at anchor or hovering 

 within the limits of any of the ports of this Kingdom, or Avithin two 

 leagues of the shore, or shall be discovered to have been within the 

 limits of any port, and not proceeding on her voyage, wind and weather 

 permitting (unless in case of unavoidable necessity, and distress of 

 weather, of which necessity and distress the master, purser, or other 

 person having or taking the charge or command of such ship or vessel 

 shall give notice to, and make proof of before the collector or other cliief 

 officer of the customs of such port as aforesaid immediately after the 

 arrival of such shii) or vessel into the said port) all such tea, foreign 

 brandy, arrack, rum, strong waters, and spirits, together with the chests, 

 boxes, and casks, and other package whatsoever, containing the same 

 goods, or the value thereof, shall be forfeited and lost (whether bulk 

 shall then have been broken or not) aud the same goods and package 

 shall and may be seized and prosecuted, or the value thereof sued for 

 by any ofticers of the customs or excise in such manner and form as 

 hereinafter is expressed; any law, statute, or custom to the contrary 

 noth withstanding. 



XXIII. And whereas foreign goods are frequenthj talien out of ships at 

 sea without the limits of any port, with intent to he fraudulently landed in 

 this l-ingdom; for preventing thereof, be it further enacted by the au- 

 thority aforesaid, that in case any foreign goods, wares, or merchan- 

 dizes shall, after the twenty ninth day of /September^ one thousand 



