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this Island, and any person holding a commission for that purpose 

 from His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, for the time being, 

 to go on board of any ship, vessel or boat within any bay, port, creek, 

 or harbour in this Island, and also to go on board any ship, vessel, 

 or boat, hovering within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, 

 creeks, or harbours thereof, and in either case freely to stay on board 

 such ship, vessel, or boat as long as she shall remain within such port 

 or distance, and it* any such ship, vessel, or boat be bound elsewhere, 

 and shall continue so hovering for the space of twenty-four hours 

 after the master shall have been required to depart, it shall be lawful 

 for any of the above enumerated officers or persons to bring such 

 ship, vessel, or boat into port and to search and examine her cargo, 

 and to examine the mast er upon oath, touching the cargo and voyage; 

 and if there be any goods on board prohibited to be imported into 

 this Island, such ship, vessel or boat, and the cargo laden on board 

 thereof, shall be forfeited; and it* the said ship, vessel or boat shall 

 be fori ign, and not navigated according to the law of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, and shall have been found fishing, or preparing to tish, 

 or to have been found fishing, within such distance of such coasts, 

 bays, creeks, or harbours of this Island, such ship vessel or boat, and 

 their respective cargoes, shall be forfeited, and if the master or person 

 in command thereof shall not truly answer the questions which shall 

 be demanded of him in such examination, he shall forfeit the sum 

 of one hundred pounds. 



II. And be it further enacted, that all goods ships, vessels, and 

 boats, liable to forfeiture under this Act, shall and may be seized and 



■(1 by any such officer of Her Maje ty's Customs, officer of Im- 

 post and Excise, Sheriffs, Magistrates, and other person holding 

 such commission as aforesaid, and any person who shall in am way 

 oppose, molest, or obstrucl any officer of the Customs, officer of 

 Impost and Excise, Sheriff, Magistrate, or other person so commis- 

 sioned and employed as aforesaid, in the exercise of his office, or 

 shall in any way oppose, molest, or obstruct any person acting in 

 aid or assistance or such officer of Customs, officer of Cmposl and 

 Excise, Sheriff, Magistrate or other person so commissioned and 

 employed as aforesaid, shall, for every such offence, forfeit the sum 

 of two hundred pounds. 



III. And be it further enacted, that all goods, ships, vessels and 

 boats, which shall be seized as being liable to forfeiture under this 

 Act, shall be taken forthwith and delivered into the custody of the 

 Collector of Customs, at the Custom-house next to the place where 



the same were Beized, who shall secure and keep the same in such 



manner as other vessels and goods seized are directed to be secured 

 by the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Customs. 



I \ . And be il further enacted, thai all goods, ships, vet lels, boats, 



or other I . which shall have been condemned as forfeited under 



this Act, shall, under the direction of the principal officer of the 



Customs or Excise, where .such seizure shall have been secured, be 



old by public auction to the besl bidder, and the produce of such 



ale to be i pplied as follows, thai is to saj : the amount ch hie 



for the custody of said ; I . ship, ve 3eL boat, or an} other ihim 



o seized as aforesaid, shall be orsl deducted and paid, and the 



idue divided into two equal moieties one of which shall be paid 



to the officer or other person or persons legally seizing same, withoul 



deduction, and the other moiety to the Government, and paid into 



