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be left without excuse, and be brought to Justice, and duly punished, 

 as their crimes shall deserve. May it please your Majesty that it may 

 be enacted, and be it enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, 

 by and with the advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem- 

 poral, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by 

 the authority of the same, That all and every his Majesty's Subject? 

 of this his Majesty's Eealm of Great Britain, their Heirs, Executors, 

 and Administrators, and every of them, who before the twenty- 

 seventh day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven 

 hundred and thirty-six, have incurred any Penalty or forfeiture in, 

 by, or for the clandestine running, landing, unshipping, concealing, 

 or receiving any prohibited Goods, Wares, or Merchandizes, or any 

 foreign Goods liable to the Payment of the Duties of Customs and 

 Excise, or either of them, and who are or may be subject to any In- 

 formation or other Prosecution whatsoever for the Duties of such 

 Goods, or for the penalties for the running, landing, unshipping, 

 concealing, or receiving thereof, or for the making of any false Re- 

 port or Entry of the Loading any Ship or Vessel inwards or out- 

 wards, or for making any Report or Entry in a wrong Name or 

 Names, or for not reporting any such Ship or Vessel, or for break- 

 ing Bulk before making such Report or Reports, or for altering the 

 Package of any Goods on board of any Ship or Vessel, or for landing 

 of any Goods without the Presence of an Officer, or for staving or 

 otherwise destroying or spoiling any Goods at or after the seizure 

 thereof by any Officer of the Customs or Excise, or other Person 

 duly authorized to make such Seizure; and any Persons who have 

 beat, abused, obstructed, or hindered, any Officer of the customs or 

 Excise in the due Execution of their Duty, or who have given or 

 offered a bribe to any Officer of the Customs or Excise ; and all Per- 

 sons aiding, assisting, and abetting in the committing any of the said 

 Offences; shall be and are by the Authority of this present Act 

 acquitted, indemnified, released, and discharged, against the King's 

 Majesty, his Heirs, and Successors, and against all and every other 

 Person and Persons, Bodies Politick and Corporate, and any Officer 

 or Officers of the Customs or Excise, and every of them, of and from 

 all the said Offences (not in this present Act hereafter excepted and 

 foreprized) and of and from all Penalties, Forfeitures, Indictments, 

 Outlawries, Convictions, and Judgments not herein after excepted, 

 incurred, had, or given, or that may or might arise or accrue for 

 or by Reason or Means of any of the said Offences or other Matters 

 or things herein before-mentioned and expressed. 



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XVIII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That 

 upon Information to be given upon Oath before any one or more of 

 his Majesty's Justices of the Peace in any County, City or Liberty 

 whatsoever, that any Person or Persons are or shall be lurking, wait- 

 ing, or loitering within five miles from the Sea Coast, or from any 

 navigable River, and that there is reason to suspect that they wait 

 with intent to be aiding and assisting in the running, landing or car- 

 rying away, any prohibited or uncustomed Goods, it shall and may be 

 lawful to and for every such Justice or Justices to cause all such 

 Persons to come and be brought before him or them, and to grant his 

 or their Warrant or Warrants for the apprehending such Offender, 



