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of the Provinces or Colonies before mentioned, sufficient Bond, with 

 one Surety, besides the Master of such Ship or Vessel, shall be given 

 to the Collector, or other Principal Officer of the Customs at the 

 Port or Place where such Goods are intended to be laden, or taken 

 on Board, in the Penalty of one thousand Pounds, if the Ship be 

 of less Burthen than one hundred Tons, and of the Sum of Two 

 thousands Pounds, if the Ship shall be of that or any greater 

 Burthen, with Condition that such enumerated Goods shall not be 

 landed, or put on Shore, at or upon any other Land. Island, Terri- 

 tory, Dominion, Port, or Place whatsoever, except some Port or 

 Place within the Kingdom of Great Britain, or some of the British 

 Islands in the West Indies; and that all other Goods, Wares, or mer- 

 chandises, so intended to be laden as aforesaid, shall not be landed or 

 put on Shore at or upon any Land, Island, Territory, Dominion, 

 Port, or Place whatsoever, other than and except some Port or Place 

 within the Kingdoms of Great Britain or Ireland, or some of the Brit- 

 ish Islands of the West Indies; and with further Condition to bring a 

 Certificate in Discharge thereof, within eighteen Months from the 

 Date of such Bond, for such of the said Goods as shall be entered for 

 or landed in Great Britain or Ireland respectively, and within six 

 Months for such of the said Goods as shall be entered for or landed 

 in any of the British Islands in the West Indies; which respective 

 certificates shall be under the Hands and Seals of Office of the Col- 

 lector and Comptroller, or other Principal Officer of the Customs, 

 resident at the Port or Place where such goods shall be landed, testi- 

 fying the landing thereof; or such Bond or Bonds shall and may be 

 discharged by Proof, upon Oath made by credible Persons that the 

 said Goods were taken by Enemies, or perished in the Seas. 



III. And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, 

 That where any such Bond or Bonds shall be given, as aforesaid, in 

 pursuance of this Act, the Collector, or other Principal Officer of 

 the Customs, to whom such Bond or Bonds shall have been given, 

 shall deliver, under his Hand and Seal of Office, without Fee or 

 Reward, to the Master of the Ship or Vessel taking in such Goods, 

 for the Security of her Navigation, a Certificate that such Bond or 

 Bonds hath or have been given, expressing therein the Quantity and 

 Species of the Goods, with the Marks ana Numbers of the Packages, 

 and the Port or Place for which they were entered ; and if any such 

 Goods shall be laden on Board any such Ship or Vessel in any of 

 the Provinces or Colonies in this Act before mentioned, before such 

 Bond or Bonds shall be given, or shall be found on Board any Ship 

 or Vessel without the Certificate herein before directed, that such 

 Bond or Bonds hath or have been given, the Goods so laden, together 

 with the Ship or Vessel, with her Guns, Ammunition, Tackle, Ap- 

 parel, and Furniture, shall be forfeited ; and if any Goods, so laden 

 as aforesaid, shall be landed or discharged at any Port or Place, 

 contrary to the Intent and Meaning: of this Act, over and above 

 the Penalty of the Bond or Bonds, the Shipper and Owner of such 

 Goods, and the Master or Person taking charge of the Vessel 

 539 on Board which they were laden, shall respectively forfeit the 

 full value of the Goods so landed or discharged, to be esti- 

 mated according to the highest Price or Value which such Sort of 

 Goods bear in tne Province or Colony where and at the Time when 

 they were shipped and laden; which Ship and Goods may be seized 



