908 APPENDIX TO BRITISH CASE. 



murrer against the Plaintiff the Defendant or Defendants shall re- 

 cover treble Costs, and have the like Remedy for the same, as Defend- 

 ants have in other Cases by Law. 



No. 17. 1775: Extract from British Statute, 15 Geo. Ill, Gap. 18. 



An Act to restrain the Trade and Commerce of the Colonies of New Jersey, 

 Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina, to Great B)-it:iin, 

 Ireland, and the British Islands in the West Indies, under certain conditions 

 and limitations. 



[Note. This Act, Chapter 18, down to and including clause VI, 

 is substantially the same as the Act 15 Geo. Ill, Cap. 10, except that 

 where the provinces of Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire and 

 the Colonies of Connecticut and Rhode Island and Providence Plan- 

 tation* are named in Chapter 10, the Colonies of New Jersey, Penn- 

 sylvania, Maryland, Virginia and South Carolina are mentioned in 

 Chapter 18.] 



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" VII. And, in order to prevent Frauds and Abuses which may be 

 committed contrary to the Intention and against the Provisions of 

 this Act, by the Exportation of any Goods of the Growth, Product, 

 or Manufacture of the Colonies of New Jersey, Pensylvania, Mary- 

 land, and Virginia, from any of the Ports within the Government of 

 the Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, in North 

 America," it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, 

 That during the Continuance of this Act, no Goods or Commodities 

 whatsoever shall be shipped, to be carried from any Port or Place 

 within the said Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, 

 or either of them, to any other Land, Port, or Place whatso- 

 542 ever, except to the Kingdoms of Great Britain or Ireland, or 

 to some of the British Islands in the West Indies, until 

 the Owner or Exporter of such Goods shall have made Oath, or 

 being one of the People called Quakers, shall have affirmed, before 

 the Collector or other proper Officer of the Customs at the Port or 

 Place where the same shall be shipped (which Oath or Affirmation 

 such Collector or other Officer is hereby authorised to administer), 

 that such Goods are really and bona.fide of the Growth, Product, or 

 Manufacture, of one or other of the said Counties; of which Fact the 

 Collector or other proper Officer of the Customs shall and is hereby 

 required to give a Certificate, under his Hand, to the Master of the 

 Ship or Vessel on Board which such Goods are laden, for the Secur- 

 ity of her Navigation ; and in Failure of producing such Certificate, 

 such Ship or Vessel, and the Goods thereon laden, shall be forfeited, 

 and shall and may be seized and prosecuted as herein after directed. 



"VIII. And whereas it is the Intent and Meaning of this Act, that 

 the several Prohibitions and Restraints herein before enacted should 

 be discontinued and cease, so soon as the Trade and Commerce of his 

 Majesty's Subjects may be carried on without Interruption within 

 the said Colonies:" Be it therefore enacted by the Authority afore- 

 said, That whenever it shall be made appear, to the Satisfaction of 

 his Majesty's Governor or Commander in Chief, and the Majority of 

 the Council of the Colonies of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, 



