STATUTES, PROCLAMATIONS, RULES, ORDERS, ETC. 909 



Virginia, and South Carolina, that Peace and Obedience to the Laws 

 shall be so far restored within the said Colonies, or either of them, 

 that the Trade and Commerce of his Majesty's Subjects may be 

 carried on without Interruption within the same, and that Goods, 

 Wares, and Merchandise, have been freely imported into the said 

 Colonies, or either of them, from Great Britain, and exposed to Sale, 

 without any Let, Hindrance, or Molestation, from or by reason of 

 any unlawful Combinations to prevent or obstruct the same; arid 

 that Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, have in like Manner been ex- 

 ported from the said Colonies, or either of them respectively, to 

 Great Britain, for and during the Term of one Calendar Month pre- 

 ceding; that then, and in such Case, it shall and may be lawful for 

 the Governor or Commander in Chief, with the Advice of the Coun- 

 cil of such Colonies respectively, by Proclamation, under the Seal of 

 such respective Colony, to notify the same to the several Officers of 

 the Customs, and all others; and after such Proclamation, this Act, 

 with respect to such Colony, within which such Proclamation or Proc- 

 lamations have been issued as aforesaid, shall be discontinued and 

 cease (except as herein after provided) ; and all Officers of his 

 Majesty's Customs, and all other Persons having Charge of the Exe- 

 cution of this Act, having received due Notice of such Proclamation, 

 are hereby directed and required to yield and pay Obedience to such 

 Proclamation, and to proceed in the Discharge of their respective 

 Duties, in admitting to Entry, clearing, and discharging, all Ships 

 and Vessels, and all Goods, Wares, and Merchandises, into and out 

 of such respective Colony, in like Manner as if this Act had never 

 been made; any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwith- 

 standing. 



IX. Provided nevertheless, and it is hereby further enacted and 

 declared by the Authority aforesaid, That such Proclamation or 

 Proclamations shall not extend, or be construed to extend, to dis- 

 charge or suspend any Proceedings upon any Seizure which shall 

 have been made, or any Prosecution which shall have been com- 

 menced for any Penalty or Forfeiture inflicted by this Act before the 

 issuing of such Proclamation or Proclamations. 



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

 That if any Person or Persons shall give or grant any false Certifi- 

 cate, Cocket, or Clearance, for any of the Purposes required or 

 directed by this Act, such Person or Persons shall forfeit the sum 

 of five hundred Pounds, and be rendered incapable of serving his 

 Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, in any Office whatsoever; and if 

 any Person or Persons shall counterfeit, erase, alter, or falsify any 

 Certificate, Cocket, or Clearance, required or directed by this Act, 

 or shall knowingly or willingly make use of any false Certificate, 

 Cocker, or Clearance, or of any Certificate, Cocket, or Clearance, so 

 counterfeited, erased, altered, or falsified, such Person or Persons 

 shall, for every such Offence, forfeit the Sum of five hundred 

 Pounds; and such Certificate, Cocket, or Clearance, shall be invalid 

 and of no Effect. 



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

 the several Forfeitures and Penalties inflicted by this Act shall and 

 may be prosecuted, sued for, and recovered, and be divided, paid, and 

 applied, in like Manner as other Penalties and Forfeitures, inflicted 

 by any Act or Acts of Parliament relating to the Trade or Revenues 



