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or vessel, which shall not have been duly entered, or which shall be 

 proved to have been landed, sold, delivered, bartered, or exchaged 

 [exchanged] contrary to the true intent and meaning of this Act; 

 or if any master of such ship or vessel shall refuse or neglect to 

 conform striclty to the directions prescribed in and by this Act; in 

 either of such cases he shall, on conviction thereof by the oath of one 

 credible witness forfeit and pay a fine not exceeding one hundred 

 pounds. 



X. And be it further enacted, That if any wine, rum, brandy, or 

 other distilled spirituous liquors, shall be landed from on board any 

 ship or vessel, contrary to the rules prescribed in and by this Act, 

 and found in the custody, possession, care or keeping, of any person 

 or persons whatever on shore, (not having a permit therefore) the 

 same shall be forfeited, and the person or persons with whom the 

 same shall or may be found, shall forfeit the sum of -fifty pounds, 

 unless he, she, or they shall be able to prove the same to have been 

 legally entered and landed. 



X^. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons 

 whatsoever shall knowingly be aiding or assissing [Qy. assisting] in 

 the clandestine landing or concealing any wine, rum brandy, or other 

 distilled spirituous liquors, in order to avoid payment of the duties 

 to which the same are made liable by this Act, he, she, or they, shall, 

 upon conviction thereof, by the oath of one or more credible witness, 

 forfeit and pay the sum of fifty pounds, or suffer six months im- 

 prisonment, without bail or mainprize. 



XII. And be it further enacted, That no wine, rum, brandy, or 

 other distilled spirituous liquors, which by this act are made liable 

 to a duty, shall be landed or delivered from on board any ship or 

 vessel, or afterwards put into any ware-house, or other place, (except 

 in the day-time, that is to say, after sun-rise and before sun-set of the 

 same day) unless the same be done in the presence and with the 

 consent of the said collector and receiver, or collectors and receivers, 

 for the time being, on pain of forfeiting all such liquors, and all and 

 singular the lighters, boats, or other vessels which shall or may be 

 employed in landing the same, together with the trucks, carts, and 

 horses which may be employed in conveying the same away. 



XIII. And be it further enacted, That the master of any ship or 

 vessel importing any wine, rum, brandy, or other distilled spirituous 

 liquors as aforesaid, shall be, and he is hereby made liable to pay 

 the duties for so much thereof as may be contained in his said report, 

 not being duly entered, nor the said duties paid by the person or 

 persons to whom such wine, rum, brandy, or other distilled spirituous 

 liquors are or shall be consigned. And it shall and may be lawful to 

 and for the master of any ship or vessel to detain in his hands and 

 possession, or to deliver to the said collector and receiver, or col- 

 lectors and receivers, for the security of such duties, all such wine, 

 rum, brandy, or other distilled 'spirituous liquors, as shall not have 

 been duly entered. Which said collector and receiver, or collectors 

 and receivers, or any or either of them, is or are hereby empowered 

 and directed to receive and keep the same, at the owner's risk, until 

 the duties due thereon, with the charges, have been paid. And if the 

 duties due and payable on such wine, rum, brandy, or other distilled 

 spirituous, liquors, shall not be paid, or secured to be paid, by the 

 owner or owners thereof, within the space of three months, then, 



