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and in such case, the said collector and receiver, or collectors and 

 receivers, is or are hereby empowered to sell and dispose of so much 

 thereof, as shall be sufficient to pay the duties due thereon, and also 

 the freight, charge of custody, and sale thereof. 



XIV. And be it further enacted, That in case any master of any 

 ship or vessel shall be prosecuted for a violation of this act, such 

 ship or vessel in which the said wine, rum. brandy or other distilled 

 spirituous liquors may have been imported, shall be subject and 

 liable to be attached to answer the final judgment which shall or 

 may be given in consequence of such prosecution, unless the said 

 master shall and do enter into recognizance, with sufficient sureties, 

 to answer such final judgment. 



And whereas doubts have arisen, whether wine, rum, brandy, or 

 other distilled spirituous liquors, brought into this island by persons 

 for the consumption of the inhabitants thereof, and not for sale, are 

 or ought of right to be liable to the rates, duties, and impost, which 

 are by law payable on other wine, rum, brandy, or other distilled 

 spirituous liquors imported or brought into this island : 



XV. Be it therefore further enacted, That all and every person or 

 persons bringing, or causing to be brought into this island any wine. 



rum, brandy, or other distilled spirituous liquors, for their 

 590 own consumption, shall, from and after the publication hereof, 



render a just and true account or manifest of the same to the 

 said collector and receiver, or collectors and receivers, in such manner, 

 and within such time, as are prescribed by this Act on entries made 

 in other cases ; and also pay or secure to be paid, the same rates, duties 

 and impost, imposed or laid by this act on other wine, rum, brandy, 

 and other distilled spirituous liquors; and on failure thereof, they are 

 hereby subjected to the like penalties and forfeitures as are inflicted 

 on other breaches or violations of this Act. 



XVI. And be it further enacted. That it shall or may be in the 

 power of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief 

 for the time being, with the advice of his Majesty's Council, to 

 appoint a proper person to be collector and receiver of the several 

 rates, duties, and the impost herein before mentioned, for the port of 

 Charlofte-Town, and for every other port in this island where he and 

 they shall or may think expedient or necessary for the effectual carry- 

 ing into execution this Act: Each and every of which person or per- 

 sons, appointed as aforesaid, is or are to give approved security pay- 

 able to his Majesty, his heirs, and successors, in such amount as he and 

 they shall, from time to time, judge sufficient to effect the faithful 

 discharge of the trust reposed in such persons : also in like manner to 

 appoint Surveyors or land waiters for the said Port of Charlotte- 

 Town, and such other ports as may by him and them be judged neces- 

 sary for the purposes aforesaid : And in the presence of some one of 

 them or in the presence of the collector and receiver, or collectors and 

 receivers aforesaid, or any or either of them, all wine, rum, brandy, 

 or other distilled spirituous liquors shall be landed at the said several 

 ports and be duly gauged at the time the same shall have been so 

 landed in manner as is herein before prescribed. And all wine, rum, 

 brandy, or other distilled spirituous liquors, which shall or may be 

 landed in this island, contrary to the intent and meaning of this act 

 shall be forfeited, and shall and may be seized and prosecuted by such 



