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cargoes escape confiscation, although the cargoes mav be evidently 

 intended to be smuggled into this Province, and the Fishery carried 

 on contrary to said Convention and Statute : 



I. Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council 

 and Assembly, That, from and after the passing of this Act, it shall 

 be lawful for the Officers of His Majesty's Customs, the Officers 

 of Impost and Excise, the Sheriffs and Magistrates throughout this 

 Province, and any person holding a Commission for that purpose 

 from His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor for the time being, 

 to go on board any Ship, Vessel or Boat, within any Port, Bay, 

 Creek or Harbour, in this Province; and also, to go on board of any 

 Ship, Vessel or Boat, hovering within three Marine Miles of any 

 of the Coasts, Bays, Creeks or Harbours thereof, and in either case 

 freely to stay on board such Ship, Vessel or Boat, as long as she 

 shall remain within such Port or distance, and if any such Ship, 

 Vessel or Boat, be bound elsewhere, and shall continue so hovering 

 for the space of twenty-four hours, after the Master shall have 

 been required to depart, it shall be lawful for any of the above 

 enumerated Officers or persons to bring such Ship, Vessel or Boat, 

 into Port, and to search and examine her cargo, and to examine the 

 Master tij on oath, touching the Cargo and Voyage, and if there be 

 any Goods on board prohibited to be imported into this Province, 

 such Ship, Vessel or Boat, and the Cargo laden on board thereof, 

 shall be forfeited, and if the said Ship, Vessel or Boat, shall be For- 

 eign, and not navigated according to the Laws of Great-Britain and 

 Ireland, and shall have been found Fishing, or preparing to Fish, or 

 to have been Fishing, within such distance of such Coasts, Bays, 

 Creeks or Harbours of this Province, such Ship, Vessel or Boat, and 

 their respective Cargoes, shall be forfeited ; and if the Master or per- 

 son in command thereof shall not truly answer the questions which 

 shall be demanded of him in such examination, he shall forfeit the 

 sum of One Hundred Pounds. 



II. And be it further enacted, That all Goods, Ships, Vessels and 

 Boats, liable to forfeiture under this Act, shall and may be seized 

 and secured by any such Officer of His Majesty's Customs, Officer 

 of Impost and Excise, Sheriffs, Magistrates or other person holding 

 such Commission, as aforesaid, and every person who shall in any 

 way oppose, molest or obstruct, any Officer of the Customs, Officer 

 of Impost and Excise, Sheriff, Magistrate or other person so com- 

 missioned and employed as aforesaid, in the exercise of his office, 

 or shall in any way oppose, molest or obstruct any person acting in 

 aid or assistance of such Officer of the Customs, Officer of Impost 

 and Excise, Sheriff, Magistrate, or other person so commissioned and 

 employed as aforesaid, shall, for every such offence, forfeit the sum 



of Two Hundred Pounds. 



614 III. And be it further enacted, that all Goods, Ships, Ves- 

 sels and Boats, which shall be seized, as being liable to for- 

 feiture under this Act, shall be taken forthwith and delivered into 

 the custody of the Collector and Comptroller of the Customs, at the 

 Custom-House next to the place where the same were seized, who 

 shall secure and keep the same in such manner as other Vessels and 

 Goods seized are directed to be secured by the Commissioners of His 

 Majesty's Customs. 



