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secured by any such Officer of Her 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 commis- 

 sioned 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 Customs, officer of Impost and 

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



and employed as aforesaid, shall, for every such offence, forfeit 

 the sum of Two hundred pounds. 



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

 Boats which shall be seized, as being liable to forfeiture under this 

 Act, shall be taken, forthwith, and delivered into the custody of 

 the Collector of 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 Her Majesty's Customs. 



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

 Boats or other things, which shall have been condemned, as forfeited 

 under this Act, shall, under the direction of the principal officer of 

 the Customs or Excise, where such seizure shall have been secured, be 

 sold by Public Auction, to the best bidder, and the produce of such 

 sale be applied as follows, that is to say: the amount chargeable 

 for the custody of said Goods, Ship, Vessel, Boat or any other thing 

 so seized as aforesaid, shall be first deducted and paid, and the residue 

 divided into two equal moieties one of which shall be paid to the 

 officer or other person or persons legally seizing the same, without 

 deduction, and the other moiety to the Government, and paid into the 

 Treasury of this Island all costs incurred having been first deducted 

 therefrom. Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the Lieuten- 

 ant Governor, in Council, to direct that any of such things shall be 

 destroyed, or reserved for the public service. 



V. And be it further enacted, That all penalties and forfeitures, 

 which may be hereafter incurred under this Act, shall and may be 

 prosecuted., sued for and recovered, in the Court of Vice Admiralty, 

 having jurisdiction in this Island. 



VI. And be it further enacted, That if any Goods, or any Ship, 

 Vessel or Boat shall be seized, as forfeited under this Act, it shall 

 be lawful for the Judge or Judges of any Court having jurisdiction 

 to try and determine such seizures, with the consent of the person 

 seizing the same, to order the delivery thereof, on security, by Bond, 

 with two sufficient Sureties, to be first approved by such seizing 

 Officer or person, to answer double the value of the same in case 

 of condemnation, and such Bond shall be taken to the use of Her 

 Majesty, in the name of the Collector of the Customs in whose cus- 

 tody the Goods, or Ship, Vessel or Boat may be lodged, and such 

 Bond shall be delivered and kept in the custody of such Collector; 

 and in case the Goods, or Ship, Vessel, or Boat shall be condemned, 

 the value thereof shall be paid into the hands of such Collector, 

 who shall cancel such Bond, and distribute the money paid in such 

 manner as is above directed. 



VII. And be it further enacted, That no suit shall be commenced 

 for the recovery of any penalty or forfeiture under this Act, except 



