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restrictions respecting the fisheries on the coasts, bays, creeks or har- 

 bors of the Island of Prince Edward. 





No. 77. 1845, April 14: Statute of Nova Scotia, 8 Viet., Cap. 22. 

 An Act Concerning the Support and Regulation of Light Houses. 



[Passed the 14th day of April, A. D. 1845.'] 



Be it enacted, ~by the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly, 

 That after this Act shall come into operation, every Ship or Vessel 

 registered in this Province, shall, when first cleared at any Custom 

 House in this Province, pay to the Collector or Sub-Collector of Her 

 Majesty's Customs, a Duty of Six Pence, Currency, per ton, for each 

 and every ton of the Kegistered Burthen of such Ship or Vessel, and 

 on receipt of such payment the Collector or Sub-Collector of Her 

 Majesty's Customs, at the Port where such Ship or Vessel shall so 

 clear, shall deliver to the master of such Ship or Vessel a Certificate 

 that all Light Duty has been paid, and such Ship or Vessel shall be 

 exempt from any further payment to the Thirty-first day of March 

 following the date of such Certificate : Provided always, that nothing 

 in this Act contained shall be held to compel the Owner or Master 

 of any New Vessel departing out of this Province intended for Sale, 

 and on her first Voyage, to pay any of the Duties charged in this Act, 

 unless the said Vessel shall again enter into this Province. 



II. And be it enacted, That hereafter every other Ship or Vessel 

 coming into any Port or Place in this Province, from any Port or 

 Place out of this Province, shall pay a Duty of Six Pence, (Currency, 

 per ton, for each and every ton of the Registered Burthen of such 

 Ship or Vessel, to the Collector or Sub-Collector of Her Majesty's 

 Customs at the Port or Place in this Province where such Ship or 

 Vessel shall arrive, at the time of Entry of such Ship or Vessel, and 

 be entitled to a Certificate as aforesaid, and the exemption aforesaid. 



III. And be it enacted, That in any port, place, or district where 

 no such Collector or Sub-Collector of customs is or may be appointed, 

 then the duties by this Act imposed shall be, and the same are hereby 

 declared to be payable, and shall be paid to the collector of impost 

 and excise for the said port, place or district, who is hereby author- 

 ised, empowered, and directed to demand and receive the same. 



620 IV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That in all cases 

 where any officer of Her Majesty's Customs other than the col- 

 lector or sub-collector at any port, place, or district in this province, 

 shall now hold the situation of collector of light duty in and for 

 such port, place or district, or any part or portion thereof, such officer 

 of the customs shall in all cases continue to act as such collector of 

 light duties, so long as he shall continue to hold such or any other 

 situation in the customs at such port, place or district, and shall have 

 all and the same powers, and be subject and liable to the same rules 

 and regulations as any other collector under this Act, and the col- 

 lector or sub-collector of the customs at such port, place, or district, 



a This Act received the Royal allowance on the 3rd day of September, 1844 

 (see Appendix, pp. 571-2). 



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