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duty or duties, together with the said penalty of five pounds, shall be 

 fully paid and discharged. 



XI. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the 

 Governor Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief for the time 

 being, by and with the advice of the Executive Council, from time 

 to time, and so often as he shall think proper to appoint fit and proper 

 persons to be collectors of the duties by this Act imposed in the Strait 

 of Canso, and in the several ports, harbors, creeks, and rivers in this 

 province, and to describe the particular limits of each collector's 

 authority and jurisdiction, in the commission or commissions to be 

 granted for that purpose: Provided always, that it shall not be 

 deemed or adjudged to be necessary to make any new appointment in 

 or for any port, place, or harbor, where there shall be at the time of 

 the passing of this Act a collector or sub-collector of Her Majesty's 

 Customs, or collector of impost and excise appointed and in office; 

 and such collectors of light duties when so appointed shall have like 

 powers under this Act with the collectors and sub-collectors of cus- 

 toms, and collectors of impost and excise aforesaid, and shall be en- 

 titled to the sum of seven pounds and ten shillings per cent, of the 

 amount collected, instead of five pounds per cent, as hereinbefore 

 provided. 



And whereas, the passages to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence are ren- 

 dered safe by the erection of light houses at the north and south 

 entrances of the Strait of Canso, and on the island of Saint Paul, and 

 it is just that vessels deriving benefit from said lights should con- 

 tribute to their support : 



XII. Be it enacted, That hereafter every ship or vessel passing 

 through the Straits of Canso without the certificate aforesaid, shall 

 pay a duty of six pence, currency per ton, for each and every ton of 

 the registered burthen of such ship or vessel, which duty shall be 

 paid by every ship or vessel liable to pay the same after entrance and 

 before departure from said Strait of Canso, and such ship or vessel 

 on such payment shall be entitled to a certificate as aforesaid, signed 

 by the collector or other person to whom payment is made, and the 

 exemption aforesaid. 



XIII. And be it enacted, That if any such duty be demanded from 

 any ship or vessel exempted on payment of annual duty, and it shall 

 appear that any sum had been paid since the first day of January in 



this present year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 

 621 forty-five, it shall be incumbent on the collector or sub-collector 



of Her Majesty's customs, or other person entitled to demand 

 said duties, on production of the certificate of some collector or other 

 person now entitled to receive such dues, to deduct the amount so 

 paid, and on receipt of the difference between the amount paid and 

 six pence, currency, per ton, to grant the certificate aforesaid. 



XIV. And be it enacted, That the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, 

 sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, four- 

 teenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth clauses of an 

 Act, passed in the fourth year of the reign of His late Majesty King 

 William the Fourth, entitled, An Act for the support and regulation 

 of light houses; also, an Act, passed, in the first year of the reign of 

 Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, in amendment of said Act; also, 

 an Act, made and passed in the sixth year of the reign of Her present 

 Majesty, in amendment of, and additional to. the said two several 



