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entered under oath, with the name of the owner, his residence and 

 occupation, and the description of the property claimed, which oath 

 shall be made by the owner, his attorney, or agent, and to the best of 

 his knowledge and belief, before any Justice of the Peace. 



12. No person shall enter a claim to any thing seized under this 

 Act, until security shall have been given in a penalty not exceeding 

 sixty pounds, to answer and pay costs occasioned by such claim, and 

 in default of such security, the things seized shall be adjudged for- 

 feited, and shall be condemned. 



13. No writ shall be sued out against any officer or other person 

 authorized to seize tinder this Act, for anything done thereunder, 

 until one month after notice in writing delivered to him or left at 

 his usual place of abode by the person intending to sue out such writ. 

 his attorney, or agent; in which notice shall be contained the cause 

 of action, the name and place of abode of the person who is to bring 

 the action, and of his attorney, or agent; and no evidence of any 

 cause of action shall be admitted, except such as shall be contained in 

 the notice. 



14. Every such action shall be brought within three months after 

 the cause thereof has arisen. 



15. If on any information or suit brought to trial under this Act, 

 on account of any seizure, judgment shall be given for the claimant, 

 and the Judge or Court shall certify on the record that there was 



probable cause of seizure, the claimant shall not recover costs. 

 625 and the person who made the seizure shall not be liable to any 



indictment or suit on account thereof. And if any suit or 

 prosecution be brought against any person on account of such seizure, 

 and judgment shall be given Against him, and the Judge or Court 

 shall certify there was probable cause for the seizure, then the plain- 

 tiff, besides the thing seized, or its value, shall not recover more than 

 two pence damages, and no costs of suit ; and the defendant shall not 

 be fined more than one shilling. 



16. The seizing officer may within one month after notice of action 

 received, tender amends to the party complaining, or his attorney, or 

 agent, and plead such tender. 



17. All actions for the recovery of penalties or forfeitures imposed 

 by this Act. must be commenced within three years after the offence 

 committed. 



18. No appeal shall be prosecuted from any decree or sentence of any 

 Court in this province, touching any penalty or forfeiture hereby 

 imposed, unless the inhibition be applied for, and decreed, within 

 twelve months from the decree or sentence being pronounced. 



19. All coasting vessels under sixty tons burthen, owned in this 

 province, and engaged in the coasting trade thereof, shall be fur- 

 nished with a narrow piece of plank, or iron, affixed to the bottom of 

 the keel, and level therewith, extending aft at least six inches beyond 

 the aperture between the stern post and rudder, and well secured on 

 the keel : but this section shall not extend to vessels in which the main 

 or false keel extends six inches beyond the aperture between the stern 

 post and rudder. 



20. Any owner or master of a coasting vessel not so furnished or 

 built, running foul of any net set within or off the harbours, bays, or 

 rivers of the coast of this province, shall upon due proof thereof, 

 forfeit five pounds, to be recovered by the party injured, to his own 



