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under Ninety tons register tonnage per annum; and a like duty or 

 rate of Ten Shillings sterling for eacn and every such vessel less than 

 Sixty tons burthen, register tonnage, per annum. 



VI. And ~be it further enacted, that the Collector of Her Majesty's 

 Customs at the Port of St. John's is hereby authorised and empowered 

 to appoint the several Sub-Collectors within the Colony, or some other 

 fit and proper person or persons in such Ports where no such Sub-Col- 

 lector snail reside, to demand, recover, and receive the said several 

 duties and rates imposed by this Act ; and that all Monies raised and 

 levied under the provisions hereof shall be paid over quarterly to the 

 said Collector for the use of the Colony; and that there shall be al- 

 lowed to the said Collector of Her Majesty's Customs a commission 

 of ten per centum upon the amount so raised, levied, and collected as 

 a compensation for the trouble in collecting the same. 



VII. And be it further enacted, that on the non-payment by the 

 Master, Owner or Owners of any Ship or Vessel of any duty or dues 

 incurred or payable under this Act, such duty or dues shall and may 

 be sued for and recovered by and in the name of the person or per- 

 sons duly authorised to receive the same, in a summary way, before 

 any one or more Justice or Justices of the Peace, within the District 

 where such person or persons so authorised as aforesaid may reside, 

 together with all costs incurred, and shall be levied on the goods and 

 chattels of the owner or owners, or of the master of their respective 

 ship or vessel on account of which the said light duty, or dues, shall 

 severally and respectively be payable. 



VIII. And be it further enacted, that it shall not be lawful for the 

 Collector of Her Majesty's Customs at the Port of Saint John's, or 

 for any Sub-Collector or other Officer of Customs, within the Colony, 

 to admit to entry any Ship or Vessel, subject and liable to the pay- 

 ment of any such duties or dues aforesaid, within the several ports 

 of the Colony as aforesaid until the said duties and dues imposed by 

 this Act shall be paid to the person duly authorized to recover the 

 same; and likewise that it shall not be lawful for the said Collector, 

 or any Sub-Collector, or other Officer of Customs, as aforesaid to 

 grant a clearance to any Coasting or Fishing Vessel within the de- 

 scription herein before set forth in this Act, until the several dues and 

 duties imposed as aforesaid shall be paid to the person duly author- 

 ized to receive the same. 



IX. And be it further enacted, that a detailed account of all rates 

 and dues received on account of the said Light Houses, and a par- 

 ticular statement of all costs, charges and disbursements incurred or 

 paid shall be furnished annually, by the said Board of Control, to the 

 Governor, or person administering the Government for the time 

 being, to be laid before the Legislature at the commencement of each 

 Session. 



X. And be it further enacted, that any money raised under the 

 provisions of this Act, and remaining in the Treasury of the Colony 

 after the disbursements of the annual expenses of the said several 

 Light Houses, shall be held by the Treasurer as a separate fund, for 

 the purposes of Light Houses, and shall not be placed by the said 

 Treasurer in his general accounts of Duties and Monies received for 

 the service of the Colony. 



XI. And be it further enacted, that this Act shall continue and be 

 in force for the period of Three Years, and from thence to the end of 

 the next Session of the General Assembly. 



