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several Acts now in force respecting Light Houses, and to make 

 further provision for the said Light Houses, and to consolidate the 

 Laws respecting the same; " an Act passed in the Fourteenth Year of 

 the lieign of Her Majesty, entitled, "An Act in addition to the Act 

 for the management of Light Houses in this Colony ; " be, and the 

 same are, hereby severally repealed, save, and except all acts and 

 proceedings done and had under the authority thereof, and saving 

 and reserving the right of recovering any Duties imposed under any 

 of the said Acts; Provided that nothing herein contained shall have 

 the effect of reviving any Act or Acts repealed in whole or in part 

 by any of the said recited Acts. 



II. And l>e it enacted, That there be raised, levied, collected, and 

 paid to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, for the support of 

 Light Houses already erected, or which may hereafter be erected, upon 

 any of the Coasts of this Island, or upon any of the Islands or Rocks 

 adjacent thereto, a Duty or rate of Six Pence per Ton, which each 

 and every Ship or Vessel shall admeasure agreeably to their Registers, 

 upon every Merchant Ship or Vessel which may enter any Port or 

 Place within this Colony, from Cape Ray extending Eastwardly to 

 Cape Race, and thence Northward to Cape John, (other than Coasting, 

 Sealing, or Fishing Vessels) , the said Duty to be levied once in each 

 year; and that there shall in like manner be raised, levied, collected 

 and paid, upon every Registered Decked Vessel of Forty Tons and 

 upwards, employed in the Sealing, Fishing, and Coasting Trade of 

 this Colony or the Labrador, and which may enter at or clear from 

 any of the Ports or Places aforesaid, the Duty or Rate of Three Pence 

 per ton ; and upon every such Vessel of less than Forty Tons aforesaid 

 the sum of Ten Shillings per annum; and should any of the above- 

 mentioned class of Vessels paying the Duty or Rate of Three Pence 

 per Ton herein imposed, proceed on a Foreign Voyage, such Vessel 

 shall also be liable to a further Rate of Three Pence per Ton: Pro- 

 vided that there shall not be levied upon any Ship or Vessel liable to 

 pay the Light Duties imposed by this Act, more than Six Pence per 

 Ton in any one year. 



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VI. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the Collector 

 of Her Majesty's Customs at the Port of St. 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 payment of any 

 such Rates or Duties aforesaid within the several Ports of the Col- 

 ony as aforesaid, until the said Rates and Duties imposed by this 

 Act shall be paid to the person duly authorized to receive the same; 

 arid 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, Sealing, or Fishing Vessel, within the 

 description hereinbefore set forth in this Act, until the several Rates 

 and Duties imposed as aforesaid shall be paid to the person duly 

 authorized to receive the same. 



