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shall and may freely enter and go on board all and every such Ship 

 or Vessel of War, and bring from thence on shore into his Majesty^ 

 Store-house belonging to the Port where such Ship shall be, all goods 

 and Merchandizes prohibited or uncustomed, which shall be found 

 aboard any such Ship, as aforesaid. 



IV. And be it hereby enacted, That the said Person or Persons 

 which are or shall be appointed for managing the Customs, and 

 Officers of his Majesty's Customs, and their Deputies, are hereby 

 authorised and enabled to go and enter aboard any Ship or Vessel, as 

 well Ships of War as Merchant-Ships, and from thence to bring on 

 shore all Goods prohibited or uncustomed, except Jewels, if they 

 be outwards bound; (2) and if they be Ships or Vessels inwards 

 bound, from thence to bring on shore into his Majesty's Store-house, 

 as aforesaid, all small Parcels of fine Goods, or other Goods, which 

 shall be found in Cabbins, Chests, Trunks or other small Package, or 

 in any private or secret Place ; in or out of the Hold of the Ship or 

 Vessel, which may occasion a just Suspicion that they were intended 

 to be fraudulently conveyed away; (3) and all other Sorts of Goods 

 whatsoever, for which the Duties of Tonnage and Poundage were not 

 paid or compounded for within twenty Days after the first Entry of 

 the Ship, to be put and remain in the Store-house aforesaid, until 

 his Majesty's Duties thereupon be justly satisfied, unless the said 

 Person or Persons which are or shall be appointed by his Majesty for 

 managing the Customs, and Officers of the Customs, shall see just 

 Cause to allow a longer Time, and that the said Person or Persons 

 which are or shall be so appointed to manage the Customs, and the 

 Officers of the Customs, and their Deputies, may freely stay and 

 remain aboard, until all the Goods are delivered and discharged out 

 of the said Ships or Vessels: (4) And if any Master, Purser or Boat- 

 swain, or other taking charge in any Ship or Vessel, or any other 

 Person whatsoever, shall suffer any Truss, Bale, Pack, Fardel, Cast 

 or other Package to be opened aboard the said Ship or Vessel, and 

 the Goods therein to be imbezilled, carried away, or put in any other 

 Form or Package, after the Ship comes into the Port of her Dis- 

 charge, in every such case the said Master, Purser, Boatswain or 

 others, shall forfeit the sum of one hundred Pounds. 



V. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That in 

 case after the Clearing of any Ship or Vessel, by the Person or Per- 

 sons which are or shall be appointed by his Majesty for managing 

 the Customs, or any their Deputies, and discharging the Watchmen 

 or Tidesmen from attendance thereupon, there shall be found on 

 board such Ship or Vessel, any Goods, Wares or Merchandizes, which 

 have been concealed from the Knowledge of the said Person or Per- 

 sons which are or shall be so appointed to manage the. Customs, and 

 for which the Custom, Subsidy and other Duties due upon the Impor- 

 tation thereof, have not been paid ; then the Master, Purser or other 

 Person taking charge of such Ship or Vessel, shall forfeit the Sum 

 of one hundred Pounds; (2) And it shall be lawful to or for any 

 Person or Persons, authorised by Writ of Assistance 'under the Seal 

 of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer, to take a Constable, Head- 

 borough or other publick Officer inhabiting near unto the Place, and 

 in the Day-time to enter, and go into any House, Shop, Cellar, Ware- 

 house or Room, or other Place, and in case of Resistance, to break 

 open Doors. Chests, Trunks and other Package, there to seize, and 



