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from thence to bring, an}^ Kind of Goods of Merchandize whatsoever, 

 prohibited and uncustomed, and to put and secure the same in his 

 Majesty's Store-house, in the Port next to the Place where such 

 Seizure shall be made. 



VI. And for the better Increase of Shipping and Navigation, Be 

 it further enacted, That the Collectors and other Officers of his 

 Majesty's Customs in all the Ports of England, shall forthwith give 

 an Account unto the Collector and Surveyor in the Port of London, 

 (appointed by his Majesty for all Duties and Matters relating to a 

 late Act, intituled, An Act for encreasing and encouraging of Ship- 

 ping and Navigation,) of all foreign-built Ships in their Ports, 

 owned and belonging to the People of England, of what Built and 

 Burthen they are, for which Certificates have been made according 

 to the said Act, and that the said Collector and Surveyor shall make 

 a true and perfect List of all such Ships attested under their Hands, 

 and transmit the same into his Majesty's Court of Exchequer, on or 

 before the Month of December in the Year one thousand six hundred 

 sixty and two, there to remain upon Record : (2) And that no foreign- 

 built Ship (that is to say) not built in any of his Majesty's Dominions 

 of Asia, Africa or America, or other than such as shall (bona fide) 

 be bought before the first of October one thousand six hundred 

 sixty and two next ensuing, and expressly named in the said List, 

 shall enjoy the Privilege of a Ship belonging to England or Ireland, 

 although owned or manned by English (except such Ships only as 

 shall be taken at Sea by Letters of Mart or Reprisal, and Condemna- 

 tion made in the Court of Admiralty, as lawful Prize) but all such 

 Ships shall be deemed as Aliens Ships, and be liable unto all Duties 

 that Aliens Ships are liable unto by virtue of the said Act for In- 

 crease of Shipping and Navigation. (3) And whereas it is required 

 by the said Act, tnat in sundry cases the Master and three Fourths 

 of the Mariners are to be English, it is to be understood, that any of 

 his Majesty's Subjects of England, Ireland, and his Plantations, are 

 to be accounted English, and no others, and that the Number of 

 Mariners be accounted according to what they shall have been during 

 the whole Voyage. (4) And whereas of late some of the Persons 

 appointed by his Majesty for managing the Customs, and the Officers 

 of the Customs and their Deputies, have been hindred, affronted, 

 abused, beaten and wounded, to the Hazard of their Lives, in the due 



Execution of their several Trusts and Services in their respec- 

 211 tive Places, by armed Companies and Multitudes of Men, and 



Goods prohibited and uncustomed have by Force and Vio- 

 lence, as well by Land as by Water, been forcibly carried and con- 

 veyed away: (5) Be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That 

 where any Officer or Officers shall be by any Person or Persons, 

 armed with Club, or any manner of Weapon, forcibly hindered, 

 affronted, abused, beaten or wounded as aforesaid, either on board 

 any Ship or Vessel, or upon the Land or Water, in the due Execu- 

 tion of their Office, all and every Person and Persons so resisting, 

 affronting, abusing, beating or wounding the said Officer or Officers, 

 or their Deputies, or such as shall act in their Aid or Assistance, 

 shall by the next Justice of Peace, or other Magistrate, be committed 

 to Prison, there to remain till the next Quarter-Sessions: (6) And 

 the Justices of the Peace of the said Quarter-Sessions shall and are 

 hereby impowered to punish the Offender by Fine, not exceeding one 



