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Plantations, Colonies, Territories or Places, and from no other Place 

 or Places whatsoever; any Law, Statute or Usage to the contrary not- 

 withstanding; (2) under the Penalty of the Loss of all such Com- 

 modities of the Growth, Production or Manufacture of Europe, as 

 shall be imported into any of them from any other Place whatsoever, 

 by Land or Water; and if by Water, of the Ship or Vessel also in 

 which they were imported, with all her Guns, Tackle, Furniture, Am- 

 munition and Apparel ; one third Part to his Majesty, his Heirs and 

 Successors ; one third Part to the Governor of such Land, Island, Plan- 

 tation, Colony,Territory or Place, into which such Goods were imported, 

 if the said Ship, Vessel or Goods be there seized or informed against 

 and sued for; or otherwise that third Part also to his Majesty, his 

 Heirs and Successors; and the other third Part to him or them who 

 shall seize, inform or sue for the same in any of his Majesty's Courts 

 in such of the said Lands, Islands, Colonies, Plantations, Territories 

 or Places where the Offence was committed, or in any Court of Rec- 

 ord in England, by Bill, Information, Plaint or other Action, wherein 

 no Essoin, Protection or Wager of Law shall be allowed. 



VII. Provided always, and be it hereby enacted by the Authority 

 aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful to ship and lade in such 

 Ships, and so navigated, as in the foregoing Clause is set down and 

 expressed, in any Part of Europe, Salt for the Fisheries of Neiv- 

 England and Newfoundland, and to ship and lade in the Madera's 

 Wines of the Growth thereof, and to ship and lade in the Western 



Islands of Azores Wines of the Growth of the said Islands. 

 213 and to ship and take in Servants or Horses in Scotland or 



Ireland, and to ship or lade in Scotland all Sorts of Victual of 

 the Growth or Production of Scotland, and to ship or lade in Ireland 

 all sorts of Victual of the Growth or Production of Ireland, and the 

 same to transport into any of the said Lands, Islands, Plantations, 

 Colonies, Territories or Places; any Thing in the foregoing Clause 

 to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. 



VIII. And for the better Prevention of Frauds, be it enacted, and 

 it is hereby enacted, That from and after the five and twentieth Day 

 of March one thousand six hundred sixty and four, every Person or 

 Persons, importing by Land any Goods or Commodities whatsoever 

 into any the said Lands, Islands, Plantation, Colonies, Territories or 

 Places, shall deliver to. the Governor of such Land, Island, Planta- 

 tion, Colony, Territory or Place, or to such Person or Officer as shall 

 be by him thereunto authorized and appointed, within four and 

 twenty Hours after such Importation, his and their Names and Sur- 

 names, and a true Inventory and Particular of all such Goods and 

 commodities: (2) And no Ship or Vessel coming to any such Land, 

 Island, Plantation, Colony, Territory or Place, shall lade or unlade 

 any Goods or Commodities whatsoever, until the Master or Com- 

 mander of such Ship or Vessel shall first have made known to the 

 Governor of such Land, Island, Plantation, Colony, Territory or 

 Place, or such other Person or Officer as shall be by him thereunto 

 authorized and appointed, the Arrival of the said Ship or Vessel, 

 with her Name, and the Name and Surname of her Master or Com- 

 mander, and have shewn to him that she is an English-built Ship, or 

 made good by producing such Certificate, as abovesaid, that she is a 

 Ship or Vessel bona fide belonging to England, Wales, or the Town of 

 Berwick, and navigated with an English Master, and three fourth 



