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upon his Arrival at every Port or Place in Great Britain or in the 

 British American Colonies and Plantations, make a just and true 

 Report of all the Goods laden on board such Ship or Vessel under 

 their true and proper Denominations; and if any such non-enumer- 

 ated Goods shall be laden on board any such Ship or Vessel before 

 such Bond shall be given, the Goods so laden, together with the Ship 

 or Vessel and her Furniture, shall be forfeited, and shall and may be 

 seized by any Officer of the Customs, and prosecuted in the Manner 

 herein after directed. 



XXIV. And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority afore- 

 said, That every Master or Person having the Charge of any Ship 

 or Vessel shall, before he departs from any British Colony or Planta- 

 tion where he receives his Lading, take a Certificate under the Hands 

 and Seals of the Collector or other principal Officer of the Customs 

 there (which Certificate such Officers are hereby required to grant 

 without Fee or Reward) that Bond hath been given, pursuant to the 

 Directions of this or any other Act of Parliament, as the Case shall 

 require; and the Master or Person having the Charge of such Ship or 

 Vessel, shall keep such Certificate in his Custody till the Voyage is 

 compleated, and shall then deliver the same up to the Collector or 

 other chief Officer of the Customs at the Port or Place where he 

 shall discharge his Lading, either in Great Britain or any British 

 American Colony or Plantation, on Forfeiture of one hundred 

 Pounds for each and every Offence. 



XXV. And it is hereby further enacted, That if any British Ship 

 or Vessel laden, as aforesaid, with any Goods of the Produce or 

 Manufacture of any British Colony or Plantation in America, or 

 having on board any Molasses or Syrups the Produce of any Foreign 

 Colony or Plantation, shall be discovered by any Officer of his 

 Majesty's Customs within two Leagues of the Shore of any British 

 Colony or Plantation in America, and the Master or Person taking 

 Charge of such Ship or Vessel shall not produce a Certificate that 

 Bond has been given, pursuant to the Directions of this or any other 

 Act of Parliament, as the Case may require; or if he shall not pro- 

 duce such Certificate to the Collector or other chief Officer of the 

 Customs where he shall arrive, either in Great Britain or any British 

 American Colony or Plantation, such Ship or Vessel, with her 

 Tackle, Apparel and Furniture, and all the Goods therein laden, 

 shall be forfeited, and shall and may be seized and prosecuted as 

 herein after is directed. 



XXVI. And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority afore- 

 said, That the said Bond directed to be given by this Act, with re- 

 spect to such Non-enumerated Goods, shall continue in force for one 



Year from and after the Completion of the Voyage; and in 

 216 case no Fraud shall appear within that Time, it shall be law- 

 ful for the Commissioners of his Majesty's Customs, or any 

 four or more of them, to direct the said Bond to be delivered up. 



XXVII And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority afore- 

 said That from and after the twenty-ninth D.iy of Scpt<mler one 

 thousand seven hundred and sixty-four, all Coffee, Pimento Cocoa 

 Nuts, Whale Fins, Raw Silk, Hides and Skins, Pot and Pearl Ashes, 

 of the Growth, Production, or Manufacture of any British Colony 

 or Plantation in America, shall be imported directly from thence 

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