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direct, by any Order or Orders of Council, or by Proclamation or 

 Proclamations, to be made for that Purpose, as in and by the said 

 recited Act may more fully appear: " Now to obviate any Doubts that 

 have arisen, or may arise, concerning the Construction of the words 

 Seizures made at Sea; it is hereby further enacted and declared by 

 the Authority aforesaid, That the said Words, Seizures made at Sea, 

 in the said recited Act of Parliament, shall extend, and be con- 

 strued to extend, to all Seizures made by the Commanders or Of- 

 ficers of his Majesty's Ships or Vessels of War, duly authorized for 

 that Purpose, anywhere at Sea, or in or upon any River, and which 

 shall not be actually made on Shore within any British Colony or 

 Plantation in America. 



XXVII. And, in order to prevent any Disputes concerning what 

 Fees the Officers of his Majesty's Customs in the British Colonies or 

 Plantations in America may be intitled to, for making Entries, or 



other Business done by them in the Execution of their Employ - 

 220 ments ; be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That 



until such time as the same shall be otherwise settled by Au- 

 thority of Parliament, it shall and may be lawful for all and every. 

 Collector, and other Officer of his Majesty's Customs, in any British 

 Colony or Plantation in America, appointed by any Deputation or 

 Commission from the Commissioners of his Majesty's Customs in 

 England, to demand and receive such Fees as they and their Prede- 

 cessors were intitled to demand and receive, on and before the 

 twenty-ninth Day of September, one thousand seven hundred and 

 sixty- four; provided the Fees so taken are not contrary to the ex- 

 press Direction of any Act of Parliament made in Great Britain; 

 and in all and every Port or Place in any British Island in the West 

 Indies, where no Fees have been received as aforesaid by any Officer 

 of the Customs, such Officer shall, from and after the said fifth Day 

 of July, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five, be intitled to the 

 same Fees as have been received as aforesaid by the like Officers, in 

 the nearest Port in the said Island, before the said twenty-ninth Day 

 of September, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four; and if no 

 Fees have been received as aforesaid by any Officer in any Port in the 

 said Island, such Officer shall, from and after the said fifth Day of 

 July, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five, be intitled to such 

 Fees as have been received by the like Officers in the Island of Bar- 

 dadoes, before the said twenty-ninth Day of September, one thou- 

 sand seven hundred and sixty-four; and in all and every Port or 

 Place on the Continent of America, within His Majesty's Dominions, 

 where no Fees have been received as aforesaid by any Officer of the 

 Customs, such Officer shall, from and after the said fifth Day of 

 July, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five, be intitled to the 

 same Fees as have been received as aforesaid by the like Officers, in 

 the nearest Port in the said Colony or Plantation, on or before the 

 said twenty-ninth Day of September, one thousand seven hundred 

 and sixty-four; and if no Fees have been received as aforesaid by 

 any Officer in any Port in such Colony or Plantation, such Officer 

 shall, from and atter the fifth Day of July, one thousand seven hun- 

 dred 'and sixty-five, be intitled to such Fees as have been received by 

 the like Officers in the nearest Port within any British Colony or 



