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Island of Newfoundland shall be, and are hereby declared to have 

 been mtitled to ask, demand, take, and receive, such Fees, for all 

 Business done by them in the Execution of their Duty, as were legally 

 demanded and taken by the like Officers of the Customs at the Port 

 of Halifax in Nova Scotia, on or before the first Day of January 

 one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight, provided the said Fees 

 so taken are not contrary to the express Directions of any Act of 

 Parliament made in Great Britain; and the said Officers of the 

 Customs shall have the like Remedy for the same, and be liable to 

 the same Forfeitures and Disabilities for exacting or receiving any 

 greater or other Fees than such as are herein before allowed to be 

 taken, as are prescribed and inflicted in such Cases by the said recited 

 Acts, or either of them, as fully and effectually, to all Intents and 

 Purposes, as if the same had been again repeated and enacted in 

 this present Act. 



No. 10. 1788: Extract from British Statute, 8 George III, Cap. 37. 



A& Act for repealing the Duties on Buck or Deer Skins undressed, Buck or 

 or Deer Skins Indian half-dressed, and Elk Skins undressed, imported, and 

 on Hides and Skins dressed in Oil in this Kingdom, and for granting other 

 Duties in lieu thereof; for laying a Duty on Stuffs printed, painted, stained, 

 or dyed in Great Britain; allowing Deer and other Skins the Produce of 

 Florida to be sold by Auction, free from the Duty charged on such sales; 

 for amending several Laws relative to the Revenue of Excise ; and to prevent 

 the Sale of Sweets for Consumption in the Houses of Retailers thereof, who 

 shall not have Licences to sell Beer or Ale. 



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XXII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that 

 all Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures imposed by this Act, shall be 

 sued for, recovered, levied, or mitigated by such Ways, Means, or 

 Methods as any Fine, Penalty, or Forfeiture may be sued for, re- 

 covered, levied, or mitigated by any Law or Laws of Excise, or by 

 Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of his Majesty s 

 Courts of Record at Westminster, or in the Court of Exchequer in 

 Scotland, respectively; and that one Moiety of every such Fine, 

 Penalty, or Forfeiture, shall be to his Majesty, his Heirs and Suc- 

 cessors, and the other Moiety to him or them who shall inform, dis- 

 cover, or sue for the same. . 



XXIII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, 

 That if any Action or Suit shall be brought or commenced against 

 any Person or Persons for any Thing by him or them done m pur- 

 suance of this or any other Act or Acts of Parliament now m force, 

 or hereafter to be made, relating to his Majesty's Revenues of Cus- 

 toms and Excise, or either of them, such Action or Suit shall be com- 

 mSced wfthin three Months next after the Matter or Thing jone, 

 Tnd shall be laid in the proper County; and the Defendan or De- 

 fendants in any such Action or Suit may plead the General Issue, 

 and ?ve this Act and the special Matter in Evidence at any Trial 

 to be had thereupon; and if afterwards a Verdict shall pass for the 

 Defendant or Defendants, or the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs shall become 

 nonsuited or discontinue his, her, or their Action or Prosecution, or 

 JudSnent shall be given against him, her, or them upon Demurrer 

 or oSvise then such Defendant or Defendants shall have Treble 



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