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XIX. And be it further enacted, That the Person entering any 

 such Goods shall deliver to the Collector or Comptroller, or other 

 proper Officer, a Bill of the Entry thereof, fairly written in Words 

 at length containing the Name of the Exporter or Importer, and of 

 the Ship, and of the Master, and of the Place to or from which 

 bound, and of the Place within the Port where the Goods are to be 

 laden or unladen, and the Particulars of the Quality and Quantity of 

 the Goods, and the Packages containing the same, and the Marks and 

 Numbers on the Packages, and such Person shall at the same Time 

 pay down all Duties due upon the Goods, and the Collector and 

 Comptroller, or other proper Officer, shall thereupon grant their 

 Warrant for the lading or unlading of such Goods. 



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XXXII. And be it further enacted, That the same Tonnage Duties 

 shall be paid upon all Vessels or Boats of the United States of 

 America, importing any Goods into either of the Provinces of Upper 

 or Lower Canada, as are or may be for the Time being payable in the 

 United States of America on British Vessels or Boats entering the 

 Harbours of the State from whence such Goods shall have been 

 imported. 



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L. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Offi- 

 cers of Customs to go on board any Ship in any Port in any British 

 Possession in America, and to rummage and search all Parts of such 

 Ship for prohibited and uncustomed Goods, and also to go on board 

 any Ship hovering within One League of any of the Coasts thereof, 

 and in either Case freely to stay on board such Ship so long as she 

 shall remain in such Port, or within such Distance; and if any such 

 Ship be bound elsewhere, and shall continue so hovering for the 

 Space of Twenty four Hours after the Master shall have been required 

 to depart, it shall be lawful for the Officer of the Customs to bring 

 such Ship into Port, and to search and examine her Cargo, and to 

 examine the Master upon Oath touching the Cargo and Voyage, and 

 if there be any Goods on board prohibited to be imported into such 

 Possession, such Ship and her Cargo shall be forfeited; and if the 

 Master shall not truly answer the Questions which shall be demanded 

 of him in such Examination, he shall forfeit the Sum of One hundred 

 Pounds. 



LI. And be it further enacted, That all Vessels, Boats and Car- 

 riages, and all Cattle made use of in the Kemoval of any Goods liable 

 to Forfeiture under this Act, shall be forfeited, and every Person 

 who shall assist or be otherwise concerned in the Unshipping, Land- 

 ing or Removal, or in the Harbouring of such Goods, or into whose 

 Hands or Possession the same shall knowingly come, shall forfeit the 

 Treble Value thereof, or the Penalty of One hundred Pounds, at the 

 Election of the Officers of the Customs; and the Averment in any 

 Information or Libel to be exhibited for the Recovery of such Pen- 

 alty, that the Officer proceeding has elected to sue for the Sum men- 

 tioned in the Information, and be deemed sufficient Proof of such 

 Election, without any other or further Evidence of such Fact. 



LIT. And be it further enacted. That all Goods, and all Ships, 

 Vessels and Boats, and all Carriages, and all Cattle liable to For- 



