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feiture under this Act, shall and may be seized and secured by any 

 Officer of the Customs or Navy, or by any Person employed for 

 229 that Purpose, by or with the Concurrence of the Commis- 

 sioners of His Majestj''s Customs ; and every Person who shall 

 in any way hinder, oppose, molest or obstruct any Officer of the 

 Customs or Navy, or any Person so employed as aforesaid, in the 

 Exercise of his Office, or any Person acting in his Aid or Assistance, 

 shall for every such Offence forfeit the Sum of Two hundred 

 Pounds. 



LIU. And be it further enacted, That under the Authority of a 

 Writ of Assistance granted by the Superior or Supreme Court of 

 Justice, or Court of Vice Admiralty having Jurisdiction in the 

 Place (who are hereby authorized and required to grant such Writ 

 of Assistance, upon Application made to them for that Purpose by 

 the principal Officers of His Majesty's Customs), it shall be lawful 

 for any Officer of the Customs, taking with him a Peace Officer, to 

 enter any Building or other Place in the the Daytime, and to search 

 for and seize and secure any Goods liable to Forfeiture under this 

 Act; and in case of Necessity, to break open any Doors and any 

 Chests or other Packages for that Purpose; and such Writ of Assist- 

 ance, when issued, shall be deemed to be in force during the whole 

 of the Reign in which the same shall have been granted, and for 

 Twelve Months from the Conclusion of such Reign. 



LIV. And be it further enacted, That if any Person shall by force 

 or Violence assault, resist, oppose, molest, hinder or obstruct any Offi- 

 cer of the Customs or Navy, or other Person employed as aforesaid, in 

 the Exercise of his Office, or any Person acting in his Aid or Assist- 

 ance, such Person, being thereof convicted, shall be adjudged a Felon 

 and shall be proceeded against as such, and punished at the Discretion 

 of the Court before whom such Person shall be tried. 



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LVIU. And be it further enacted, That if any Goods or any Ship 

 or Vessel shall be seized as forfeited under this Act, or any Act 

 hereafter to be made, and detained in any of the British Possessions 

 in America, it shall be lawful for the Judge or Judges of any Court 

 having Jurisdiction to try and determine such Seizures, with the 

 Consent of the Collector and Comptroller of the Customs, to order 

 the Delivery thereof on Security by Bond, with Two sufficient Sure- 

 ties, to be first approved by such Collector and Comptroller, to an- 

 swer Double the Value of the same in case of Condemnation ; and such 

 Bond shall be taken to the Use of His Majesty in the Name of the 

 Collector of the Customs in whose Custody the Goods or the Ship 

 or Vessel may be lodged, and such Bond shall be delivered and kept 

 in the joint Custody of such Collector and his Comptroller, and in 

 case the Goods or the Ship or Vessel shall be condemned, the Value 

 thereof shall be paid into the Hands of such Collector, who shall 

 thereupon, with the Consent or Privity of his Comptroller, cancel 

 such Bond. 



LIX. And be it further enacted, That no Suit shall be commenced 

 for the Recovery of any Penalty or Forfeiture under this Act, except 

 in the Name of some superior Officer of the Customs or Navv, or other 

 Person employed as hereinbefore mentioned, or of His Majesty's Ad- 

 vocate or Attorney General for the Place where such Suit shall be 



