390 APPENDIX TO BRITISH COUNTER CASE. 



Gaugers by their Orders, to Search for and Seize all such Beer, Rum 

 and other distill'd Spirituous Liquors so remaining on board not duly 

 enter'd as aforesaid. 



And be it also further enacted, that if any Beer, Rum or other 

 Distill'd Spirituous Liquors shall be landed or proved to have been 

 Landed from on board such Ship or Vessell after such Report made 

 as aforesaid, other than such as have been Specified and contained in 

 such Report or Manifest by this Act directed to be made, then and in 

 such Case all such Beer, Rum and other distill'd Spirituous Liquors 

 or the value thereof (to be estimated at the then highest price such 

 commodity shall bear at that time) shall be and are hereby declared 

 to be forfeited, and shall and may be seized by the Collector or Re- 

 ceiver or Collectors or Receivers of the Duties for the time being or 

 the Landwaiters or Gaugers; and if any such Beer Rum or other 

 distill'd Spirituous Liquors shall be conceal'd or Stove, whereby 

 Seizure cannot be made of the same, the Master of such Vessell, 

 owner or receivers upon Conviction thereof shall pay the value 

 thereof agreeable to such estimation. 



And be it further enacted, that if any Beer Rum, or other Distill'd 



Spirituous Liquors shall be found on board any Vessell which have 



not been duly enter'd or shall be proved to have been 



234 landed Sold delivered barter'd or exchanged Contrary to the 



Intent and meaning of this Act, or if any Master of any Ship 



or Vessell shall refuse or neglect to Yield Strict Obedience to the 



directions prescribed by this Act, in either such cases he shall on 



Conviction thereof by the Oath of One Credible Witness, forfeit and 



pay a fine not exceeding One Hundred Pounds currency of this 



Province. 



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And be it further enacted that the Naval Officer of any of the 

 Ports of this Province shall not Clear or give Passes to the Master 

 of any Ship or Vessel outward bound, untill he shall be certified by 

 the Collector or Receiver or Collectors or Receivers of the Duties or 

 either of them, that the said Master has complied with the directions 

 contained in this Act. 



No. 15. 1785^ May 18: Extract from the Charter of the City of 

 Saint John, in the Province of New Brunswick.* 



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And we do further of our special grace, certain knowledge and 

 mere motion give and ^rant unto the said Mayor, Aldermen and 

 Commonalty, and to their successors, that they and their successors 

 shall be the conservators of the water and the river, harbour and 

 bay of the said city, and shall have the sole power of amending and 

 improving the said river, bay and harbour, for the more convenient 

 safe and easy navigating, anchoring, riding and fastening the ship- 

 ping resorting to the said city, and for the better regulating and 

 ordering the same; and that they the said Mayor, Aldermen and 



Confirmed by New Brunswick Statute 26 Geo. Ill, Cap. 46. 



