194 C. it. Anno quinto Georgii Regis. A. D. iyi%. without Pay- Veffel or Boat, fhall forfeit treble the Value of fuch Goods, unlefs in cafe of Neceffity, which fuch Mafter iTeT'forfeitec ^ M immediately give Notice of, and make proof before the chief Officers of the Cuftoms of the fir ft Port of this Kingdom where he fhall arrive; and the Mafter, Purfer, or other Perfon taking charge of the Ship 1 fhall fe of his oGeo! i."c. S. Majelty, his Heirs and Succeilors, and the other Moiety to him, her or them who will inform or fue for feet s. & the fame, and fhall and may be recovered in like Manner as is herein after mentioned. 2 Geo. 2. c. zS, feet. 3. and the Mailer to forfeit treble the Value, unlefs in cafe of Neceflity. Goods not re- ' IV. And whereas in Ships from foreign Farts, Goods are often found at clearing fuch Ships concealed icealed Lockers, in order to their being Officers of the Cuftoms to difcover of which fraudulent Practices, Be it nuance of this enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the five and twentieth Day of March one thoufand Olaufe, fee feven hundred and nineteen, all Goods not reported, and found after the clearing the Ship by the proper feces' & C " Officer or Officers of the Cuftoms, fhall be liable to Forfeiture, and fuch Goods fhall and may be feized and 2 Geo. 2. c. =.3. profecuted in the Manner herein after mentioned; any Law or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. tea. 3. ' V. And whereas by an Acf. made in the tenth Year of the late Queen's Reign, for laying additional 10 Ana, c. 26. « Duties on Hides and Skins, Vellum and Parchment, and new Duties on Starch, Cpffee, Tea, Drugs, ' and other Things, Certificates for the Difcharge of Bonds given at the Cuftom-houfe upon the Expor-
- tation of Coffee or Tea, that the fame fhall not be relanded in any Part of Great Britain, are to be under
' the Common Seal of the chief Magiftrate in fuch Place or Places in Parts beyond the Seas, or under the ' Hands and Seals of two known Briti/li Merchants then being at fuch Place or Places, That fuch Coffee,
- Tea or Drugs was there landed; which Provifion is found infufficient for the Security of the Revenue of
' Cuftoms againft any fecret relanding fuch Coffee, Tea or Drugs, in fome Part of this Kingdom : And in ' regard a better Provifion may be made with refpeft to fuch Goods exported to Ireland, as is made in the ' Cafe of Tobacco, by an Act made in the eighth Year of her faid late Majefty's Reign :' Be it therefore - . enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the firft Day of May one thoufand feven hundred After i May ' anc ^ nineteen, no fuch Bond given for the Exportation of Coffee, Tea, or other Certificate Goods ex- • 1719, no Bind ported to Ireland, fhall be delivered up, or any Drawback allowed for any Goods entitled thereto, until a for Fxporta-ion Certificate fhall be produced under the Hands and Seals of the Collector, Controller and Surveyor of the cf Certificate Cuftoms of fome Port in Ireland, or any two of them, where fuch Goods fhall be landed, teftifying tha toT-'deWred" Ending thereof; and for the future the Condition of all fuch Bonds, required by Law to be given for the up, or anyDrdw- Exportation of any of the faid Goods to Ireland, fhall be, to produce fuch Certificate in fix Months from back allowed, till the Date thereof (the Danger of the Seas and Enemies excepted;) and in cafe no fuch Certificate fhall be Certificate from produced within the faid rime of fix Months, it fhall and may be lawful for the Commiffioners of the Sec h th Cuftoms in England or Scotland refpectively to caufe fuch Bonds to be put in Suit, unlefs they fhall find Goods were fufficient Caufe to forbear the fame; any Law, Cuftom or Ufage to the contrary notwithftanding. landed, &c. For the Continuance of this Claufe, fee 9 Geo. I. c. S. feci. 8. & 2 Geo. 2. c. 28. feci. 3. ' VI. And whereas the Remedies already provided by Law, to prevent the relanding Goods prohibited ' to be worn in this Kingdom, and foreign Goods fhipped out for Parts beyond the Seas, have not been ' fufficient to put a Stop to the fraudulent relanding fuch Goods, to the Prejudice of the Revenue and the After se March ' fair Traders;' Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the five and twen- 1719, Goods t; etrl Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and nineteen, if any fuch Goods fhall be unfhipped, or w°r h ' b here 'and P ut on Shore (unlefs in cafe of Diftrefs to fave the Ship from perifhing, or in the Prefence of an Officer of' ferei" n Goods the Cuftoms) the faid Goods fhall be forfeited; and if the Mafter, Purfer, or other Perfon, taking care of relanded, for- any Ship wherein the faid Goods fhall be laden, fliall fuffer or permit any of the faid Goods to be landed or feited. unfhipped (unlefs as aforefaid) the faid Mafter, Purfer, or other Perfon, taking care of fuch Ship, fhall Penalty on Ma- f or f e j t the Value of fuch Goods fo unfhipped or landed; and the Perfon or Perfons to whofe Hands orPof- FortheConti- feffi°n the faid Goods fhall come, after the unfhipping or landing thereof, he or they knowing the fame to nuance of this be fo unfhipped, fhall forfeit double the Value of the faid Goods, unlefs he or they fhall make Difcovery CUufe, fee thereof to the principal Officers of the Cuftoms in fix Days after the faid Goods fhall fo come to his or 9 Ge0 - •■ c - s - their Hands; provided the faid Goods fhall not have been feized by, or Information given thereof to any (e&. 8. &^ ^ Officer of the Cuftoms before fuch Difcovery. fecV. ».-' ' ' VII. And whereas the Perfons concerned in carrying on the faid fraudulent Practices do frequently Penalty on Ma- ' caufe the Package of fuch Goods to be opened on board the Ship, during the Time file continues in Port, fler, &c. per- < whereby they have a better Opportunity to reland the faid Goods :' For the Prevention whereof, Be it mining the further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if the Package of any fuch Goods fhall, with the Privity G "ods'tVbe " C or Confent of the Mafter, Purfer, or other Perfons taking care of fuch Ship or Veffel,. be opened on board opened on boaid.any Ship or Veffel, or put into other Forrn'or Package, during the Time the faid Ship or Veffel remains in without Leave. Port, without Leave of one or more of the principal Officers of the Port, the faid Mafter, Purfer, or other For theConti- Perfon, taking care of fuch Ship or Veffel, fhall forfeit one hundred Pounds; and if the faid Mafter, Purfer, nuance of this or ther Perfon, taking care of fuch Ship or Veffel, fliall permit or fuffer any of the faid Goods to be un- ciaufe, fee fhipped or landed, or the Package of any fuch Goods to be opened, or put into any other Form, without I 8 & ' Geo.i. Leave, as aforefaid, then fuch Mafter, Purfer, or other Perfon, fhall alfi) fuffer fix Months Imprifonment, c'28. -s: 3. ' without Bail or Mainprise. ' VIII.
