and in case such bond shall be entered into for any wool, or other the last enumerated articles, being the property of different persons, than such owner, or person for whose account such bond was entered into, shall be accountable for his share of the money expended, in proportion to the amount of such goods so shipped; and also unless a licence be first taken out nder the hands of the commissioners or chief managers of cus toms, or any three of them, or from the customer, or collector and comptroller where such bond is given, for the lading, car. rying, and landing thereof as aforesaid, which licence they are to grant without fec to the person demanding the same: Aud if any wool, &c. shall be carried on board any vessel, to be carried coastwise, before such bond shall be entered into,and such licence taken out, &c. then all such wool, &c. or the value thereof, shall be forfeited, together with the ship, vessel, bottom, or boat,and all the guns, ammunition, tackle, apparel and furnisure, for the benefit of the person first informing thereof. s. 34. And when any such article shall be shipped to be carried coastwise under this act, the customer, or collector and comp. troller of customs at the port from whence such goods shall have been shipped, shall, on the clearance of such ship, transmit a notice in writing, setting forth the quantity, quality, and package of such wool, &c.together with the marks and numbers thereof, with the name of the ship and of the master, to the customer of the port to which such wool, &c. are intended to be conveyed, under penalty of ten pounds, to be paid by the officer neglecting to transmit such notice, which penalty shaf be paid to the person who shall inform; and the bonds before directed to be entered into on the shipping of the said wool, &c. shall not be discharged until a certificate, under the hand and seal of the customer of the port in Great Britain where the same were landed, expressing the quantity, quality and package, marks, numbers, name of the ship and master, out of which such wool, &c. were landed, shall be produced to and left with the person in whose possession such bond shall be kept, at the custom-house of the port whence the said wool, &c. were ship. ped, and which certificate the customer, &c. of the port at which such wool, &c. shall be landed, is to transmit to the customer, &c. at the port from whence the same were shipped, within seven days after the landing thereof, under the penalty of ten pounds, to be paid by the officer neglecting to transmit such certificate to the person who shall inform; and the said customer, &c. at the port at which such wool, &c. shall be fanded, shall also grant and deliver another certificate of such landing to the master of the vessel from which the same shall be landed, without fer, when requested; and all such bonds aï shall remain undischarged by such certificate for six months shall be transmitted to the commissioners of customs at London who are to put them in suit; and if the wool in such notice shall not be landed at the port to which the same were con signed within a reasonable time, then the customer, &c. at the

port to which the same were licensed to be sent, shall transmit notice thereof to the customer, &c. at the port from whence such wool, &c. were shipped, that inquiry may be made, in what manner the same have been disposed of or delivered, and which inquiry the customer, &c. is to make without delay. J. 36.

But no cocquet or bond shall be required for conveying sheep, between the port of Southampton and Portsmouth, and Cowes in the Isle of Wight, provided the same be carried in open boats, or hoys; nor any other kind of live cattle (horses and lambs excepted). 6 Geo. 3. c. 50. s. 1. 32 Geo. 3. c. 32. s. 1.

to be forfeited,

No wool or other woollen or worsted articles, fuller's earth, Wool shipped falling clay, or tobacco-pipe clay, shall be put on board any on board vessels vessel or boat, bound to parts beyond the seas, under the pe bound for parts halty of forfeiture, for the benefit of the person who shall in- beyond the seas form of all such goods, and also of such ship, vessel, bottom, and the master or boat, on which such goods shall be laden, and all the guns, liable as an expammunition, tackle, apparel, and furniture belonging to such porter. ship, &c. and moreover the master shall in such case be deemed the exporter thereof, and be subject to the penalties in such case provided, unless such master shall, upon being apprehended, discover the person who actually shipped such goods, and enter into a recognizance with two sureties, before some justice to prosecute and give evidence against such shipper, so that he may be convicted. 28 Geo. 3. c. 38. s. 37.

But nothing in the above exception shall extend to the masters of vessels not regularly clearing out to foreign parts; but if any wool or other last-mentioned goods shall be discovered on board such vessel, and where no such clearance can be exhibited, then the master shall be deemed the shipper; and such master, and all persons on board such vessel, knowing of such illicit transaction, shall be liable to the pains before enact. ed against exporters of wool: provided, that in case any person on board any ship not regularly cleared out to foreign parts, other than the master, shall, on being apprehended, give information, so that such master may be convicted, or the vessel condemned, such person informing shall not be liable to any penalties to which he might otherwise be liable, but he shall be entitled to forty pounds, which shall be paid to such informer by the commissioners of customs immediately after conviction. s. 38.

the master was not privy to the

Nothing in this act shall prevent evidence from being received, Proof, from the in any suit for the forfeiture of any vessel bound coastwise, or smallness of the to foreign parts, and also the guns, &c. on account of any quantity, that wool, or other articles, prohibited from being exported, which shall be found on board such vessel, or for the forfeiture of any wool being in waggon, cart, carriage, horses, or other beast of burden, where- his vessel, exon any wool, &c. shall be laid, or conveying, or in any prose-empts from the cution brought against the master of such vessel, owner or penalty. driver of such waggon, &c. in order to shew, from the small. mess of the quantity of the wool, &c. that the same were on

But the wool

board, &c. without the knowledge of the owner, or of the master, or person having charge of such vessel, or care of such carriage, horse, or other beast, and without any wilful neglect, or want of care in the discharge of the duty of such owner, or person; and in such case where proof shall be made, from the smallness of the quantity, and other circumstances, that such small quantity was on board, &c. without the knowledge or consent either of the owner or master, or person having charge of such vessel, &c. then, such persons shall not be punished, nor shall such vessel, or such carriage, horse or beast, be forfeited, for such small quantity having been found.

s. 39. Nevertheless all such articles found on board such vessel, or shall be forfeit- within such carriage, or upon such horse or beast, shall be for. feited to the person who shall seize the same. s. 40.

ed not with

standing.

A register of all wool, and other articles before enumerated, A register to be and sent coastwise, with the quantity, quality, and package kept of wool seut coastwise, thereof, the name of the ship and master, the name of the shipper, and the name of the person to whom cousigned, and his abode, and also a register of the return of the landing of the wool, &c. shipped, shall be kept by the customer, collector, or comptroller at each port, and a copy thereof shall be transmitted once in every six months to the commissioners of customs at London, there to be registered in a book to be kept by some person by the commissioners appointed, and which register shall be inspected, on payment of one shilling by any person whomsoever, and a printed copy of such register shall, within sixty days after the end of each year, be transmitted by the commissioners to the custom-houses within this kingdom, and which copies so transmitted shall be inspected by any per son, on payment of the like fee.

Master not to unpack any

to be carried

S. 41.

No master of any vessel, who shall ship any wool to be carried coastwise, shall unpack, or permit to be unpacked, any. wool delivered wool to him delivered (except through necessity, of which such master shall make oath in writing before one justice, on his arrival at the port to which such wool shall be consigned), upon pain of forfeiting, for every bag unpacked, forty shillings to the owners of such wool.

coastwise.

8. 42.

To be shipped Noue of the said articles carried coastwise shall be shipped, only at lawful but in the presence of officers, nor at any other place than the lawful quays, or at such other wharfs as the commissioners of customs shall, by writing under their hands, appoint, with out special sufferauce had from the commissioners or officers of customs, upon pain of forfeiting the wool, &c. or the value thereof, and three shillings for every pound weight, to be paid by the person concerned in such unlawful shipping or landing, to the person who shall inform. s. 43.

Co quots to be

All cocquets for carrying the said articles, from any port written on pa- within Great Britain, or the isles, shall be written on paper, and not parchment, and signed by three of the chief officers of such ports, and all certificates of landing in any other of the

per.

ports, shall be written upon paper only, and signed in like manner; and all wool, &c. both at shipping and landing, shall be weighed in the presence of the officers giving such cocquets, and the exact weight, marks, and numbers, shall be expressed in the cocquets, and written therein, without any obliteration, erasure, or interlineation whatsoever. 8. 44.

wool.

All persons who, by insurance or otherwise, shall undertake Penalty on inthat any sheep, wool, or other articles before enumerated, suring the exshall be carried to any parts beyond the seas, from this king-portation of dom, contrary to this act, or in pursuance of such insurance, &c. shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, any sheep, &c. in any parts beyond the seas, such person and their aiders shall, upon conviction, be liable to be punished as exporters of wool.

8.45.

All persons who shall pay or agree to pay any money for insuring, or exporting any sheep, &c. contrary to this act, shall upon conviction, be liable to be punished as exporters of sheep or wool; and morcover, such sheep, so insured, shall become forfeited to the person who shall sue. s. 46.

In case the insurer, conveyer, or manager of such fraud, or the person agreeing to insure, &c. do, within six months after such agreement, first give notice thereof to the commissioners of customs, so as the person concerned with him be convicted; he shall not only be discharged of such offence, but shall also have, to his own use, such sheep, wool, and other articles enumerated, and which shall be insured, after the charges of prosecution are deducted, and shall likewise retain to his own use the insurance money; and in case the party insured shall, within the like space of six months, first make discovery thereof to the commissioners, so as the person concerned with him shall be convicted, he shall recover back such insurance money as he paid; and in case the insurance money shall not at the time of discovery be actually paid, then the person is indemnified from paying the same, and all agreements entered into for paying such moneys are void, and the person first discovering shall also be discharged from the punishment to be inflicted upon him. s. 47.

All policies of insurance made on goods laden or to be laden on any vessel bound from Great Britain to foreign parts, which shall afterwards appear to be wool, woollen or worsted yarn, or any of the enumerated articles prohibited, shall be deemed to be void, notwithstanding any words whatsoever which shall be inserted in such policy, and nothing shall be recovered by the assured from the insurer for loss or damage, or for the premium given as to the consideration for insuring such wool, &c. s. 48.

It shall be lawful for the master or commander, or any other Commanders of commissioned or deputed officer of any of his majesty's ships the king's shius or sloops, in any port, creek, or road, or in the open seas, may search and within the limits of the station assigned to such ships, to enter,

But no other

or cause to be entered and searched, any ship, vessel, or boat; and if upon search any sheep, wool, or other articles prohibited from being exported, shall be found therein, and the master shall not immediately produce to the commander a cocquet licensing such articles to be carried coastwise, &c. such com. mander is to se ze such ship, &c. and to carry the same, toge. ther with the crew and cargo, into some port in Great Britain, and there deliver the same into the custody of the collector and comptroller. s. 49.

And all wool, and other articles prohibited from being exported, found on board any ship, vessel, or boat, contrary to this act, and which shall have been seized by any of his majesty's ships or sloops, shall be lodged in the king's warehouse in such port where the same shall be seized, or brought, until condemned; and being condemned, such, wool, &c. shall be exposed publicly to sale, after sixty days public notice being given in writing at the custom-house of the port, and on the Royal Exchange of London, by inch of candle to the last and best bidder; and all ships, &c. so seized, and hereby forfeited, and which shall be con demned, shall, together with all their guns, &c. be exposed to sale in like manner, and the produce of the wool, ships, &c. so sold, after deducting the expences of prosecution and condem nation, shall be divided, one third to the commander, one third to the officers of the ship that took the same, and the remaining third to the mariners belonging to such ships, to be equally divided amongst the mariners, by the collectors of the port, or such person as shall be authorised to pay the same; and if such seizure shall be made upon the information of any person not a mariner on board such ship so appointed to cruise, such in former shall not only be indemnified from the pains, &c. to which exporters, their aiders and abettors, are liable, but shall also receive one third part of the produce of such sale, after deducting the expences, and the residue thereof shall be divided as before directed. s. 50.

And every commander of such ship or sloop neglecting his duty, shall lose all pay due, and suffer six months imprison. ment, and be for ever incapable of serving his majesty in the Lavy, customs, excise, or salt duties; and any person giving information against such commander, shall, on conviction of such offender, be entitled to forty pounds, to be paid to such informer immediately after conviction, by the commissioners of customs, excise, or salt duties, or other revenue as after mentioned, with respect to forfeitures incurred by persons unable to pay. s. 51,

of

But it shail not be lawful for any person, except an officer person, except customs, excise, or salt duties, who shall suspect, that any revenue officers sheep, wool, or articles hereby probibited, are carrying conmay search for, trary to this act, to examine or seize such sheep, &c. other or size, unless than in company with a constable, or officer of the

in company

with a constâ

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