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so proportionably for any Greater or lesser quantity And for
Pork and beef undryed twelve pence the barrell to Contain
two hundred weight And that no undryed beef and pork be
exported out of this Province but in Casq as aforesaid which
said Severall impositions shall be Collected and gathered by
the severall and respective Navall Officers who shall be
accountable for the same as aforesaid And have full Authority
to enter any Ship or Vessell as aforesaid and to make search
for any such goods as aforesaid in such Method and manner
as in this Act is before mention'd and expressed. And if any
person or persons being- non-residents as aforesaid shall put

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on board any Shipp or Vessell any Beef Bacon or Pork for
which he she or they shall not have a Certificate as aforesaid
or that ship on board any Beef or Pork that is undryed not
being in Casq as aforesaid such person or persons so offending
shall forfeit and loose all his her or their Meat so Shipped as
aforesaid One half to her Majesty her heires and Successors
to the use aforesaid and the other half to the informer to be
recovered as aforesaid. And every Master of a Ship or
Vessell that shall wittingly or knowingly take on board his
said Shipp or Vessell any Beef Bacon or Pork contrary to the
true intent and Meaning of this Act being thereof legally
convict shall forfeit and pay the sume of five thousand pounds
of Tobacco One half thereof to her said Majesty her heires
and Successors for the use aforesaid the other half to the
Informer or him or them that shall sue for the Same to be
recovered as aforesaid And for the better understanding what
persons shall be adjudged Non Residents It is hereby declared
and Enacted by the Authority Advice and Consent aforesaid
That all persons whatsoever trading to and from this Province
shall be adjudged deem'd and taken as Non Residents and
not having a Seated Plantation of Fifty Acres of Land at the
least where he she or they with their ffamily (if any) have
resided for and during the space of one whole year and that
within the time and terme of twelve Months before any
benefitt Claim'd by vertue of this Act or that hath or hereafter
shall have an house in some Port or Towne as his or their
proper ffreehold being forty foot in length and twenty foot in
breadth with two brick Chimneys to the same wherein he she
or they shall have resided for and during the space of one
whole year as aforesaid And that no such person or persons
trading to & from this Province having houses in any Towne
or Porte within the same whereby he she or they may claime
any benefitt or freedom in this Act given to the Inhabitants
thereof shall have hold or enjoy such benefitt & privilege as

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aforesaid any longer than he she or they or his her or their
ffamily shall in such Port and Towne actually inhabitt and reside.

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