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ported into this province as afd to be Applyed to the Uses afd
Liquors from Great Brittaine always Excepted.
And be itt further Enacted by the Authority Advice and
Consent afd that no Rum Brandy Spiritts or wine upon which
the duties afd are Assessd shall be Landed or put on Shore
out of any Shipp or Vessell which shall Import the same or
any other without due Entry thereof with the Officer thereto
Appointed (upon oath of the said person or persons Importing
any the afd Liquors) for Collecting the same in the port or
place where such Liquors shall happen to be Imported as afd
or before the duty due and payable for the same be Satisfyed
or Secured to be Satisfyed and a warrant for the Landing
thereof be Signed by the Officer for that purpose Appointed
upon pain and perrell that all such Liquors Landed and put

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on Shore Contrary to the true Intent and meaning of this Act
shall be forfeited and Lost or the full Value thereof one halfe
to be Appropriated towards the Defraying the publick Charge
of this province and the other halfe to the Informer or him or
them that shall sue for the same to be recovered as afd. And
for the better Encouragemt of all Masters Merchants owners
and other persons whatsoever to make due Entrys and pay-
ment of the duties Rates and Impositions raised by this Act
in Consideration of Leakage and other damage the Officer is
hareby Authorized and Empowered to make Allowance and
Abatement of twenty Gallons in Every hundred Gallons of all
such Liquors soe to be Entred as afd and the Officers
hereby Appointed for Collecting and Gathering the duties afd
shall and are hereby Impowered upon any Suspicion of fraud
or deceit by any Importer owner or proprietor of any such
Liquors in Concealing and not making due Entry of the same
to goe and Enter on board any Ship or Vessell or into any
house or Warehouse or Else where and from thence to Seize
bring on Shoare or Secure all such Liquors for which the
duties afd are not duly paid or Secured to be paid as afd that
the said Officers and their Deputies or any of them may

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freely stay and remaine on board untill the goods are De-
livered and discharged out of the said Ship or Vessell and all
Officers as well Military as Civill of this province and Masters
and Officers of Shipps are hereby required and Enjoyned to
be aiding and Assisting to such Navall Officers in Discharging
their duty afd for all which the said Officers and others assist-
ing them shall be saved and kept harmless by Virtue of this
Act.

And be itt further Enacted by the Authority and Consent
afd that all such Navall Officers shall give good Security to
the Governt of this province for the time being and shall take

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