284 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1769-1770.

Lib. C. B.
No. 20

take Care, that the said Naval Officers do give such Security
to the said Commissioners of Our Customs, or the Persons
appointed by them, who are empowered to take the same in the
manner thereby enjoined; And that he or they produce to the
said Robert Eden a Certificate from them of his or their
having given Security pursuant to a Clause in the said Act ;
And the said Robert Eden is not to admit any Person to Act
as Naval Officer who does not within two Months, or as soon
as Conveniently may be after he has entered upon the Execu-
tion of his Office produce a Certificate of his having given
such Security as aforesaid.
3. And whereas it is necessary for the more effectual dis-
patch of Merchants, and others, that the Naval Officers and
the Collectors should reside at the same Ports or Towns, the
said Robert Eden is therefore to Care, that this Regulation be
observed.

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4^th Whereas by the Act for the Encouraging and encreas-
ing of Shipping and Navigation passed in the 12^th Year of the
Reign of King Charles the Second, no Goods or Commodities
whatsoever are to be imported into or exported out of any of
Our Colonies or Plantations in any other Ships or Vessells
whatsoever but in such as do truly and without Fraud belong
only to Our People of Great Britain, or Ireland or are of the
Build of, or belonging to any of Our Lands, Islands, or Terri-
tories, as the Proprietors and Right Owners thereof, and
whereof the Master and three fourths of the Mariners at least
are British, under the Penalty of the Forfeiture and Loss of
all the Goods and Commodities, which shall be imported into,
or exported out of any of the said Places in any other Ship or
Vessel, with her Guns, Furniture &c. And Whereas by a
Clause in the Act for preventing Fraud and regulating Abuses
in the Customs, passed in the 13^th and 14^th years of the Reign
of King Charles the Second, no Foreign built Ship, that is to
say not built in any of Our Dominions of Asia, Africa or
America shall enjoy the Privilege of a Ship belonging to Great
Britain or Ireland altho' Owned and Manned by British Sub-
jects (except such Ships only as shall be taken at Sea by Let-
ters of Marque or Reprizal, and Condemnation thereof made
in Our Court of Admiralty as lawful Prize) but all such
Ships shall be deemed as Aliens' Ships, and be liable to all
Duties that Aliens' Ships are liable to by Virtue of the said
Act for the Encouraging and Encreasing of Shipping and
Navigation. And whereas by a Clause in the Act for the pre-
venting Frauds and regulating Abuses in the Plantation Trade
it is Enacted that no Goods or Merchandizes whatsoever
shall be imported into or exported out of any of Our Colonies