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Lib. C. B.
No. 20
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Ladings of Plantation Goods in this Kingdom pursuant to
their Securities; And Whereas the better to prevent any of the
aforesaid Certificates from being Counterfeited, the Commis-
sioners of our Customs have thought fit to Sign the same, It is
therefore Our Will and Pleasure, that no such Certificates be
allowed of unless the same be under the Hands and Seals of
the Customer, Comptroller and Collector of the Customs in
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some Port in this Kingdom, or two of them, as also under the
Hands of four of Our Commissioners of the Customs at
London, or three of Our Commissioners of the Customs at
Edinburgh; and where there shall be reasonable ground of
Suspicion, that the Certificate of having given Security in this
Kingdom is false and Counterfeit, in such Case he or the
Person or Persons appointed under him shall require and take
Sufficient Security for the discharge of the Plantation Lad-
ing in this Kingdom: And where there shall be Cause to Sus-
pect, that the Certificate of having discharged the Lading of
Plantation Goods in this Kingdom is false and Counterfeit,
he shall not Cancel or Vacate the Security given in the Plan-
tations until he shall be informed from the Commissioners of
Our Customs, in Great Britain that the matter of the said
Certificate is true; and if any Person or Persons shall Counter-
feit, Raze, or Falsify any such Certificate for any Vessel or
Goods, or shall knowingly or wittingly make use thereof, he
shall Prosecute such Person for the Forfeiture of the Sum of
Five hundred Pounds, according to a Clause of the aforesaid
Act for preventing Frauds and regulating Abuses in the Plan-
tation Trade, and pursuant to the said Act, he shall take care
that in all such Bonds to be hereafter given or taken in Our
said Province of Maryland, the Sureties therein named be
Persons of known Residence and Ability there for the Value
mentioned in the said Bonds, And that the Conditions of the
said Bonds be within Eighteen Months after the Date thereof
(the Danger of the Sea excepted) to produce a Certificate of
having Landed and discharged the Goods therein mentioned
in One of Our Plantations, or in this Kingdom, otherwise to
Attest the Copy of such Bonds under his Hand and Seal and
to Cause Prosecution thereof; and it is Our further Will and
Pleasure that he do give directions to the Naval Officer or
Officers not to Admit any Person to be Security for another,
who has Bonds standing out and undischarged, unless he be
esteemed responsible for more than the Value of such Bonds.
7. And the said Robert Eden is also to give directions to the
said Naval Officer or Officers to Advise with the Collector
of the Port or District in taking Bonds and not to Admit any
Person to be Security on any Plantation Bond, until approved
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