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

Lib. C. B.

No. 20

the Commissioners of Our Customs in London and send an-
other Copy of the said Invoice in like manner to the Collector
of that Port in this Kingdom for the time being, to which
such Ship shall be said to be bound,
10. Whereas by the aforesaid Act for the Encouragement
of Trade, no Commodities of the Growth Production or Manu-
facture of Europe, Except Salt for the Fishery of New Eng-
land and Newfoundland, Wines of the Growth of the Ma-
deiras or Western Islands or Azores, Servants and Horses
from Ireland, and all Sorts of Victuals of the Growth and
production of Ireland, and Salt to the Provinces of Pennsil-
vania, New York, Nova Scotia, and Quebec, in pursuance of
five Acts passed in the 13^th Year of the Reign of King George
the First, in the third year of his late Majesty's Reign, and in
the second fourth and sixth years of Our Reign, shall be
imported into any of Our Colonies or Plantations, but what
shall be bona fide and without Fraud laden and Shipped in
Great Britain and in Ships duly Qualified. He shall in his
utmost endeavour for the due Observance thereof; and if,
contrary hereunto, any Ship or Vessel shall import into Our
said Province of Maryland any Commodities of the Growth
Production or Manufacture of Europe, (but what are before
excepted) of which due Proof shall not be made, that the same
were Shipped and Laden in some Port of Great Britain, by
producing Cocquets or Certificates under the Hands and Seals
of the officers of Our Customs in such Port or Place where
the same were Laden, such Ship or Vessel, and Goods shall be
forfeited, and he is to give in Charge, that the same be seized
and Prosecuted accordingly.

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11. And in order to prevent the Acceptance of forged
Cocquets or Certificates, which hath been practiced to Our
great Prejudice he is to give effectual Orders that for all
such European Goods as by the said Act are to be Shipped and
Laden in Great Britain, Cocquets for the same be from hence
produced to the Collectors or other Officers of Our Customs
within Our said Province of Maryland for the time being,
before the unlading thereof; And he shall give Orders that no
European Goods be Landed but by Warrant from the said
Collector, in the presence of an Officer appointed by him. And
for the better prevention of Frauds of this kind, he the said
Robert Eden shall take care that according to the said Act of
Trade no Ship or Vessel shall be permitted to lade or unlade
any Goods or Commodities whatsoever, until the Master or
Commander thereof shall first have made known to him or
such Officer or other Person, as shall be thereunto Authorized
and appointed, the Arrival of the said Ship or Vessel with