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Whereas it is represented to this General Assembly, that divers
Persons to supply the French, and their Allies, with Provisions by
Land and Water, by which Means they are the better enabled to
carry into Execution their unjust Schemes upon his Majesty's Do-
minions, and against his Subjects, on this Part of the Continent:
In order therefore, to prevent as much as in us lies for the Future,
such Evil, it is prayed that that it may enacted,
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p. 177
[Preamble.]
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And be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary,
by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and
the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of
the same, That from and after the End of this Session of Assembly,
for and during the Continuance of this Act, it shall not be lawful
for any Person or Persons whatsoever, within this Province, to
export in any Ship, or Vessel out of this Province, any Ammunition,
Warlike Stores, or Provisions of any Kind or Denomination what-
soever, except for the necessary Use of such Ship or Vessel, without
first entering into Bond to the Naval Officer of the Port where he or
they shall clear out their Vessel, or Vessels, with good and sufficient
Security, unto the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary of this
Province, in the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds, Sterling Money of
Great-Britain, with Condition to the same annexed, that he or they
shall and will, land, deliver, and unload the said Ammunition, War-
like Stores, and Provisions, at some Port or Place within his Maj-
esty's Dominions, and produce a Certificate thereof to the Naval
Officer taking such Bond, within Twelve Months after such Ex-
portation, (which said Naval Officer is hereby authorized and re-
quired to take such Bond, before he Clears the said Ship or Vessel),
from the Chief Officer of the Customs of such Port, or if it shall
be at a Port where there is no Officer of the Customs, then from the
Chief Magistrate, that all such Ammunition, Warlike Stores, and
Provisions, have been Landed accordingly: And in case any Person
or Persons shall presume, contrary to the Tenor of this Act, to carry
or transport, or cause to be carried and transported, in any Ship
or Vessel, out of this Province, any such Ammunition, Warlike
Stores, or Provisions of any Kind or Denomination whatsoever,
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[Bond to be
given, that
no Provi-
sions or
Warlike
Stores be
carried to
the French.]
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without giving such Bond as by this Act is required, such Person
or Persons shall forfeit the full Value of such Ammunition, War-
like Stores, and Provisions, of what Denomination soever the same
be, as also the Ship or Vessel transporting or carrying the same, with
her Sails, Rigging, Anchors, Cables, Guns, Boats, and all other Ma-
terials to her belonging, to the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary, for the Uses and Purposes in this Act herein after directed
and appointed.
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