700 Assembly Proceedings, Mar. 28-May 13, 1758

Liber H. S.
No. i

to the Person or Persons who shall sue for the same, the other Half
to be paid to the Commissioners or Trustees of the Loan-Office, for
the Time being; to be applied to the Sinking the Sum of Forty Thou-
sand Pounds granted by the Act aforesaid; to be recovered by Action
of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any Court of Record within
this Province, wherein no Essoin, Protection, or Wager of Law,
shall be allowed.

[Persons
convict of
illegal Use
of Permits,
to suffer
as in Case
of Perjury.]

p. 366

And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That if
any Person or Persons who shall obtain any such Permit or Permits
as aforesaid, and made such Oaths or Affirmation as aforesaid, shall
be legally Convict of having made a double or illegal Use of the
Permit or Permits as aforesaid, for the covering or importing more
Rum, Spirits, Wine or Brandy, than is contained in the said Permit
or Permits, he, she or they, shall suffer as in Case of wilful and
corrupt Perjury.

[Rum, &c.
imported,
without
Permit, to
be seized.]

And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That all
Rum, Spirits, Wine or Brandy, together with the Cask or Vessel
containing the same, which shall after the said Eleventh Day of
June be imported into this Province by Land from the Province of
Pennsylvania, or the Three Lower Counties of New-Castle, Kent
and Sussex, or the reputed Limits of the said Province or Counties,
for the importing of which no Permit or Permits shall have been
obtained as aforesaid, shall be subject and liable to be seized by any
Naval-Officer, Sheriff, Under-Sheriff, or Constable, within this
Province, and shall be forfeited, one Half thereof to the Use of the
Person or Persons who shall seize the same, and the other Half to
be paid to the Commissioners or Trustees of the Loan-Office, for
the Time being, to be applied as aforesaid, and condemned in any
Court of Record in this Province, by due Course of Law, if the
Liquor seized exceeds the Quantity of Twenty-five Gallons, and if
the Quantity of Twenty-five Gallons or under, then before any
Justice of the Peace in this Province, in a summary Way.

[Officers
suspecting
Rum, &c. to
be imported
without
Permit,
to demand
a Sight
thereof; if
refus'd, to
seize the
same.]

And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That it
shall and may be lawful for any Naval-Officer, Sheriff, Under-
Sheriff, or Constable, that shall suspect that any Rum, Spirits, Wine
or Brandy, has been imported by Land from the Province of Penn-
sylvania, or the Three Lower Counties of New-Castle, Kent and
Sussex, without a Permit or Permits having been first obtained for
importing the same, agreeable to the Directions of this Act, to demand
a Sight of such Permit or Permits of the Person in whose Custody
the said Rum, Spirits, Wine or Brandy, then is, and upon his, her or
their refusing or delaying to produce the same, immediately to seize
the said Rum, Spirits, Wine or Brandy, together with the Cask or
Casks, or other Vessel or Vessels, which contain the same, and to
carry and lodge the same in some secure Place for the Space of
Seven Days after such Seizure; and if the Owner or Owners of