Provincial Court Proceedings, 1666—67.   159

    it is hereby Enacted that from and after the 25th day of March 1664 Liber FF
    euery prson or prsons importing by land any Goods or Comodities
    whatsoeuer into any the said lands Islands plantacons Collonys Terri-
    tories or places shall deliuer to the Gouernor of such land Island
    plantacon Colony Territory or place or to such prson or Officer as
    shall be by him thereunto Authorized and Appointede within 24
    houres after such importacon his and theire names and surnames and
    a true Inuentory and particular of all such Goods or Comodities; And
    noe shipe or Vessell coming to any such land Island plantacon Colony
    Territory or place shall lade or unlade any Goods or Comodities
    whatsoeuer untill the Mastr or Comandr of such ship or Vessell shall
    first haue made knowne to the Gouernor of such land Island Planta-
    con Colony Territory or place or such other person or Officer as shall
    be by him thereunto authorized and appointed; The arriuall of the
    said shipe or Vessell wth her name and the name and surname of
    her Mastr or Comandr and haue shewne to him that she is an Eng-
    lish built shipe or made good by producing such Certifficate as afore-
    said, That she is a shipe or Vessell bona fide belonging to England
    wales or the Towne of Berwick and nauigated Wth an English Mastr
    and the three fourth partes of the marriners at least Englishmen and
    haue deliuered to such Gouernor or Other person or Officer a true
    and prfect Inuentory or Inuoyce of her lading together the place
    or places in which the said Goods were laden or taken into the said
    shipe or uessell, undr the Paine of the losse of the said shipe or
    Vessell all her Gunns ammunicon tackle furniture and apparell
    and of all such Goods of the Growth Produccon or Manufacture of
    Europe as were not bona fide laden and taken in, in England Wales
    or the towne of Berwick to be recouered and diuided in manner
    a foresaid
      Yet william Gard Mastr of the Catch Hope of New England uery [p. 438]
    little weighing the Act of Parliamt aforesaid nor in any manner
    fearing the forfeitures in the said Act Contained, after the publish-
    ing the said Act, and before the day of Exhibiting this informacon
    Contrary to the said Act did import into this Prouince diuers goods
    or Comodities and all the same wthin this Prouince out of his said
    Catch Hope did unlade and put on shore not hauing first deliuered
    in unto the said Gouernor Charles Caluert Esq nor to any other per-
    son by him Authorized to receiue the same a true and prfect Inuentory
    or Inuoyce of her ladinge together the place or places in which the
    said Goods were laden or taken into the said Catch
      Whereupon the said William Caluert who followes as well for the
    Rigt Honble the lord Proprietary as for the said Charles Caluert Esq
    Gouernor of this Prouince, Prayes the Aduizement of this Court of
    the prmisses and that the said Catch wth all her Gunns tackle apparell
    and furniture together all the Comodities of the Growth Produc-
    con or Manufacture of Europe in her according to the forme and