Acts. 447

the same shall be Laden or put on Board And shall also with every
Sloop Load or Boat Load of Tobacco send a List of the Marks
Numbers Gross Nett Weight and Tare of every Hogshead of
Tobacco then delivered to be given to the Master of the Ship or
Vessel in which the same shall be put on Board and if the Tobacco
delivered to the same Sloop or Boat is intended to be put on Board
Several Ships or Vessels then he or they shall deliver so many
distinct and Several Lists as aforesaid of the Hogsheads to be put
on Board such Ship or Vessell Respectively which Lists every Master
of a Ship or Vessell is required to Produce to and Lodge with the
Naval Officer of the district where the Ship or Vessell whereof he
is Master shall ride or by whom he shall be Cleared some time before
her Clearance But whereas it may happen that the Ship in which
such Tobacco was intended to be put may be so full as not to be
Capable of Stowing all the Tobacco contained in such List in such
Case it shall and may be law full to Ship the said Tobacco or any
part thereof on board any other Ship or Ships where the owner
thereof shall think fit the Masters of such Ships Indorsing on the
said Lists the Marks and Numbers of the respective Hogsheads by
them taken on Board and giving notice to the Inspector or In-
spectors of the Warehouse from whence the same was brought or if
there be no Ship to receive the said Tobacco then it shall and may
be Lawfull for the Master of the first mentioned Ship or Vessell
to put the same Tobacco in the nearest Warehouse to the place
where such Ship shall ride giving immediate Notice thereof to the

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No. 1

Inspector or Inspectors who Stamped the same And the Inspector
or Inspectors of that Warehouse where such Tobacco shall be de-
livered shall give a receipt for the same and shall Cause the said
Tobacco to be safely lodged and delivered to the Order of the Owner
thereof when ever he or She shall think fit to Ship it off and that
without fee or Reward

p. 460

And be it likewise enacted that it shall not be law full for any
Skipper of any flat, Sloop or other Vessell after the last day of
November one thousand seven hundred and Sixty three to take
any Tobacco from any Warehouse within this Province in order
to carry the same on Board any Ship or other Vessel for Exporta-
tion before such Skipper shall make Oath or Affirmation if a Quaker
before the Inspector or Inspectors of such House or Houses (who
are hereby Authorized and required to Administer the same) under
the Penalty of eight hundred Pounds of Tobacco for every neglect

[Skippers of
Flats, &c.
Carrying
Tobacco to
be sworn]

that all such Tobacco which he shall from Time to Time take on
Board such flatt Sloop or other Vessell he the said Skipper will
with all Opportunity of Wind and Weather convey or Cause to be
Conveyed on board such Ship or Vessell to which it shall be directed
by the owner or owners thereof to be loaded for Exportation and

[The Oath]