CHAP.
XXVII.
To be collected
by the several
Naval
Officers, who
shall annually
account for
the same.
Shipping
such Goods
before Duty
paid, and
Certificate
from such
Naval Officer;
shall incur a
Forfeiture of
the Goods.
Certificates to
be produced
to Masters of
Vessels. |
Sterling: For Beaver, Four Pence per Skin: For Otter, Three
Pence per
Skin: For Wild-Cats, Foxes, Minks, Fishers and Wolves Skins, One
Penny Halfpenny per Skin: For Musk-Rat, Four Pence per Dozen:
For Raccoons,
Three Farthings per Skin: For Elk-Skins, Twelve Pence per Skin: For
Deer-Skins dressed or undressed, Four Pence per Skin: For young Bear
and Cubb-Skins, Two Pence per Skin. And that all Non-residents, from
and after the Publication hereof, that shall Export out of this Province,
any
Furs or Skins herein before mentioned and expressed, shall, for every Skin
or
Furs by him exported, of what Nature or Quality soever, being comprized
within this Act, pay unto her Majesty, her Heirs and Successors, for the
Use
aforesaid, double the Duty by this Act appointed to be paid by Persons
inhabiting
or residing within this Province as aforesaid. The same several Impositions
to be collected by the several and respective Naval Officers within
this Province, which said Naval Officers, shall, once a Year, render an
Account
of the said Imposition to the Public Treasurers of the Province for the
Time being, who shall, and are hereby authorized and impowered to receive
the same, and render an Account thereof to the General Assembly of this
Province, to the Uses, Intents and Purposes, aforesaid.
* This Act, so far as relates to the laying
an Impost or Duty on Furs and Skins only, is repealed
by the Act of 1723,
ch. 11, §. 1.
II. And
to the End the several Impositions
may be justly and duly paid,
without Fraud or Deceit, Be it Enacted
by the Authority, Advice and Consent
aforesaid, That any Person or Persons whatsoever, exporting any Furs
or Skins
out of this Province, shall, at or before shipping on board of such Vessel
in
which such Skins or Furs shall be exported as aforesaid, render upon Oath,
an Account of the Nature, Quantity and Quality of the said Skins by him,
her
or them exported as aforesaid; and whether the same be his, her or their
proper
Goods and Commodities, or the Goods and Commodities of any other Person
or Persons; then, whether he, she or they, to whom they properly belong
as aforesaid, be Inhabitants or Residents of this Province as aforesaid:
Which
said Oath shall be administered by the several and respective Naval Officers,
or their Deputies thereunto especially appointed. And if any Person
or Persons,
whether Inhabitants or Non-residents, shall put on board any Ship, or
other Vessel, any Furs or Skins, for which he, she or they, shall not have
paid the Imposition aforesaid, or given good and sufficient Caution for
the
same, to the Naval Officer of the Port or Place from whence such Furs and
Skins shall be shipped as aforesaid, or to his Deputy, for the Time being,
and a Certificate, from under the Hand of such Naval Officer, or his Deputy,
produce for the Payment, or Caution by him given for Payment of the
Imposition aforesaid, he, she, or they, so offending, shall forfeit and
lose all
his, her or their Furs and Skins, so shipped as aforesaid; one Half thereof
to
her said Majesty, her Heirs and Successors, for the Use aforesaid, the
other
Half to him or them that shall inform, or sue for the same; to be recovered
by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, wherein no Essoin, Protection,
or Wager of Law to be allowed.
III. And that
the Master of any Ship or Vessel, that shall willingly or
knowingly, take on board his said Ship or Vessel, any Skins or Furs as
aforesaid,
for which the Party or Parties shipping the same, shall not produce a
Certificate as aforesaid, being thereof lawfully convict, shall forfeit
and pay
the Sum of Five Thousand Pounds of Tobacco; one Half thereof to her sacred
Majesty, her Heirs and Successors, for the Uses aforesaid, the other
Half to him or them that shall inform, or sue for the same, to be recovered
as aforesaid.
IV. And
that the several and respective Naval Officers of the several and
respective Ports may, and are hereby authorized and impowered when and |
