WHEREAS it is thought convenient by this General Assembly, to
have a Law for preventing the Exportation of bad, unsound, and
trashy Tobacco, and to prevent the many Frauds in deceiving his
Majesty of his Customs, and for Limitation of Officers Fees:
II. Be it therefore
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
all Tobacco
which shall be Exported out of this Province, from and after the last Day
of
November, Seventeen Hundred and Sixty-three, shall be first brought
to some
or one of the Public Warehouses herein after mentioned, and shall be there
viewed and inspected in Manner as is herein after expressed, except such
Tobacco
as hath been, or shall be, inspected before the said last Day of November,
under any Act of Assembly of this Province.
III. And be it
further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That no Person
shall put on board, or receive into any Ship, Sloop, Boat, or other Vessel,
in
order to be exported therein, any such Tobacco not packed in Hogsheads,
Casks or Cases, upon any Pretence whatsoever; nor in any Hogshead, Cask
or Case, to be in that, or any other Ship, Sloop, or Vessel, exported out
of
this Province, before the same shall have been viewed and inspected, according
to the Directions of this Act (except as before excepted:) But that
all
such Tobacco, to be received or taken on board any Ship, Sloop, or other
Vessel, and to be therein exported; or to be carried or put on board any
other
Ship, Sloop, or Vessel, for Exportation, as aforesaid; shall be received
or
taken on board at the several Warehouses for that Purposes herein after
mentioned,
or some or one of them, and at no other Place or Places whatsoever.
And every Master, Mate, or Boatswain, which shall arrive in this Province,
in order to lade Tobacco, during the Continuance of this Act, shall, before
the said Ship or Vessel be permitted to take on board any such Tobacco,
make
Oath, or Affirmation if a Quaker, before the Naval Officer of the District
wherein such Ship or Vessel shall arrive, (which Oath the said Naval Officer
is hereby impowered and required to administer); " That they will not
permit
" any such Tobacco to be taken on board their respective Ships of Vessels,
except
" the same be packed in Hogsheads, Casks or Cases, stamped by some Inspector,
" as by Law directed, legally thereunto appointed:" Which Oath they
shall subscribe in a Book, to be kept by the Naval Officer for that Purpose.
And if any such Master shall cause any Person who is not really, and bonâ
fide, Mate or Boatswain of the Ship, or Vessel, to come on Shore and
take
such Oath, he shall, for the said Offence, forfeit and pay Four Thousand
Eight Hundred Pounds of Tobacco: And if any such Master or Commander
of
any Ship or Vessel, shall take on board, or suffer to be taken on board
the
Ship or Vessel whereof he is Master, any Tobacco brought from any other
Place, than some or one of the public Warehouses herein after mentioned,
or
any Hogshead, Cask or Case of Tobacco, not stamped by some lawful Inspector,
or shall suffer to be brought on board, any Tobacco, except in Hogsheads,
Casks or Cases, stamped as aforesaid, every such Master and Commander
shall forfeit and pay Four Thousand Eight Hundred Pounds of Tobacco
for every Hogshead, Cask or Case of Tobacco, which shall not have
been brought from one of the public Warehouses, or which shall not
be
stamped as aforesaid; and moreover, every such Hogshead, Cask or Case of
Tobacco, shall be forfeited.
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Preamble.
No Tobacco
to be exported,
'til first
brought to a
public Warehouse,
and
there inspected.
No Tobacco
to be exported
in Bulk:
or taken on
board at any
other Places
than some
public Warehouse,
after
it hath been
inspected.
Oath to be
taken by every
Master,
&c. of a Tobacco
Ship.
Penalty on
such Master
causing any
other than his
Mate or Boatswain
to
swear.
Penalty on
Masters taking
Tobacco
on board
contrary to
this Act,
and the Tobacco
to be
forfeited. |