LVII.  And for preventing the clandestine Transportation of bad and unmerchantable
Tobacco, from this Province into the Colony of Virginia, or
the Province of Pennsylvania, or the Three Lower Counties on Delaware,
called New-Castle, Kent, and Sussex, or the reputed Limits of the said Province,
or Counties, as now settled by Inhabitants, or to any other Ports or
Places whatsoever, out of this Province; and also, for the better preventing
the Exportation of Tobacco in Bulk or Parcels; Be it Enacted, by the Authority
aforesaid, That no Tobacco whatsoever, of the Growth or Production
of this Province, shall, during the Continuance of this Act, be transported
or carried, either into the said Colony of Virginia, or the Province of Pennsylvania,
or the Three Lower Counties upon Delaware, called New-Castle, Kent,
and Sussex, or the reputed Limits of the said Province or Counties as now
settled by Inhabitants, or to any other Ports or Places whatsoever, out of this
Province, either by land or Water, until the same hath been first Viewed,
Examined and Stamped, at one or other of the Warehouses appointed, or to
be appointed, in pursuance of this Act, nor until due Entry thereof shall be
made with the Officers of the Customs in the District wherein the Owner of
the said Tobacco shall reside, and a Permit obtained from them for that Purpose.
And if any Person or Persons, shall presume to carry or transport, or 
cause to be carried or transported, any Tobacco not Inspected and Stamped,
or without having obtained such Permit, as aforesaid, to the said Colony of
Virginia, or the Province of Pennsylvania, or the Three Lower Counties upon
Delaware, called New-Castle, Kent, and Sussex, or the reputed Limits of the
said Province, or Counties, as now settled by Inhabitants, or to any other
Ports or Places whatsoever, out of this Province, he or they so offending,
shall forfeit and pay Eight Hundred Pounds of Tobacco, for every Hogshead,
Cask, or Case of Tobacco, and One Hundred and Sixty Pounds of Tobacco
for every Hundred Pounds of Tobacco in Bulk or Parcel, so transported or
carried out, contrary to the Direction of this Act.

    LVIII.  And be it further Enacted, That all Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, and 
Constables, who shall be in Office on the Thirtieth Day of November, One
Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-three, at the first Court to be held for
their respective Counties after the said Thirtieth Day of November, shall take
an Oath, " that if they shall at any Time, know, or be credibly informed, or
" have good Reason to suspect, that any Tobacco is pressed, or packed, in any Cask,
" Case, Chest, or other Package whatsoever, or any Tobacco is put on board any
" Boat or Vessel, in order to be shipped off, without being Inspected, or that any
" Tobacco is carrying, or carried, out of this Province, either by Land or Water,
" into the Colony of Virginia, or the Province of Pennsylvania, or the Three
" Lower Counties on Delaware, called New-Castle, Kent and Sussex, or the
" reputed Limits of the said Province or Counties, as now settled by Inhabitants,
" or to any other Ports or Places whatsoever, out of this Province, without a
" Permit for so doing, they will forthwith make Information, and a particular
" Discovery thereof, to the next Justice of the Peace of the County where such Tobacco
" shall be." And that all Sheriffs and Under-Sheriffs respectively, which
shall after the said Thirtieth Day of November be Appointed or Sworn into
the said Offices, shall, at the Time of their being Sworn, take the same Oath,
and obtain Certificate thereof; and every such Officer failing so to do, shall