4 Geo. 3. c. 15. toms to whom such affidavit shall be delivered, shall thereupon grant to the master of the vessel, a certificate under his hand and seal of office, of his having received such affidavit pursuant to the directions of this act; which certificate shall express the quality of the goods shipped on board such vessel with the number and denomination of Copy of affi- the packages: and such collector or other principal officer of customs shall also, within 30 days after the sailing of the vessel, transmit an exact copy of the said affidavit to the secretary's office for the plantation where the goods were shipped, on forfeiture of 51. davit to be transmitted. Certificate to at port of dis tity. Rule 6. Upon the arrival of such vessel into the port of her disbe delivered charge, either in Great Britain or any other port of His Majesty's charge, 21. dominions, where such goods may be lawfully imported, the master taking the charge of the vessel shall, at the time he makes his report of his cargo, deliver the said certificate to the collector or other principal officer of customs, and make oath before him, that the goods so Oath of iden- reported are the same that are mentioned in the said certificate, on forfeiture of 100/.; and if any rum or spirits, sugars or paneles, molasses or syrups, (a) shall be imported or found on board any such vessel, for which no such certificate shall be produced, or which shall not agree therewith, the same shall be deemed to be foreign rum, &c. and shall be liable to the same duties, regulations, penalties, and forfeitures, in all respects, as rum, &c. of the growth, produce, or manufacture of any foreign plantation, would respectively be liable to by law. Articles unaccompanied by § 22. Rule 7. If any rum or spirits, sugar or paneles, molasses or certificate, syrups, (a) shall be imported into Great Britain from any British plantation in America, without being included in such certificate as is hereinbefore directed, and it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the commissioners of customs at London or Edinburgh, that the goods are really and truly the produce of such British plantation, and that no fraud was intended, it shall in such case be lawful for the said respective commissioners to permit the said goods to be entered, upon payment of the like duties as such goods would be liable to if this law had not been made. 18 Geo. 3. c. 58. 1. Copy of affidavit to be transmitted. Sugar and out certificate, 53. Rule 8. The proper officer of customs to whom the affidavit mentioned in the preceding act shall be produced and delivered, shall, within 30 days after the sailing of the vessel, transmit one exact copy of the affidavit to the secretary's office for the plantation where the sugar or paneles referred to in the affidavit were shipped; and shall also within 30 days transmit another exact copy of such affidavit to the justices and vestry of the parish or precinct where the sugar or paneles grew or were produced and manufactured, on the penalty of forfeiting 501. for every such omission and neglect. Rule 9. If any sugar or paneles shall be imported into Great Bripaneles with tain from any British plantation in America, without, or shall not be included in, the certificate required by the preceding act, then all such sugar and paneles shall be deemed to be foreign sugar and paneles, and shall be liable to the same duties, restrictions, regulations, penalties, and forfeitures, in all respects, as sugars and paneles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of any French plantation would respectively be liable to by law. (a) See note (b) in preceding page. Naval officer to grant cer Rule 10. Until there be officers of customs appointed for that 21 Geo. 3. purpose in the colonies of Demerary and Essequibo it shall be lawful c. 60. $5. for the naval officer, or any other officer appointed by the commander in chief of His Majesty's forces in America, or the commanding tificate, &c. officer of the troops at those colonies, respectively, to take such securities, and to grant such certificates and clearances, as by any law in force may be required for such sugar, which shall be as valid and effectual as those taken and granted in the like cases by His Majesty's governors or the officers of customs in America. Demerary, Rule 11. If any such sugar be imported into Great Britain from Sugars imDemerary or Essequibo, or from any British plantation in America, ported from without the certificate hereinbefore directed, and it be made appear, &c. without a to the satisfaction of the commissioners of customs at London or certificate, Edinburgh, respectively, that such sugars are really and truly the 6. produce of Demerary or Essequibo, and that no fraud was intended, it shall be lawful for the said respective commissioners to permit the said sugar to be entered, upon payment of the like duties as sugar of the growth and produce of the British islands in the West Indies are subject to by law. c. 58. § 2. Justice signing without Rule 12. In case any justice of the peace of the said plantations 18 Geo. 3. shall subscribe his name to any paper or parchment writing, purporting to be an affidavit for the purpose directed by the said act of 4 Geo. 3. unless the person purporting to make such affidavit shall appearance of actually appear before him, and be sworn upon the holy evangelists party. to the truth of the said affidavit, in every such case, every such justice of the peace shall forfeit for every such offence 50l. Sugar, &c. Rule 13. If any sugar or paneles shall be imported into Great Bri- 20 Geo. 3. tain, from any British plantation in America, without or which shall 7.1. not be included in the certificate required by law, and it shall be made without certiappear, to the satisfaction of the commissioners of customs at London ficate. or Edinburgh, that the goods are really the produce of any British plantation in America, and that no fraud was intended, it shall in such case be lawful for the said respective commissioners to permit the said goods to be entered, upon payment of the British plantation duties. c. 30. § 15. without certi cate, &c. Rule 14. If any coffee, cocoa nuts, rum, or spirits, shall be im- 47 Geo. 3. ported into Great Britain from any British plantation in America, sess. 2. without such affidavit or certificate as is by law in that behalf re- Coffee, cocoa quired being made or produced, and it shall be made to appear to nuts, or spirits the satisfaction of the commissioners of excise in England and Scot- imported land respectively, or the major part of them respectively, that such goods were really the growth and produce of a British plantation in America, and were imported as aforesaid, without such affidavit or certificate, bona fide and without any intention of fraud; in every such case it shall be lawful for the said respective commissioners, or the major part of them respectively, to permit the said goods to be entered, upon payment of such duties of excise as the same would have been liable to if such affidavit or certificate had been regularly made and produced. sess. 1. Rule 15. Where, by any act of parliament relative to the 47 Geo. 3. trade of the British plantations in America or the West Indies, c. 48. § 2. an affidavit shall be required to be made by the planter or grower How affidavit of any article intended to be shipped for exportation to Great may be made. Britain or Ireland, previous to the shipping thereof, in order to 47 Geo. 3. 25 Chas. 2. c. 7. § 2. Duties. 7 & 8 Will. 3. c. 22. § 8. Bond. prove that such article is really the produce of such plantation, and there shall not be any justices of the peace at such plantation before whom such affidavit can be made, it shall be lawful for the planter or grower to make the same before the collector and controller, or other chief officer of customs, at the place from whence any such articles may be intended to be shipped for exportation, which affidavit they are hereby authorized and required to take; and in the certificate which the collector, and controller, and naval officer, or any two of them, are required by law to deliver to the shipper, they shall also certify that there are not any justices of the peace resident at or within such plantation; and upon the importation of any such articles into Great Britain or Ireland the same shall be admitted to entry at the like duties as are charged upon articles when accompanied with the certificate now required by law, subject to the several regulations, penalties, and forfeitures to which such articles are liable on importation into Great Britain or Ireland. TITLE CXII.-Copper Ore. [As to Copper Ore of the British Plantations, see TITLE 1.] TITLE CXIII.-Duties. Rule 1. If any vessel which by law may trade in any of His Majesty's plantations, shall come to any of them to ship and take on board any of the commodities enumerated in 12 Cha. 2. c. 18. [TITLE 1.] and bond shall not be first given with one sufficient surety to bring the same to England, and to no other place, and there to unload and put the same on shore (the danger of the seas only excepted), there shall be paid to His Majesty, for so much of the said commodities as shall be faden on board such vessel, the following duties, viz. to be paid at such places, and to such officers, as shall be appointed in their respective plantations to collect the same, before the lading thereof, and under such penalties both to the officers and upon the goods, as for non-payment of or defrauding His Majesty of his customs in England. Rule 2. Notwithstanding the payment of the aforesaid duties in any of the said plantations, none of the said goods shall be shipped or laden on board, until such security shall be given as is required by 12 Cha. 2. c. 18. [TITLE 1.] and 22 & 23 Cha. 2. c. 26. [TITLE 1.] to carry the same to England, or to some other of His Majesty's plantations, (a) By 6 Geo, 3. c. 52. § 1. the above duty upon sugar of the growth, production, and manufacture of the British plantations in America which should be laden there, are to be no longer paid. and so toties quoties, as any of the said goods shall be brought to be 7 & 8 Will. 3. re-shipped or laden in any of the said plantations, under the penalty and forfeiture of ship and goods. c. 22. Rule 3. There shall be paid unto His Majesty upon the respective Geo. 3. foreign goods under-mentioned, which shall be imported into any c. 15. § 1. plantation in America which now is, or hereafter may be, under the dominion of His Majesty, the several duties following, viz. White or Clayed Sugars, over and above all other duties imposed by any former act of parliament, (a) the cwt. Indigo, (b) the lb. Coffee, which shall be imported from any place, except Great Wine of the growth of the Madeiras, or of any other island or Portugal, Spanish, or any other Wine (except French Wine) £. s. d. 1 2 0 0 0 6 2 19 9 700 0 10 0 Rule 4. All sums of money granted by this act shall be deemed § 41. sterling money of Great Britain; and such money may be taken according to the proportion of 5s. 6d. the ounce in silver. Rule 5. If the importer of any wines shall refuse to pay the duties Wine, § 8. imposed thereon, it shall be lawful for the proper officer of customs where such wines shall be imported, to secure the same, with the package thereof, and to cause the same to be publicly sold, within the space of 20 days at the most after such refusal made, and at such time and place as such officer shall, by four or more days' public notice, appoint for that purpose; which wine shall be sold to the best bidder, and the money arising by the sale thereof shall be applied, in the first place, in payment of the said duties, together with the charges that shall have been occasioned by the said sale; and the overplus, if any, shall be paid to such importer, or any other person authorized to receive the same. Rule 6. Provided, that if the money offered for the purchase of § 9. such wine shall not be sufficient to discharge the duty and charges aforesaid, then the proper officer shall cause the wine to be staved, spilt, or otherwise destroyed, and shall return the package wherein the same was contained to such importer. Rule 7. There shall be paid unto His Majesty the several duties 6 Geo. 3. hereinafter mentioned, viz. Melasses and Syrups, which shall be imported (except as is hereinafter mentioned) into any plantation in America, which now is, or hereafter may be, under the dominion of His Majesty, the gallon, wine measure Coffee of the growth and produce of any British plantation in America, which shall be imported thence into any other British plantation in America, the cwt. Pimento (British), which shall, in like manner, be imported into any such British plantation, the lb. EXCEPT only such British Coffee and Pimento as shall be warehoused under the regulations hereinafter mentioned. (a) As to Tortola, see TITLE 134, (b) See Rule 13 of this title. £. s. d. 001 070 0 0 0 c. 52. § 4. 6 Geo. 3. c. 52. § 5. Melasses or syrups from Dominica. Sterling Rule 8. The duty upon melasses or syrups shall not be charged upon any melasses or syrups imported into any British colony on the continent of America from the island of Dominica, for which a certificate shall be produced upon the importation thereof, to the collector or other principal officer of customs at the port of importation, under the hand and seal of office of the collector, or other principal officer of customs at the port of exportation in Dominica, certifying that the said duty hath been there paid for such melasses or syrups. Rule 9. The aforesaid duties upon melasses and syrups, coffee and money, 12. pimento, imported into any British American plantation, shall be deemed to be sterling money of Great Britain, and be received to the amount of the value which such nominal sums bear in Great Britain; and such money may be received according to the proportion and value of 5s. 6d. the ounce in silver: and the said duties shall be collected and recovered, in the same manner, and by such rules, and under such penalties and forfeitures, as any other duties now payable to His Majesty upon goods imported into the said plantations are or may be collected and recovered, by any act of parliament now in force. Warehousing pimento, § 15. Rule 10. No duty whatsoever shall be paid for any British coffee of coffee and or pimento which shall be imported into any British plantation in America; provided the same shall, upon landing thereof, be immediately deposited in warehouses provided at the sole expence of the importer or proprietor of such coffee and pimento, with the privity and approbation, and under the care and inspection, of the collector and controller, or other principal officer of customs, at the place where such goods shall be imported, and shall be secured under the separate locks of such officers, and the proprietor; and shall, within the space of 12 calendar months from the landing and warehousing the same, be shipped directly thence for exportation, either to Great Britain, or to some other British plantation in America, under the like securities and restrictions as are now required by law for the same. Warehousing foreign and indigo, 16. Export. Rule 11. No duty whatsoever shall be paid for any foreign sugars, nor for any foreign coffee or indigo, which shall be imported into any sugars, coffee, British plantation on the continent of America; provided such goods shall, upon landing thereof, be immediately deposited and secured in such warehouses, and in the manner hereinbefore mentioned; and shall within 12 calendar months from the landing and warehousing the same, be shipped thence for exportation, as hereinafter is expressed; that is to say, upon condition that such sugars shall be exported either directly to Great Britain, or to some other part of Europe to the southward of Cape Finisterre, under the like regulations, penalties, and forfeitures, as British sugars may be so carried and exported from any British plantation in America, by virtue of any law now in force; (a) and provided also, that such foreign indigo shall be exported to Great Britain only under the like securities, regulations, penalties, and forfeitures, as are particularly mentioned in any act of parliament now in force, with respect to indigo of the growth or produce of any British colony or plantation; and provided that, before such foreign coffee shall be taken out of such warehouse for exportation, the exporter shall become bound with sufficient security in the penalty of 51. the (a) See TITLES 73 and 74. |