of the same shall not have been paid, the Produce of MISCELLANEOUS. such Sale shall be first applied to the Payment of such Freight.

CXXXV. AND be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for His Majesty, by His Commission out of the Court of Exchequer, from Time to Time to appoint any Port, Haven, or Creek in the United Kingdom, or in the Isle of Man, and to set out the Limits thereof, and to appoint the proper Places within the same, to be legal Quays for the lading and unlading of Goods : —— PROVIDED always, that all Ports, Havens, and Creeks, and the respective Limits thereof, and all legal Quays appointed and set out, and existing as such at the Commencement of this Act, under any Law till then in force, -shall continue to be such Ports, Havens, Creeks, Limits, and legal Quays respectively, as if the same had been appointed and set out under the Authority of this Act.

Power for His Majesty to ap legal Quays.

point Ports and

Sufferance

CXXXVI. AND be it further enacted, That it shall be Commissioners lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, may appoint from Time to Time, by any Order under their Hands,-to Wharfs. appoint Places to be Sufferance Wharfs, for the lading and unlading of Goods by Sufferance, to be duly issued by them, or by the proper Officers under their Directions, in such Manner and in such Cases as they shall see fit.

without

No Ships engaged in the Carriage of Letters to im

CXXXVII. AND be it further enacted, That no Ship or Boat appointed and employed ordinarily for the Carriage of Letters, shall import or export any Goods Permission of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, under the Penalty of the Forfeiture of One hun- Goods. dred Pounds, to be paid by the Master of such Ship or Boat

port or export

CXXXVIII. AND be it further enacted, That no-No Person Person shall be deemed to be an Apprentice for the Pur- deemed an Apprentice until poses of an Act passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign Indenture enof His present Majesty, intituled An Act for regulating the rolled with Number of Apprentices to be taken on board British Mer- Collector. chant Vessels, and for preventing the Desertion of Seamen;

unless the Indenture of such Apprentice shall have been enrolled with the Collector and Controller of the

MISCELLANEOUS.; Port from which any such Apprentice shall first go to

Licensed Agents.
London.

Persons entering or clearing Ships, &c. as Agents, to be licensed and give Bond.

Exception.

Penalty.

Treasury may revoke Licence.

Not to extend to Clerks or Servants of Indi

viduals, nor to

Sea after the Date of such Indenture,

such Enrolment,

or in Default of until the same shall have been enrolled at some Port from which the Ship in which such Apprentice shall afterwards go to Sea shall be cleared.

CXXXIX. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any Person to act as an Agent (1) for transacting any Business at the Custom House in the Port of London (2), which shall relate to the Entry or Clearance of any Ship, or of any Goods, -or of any Baggage, unless authorized so to do by Licence of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, who are hereby empowered to require Bond to be given by every Person to whom such Licence shall be granted, with One sufficient Surety, in the Sum of One thousand Pounds, for the faithful and incorrupt Conduct of such Person and of his Clerks acting for him: PROVIDED always, that such Bond shall not be required of any Person who shall be One of the sworn Brokers of the City of London; AND if any Person shall act as such Agent, not being so licensed, - or if any Person shall be in Partnership in such Agency with any Person not so licensed, such Person shall in either Case for every such Offence forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds.

CXL. AND be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, by any Order under their Hands, to revoke any such Licence, and that after a Copy of such Order shall have been delivered to such Person or to his Clerk, or left at his usual Place of Abode or Business, such Licence shall be void.

CXLI. PROVIDED always, and be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall extend to prevent the Clerk or Servant of any Person, or of any Persons in Clerks in Long Co-partnership, from transacting any Business at the Custom House, on account of such Person or Persons, without such Licence; provided such Clerk or Servant shall not transact any such Business as Clerk, Servant, or

Room.

(1) See general Provision as to one Person acting for another in any Case, § 127. (2) May be extended to any other Port, § 143.

Agent to

any other Person;

nor to prevent any Licensed Agents. Officer or Clerk in the Long Room from passing Entries London. under the Authority of this Act.

CXLII. AND be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any such Agent, or Agents in Co-partnership, to appoint any Person without Licence to be his or their Clerk in transacting such Agency: PROVIDED always, that no Person shall be admitted to be such Clerk to more than One Agent or Co-partnership of Agents, nor until his Name and Residence, and the Date of his Appointment, shall have been endorsed on the Licence of every such Agent and signed by him, and witnessed by the Signature of the Collector and Controller of the Customs, unless such Person shall have been appointed with Consent of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs before the Commencement of this Act.

CXLIII. AND be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, by their Warrant, to be published in the London or Dublin Gazette, to extend the Regulations herein-before made relating to Agents in the Port of London, to Agents at any other Port in Great Britain, or at any Port in Ireland.

CXLIV. AND be it further enacted, That this Act may be amended, altered, or repealed, by any Act to be passed in the present Session of Parliament.

Agent may ap

point Clerks to act for him only.

Treasury may extend RegulaPorts.

tions to other

Act may be altered this

Session.

INDEX

TO THE

ACT FOR THE PREVENTION OF SMUGGLING.

ACTIONS against Officers, when to be commenced
what Notice to be given, and when

Evidence beyond Cause stated in Notice, not
to be permitted

Officers

may

tender Amends

if Judge certify probable Cause of Seizure ALLOWANCE to Persons confined for Offences

against Laws of Customs or Excise

AMENDS, Officers tender

may

ANIMALS used in Removal of run or prohibited

Goods, forfeited

APPREHENSION of Offenders liable to Prosecution by Indictment in Court of King's Bench

ARMY, Officers of, Power to seize

in what Cases limited

Sect.

97

-93

94

95

92

72

95

32

98

34

106

40

41

59

100

101

104

BAIL for Appearance of Person sued by Capias to
answer Prosecution, Penalties, &c.

Person taken to Prison for Want of, to be served
with Copy of Information in Gaol

BOATS, belonging to Vessels, to have Vessels Names, &c. painted on the Stern