ber, as specified in an Act passed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of King
George the First, intituled, An Act for giving further Encouragement of the Im-
portation of Naval Stores, and for other Purposes therein mentioned, of the Growth,
Production, or Manufacture, of any British Colony or Plantation in America,
shall be there loaden on Board any Ship or Vessel to be carried from thence,
until sufficient Bond shall be given, with One Surety besides the Master of
the Vessel, to the Collector or other principal Officer of the Customs at the
Loading Port in a Penalty of Double the Value of the Goods, which Con-
dition, that the said Goods shall not be landed in any Part of Europe except
Great Britain; which Bonds shall be discharged in the Manner hereafter
mentioned; that is to say, For such of the said Goods as shall be entered
for, or landed in, Great Britain, the Condition of the Bonds shall be, to
bring a Certificate in discharge thereof within Eighteen Months from the
Date of the Bond; and within Six Months for such of the said Goods as
shall be entered for, or landed in, any of the British Colonies or Plantations
in America; which respective Certificates shall be under the Hands and
Seals of the Collector or other Principal Officer of the Customs resident at
g the Port or Place where such oods shall be landed, testifying the Landing
thereof; and for such of the said Goods as shall be entered for, or landed
at, any other Place in America, Africa, or Asia, to bring the like Certificate
within Twelve Months, under the Common Seal of the Chief Magistrate,
or under the Hands and Seals of Two known British Merchants residing
there; or such Bond or Bonds shall be discharged, in either of the said
Cases, by Proof upon Oath made by credible Persons, that the said Goods
were taken by Enemies, or perished in the Seas.

And, for the better preventing Frauds in the Importation or Exportation
of Goods that are liable to the Payment of Duties, or are prohibited, in
the British Colonies or Plantations in America, it is further enacted by the
Authority aforesaid, That from and after the Twenty ninth Day of Septem-
ber, One Thousand seven Hundred and sixty four, no Goods, Wares, or
Merchandizes, of any kind whatsoever, shall be shipped or laden on Board
any Ship or Vessel in any of the British Colonies or Plantations in America,
to be carried from thence to any other British Colony or Plantation, with-
out a Sufferance or Warrant first had and obtained from the Collector or
other proper Officer of the Customs at the Port or Place where such Goods
shall be intended to be put on Board; and the Master of every such Ship
or Vessel shall, before the same be removed or carried out from the Port
or Place where he takes in his Lading, take out a Cocket or Cockets ex-
pressing the Quantity and Quality of the Goods, and Marks of the Pack-
age, so laden, with the Merchants Names by whom shipped and to whom
consigned; and if they are Goods that liable to the Payment of any
Duty, either upon the Importation into, or upon the Exportation from the
said Colonies or Plantation, the said Cocket or Cockets shall likewise
distinctly specify that the Duties have been paid for the same, referring to
the Times or Dates of Entry and Payment of such Duties, and by whom
they were paid; which Cocket or Cockets shall be produced by the Mas-
ter of such Ship or Vessel, to the Collector or other Principal Officer of
the Customs at the Port of Place where such Ship or Vessel shall arrive in
any of the British Colonies or Plantations in America, before any Part of
the Goods are unladen or put on Shore: And if any Goods or Merchan-
dizes shall be shipped as aforesaid without such Sufferance, or the Vessel
shall depart and proceed on her Voyage without such Cocket or Cockets
or the Goods shall be landed or put on Shore before such Cocket or Coc-
kets are produced at the Port of Place of Discharge, or if the Goods do
not agree in all Respects therewith, the Goods, in any of either of those
Cases, shall be forfeited and lost; and any Officer of His Majesty’s Cus-