376 C. 26. Anno vicefimo fecundo & tertio Caroli II. A. D. 1670, The WoH Tie- hereby enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Word Ireland, fhall from and after the twenty-fourtl Sh:pthatfi]-iiifet that in Cafe the faid Ship or VelTel fhall lode any of the faid Commodities at any of the laid Engltjh Plan- ■ fail out of or tations, That the faid Commodities fhall be by the faid Ship or VefTel brought to fome Port of England o Enelifii PUnta- to any or the arorelaid riantations, wno Dy the atoreiaid Act tor xi,ncouragmg and tncreale ot shipping tioninAme- are permitted to trade there: (4) That from and after the nine and twentieth Day o{ September m the • rica, &c. Year of our Lord one thoufand lix hundred feventy and one, the Governor of fuch EtigUJh Plantations fhall, What Bonds the before fuch Ship or Veflel be permitted to lode on Board any of the faid Commodities, take Bond in Man- 'Govemors-ofthc net and to the Value mentioned and diredled in the above-mentioned AtSt for the Encouraging and Encreafe ■/ions relating to which from and after the faid nine and twentieth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fuch Bonds, 7 & fix hundred feventy and one, fliall lode or take on Board any of the faid Commodities, until fuch Bond SW, 3.C. 21. give,-, to fuch Governor, or Certificate produced from the OfHcers of fome Cuftom-houfe oi England, '^.' '^'s „ """ Wales, or of the f own of Benvick, that fuch Bond hath been there duly given, or which contrary to the <-■ '3- ^' J- Tenor of fuch Bond fliall carry the faid Goods to any Land, ifland, Territory, Dominion, Port or Place whatfoever, other than to fuch other EngUfl] Plantations, as do belong to his Majefty, his Heirs and Suc- •cefTors, or to the ICingdom of England, Principality of JVales, or Tovi'n of Berwick upon Tiueed, and there I'Forfeiture, ]ay the fame on Shore; that every fuch Ship or VelTcl fhall be forfeited, v/ith all her Guns, Tackle, Ap- parel, A.mmunition, Furniture and Lading; the one Moiety to the King's Majefty, his Heirs and Succef- fors, and the other Moiety to him or them that fhall feize and fue for the fame in any of the faid Planta- tions, in the Court of the High Admiral of England, or of any of his Vice-Admirals, or in any Court of Record in England, wherein no EfToin, ProteiStion or Wager of Law fliall be allowed. ■Th' GoTCinois ' XIL And whereas many Complaints have been made of Shipping and VefTels belonging to fome of his of the An)encjn 4 Majefly's Colonies in America, that contrary to the Intent and Meaning of this and other afore-men- )-et^vi"ri"veatlv°to ' tioncd Laws, they have brought and traiil'ported thf fiid Commodities to divers Parts oi Europe, and there theCuho'm- ' unloded the fame :' (2) Be it further enadlt-il by the Authority aforefaid. That the Governors, or their hmii'e, al.idof Commanders in Chief, of his Majefty's reipeCiive Plantations, do once a Year at leaft make a Return to
- 3iil Sliips load- his Majefty's OfScers of his Cuftoms in the Port of Londm, or to fuch other Perfon or Perfons as his Ma-
ing therein. jefty ihall appoint to receive the fame, a Lift of all fuch Ships or VefTels as fliall lade any of the faid Comr af they fliall vm- modifies in fuch Plantations refpeiSlivcly, as alfo a Lift of all the Bonds taken by them : (3) And in cafe ladeany Sugars, any Ship or Veifel belonging to any of his Majefty's Plantations, which fhall have on Board her any Sugars, ■f^- "'^j'"^^" Tobacco, Cotton- Wool, Indicoes, Ginger, Fuftick or other Dying- Wood, fhall be found to have un- ■The'foiilVture' l^ded in any Port or Place of Europe,^ other than England, Wales, or the Town of Bervjick upon Tvjeed: That fuch Ship or VefTel fliall be forfeited, with all her Guns, Tackle, Apparel, Ammunition, Earniture and Lading, to be recovered and divided as aforefaid. , •Where to be XIIL And that it fhall and may be lawful for any Perfon or Perfons, to profecute fuch Ship or VefTel iftofecuted,;^ yp^y Court of Admiralty in England; the one Moiety of the Forfeiture in cafe of Condemnation, to be to his Majefty, his Heirs and SuccefTors, and the other Moiety to fuch Profecutor or Profecutors thereof. Tangier fliall net XIV. And laftly it is hereby enaflcd, and be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That 7a«F;Vr he taken to be a f];,-,]] ^^^ i^g Jeemed or taken to be a Plantation to his Majefty belonging in Afia, Jfrica or America, within 3n this'Ia" " ° Intent and Meaning of this Aft, or any of the afore mentioned Adts, fo as to enjoy any Riglit, Pri- vilege or Benefit of Trading, to or from the faid Plantations, or any of them; any Law, A£i, CJfage or Declaration to the contrary notwithftanding. How long to XV. Provided always, and be it enafted, That this KSi fhall continue in Force for nine Years, and from continue. thencc to the End of the next Seffion of Parliament, and no longer. [Continued by 5 Geo. i. c. 11. §. 19. J1&12W.3. fp long as the 12 Car. 2. c. 4. fhall continue.] Further Pi ovifans coiicemngTolracco, i Jac.i.. c. i,. .7 S? S fK 3. f. lo. 10 &f 11??"•'. 3. c. 21., %Am.c.^, (> Ann. cii. 8,'.n.c.i3. i% Ann, jiil.'i,. •c. Si 1 G«. I, f, 46. 5GC0. I.e. II. 6, Geo. I. c. II. 9 Gm, I, c. zi, li Gto. i. c. 26 & z8. 21 G<??. 2, c. s. i^-Gm. 2. c. 41. <j«<i 26G«. 2. c. 13. Anno Regni Caroli II. Regis Anglise, Scotiae, Francice 6c Hiberniie, ■ viceliino quinto. A T the Parliament begun at Wcjlminjler the eighth Day ol May^ Anno Dom. one thoufand fix hunr» dred fixty-one, in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of our moft gracious Sovereign Lord CbarleSy by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, CStf, " * Tt- is the and there continued by feveral Prorogations, to the twentieth * Day of OJJobery Anno 25 Car. 2.' S'ourth Day of February, in the fcrmcrEditionC C A P»
