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Ships not to sail till acquittance.
Penalty on officers 5 l. by civil bill next assises.
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VII. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no customer, collector, or other officer or officers belonging to his Majesty’s customs in the port of the said city of Cork, shall permit or suffer any such ship or vessel as aforesaid to go out of the said port of Cork, until the master or person taking charge of such ship do produce a receipt or acquittance, signifying the receipt of the said duties or impositions, under the hand or hands of the person or persons hereby appointed, or in pursuance hereof to be appointed, to receive the same; and that every customer, collector, or other officer concerned in the customs of the said port of Cork, making default in any of the premisses, shall forseit for every such offence the sum of five pounds to the said governours; to be recovered by civil bill at the assizes to be held for the said county of the said city of Cork next immediately after such default, and to be applied to the use of the said work-house.
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