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Before vessels are cleared out for this kingdom from any port in foreign parts belonging to Great Britain, the master shall deliver to the officer appointed, the manifest herein required,
who is to cause a duplicate to be made, and endorse the original.
master to get a duplicate to be transmitted to where the goods are consigned.
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IV. And be it further enacted, That before any ship or vessel shall be cleared out for this kingdom, with any goods or commodities whatever, from any port or place, in any colony, plantation, island, or territory in foreign parts, belonging to, or under the dominion of the crown of Great Britain, the master, or other person having or taking the charge or command of every such ship or vessel, shall deliver the manifest or content in writing, herein required, to the collector of the customs, if there be such an officer at or near to such place, and if there shall not be a collector of the customs there, then to the chief officer of the customs, and if there shall not be an officer of the customs there, then to the principal officer or magistrate, or some other person by him specially appointed for that purpose, resident at, or nearest to such place, which said collector, or other chief officer or magistrate, or other person by him appointed as aforesaid, shall respectively cause a duplicate thereof to be forthwith made, and shall endorse upon the original manifest or content his name, with the day and year on which the same was produced to such collector, or other chief officer or magistrate, or other person by him appointed as aforesaid, and shall then return the said original manifest or content to the said master, or other person, on or before the clearing of any such ship or vessel, and such master or other person having or taking the charge or command of such ship or vessel, shall procure from such collector, or other chief officer or magistrate, a duplicate of such manifest or content so made, as by this act directed, under his hand and seal, in order that the same may be transmitted to the collector or chief officer of the revenue, at the port in this kingdom to which the goods are consigned, and to which the manifests respectively refer.
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