Customs (No. 2) Act 1812

Boats To purchased may be employed in the Service of the Revenue or broken up.

VIII. And be it further enacted, That after the said Commissioners respectively shall have obtained Possession of any such Boat, Wherry, Pinnace, Barge, or Galley, they are hereby authorized and required to use and employ the same in the Service of the Revenue, or cause the same to be broken up, and the Materials sold, according as in their Judgment it may appear to be the most conducive to the public Service.