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Provisions, &c. of recited Act extended to (Exception) Vessels coming from Brest having on board Spirits, &c. exceeding a certain Quantity.
57 G. 3. c.33.
§ 2.
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VI. ‘And Whereas by an Act passed in the Fifty seventh Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intituled An Act to reduce the Allowance of Spirits, Tea and Tobacco, for the Use of Seamen on board certain Ships or Vessels making short Voyages, certain Provisions and Forfeitures are made respecting Ships or Vessels (not being square rigged) coming from any Place between the Port of Brest on the Coast of France, and certain other Places therein mentioned, which shall arrive in any of the Ports of that Part of the United Kingdom called Great Britain, or be found at anchor or hovering within the Limits or Distances therein mentioned, having on board Spirituous Liquors, Tea or Tobacco, exceeding certain Allowances therein mentioned, but no Regulation is made respecting Ships or Vessels which may come from the said Port of Brest on the Coast of France;’ Be it therefore enacted, That all the Provisions and Forfeitures of the said recited Act shall extend to all Ships or Vessels (not being square rigged) coming from the said Port of Brest, which shall arrive in any of the Ports of that Part of the United Kingdom called Great Britain, or be found at anchor or hovering within the Limits or Distances therein mentioned, having on board for the Use of the Seamen then belonging to and on board such Ship or Vessel, any Brandy or other Spirituous Liquors exceeding One Gallon for each Seaman, or having on board any Tea exceeding Four Pounds Weight in the Whole, or having on board any Tobacco (excepting loose Tobacco, not exceeding Two Pounds Weight for each Seaman), as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes as if the said Act, and all the Clauses, Provisions, Powers, Authorities, Forfeitures, Matters and Things relating thereto, were particularly and expressly repeated and re-enacted in the Body of this present Act.
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