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No ballast taken but from the persons appointed,
Penally 51. to said office.
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XIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person or persons from and after the said twenty fifth day of April one thousand seven hundred and thirty shall in any of the said ports presume to take up any ballast into his or their ships or vessels but from such persons only, as shall be thereunto appointed by virtue of this act as aforesaid, on pain of forfeiting for every such offence the sum of five pounds sterling; to be recovered in a summary way before the chief magistrate aforesaid for the use of the said offices as aforesaid.
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