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Vessels funk in said harbours or rivers, and not removed in 6 days, shall be removed by the directors,
and if the charges not paid in 6 days, may be sold at publict cant, rendering overplus to owner.
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XVII. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever any ship, gabbart, or boat, shall by decay, accident, or otherwise, be funk in any part of any of the said harbours or rivers, if the owners of such ships, gabbarts, or boats, do not remove them in six days after such finking, the directors of the said ballast-office of such port, where such ship, gabbart, or boat shall be so funk, shall and are hereby obliged to remove such ship, gabbart, or boat, so funk, to clear the navigation of the said river; and in case the owners of such ship, gabbart, or boat, within six days after the said ship, gabbart, or boat, shall be so removed, shall neglect or refuse to pay such costs and charges, as the said ballast-office shall be put to on account thereof, that then the directors of such ballast-office shall and may sell the same at publick cant to the highest bidder; which sale shall be good and conclusive to all parties; and out of the money arising by such sale deduct the charge and expence they shall be put to on account of removing such ship, gabbart, or boat, rendering the overplus to the owner.
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