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Where any Foreign Brandy, Attack, Rum, or other Spirits, not being for the Ship's Use, shall be imported, &c. in any Vessel of 50 Tons, or under, the same, together with the Vessel and Furniture, shall be forfeited ;
and in like Manner, where any Spirits, Tea, Tobacco Tobacco Stalks, or Snuff, are liable to Forfeiture by Act 9 Geo. 2. c. 35. or Act 24 Geo. 2. c. 41.
the Vessel on Board which the same shall be found, if under 50 Tons, shall be forfeited, with her Apparel;
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‘V. And whereas the Laws already made to prevent the clandestine importing and landing of Foreign Brandy, Rum, Strong Waters or other Spirits, Tea, Tobacco, Tobacco Stalks and Snuff, in small Vessels, which hover upon the Coasts of this Kingdom, have been found insufficient for that Purpose ;’ Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the first Day of June one thousand seven hundred and sixty-three, if any Foreign Brandy, Arrack, Rum, Strong Waters or Spirits of any Kind whatsoever, shall be imported or brought into Great Britain, or into any Port, Harbour, Haven or Creek thereof, in any Ship, Vessel, or Boat, of the Burthen of fifty Tons, or under (except only for the Use of the Seamen then belonging to and on Board such Ship, Vessel or Boat, not exceeding two Gallons for every such Seaman) every such Ship, Vessel or Boat, with all her Tackle, Furniture and Apparel, and also all such Brandy, Arrack, Rum, Strong Waters or Spirits, or the Value thereof, shall be forfeited and lost; and where any Brandy, Arrack, Rum, Strong Waters or other Spirits, or any Tea, Tobacco, Tobacco Stalks or Stems stript from the Leaf, or Snuff, is or are liable to Forfeiture, by Virtue of an Act made in the ninth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Second, intituled, An Act for indemnifying Persons who have been guilty of Offences against the Laws made for securing the Revenue of Customs and Excise, and for enforcing those Laws for the future; and by another Act made in the twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of his said late Majesty King George the Second, intituled, An Act for the more effectual securing the Duties upon Tobacco; or either of them, for being found on Board any such Ship or Vessel at Anchor, or hovering within the Limits of any of the Ports of this Kingdom, or within two Leagues of the Shore, as is particularly expressed in those Acts: It is hereby further enacted, That in every such Case the Ship or Vessel on Board of which such Goods shall be so found, with all her Tackle, Furniture and Apparel, shall also be forfeited and lost, provided such Ship or Vessel doth not exceed the Burthen of fifty Tons.
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