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Masters of vessels belonging to subjects laden as aforesaid, when within 4 leagues of the coast, shall produce such manifest on demand of an officer,
and deliver a copy,
officer to certify on the back of the original, and the copy as herein.
and transmit the copy to the port the goods are consigned to,
manifest to be produced, and copy given when vessels arrive within limits of the port at which the cargo, or a part is to be discharged, Sec.
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VIII. And be it further enacted, That every master, or other person having or taking the charge or command of any ship or vessel belonging in the whole, or in part to his Majesty’s subjects, laden with goods as aforesaid, and bound to any port or place in this kingdom, shall on his arrival, within four leagues of the coast thereof upon demand, produce all and every such manifest or manifests, or content or contents in writing, which such master or other person is by this act directed and required to have on board his said ship or vessel, to such officer or officers of his Majesty’s customs or excise as shall first come on board his said ship or vessel, for his or their examination and inspection, and shall deliver to such officer or officers a true copy thereof respectively, which copy shall be provided and subscribed by the said master or other person, having or taking the charge or command of such ship or vessel, and that the several and respective officers to whom the original manifest shall have been so produced, shall certify upon the back thereof, that the same was produced, and also the day and year on which the same was so produced, and that such copy or copies as aforesaid, were to him or them delivered, and shall likewise certify upon the back of such copy or copies the day and year on which the same was or were produced, and shall forthwith transmit such copy or copies to the respective collectors, or other chief officers of the several ports, to which the goods by such manifest or manifests shall appear respectively to be consigned, and that the said master or other person so having or taking the charge or command of any such ship or vessel, shall in like manner produce to the officer or officers of his Majesty’s customs or excise who shall first come on board such ship or vessel, upon her arrival within the limits of any port of this kingdom in which the cargo, or any part thereof is intended to be discharged or landed, such manifest or manifests, or content or contents in writing as aforesaid, and shall also deliver to him or them a true copy or copies thereof, such copy or copies also to be provided and subscribed by the said master or other person having or taking the charge or command of such ship or vessel, the production of which said manifest or manifests, or content or contents in writing, and the delivery of such copy or copies thereof to be delivered as is by this act directed, shall also be certified to have been so produced and delivered as aforesaid by the said officer or officers of his Majesty’s customs or excise, who shall so first come on board the said ship or vessel on her arrival within the limits of any such port upon the back of the said original manifest or manifests, or content or contents in writing, with the particular day and year, and the time when such manifest or manifests, or content or contents in writing was or were produced to such officer or officers, and when he they so received the said copy or copies thereof, and such officers are hereby respectively required forthwith to transmit, or cause to be transmitted, the said copy or copies of the said manifest or manifests, or content or contents in writing to the collector or other chief officer of that port.
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