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Tonage of foreign ships &c. to be computed by outward gauging;
persons to be empowered to make such gauge.
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VI. And be it further enacted by the authotity aforesaid, That the tonage of all foreign ships and vessels liable by this act to the payment of the aforesaid rates and duties, shall be computed by the outward gauging of the said ships and vessels respectively, and not otherwise, and the person or persons for that purpose to be appointed by the commissioners, nominated and chosen under the authority of this act, are hereby empowered to make such outward gauge of every such foreign ship or vessel as shall enter the port or harbour of said town, from time to time, as they shall see occasion.
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