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Commissioners of Customs and Excise may reward Officers and others where Men taken enter to serve His Majesty.
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VIII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That where, by reason of any Person so found and taken, arrested, or detained as aforesaid, entering to serve His Majesty, no Penalty or Forfeiture shall be recoverable, then and in such Case it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Customs or Excise respectively, and they are hereby required, on Proof made to their Satisfaction of such Arrest, Taking, and Detention as aforesaid, and of such entering into His Majesty’s Service as aforesaid, to reward the Person or Persons who would, if any Penalty or Forfeiture had been recoverable, have been entitled to any Part thereof, with such Sum not exceeding the Proportion to which such Person would have been entitled, as, under all the Circumstances of the Case, shall to such Commissioners respectively appear proper, and such Reward may and shall be paid by the said Commissioners respectively, out of any Monies in their Hands, arising from the Duties on Foreign Spirits, Tea, or Tobacco.
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