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Goods found concealed on board any Vessel, either before or after the Master makes his Report, forfeited.
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IX. ‘And Whereas in Ships from Foreign Parts Goods have been found concealed in false Bulk Heads, between the Linings, and false Knees, or in concealed Lockers, or in the Ballast or false Package, and other Places, which the Officers of the Customs cannot easily find out or discover, in order to their being landed without Payment of Duties, and such Goods are not by any Law liable to Forfeiture if discovered previous to the Master making his Report at the Custom House;’ For Remedy whereof be it enacted, That all Goods which shall be found concealed as aforesaid, or concealed in any other Place on board any Ship or Vessel at any time, either before or after the Master thereof shall have made his Report at the Custom House, shall be forfeited and lost, and shall and may be seized and prosecuted by any Officer or Officers of the Customs.
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