conveyed in any manner, any goods whatsoever liable to forfeiture by this or any other act relating to the revenue of customs upon being imported into the United Kingdom, then not only all such goods, together with their packages, and all goods contained therein, but also the vessel or boat, together with all her guns, furniture, ammunition, tackle, and apparel, shall be forfeited: Provided always, that such distance of eight leagues shall be measured in any direction between the southward and eastward of Beachy Head; and the provisions of this act shall extend to such distance of eight leagues in every direction from Beachy Head, although any part of such limits may exceed the distance of four leagues from any part of the coast of Great Britain to the eastward of Beachy Head. § 2. Any vessel or boat (not square-rigged) found in the British or Irish channels, or within 100 leagues of the coast, with spirits or tobacco in certain packages, or with other goods.-If any vessel or boat, not being square-rigged, belonging in the whole or in part to his Majesty's subjects, shall be found in any part of the British or Irish channels, or elsewhere on the high seas, within 100 leagues of any part of the coasts of the United Kingdom, or shall be discovered to have been within the said limits, having on board, or had on board, any brandy or other spirits in any cask or package of less size than forty gallons (excepting only for the use of the seamen, not exceeding two gallons for each) or any tea exceeding six pounds weight, or any tobacco or snuff in any cask or package containing less than 450 pounds weight, or packed separately within such cask or package, (except loose tobacco for the use of the seamen, not exceeding five pounds for each,) or any cordage or other article adapted for slinging small casks, or any casks or other vessels capable of containing liquids, of less size than forty gallons, of the sort used or fit for smuggling of spirits, or any materials for the forming such casks or vessels, or any syphon, tube, hose, or implements whatsoever, for the broaching or drawing any fluid, or any articles or implements or materials adapted for the repacking tobacco or snuff, (unless the said cordage or articles are really necessary for the use of the vessel, or are a part of the cargo, and included in the regular official documents of the said vessel,) then the said spirits, tea, tobacco, or snuff, together with the casks or packages, and the cordage or other articles, and also the vessel or boat, with all her guns, furniture, ammunition, tackle, and apparel, shall be forfeited. § 3. Any foreign vessel (not square-rigged) in which there shall be one or more subjects of his Majesty.-If any foreign vessel or boat (not being square-rigged) in which there shall be one or more subjects of his Majesty, shall be found within four leagues of the North Foreland on the coast of Kent and Beachy Head on the coast of Sussex, or within eight leagues of any other part of the coast, not proceeding on her voyage, wind and weather permitting, having on board or in any manner attached or affixed thereto, or conveying, or having conveyed in any manner, any brandy or other spirits, in any cask or package of less size than forty gallons, (except only for the use of the seamen, not exceeding two gallons for each,) or any tea, exceeding six pounds, or any tobacco or snuff in any cask or package containing less than 450 pounds weight, or packed separately within such cask or package, (except loose tobacco for the use of the seamen, not exceeding five pounds for each,) then such vessel or boat, with all her guns, furniture, ammunition, tackle, and apparel, shall be forfeited. § 4. Any foreign vessel found at anchor, or hovering within one league of the coast.-If any foreign vessel* whatsoever shall be found within one league of the coast, not proceeding on her voyage, having on board or attached thereto, or having had on board, or conveying or having conveyed within such distance any goods liable to forfeiture upon being imported into the United Kingdom, in such case the said vessel, together with her guns, furniture, ammunition, tackle, and apparel, and all such goods, shall be forfeited. § 5. Vessels throwing overboard goods during chase.-When any vessel or boat belonging in the whole or in part to his Majesty's subjects, shall be found within four or eight leagues of the coast, or shall be found in the British or Irish channels, or elsewhere within 100 leagues of the coast, and chase shall be given or signal made by any vessel in his Majesty's service, or in the service of the revenue, hoisting the proper pendant as hereinafter mentioned, in order to bring such vessel or boat to, if any person on board shall during the chase, or before such vessel or boat shall bring to, throw overboard the cargo or any part, (unless through unavoidable necessity, or for the preservation of such vessel or boat, having a legal cargo on board,) or shall stave or destroy any part of the cargo to prevent seizure thereof, the said vessel or boat, with all her guns, furniture, ammunition, tackle, and apparel, shall be forfeited. § 6. Vessels (not square-rigged) coming from Brest, or places between Brest and Cape Finisterre, having on board spirits.—If any vessel (not being square-rigged, nor a galliot of not less than 50 tons burthen) or any boat coming from Brest on the coast of France, or from any place between Brest and Cape Finisterre on the coast of Spain, including all islands, or coming from any place between the Helder Point on the coast of Holland and North Bergen on the coast of Norway, or from any place as far up the Categat as Gottenburg, including all the islands, shall arrive in any of the ports of the United Kingdom, or shall be found at anchor, or hovering within the limits of any of the ports, and not proceeding on her voyage, having on board, for the use of the seamen, any spirits exceeding one half gallon for each, or having on board any tea, exceeding four pounds in the whole, or having on board any tobacco (excepting loose tobacco, not exceeding two pounds for each seaman,) then not only all such goods, but also the vessel or boat, with all her materials, shall be forfeited. § 7. Vessels (not square-rigged) coming from places between Brest and the Helder, having on board spirits, &c.—If any vessel (not being squarerigged, nor a galliot of not less than 50 tons burthen) or any boat coming from any place between Brest on the coast of France and the Helder Point on the coast of Holland, including the Texel Isle, and all places on the Zuyder Zee, and all islands on the coasts of France, the Netherlands, and Holland, between Brest and the Texel, shall arrive in any of the ports of the United Kingdom, or shall be found at anchor or hovering within the limits of any of the ports, and not proceeding on her voyage, having on board, for the use of the seamen, any spirits exceeding one half gallon for each, or having on board any tea exceeding two pounds, or having on board any tobacco, except loose tobacco, not exceeding one pound for each seaman, then not only all such goods, but also the vessel or boat, with all her materials, shall be forfeited. § 8. Vessels found or discovered within certain distances of Guernsey, &c. -If any vessel or boat, whether British or foreign, shall be found or discovered to have been within one league of the islands of Guernsey, * Or boat, 7 Geo. IV. c. 48. § 15. page 423. Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, not proceeding on her voyage, or within any bay, harbour, river, or creek of any one of the said islands, having on board, or in any manner conveying or having conveyed within the said distances or places, any goods which, by this or any other act relating to the customs, are liable to forfeiture, upon being imported into, exported from, or carried coastwise into the said islands, the said vessel or boat, with all her guns, furniture, ammunition, tackle, and apparel, and all such goods with their packages, and any other goods contained therein, shall be forfeited. § 9. Vessels sailing from Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, with a greater number of men than allowed.-If any vessel or boat, belonging wholly or in part to his Majesty's subjects, shall sail from Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, navigated by a greater number of persons than is allowed by this act (as hereinafter mentioned) in a vessel or boat of like size; or if any vessel or boat shall sail from any of the said islands, having on board, or which shall take or have taken on board during the voyage, any small cordage adapted for slinging small casks, or any more ankers, half ankers, or other small casks, or any tin or other cases, or bladders of less content than forty gallons, and capable of containing fluids, of the sort used for smuggling spirits, than shall be necessary for the use of such vessel, or any materials for making any such small casks, cases, boxes, or bladders, or any syphon, tube, hose, or implements for drawing off any fluid, more than is necessary for the ordinary purposes of the voyage, or any articles, implements, or materials adapted for repacking tobacco or snuff on board, during the voyage, such ship, vessel, or boat, with her guns, furniture, ammunition, tackle, and apparel, shall be forfeited, together with all such articles. § 10. Vessels sailing from thence without a clearance, forfeited.-No vessel or boat belonging wholly or in part to his Majesty's subjects, shall sail from Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, without a clearance, whether in ballast or having a cargo, and if with a cargo the inaster shall give bond, in double the value of the vessel or boat and of the cargo, for duly landing the same at the port for which the vessel clears; and every such vessel or boat not having such clearance, or having a clearance for a cargo shall be found light, or with any part of the cargo discharged before delivery at the port specified in the clearance, (unless through necessity or for preservation of the vessel or boat, to be proved to the satisfaction of the commissioners of customs,) shall be forfeited. § 11. Vessels departing from Guernsey, &c. breaking bulk.-If after the departure from Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, or Sark, of any vessel or boat belonging wholly or in part to his Majesty's subjects, having on board any spirits, tobacco, snuff, tea, or wine, bulk be broken, or any of the cargo unladen, or any alteration be made in the form, size, description, or number of the packages, or in the quantity, quality, or mode of package, at any time in the prosecution of the voyage towards the United Kingdom, or any other place for which the vessel or boat shall have cleared out, such vessel or boat, with her tackle and furniture, shall be forfeited; but no forfeiture shall be incurred for breaking bulk or unlading the cargo, through unavoidable necessity and distress, nor for any alteration in the cargo, if occasioned by necessity or accident, or made for the preservation of the vessel or boat, to be proved to the satisfaction of the commissioners of customs. § 12. Vessels found within the limits of a port with a cargo, and afterwards found light. If any vessel or boat whatever shall be found within the limits of any port with a cargo on board, and such vessel shall afterwards be found light or in ballast, and the master is unable to give a due account, such vessel or boat, with the guns, furniture, ammunition, tackle, and apparel, shall be forfeited. § 13. Vessels not bringing to during chase may be fired at.—In case any vessel or boat, liable to seizure or examination, shall not bring to on being required, on being chased by any vessel in his Majesty's navy, having the proper ensign hoisted, or by any vessel employed for the prevention of smuggling under the admiralty or the commissioners of customs, having a pendant and ensign hoisted, of such description as his Majesty, by order in council, or by proclamation under the great seal, shall have ordered, it shall be lawful for the captain, master, or other person having the command of such vessel (first causing a gun to be fired as a signal) to fire at or into such vessel or boat; and such captain, master, or other person, shall be indemnified from any indictment, penalty, or action for damages for so doing; and in case any person shall be wounded, maimed, or killed by such firing, and the said captain, master, or other person, shall be sued, molested, or prosecuted, or shall be brought before any justices of the peace for such firing, wounding, maiming, or killing, all such justices are authorized to admit every such captain, master, or person, to bail. § 14. Persons not to hoist flags in imitation of those used in the navy.—If any person shall wear, carry, or hoist in or on board any ship, vessel, or boat belonging to any of his Majesty's subjects, whether merchant or otherwise, without particular warrant from his Majesty, or the commissioners for executing the office of high admiral, the union jack, or any pendant, ensign, or colours usually worn by his Majesty's ships, or any flag, jack, pendant, ensign, or colours, resembling those of his Majesty, or used on board his Majesty's ships, or any other ensign or colours than the ensign or colours by any proclamation prescribed to be worn; in every such case the master, or the owner or owners being on board, and every other person so offending, shall forfeit £50, which shall be recovered, with costs, either in the high court of admiralty, or in the courts of king's bench or exchequer at Westminster or Dublin, or in the courts of session or exchequer in Scotland, or before any two justices of the peace; and it shall be lawful for any officer of the navy, customs, or excise, to enter on board any such ship, vessel, or boat, and to seize any such prohibited flag, jack, pendant, ensign, or colours, and the same shall thereupon become forfeited to his Majesty's use. § 15. All vessels and boats made use of in the removal, carriage, or conveyance of any goods liable to forfeiture under this or any other act relating to the customs, shall be forfeited. § 16. Boats belonging to vessels.-The owner of every vessel belonging in whole or in part to any of his Majesty's subjects, shall paint upon the outside of the stern of every boat belonging to such vessel, the name of such vessel, and the port to which she belongs, and the master's name withinside the transom in white or yellow roman letters, not less than two inches in length, on a black ground, on pain of the forfeiture of such boat. § 17. Boats not belonging to vessels.—The owner of every boat not belonging to any vessel, shall paint upon the stern in white or yellow roman letters of two inches in length, on a black ground, the name of the owner of the boat, and the port to which she belongs, on pain of the forfeiture of such boat. § 18. Boats having double sides or bottoms:-All vessels and boats, belong. ing in the whole or in part to his Majesty's subjects, having false bulkheads, false bows, double sides or bottoms, or any secret or disguised place whatsoever in the construction of the said vessel or boat, for the purpose of concealing goods, or having any hole, pipe, or other device in or about the vessel or boat adapted for the purpose of running goods, shall be forfeited, with all the guns, furniture, ammunition, tackle, and apparel belonging to such vessel or boat; and all goods liable to the payment of duties, or prohibited to be imported, found concealed on board, or in or underneath the ballast, or in any other place on board, shall be forfeited. § 19. LICENCES. Cutters, &c. forfeited, unless licensed.-All vessels belonging in the whole or in part to his Majesty's subjects (unless square-rigged) and all vessels whatsoever belonging as aforesaid, the length of which shall be greater than in the proportion of three feet to one foot in breadth; and all vessels belonging as aforesaid armed for resistance; (otherwise than is hereinafter provided ;) and all boats whatsoever belonging as aforesaid, which shall be found within any of the limits or distances aforesaid; shall be forfeited, unless the owners thereof shall have obtained a licence for navigating the same from the commissioners of customs, as hereinafter directed. § 20.* Vessels to be navigated with a certain number of men.-No vessel or boat so belonging, (not being a lugger and at the time fitted and rigged as such,) shall be navigated by a greater number of men (officers and boys included) than in the following proportions; that is to say, 30 tons or under, and above 5 tons, 4 men. 100 tons or under, and above 80 tons, 7 men. And above that tonnage, one man for every 15 tons of such additional tonnage. Or if a lugger, in the following proportions, that is to say, if of 30 tons or under, 8 men. 50 tons or under, and above 30 tons, 9 men. And if above 100 tons, one man for every 10 tons of such additional tonnage. And if any vessel, boat, or lugger, navigated with a greater number of men than in the proportions before mentioned, shall be found within any of the distances aforesaid, the same shall be forfeited, unless such vessel, boat, or lugger, shall be especially licensed for that purpose by the commissioners of customs. § 21. Licence not required for certain vessels.*-Nothing in this act shall extend to forfeit any square-rigged vessel of the burthen of 200 tons or upwards by admeasurement, for being armed for resistance, having on board two carriage guns of the caliber not exceeding four pounds, and small arms not exceeding two muskets for every ten men, or any vessel, boat, or lugger belonging to the royal family, or being in the service of the navy, victualling, ordnance, customs, excise, or postoffice, nor any whale-boat or boat solely employed in the fisheries, or any boat belonging to any square-rigged vessel in the merchants' ser* See 7 Geo. IV c. 48. § 12, page 422, 10 Geo. IV. c. 43. § 10. page 428. 2 and 3 Wm. IV. c. 84. § 17. |