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and residence, and the date of his appointment, shall have been endorsed on the licence of every such agent and signed by him, and witnessed by the signature of the collector and comptroller of the customs,-unless such person shall have been appointed with consent of the commissioners of his Majesty's customs before the commencement of this act. § 142.

Treasury may extend regulations to other ports.-It shall be lawful for the said commissioners of his Majesty's treasury, by their warrant, to be published in the London or Dublin Gazette, to extend the regulations hereinbefore made relating to agents in the port of London, to agents at any other port in Great Britain, or at any port in Ireland. § 143.*

Act may be altered this session.-This act may be amended, altered, or repealed, by any act to be passed in the present session of parliament. § 144.

7 Geo. IV. c. 48.

An Act to alter and amend the several Laws relating to the Customs.

List of crews of ships from West Indies.—And whereas an act was passed in the last session of parliament, 6 Geo. IV. c. 107. and it is expedient to alter and amend the same; be it therefore enacted, that so much of the said act as requires that the master of every British ship arriving at any port in the United Kingdom, on her return from any British possession in America, shall deliver upon oath to the collector or comptroller a certain list of the crew of such ship, shall apply only to ships so arriving on their return from the West Indies. § 4.

Perfect entry after bill of sight.—And whereas by the said act it is enacted, that no goods shall be unladen from any ship arriving from parts beyond the seas, before due entry of such goods shall have been made; and that no entry for the landing of any goods shall be valid, unless made in manner therein directed;-and that any goods taken or delivered out of any ship, by virtue of any entry not so made, shall be deemed to be goods landed without due entry thereof, and shall be forfeited; and whereas provision is nevertheless made for the landing of goods in certain cases by bill of sight, for examination by the importer, in presence of the proper officers, prior to his making a perfect entry for the same; be it therefore enacted, that such goods, (although landed by bill of sight,) shall not be deemed to be landed, or to be delivered out of the ship within the meaning of the said act, except in virtue of such perfect entry when the same shall have been made; and that if such perfect entry be not made in manner required by the said act for the landing of goods as hereinbefore mentioned, such goods shall then be deemed to be goods landed without due entry thereof, and shall be forfeited. § 5.

Restriction on certain articles repealed. So much of the said act made for the general regulation of the customs as prohibits the importation of any Spirits on account of the strength thereof,--and also so much of the said act as prohibits the importation of Beef, Pork, or Bacon, to be warehoused for exportation only,-shall be and the same is hereby repealed; and also so much of the said act as restricts in any way the importation of Bonnets, Hats, or Platting of bast or straw,

* See the 6 Geo. IV. c. 41. as to penalty on agents, entering goods belonging to more than one person in the same bond in " MANAGEMENT," page 410.

chip, cane, or horsehair, and also of Cambrics or Lawns, and also of Coffee, and also of Or-molu, and also of China-ware or Porcelain, (not being the produce of places within the limits of the East India company's charter,) and also any Tobacco made up in rolls, being the produce of and imported from the state of Columbia, and in packages containing at least 320 pounds weight of such rolls of tobacco, shall be and the same is hereby repealed. § 6..

Gloves to be imported into port of London only, till 5th July, 1827, &c. And whereas it is expedient to subject the importation of gloves to certain restrictions; be it therefore enacted, that it shall not be lawful to import any leather gloves into any port other than the port of London until after the 5th day of July, 1827,-nor unless in packages, each of which shall contain one hundred dozen pairs of such gloves at least, nor unless in ships of the burthen of 70 tons or upwards;-and that such restrictions shall be complied with and enforced in like manner as if the same were set forth in a table, denominated " A Table of Prohibitions and Restrictions Inwards," contained in the said act for the regulation of the customs. § 7.

Stamps on bonds for plate exported.-All Bonds given to prevent the relanding of Plate, (in respect of which any drawback shall be allowed upon the exportation thereof,) shall be liable only to the same duties of stamps as any bonds given for or in respect of the duties of customs, or for preventing frauds or evasions thereof, are or shall be liable to under any act for the time being in force for granting duties of stamps. § 8.

Power to fix rate of rent in the king's warehouse.-It shall and may be lawful for the commissioners of his Majesty's treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or the commissioners of his Majesty's customs, by warrant or order under their hands respectively, to fix the amount of warehouse rent to be paid for any goods taken to and secured in any of the King's warehouses in the United Kingdom, or in the Isle of Man, for the security of the duties thereon, or to prevent the same from coming into home use. § 9.

Coast duty ad valorem.-Sect. 10 repealed.

Coffee imported into the Isle of Man.-It shall be lawful to export from the United Kingdom to the Isle of Man,—and to import into the Isle of Man direct from the United Kingdom,—without the licence of the commissioners of the customs,—any quantity of coffee of the British plantations upon which the duty payable in the United Kingdom shall have been paid; and that a drawback of fourpence for every pound of such coffee shall be allowed upon the exportation thereof. § 11.

Certain acts not to be repealed.—And whereas another act was passed in the last session of parliament, c. 105. intituled "An Act to Repeal the several Laws relating to the Customs;" and it is expedient to amend the same, in order that certain acts mentioned therein should not be repealed, viz.—

The 4 Geo. IV. c. 25. intituled " An Act for regulating the Number of Apprentices to be taken on board British Merchant Vessels, and for preventing the Desertion of Seamen therefrom;"

43 Geo. III. c. 25. intituled "An Act for the better securing the Freedom of Elections of Members to serve in Parliament for any Place in Ireland, by disabling certain Officers employed in the Collection and Management of his Majesty's Revenues in Ireland from giving their Votes at such Elections ;"

6 Geo. II. c. 13. intituled "An Act for the better securing and

encouraging the Trade of his Majesty's Sugar Colonies in America," so far as imposes any duty to be paid to his Majesty ;

7 Geo. III. c. 46. intituled "An Act for granting certain Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in America, for allowing a Drawback of the Duties of Customs upon the Exportation from this Kingdom of Coffee and Cocoa Nuts of the Produce of the said Colonies and Plantations, for discontinuing the Drawbacks payable on China Earthenware exported to America, and for more effectually preventing the Running of Goods in the said Colonies and Plantations," so far as imposes any duty to be paid to his Majesty ;—

4 Geo. IV. c. 30. intituled "An Act to regulate the Importation and Exportation of certain Articles subject to Duties of Excise, and certain other Articles, the produce and manufacture of Great Britain and Ireland respectively, into and from either Country, from and to the other," so far as relates to the excise, and which were enumerated in the said act, shall be and the same is hereby repealed. § 50.

Certain acts of last session to be repealed.-And whereas by the said act passed in the last session of parliament, to repeal the several laws relating to the customs, the several acts and parts of acts, therein particularly enumerated and referred to, (passed prior to the last session of parliament,) are repealed, or will, from and after the 5th day of July, 1826,-be repealed;-and it is expedient to repeal also several acts passed in the last session of parliament; be it therefore enacted, that the several acts hereinafter mentioned, passed in the last session of parliament, shall be and the same are hereby repealed; that is to say, an act intituled

6 Geo. IV. c. 13. "An Act to reduce the Duties on Wine, Coffee, and Hemp, imported into the United Kingdom ;"—

6 Geo. IV. c. 73. intituled “An Act for further regulating the Trade of his Majesty's Possessions in America and the West Indies, and for the Warehousing of Goods therein;”—

6 Geo. IV. c. 76. intituled "An Act to extend to the Island of Mauritius the Duties and Regulations which relate to the British Islands in the West Indies ;"—

6 Geo. IV. c. 104. intituled "An Act to repeal certain Duties of Customs, and to grant other Duties in lieu thereof; to continue, until the 5th day of July, 1826, the Bounties on refined Sugar; and to alter the Bounty on Cordage." § 51.

General repeal of the laws of the customs, except certain laws hereinafter described or enumerated to be saved.-Certain acts to be saved.— Ďublin coal acts.-Harbour and Dock acts.-Local and personal acts. -Duties for particular purposes.—Churches.-Excise acts.-Jurisdiction in Ireland or Newfoundland.-Exportation of tea not to be prevented." And whereas by the said act of the last session of parliament for repealing the several laws relating to the customs, together with this act, all the laws relating to the customs, made prior to the said act, are repealed, or are intended to be repealed, save and except certain acts hereinafter mentioned or described, relating to some par ticular subjects, and which are not intended to be repealed: and whereas, in conjunction with the said act, passed in the last session of parliament to repeal the laws of the customs, several other acts were passed for consolidating the laws of the customs, in order, as therein stated, that the purposes for which the former laws so repealed had, from time to time been made, should be secured by new enactments, exhibiting more perspicuously and compendiously the various provisions contained in

them, and which several acts came into force and operation on the 6th day of January in the present year; and whereas it is expedient that no doubt should remain whether any, or what, if any, former or other acts relating in any way to the customs, continue to have any force;" be it therefore enacted, that all statutes and acts, and all parts of statutes and acts, made in the respective parliaments of England, of Great Britain, of Ireland, and of the United Kingdom, relating to the revenue of customs, to navigation,—or to the prevention of smuggling,--iu any part of the British dominions, which were in force on the said 5th day of January, 1826, besides the several acts and parts of acts expressly repealed by the said repealing act of last session, as hereinbefore amended, and by this act, shall be and the same are hereby repealed; save and except such acts and parts of acts as are hereinafter mentioned or described, and declared to be saved and excepted from the effect of this general repeal; that is to say,—

The 18 Geo. III. c. 12. intituled "An Act for removing all Doubts and Apprehensions concerning Taxation by the Parliament of Great Britain in any of the Colonies, Provinces, and Plantations in North America and the West Indies; and for repealing so much of an Act made in the seventh year of the reign of his late Majesty, as imposes a Duty on Tea imported from Great Britain into any Colony or Plantation in America, as relates thereto;"

And also so much of any act, or the part of any act, now in force, which was passed prior to the last-mentioned act, and by which any duties in any of the British possessions in America were granted, and still continue payable to the crown, as relates to the collection and appropriation of such duties;

The 31 Geo. III. c. 31. intituled " An Act to repeal certain Parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of his Majesty's reign, intituled 'An Act for making more effectual Provisions for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America, and to make further Provisions for the Government of the said Province ;""—

51 Geo. III. c. 47. intituled "An Act for carrying into effect the Provisions of a Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, concluded between his Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal;"

59 Geo. III. c. 54. intituled "An Act to carry into effect a Convention of Commerce concluded between his Majesty and the United States of America, and a Treaty with the Prince Regent of Portugal;"

The acts relating to Corn repealed by 9 Geo. IV. c. 60.

56 Geo. III. c. 127. intituled "An Act to reduce the Duty on the Exportation from Great Britain of Small Coals of a certain description ;"

59 Geo. III. c. 69. intituled "An Act to prevent the Enlisting or Engagement of his Majesty's Subjects to serve in Foreign Service, and the fitting out or equipping, in his Majesty's Dominions, Vessels for warlike Purposes, without his Majesty's Licence;"

4 Geo. IV. c. 77. intituled "An Act to authorize his Majesty, under certain Circumstances, to regulate the Duties and Drawbacks on Goods imported or exported in Foreign Vessels, and to exempt certain Foreign Vessels from Pilotage," as the said act is amended by the 5 Geo. IV. c. 1;

4 Geo. IV. c. 80. intituled "An Act to consolidate and amend

-the several Laws now in force with respect to Trade from and to Places within the Limits of the Charter of the East India Company, and to make further Provisions with respect to such Trade; and to amend an Act of the present Session of Parliament for the registering of Vessels, so far as relates to Vessels registered in India ;”—

4 Geo. IV. c. 88. intituled "An Act for regulating Vessels carrying Passengers between Great Britain and Ireland;"

55 Geo. III. c. 57. intituled "An Act to repeal the Provisions of former Acts, granting exclusive Privileges of Trade to the South Sea Company, and to indemnify the said Company for the loss of such Privileges;" and also amended by the 55 Geo. III. c. 141;—

5 Geo. IV. c. 64. intituled "An Act to amend the several Acts for the Encouragement and Improvement of the British and Irish Fisheries;" and all other acts and parts of acts relating to the said Fisheries, which were in force upon the said 5th day of January, 1826;

6 and 7 Will. III. c. 10. 15 Geo. III. c. 27. 31 Geo. III. c. 36. which several acts relate to certain keel-boats and carriages, and for loading coals on board ships ;

6 Geo. IV. c. 78. intituled "An Act to repeal the several Laws relating to the Performance of Quarantine, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof;"

43 Geo. III. c. 25. intituled "An Act for the better securing the Freedom of Elections of Members to serve in Parliament for any Place in Ireland, by disabling certain Officers employed in the Collection or Management of his Majesty's Revenues in Ireland from giving their Votes at such Elections ;"

4 Geo. IV. c. 25. intituled "An Act for regulating the Number of Apprentices to be taken on board British Merchant Vessels, and for preventing the Desertion of Seamen therefrom ;”—and which act it is hereby declared and enacted doth and shall extend to IRELAND;—

21 and 22 Geo. III. (Ireland) for the Improvement of the city of Dublin, by making wide and convenient passages through the same, and for regulating the coal trade thereof, and any act or acts for amending or continuing the same;

ALSO-save and except all such acts and parts of acts as relate to the maintaining or improving of any harbours, havens, ports, rivers, piers, lighthouses, docks, canals, basins, or warehouses;

All acts and parts of acts which are of a local or personal nature, (not being public general acts,) although declared public ;

All acts and parts of acts whereby any duties are made applicable to any particular purpose, or for the use or benefit of any particular person or persons, or body or bodies corporate or politic, or of any society or company;

All acts whereby any drawback of duty is granted in respect of materials used in building of Churches and Chapels ;

All acts and parts of acts relating to the EXCISE, so far only as the provisions of any of such acts might and are to be put in force by the commissioners of the excise or their officers in the United Kingdom,— or by the commissioners of customs or their officers in Ireland ;—

And also so much of any acts which create or regulate any jurisdiction for the trial of offences in Ireland,-or in Newfoundland,-against the laws of Customs, Navigation, or Excise, as shall be in force immediately before the passing of this act :-Provided always, that nothing herein contained, or in any other act or acts contained, relating to the

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