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No draw-back or bounty upon export of goods in bales press packed, unless the names and species of goods, &c. he verified as herein.
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XXIII. And be it further enacted, That there shall not be paid or allowed to any person whatsoever upon the exportation of any goods entitled to drawback or bounty upon exportation, any drawback, bounty, or allowance whatever, if the goods are in bales press packed, unless the several different names and species of the goods, and the quantities and qualities thereof respectively shall be verified by the respective person or persons who so packed the same, or one of them, or such other person or persons who shall have actual knowledge of the contents of the bales so respectively press packed, in the following manner, that is to say, if the goods are packed at the port from whence they are to be exported, or within ten miles thereof, then by oath made and subscribed upon the entry or cocket before the collector or other chief officer of such port, who is hereby authorized to administer the same; and if such goods are packed at any greater distance than ten miles from the port from whence they are to be exported, then on the like oath made and subscribed in manner aforesaid, before some magistrate or justice of the peace for the county or place where such person or persons so packing the same shall arrive.
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