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If a licensed Ship or Boat be lost, broken up, &c. Licence shall be given up within Twelve Months.
Penalty 20l. to 100l.
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XXVII. And be it further enacted, That whenever any licensed Ship, Vessel, or Boat, shall be lost, broken up, captured, burnt, seized, and condemned, sold or otherwise disposed of, the Licence which shall have been granted for the same shall be delivered up to the Collector of the Customs at the Port to which such Ship, Vessel, or Boat shall belong, within Twelve Calendar Months from the Time such Ship, Vessel, or Boat shall be so lost, broken up, captured, burnt, seized, and condemned, sold, or otherwise disposed of; or in case of the said Licence being lost or taken by the Enemy, satisfactory Proof thereof on Oath shall be, within the same Period, made before the Collector or Comptroller of such Port, which Oath they are hereby authorized and required to administer; and in case such Licence shall not be produced and so delivered up, and no such Proof shall be made within such Period as aforesaid, the Owner or Owners, and also the Matter of such Ship Vessel, or Boat, shall forfeit and lose the Sum of Twenty Pounds, if such Ship, Vessel, or Boat, is under the Burthen of Fifteen Tons, and Fifty Pounds if of the burthen of Fifteen Tons and under One hundred and fifty Tons, and One hundred Pounds if of the Burthen of One hundred and fifty Tons or upwards.
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