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Officers and Seamen in the Service of the Customs or Excise, if wounded, or their Families, if killed, shall be provided for.
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XLII. And be it further enacted, That in all Cases where any Officer or Seaman, employed in the Service of the Customs or Excise, shall be killed, maimed, or wounded in the due Execution of this Act, or any other Act relating to the Revenues of Customs or Excise, or passed for the Prevention of Smuggling, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Customs and Excise in England, Scotland or Ireland respectively, to make such Provision for every such Officer or Seaman so maimed or wounded, or for the Widows and Families of such as shall be killed, as they shall be authorized and empowered to do by Warrant from the Lord High Treasurer, or Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury for the Time being.
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