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Unless such merchant or dealer be previously licensed, and give security for the justice of their dealings.
and return upon oath to the commissioners an account of all sales by them made as herein;
they shall not be entitled to any bounty.
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X. Provided always, That unless such merchant or merchants, dealer or dealers shall be previously licensed by the chief commissioners of his Majesty’s revenue, or any three of them, which licence the said commissioners, or any three of them, are hereby empowered to grant, and to revoke from time to time as they shall think proper, and unless such merchant or merchants, dealer or dealers, shall have given sufficient security in such amount as the said commissioners, or any three of them shall think proper, for the justice of his, her, or their dealings, in all matters relating to the said bounties, and that he, she, or they will not knowingly or willingly himself, herself, or themselves commit or suffer to be committed by any person or persons acting for or under him, her, or them, any fraud or deceit whereby any of the said bounties may be wrongfully claimed or paid, and that he, she, or they will as often as thereunto required by the said commissioners, or any three of them, return upon oath, or if a quaker, upon affirmation, to the said commissioners, a full and particular account of all sales by him, her, or them made, of such corn, grain, or oatmeal, which shall have obtained bounty, specifying the names of the several persons to whom sold, the quantities and respective times of sale, and such other particulars relating thereto as the said chief commissioners or any three of them shall require, such merchant or merchants, dealer or dealers, shall not be entitled to receive any bounty or premium whatsoever, any thing herein contained to the contrary nothwithstanding.
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