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Registers and certificates to be numbered,
entered in a book,
and copies transmitted to commissioners, &c.
penalty.
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XXXVII. And be it further enacted, That the proper officer at every port and place where registers and certificates shall be granted in pursuance of this act, shall progressively number the same, as they shall be severally granted, beginning such progressive numeration, at the commencement of each and every year, and shall enter an exact copy of every such certificate, with the number thereof, in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall also forthwith, or within one month at the farthest, transmit to the commissioners of the revenue in this kingdom a true and exact copy, together with the number of event certificate, which shall be by him so granted, and that if any such officer or officers shall neglect or refuse so to do, he or they so offending, shall for the first offence forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds, and shall for the second offence forfeit the sum of two hundred pounds, and be dismissed from his or their office or offices.
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