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Holds to be well secured.
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XLVII. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every lighter, boat, or vessel, which shall be so used or employed, or shall so ply for hire, shall be well fitted, and shall have her hold well and sufficiently secured by proper bulk heads, to prevent any embezzlement or plunder of the goods, wares, and merchandizes which shall be stored and deposited therein; and if any lighter, boat, or vessel, shall be so used or employed, or shall so ply for hire, which shall not be fitted and secured as herein provided, the owner or owners of such lighter, boat, or vessel, shall, for every such offence, being thereof convicted on a summary hearing before the said mayor, on the oath or oaths of one or more credible witness or witnesses, (which oath or oaths the said mayor is hereby empowered to administer) or by the confession of the party or parties, shall forfeit the sum of ten pounds, to be levied by distress and sale of the offender’s goods and chattels, by warrant under the hand and seal of said mayor.
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