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For regulating Rewards of Officers making Seizures of Spirits, Tobacco, and Snuff. [See 45 G. 3. c. 121. § 15.]
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XX. ‘And Whereas by an Act passed in the Forty-fifth Year of His present Majesty, intituled, An Act for the more effectual Prevention of Smuggling, certain Rewards are granted to Officers of the Revenue and others making Seizures of Spirits, Tobacco, or Snuff: And Whereas it is expedient to alter the said Rewards, and to proportion the same in some Degree to the Activity and Zeal of the Officers, and the Danger and Risque incurred in making such Seizures:’ be it therefore enacted, That in lieu and instead of the Rewards by the said Act granted, the Rewards herein-after mentioned shall be paid and allowed for and in respect of all Seizures of Spirits, Tobacco, and Snuff, which shall be made from and after the passing of this Act; that is to say, in the Case of Seizures of Spirits, Tobacco, or Snuff, made at Sea, or in any Port or Harbour, if the Officer of Customs or Excise, or other Persons making such Seizures, shall also arrest, stop, and detain the Persons or some or One of them, who shall be or shall have been employed in navigating the Ship, Vessel, or Boat, in or on board which such Spirits, Tobacco, or Snuff shall be or shall have been brought, found, or seized, or in unlading, removing, or carrying away such Spirits, Tobacco, or Snuff, and shall take or convey or cause every Person so arrested, stopped, or detained, to be taken or conveyed before One or more of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, to be dealt with according to Law, then and in such Case such Officer of the Customs or Excise, or other Person so making Seizure of Spirits, Tobacco, or Snuff, shall be entitled to and shall be paid One Moiety of the Value at which such Spirits, Tobacco, or Snuff shall be or shall have been respectively estimated or fixed, by the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury, or any Three of them, in pursuance of the Powers vested in them by the said Act; and in the Case of such Seizures of Spirits, Tobacco, or Snuff, made on Shore, if the Officer of the Customs or Excise or other Person making the same, shall also stop, arrest, and detain the Persons or some or One of them from whom the same shall be seized, and shall take or carry or cause every Person so arrested, stopped, or detained, to be taken or carried before One or more of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, to be dealt with according to Law, then and in such Case such Officer of the Customs or Excise or other Person so making Seizure of Spirits, Tobacco, or Snuff, shall be entitled to and shall be paid One Moiety of the full Value at which such Spirits, Tobacco, or Snuff, shall be or shall have been so estimated or fixed as aforesaid; and in the Case of Seizure of Spirits, Tobacco, or Snuff, whether on Sea or on Shore, if the Officer of the Customs or Excise, or other Person making the same, shall also seize and prosecute, or cause to be prosecuted, the Ship, Vessel, or Boat, on board of which such Spirits, Tobacco, or Snuff, shall be or shall have been brought, found, or seized, or the Cattle or Carriages used or employed in moving or conveying the same, but shall not also stop, arrest, and detain the Persons or some or One of them who shall be or shall have been employed in navigating the Ship, Vessel, or Boat, in or on board which such Spirits, Tobacco, or Snuff shall be or shall have been brought, found, or seized, or in unlading, removing, or carrying away such Spirits, Tobacco, or Snuff, or the Persons, or some or One of them from whom the same shall be seized and taken, or carry or cause all and every such Persons so stopped, detained or arrested, to be taken or carried before One or more of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, to be dealt with according to Law, then and in such Case the Officer of the Customs or Excise, or other Person making such Seizure, shall be entitled to and shall be paid only One-third Part of the Value at which such Spirits, Tobacco, and Snuff shall be so estimated or fixed as aforesaid; and in case any Officer of Customs or Excise, or other Person, shall make Seizure of any Spirits, Tobacco, or Snuff, and shall neither seize and prosecute or cause to be prosecuted the Ship, Vessel, Boat, Cattle, or Carriage, in or on board which such Spirits, Tobacco, and Snuff shall be, or shall have been brought, found, or seized, or which shall be used or employed in removing or conveying the same, nor shall stop, arrest, and detain the Persons, or some or One of them, who shall be or shall have been employed in navigating the Ship, Vessel, or Boat, in or on board which such Spirits, Tobacco, or Snuff shall be or shall hare been brought, found, or seized, or in unlading, removing, or carrying such Spirits, Tobacco, or Snuff, or from whom the same shall be seized or taken, or shall not carry and convey, or cause all and every such Persons so arrested, stopped, or detained before One or more of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, then and in such Case the Officer of the Customs or Excise, or other Person making such Seizure, shall he entitled to and shall be paid only One-fourth Part of the Value at which such Spirits, Tobacco, or Snuff shall be so estimated or fixed as aforesaid.
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