Great Yarmouth Haven and Pier Repairs (Duties) Act 1685

VI. Collectors &c. may enter and search Ships.

If Duties not paid by Master of Ships; Collectors, &c. may distrain Ship, &c. by Warrant from Mayor, &c; Upon Ten Days' Neglect of Payment, Collector may sell Distress; Money arising therefrom how applied; Overplus rendered to Master, &c. of Ship.

And bee it further Enacted by the Authoritie aforesaid That it shall and may be Lawful to and for the said Collector and Collectors Receiver and Receivers for the time being and every or any of them from time to time and at all convenient and seasonable times to enter into any Shipp or Vessell within the said Haven and Roade or either of them there to see and informe him [X1 and] themselves what Goods shall be in the same unladen out thereof And in case the said Summe or Summes of Money soe Ordered or appointed to be paid as aforesaid shall not be paid by the Master or other person or persons haveing the Rule and Command of any Shipp or Vessell unladeing as aforesaid according to the true intent and meaning of this Act That then and soe often it shall and may be Lawfull to and for the said Collector and Collectors Receiver and Receivers and every or any of them by Warrant obtained from the Maior of the Burgh of Great Yarmouth aforesaid for the time being under his Hand and Seale to take and destraine every such Shipp or Vessell and all Tackle Apparell and Furniture thereto belonging or any part thereof and the same to detaine and keepe untill he or they be satisfyed and paid the said Summes of Moneys and every of them And in case of neglect or delay of or in payment of the said Summe or Summes of Money or any of them or any part thereof within ten dayes next after any Distresse or Distresses soe taken as aforesaid That then it shall and may be Lawfull to and for the said Collector and Collectors Receiver and Receivers and every or any of them to sell the said Distresse or Distresses soe taken and therewith to satisfie him or themselves as well for and concerning the said Duty soe neglected or delayed to be paid and for which any Distresse or Distresses shall be soe taken as aforesaid and alsoe for his and their reasonable Charges in takeing or keeping of such Distresse rendring to the Master or other Person haveing the Rule or Command of the Shipp or Vessell of in or from which such Distresse shall be soe taken the Overplus if any there shall be.

Editorial Information

X1 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: or O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]