East India Company Act 1697

VIII. Masters of Ships, before Warrant for landing, &c. had, to deliver Particulars to the Collectors, and make Oath, as herein mentioned.;

If Ship be to deliver her Salt at different Ports, Officer to certify the same on Back of Cocquet.; Penalty.

And be it further enacted That all and every Master and Commander of any Ship or Vessell whatsoever that from and after the said First Day of July One thousand six hundred ninety eight shall transport or carry any Salt or RockSalt from one Port to another within this Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales and Town of Berwick upon Tweed shall before he or they have any Warrant for the landing or delivering of such Salt (by him transported and carried on Shore in any Port) deliver to the Officers for collecting the said Duties granted by this Act in the said Port appointed to receive the same a true Particular of the Quantity so transported and carryed as aforesaid signed by the Officers for collecting the said Duties granted by this Act and by the Officers of the Customs of the Port from whence the said Ship or Vessel came And then the Master or his Mate or the Boatswain of such Ship or Vessel shall make Oath before the Commissioners for collecting the said Duties granted by this Act or their Officers or some or one of them (who are hereby impowered to administer the same) that to his Knowledge there hath not been laid on Board or taken into the said Ship or Vessel any Salt since he or they came from such Port as aforesaid And in case such Ship or Vessel be to deliver One Part of her Salt at one Port and another Part at another Port or Ports that then the Officers for collecting the said Duties and the Officers of the Customs when such Part of the said Salt shall be delivered shall certify on the Back-side of the Cockquet Transire or other Warrant or else by Certificate alone under the Hands and Seals of the Officers how much and what Quantity of the Salt mentioned in the Dockquet Transire or other Warrant from the Port from whence such Ship and Vessel came hath been there landed and delivered upon X1 Penalty of forfeiting Double the Value of the Salt that shall be otherwise delivered and likewise Ten Shillings per Bushel and after that Rate as aforesaid.

Editorial Information

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