Landing without Entry and Duty paid or secured and Warrant, Goods forfeited.
And it is hereby further enacted That upon the Importation of any Whale Fins Scotch Linen or Tickings hereby charged as aforesaid an Entry or Entries thereof shall be made in the Custom-House where such Goods shall be imported And in case any such Goods shall be landed or put on Shore out of any Ship or Vessel before due Entry be made as aforesaid and the Duties hereby imposed [X1thereupon] shall be paid or secured or without a Warrant for the landing or delivering the same first signed by the Commissioners Collectors or other proper Officer or Officers of the Customs respectively then all such imported Goods as shall be so landed or put on Shore or taken out of any Shipp or Vessel contrary to the true Meaning hereof or the Value of the same shall be forfeited and lost and shall and may be recovered of the Importer or Proprietor thereof (to wit) one Moiety of the said Forfeitures to the Use of the King and the other Moiety to the Use of such Person or Persons as will seize the said Goods or sue for the same or the Value thereof by Action Bill Suit or Information as aforesaid.
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