ABSTRACT
By the 7 & 8 W . III. c. 22. " Goods are to be imported and exported from and to the plantations in ships built in England or Ireland, or the said plantations; and navigated with the master and three fourths of the mariners of the said places, on pain of forfeiting ship and goods, &c. And all ships lading or unlading any goods at any of the plantations in America, and the masters and commanders thereof, shall be subject to the same rules, visitations, searches, penalties, and forfeitures as ships and their ladings are liable to in England; and the officers for collecting the customs there, shall have the like powers as the officers of the customs in this kingdom; and persons assisting in concealments shall be subject to the like penalties."
