to the Outports of Great Britain, and to the Officers, Clerks and other Persons employed in the Service of the Customs therein: • And Whereas it has been found that many evildisposed Persons do, notwithstanding the Provisions of the said Act, offer and give Fees, Perquisites, Gratuities or Rewards to Officers, Clerks and other Persons employed in the Service of the Customs, who are by the aforerecited Act prohibited from receiving the same, whereby the Provisions of the said Act have been very much de'feated; Be it therefore enacted, That if any Person or Persons Giving or offershall, from and after the passing of this Act, give, offer or pro- ing Fees to mise to give any Fee, Perquisite, Gratuity or Reward, whether pe- Officers, &c. cuniary or of any other Sort or Description whatever, to any such Officer, Clerk or other Person, for any Service, Act, Duty, Matter or Thing done or performed, or to be done or performed, by any or either of such Officers, Clerks or other Persons, on account of or relating to any such Office or Employment, every such Person or Persons shall, for each and every such Offence (whether the same Offer or Promise be accepted or performed or not), forfeit Penalty 500L the Sum of Five hundred Pounds. VI. And be it further enacted, That such Forfeiture shall and How Penalty may be prosecuted and sued for in any of His Majesty's Courts of prosecuted and Record at Westminster, or in the Court of Exchequer at Edin- applied. burgh; One Moiety to be to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, and the other Moiety to the Use of such Person or Persons who shall prosecute or sue for the same. CAP. VIII. An Act to allow a Drawback on Goods, Wares and Merchandise imported into any British Colony or Plantation in America, on the Exportation thereof to any Foreign Country to which they may be legally exported. [22d June 1820.] WHEREAS by the Laws now in force, certain Duties are payable on the Importation of any Goods Wares or Merchandise into any British Colony or Plantation in America which now is or hereafter may be under the Dominion of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors: And Whereas it is expedient to allow 'a Drawback of the said Duties in certain Cases; Be it therefore enacted by The King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That on the Re-exportation of any Goods, On Re-exportWares or Merchandise to any Foreign Country, which by Law ation of Goods, may be exported to any such Foreign Country, a Drawback of the Drawback of Whole of the Duties which had been paid on the Exportation shall the Duty paid be allowed and paid to the Exporter or Exporters of such Goods, allowed; Wares and Merchandise. on Exportation II. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That previous Proof being to any Drawback being paid or allowed, Proof shall be made on made on Oath Oath that the Goods, Wares or Merchandise so exported are the that such Duty same for which the said Duties have been paid, and a Certificate had been paid. produced from the British Consul or Vice Consul at the Port tó G 4 which Officer may open and examine Pack ages. If found less in Value than ex- forfeited. In what Cases no Drawback allowed. Vessels built at Malta, Gibraltar and Heligoland to be which such Goods were entered for Exportation, that the same have been duly landed at such Port. III. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for any Searcher or other proper Officer of the Customs, after the Entry of any of the said Goods, Wares or Merchandise, and before or after the shipping thereof, to open and strictly examine any Bale, Truss, Chest or other Package, to see if the Goods, Wares or Merchandise are right entered; and if on such Examination the same shall be found to be right entered, the Searcher or other proper Officer shall, at his own Charge, cause the same to be repacked (which Charge shall be allowed to the said Officer by the Commissioners of the Customs, if they think it reasonable); but in case the Officer shall on Examination find such Goods, Wares or Merchandise to be less in Quantity or Value than is expressed in the Exporter's Indorsement upon his Entry, or that shall be entered under a wrong Denomination, whereby His Majesty would have been defrauded, all such Goods may be seized, and the same shall be forfeited and lost, and the Owner or Merchant shall lose the Benefit of receiving the Drawback for such Goods, Wares and Merchandise, and the Value thereof. IV. And be it further enacted, That no Drawback shall be allowed unless the Goods, Wares and Merchandise shall be duly entered for Exportation with the proper Officer of the Customs, and actually shipped on board the Ship or Vessel in which they are intended to be exported, within the Space of Three Years from the Time they were originally imported (the Time of such Importation to be accounted from the Master's Report Inwards of his Ship), and unless sufficient Proof be also first made, by Certificate from the proper Officers, of the due Entry and Payment of the Duties Inwards upon such Foreign Goods, Wares or Merchandise, and by the Oath or Affirmation of the Merchants importing and exporting the same, verifying and affirming the Truth thereof, and the Name of His Majesty's Searcher, testifying the shipping thereof to be exported, and unless such Drawback be duly claimed within Two Years after such Goods, Wares or Merchandise shall be shipped for Exportation. CA P. IX. An Act for granting the Privileges of British Ships to Vessels THEREAS it is expedient that all the Privileges of British Ships should be granted to Vessels built at Malta, Gibraltar and Heligoland, and that certain of those Privileges should be granted to Vessels built in the British Settlements at Honduras: Be it therefore enacted by The King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief at Malta, Gibraltar and Heligoland re spectively, tained, accord spectively, and he and they is and are hereby authorised and re- registered, and quired, on Application being made to them or either of them for Certificate ob that Purpose, to make Registry of any Ship or Vessel built in those Places respectively, and to grant a Certificate of such Re-ing to the Regulations of gistry, in the same Manner, and under the same Rules, Regu- 26 G. 3. c. 60. lations and Restrictions, as the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief, residing in any Colony, Plantation, Island or Territory belonging to His Majesty in Asia, Africa or America, are by an Act of the Twenty sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for the further Increase of Shipping and Navigation, authorised to make Registry of the Ships and Vessels therein mentioned, and to grant Certificates of such Registry, although there may not be any principal Officer or Officers of the Customs residing in Malta, Gibraltar and Heligoland respectively. II. And be it further enacted, That all the Powers and Authorities in relation to any Acts, Matters or Things, that may be done by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief in any such Colony, Plantation, Island or Territory under and in pursuance of the said recited Act, shall and may be done and put in Execution, and shall extend to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief at Malta, Gibraltar and Heligoland respectively; and all and every Pain, Penalty, Fine or Forfeiture for any Offence whatever committed against or in breach of the said recited Act, and every other Clause, Matter and Thing therein contained, as to the Registry of Ships and Vessels, shall, so far as the same are applicable, extend, and be deemed, construed and taken to extend, to Ships and Vessels registered under and in pursuance of this Act, in as full and ample a Manner, to all Intents and Purposes, as if the said Powers and Authorities, Pains, Penalties, Fines, Forfeitures, Provisions, Clauses, Matters and Things, were repeated and re-enacted in this Act, and were made Part thereof. III. And be it further enacted, That any Ship or Vessel so registered as aforesaid, being owned and navigated according to Law, shall be entitled to all the Privileges and Advantages of a Ship or Vessel in like manner as if registered in Great Britain, to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever. IV. And be it further enacted, That the proper Officer or Officers, by whom Certificates of Registry shall have been granted by virtue of and in pursuance of this Act, shall forthwith, or within One Month at the farthest, transmit to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs in London, a true and exact Copy of every Certificate of Registry, with the Number thereof which shall have been so granted. V. And Whereas it is expedient to admit Vessels built in the 'British Settlements at Honduras, in the Province of Yucatan, to the Privileges of British Vessels, so far as regards the direct • Trade between those Settlements and the United Kingdom;' Be it therefore further enacted, That all Ships or Vessels built in the said Settlements, and wholly owned by British Subjects, shall be entitled to the Privileges and Advantages of British Ships as far as respects the direct Trade between Great Britain and the said Settlements: Provided always, that no such Ship or Vessel shall be entitled Certain Powers of recited Act to extend to Governor, &c. of Malta, Gib raltar, and Heligoland, and to Ships registered under this Act. Ships so regis tered entitled to Privileges of British Ships. Certificates of Registry trans mitted to Commissioners of Customs. How far Vessels built at Honduras en titled to Privileges of British Vessels. Proviso. Certificate of Built to be produced. Identity of The 7,000,0001, remaining to be received on entitled to the said Privileges and Advantages unless the same shall be navigated according to Law, and the Master, or other Person having or taking the Charge or Command of such Ship or Vessel, shall, at the Time of his Arrival and reporting of his Ship or Vessel at any Port in Great Britain from the said Settlements, produce and deliver to the Collector, or other proper Officer of the Customs at such Port, a Certificate under the Hand and Seal of the Superintendent of the said Settlements, certifying that satisfactory Proof has been made before him that such Ship or Vessel was actually built in the said Settlements, and wholly owned by British Subjects. VI. And be it further enacted, That every such Master, or other Person having or taking the Charge or Command of any such Ship or Vessel, shall make Oath that the same is the identical Ship or Vessel for which such Certificate has been given and produced. CAP. X. An Act for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for Most Gracious Sovereign, W HEREAS Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain ‹ and Ireland in the last Parliament assembled, did give and grant unto Your Majesty certain Sums towards the Supplies necessary for the Year One thousand eight hundred and twenty; and did resolve that, towards making good the said Supply granted to Your Majesty, the Sum of Seven Millions, remaining to be re'ceived on the Seventeenth Day of February One thousand eight hundred and twenty, to complete the Aids granted in the then last Session of Parliament for the Year One thousand eight hun'dred and nineteen, should be applied to the Service of the Year 'One thousand eight hundred and twenty: And Whereas Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in this present Session of Parliament, have resolved that, towards making good the Supply granted to Your Majesty, the Sum of Seven Millions remaining to be received on the Seventeenth Day of February • One thousand eight hundred and twenty, to complete the Aids for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and nineteen, should be applied to the Service of the Year One ' thousand eight hundred and twenty:' Now we, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the present Parliament assembled, do most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by The King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That the Sum of Seven Millions remaining to be received on the Seventeenth Day of February One thousand eight hundred and twenty, to complete the issued and ap the Supply granted to His Majesty for the Service of the Year Feb. 17, 1820, One thousand eight hundred and nineteen, shall and may be issued to complete the and applied, at the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer, towards Supply for making good the said Supply; and the Commissioners of His Ma- 1819, to be jesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and plied accordIreland, now or for the Time being, or any Three or more of ingly. them, or the Lord High Treasurer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the Time being, are or is hereby authorised and empowered to issue and apply the same accordingly; and all Issues which have been made at the said Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer of the same or any Part thereof, by or under the Direction of the said Commissioners, for and towards making good the said Supply, under any Warrant of His Majesty under His Royal Sign Manual, in pursuance of the said Votes of the Commons House of Parliament, shall be valid and effectual, and shall be and the same are hereby confirmed and sanctioned in the same Manner and as fully, to all Intents and Purposes, as if the same had been made after the passing and in pursuance of the Provisions of this Act. CA P. XI. An Act to continue, until the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty five, an Act of the Fifty seventh Year of His late Majesty, for regulating the Trade and Commerce to and from The Cape of Good Hope, and for regulating the Trade of the Island of Mauritius. [22d June 1820.] HEREAS the Law hereinafter mentioned is near expiring fore enacted by The King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Au. thority of the same, That an Act made in the Fifty seventh Year 57 G. 3. c. 1. of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled further conAn Act to continue and extend the Provisions of an Act of the tinued. Forty ninth Year of His present Majesty, for regulating the Trade and Commerce to and from The Cape of Good Hope, until the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty; and also for regulating the Trade of the Island of Mauritius, shall be and the same is hereby further continued from the said Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty, until the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty five. CA P. XII. An Act to extend several Acts for allowing the Importation and Exportation of certain Goods and Merchandise to Morant Bay, in the Island of Jamaica. [22d June 1820.] HEREAS it is provided, by an Act passed in the Forty 45 G. 3. c. 57. fifth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George § 1, 2. 4. 7. 9. WH the Third, intituled An Act to consolidate and extend the several • Laws now in force for allowing the Importation and Exportation • of |