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If lighters unnecessarily detained, master of the ship shall pay to the office, as determined summarily by chief magistrate,
not above 1 s. per hour each lighter.
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III. And to the end that the said lighters, boats, or gabbarts, be no longer detained, than shall be necessary; be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case the crew of the said respective ships shall neglect or refuse to cast in or cast out their ballast, so as to occasion any unreasonable or unnecessary delays therein, that then and in such case the commander or master of each ship respectively so delaying shall pay or cause to be paid to the master of the ballast-office for the time being for the damage, which the said ballast-office shall thereby sustain, such sum or sums of money as the chief magistrate of such of the said city or towns, where such delay shall happen to be given, shall in a summary way finally judge and determine; so as that the said sum do in no case exceed. one shilling for each hour, each lighter shall be unneccssarily detained by the neglect or default of such commander or master, or by the neglect or default of the crew of such ship or ships as aforesaid.
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