Smuggling Act, 1808

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Such Vessels shall be navigated by a certain Proportion of Men according to their Tonnage.

III. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That no such Lugger as aforesaid, exceeding the Tonnage of Fifty Tons, shall have on board or be navigated by a greater Number of Men, (Officers and Boys included) than in the following Proportions; that is to say,

If of Eighty Tons or under, and above Sixty Tons, Eleven Men:

If of One hundred Tons or under, and above Eighty Tons, Twelve Men:

And if above One hundred Tons, One Man for every Ten Tons of such additional Tonnage:

And in case any such Lugger shall be found or discovered to have been within the Limits or Distances in the said recited Act mentioned, having on board any greater Number of Men than in the Proportion aforesaid, every such Lugger, and all her Guns, Furniture, Ammunition, Tackle, and Apparel, shall be forfeited, and shall and may be seized by any Officer or Officers of His Majesty’s Army, Navy, or Marines, or of the Customs or Excise, and shall and may be prosecuted as Vessels forfeited under the said recited Act may be prosecuted; provided, that nothing herein contained shall extend to any Ship, Vessel, or Boat exempted in the said recited Act from the Provisions therein contained, respecting the Number of Men by which such Ship or Vessel or Boat may be navigated.