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Coals, &c. unshipped without the Presence of the proper Officer, shall be forfeited.
9 & 10 W. 3. c. 13.
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IV. ‘And Whereas by the Laws in force for the better levying the Duties upon Coals, Culm, and Cinders, brought or carried Coastwise, the Meters, Weighers, or Measurers, are required to deliver a Certificate under their Hands of the Sorts, Quantities, and Numbers of Chalders or Tuns of Coals, Culm, and Cinders, which shall be delivered by them from on board any Ship or Vessel, and it is therefore expedient to prevent any Coals, Culm, or Cinders, being unshipped without their Presence or Permission;’ Be it therefore enacted, That, from and after the passing of this Act, in case any Coals, (except Charcoal made of Wood,) or any Culm or Cinders, brought Coastwise from any Port or Place in Great Britain into any Port or Place in England or Wales, shall be unshipped or delivered from any Ship or Vessel, without the Presence or Permission of the Meter or other proper Officer appointed to measure or weigh the same, according to the Directions of an Act passed in the Ninth and Tenth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Third. intituled, An Act for granting to His Majesty Several Duties upon Coals and Culm, all such Coals, Culm, and Cinders. (whether the Duties shall have been paid or not,) shall be forfeited and lost, and the same shall and may be seized by any Officer or Officers of the Customs.
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