Whale Fishery Act, 1776

Act 10 Geo. III. recited.

Fees to be taken by the Officers of the Customs in Newfoundland.

III. And whereas by an Act of Parliament, made in the tenth Year of his Majesty's Reign, it is, amongst other Things, enacted, That, for and during the Time therein mentioned (which Act hath been since continued, and is now in Force), the Officers of his Majesty's Customs, and Naval Officers in the British Colonies or Plantations in America, shall be deemed to be intitled to, and shall and may lawfully demand and receive, such Fees as they and their Predecessors respectively were and had been generally and usually accustomed to demand, take, and receive, before the twenty-ninth Day of September one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four, and shall have the like Remedy for the same, according to the true Intent and Meaning of an Act, made in the fifth Year of his said Majesty's Reign, therein particularly recited and referred unto: And whereas, the Officers of his Majesty's Customs now established in the Island of Newfoundland not being able to discover and ascertain what Fees were taken and received by their Predecessors, before the said twenty-ninth Day of September one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four, Doubts have arisen what Fees they are intitled to demand and receive, in pursuance of the said in Part recited Act :’ For Remedy whereof, be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That so long as the said recited Act shall be continued and remain in Force, the Officers of his Majesty's Customs in the said Island of Newfoundland shall be, and are hereby declared to have been intitled to ask, demand, take, and receive, such Fees, for all Business done by them in the Execution of their Duty, as were legally demanded and taken by the like Officers of the Customs at the Port of Halifax in Nova Seotia, on or before the first Day of January one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight, provided the said Fees so taken are not contrary to the express Directions of any Act of Parliament made in Great Britain; and the said Officers of the Customs shall have the like Remedy for the same, and be liable to the same Forfeitures and Disabilities for exacting or receiving any greater or other Fees than such as are herein before allowed to be taken, as are prescribed and inflicted in such Cases by the said recited Acts, or either of them, as fully and effectually, to all Intents and Purposes, as if the same had been again repeated and enacted in this present Act.