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If such marks be altered, &c. the master and mate forfeit 200l, each.
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XIV. And be it further enacted, That if any of the marks or seals, which shall have been put upon any of the packages as before directed, shall be altered, defaced or broken, by the master, or other person having or taking the charge or command of the ship or vessel, on board of which such offence or offences shall be committed, or by any of the crew, or shall be committed by any other person, with the privity or consent of the said master or other person having or taking the charge or command of such ship or vessel, every such master or other person having or taking the charge or command of such ship or vessel, and also the mate or such person as shall be next in command to such master or other person having the charge and command as aforesaid, shall for every offence so committed, forfeit two hundred pounds respectively.
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