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Regulation with respect to shipping goods entitled to drawbacks or bounties,
a person to he licensed for delivering goods on board vessels.
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XXIX. And be it further enacted, That no goods whatever, entitled to drawback, bounty or premium, shall be carried or put on board any ship or vessel whatever for exportation to foreign parts by any person or persons whatsoever, except the proper officers of the revenue, other than such person or persons as shall be authorized for that purpose by license, under the hands of the commissioners of the revenue, or any three of them, for the time being, who are hereby authorized to grant the same, and to require such security as they may deem necessary by bond or otherwise, to be given by the person or persons to whom they shall grant such license, for the actual delivery of the whole of the goods on board such ship or vessel to the officers of the revenue stationed on board, and for the faithful and incorrupt dealing in every respect of such person or persons, in regard to such goods which said persons so to be licensed as aforesaid, shall and they are hereby required upon carrying such goods on board any ship or vessel to give clear and full information thereof in writing, to the master or other person then in charge of such ship or vessel, for the better enabling the master to give notice as required by this act, previous to his clearing out with drawback or bounty goods, which license when granted by the said commissioners of the revenue, shall not be withdrawn by them, or the operation of the same in any manner hindered, obstructed or prevented, unless either the person or persons to whom such license shall have been granted, or some other person or persons employed by him or them, and with his or their privity or consent shall commit some act against the laws now made, or hereafter to be made, to secure the revenue of customs or excise or any of them, and shall be convicted thereof, in which case the said commissioners shall, and they are hereby authorized and required to withdraw such license.
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