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Boats with more than Six Oars forfeited (if in Ports, &c. or within 100 Leagues).
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III. And be it further enacted, That in case any Boat belonging in the Whole or in Part to His Majesty’s Subjects, or whereof One Half of the Persons on board shall be Subjects of His Majesty, being rowed with or constructed to row with more than Six Oars, shall be found within the Limits of any Port in the United Kingdom, or in any Part of the British or Irish Channels, or elsewhere on the High Seas, within One hundred Leagues of any Part of the Coasts of Great Britain or Ireland, every such Boat, with all her Furniture, 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.
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