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Half the Penalties recovered under any Licence. Bond shall be paid the Officer seizing.
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XXVIII. And be it further enacted. That in all Cases after the passing of this Act, when any Ship, Vessel, or Boat, so licensed in pursuance of the said recited Acts or of this Act, shall be seized for any Cause of Forfeiture, by any Officer or Officers of His Majesty’s Customs or Excise, or by any Officer or Officers of His Majesty’s Army, Navy, or Marines, authorized by Law, to seize the same, and any Bond taken for the said Ship or Vessel, or Boat, where any Bond shall have been taken, shall be put in Suit, and the Penalty thereof recovered, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Customs in England, Scotland, or Ireland, respectively, and they are hereby authorized and required, to pay unto the Officer or Officers making Seizure of such Ship, Vessel, or Boat, One-half Part of the Sum recovered from the Obligor or Obligors of such Bonds, free from all Costs and Charges of Suit.
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