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If any package reported cannot be found, or the goods do not agree with the manifest,
the master forfeits 200l.
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XVI. And be it further enacted, That if any package whatever, which shall have been reported by the master, or other person having or taking the charge or command of any ship or vessel, in manner by this act directed, shall be wanting, and not found on board such ship or vessel, in conformity to such report, or if the goods reported shall not agree with the manifest or manifests, content or contents, or if either the report, or manifest or manifests, shall not agree with the cargo found on board of such vessel or vessels, then, and in every such case, the master, or other person having or taking the charge or command of such ship or vessel, shall forfeit the sum of two hundred pounds, and such ship or vessel may in like manner be detained, until such penalty shall be paid or secured.
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