Section VIII Proviso for Ships belonging to Weymouth, &c.

On Certificate thereof.

Provided alwaies and be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all Shipps and Vessells belonging to the Ports of Weymouth and Melcomb-Regis and Lyme Regis haveing Piers and Cobbs of their owne which by reason of their Poverty at present they are not able to maintaine shall be exempted from contributing or paying any thing to the Harbour of Dover mentioned in this Act Any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding soe as they shall bring a Certificate made upon Oath before the Mayor under the Common Seale of the said Corporations that the said Shipps and Vessells doe properly belong thereunto and that the Inhabitants of the said Corporations are Owners of the major Part of the said Vessells