Section XIII The King, or Four Commissioners of the Customs, may appoint Meters and Weighers, who are to certify the Measure and Weight of the Coals;

Penalty £100. Paying Duty for less than certified; Penalty; Remedy for such Penalty and Duties; On Post-Entry and Payment within Six Days, Penalty discharged.

And to the end that the said impositions and duties may bee duely answered and paid without fraud or covin and for the better levying and collecting thereof and for the discovery of the just quantities of all sorts of coals and culme to bee water-born imported or unladen as aforesaid bee it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that it shall and may bee lawfull to and for his Majesty his heires or successors or to or for any foure or more of the said Commissioners of the Customes for the time being by writeing under their hands and seales from time to time to assigne and appoint within each Port or Place within the said Kingdome of England Dominion of Wales, or Towne of Berwick upon Tweed such and soe many meeters weighers and measurers of the said coals and culme as shall within the terme aforesaid bee imported brought or landed in such Port or Place wherein or for which such meeters weighers or measurers shall bee assigned or appointed as aforesaid who shall from time to time measure and weigh all such coals and culme soe imported or brought and when and as soon as any such shipp or vessell shall bee unladen shall forthwith deliver a true certificate in writing under his or their hand or hands unto the person or persons appointed to receive the said impositions or duties within such Port or Place of the sorts quantities and numbers of chaldrons or tuns of coals or culme respectively which shall bee measured or weighed and delivered from on board any such shipp or vessell under the penalty of One hundred pounds And in case it shall appeare by such certificate or otherwise that there was on board any such shipp or vessell a greater number of chaldrons or tuns of coals or culm than for which the said impositions or duties hereby imposed shall have been answered and paid as aforesaid that then in every such case there shall bee paid unto his Majesty his heires and successors by the master or owners of such shipp or vessell for every chaldron or tun of coals or culm soe concealed over and above the impositions and duties aforesaid the su[m]m of Ten shillings For which in case of refusal to pay the same such shipp or vessell with the tackle furniture and apparel thereof or any part thereof shall and may bee attached and detained by the officer or officers for the time being in such Port or Place appointed to receive the said impositions or duties or to measure or weigh the said coals or culm until payment thereof and to sell the said shipp or vessel tackle furniture and apparel or any part thereof in case all the said impositions duties or payments before mentioned for the said concealed coals or culme shall not bee paid and satisfied with reasonable costs and charges for such attaching detaineing and selling rendring the overplus Which sale shall bee good and effectual in the law. Provided neverthelesse that if the Importer upon such certificate delivered in by the measurer or weigher shall within the space of Six days after the delivery of such shipp or vessel give in his post-entry and satisfie and pay the whole duty for the surplusage of the said Coals or Culme appeareing upon the unladeing of such shipp or vessell then upon such payment the penalty aforesaid shall bee discharged.