# Wool Act 1698, Section V: Bond to be given in double Value, to the Customs, for every Ship sailing from Ireland in order to export any of the said Commodities before Loading.; Condition of such Bond.


Ship laden before Bond given, forfeited.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That for every Ship or Vessell which from and after the said Four and twentieth Day of June shall sett out and saile from the said Kingdom of Ireland in order to export or carry off any of the Commodities aforesaid to this Kingdom Bond shall be given by Two sufficient Persons knowne Inhabitants of and residing in or neare the Place where the Bond is or shall be given to the chiefe Officers of the Customs belonging to the said Port or Place in the said Kingdom of Ireland from whence the said Ship or Vessell shall set Saile in double the Value of any the aforesaid Goods intended to be transported as aforesaid before the said Ship or Vessell shall be permitted to lade on board any of the Commodities aforesaid with condition that if the said, Ship or Vessell shall lade or take on board any of the said Goods in the Kingdom of Ireland that then and in such Case all the said Goods shall be brought by the same Ship or Vessell to some Port or Ports within the Kingdom of England or the Dominion of Wales as aforesaid and shall there unlade or put on Shoare the same and pay the Custom and Duties thereof (the Danger of the Seas only excepted) and that every Ship or Vessell which shall lade or take on board any of the said Goods untill such Bond be given shall be forfeited to be recovered and employed in Manner as aforesaid

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/10/16/section/V (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wool-act-1698/section-V
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