Section II Proviso for Persons carrying Wool from shearing.
Such Persons to certify such Wool to the Officer of the next Port.; Register of such Certificates.; Neglecting to make such Certificate, or removing before Certificate; Penalty.
Provided alwayes and it is hereby enacted and declared That the foregoeing Clause is not intended nor shall be construed to extend to the hindering any person or persons from carrying his or their Wooll from the place of Shearing the same on Horses or by Carts and Waggons to his or their owne Dwelling House or Houses or Out-houses thereunto belonging though the same be within five miles or lesse of the Sea soe as such person or persons within X1ten dayes after the Shearing of the said Wooll and before he or they remove or otherwise dispose of the same or any part thereof from the place where it was first carryed after Shearing doe under his or their Hands certifie to the Officers of the Customs in the next adjacent Port the true quantity of the said Wooll (that is to say) of the number of Fleeces and where the same is housed and that such person or persons doe not remove or otherwise dispose of the said Wooll to any other place without first certifying the Officer of such Port under his or their Hands of his intention to remove the same three dayes at least before such removeall And the Officer and Officers in the respective Ports and the Limitts of such Ports are hereby required to receive and keepe such Certificates and to make a Register of them But in case any such person or persons shall neglect to make and send such Certificate to the Officer or Officers of the next adjacent Port as aforesaid or shall remove or otherwise dispose of any of the said Wooll before such Certificate of his intention soe to doe be made and delivered as aforesaid such person or persons shall have noe benefitt by this Proviso but be lyable to the Penalties expressed in the foregoing Clause.
Annotations
Editorial notes
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interlined on the Roll.