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intended to be exported, conditioned that the same shall be landed and left at some
foreign port or place without the limits aforesaid; which bonds shall be cancelled at
the same periods and in like manner as is provided in respect to bonds given on the
exportation of goods, wares, and merchandise entitled to drawback of duties: Provided
 always, That the said bounty or allowance shall not be paid until at least six
months after the exportation of such pickled fish, to be computed from the date of
bond, and until the exporter or exporters thereof shall produce to the collector with
whom such outward entry is made such certificates or other satisfactory proof of the
landing of the same as aforesaid as is made necessary for cancelling the bonds given
on the exportation of goods entitled to drawback: And provided also, That the
bounty or allowance as aforesaid shall not be paid unless the same shall amount to
ten dollars at least upon each entry.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That no bounty, drawback, or allowance shall be
made under the authority of this act unless it shall be proved to the satisfaction of
the collector that the pickled fish for which the bounty, drawback, or allowance
shall be claimed was wholly cured with foreign salt, and on which a duty shall have
been secured or paid. .
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any pickled fish shall be falsely or fraudulently
 entered, with intent to obtain the bounty or allowance on their exportation
a8 here provided, when the said fish are not entitled to the same, the said fish or the
value thereof, to be recovered of the person making such false entry, shall be forfeited.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That from and after the last day of December, 1814,
there shall be paid on the last day of December, annually, to the owner of every
vessel or his agent, by the collector of the district where such vessel may belong, that
shall be qualified agreeably to law for carrying on the bank and other cod fisheries,
and that shall actually have been employed therein at sea for the term of four months,
at the least, of the fishing season next preceding, which season is accounted to be from
the last day of February to the last day of November in every year, for each and every
ton of such vessel’s burthen according to her admeasurement as licensed or enrolled,
if of 20 tons and not exceeding 30 tons, $2.40, and if above 3Q tons, $4, of which allowance
 aforesaid three-eighths part shall accrue and belong to the owner of such fishing
 vessel and the other five-eighths thereof shall be divided by him, his agent or
lawful representative, to and among the several fishermen who shall have been
employed in such vessel during the season aforesaid, or a part thereof, as the case
nay be, in such proportion as the fish they shall respectively have taken may bear
t0 the whole quantity of fish taken on board such vessel during such season: Provided,
That the allowance aforesaid on any one vessel for one season shall not exceed $272.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That from and after the last day of December,
1814, there shall also be paid, on the last day of December, annually to the owner of
every fishing boat or vessel of more than 5 tons and less than 20 tons, or to his agent
or lawful representative, by the collector of the district where such boat or vessel
may belong, the sum of $1.60 upon every ton admeasurement of such boat or vessel,
and shall accordingly be so divided among all persons interested therein: Provided,
however, That this allowance shall be made only to such boats or vessels as shall have
been actually employed at sea in the cod fishery for the term of four months at least
of the preceding season: And provided also, That such boat or vessel shall have landed
In the course of said preceding season a quantity of fish not less than 12 quintals for
every ton of her admeasurement; the said quantity of fish to be ascertained when
dried and cured fit for exportation, and according to the weight thereof as the
same shall weigh at the time of delivery when actually sold, which account of the
weight with the original adjustment and settlement of the fare or fares among the
owners and fishermen, together with a written account of the length, breadth, and
depth of said boat or vessel, and the time she has actually been employed in the
fishery in the preceding season, shall in all cases be produced and sworn or affirmed
to before the said collector of the district, in order to entitle the owner, his agent, or
lawful representative to receive the allowances aforesaid. And if at any time within
one year after payment of such allowance it shall appear that any fraud or deceit has
been practiced in obtaining the same, the boat or vessel upon which such allowance
shall have been paid, if found within the district aforesaid, shall be forfeited; otherwise
 the owner or owners having practiced such fraud or deceit shall forfeit and pay
B100, to be sued for, recovered, and distributed in the same manner as forfeitures and
penalties are to be sued for, recovered, and distributed for any breach of the act
entitled “An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage.”
Ske. 7. And be it further enacted, That the owner or owners of every fishing vessel
of 20 tong and upward, his or their agent or lawful representative, shall, previous to
receiving the allowance made by this act, produce to the collector who is authorized
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