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that the penalty for serious infractions of the proposed Law shall be the forfeiture of the vessel in which the infraction takes place.
2. We have the honor to state
that we are entirely
of this
opinion - But as probable infractions of proposed Act (as the insufficient issue of provisions) are of such a kind that no distinction
can be drawn except one of
between a serious and a
trifling offence, it would be
very
desirable that the Court
should not be limited to the
penalty of forfeiture (which
would
often
be far
too severe
to be available) but should
be at liberty to impose fine proportioned to the magnitude of the offence.
We have the honor to be
Your
obedient
humble Servants
The Board of Trade's Revenue Research