Persons may mine for ores on their own land, but must turn it over
to the king who will give compensation for it, including gold,
silver, copper (16 pounds per tun), lead (9 pounds per tun), tin
(40s. per tun), and iron (40s. per tun).
The fine for having, buying, or selling clipped coins is 500
pounds, one-half going to the informer, and one-half going to the
king. The offender shall also be branded in the right cheek with
the letter "R". He shall be imprisoned until he pays the 500
pounds. No hammered coins are lawful. Anyone except a smith in the
king's mint making tools or presses or other machines that can
make counterfeit coins or having such which were stolen from the
mint shall be guilty of high treason.
By statutes of 1660 and 1662, when goods have been carried off
ships without customs being paid, the Chief Magistrate of the
place where the offense was committed or the adjoining place, or
the Lord Treasurer, or a Baron of the Exchequer may, upon oath,
issue out a warrant to any person to enter, with the assistance of
a sheriff, constable or other public official, any house, shop,
cellar, warehouse, or room in the day time where the contraband
goods are "suspected to be concealed", and in case of resistance,
to break open doors, chests, trunks, or other packages and to
seize such goods, provided that if the information whereupon any
house is searched proves to be false, the injured party shall
recover his full damages and costs against the informer by action
of trespass.
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