XXVII. And it is hereby further enacted ..., That from and after ... [September 29, 1764] ..., all coffee, pimento, cocoa nuts, whale fins, raw silk, hides, and skins, pot and pearl ashes, of the growth, production, or manufacture, of any _British_ colony or plantation in _America_, shall be imported directly from thence into this kingdom, or some other _British_ colony or plantation. [XXVIII Adds iron and lumber of all sorts to the "enumerated" list of articles to be exported by the colonies only to Great Britain.] [Most of the omitted sections of this long act have to do with providing a costly but efficient machinery of bonds, inspectors, etc., to enforce the navigation laws. The stringent section, XXXV, designed to prevent any trade whatever with the French West Indies is added.] XXXV. And, in order to prevent any illicit trade or commerce between his Majesty's subjects in _America_, and the subjects of the crown of France in the islands of _Saint Pierre_ and _Miquelon_, it is hereby further enacted ..., That from and after [September 29, 1764], if any _British_ ship or vessel _shall be found standing into, or coming out from, either of those islands, or hovering or at anchor within two leagues of the coasts thereof_, or shall be discovered to have taken any goods or merchandizes on board at either of them, or to have been there for that purpose; such ship or vessel, and all the goods so taken on board there, shall be forfeited and lost, and shall and may be seized and prosecuted by any officer of his Majesty's customs; and the master or other person having the charge of such ship or vessel, and every person concerned in taking any such goods on board, shall forfeit treble the value thereof. 119. Stamp Act March 22, 1765 Pickering's _Statutes at Large_, XXVI, 179-204 (5 Geo. III, c. 12). _An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the_ British _colonies and plantations in_ America, _towards further defraying the expences of defending, protecting, and securing the same; ..._ _WHEREAS ... it is just and necessary, that provision be made for raising a further revenue within your Majesty's dominions in_ America, _towards defraying the ... expences_ [of the colonies] ... be it enacted ..., That from and after the first day of _November_, one thousand seven hundred and sixty five, there shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid unto his Majesty, his heirs, and successors, throughout the colonies and plantations in _America_.... For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, on which shall be ingrossed, written or printed, any declaration, plea, replication, rejoinder, demurrer, or other pleading, or any copy thereof, in any court of law within the _British_ colonies and plantations in _America_, a stamp duty of three pence.