18Confiscation of Tobacco illegally imported, removed, & e. Mitigation of penalty.

All Tobacco imported into the said Town or removed from one place to another or kept within the said Town, or found in the possession of any person in the said Town selling or offering any portion thereof for sale, contrary to the provisions of this Act, and every vessel in which such Tobacco is contained, and every vehicle, boat, or animal employed with the consent and knowledge of the owner or his servant in conveying the same--shall be liable to confiscation. Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the adjudicating Officer to mitigate the penalty of confiscation herein provided, by commuting the same to the payment of any fine not exceeding the value of the goods liable to confiscation; and every such fine may be enforced, if necessary, by the sale of the goods liable to confiscation.