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A. D. 1 7 10, Anno nono Ann^e Reginae. C. 2r. 4.85 fuftain by the Breach of fuch Orders, Diredions or Inftruftions, to be recovered with full Coils of Suif, in any Court of Record of her Majefty, her Heirs or Succeflors, in Manner aforefaid. LIII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That all fuch Perfons as fhall be born on Perrons dbrn on- board any of the Ships of War, or other Ships to be employed' in or about the faid Trade, or who fhall be bi/ard any Slii,., born in any the Lands, Territories, Countries, Iflands, Forts, Cities, Towns or Places, which fhall bo ""■ '" any^Piaci-, dilbovered or pofleiTed by the laid Company, as aforefaid, or any of their Depcndencien, Ihall be, and be comainy ^to'be adjudged, deemed and taken to be born within the Allegiance of her Majefty, her Heirs and Succeffors, „atura!-boin and (hall be, and be deemed, and fliall have and enjoy all the Privileges of the natural-born Subjects of her Subjerts. Majefty, her Heirs and Succeflors. ' LIV". And forafmuch as the faid Trade does in a great Meafure depend upon the timely Difpatch from ' Great Britciin of the Ships which fliall be employed therein;' Be it further enadled. That no Ship or. No Embargo oa Ships which fhall belong to, or be hired, freighted, or employed by the faid Company to beere£ted, as Company's aforefaid, or fuch Perfons as (hall be liccnfed by them to trade within the Limits aforefaid, fliall be, or be Ships, unlefa liable to be flopped or detained by any Embargo, or other Reflraint whatfoever, uniefs fuch Ship or Ships ^^l^n't^wd! be particularly mentioned or named in fuch Embargo, or Order for Rellraint. LV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be lawful for her Ma- Ker Majefty jefly, her Heirs or Succeffors, by or in the faid Letters Patents, or Charter of Incorporation, or by any maygraiit I'ur* other Letters Patents under the Great Seal of Great Britain., from time to time, to give and grant unto the tlicr Powers, &c,.. faid Company, to be erected, as aforefaid, fuch further and other Powers, Privileges, Immunities, Ex- 1^" '^^'^^ "" P""'"' emptions, and Advantages, as fhe or they in her or their great Wifdom fhall think fit and convenient for the further and better promoting and encouraging the carrying on the faid Trade hereby oranted,.and;the maintaining and preferving the fame; fo always neverthelefs as fuch Powers, Privileges, Immunities, Ex- Exception, . emptions, and Advantages, be not contrary to the known Laws of this Realm, or the Prerogative of- the Crown, or the Privileges of the Governor and Company of the Bank oi England.. LVL Provided always, and it is hereby further enadled and declared. That upon any Importation of any OfScers of the- Goods or A'lerchandizes by the faid Company to be erefted by virtue of this Aft, and inall other Cafes Cuftoms, &c... where Security is or fhall be required to be given by the faid Company to the Crown, it fhall and may: be ^° ^"'^'^ ^^ ■ lawful for the Commiffioners and Officers of the Cuiloms, for the time being,, and all other Perfon and Per- Bo,^sXr Cur--- fons, who are to take fuch Security for the Crown, and they are hereby required, from time to time, to tams, &c. ' take fuch Security, by accepting and taking one or more Bond or Bonds, under the Common Seal of the faid Company, as well for all fuch of the Cuftoms and Duties chargeable and to be charged upon the Goods and Merchandizes fo to be imported, as are bondable, and upon which Bonds have been iifually given, as- for all fuch other R-Iatters and Things for which Security is to be given to the Crown by the faid Com-- pany, as aforefaid; any Law, Statute, or Ufage to the contrary notwithftanding., LVIL And be it further enacted, That all Bonds or Obligations under the Common Seal of the faid Company's Company, fhall charge as v/ell the annual Fund payable to the faid Company, by virtue of this A£i, as 'B.on^is to charge- the other Stock, Effcds, and Eftate of the faid Company, for the time being; and that all Bonds or Obli- 'p^^*^'^ ^""s-',k gatlons, under the Common Seal of the faid Company, whereby the faid Company fhall oblige themfelves ^^ anTmay'be or their Succeflors to pay any Sum or Sums of Money,, fhall beaffignable at Law, by Endorfement to be aiJigned. made upon fuch Bond or Obligation under the Hand or Hands of the refpedfive Perfon or Perfons to whom . fuch Money fliall, in fuch Bond or Obligation, be made payable, his, her, or their Executors, Admini- flrators, or Affigns, and not otherwife; and that fuch Affignment and Aflignments fhall veft the Property Surh AS^i^^n- of fuch Bond or Obligation, and of the Money due or to be due thereupon, in the Affignee or Affignces, ""^"'^ ^° '^^ 'I'*" his, her, or their Executors, Adminiftrators, and Afligns, from and immediately after the making of fuch Prop"')* '" 'hs-..; Affignment; and every fuch Affignee or AlSgnees, h:s, her, or their Executors, Adminiftrators, or Af- '" figrs, fhall and may, iii Failure of Payment of the Money payable upon, or by virtue of fuch Bond or C5b!igation, bring and maintain his, her, or their A£tion of Debt at Law againft the faid Company, or their Succeffors, for the Money which fhall be due upon fuch Bond or Obligation, in all Refpefts, as if fuch : Bond or Obligation had been originally made unto, and the Money thereon due had been made payable; therein unto fuch Aff;gnce and AfUgnees, their Executors, Adminiftrators, or Affigns; any Law, Ufage,, or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding : And that if any Perfon or Perfons fhall forge or counterfeit Felony to conn. the Common Seal of the faid Company, or fhall forge, counterfeit, or alter any Bond or Obligation under terfeit Compa- the Common Seal of the faid Company, or fliall ofter to difpofe of or pay away any fuch forged, coun- S^? '""g"'^? terfeited, or altered Bond, (knowing the fame to be fuch) or fhall demand the Money therein corvtained or . " pretended to' be due thereon, or any Part thereof, of the faid Company, or any of their Officers, (know-.' ing fuch Bond- or Obligation to be forged, counterfeited, or altered) with Intent to defraud the faid Com- ■ pany, or their Succ-sffors, or any other Perfon or Perlbns whatfoever; every fuch Perfon and Perfons fo of- fending, (and being convicted thereof in due Form of Law) fhall be guilty of Felony, and fhall fuffe.r, • Death as a Felon, without Benefit of Clergy. LVIII. Provided always, and be it further enabled. That it fhall not be lawful for the Company to be Company rot to erected by virtue of this Act, or their Succeffors, Agents, or Faftors, or any Perfon or Perfons lieenfed by '^ beyond the them, to proceed, fail, navigate, or go into any the Limits before-mentioned, beyond the Southermofl ^^"^'"^°'^ Part of Terra del Fuego, except only through the Streights oi Magellan, or round Terra del Fiicgo, nor to Fuelo, or^iruo'^ go from thence into any Part of the Eajl Indies, nor return to Great Britain, or any other PoEt or Place in the indiesj .&c, "Europe, Af.a, Africa, or America, by any other Way except through the faid Streights oS Magellan, or by except ih rough Terra del Fuego aforefaid, under the Penalties and Forfeitures to be fued for and recovered, as" is herein af- "' Streights of ter mentioned; and alfo that it fhall not be lawful for the faid Compiany, or their Succeffors, Agents, or f ^^j"t"'. " j , Faftors, or any Perfon or Perfons licerjfed by them, to trade, traffick, or adventure in any Goods, Wares, F'u"t1c : "^^ ^ Commodities, or Merchandizes whatfoever, of the Growth, Produft, or Manufafture of the £(7/?/ff-^/(s-, Not'to* trade ia Firfia, China-i or any other the Gountriesj. Ports, or Places -wuhla the Limits granted, to, or now vefted in E^'fi ^r.dia