A. D. 1761. Anno fecundo Georgii III. C. 16. 607 XXXVII. Provided always, and it is hereby fu 'ther ena6i:c.J and declared by the Authority aforcfai J, ^o Information may be That no juftice or Juftices of the Peace fhall receive any Information againft any Pcrfon or Perfons,by received by a J^itjce a- reafonof'b.'inga Party to, or concerned in, anyContrad for buying up Fifhto hz fold again contrary to?^||^; coYcencVT.i any the Intent of this A(fl; but that all Mon?y which fhill bz payable orforfeited by reafon of any fuch Con- ccunft for buying n'p trail being made or entered into, fhall be recoverable onl}, together with double Cods of Suit, by thcFifh to be fold agiin Perfonwho fhall inform and fue for the fane in one of his Majefly's Courts of Record at JVcJimin/lsr^co'.tcw iohi h€t; but wherein no Efloin, Wager of Livf, ox Protection, fhall be allowed ; and one Moiety of the Money j|>;^'J^«^^l^yJ°'-^^^^^^;^_^ fo forfeited fhall, when recovered, go and be paid to the Trcafurer of Gr^rwo'/i:/? Hofpital for the [^"'"^^"J.^^^Jj^ J^j^^^.j']^ Time being, for the Benefit of the fame Hofpital, and the o.her Moiety thereof to the PerfonorPer- Double Coft, in 'o'ne of fons who fhall inform for and recover the fame. the Courts at Weftmin- fa-r ; one Moiety to go to Greenwich Ko'pital, CAP. XVI. and the other to lbs; Pro- ■ fecutor. An Afb for the Encouragement of Seamen, and the more fpeedy ai:)d efts^cStual Manning his Majtrfly's Navy.
- TT /■-HERE AS the King of aS'Ww has lately been induced, without any Provocation on his P^^'"^^'
' W Majefty's Part, in eftcSt to declare War againft his Majcfly ; which has neceilarily en- ^Y"'"'T '"T"' r < t • T /I •' r • r^ 1 TTT -1 1 r ■ 1 ^r ■ r n • • t- r r ■ n i • r> ,in^oeavien refer to Z R ."!. . gaged his Majelty m actual War with the laid King or bpain^ in Delencc ot his Subjects, and^^^, 5 £/. f. 5. 7 &* '
- the Rights and PofTefhons of his Crown : And whereas his Majefty has been pleafed to notify the 8 W. 3. f. zi. g S" 9 .
' fame by Proclamation, and a public Declaration thereof, on the fecond Day of January in the Year^- 3" f- *3- 9 ^ 'o
- of our I/ord oiie4houfand izvQw hundred and fixty-two : Now, for the better carrying on the faid ^^'J"),^^ "i-Ann.c, 6.
' War with Vigour; and for the Encouragement of the Officers and Seamen of his Majcfty's Ships ^J^j_^^_ ^!^[ 'i^Ceo 'i'! ' of War, and the Officers and Seamen of all other Briti/I) Ships and Veilels, having CommifTionSf. 25. z'Ceo. 1. c. 14'. ' and Letters of Marque, and for inducing all Briti/h Seamen who may be in any foreign Service toi Geo. z.fi. 2. <r. 9. i ' return into this Kingdom, and become ferviceable to his Majefty j and for the more effeitual fe-<^'^«- *; <"• ^4- ^ C^fc. a. ' curing and extending the Trade of his Majefly'^s Subjea> ;' Be it enacted by the King's moil: Ex- ^'J ^^r;^ c%^'i'i cellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Ccc. 2. c 3^0. 13' Gw. Commons, in this prefent I'arliament afiembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That the Flag 2. c. 3, 4, & 17. 14 GfBcers, Commanders,- and other Ofiicers, Seamen, Marines, and Soldiers, on Board every Ship f'--"- a- «• 18. lyG^c. 2. and Vefiel of War in his Majeily's Paj', fhall have the folc Intercfl and Property of and in all and^- 34-^^ i8Gw. 2.^.31. every Ship, Vtfiel, Goods, and Merciujidizes, which they fnall take, from and after the fecond ^^j^°'^^^',^' '.Qg^^ Day of January one thouflind feven hundred and fixty-twb, during the Continuance of this War 2. <r. 47. 2SGcci. 2. c. againft Spain, (being firfl: adjudged lawful Prize in any of his Majefty's Courts of Admiralty in Great 16. 33 Geo. 2. c. 25. Britain, or in his Majefly's Plantations in America, or elfewhere) to be divided in fuch Proportions, 33C°- 2- (■ ^9- and after fuch Manner, as his Majefly, his Heirs, and SuccefTors, fliall think fit to order and dired by ^J;,.J™f^;'g^,f3';;',°J Proclamation or Proclamations hereafter to be ilTued forthofe Purpofes. are intitled to" the Vole Picpeny of fuch C.iptuies of the Enemy's Vcfiels and Effeds, during the War with Spain, as fhall be made after 2 Jan. 1762, and be adjudged lawful Prize j to be divided among them as his Majefty, by Froclam.'ition, fhall dire£V. II. And be it further enafled by the Authority aforefaid. That any Ship or Ships, VefTel or Vef- Amrnunilc^stofe-"of fels. Arms, Ammunition, Stores of War, Goods and Merchandizes whatfoever, with all their Fur- v/^r^Goods' and'^Mer- niture, Tackle, or Apparel, taken, or to be taken, during the prefent War wkh Spain, by or v/ith chandizes, ta'ken by pri- any private Owner or Ovvners, Ship or Veflcl, according to any Ccmmifhon or Letter of Marque vate Ships duly licenfed, to hz granted as herein after is direited by the Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, or the Commif- ='"? firft adjudged law- fioners for executing the Ofnce of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain for the Time being, or any^"/ f'""' J'"J^r^ , r ^° ri r n r i i • i • i i • "^i /i • -^ wholly to the Captors three or more or tncm, or any 1 erfon or rerions by him or them impowered and appointed (beingaud their Owners, firfl adjudged lav/ful Prize in any of his Majefly's Courts of Admiralty as aforefaid) fnall wholl3^to be divided as by A- and entirely belong to, and be divided between and among the Owner and Owners of fuch Ship orgresment among them- VefTel, and the feveral Perfons v/ho fhall be on Board the fame, and be aiding and afTifting to the tak-'^^'*^^ ' ing thereof, in fuch Share and Proportions as fhall be agreed on with the Owner or Owners of fuch Ship or VclFel as fhall be the Captor thereof, their Agents or Factors, as the proper Goods and Chat- ties of fuch Owner or Owners, and the Perfons that fhall be thus intitled thereto by virtue of fuch Agreements among themfelves ; and that neither his Majefly, his Heirs, or SuccefTors, or any Ad- miral, Vice Admiral, Governor, or other Perfon commiflioned by, or claiming under, his Ma- jefty, his Heirs, or Succeffors, or any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, other than the Owner or Ow- ners of fuch Ship or VefTel, being the Captain of fuch Prize Ship or VefTel, Arms, Ammunition, Stores of War, Goods, and Merchandizes, and the Perfon claiming under him or them, fliall be in- ^„ •„„ „^i„ .i,„ ,^„r .,, 1-,' p,' , f . ' i/-in 1 T-? ■ y-i n n paying only the accul« titled to any Part or bhare thereof (except as to the Cuftoms and Duties; any Cultoni, Statute, or comable Duties, other Law to the contrary notwithftanding. ' III. A^nd whereas by an Acl made in the twenty^ninth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty
- King George the Second, intituled, Jn A£l for the Encouragement of S. amen and the more fpeedy fi?7^TheProvifions and Re-
- effeSiual Manning his Majejifs Navy, feveral Provifions and Regulations were eftablifhed for the gulations in Adt 29
better carrying on the falutary Purpofes by the faid A6t intended in the Profecution of the Vvar*^'^° 2,. againft France: And whereas by another A61 made in the thi: ty-fecond Year of his faid late A/J ajefty's ^ ^... . , .^ . . . . ^^ y^^r ^/'^/j j!>r^/£'77? yl/(7- as explained and amend- e more fpeedy and effec-edbyAftjaGeo.a, f. 25, rcKies and RobbsriiS by Crews of
