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66 C. 24, 25. Anno primo Georgii Regis. Stat. 2. A. D. 17 14. Not to extend III. Provided, That this_ Act, or any thing therein contained, fhall not extend, or be conftrued to ex- to Coals for the tend to charge or lay any of the Duties or Impcfitions hereby impofed upon fuch Coals, (not exceeding one Ufe of Chelfea- hundred Chalders by the Year) as fhall be brought into the Port of London from Newcq/ile upon Tine, or any other Place, for the only Ufe and Service of the Royal Hofpital at Chelfea ; any Thing herein con- tained to the contrary notwithstanding. The King may jy_ And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be lawful, .to and for m»Wret™cx- his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, by Letters Patent under the Great ckaL of Gm -f Britain , from ecuteche Powers Thae* to Time, to nominate, conftitute and appoint fuch Perforis as his Majefty, his Heirs and Succef- in the'foimer fors, fliall think fit, to he Commiffioners, who, or any five or more of them, fhall have Power to cxe- A&s. cute all and every the Powers, Matters, and Thin-s in and by the faid recited Aits, or eicher of them, appointed to be done and performed ; any Thing in the Acts before recited, or in any other Act or And tji infm-m Acts to the contrary notwithftanding: And alfo to enquire and inform themfelves in what Manner, by th;r«fe!veshow and out of the Duties hereby granted, and otherwife, a due Maintenance may be provided and fettled for a ^ ii, - at "° in . ce the Minifters who are to attend the Service of God in the faid new Churches, to be erected and built for 'the laid'Mi- in an ^ a bout the Cities of London and Wefcminjler, and Suburbs thereof ; which faid CoinmifTioners, or rafters. any five or more of them, (hall, on or before the twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred And fhall^before and fixteen, report or certify to his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, in Writing under their Hands and March25,i7i6, Seals, fuch Matters and Things as fhall appear to them upon their Enquiries as aforefaid, with their Opi- certify their En- nions thereupon, and prefent a Duplicate of fuch Report or Certificate to each of the two Houfes of Par- quines to his ]i am ent, to the end fuch further Directions may be given thereupon, as may be purfuant to his Majefty's give a Duplicate pi°us Intentions in the Premiftes ; and from fuch Appointment of new Commiffioners io to be made, the to each Houie of Powers granted to, or vefted in the Commiffioners in the faid laft recited Letters Patent named, fhall de- Parliament, termine ; but neverthelefs all Contracts and Agreements, which were made and perfected by the faid Co:n- The former miffioners, in the faid laft recited Letters Patent named, on or before the twentieth Day of Aug ufl one thou- Commiffioners f anc i f ev en hundred and fifteen, fhall be of the fame Force and Effect as they would have been, ii" this prefent Power to deter- A(ft had fe d mine, But their Contracts before Aug, 20, 1715, to be in Force. Clanfc for re- ' V. And whereas the Provifion made by the faid recited Act of the tenth Year of her faid late Maje- rift-churcli'o^" ' ^' s ^ ei S n ' ^ or rebuilding the Parifh-church of St. Mary JVoolnooth, London, is at prefent ineffectual, by St. Mary Wool- ' reafon of the great Charges and Incumbrances upon the Duty and Revenue from which the faid Provifion noth, London. ' was to iffue ; and it is abfolutely neceflary that the faid Church fhould be immediately rebuilt :' Be it io Ann. c. n. therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Parifh-church of 5/. Mary Woolnoth, and the Tower thereof, fhall be rebuilt and finifhed in fuch manner as the faid Commiffioners already authorized, or the Commiffioners to be authorized by virtue of this Act, fliall direct, out of the Duties granted by the $ Ann. c. az. f a jj rec ited Act of the ninth Year of her faid late Majefty's Reign ; and that the Monies to be imployed for that Purpofe fhall be replaced and made good out of, and by the Monies applicable by virtue of the faid Act of the tenth Year of her faid late Majefty's Reign, to the rebuilding and finifhing the faid Church and the Tower thereof. Vide i Geo. 2. c. 8. 4 Geo. 1. c. 5. & 4&5 Geo. 1. c. 9. CAP. XXIV. An Act for appointing Commiffioners to take, examine and ftate the Debts due to the Army. EXP. CAP. XXV. An Act to prevent Difturbances by Seamen, and others •, and to preferve the Stores belong- ing to his Majefty's Navy Royal •, and alfo for explaining an Act for the better preventing the Imbezilment of his Majefty's Stores of War, and preventing Cheats, Frauds and Abufes in paying Seamens Wages ; and for reviving and continuing an Act for the more effectual Suppreffion of Piracy. For firmer laws i I, ^ tr r H E R E A S divers Fightings, Quarrellhrgs and Difturbances, do often happen in and about his aAcrrnwr Seamen » /« / -£> - a 3 - >*- - - ■ . . ,. ~ / « . ~ . * -i t , ^ ZfirtTI R°T." Vv Majefty's Offices, Yards and Stores belonging to his Majefty's Royal Navy, and frequent fiat. 1. r. 4! ' ' Differences and Diforders are occafioned in and about the Office of his Majefty's Treafury of the Navy, 5 El. r. 5. « on Pay-days in London, Port/mouth, and other Places of Meeting for the Service of the faid Navy, by 7 Sf S W. 3. c t }j e unreafonable Turbulency of Seamen, and others, attending on or relating to that Service, or their %-u W. - ' Creditors, or by the Rudenefs of the Officers intrufted with his Majefty's Stores on Land, or in his Roy- Ci s® ■ J ' ' al Ships, when they are queftioned by the Principal Officers and Commiffioners of the faid Navy, either V&iofT.j. c for Neglect oiTmbezilment of his Majefty's Provifions, Ammunition, or other Equipage of the Navy '■■**■ ' under their Charge, not only to the Disturbance of the Peace, but fometimes to the Danger and Hin- z A. c. 6. t France f his Majefty's Service, both in point of hufbanding his Majefty's Revenue, and alfo in the 4 s • m. , Difp-atch of the Ships, on which the Honour and Safety of his Majefty and Kingdom fo. much depends, 'vh%m.cvt. * Which.