A. D. 1717* Anno quarto Georgii Regis. C. it. 175 faid, he or they fliall contract and agree with fuch Perfon or Perfons ;:s fhall be ordered and appointed by J.' " of fi:ch ot ~ fuch Court, as aforefaid, and give fufficient Security %n the Satisfaction of fuch Court, that he or th :y t: ' tranfport, or caufe to be tranfported effectually fuch Offenders fo conveyed to him or then:, as aforefaid, , r to fome of his Majjfty's Colonics and Plantations in America, as fhall be ordered y the faid Court, and", procure an authenticic Certificate from the Governor, or the chief Cuftom-houfe Ofi cr of the Place. Ccr- hc 'elon who ftole the fame, and caufe !uch Felon to be brought to hi hall be guilt) A againft him) fliall be guilty of Felony, and fuffer the Pains and Penalties "p^ ture of the Felony commuted in Stealing fuch Goods, and in fuch and the," (which Certificate they arc hereby requircd_ to give forthwith, without Ycc or Reward, as foon as con cntly may be) of the Landing of fuch Offenders fo transferred, as aforefaid, in that Place whereto h fliall be ordered, (Death and Casualties of the Sea excepted) and that none of the faid Offenders flu fuffered to return from the faid Place f o any Part of Great Britain or Ireland by the wilful Default of fu '. Perfon or Perfons fo contracting, as aforefaid, or by the wilful Default of his or their Affigns. ' IV. And whereas there are feveral Perfons who have fecret Acquaintance with Felons, and who make perfons. taking
- it their Buiinefs to help Perfons to their Stolen Goods, and by that Means gain Money from them, Rewai
' which is divided between them and the Felons, whereby they greatly encourage fuch Offenders :' lie it hcl P in < ' ! n enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That where-ever any Perfon taketh Money or Reward, directly or ' , H ' * directly, under Pretence or upon Account of helping any Perfon 01 Perfons to any ftolen (Lloods o r ( In ,i ieFl [o ' n be tels, every fuch Perfon fo talcing Money or Reward, as aforefaid, funlefs fuch Perfon t'och apprehend, or brought to Trial caufe to be apprehended, fuch F< ' for the fame, and give Evidence of Felony, according to the Natur fame Manner as if fuch Offender had himfelf ftole fuch Goods and Chattels, in the Manner, and with fuch Circumftances as the fame were ftoltn. ' V. And whereas there are many idle Perfons, who are under the Age of one and twenty Years, ' lurking about in divers Parts of London, and elfewhere, who want Employment, and ray be tempted to ' become Thieves, if not provided for : And whereas they may be inclined to be tranfported, and to enter ' into Services in fome of his Majefty's Colonies and Plantations in America ; but as they have no Power
- to contract for themfelves, and therefore that it is not fafe for Merchants to tranfport them, or take Merchants or
' them into fuch Services ;' Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That where any Perfon of the Age.others,mayconir of fifteen Years or more, and under the Age of twenty-one, fliall be willing to be tranfported, and to enter »a«a with Per- into any Service in any of his Majefty's Colonies or Plantations in America, It fhall and may be lawful for r ° ns °f the A s e any Merchant, or other, to contract with any fuch Perfon for any fuch Service, not exceeding the Term ^^'flrie them of eight Years ; provided fuch Perfon fo binding him or herfelf do come before the Lord Mayor of London, n America for or fome other Juftice of the Peace of the City, if fuch Contract be made within the fame, or the Liberties 3 Years, thereof, or before fome other two Tuftices of the Peace of the Place where fuch Contract fhall be made,. Pro Y id - d , fl,cl1 if made elfewhere, and before fuch Magistrate or Magiftrat.es acknowledge fuch Confent, and do fign fuch ™™?* n ™- Contract in his or their Prefence, and with his or their Approbation ; and that then it fliall be lawful Forteiqrea Juftice any fuch Merchant or other, to tranfport fuch Perfon fo binding him or herfelf, and to keep him or her of Peace, within any of the faid Plantations or Colonies, according to the Tenor of fuch Contradt, as aforefaid; any a"d<i2n the fame Law or Statute to the contrary in any wife notwithstanding ; which faid Contract and Approbation of fuch "' lth hls A PP ro - Magiftrate or Magistrates, with the Tenor of fuch Contract, Shall be certified by fuch Magistrate or Ma- such"contraa giStrates to the next General Quarter-Seffions of the Peace, held for that County where fuch Magistrate or & c . to he ceni- Magiftrates Shall refide, to be regiftred by the Clerk of the Peace without Fee or Reward. tied to the Quarter Seffions, T/r A _ 1 1 _ '. r .1 n 11 , 1. _ A .1 ■ . r /* ■ I T*i r I r. _.!../"_ • 1 . .*.! T- AT... T em exportation Declaration or Information to be delivered to fuch Perfon or Perfons, or to the Gaoler, Keeper or Turn- W04], &c. re- key of the Prifon, at the faid Prifon, for the faid Offence, by the Space of one Term, Judgment Shall be fulin § to plead, entred againft him by Default ; and in cafe Judgment fliall be obtained againft any fuch Perfon or Perfons r[" dSl T e j t * d L by Default, Verdict, or otherwife, and fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall not pay the Sum recovered againft tri em byDefauk- him or them for the faid Offence, within the Space of three Months after entring up of fuch j udgment, the and not paying ' Court before whom fuch Judgment fhall be obtained fhall, by Order of Court, caufe fuch Offender or theSumrecover- Offenders to be tranfported, in the fame Manner as Felons aforefaid, for the Term of feven Years ; and if ed ' ^f* b £ traDf - fuch Offender or Offenders Shall return into Great Britain or Ireland, before the Expiration of the Said " r 'j^.'" r ^; C n !ons ' Seven Years, he or they Shall Suffer as Felons, and have Execution awarded againft them, as Perfons fliall fuffer"as' attainted of Felony, without Benefit of Clergy. foch. Sa iz Ga. 2. <-. 2 i.§. 1. . - VII. And it is hereby declared, That all and every Perfon and Perfons who have committed or Shall Offenders agamSJ commit any Offence or Offences, for which they ought to be adjudged, deemed and taken to be Pirates,.^ Alft IV & Ia - Felons or Robbers, by an Act made in the Parliament holden in the eleventh and twelfth Years of the b j ' t 3* ^ "J';™ ay Reign of his late Majefty King William the Third, intituled, An A if for the more effectual SuppreJJion ^directed by Piracy, may be tried and judged for every fuch Offence in fuch Manner and Form as in and by an Act S Hen. 8. cr 5. made in the twenty-eighth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth is directed and appointed i'o^cefanher 6 Geo, the Trial of Pirates, and Shall and ought to be utterly debarred and excluded from the Benefit of Clergy q C 'P' ™. d f for the Said Offences ; any Law or Statute to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithstanding. . ibe'mcnfffiaual Supfiriff.on of Piracy, and excluc'ed from Clergy. VIII.. Provided always, That nothing in this Act contained fhall extend or be conftrued to extend to This Aa ""U- fuch Perfons as fhall be convicted or attainted in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland. Scotland"* C ° IX. And be it alfo enacted, That this Act fnall extend to all his Majefty's Dominions in America,. andr 3 r u ° t ^Vuhe mall, be taken as a publick Act. King's Dominic onam America, and.be taken as a publick Aft. See farthtr 7 Geo. 2.. c, 2,1. 8 Gee, s. c. 16, 22 Geo. 2. c. 34 & 46,, CAP,
