410 C. 24. Anno o&avo Georgii Regis. A.D. 172L 4 Claims, or that the Eftate, Intereft or Incumbrance fo claimed, or any Part thereof, ought to be al- ' lowed, (hould and might, at any Time or Times before the twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand ' feven hundred and twenty-three, tranfmit a Certificate or Certificates thereof to the faid Truftees in the 4 faid Act nominated; and by the faid Act it is provided and enacted, That the Powers given by the ' faid Act to the faid Juftices and Barons for hearing and determining fuch Differences, Difputes and Con- ' troverfies relating to fuch Claims as aforefaid, and iffuing their Certificates concerning the fame as afore-
- faid, (hould continue and be in Force until the twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred
4 and twenty-three, and no longer : Now forafmuch as it is forefeen, that theCIaims already brought in 4 and entred, and which may be brought in and entred, in Purfuance of the faid recited Act, cannot be 4 heard and determined as aforefaid, and that the Powers thereto relating cannot be executed within the 4 refpective Times limited in that Behalf, and that further Time ought to be given for hearing and de- 4 termining fuch Claims in Manner as aforefaid, and alfo for better enabling the Truftees to execute the ' Truft in and by the faid recited Act in them veftedj' May it pleafe your moft Excellent Majefty, that it may be enacted, &c. " Time for Claimants Acquiefcence in the Refolution of Directors, &c. enlarged to 24 March 172Z. For " determining Claims not adjufted, enlarged to z$ June 172.1, For Barons to tranfmit Certificates, till 44 29 September 1723. Truftees may compound with Partners or Joint-Dealers of the late Directors. Mo- 44 nies payable upon Agreement, tsY. to be paid to the Caihier of the South-Sea Company. Eftates of 4; the late Directors upon which Claims (hall be made, &c. may be fold. Monies arifing by Sale to be 4 ' paid to Cejiui que Truji, C3r. Or in cafe of Infancy, CSV. of Cejiui que T; vjl, then to fuch Perfons as
- ' the'Chancery (hall direct. Grants, &c. by Truftees effectual in Law. Truftees may take Bonds, tsV.
44 of the Company in Payment at Par, and Stock from Purchafer, £sV. at fuch Price as (hall be agreed 44 upon between them, £*>c. Allowance of Intereft to the late Directors, &c. for their Subfiftence. No 44 Special Bail required in Actions on Contracts, &.c. made fince 1 December 1719, and. before 1 December 44 1720, for Sale of Stock, &c. till 1 March 1722." EXP. CAP. XXIV. An Aft for the more effectual fuppreffing of Piracy. 27 H. 8. c. 4. 28 w 8 ' i'y 15 ' ' I. TT 7 HERE AS the Number of Perfons committing Piracies, Felonies and Robberies upon the 11 12 • 3. c Yy Seas, is of late very much increafed; and notwithftanding the Laws already made and now in 1 Gee. 1. St. 2. ' Being, many idle and profligate Perfons have turned Pirates, and betaken themfelves to that wicked c. 25. 4 Courfe of Life, whereby the Trade and Navigation into remote Parts will greatly fuffer, unlefs fome 4 Geo. 1. c 11. ' further Provifion be fpeedily made for bringing fuch Perfons, and all others, who (hall be any ways 4 aiding and aflifting, or in Confederacy with them, to condign Puniihment;' Be it therefore declared and enacted by the Kind's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confentof the Lords Spiritual After March 25, and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aliembled, and by the Authority of the fame, 1722. Comman- That if any Commander or Mafter of any Ship or Veffel, or any other Perfon or Perfons, fhall from and ders of Ships or a fter the twenty-fifth Day of March which (hall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred °v?p- t " dl " s and twenty-two, any wife trade with any Pirate, by Truck, Barter, Exchange, or in any other Mariner, jjidiing- them or I^all furnifh any Pirate, Felon or Robber upon the Seas, with any Ammunition, Provifion or Stores with Stores, cor- of any Kind, or (hall fit out any Ship or Veflel knowingly, and with a Defign to trade with, or fupply 7eiponding with or correfpond with any Pirate, Felon or Robber upon the Seas, or if any Perfon or Perfons (hall any ways them, &c confult, combine, confederate or correfpond with any Pirate, Felon or Robber on the Seas, knowing iha'l be adjudged him to be guilty of any fuch Piracy, Felony or Robbery, fuch Offender and Offenders, and every of guilty of Piracy, fhem, fh a U n each and every of the faid Cafes be deemed, adjudged and taken to be guilty of Piracy, the Th 8 8l ° F e ' on Y ar, d Robbery, and he and they (hall and may be inquired of, trie J, heard and adjudged of and c.'j-. and 11 & f° r a ^ or an Y the Matters aforefaid, according to the Statute made in the twenty-eighth Year of King 12 w. 3. c. 7. Henry the Eighth for Pirates, and the Statute made in the eleventh and twelfth Years of the Reign of See 18 Geo. 2. his late Majefty King William the Third, intituled, An Aci for the more cjfeSlual J'uppreJJing of Piracy, p 3 r°' i, which by an Act made in the fixth Year of his prefent Majefty is made perpetual, and he and they being ineuTanvVelfJl, convidied of all or any the Matters aforefaid, (hall fuffer fuch Pains of Death, Lofs of Lands, Goods forcibly boarding and Chattels, as Pirates, Felons and Robbers upon the Seas ought to fuffer; and in cafe any Perfon or any Merrhant- Perfons belonging to any Ship or Veffel whatfoever, upon meeting any Merchant-Ship or Veffel on the Ship, and ihiow- High Seas, or in any Port, Haven or Creek whatfoever, (hall forcibly board or enter into fuch Ship or ' "IrWd^fh'n T ei ^ e?> an d though they do not feize and carry off fuch Ship or Veffel, fhall throw over-board, or deftroy tTpunifhed as zn Y P art °^ £ b e Goods or Merchandizes belonging to fuch Ship or Veffel, the Perfon or Perfons who (hall Pirates. be guilty thereof, (hall in all Refpects be deemed and puni(hed as Pirates as aforefaid. Ships fitted out II; And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That every Ship or Veffel which fhall be to trade with Pi- fitted out with a Defign to trade with, or fupply or correfpond with any Pirate, and ull and every Goods rates, and the an d Merchandizes put on board the fame for any Intent or Purpofe to trade with any Pirate, Felon or HaTf 'to ih"^' R obbe r on the Seas,_ fhall be ipfo fatlo forfeited; one Moiety thereof to the Ufe of the King's Majefty, Crown, Half to ms Heirs and Succeiibrs, the other Moiety to the Perfon or Perfons who (ball firft make Difcovery, and the Dii'coverers. give Information of fuch Intent or Defign; and fuch Perfon or Perfons who fhall firft make fuch Difco- Tob^ fuedfor in very, (ball and may fue for and recover the faid Ship or Veffel; and all and every the Goods and Mer- the Admiralty, chandizes on board the fame, in the High Court of Admiralty. 4 III. And
