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658 C. 14. Anno primo Georgii II. Stat. 2. A. D. 1728. former Ship; was turned over; and fliall receive, over and above fiich Wages as are then due to him, an Advance of and have two two Months Wages before the Ship, into which he is turned over, proceeds to Sea. Months Pay jv. Provided always, That if any Ship be hindred by any Accident from going to Sea, the Removal of Th'eRemoval of the whole Crew or Company of fuch Ship, together with their Officers, into another Ship, (hall not be the whole Crew conftrued or taken to be a turning over within the Meaning of this Act. not to be con- V. And be it further enacted, That no Perfon in Sea Pay, that lhall withdraw himfelf from or defert the fcmed a turning Service of his Majefty, his Heirs or Suceeffors, fliall forfeit any more of the Pay or Wages due to him, ™"' . , than fo much thereof as was due to him for his Service in the Ship from whence he withdrew himfelf or de- rertinEto forfeit fefted; and that no Ticket or Tickets made out or that fliall be made out for the Pay or Wages of any Sea- more "than was man, fliall be forfeited or ftopt by his withdrawing himfelf or deferring, after the making out of fuch Ticket, due to him in but the fame fliall be duly paid. that Ship. VI. Provided nevertheless, That nothing in this Act contained fliall extend to take away or alter the Pu- Not to alter the nifliment appointed by an Act made in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of King Chab.les the Second, I'unilhment fo| . r ucn Captains, Officers and Mariners as fliall defert the Service of his Majefry, his Heirs or Suceeffors, 11 Car. 1. Stat. . ,. ,,,. r ' . ., > . -. ■> s ' --"-> 2. c.o. appoint- ln nis Ships, or entice any others lo to go. ed for Deferters. ' VII. And whereas many Perfons encouraging the Extravagance and taking Advantage of the Neceffities ' of Seamen, have made great and unreafonable Profit to themfelves by anticipating, bargaining for or pur- ' chafing the Pay or Wages due or to grow due to Seamen, to the" Impoverilhment and utter Ruin of fuch. Bargains for Sea- ' Seamen and their Families :' Be it enacted, That all and every Bargain, Sale, Bill of Sale, Contract, A- menspay, after greement and Affignment whatfoever, of, for or concerning any Pay, Wages or Allowances of Monty of 1 Sept. 172?, an y f£i nc ] 5 (j ue or t0 g row due to any Seaman or Seamen in the Service of his Majefty, his Heirs or Suc- eeffors, for fuch Service, which fliall be made or entred into, from and after the firft Day of September which fliall be in the Year of our Lord one thou (and feven hundred and twenty -eight, fliall be and is, and are hereby declared to be void and of none Effect, to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever; any Law, Statute, Cuftom or Ufage to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding; and the Treafurer of the Navy for the Time being is hereby authorized, directed and required to pay, or caufe to be paid to all fuch Seamen as fliall appear in Perfon at the Pay Table, or, in their Abfence, to the lawful Attornies impowered by them, in the Manner as is herein after directed, or to the Executors or Adminiftrators of fuch Seamen, or to their refpective Attorney or Attornies duly authorized, in fuch Manner as is herein after directed, the re- fpective Pay, Wages or Allowances of Money of any Knd due to them, without Regard to any Bargain, Sale, Bill of Sale, Contract, Agreement or Affignment whatfoever, made or to be made, of, for or con- cerning any fuch Pay, Wages or Allowances of Money of any Kind, from and after the faid firft Day of September which fliall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-eight. Not to difcharge VIII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That this Act or any Thing herein contained, fliall not ex- any Seamens tend or be conftrued to difcharge any Seaman of or from any Debt or Debts which he has already contract- Debts, or to ec j or ma y hereafter contract, or to invalidate or make void the Sale or S ties of any Ticket or Tickets that Sate^ofanV * ls ' are or ^ au ^ e mSi ^ e out f° r P a Y> Wages or other Allowances of Money of any Kind, to fuch Perfon Ticket, or Perfons as fliall be in Pofleffion of fuch Ticket or Tickets; but fuch Sale and Sales fliall be as good, valid and effectual as they were before the making of this Act, and as if this Act had not been made; any Thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. ortomakevoid IX. Provided alfo, That this Act or any Thing herein contained fliall not extend or be conftrued to ex- any Indenture, ten(J tQ i nva ii f j ate or m ake void any Indenture or Indentures, whereby any Mafter is or fliall be intitled to Marterfs inritled nave or receive the Pay, Wages or other Allowances of Money earned by his Apprentice; but fuch Pay, to his Appren- Wages or other Allowances fliall be paid by the Treafurer of the Navy for the Time being, or by his Di- tice's Wages. reetion, according to fuch Indenture or Indentures, as has been ufual in fuch Cafes, fo as fuch Apprentice Exception. or Apprentices were not above the Age of eighteen Years, at the Time fuch Indenture or Indendures were made and executed, in which Cafe no Pay, Wages or Allowances fliall be paid by the Treafurer of the Na- vy or by his Directions, according to fuch Indenture or Indentures; any Thing herein contained to the con- trary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. No Letters of x. And be it further enacted, That from and after the firft Day of September which fliall be in the Year Attorney good, of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-eight, no Letter of Attorney made by any Seaman or vocable" and "be Seamen, in the Service of his Majefty, his Heirs or Suceeffors, or by the Executors or Adminiftrators of any iigned by the fuch Seaman or Seamen, in order to impower and intitle any Perfon or Perfons to receive any Pay, Wages or Captain, &c. Allowances of Money of any Kind, ducor to grow due for fuch Service, fliall be good and valid, or fuffi- cient for that Purpofe, unlefs fuch Letter of Attorney be made revocable, and be figned before, and attefted by the Captain or Commander, and one other of the figning Officers of the Ship to which fuch Seaman or Seamen, who make the fame, belong, or the Clerk of the Cheque of fome of the Dock Yards, or the Mayor or Chief Magiftrate of fome Corporation, ■when the Pay XL And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That- when and as often as any of the Pay Books are clofed, Books of the Ships belonging to his Majefty, his Heirs or Suceeffors, fliall be clofed, fuch Seamen as fliall Seamen who not then receive or have received the Pay, Wages or other Allowances of Money due to thein, fliall, upon ed^heirVav" 7 " Application made by them to the Commiffieners of the Navy for the Time being,, have and receive Bills or to have Tickets Tickets made out to them to the Value of the faid Pay, Wages or other Allowances due to them refpectively; madeouttothem and the faid Commiffioners are hereby directed and required to make out the faid Bills ot Tickets accordingly, to the Value of an j t0 C aufe the fame to be dated, numbred, regiftred and paid in a Courfe not exceeding one Month after their Pay. the Date tnereo f. Confuls, &c. in XII. And be it further enacted, That the Governors, Minifters and Confuls appointed or that fliall be f rovfde foTfea a PP°' nte< ^ by his Majefty, his Heirs or Suceeffors, in foreign Parts, and rending there, or, where none fuch faring Men dri- are refident, any two or more Britijh Merchants then and there rending, fliall be and are hereby authorized', ■ven to their directed and required to fend and provide for all feafaring Men and Boys, Subjects .of Great Britain, that Ccafts. £hall