- . D. 1740. Anno decimo tertio Georgii II. C. 29. 407
f unto the twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand fevcn hundred and fifty, and from thence to continued to ie End of the then next Selfion of Parliament. *5 D«. '7J»« ' IV. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That an Aft made in the fixih Year of IZibyzl c«. i. is prefent Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Ait for the further Encouragement of the Whole Fijhery, ear- c.^.andzlGcc ied on by his Majefty's Britifli Subjects, which was to be in Force during the Continuance of the laft ^'a 6°Ge mentioned Aft of the fifth Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Ait for encouraging the Green- e. 33. ror«£' mil Fijhcry, fhall be, and the fame is hereby continued from the Time therein limited for the Fxpira- eouriging the on thereof, unto the twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand fevcn hundred and fifty, and from nntim^to' icnce to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament. 2$ Dec^o. V. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That over and above the Allowance of " Geo. 2. C.4C. wen'ty Shillings a Ton, according to the Admeasurement of the Ship, by the faid laft mentioned Aft "'"[{" ll^"' 7 " [reeled to be paid, it (hall and may be lawful for the refpeftive Commilfioners of the Cuftoms in ' treat Britain, during the prefent War and no longer (upon having fuch Schedule, Certificate, Licence . ml Oath transmitted to them by the Colleftcr and Comptroller of the Port from whence fuch Ship lall depart, as by the faid laft mentioned Aft is directed ; and upon fuch Commiflioners being fatisned f the faithful Dealings of the Matter and other Perfons employed in fuch Ship, with refpeft to fuch 'oyage and Fifhery) on Demand to caufe Payment to be made to the Matter or Owners, or to his or Additional tor Aifigns, by the Receiver General of the Cuftoms in that Part of Great Britain from whence fuch Bounty oi 10 s. hip lhall depart, of the Sum of ten Shillings a Ton, according to the Admeasurement of the Ship, P'J'™^"- ver and above the Sum of twenty Shillings a Ton by the laft mentioned Aft granted for the Encou- "yfceo, 2. "' lgement of the Whale Filhery in the Greenland Seas, or Davis's Streights, and the adjacent Seas, car- 18. §.7. ied on by his Majefty's Britijh Subjefts, in. fuch Manner, and at fuch Time or Times as the faid Al- jwance of twenty Shillings a Ton by the faid latt-mentioned Aft is direfted to be paid : ' And where- y^™ 1 ™* or I as the Greenland Filhery Trade cannot be carried on without Men who are ufed to the faid Fifhery ; ' sailors not °o ie it therefore enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Harponeer, Line-manager, Boar-tteerer, or be impreffed. eaman, who (hall be in, or belonging to any Ship or VelTel in the Greenland Filhery Trade, (hall be nprelTed from the faid Service, and that any fuch Harponeer, Line-manager, Boat-fteerer, or Seaman, lay, during the Time of the Year that he or they are not employed in the faid Fifhery, fail in the Col- Sm r arther ery Trade, upon giving Security to the Satisfaction of the Commiflioners of the Cuftoms, that he or zl Geo. 2. c. 4?. icy will proceed in the (aid Ship or VelTel to Greenland, or Davis's Streights, on the Whale Filhery the * s Oeo. 2 - <■ -°- ext Seafon.
- VI. And, for the Relief of any Perfon or Perfons, who through Negleft or Inadvertency have omit- J '™ e ^ r uu
- d to pay the feveral Rates and Duties, or any Part thereof, upon Monies given, paid, contracted or ties^or cferks"
greed for, with or in relation to any Cleric, Apprentice or Servant which hath been put or placed to or and Appren- yith any Mafter or Miftrefs to learn any Profeflion, Trade or Employment, and to have fuch Inden- ^' ^" d their lires or other Writings which fhall contain the Covenants, Articles, Contracts or Agreements relating indentures, &c, p the Service of fuch Clerk, Apprentice or Servant (tamped, within the Times by the feveral Acts of Concerning Udm- ,'arliament for thofe Purpofes refpeftively limited ; or, who have alfo in like Manner omitted to infert '^"aJf^"' 1 ^ jnd write in Words at length in fuch Indentures or other Writings as aforefaid, the full Sum or Sums.-zoGm.'a.' C .' 4S .' If Money or any Part thereof received, or in any wife directly or indirectly given, paid, agreed or con- 3* Oeo. 2. c. 23. rafted for, with or in relation to every fuch Clerk, Apprentice or Servant as aforefaid ; Be it enafted by lie Authority aforefaid, That upon Payment of the Rates and Duties upon Monies, or fuch Part of uch Monies fo neglefted or omitted to be paid as aforefaid, on or before the firft Day of Augiift one houfand feven hundred and forty, to fuch Perfon or Perfons to whom the fame ought to be paid, and ' endring the faid Indentures or other Writings to be ftamped at the fame Time, or at any Time on or >efore the twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and forty, (of which timely No- ice is to be given in the London Gazette) the fame Indentures or other Writings fhall be good and ivailable in Law or Equity, and may be given in Evidence in any Court whatfoever ; and the Clerk, Apprentice or Servant therein named, lhall be capable of following and exercifing their refpeftive in- ended Trades or Employments, as fully as if the faid Rates and Duties fo omitted had been duly paid, find the full Sum or Sums received or agreed for as aforefaid had been inferted ; and the Perfons who lave incurred any -Penalties by the Omiflions aforefaid, (hall be acquitted and difcharged of and from
- he faid Penalty; any thing in this or the faid former Afts to the contrary in any wife notwiths-
tanding. CAP. XXIX. An Aft for confirming and enlarging the Powers granted by his Majefly to the Governors and Guardians of the Hofpital, for the Maintenance and Education of Expofed and De- ferted young Children, by his moil Gracious Charter, bearing Date the feventeenth Day of Obiober in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-nine, and to enable them to execute the good Purpofes of the faid Charter. P R. ' "X/HERE AS his Majefty, in Compaftion to the Numbers of poor Infants who are liable to be ' W expofed to perifh in the Streets, or be murdered by their indigent and inhuman Parents, has ' been moft gracioufly pleafed, by his Royal Charter under the Great Seal of Great Britain, to create ' and eftablilh a Corporation or Body, Politick, by the Name of The Governors and Guardians of the Hof- ' pitalfor the Maintenance and Education of Expofed and Deferted young Children ; which Corporation is by ' the faid Charter declared to have perpetual Succeflion, and impowered to take, hold, purchaie, receive • ' and
