A. D. 1744. Anno decimo feptimo Georgii II. C. 35. 573 Man of War, through Confent clandestinely, or by Collufion or Connivance of the Commander or Captain, fuch Commander or Captain fhall forfeit the Sum of one thoufand Pounds, one Moiety thereof to the Ufe of his Majefty, his Heirs and Succcffors, and the other Moiety to the Ufe of fuch Pcrfon who fhall difcover and fue for the fame; to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record, wherein no Effoin, Protection, Privilege, or Wager of Law, or any more than one Imparlance fhall be allowed ; and fuch Captain or Officer fhall forfeit his Command and Employment, and fhall be and is hereby difabled and made incapable of any Office of Employment under his Majefty during the Space of feven Years ; and the faid Goods and Merchandizes, and the Ship, Tackle, Apparel, Furniture, Guns, and Ammunition fo taken by Collufion, fhall be and is hereby ad- judged to be good Prize to his Majefty. ' XXIL And whereas good and necefTary Laws have been made, and are ftill in Force, within fcveral No Privateer, ' of his Majefty's Colonies or Plantations in America, for the preventing the carrying off from the faid &c> in America,
- Colonies or Plantations any Servant or Slave, without the Confent of the Owner, or the carrying off to ta |" on BMr< *
'. from thence any other Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, until fuch Perfon fhall have taken out his Ticket withouVc f 'from the Secretary's Office within fuch refpective Colony or Plantation, in fuch Manner, and under ofMaiVr: '■ fuch Penalties and Forfeitures, as in and by the faid feveral Laws is declared and provided ;' Be it there- fore further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Commanders of private Ships of War, or Mer- But in allCafes chants Ships having Letters of Marque, fhall, upon their going into any of thofe Ports or Harbours, be ,0 obferve the fubject, and they are hereby determined to be fubject to the feveral Directions, Provifions, Penalties, and £f ws of the Forfeitures, in and by fuch Laws made and provided ; any thing in this Act contained to the contrary 0UD " y ' thereof in any wife notwithftanding. ' XXIII. And whereas Doubts have arifen upon the Conftruction of feveral Claufes in the faid All Prizes taken Sj Act made in the thirteenth Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled, An A Si for the wore effectual fe- from the Spa- ' airing and encouraging the Trade of his Majefty s Britifh Subjecls ?ff America, and for the Encouragement n,ar<;s > A"" be
- of Seamen to enter into his Majefty's Service ;' Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from S^""^,^"
and after the firft Day of July in the Year one thoufand feven hundred and forty-four, all Proceedings Method pre- C in any of his Majefty's Courts of Admiralty concerning the Adjudication and Condemnation of Prizes fcribed by this taken from the Spaniards, fhall be according to the Form and Method directed and prefcribed by this A, ^< prefent Act. XXIV. Provided always, That nothing in this Act contained fhall be eonftrued to reftrain his Ma- ^Majerty may jefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, from giving fuch further Rules and Directions to his refpective Courts of feftion's'to his " Admiralty, for the Adjudication and Condemnation of Prizes, as by his Majefty, his Heirs and Sue- Courts of Ad- ceffors, with the Advice of his or their Privy Council, fhould be thought neceffary or proper. miralty. ' XXV. And whereas in all private Ships of War, or Merchant Ships that fhall take out Letters of F- Marque, it is expedient for the better Difcipline and Government of fuch Ships, that all Perfons who [ fhall enter themfelves on Board the faid Ships, fhould be under proper Regulations to pay Obedience F to the lawful Commands of the Captains and Chif Commanders of the faid Ships;' Be it therefore Offenders on enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Offences committed by any Officer or Seaman on Board Board Privateers, any Privateer or Merchant Ship taking Letter of Marque, during the prefent War with Spain or t0 be punifl^d France, fhall be punifhed in fuch Manner as the like Offences are punifhable on Board his Maje.ty's g S h ] °" f V y" r d Ships of War. XXVI. Provided always, That all Offenders who fhall be accufed of fuch Crimes as are cognizable Offences in a only by a Court-martial, fhall be confined on Board fuch Privateer or Merchant Ship carrying Letter of Privateer, and Marque, on which fuch Offence fhall be committed, until they fhall arrive in fome Port in Great ° n]y "S n,zable Britain or Ireland, or can meet with fuch a Number of his Majefty's Ships of War Abroad, as are fuf- ti y a | a w £"^ ~™ a ^ ficient to make a Court-martial ; and upon Application made by the Commander of fuch Privateer, tried, or Merchant Ship carrying Letter of Marque, to the Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, or Commif- Concerning Sea- fioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain for the Time being, or the Com- mm fie farther mander in Chief of, his Majefty's faid Ships of War Abroad, the faid Lord High Admiral, or Commif- **£"' z '?-3*- fioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain for the Time being, or any three & f°' j^ or more of them, or fuch Commander in Chief Abroad, are hereby authorized and required to call as. c . 52. 24' Court-martial for trying and punifhing the faid Offences. Geo. 2. c . 47. 31 Geo, 2. c. 10, aid %Geo.t.ci . CAP. XXXV. - 3 An Aft to explain, amend, and enlarge an Aft made in the fixteenth and feventeenth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, An Acl for regulating the Meafures and Prices of Coals. H E R E A S by An made in the fixteenth and feventeenth Year of the Reign of King Charles 16 & 17 Car. 2. the Second, intituled, An Act for regulating the Meafures and Prices of Coals, it is (aroongft other c - 2 -
- Things) enacted, That the Lord Mayor of London, and the Court of Aldermen, for the Time being, l°£ ar ' ?• c - 8t
- • and the Juftices of Peace of the feveral and refpective Counties and Places. where Coals, commonly g 7 W 'ck
- called Sea Coals, brought into the River of Thames, are fold by Retail, or any three or more of them, jy, ' c _ ,
' whereof one to be of the Quorum, fhould be, and are thereby impowered to fet the Rates and Prices loffn w. 3. c. 21. 8 Ann. t. 4. 9 Ann, c. 6, 22 & z8, ia Ann. St, 2, c. 9 & 37. 5 Geo, j, c.9. 3 Geo. 1, c. 14. 3 Geo. 2. c. 26. ' of
