A. D. 1757. Anno tricefimo primo Georgii II. C. la. 171 of the Land Tax for any County, Riding or City in Great Britain, or by the CollecSlor of the Cufloms for any Port, or Colle6lor of the Excife for any Colledion in Great Britain, or by the Clerk of the Cheque at any of his Majefty's Dock Yards; then, and in fuch Cafe, the Captain or Commander of fucii Ship or the Captain is to VefTel is hereby ftridtly required and enjoined to caufe four Lifts to be made out, which fhall contain the ^'^^"^ P'.'T'" Names of all fuch inferior Officers and Seamen as fhall be defirous to remit to their Wives, Fathers or Mo- pg,f^°3 ,'11^^^ thers, the Whole or any Part of their Wages or Pay, except for the laft fix Months of their Service as made out. aforefaid ; in which Lifts, the Amount of the Wages or Pay fo defired to be paid, the Name and Place of Abode of fuch Officer or Seaman's Wife, Father or Mother, to whom fuch Wages or Pay are to be remit- ted and paid, and the Receiver General of the Land Tax, Colleftor of the Cuftoms, Colleitor of the Ex- cife or Clerk of the Cheque, by whom fuch Wages are to be made payable, fhall be fpecified and defcribed in three feparate diftinft Columns, oppofite to the Name of fuch Officer or Seaman, in the faid Lifts ; and which are to he every fuch Officer or Seaman who fhall fo defire that any fuch Part of his Wages or Pay may be allotted 6n=<| l^y them, and paid to his Wife, Father or Mother, fhall write his Name, or make his Mark, in a feparate diftindl q^^;^^^^P^°p" Column in the faid Lifts ; which Lifts fhall be forthwith compleated, and figned by the Captain or Com- tranrmit'ttd to mander, and proper figning Officers of fuch Ship or Veffel ; and fuch Captain or Commander fhall tranf- the Nfavy Board, mit the faid Lifts, by the firft fafe Opportunity, without any Negleft or Delay whatfoever, to the Com- mifiioners of the Navy, at their Board: And the faid Commiffioners, upon receiving fuch Lifts wherein who are to make any fuch Allotment fhall be made by any fuch inferior Officer or Seaman, of any fuch Part of his W;ges ^""^ two Bills, or Pay, to his Wife, Father or Mother, fhall immediately make out, or caufe to be made out, two Bills |^"fj'^^^^"' ^^^^5 for every fuch Allotment ; which Bills fhall be Duplicates, and joined together with oblique Lines, FIou- which are to be' rifhes or Devices, in fuch Manner as the faid Commiffioners, or any three or more of them, fhall think made payable proper ; and fhall be made payable to the Wife, Father or Mother refpe6tively, of fuch inferior Officer or according to the Seaman, by the Receiver General of the Land Tax, Colle6tor of the Cuftoms, Colle£lor of the Excife or Appointment m Clerk of the Cheque refpecftively, according to the Appointment in fuch Lifts; and the faid Bills, being ^^^ ^^J^'^^ ^, numbered and dated, fhall be figned by any three Commiffioners of the Navy, and be written or printed Commiflioneis. according to the following Form : A. N^ I. Navy Office, SIR, Day of r Wife 1 « n AY to 5. D. of in the County of 2 Father C of £. D. ' I t Mother 3
- r"^1cam°nt"'? belonging to his Majefty's Ship upon f^^] pro<lucing the Duplicate
- hereof, together with a Certificate, under the Hands of the Minifter and Churchwardens, or, in that Part
- Great Britain called Scotland, under the Hands of the Minifter and tv/o Elders of the Parifh where the
- faid B. D. iTA^ndw, '} that the faid B. D. to the beft of their Knowledge and Belief, is the Father C
J t Mother j of the faid E. D. the Sum of being on account of the Wages of the faid E. D. if the
- fame fhall be demanded within fix Calendar Months from the Date hereof; othcrv/ife you are to return
' this Bill to the Treufurer of the Navy, at the Pay Office of the Navy.' f The Receiver General of the Land Tax ^ of the County of ej- J The Collector of the Cujioms at the Port > of J The CoUeSior of the Excife at C The Clerk of the Cheque at r Wife 7 - „ -, The Form. I Commiffioners Signed, >{ ^. -^. }■ of {o.p.y the Navy. By Virtue of the ASt of the thirty-firft George the Second. N. B. The perfonating or falfely afluming the Name and CharacEler of the Wife or Relation of any inferior Officer or Seaman, or procuring any other to do the fame, in order to receive Wages due to fuch -Of- ficer or Seaman, is made Felony without Benefit of Clergy, by thirty-firft George the Second. And as fopn as the faid Bills fhall be fo made out and figned, the faid Commiffioners of the Navy fhall The Bills to be caufe them to be cut afunder, indentwife, through the oblique Lines, Flouriflies or Devices; and fhall caufe cut out indent! one of the faid Bills to be tranfmitted forthwith to the Perfon nominated and fpecified in fuch Lifts as the ""'= > «"d one Wife, Father or Mother of fuch Officer or Seaman, and the other of the faid Bills to he tranfmitted forth- '^" ^'^ ^"-'"^ ^° '^^ with to the faid Receiver General of the Land Tax, Colleaor of the Cuftoms, Colleftor of the Excife or ?^^°" Specified Clerk of the Cheque, on whom fuch Bill ft>all be i'o drawn as aforefaid : And the faid Receiver General of'"d .h^ th the Land Tax, Colleftor of the Cuftoms, Colledor of the Excife, and Clerk of the Cheque, if the to"the Perfon'o,, laid Duphcates of fuch Bill fliall be produced and delivered to either of them refpeclively within fix Calen- w^om the BiU r V^'TJ-n" "P"" /^^.'"g ^V.'y [atisfic^l of thf Truth of fuch Certificate, to teftify the fame on the Back of tific'ate within 6 Jucli Hih ; and Inall immediately pay to the Wife, Father or Mother of fuch Officer or Seaman, without ^'»"^' ^"^ i-ce or Reward on any Pretence whatfoever, the Sum contained in fuch Bill, taking his or her Receit>t for ^r." '"■f}'°1 '7 - *^ , of the liuta ^ 2 the
