A. D. 175S. Anno tricefimo fecundo GeorgiiII. C. 25. 367 XIII. Provided always, and be it further enabled, That it (hall be lawful for the Commander of any Privateers may take i orivate'Ship of War, upon the Capture of any Neutral Ship or Veflel which by any Law or Treaty Contraband Goods from ihall be liable only to the Forfeiture of fuch Contraband Goods as (hall be on Board thereof, to «" ^o^rd Neutral Sh.ps,
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! receive fuch Goods trom fuch Ship or Veflel, in cafe the Commander thereof is willmg to deliver Q^^^n^^^er^^ and fet the fame ; and the Commander of fuch private Ship of War may thereupon quit, fet at liberty, or the Veflels at Liberty, i difcliarge, fuch Neutral Ship or Veflel ; any thing herein before contained to the contrary not-' ' withftanding : And if any Perfon or Perfons fliall purloin or embezzle any fuch Contraband Goods Penalty of embezzling before Condemnation thereof, every fuch Perfon fhall be fubject to fuch Pains and Forfeitures as the lame. are inflicted by Law upon Perfons purloining or embezzling Goods out of any captured Ship. XIV And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the firlt Day of All Papers, &c. found 7m«<? one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, all Books, Papers, and Writings, found in any °" J"^'-'^ P^'^^. V'^'J'f • J uiik ^"'- ,„, , ,-»• nil •ir^i I 1 J • . ^ -n ■ n c ^ f^ ^ r to be bi ought into the. Ship or Velfel taken as Prize, lliall, without Delay, be brought into the Regifiry of the Court ot j^^^.^^^^^ J^j^^ ^^j^._ Admiralty wherein fuch Ship or Veflel may be proceeded againfl-, in Order to Condemnation ; but rai-'^y . ' that fuch only of the faid Books, Papers, and Writings (hall be made ufe of and tranflatcd, as fliall but fuch only as null be be agreed or infiflied upon by the ProcStors of the feveral Parties, Captors, or Claimants, or in cafe thought ne^cirary by the of no Claim, by the Captor or Regiftcr, to be neceflUry for afcertaining the Property of fuch Ship l'„7i°3dc ufcV/'&cr^ or Veflel, and the Cargo thereof. _ _ c , c< . XV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid firfl Day of no Officer of the Court 7aK^one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, no Judge, Regifter, or Deputy Regifter, Marllial, or of Admirahy, El Deputy Marfnal, or any other Officer whatfoever, ot or belonging to any Court of Admiralty or Vice I Admiralty in Great Britain or Ireland^ or in any of his Majefl:y's Colonies or Plantations in America^ or • clfewhcre, nor any Perfon or Perfons pracStifing either as Advocate, Pro6tor, or otherwife, in any fuch "^ Advocate, fen. of the Court or Courts, (hall be concerned or interefted, diredtly or indire^ly, as Owner, '^■^^'^^^^^'^^^,Z^^^llZ7^^l- Sharer, or Adventurer, in any private Ship or Ships, or Vefl^el or Veflels of War whatfoever, hr- ' ving any Coramiffion or Commiflions as aforefaid : And in Cafe any fuch Judge, Regiflier, Deputy Regifter, Marflial, Deputy Marfhal, or other Officer, Advocate, or Prodor whatfoever, fhall, not- withftanding this Ait, be diretSlly or indirectly concerned or interefl:ed as aforefaid > fuch Judge, Regifter, Deputy Regifter, or Marfhal, Deputy Marflial, or other Officer refpe6tively, fnaJl, for fuch Ofi:'ence (being thereof lawfully convidted, either upon an Information or on Indictment) abfo- lutely forfeit his Office and Employment in and belonging to any fuch Court of Admiralty or Vice on Forfeiture of his Erti- Admiralty, of what Kind or Nature foever fuch Office or Employment may happpen to be, and pioymcnt, and looi. {hall alfo forfeit and pay to the Ufe of his Majefty, his Heirs and SuccefTors, the Sum of one hun- dred Pounds ; and every fuch Advocate or Pro6tor refpedtively fliall for fuch laft mentioned Ofirence and Advocate, &c. to Lt: (being thereof lawfully convicted in Manner aforefaid) be from thenceforth abfolutely difqualificd, ^^^"ffi«'l ^rompiacti- and rendered for ever incapable of praCtifing either as an Advocate or Prodtor in any of his Majefty's ^"° m the fa:d Courts. . Courts of Admiralty or Vice Admiralty wherefoever. XVI. And be it further enaCted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the firft Day of Rggirters and Mar.iia!
- ^une one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, no Regifter or Deputy Regifl:er, nor any Marflial of the Court difquaiificd
or I)eputy Marflial, of or belonging to any of his Majefty's faid Courts of Admiralty or Vice Ad- from actin? as AdTOcates niiralty whatfoever, fhall either diredtly or indirectly, by himfelf or themfelves, or by any Agent or ° Pfoctors, Agents, or other Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, aCt or be concerned in any Manner, either as an Advocate or ProCtor in any Caufe, Matter, or Bufinefs whatfoever, that fhall be depending in any fuch Court or Courts of Admiralty or Vice Admiralty to which fuch Regifter, Deputy Regifter, Marfhal or Deputy Marfhal fhall then belong ; and that every Regifter, Deputy Regifter, Marflial or Deputy Marfhal who fhall be guilty of fuch Offence (being thereof lawfully convicted, either upon an Information or IndiCtment, fhall from thenceforth abfolutely forfeit his refpeCtive Office ^j^p^j^f^jfy^g ^j-jj^^. and Employment of Regifter, Deputy Regifter, Marfhal, or Deputy Marflial in and belonging to fpective Offices. the fame Court. XVII. And be it further enaCted by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every Commiffion and Commiffions heretofoie Commiffions which have been ilTued forth or granted in purfuance of the aforefaid ACl of Parlia- granted to VeiTeis oi ia- ment made and paflTed in the twenty-ninth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign to the Commander or ^^^'* ^°f<^= ^'^■^ ^"r- Commande s of any private Ship or Ships, or Vefl'el or Veflbls of War in Europe^ fuch Ship or Ships, J^^^^"' ^^"^ ^'"' ^" *^- Veflel or Veflfels, not being refpeCtively of the Burthen of one hundred Tons, and carrying each ten ' Carriage Guns, being three Pounders, and forty Men at the leaft (except fuch Ships or VeflTels of except fucii as (?iali be an inferior Burthen or Force whofe Commiffions fhall be refpeCtively confirmed by any Order in confirmed by the Adik- Writing under the Hand or Hands of the Lord High Admiral of Great Britain^ or the Commiffion- rauy j ers for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain^ or any three or more of them, or any Perfon or Perfons by him or them impowered and appointed) fhall from and after the firft Day of July one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, be null and void ; and the fame, and every are revoked and declared of them, is and are hereby accordingly enaCted and declared to be abfolutely revoked and made null void. and void to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever. XVIII. Provid-d always. That every fuch Confirmation of any Commiffion as aforefaid, fhall be Confirmation of Com- made and granted without Fee or Reward. miffions to be granted w thout Fee.
- XIX. And, to the end that the Owners of fuch Ships or Vefleis, not being under fifty or above Where the CommiiTiona
- one hundred Tons, whofe Commiffions are by this Act made void, which, fince the twenty-fe- of interior Veflc-Js are
- venth Day of ^(2)' one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-fix, have conftantly ferved as private ^^"'^"^ ^J' ^**<'"°^i
- Ships of War to the Time of fuch Pvevocation, may not be injured thereby j' it is hereby further
enaCted, ny
