A.D. 1757* Anno trkefimo Georgii II. C. 8» 15 i XVIII. And to encourage fuch Inhabitants and others to afTift in difcovering and apprehending fuch
- Perfons defcribed as aforeiaid •/ It is hereby further ena£ted by the Authority aforefaid, That it any los. Premium t»
Perfon fliall difcover and give Information of any able-bodied Man fit to ferve his Majefty within the ^^'^^ as liiaii dif- Defcription of this A61, fo that he fhall be apprehended and inlifted before the Commiflioners as afore- pj'rfcn 7o^i°U faid, fuch Perfon, for every Man fo difcovered and inlifted, fhall receive from the Officer to whom fuch be inlifted. Man fhall be delivered, the Sum of ten Shillings out of the twenty Shillings, which he is elfewhere di- Sea. jj. rented to pay to the Officers of the Parifh or Town, for every Man inlifted by Virtue of this Ad, and the Remainder only of the f^iid twenty Shillings fhall in that Cafe be paid to fuch Officers. XIX. And be it further enadled by the Authority aforefaid. That it fhall and may be lawful to and for Cleiks to be ap^ the faid Commiffioners, at their firft Geiseral Meeting affembled, to appoint a Clerk to attend^ them, then eonimiffion«s and at each of their fubfequent Meetings, and for the Commiffioners of the feveral Sub-divifions, to ap- at their firft Ge- point a Clerk, to attend them at their refpeitive Meetings in each Sub-divifion wherein Soldiers are to be ncral Meeting. lifted as aforefaid ; and fuch refpeilive Clerks, as a Reward for their Labour and Pains in the Execution cieiks to be ap- of this Aft, fliall be intitled to and fhall receive for every Man who fliall be lifted in Purfuance of this pointed tor at- A£l, at the Meetings whereon they fhall refpectively attend, the Sum of two Shillings of lawful Money Mre'tmgofCom- of Great Britain, to be paid by the refpeftive Officer who fhall receive fuch new raifed Men refpec- miflioners in tively. their Sub-divi- fions. Clerks to be paid by the Officer 2S. for every Man inJiftei. XX. And be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Commiffioners, or fuch of The feeond and them as fhall be prefent at fuch Meeting for lifting of Soldiers as aforefaid, fhall caufe the fecond and fixth fi«h Sections of Sections of the Articles of War againft Mutiny and Defertion to be read to fuch new raifed Men, in the ^^ Articles of Prefence of the faid Cornrr;iffioners then there; and the faid Commiffioners, or the major Part of them before°Conimif- prefent, fhall forthwith caufe an Entry or Memorial to be made, in a Book or Books to be kept by them fioncrs to new or their Clerks for that.Purpcie, of the Names of fuch new raifed Men, and of the Parifhes or Places of raifed Men. their laft Abode (if they can be known) and of the Time and Place when and were fuch Men were deli- Names of th? vered to the faid Officers or Perfons appointed to receive them, and the Names of the Officers or Perfons J|?,'^"' ^^fV^'. who received them, and for what Regiment or Company they were fo received, and the Sums paid, and &c"^to'*be'Vntei- {hall caufe true Copies or Duplicates of fuch Entries, attefted by the faid Commiffioners, or any three orgdina Book. more of them then prefent, within forty Days after the delivering fuch Men as aforefiiid, to be tranfmit- Attefted Copy ted into the Admiralty or Office of his Majefty's Secretary at War for the Time being, to be compared thereof to be with the Mufter-roll ; and every Clerk for every Negleft: or Default, in not tranfmicting the faid Copies tranfmitied or Duplicates of fuch Entries, to th; Admiralty or Office of the Secretary at War as aforefaid, fhall wuhin+oDays, forfeit the Sum of ten Pounds, one Moiety thereof to the Ufe of his Majefty, his Heirs and SuccefTors, ° ^0^0^^*^ and the other Moiety to fuch Perfon or Perfons who fhall inform or fue for the fame, in fome of the Secretary atWar Courts of Record at IVeJinwijhr^ or the Court of Seffions in Scotland; and it is hereby declared, that the on Penalty of Pay of every fuch new raifed Man, fb delivered to the Officers or Perfons appointed to receive them as 1° 1. aforefaid, fhall commence from the Time of his being taken and fecured as aforefaid ; and from and after Application of fuch Delivery as aforefaid, and reading the faid Articles of War, every Perfon fo raifed fhall be deemed a *^*^ Penalty. vice, by any Procefs other than for fome criminal Matter. dJers deemed to be lifted, and fubject to Martial Law. No lifted Perfon to be taken oot of the Service, but for fome criminal Matter. XXI. Provided neverthelefs, and be it enad^ed by the Authority aforefaid. That it fhall be lawful for Commiffioners the Commiffioners, who fhall have been prefent at any fuch Meeting where any new raifed Man fhall have Pfefent at the de- been delivered over as aforefaid, or for the major Part of them, upon the Demand of fuch Man, or of any ^'^"'"^ "^"'^ ^"^ other Perfon on his Behalf, fignified to their Clerk within four Days after fuch Meeting, and by him no- poTntT'fuTrher^' tified to each of the faid Commiffioners, to appoint a further Meeting of the fame Commiffioners, to be Meetingj holcien v^ithin fix Days after the making of fuch Demand ; and if upon further and more certain Infor- and finding him mation, the faid Commiffioners, or the major Part of them at fuch further Meeting fhall find that fuch not to be within new raifed Man was not, at the Time of his being delivered over as aforefaid, within the Defcription of ^« ^^^"'Pf'on , this A£t, they are hereby required to certify the fame under their Hands and Seals to his Majefty's Secre- "0 cert it "h^"^* tary at War, who on the Receipt of fuch Certificate fhall caufe the Man to be forthwith difcharged, upon fan^^to d!e Se- his paying to the Officer to whom he was delivered over, the Sum of fix Pence for his Maintenance for cretary at War, each J)ay that he fhall have been detained, under the Authority of this Adt ; and the Clerk appointed by and th« Man to the Commiffioners fhall repay to fuch Officer (without Fee or other DedutSlion) the feveral Sums before ^e difcharged, paid to him by the faid Officer, and fliall give back the Receipts taken as above dire6ted, in exchange for ot^his^Sul"? ' a Copy of the A'lan's Difcharge; and in cafe no fuch Difcharge fhall have been obtained as aforefaid, I'end- money', then the faid Clerk fhall, after the Expiration of fourteen Days, from the Time that fuch new raifed q^^^^^ ^^ ^'^ ^ ^ Man was delivered over as aforefaid, pay over, without Fee or Deduction, to the Perfons refpeiftively paid, IhAkV intitled thereto, under the Directions of this Ail, the feveral Sums depoflted in his Hands for that ceipts to be re- Purpofe. turned. If DO Difcharge be obtained, Clerk to pay over the Sums depofited to the proper P«rfoO«/ ^ XXII. And
