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456 C. i9» Anno tricefimo tertio Georgii II. A. D. 1759. Where raViidtKot'fica- XII. And be It further enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That in all Cafes where any pubh'c tionhiih been, or ftali "rsonfication hath, during the prefent War, been given, or fh;ill be given before the refpedtive Times of Prbe" MBountv'Mo-"' herein before mentioned for the giving of Notihcations in Great Britain^ and other Parts of his Ma- ; „ey^ ' it.lh/'s Dominions, of the Payment of any Prize or Bounty Money in refpect of any of his Majefty's but jhe Day of Com- Ships or VefTels of War, and the particular and precife Day whereon fuch Payment did or fhall mencement of the Pay- commence, and the Name or Names, and Place or Places of Abode, of the Perfon or Perfons ^'""l A • N- Agent or Agents, appointed or to be appointed for the Appraifement and Sale of any fuch Prize or ti!d Abode "at h noSl^^^r ^' 'z^'^» Or Diftribution of any fuch Bounty Money, was not, or fliall not be fct forth and fpecified ihail no;: be fpe.inec ; m fuch public Notification ; the Perfon or Perfons, Agent or Agents, appointed or to be appoint- j fuch Agents for Prizes ed for the Appraifement and Sale of every fuch Prize or Prizes condemned or to be condenmcd in ■ condemned in Great his Majefty's High Court or other Court of Admiralty in Grcjt Britain^ or for the Diliubution of Sri;no^VeLuntyt"yi"^hB°"^^ or before the twenty fifth Day of /).W.r one thoufand feven Wo.ney,are on or before hundred and fixty; and the Perfon or Perfons, Agent or Agents, appointed or to be appointed for a5Dec.i7«oj the Appraifement and Sale of every fuch Prize or Prizes condemned or to be condemned, in any and for thofe condemned Court or Courts of Admiralty in any other of his Majefty's Dominions in Europe, or in any of his in any other of the Bri- Majefty's Plantations in Jrncrka^ fhall on or before the firft Day oVjune one thoufand itskn hun- ' 'A^eTi-Tonor"'^^e<^^'^ '^^'^^ fixty-onej and the Perfon or Perfons, Agent or Agents, appointed or to be appointed for "'^iune^i'-'6'i- " the Appraifement and Sale of every fuch Prize or Prizes condemned or to be condemned, in any and for thofe' el fe where, Other of his Majefty's Dominions, fhall, on or before the tvi^enty-fifth Day o^ March one thoufand on or before Z5 March feven hundred and fixty-two; refpedtivcly give Notification under his or their Hand or Hands re- '761; fpedlively, of the precife Day of the A4onth and Year appointed for the Payment of the Shares of Jheo ^nd Year ap- ^^'^^ Prize or Bounty Money refpeaively ; and fhall fpecify in every fuch Notification his or their pom'e7for fiich Pay- Place or Places of Abode: And all fuch Notitications fhall be publiftied, or given and delivered, at- ments, tefted and tranfmitted, by and to fuch Perlbn and Perfons, and in fuch Manner, as the Notifications and to fpecify alfo their to be publifhcd Of given, after the faid firft Day of Scpteuiher one thoufand feven hundred and fixty the PJice of Abode; firft Day of i'V/rwi^rj one thoufand {^z hundred and fixty-onc, and the twenty-fifth Day of Z)i'- beVe'SltSe"d and "'-^' o"^ thoufand fevcn hundred and fixty-onc refpedively, are herein before dircded and required ti aofmitted 'as before di- to be publifhed, or givcn and delivered, attefted and tranfmitted. refled. Agents negleaing or re- IV. And be it further ena£led by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon or Agent, ap- fu/ing to publifli or deli- pointed or to be appointed for Appraifement or Sale of any Prize or Prizes taken or to be taken veran;^ fuch Notification, f^orn the Enemy by any of his Majefty's Ships or Veifels of War, or for the Diftribution of any Bounty Money, fhall neglect or refufe to publifa, give or deliver, any Notification diredted or re- quired by the iaid former Acl or this A61 to be publiftied, given or delivered, or fliall not publifh give or deliver any fuch Notification for fuch Space, before the Payinent of any Part of fuch Prize or Bounty Money, or within the Times herein before refpedively limited, or in the Manner herein before appointed, or fliall not fet forth and fpecify therein the Matters and Things herein before dire«5^cd to be fpecified and fet forth ; every fuch Perfon or Agent fhall, for every fucn Ofiejice, for- fcrfc.it locl. over and fcit and pay the Sum of one hundred Pounds, over and above all Penalties and Forfeitures inflitfted «joi.;aii Penalties, &c, (jj- jmpofed by the faid former A61; to be recovered by AiStion of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information infii.iU4 by the torroet |,^ .^^^^ ^f hisMajefty's Courts of Record in Great Britain or Jmerica or elfcwhere, in any of his Ma- ' jefty's Dominions, in which no EfToin, Protedion, Privilege, Wager of Law, or more than one jndColkaor?, &c. re- l,np;irlance, fliall be allowed: And if any Colledor, Cuftomer or Searcher of his Majefty's Cu- I^ft^hriame, forfeit fto"""^' or Principal Officer or Officers, or fuch Deputy or Deputies as aforefaid, fhall negled or i.ool. alio, ' refufc to receive or to atteft, or fliall not tranfmit or fend any fuch Gazette, News Paper, or writ- ten Notification as aforefaid, in fuch Manner as is before diredfed, every fuch Collecfor, Cuftomer or Searcher, Principal Officer or Officers, or fuch Deputy or Deputies fo offending, fhall, for every

  • fuch Offence, forfeit the Sum of one hundred Pounds, to be fued for and recovered in the fame

Manner as the above Penalty is directed to be fued for and recovered. Th; Notification fo V^ And be it further enacled by the Authority aforefaid, That the Notifications in all fuch Gazettes, tranfmitted, attefted and News Papers, and in Writing refpeclivcly as aforefaid, which fliall be fo tranfmitted and attefted regiftered, [^y (-^j^^i^ Cojlc61or, Cuftomer or Searcher, or Principal Officer or Officers, or fuch Deputy or l)e- putics as aforefaid, and regiftercd at the faid Royal Hofpital, on Proof of the Hand Writing of fuch CoUedfor, Cuftomer, Searcher, Principal Officer or C)fficers, or Deputy or Deputies, from Time deemed fujHc^^ntEvi-^^^y Time, and at all Times, fliall be good and fufticient Evidence in all his Majefty's Courts of Law pf"l^ A'cnts. "^^'^ ° '"'"^ Equity, that the Perfon or Perfons, whole Name or Names is or are therein fet forth and fpeci- '"" ' fied as the Agent or Agents for the Prize or Prizes therein refpedfively mentioned, is or are fuch Agent or Agents. ' VI. And whereas no Provifion is made by the faid recited A(St, to oblige the Rcgifters of the Ad- ' miralty Courts in Great Britain duly to regifter, or keep proper Lifts or Accounts of Letters of ' Attorney exhibited or delivered to them to be regiftered : And whereas it will tend to the Benefit • of the faid Hofpitol if fuch Letters of Attorney were duly regiftered, and Copies of fuch Regifters ' tranfmitted to the TVcafurer of the laid Hofpital j' Be it therefore enacfted by the Authority afore- All letters of A frorney faid, 7"hat from and after the twenty-ninth Day oi Septcml?er one thoufand feven hundred and fixty, exhibited by Aprnis, are ^^^ Regifter or Regiftcrs of his Majefty's High Court of Admiralty, and of all other Courts of Admi- ^'Re'i'ursof'the Ad- '^V '" ^^^'<^"^ Britain, fhall, from Time to Time, duly enter or rcgift.n-, or caufe to be entered or D.^ralt^'ccurt", vviihio regiftered, in one or more Book or Books to be by him or them kept for that Purpofc only, all Let- ■4 Days aficr being «- tds of Attorney that fhall be exhibited or delivered to them after the faid tweniy-jiinth Day of Set- b*i-td/ tenwer