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A. D. 1757' Anno trlcelimo Georgii II. C. i r. 25 delivered at any Time during the Continuance of this Ad, fhall be, and are hereby declared to be I'ufpended. XII. And be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid, That if any A6tion or Suit {hall be com- Limitation of rnenced againft: any Perfon or Perfons, for any Thing done in purfuance of this A61, fuch Adtion or Suit Anions. fhall be commenced within the Space of four Calendar Montlis next after the Offence (liall be commit- ted and if fuch A6lion or Suit fhall be commenced or profecuted in that Part of Great Britain called England, the Defendant or Defendants in any fuch Action or Suit may plead the General Iffue, and give General IflTue, this Act and the Special Matter in Evidence, at any Trial to be had thereupon ; and that the fame was done in purfuance and by the Authority of this A£t ; and if it fnall appear fo to have been done, the Jury fhall find for the Defendant or Defendants; and if the Plaintiff fhall be nonfuited, or difcontinue his Action, after the Defendant or Defendants Ihall have appeared, or if Judgment fliail be given upon any Verdiil or Demurrer, againft the Plaintiff, the Defendant or Defendants fhall and may recover treble Treble Cods. Cofts, and have the like Remedy for the fame, as any Defendant or Defendants hath or have in other CoH/j'«.Wi}'Cj/!', be given againft fuch Purfuer, the Defender fhall and may recover the full and real Expences he 3a Cro. 2. f. 29. may have been put to by any fuch A6f ion or Suit. 33G"'«. z. <. 9. C A P. XI. An A6t for the Regulation of his Majefty's Marine Forces while on Shore. WHEREAS it may be neceffary for the Safety of this Kingdom, and the Defence of the Poffeffions of the Crown of G;y<?/ 5r/W«, that a Body of Marine Forces fhould be employed in his Ma- jefty's Fleet and Naval Service, under the Direction of the Lord High Admiral, or Commiflioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain : And whereas the faid Marine Forces may frequently be quartered on Shore, where they will not be fubjedt to the Laws relating to the Govern- ment of his Majefty's Forces by Sea ; yet neverthelefs it being requifite, for the retaining of fuch Forces in their Duty, that an exa6t Difcipline be obferved j and that Marines who fhall mutiny, or ftir up Se- . dition, or fhall defert his Majefty's Service, be brought to a more exemplary and fpeedy Punifhment than the Law will allow ;' Be it enacted by the King's molt Excellent Majefty, by and with the Ad- vice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aliem- After 25 March bled, and by the Authority of the fame. That from and after the twenty-fifth Day o^ March one thou- i757,duringthe iand feven hundred and fifty-feven, if any Perfon being entered or in Pay as aaOfRcer of Marines, or who Continuance of is or fhall be lifted or in Pay as a private Man in any Company of Marines in his Majefty's Service, and ^larine officer on the twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-feven fliall remain in fuch Ser- and private Maft vice, or, during the Continuance of this A(£t, fhall be voluntarily entered and in pay as a Marine Offi- on Shore, cer or private Man in his Majefty's Service, and being ordered or employed in fuch Service, at any Time during the Continuance of this AiSt, on Shore in any Place within the Realm of Great Britain^ or in the Kingdom oi Ireland, or in any of his Majefty's Dominions beyond the Seas refpe£tively, fhall begin, ex- who fhall mutiuj cite, caufe or join in any Mutiny or Sedition, in the Company to which he doth or fhall belong, or in or defert, &c. any other Company, Troop or Regiment, either of Marine or Land Forces in his Majefty's Service, or fhall not ufe his utmoft Endeavours to fupprefs the fame, or coming to the Knowledge of any fuch Mutiny, or intended Mutiny, fhall not, without Delay, give Information thereof to his Commanding Of- ^r nftin any fier ; or fliall defert his Majefty's Service ; or being actually entered as a Marine in any Company, fliall other Regiment, lift himfelf in any other Company, Troop or Regiment in his Majefty's Service, without firft having a &c. Difcharge in Writing from the Officer commanding in Chief the Company in which he laft ferved as a or be found Marine ; or fhall be found fleeping upon his Poft, or fliall leave it before relieved ; or ihall hold Corre- fleeping on or miral oi Great Britain, or of three or more of the Commiffioners for executing the Office of Lord High " a -7"" dT- Admiral oi Great Britain for the Time being; or fhall ftrike, or ufe any Violence againft his fuperior tey h's fuperior Officer, being in the Execution of his Office j or fliall difobey any lawful Command of his fuperior. Of- Officer; fliall ficer ; ail and every Perfon and Perfons fo offending, in any or either of the Matters before mentioned, on fufferDeaih, or Shore in any Part of this Kingdom, or Ireland, or any of his Majefty's Dominions beyond the Seas, fhall ^uch Puniiliment •fuffer j)cath, or fuch other Puniftiment as by a Court-martial fhall be inflided, ti^afS k'fS'." II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may from Time to Time, -pj^g Lo'.(jHi li during the Continuance of this A<5t, be lawful to and for the faid Lord High Adm.iral, or three or more of Admiral, or the faid Commiffioners for executing the faid Office of Lord High Admiral for the Time being, to grant a Commiffioi^ers, Commiffion under his or their refpective Hand or i^nds, to any Officer of Marines in his Majefty's Ser- '^^y ^.^^^ ^ vice, not under the Degree of a Field Officer, for the holding a General Court-martial, at any Place or FT^ ^^'"'" Places on Shore in this Realm or in Ireland, or in any of his Majefty's Dominions beyond the Seas ; in Courts-'^iiianial every of which Courts-martial all or any of the Offences aforefaid, and all or any other of the &c. Oftepces herein after fpecilied, fhall be tried and proceeded againft in fuch Manner as by this A6t is directed. Voi,. VIII. E ^- III. And