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136 C, 8. Anno quarto Georgii III. A, D. 1763. any Town or Place where fuch Marine Forces, are quartered, (hall, and lie is hereby declared to have Power, from Time to Time, to exchange any Marine or Marines quartered in fuch Town or Place, for any other Marine or Marines quartered in the fame Town or Place, provided the Number of Men do not exceed the Number at that Time billeted on fuch Houfes refpectively, where fuch Conflablrs to billet t!ic Men (hall be exchanged; and the Conftables, Tythingmen, Headboroughs, and other chief Officers fame acurdiniiy. ;inc ) Maturates of the Cities, Towns and Villages, or other Places where any of the faid Marine Forces (hall be quartered, are hereby required to billet fuch Men fo exchanged accordingly. No Pavn-=ncr, &c. to XXI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the twenty-fifth Ofa D .wmnh™tafi®ZT-°iMarcl> one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-four, no Paymafter or other Officer or Perfon o^ ■ "^ L " s whatsoever, (hall receive any Fees, or make any Deductions whatfoever, out of the Pay of any Ma- rine, cither Officer or Private Man in his Majefty's Service, or from their Agents, which (hall grow due from and after the faid twenty- fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-four, Exceptions. other than the ufual Deductions for Clothing; and twelve Pence in the Pound to be difpofed of as his Majcfty (hall think fit; and the one Day's Pay in the Year for the Ufc of the Royal Hofpital at Cbdfea-, and fuch other necefiary Deductions as (hall, from Time to Time, be directed by the faid Lord High Admiral, or three or more of the Commiffioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral for the Time being, by Order in Writing under his or their refpective Hand or Hands. Officers to give Notice XXII. And that the Quarters both of the faid Marine Officers and Private Men, while on Shore, to Innkeepers of Sub- as aforefaid, may, during the Continuance of this Act, be duly paid and fatisficd, and his Ma- Hjm!'T mCm7 '" thC '* J ei V s Duties of Excife better anfwered ; Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-four, every Officer or other Perfon to whom it belongs to receive, or that (hall actually receive, the Pay or Subfiftence- money, for one or more particular Company or Companies of the faid Marine Forces, or otherwife, (hall immediately, upon each Receipt of every particular Sum which (hall, from Time to Time, be paid, returned, or come to his or th:ir Hands, on account of Pay or Subfiftence, give publick No- tice thereof to all Perfons keeping Inns, or other Places where Officers or Private Men are quartered by virtue of this Act ; and ihall alfo. appoint the faid Innkeepers, and others, to repair to their Quar- ters at fuch Times as they (hail appoint for the Diftribution and Payment of the faid Pay or Sub- > fiftence-money to fuch Officers or Private Men, which (hall be within four Days at the fartheft after the Receipt of the fame as aforefaid; and the faid Innkeepers, and others, (hall then and there ac- quaint fuch Officer or Officers with the Accounts or Debts (if any (hall be) between them and the Officers and Private Men fo quartered in their refpective Houfes ; which Accounts the faid Officer or Officers is or are hereby required to accept of, and immediately pay the fame, before any Part of the faid Pay or Subfiftence be diftributed either to the Officers or Private Men : Provided the faid Rates of Subfiftence to Accounts exceed not, for one Marine Commiffion Officer, under the Degree of a Captain, for fuch be paid to innkeepers, Officer's Diet and Small Beer, per Diem, one Shilling ; and if fuch Officer (hall have a Horfe or &c. for Marines Quar- j^ 0r f eSj f or each f uc h Horfe or Horfes, for their Hay and Straw, per Diem, fix Pence ; nor for one Private Man's Diet and Small Beer, per Diem, four Pence : And if any Officer or Officers, as afore- Dfficers not giving No- faid, (hall not give Notice as aforefaid, and (hall not immediately, upon producing fuch Account tice ot Subfiftence-mo- ft ate( j t fatisfy, content, and pay the fame 5 upon Complaint and Oath made thereof, by any two ney, and paying quar- witneffes, at the next Quarter Seffions for the County or City wherein fuch Quarters were (which Oath the Juftices of the Peace at fuch Seffions are hereby authorized and required to adminifter) the Paymafter or Perfon for the Time being authorized to pay the faid Marine Forces is hereby required and authorized (upon Certificate of the faid Juftices before whom fuch Oath was made, of the Sum due upon fuch Accounts, and the Perfons to whom the fame is owing) to pay and fatisfy the faid Sums out of the Arrears due to the faid Marine Officer or Officers, upon Penalty that fuch Paymafter or Perfon (hall forfeit their refpective Place or Places of Paymafter or otherwife, and be difcharoed Paymafter to fatisfy from holding the fame for the future : And in cafe there fh. 11 be no Arrears due to the faid Officer or riem out cf the Com- Officers, then the faid Paymafter or Perfon for the Time being authorized to pay the faid Marine pany's next Pay, Forces, is hereby authorized and required to deduct the Sums he (hall pay, purfuant to the Certifi- cate of the faid Juftices, out of the next Pay or Subfiftence-money of the Company to which fuch an * ?fr" t0 be Officer or Officers (hall belong; and fuch Officer or Officers (hall, for fuch their Offence, or for neglecting to give Notice of the Receipt of fuch Pay or Subfiftence-money, as aforefaid, be deemed and taken, and are hereby declared ipjo faclo caihiered. And where it (hall happen that the Sub- fiftence-money due to any Marine Officer or Private Man (hall, by occafion of any Accident, not be paid to fuch Officer or Private Man, or fuch Officer or Private Man (hall neglect to pay the fame, fo cafh.L'red. due' &c. °' direts, with every Perfon with whom fuch Company (hall have quartered, and fign a Certificate thereof, and give the faid Certificate fo by him figned, to the Party to whom fuch Money' is due, with Pavm-inVr to pay the the Name of fuch Company, to which he or they (hall belong ; to the end the faid Certificate may Sum certified tor. be, forthwith tranfmitted to the proper Paymafter of the Marines, who is hereby required immediately to make Payment thereof to the Perfon or Perfons to whom fuch Money (hall be due, to the end the fame may be applied to fuch Company, under pain as is before in this Act directed for Nonpayment , of Quarters. XXIII.