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Rh 52 GEORGII III. Cap. CIII. An Act for the more easy Manning of Vessels employed in the Southern Whale Fishery. [9th July 1812]

HEREAS it is expedient that Provision should be made forgiving further Facility to the Manning of Ships and Vessels employed in the Southern Whale Fishery, be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same. That no Ship or Vessel employed in the said Fishery the Master of which shall have taken the Oath or made the Declaration of Fidelity and Allegiance to His Majesty, required by an Act made in the Thirty-fifth Year of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for further encouraging and regulating the Southern Whale Fisheries," shall lose the Benefit of any Fishing Voyage, by Reason that the said Master shall not have taken the Oath or made the Declaration of his having already established, or of its being his Intention to establish himself and Family in Great Britain, or by Reason that all or any of the Foreign Protestants employed as Mariners in navigating such Ship or Vessel shall not have taken either of the said Oaths or made either of the said Declarations.

52 GEORGII III. Cap. CXXI. An Act to authorize the Transfer to the East Indies, of Debts originally contracted there on the Part of the East India Company, payable in England.[13th July 1812.]

HEREAS sundry Bills of Exchange have been heretofore drawn upon the Court of Directors of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies, for several Sums of Money payable in London, in Discharge of Debts contracted on the Part of the said United Company in the East Indies; and by Agreements made in London between the said Court of Directors and the Persons entitled to the Money secured by such Bills, the Money so secured has been re-transferred to the East Indies, to be invested by Way of Loan to the said United Company, there to bear Interest, after an Indian Rate; and it, may be convenient that similar Agreements for the Re-transfer to the East Indies of other Sums of Money, payable or to be payable in London, should be made and entered into, and that the Interest which may be to be considered as due at the Time of entering into such Agreements should be advanced here; and it is expedient, that all Doubts as to the Validity of such Agreements and Payments should be removed; be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiri­tual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same. That all such Agreements heretofore made or hereafter to he made for the Re-transfer from London to the East Indies of Sums of Money, to be invested by Way of Loan to the said United Company in the East Indies, there to bear Interest after an Indian Rate, and all Obligations and Securities entered into or to be entered into for the Payment of any such Sums of of Money or Interest thereof, shall be valid and effectual in Law, according to the true Intent and Meaning thereof, and of the Parties to the same; and no Person or Persons shall be liable to any Penalty or Forfeiture for any Thing done or to be done in consequence of any such Agreement; any Law, Usage, or Statute to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding.