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 Seventeenth Day of March, One thousand seven hundred and forty nine: And further, That the said do enter into a Bond to the said, with Two Sureties to be approved of by One of the Judges of the Court of , in double the Penalty of the said Sum of Sixteen hundred and four Pounds, Sixteen Shillings, and Six Pence, with which the said  stands charged in Custody, with Condition that he the said  will not withdraw himself out of , but will always be ready, either in  or , at the Expiration of the said Year, to be subject to any Process the said  shall think proper to take out against him.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Expences of obtaining and passing this Act, shall be defrayed and paid by the said Committee for managing the Affairs of the said New Company, out of the first Monies they shall receive for the Admissions of Persons into the freedom thereof; and the Expences of the said Commissioners, their Officers and Servants, and of the Inquiry to be made in pursuance of this Act, shall be defrayed, in the first Place, out of such Compensation as shall be hereafter granted by Parliament, on the said Royal Company’s being divested of their Charter, Lands, Forts, Castles, Slaves, and other Effects.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Penalties inflicted by this Act may be sued for and recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of His Majesty’s Courts of Record at, or in any of the Courts of His Majesty’s Plantations or Colonies in , wherein no Essoin, Protection, Privilege, or Wager of Law, or more than one Imparlance, shall be allowed; and all and every Offence and Offences which any Person or Persons shall be guilty of on the High Sea, or on Shore, within the Limits before mentioned, contrary to this Act, shall be enquired of and determined in His Majesty's Court of at , or before such Commissioners, and in such County of this Realm, as shall be assigned by His Majesty’s Commission, and by good and lawful Men of the same County.

And it is hereby further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any Action or Actions shall be commenced or brought against any Person or Persons for what he or they shall do, or cause to be done, in pursuance of this Act, then, and in every such Case, such Person or Per-