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 53 6 C. ^y. Anno fexto Ann^e Reginac. A. D. 1707. her Majefty, her Heirs or Succeflbrs fhall in that Behalf dire£l ; and that if any Judge or Judges, or other Oilicer or Officers to whom refpe£lively it (hall appertain, fhall delay the doing, performing, making, or pronouncing any of the feveral Proceedings, Matters, or Things for, towards, or relating to the con-* demning or difchargini, releaftng or delivering of any fuch Capture in Manner aforefaid, within the re- fpciSive Times heiein before limited, or as foon as the fame or any of them ought to be done (according to the Tenor and true Meaning of this A£l) all and every fuch Judge and Judges, and other Officer and Officers, Ihall for every fuch Offence forfeit the Sum of five hundred Pounds ; the one Moiety thereof to her Majefly, her Heirs and Succellbrs, and the other Moiety thereof, with full Cofts of Suit, to fuch Perlbn or Perfons as fliall inform or fue for the fame, in any of the Courts in or for any of her Majefty's faid Colonies or Plantations, or in any of her Majefty's Courts of Record within her Kingdom of Great Brittiin. Fees payable to VTf. And it is further enacSed by the Authority aforefaid, That there fhall not be paid unto or among the Officers of all the Judges and Officers of fuch Court of Admiralty, as aforefaid, for, towards, or relating to the ad- the Aemiijlty jy^jgii^g q^ condemning of fuch Capture, as aforefaid, as lawful Prize, above the Sum often Pounds, in Prize Ships'!'"^ '^^''^ '^"-'^ Prize Ship or Veffel be under the Burthen of one hundred Tons, nor above the Sum of fifteen Pounds, in cafe the fam'e be of that or any greater Burthen ; and that upon Payment of either of the fiid rcfpci5live Sums, as the Cafe ihall require, to the faid Judge or Judges, or any of them, to be by him or them difpofed or divided (as he or they fhall think fit) among the Officers of fuch Court, fuch Judges and Penalty on Neg- Officers, and every of them, fliall be liable to all and every the feveral Penalties hereby impofed for neg- kcl of Duly. letting or delaying to do or perform their feveral and refpeftive Duties or Offices in and relating to the fe- veral Proceedings aforefaid, within the refpective Times herein for thatPurpofe limited. Party aggrieved VIIL Provided nevcrthclefs, and it is hereby further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any may appeal to Captor or Captors, Claimant or Claimants, fhall not reft fatisfied with the Sentence given in fuch Court the Qiieenin of Admiralty, it fhall and may be lawful to the Party or Parties thereby aggrieved, to appeal from the faid 31 Geo." z. c. ■>. Court of Admiralty, to her Majefty in her Privy Council ; fuch Appeal to be allowed in the like Manner as ' * ' " Appeals to her Majefty are nov/ allowed from the Court of Admiralty within this Kingdom ; fo as the fame be made within fourteen Days after Sentence, and good Security be likewife given by the Appellant or Ap- pellants, that he or they will efFe£lually profecute fuch Appeal, and anfwer the Condemnation, and ajfo pay treble Cofts as fliall be awarded by her Majefty in cafe the Sentence of fuch Court of Admiralty be affirmed, and fo as Execution be not fufpended by reafon of any fuch Appeal; any thing in this A6t be- fore contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. No Mariner ferv- IX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That no Mariner or other Perfon who fliall ingonBoani Pri- ferve on Board, or be retained to ferve on Board any Privateer, or trading Ship or Veffel, that fliall be vateer, or trasiing jmployed in any Part of America, nor any Mariner, or other Perfon, being on Shore in any Part thereof, iihipin America, ^^] ^g liable to be imprefled or taken away, or fliall be imprefTed or taken away by any Officer or Officers .there"fab'letobe ^^o"" ^^l'3'''S'"g '^'^ ^"Y ^^ ^^^ Majefty's Ships of War, impowered by the Lord High Admiral, or any impreVi'cd, unlefs Other Perfon whatfoever, unlefs fuch Mariner fhall have before deferted from fuch Ship of War belonging iieierters. to her Majefty at any Time after the fourteenth Day of February one thoufand feven hundred and feven ; upon Pain that any Officer or Officers fo impreffing or taking away, or caufing to be imprefled or taken away, any Mariner or other Perfon contrary to the Tenor and true Meaning of this A£t, fhall forfeit to Penalty. -he Mafter, or Owner or Owners of any fuch Ship or VelTel, twenty Pounds for every Man he or they fliall fo imprefs or take, to be recovered with full Cofts of Suit, in any Court within any-Part of her Ma- jefty's Dominions. No Privateer or X. And for preventing the Defertion of any Mariners or Seamen from her Majefty's Ships of War, to trading Ship to any fuch trading or Privateer Ship or Veffel, as aforefaid. Be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, entertain Be- That every Mafter or Commander of fuch trading or Privateer Ship or Veffel, as aforefaid, fhall before fcrters froniShips j^g ^j^^]] receive or entertain any Mariner, Seaman, or other Perfon to ferve on Board fuch Privateer or -^' ■ ■ trading Ship or Veffel, endeavour (by all the Ways and Means that he reafonably and conveniently may or can) to difcover whether fuch Mariner, Seaman, or other Perfon hath deferted from any of her Ma- jefty's Ships of War : And in cafe any fuch Mafter or Commander fliall receive or entertain any Mariner, Seaman, or other Perfon, on Board fuch trading Ship or Privateer, as aforefaid, without fuch reafonable. Endeavour for fuch Difcovery firft had and made, or which he fliall know, or be informed hath deferted Penalty. from any of her Majefty's Ships of War, fuch Mafter or Commander fhall forfeit to the Queen's Majefty, her Heirs and Succeffors, twenty Pounds for every Man he fhall fo receive or entertain, to be recovered with Cofts of Suit in any Court within any Part of her Majefty's Dominions. XI. And for the more effe6lual preventing Merchant Ships or Privateers from harbouring or entertain- From25 April ing any Seamen who fliall defert her Majefty's Service, Be it further enatSed by the Authority aforefaid, 1708, Comman- That from and after the twenty-fifth Day of April one thoufand feven hundred and eight, every Mafter tr'fet'faiKrom -"f a Merchant Ship or Veffel, and Commander of a Privateer, fliall before he fliall fet fail from any Port PoTt to d^eiiTCT a deliver to the Chief Officer of the Cuftoms of the Port from whence he fhall fet fail, an exadt Lift of all the Uftof their Men Men belonging to fuch Merchant Ship or Veffel, or Privateer, containing their Names, Ages, and De- to Officers of fcriptioiis of their Perfons ; upon Pain that he fhall forfeit ten Pounds to her Majefty, her Heirs and Suc- Cuftoms, &c. ceffors, for every fuch Man he fliall fo receive and entertain on Board, whofe Name fhall not be inferted Penalty. -^^ ^^^-^ Lift, to be recovered with Cofts of Suit, in any Court within any Part of her Majefty's Dominions. Officer to return ^^^- And it is hereby further enaited. That fuch Officer of the Cuftoms do return to fuch Mafter or to Mafter, an at- Commander, an attefted Copy of fuch Lift fo delivered unto him, and that upon the Death or Alteration tcfted Copy of of any Seaman the faid Lift be immediately altered and delivered in to the naval Officer, or chief Officer '"*^'"^ &c. of the Cuftoms in any Port where fuch Merchant Ship or Veffel, or Priyateer, fliall arrive, in Manner 3s aforefaid ';