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 A. D. lyii* Anno decimo Ann. ^ Regin^e. C ijy 529 by an Ai£t made in the feventh and eighth Years of the Reign of his faid late Majefty King William the T'hird, intituled, An ASi that the folcmn Affirmation and Declaration of the People -called Qyakers, Jhall he ac-'i & 8 W. 3. ccptcd hijlcad of an Oath in the ufual Form ; for and during the Continuance of the faid laft recited Aft, and ■=• 34- no longer; and if fuch ^aker fhall refufe to make fuch folemn Affirmationand Declaration, in ariy Cafe^ whereby any other Perfon is hereby required to take an Oath, he fiiallforfeit and be fubjeiSl to the like Pe-,' naltics, as any other Perfon refufing to take an Oath is liable to by this Aft ; and in cafe any fuch ^ua- Penalty of falfa ker fhall, upon fuch his folemn Affirmation or Declaration, afErm or declare any Matter which fhall be .0='.'' o' Afi»f falfe ; or if any other Perfon fhall, purfuant to the Execution of this Act, wittingly or willingly make a™"'""' faife Oath, he or they fo offending (being lawfully convi6i:ed thereof) fiiall fuffer the like Fines and P.u- nifhments as other Perfons, being conviSed of wilful Perjury, are by. the Laws of this Realin fuhjet^: unto. ' VI. And whereas it is, and hath of late been the Ufe and Pra6lice of divers Mafters or Commanders, No Contraflsby ' Owners or Part Owners of divers Outward bound Merchant Ships or Veffels, to enter into, or fign a cer- Seamen ilia'iob- ' fair) Writing or Contraft, whereby the Mariners debar themfelves from their Wages, until fome certain '^''"^ 'f°if,^^* ' did firft put to Sea, although the faid Ships or Veffels do make Delivering Ports in Foreign Parts, whereby ' their Wages would othervvife come due by Law;' Be it therefore enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That no fuch Contrafts, nor any other private Contracts or Agreements, made or entred into by any Seaman or Mariner, fnall extend, or be conftrued to extend, in any Ways to debar, obftru£l, or delay the Payment of the Duties aforefaid, which by this or any other Ail are appropriated to the Ufe of the faid Hofpital. VII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That this Aft, and every Part thereof, fhall APublkk Aft, be taken and deemed to be a Publick Aft ; and if, at any Time or Times hereafter, any Perfon or Per- fons fhall be fued for any Matter or 1 hing done in the Execution of this Aft, fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall and may plead the General Iffue, and give this Aft and the Special Matter in Evidence ; and if upon Trial General Iffue. the Plaintiff fhall become nonfuited, or a Verdift fhall pafs for the Defendant, the Defendant fhall reco- ver Treble Cofts of Suit. VIII. Provided always, That nothing in this Aft do extend to oblige the Payment of the fix Pence per Nor to extend to Men/em, by any Mafters, Servants, or Apprentices of the Hoys, Smacks, or other Veffels belonging to Hoys, &c. em- ihe Port of London, and employed within the North Foreland, in bringing Corn, Fifh, or other Provifions f^^^cor'n p'/ft^* for the faid Port of London, during the Time they fliall be fo employed ; any thing in this Aft contained to &c. to London. the contrary notwithftanding. ' IX. And whereas in and by one other Aft made at Wcflmlnfter in the fixth Year of her prefent Ma- 6 Anns, c 13. ' amongfl other Things therein contained, it is enafted. That after the Sale or Sales of fuch Prize or Prizes ' as fliall be taken from the Enemy, Publick Notification fliould be given by the Perfons or Agents ap-. ' pointed for the Payment of the feveral Shares to the Captors; after v/hich Publick Notification, if any ' Shares fhall rem.ain in the Hands of the Perfons or Agents appointed, as by the faid Aft is direfted, ei- ' ther belonging to fuch Men as fliall die or run from the Service, or fuch as fhall not legally be demand- ' ed within three Years, then fuch Share or Shai'es fo remaining in the Perfons or Agents Hands, fliall go ' to, and be paid to the Ufe of Greenwich Hofpital : In which faid Aft it is likewife, amongft other Things, ' further enafted and declared. That as well the Bill or Bills to be made out for the Value of fuch Prize or ' Prizes that fhall be taken into her Majefty's Service, as the Bill or Bills to be made out for the Bounty ' thereby granted to the Commanders, Officers, Seamen, and others, for taking any of the Enemies Ships ' of War or Privateers, fhall be made payable to fuch Perfon or Perfons as fhall be authorized and ap- ' pointed to appraife or difpofe of fuch Prize fo taken from the Enemy, by the Commander, and by the ' Majority of the Officers, and the major Part of fuch Ships Company, and others as fhall have taken the ' fame, to be diflrihuted and divided by the faid Perfon or Perfons, (o authorized and appointed, amongil ' the Captors, in fuch Manner, Form, and Proportion as is thereby direfted; the feveral Shares of which ' Captors (if not legally demanded within three Years after Publick Notification) fhall go to the Ufe of ' Grcemvich Hofpital: In which I'aid Aft, no fufficient Provifion being made to oblige fuch Agents or other ' Perfons to difcover or duly to account for the Monies remaining in their Hands due to the faid Hofpital ;' Now for the better and more effeftual preferving and fecuring all fuch Interefts and Shares fo given and aII Perfons dii- granted by the faid Aft, to and for the Ufe of the faid Hofpital, and for the better and more certain col- pofing of Prizes, kfting the fame ; Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every Perfon and Per- or appointed by fons. Agent and Agents, and others v/ho hath fold or difpofed of, or fliall hereafter fell or otherwife dif- ihs recited Ai-.t pofe of any fuch Prize or Prizes fo taken, or that fliall hereafter be fo taken from the Enemy, fliall within for'the'va^'"°f the Space of three Calendar Months next after the firff Payment or Diftribution to the Captors of fuch pHza^shipsror Prize or Prizes, made in purfuance of (uch Publick Notification, make out, tranfmit or deliver unto the for the Bounty Treafurer of the faid Royal Hofpital at Greemuich, for the time being, or to fuch Perfon or Perfons as he ;ranted by tliat fhall for that Purpofe depute or appoint, a true State and Account of the Produce of fuch Prize and Prizes, jj"^' =>"d alfo together with an Account of the Payments of the feveral Shares to the Captors, as fliall then have been If 'an^PrizT't'"'^ really and bona fide by him or them paid ; and alfo that all and every Perfon and Perfons authorized and ap- UcnbyShiTs oV pointed by the faid Act to receive Bills for the Value of fuch Piize Ship or Ships as are or fhall be taken War, fhall re- into her Majsfcy's Service, in Purfuance of c'ue faid Act, and all and every Perfon and Perfoiis authorized fpeftivcly in and appointed to receive Bills for the Bounty granted by the faid Act, fliali, within the like Space of three, ,'';'.'^' Months Calendar A4onths, next after the fii ft Payment or Diftribution of fuch Bills, for the Value of fuch Prize. r'"^''i{,/j.°.'jj-'^ Ships, taken into her Majefty's Service, and of the Bills for Bounty, as aforefaid, in like Manner make out,>Greenwich Hof. tranfmit, or deliver to the Treafurer for the time being of the faid Hofpital, -or to his fufficient Deputy, a pital Accounts true State and Account of the Payment and Diftribution of fuch Bills ; and further. That all and every ihereof, ■^c Perfon and Perfons, Agents and others, that by virtue of the faid A6t hath fold and difpofed of, or that Vol. IV. Yyy fliall'
 * Time after the faid Ship or Veffel's Arrival from off the faid Voyage in the fame Port from which they Duty."
 * jefty's Reign, intituled. An A£l for the better fccurlng the Trade of this Kingdom by Cruizers and Convoys,