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 A. D. 171 1. Anno dccimo Ann^e Reginas. C. 17". 531 is or hereafter fliall bein the Hands of any Receiver or Receivers of Prizes, or Perfons appointed for the How the fome5 fame, their Executors or Adminiftrators, belonging to any Captors for their Shares of Prizes, by virtue of remaining in the the faid Declaration, the fame fhall be iffued and applied in the hrft Place for or towards the Payment of ^anJs of the the Captors, who fiiall demand the fame within the refpedive Times aforefaid ; and after the Payment of [,^^."'j^',°,jg fuch Captors, then after the twenty-fifth Day Oi March one thoufand feven hundred and thirteen, fhall be apiiiied. iifued and n-pplied for or towards the Payment of the Rewards before mentioned, in fuch Proportions as by the faid Declaration is direded, to and among the Flag Officers, Captains, and other Officers and Com- panies of her Majefty's faid Ships, their Executors or Adminiftrators, entitled thereunto, as aforefaid, if th« fame fhall be decreed unto them by the High Court of Admiralty; and Lifts of the Ships which fliall be intitled to fuch Reward by fuch Decree, fliall be tranfmittcd to the P<.eceiver or Receivers of Prizes be- fore the twenty-ninth Day of Sf/'to/vijr one thoufand feven hundred and twelve, and be by them afterwards claimed of the Receiver or Receivers of Prizes before the tv/emy-fifth Day of Decemhcr one thoufand feven ■^hundred and twelve; and Publick Notice is hereby directed to be gwan'm thz Gazette hy the. Receiver or Receivers of Prizes, or Perfons appointed for the fame, within fourteen Days after the Royal Affent fliall be given to this Bill, of the refpe£live Times appointed for the Captors, and the Perfons entitled to fuch Rev/ards, as aforefaid, to make their refpcftive Claims; and the Surplus of the faid Monies, after the Pay- ment of fuch Rewards, or fo much of the fame as fliall be legally demanded, as aforefaid, fhall imme- diately after the Times before limited for fuch Demand, be ifliied and paid to the Ufe of the faid Royal Hofpital at Greemuich; fuch Allov/ances being firft made out of the faid Surplus for the neceflijry Charges of Officers attending for Payment of fuch Captors on Recals, not e>;ceeding in the whole the Sum of fix: hundred Pounds, as to the Lord Treafurer, or Commiffioners of the Treafury for the tim.e being, fliall ■feem reafonable ; any thing in the faid Declaration, or any other Matter or Thing to the contrary hereof in any wife notwithfcanding. XIV. Provided always, and be it enafted and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That the Sum and The Sums to be Sums of Money fo to be paid and diftributed to and amongft the faid Claimsrs, for and towards Sa- paid to the ciaU tisfa<Si;ion of fucli Rewards, fhall not exceed the Sum of four thoufand Pounds ; and in cafe it fliall fo hap- ^"^ of Re- pen that the feveral Sums fo decreed and demanded for fuch Rewards, at or before the five and twentieth ""^^^^y "otto Day of DeiremtuT one thoufand feven hundred and tv'elve, fliall amount in the whole to more tban four j^"fj- ^j^"^"^]^ thoufand Pounds, then in fuch cafe the faid Sum of four thoufand Pounds fliail be divided and diftributed ney claimed to and amongft the faid feveral Claimers, by way of Average, in Proportion to their refpeftive Interefts amount to more, and Demands, which is and fhall be in full Recompence, Difcharge, and Satisfacftion of their faid Claims the 4ccol. /hall of fuch Rewards from her Majefty ; which faid Average and Proportion fliall be made up and adjufted by l^^'^f^"'^ ^ the Receiver of the Prizes, or Perfon appointed to receive the fame, by the twenty-fifth Day oi March one'-Q^^ j^^^'^'^^^' thoufand feven hundred and thirteen, who ihall from thence forthv^ith pay fuch Monies as fliall be due for Oat. z. c. 9. '§, fuch Rewards. 66. Lifts are to be made of the Perfons e.ititled to Reviards,' &c. XV. Provided alfo. That in cafe any Perfon or Perfons, who are or fliall be entitled to receive any Mo- Pfo"s ^nt'tlea ney for or upon Account of fuch Rewards, as aforefaid, fhall not himfelf, or by his lawful Attorney, come '" ^.^^^is, not to fuch Recei'.er, or Perfon or Perfons appointed to pay the fame, to receive fuch Money, before the ceive"hem be. twenty-fourth Day of '//^w one thoufand kven hundred and thirteen, then every fuch Perfon and Perfons fore 24 June Ciall from thencefo; th be barred and excluded from any Right to any fuch Money. 1713. ftali be XVL Provided alfo, and be it further enacted, That from and im.mediately after the faid twenty-iifth ='^'^'"'*'^'*- Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and thirteen, the Receiver and P..eceivers of Prizes," and Perfon ^^^^' ^5 Ma^'ch . and Perfons appointed to receive the fame, Ihall pay to the Treafurer of the faid Hofpital, for the Ufe of '^'^: ^'^^'^',7'' tne fakl Hofplial, all and every fuch Sum and Sums of Money as fhall be then rem^alning in his or. their ^^ j.^'^^rj^Ypj, Hands of the Captors Money, over and above the faid Sum of four thoufand Pounds, if the whole fhall fcrev ai! the be decreed and claimed by the i Ime before limiicd, and alfo over and above fuch Sum and Sums of R'loney dptors Money as fliall be necefTary for defraying the Charges of attending and making fuch Payments, as aforefaid, (not '"'^'^^^""^^ exceeding the Sum of fix hundred Pounds before mentioned) to be paid in fuch Manner as the Lord High ^°<'^^4°ooI. Treafurer of Gri?i7f i?r/Vj/;;, or Com,m!fiioners of the Treafury for the time being, fliall order and direft; Sum and Sums of Money of the faid four thoufand Pounds, as fliall not before that Time be decreed and (hall not bi; then claimed for fuch Rev/ards ; and alfo fliall, from and Immediately after the faid twenty-fourth V^zy of 'June'^^™'^^- one thoufand feven hundred and thirteen, pay to the Treafurer of the faid Hofpital, for the Ufe of the faid ■^" after 24 Hofpital, all and every fuch Sum and Sums of Money of the faid four thoufand Pounds, as fhall not be- -',""°.'7j3- "^ fore that Time be demanded to be paid, as aforefaid, by the Perfon entitled thereto, or by his lawful At- i^^„ demanded! torney. XViL Provided Ilkewife, That in cafe any other Monies due to Captors, by virtue of her Majefty's faid Any other Mo. Dechraiion, fliall be received by fuch Receiver or Receivers, or Perfon or Perfons appointed to receive the "^5''';"^ '" *^'^P- fame, or fball come to, or be in the Hands of any other Perfon or Perfons, at any Time after the faid twen- '"^^; i",,','^ !^^" ty-fifth Day oi March one thoufand feven hundred and thirteen, the fame fliall be paid to the Treafurer of after 2- March the faid Hofpital for the time being, for the Ufe of the faid Hofpital. 1713. jhaii be paid to the Treafurer for theUfo of the H^ifpiial. XVin. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fliall and may be lawful for the The Treafurer Treafurer of the faid Hofpital, to pay and difpofe of fo much of the faid Monies as fliall be paid unto him,??'' P^y '■'^^. as aforefaid, for the Ufe of the faid Hofpital, as the Commiffioners for the faid Hofpital at their General Jf^"^^ ^l^ Court fliair order and direct ; which Order or Orders of the iaid Court fliall be a good and fufficicnt Dif- Conimiffionirs Yyyz charge of the Hofpital.