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 A. D. 1732. Anno quinto Georgii II. C. .26) 87 Time, and at all times hereafter, be fubjeiSt to the Regulation and Government of the faid Corporation; provided fuch Regulations do not relate to the Pilots keeping of Turns, or to the fettling the Rates of ' Pilotage ; and (hall pay the ancient and accuftomed Dues, provided the lame do not exceed one Shilling ami pay the an in the Po'und, out of their refpective Wages, Loadfm'anage or Pilotage, which they (hall reflectively re- tl,:nt uts * ceive for the Ufe and Benefit of the Poor of the laid Corporation, within tin Days after the Service of fuch Pilots refpectively Audi be ended, unto fuch Pcrfon or Perfbns as by the Corporation (hall, from ' Time to Time, be appointed to receive the fame. IX. And it is further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe any fuch Pilot or Pilots fhall PHot»mifc-*i« refufe to take the Charge or Conduct of any of his Majcrty's Ships when appointed thereto by Or- ™* '^"^a. der of the faid Corporation, or that it lhall appear to the Corporation, that luch Pilot or Pilots fhall ed. have mifbehaved themfelves in the Conduct of any Ship or Ships, or in the Execution of any other Part of their Duty as Pilots, or if fuch Pilot or Pilots (hall refufe to obey any Summons of the faid Ccr- poraiion requiring their Appearance, or to obey fuch Orders as the laid Corporation fhall make in the Premiffes, or in any wile offend againft this Act, then the General Court of the faid Corporation, upon Examination thereof, are hereby authorized and required to recall the Warrant or Warrants granted to fuch Pilot or Pilots, and to declare the lame to be from thenceforth utterly void ; and if any fuch Perfon or Perfons fo offending (hall (after fuch Declaration and Notice thereof given by the Clerk of the faid Corporation to him or them in Perfon, or left at his or their ufual Place of Abode) ad as a Pilot within the Limits afore mentioned, he or they fhall be fubject to all the Penalties inflicted, Penalty on afl- on Perfons acting as unlicensed Pilots by this Act, to be levied in manner aforefaid. ing afterwards. ' X. And whereas by the frequently laying up and mooring of Ships and other Veffls in the Mouth ' and other Parts of Saint Saviours Dock in the County of Surrey, great Quantities of Soil and Mud have ' fettled and lodged there, which obftructs the paffing and repafhng of Ships and Veffels in and cut of the ' faid Dock;' For Remedy whereof, be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe any Ship or Penalty on Veffel (hall, from and after the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-two, "^""aviours be laid up or moored in the Mouth or any Part of the faid Dock (except fuch Ships or Veffels as (hall be Dock." loading or taking in or unloading or delivering their Cargoes reflectively, and alio except fuch Ships or Veffels, not exceeding two in Number at any one time, as (hall lie at the Yard called Shipwright Yard, at the North-Weft Corner of the faid Dock, during the Time fuch Ships and Veffels fhall be repairing and no longer) the Mafter or Owner of every fuch Ship or Veffel fo laid up or moored, fhall forfeit and pay for every Day fuch Ship or Veffel fhall f. continue to be laid up and moored (unlets for the Purpofes aforefaid) the Sum of twenty Shillings, to be recovered, applied and difpofed of in fuch Manner and for fuch Purpofes, as the other pecuniary Penalties inflicted by this Act are directed to be recovered and applied. XI. Provided always, That nothing in this Act contained (hall be conftrued to extend to the takin? Not to extend to away, abridging, defeating, impeaching or interrupting of any Grants, Liberties, Franchifes and Privi- u le r'Twuil leges heretofore granted to or which by any antient Ufage and Cuftom have from Time to Time been or Newcaftie. enjoyed and ufed by the Pilots of the Trinity Houje of the Town of Kingflon upon Hull, or the Trimly Howe of Niwcajlle upon Tyne. XII. Provided always, and it is hereby enacted and declared, That this Act or any Tiling therein £ over > Deal > contained lhall not extend or be conftrued to extend to the taking away, leffening, abridging, prejudi- L ha " et ' except> cing or impeaching any of the Grants, Liberties, Franchifes, Powers, Authorities or Immunities, nor to leffen or take away the foJe Right and Privilege of piloting all Merchants Ships and Veffels from or by Dover, Deal, and the I fie of Thatiet, up the Rivers Thames, and Medivay, granted, given and allowed to the Society and Feilowfhip of the Mafter, Warden and Pilots of the Trinity Houfe of Dover, Deal and the Ifle of Thanet, by an Act of Parliament made in the third Year of his late Majefty King George, 3 Geo. 1. c. 13. intituled, An Alt for the better regulating of Pilots for the conducting of Ships and Veffels from Dover, Deal and the Ifle 0/' Thanet, up the Rivers of Thames and Medway, which faid Act, together with a Claufe 7Geo.i. Stati. contained in an Act of the feventh Year of his faid late Majefty 's Reign, intituled, An Ail for the further ^- 2I * preventing his Majefiy's Subjecls from trading to the Eaft-Indies under Foreign Cimmiffions, and for encouraging and further fairing the lawful Trade thereto, and for further regulating the Pilots of Dover, Deal and the Ifle cf Thanet, was further confirmed and continued by an Act of the tenth Year of his faid late Majefty, *o Geo,i. c, 17, intituled, An Ac! for continuing Acts for preventing Theft and Rapine on the Northern Borders e/" England, and for better regulating of Pilots, and for regulating the AJ/ize of Bread, and for better Encouragement "of the ng of Sail Cloth in Great Britain ; all which Grants, Liberties, Franchifes, Powers, Authorities and Immunities as before expreffed, and the faid fole Right and Privilege of Pilotage as aforefaid, are* hereby declared and enacted to remain wholly untouched, and to com nue in as full Force and vir- tue to them the faid Mafter, Wardens and Pilots of Dover, Deal and the Ifle of Thanet, as if this prefent Act had never been made 5 any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithstanding. XIII. And it is hereby further enacted and declared, That this Act (hall be deemed and taken to be a Pubikk A3, publick Act, of which all Judges, Juftices and other Perfons are to take notice; and if any Suit or Limitation of Action (hall be brought or profecuted againft any Perfon or Perfons for any thing done or to be-done in Anions. purfuance of this Act, that in every fuch Cafe the Action or Suit (hail be commenced within three Months after the Fact committed, and not afterwards, and fhall be laid or brought in the County, City or Place where the Caufe of Action arifes, and not elfewhere ; and the Defendant or Defendants in fuch Action or Suit may plead the General Iffue, Not guilty, and give this Act and the fpecial Matter in Evi- dence at any Trial to be had thereupon, and that the fame was done in purfuance and by Authority of this Act > and if it fhall appear fo to be done, or if any fuch Action or Suit fhall be brought after the Time