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 17^ C. 4-5' Anno vicefimo fecundo Georgii Jl. A. D. 174.9. ■ for the Whale Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, intituled. An A<yt for the further Er,couragement of the TJ^lmle Fijlisry, FiOiery. fliail fail from fucii Port where furveyed direiSlly on her intended Kifr.ery, on or before the firil Day of May, See fqrihir z% and fl'iall not Ac^idiXt or Icstxc Davis's Streights ox Greenland., and Seas adjacent, before the twentieth Day of Geo. z, c. 20. Aiigu/i, unlefs they have fuch Succefs as to fill all or fo many Cafks with Blubber, which fhall amount to not lefs than two hundred Hogfteads, for a Ship of three hundred Tons, and fo in Proportion for a Ship of two liundred Tons and upwards, or fhould meet with any unavoidable Accident, fo as to endanger the Lives of th^ Ships Crew, which Accident fhall be declared on the Oaths of the Mafter, Mate, Carpenter, Harpooners, Line-managers, Boat-lleersrs and Surgeon belonging to fuch Ship, or fuch of them as fhall be living at the Tiine of their Arrival in Port, to the Satisfadtion of the Commiffioners of his Majelty's Cu- floms in the Port of London or Edlnhurgh refpe£i;ively ; and in cafe of any irregular Proceeding contrary here- unto, every Ship fo offending fl^all lofe the Benefit of this Bounty. Foreign Prete- VIII. And be it furtKer enacled by the Authority aforefaid, for the Encouragement of fuch Foreign Pro- ftants fervmg 3 teftants as fiiall be willing to ferve on Board the Ships which fliall be fitted out by his Ivlajefty's Subjects to Englfni Ships ^^ employed in the faid Fifhery, That every Perfon born out of the Ligeance of his Majefty, his Heirs and employed in the Succeifors, being a Proteftant, who fhall ferve during the Space of three Years, on Board any Ship Vvhich Whale Fidiery, fhall be fo fitted out, as is dire£ted by the faid Acf of the fixth Year of his prefent iVlajefty's Reign herein and qiinlitying before mentioned, or by this Aft, and which fhall be employed in fuch Fiihery as aforefaid, and which themfelves, wbe Pj,,.fQri f[jj,i] j-jji^^. p^d fubfcribe the Oaths, and make, repeat and fubfcribe the Declaration appointed by an barnSubjeas. ^^ made in the firft Year of the Reign of his late Majefi:y King GliORGE the Firft, intitiled. An Acl for the further Security of his Ma^efty's Perfon and'Governinent, and the Siuceffion of the Croivn in the Heirs of the late Princefs Sophia, being Proteficints ; and for extingulPmivr the Hopes of the pretended Prince of YVazs; which faid Oaths fhall bs taken and fubfcribed, and Declaration made, repeated and fubfcribed in the Courts of Chancery, King's Bench, Common Pleas or Exehequcr, ia Term Time in England, or in any of them, in open Court, or before the Lords of the Council and SniTion, or Lords. Jufticiary, or Barons of ths^ Exchequer m Scotland, or at fome General Quarter-Seffions :of,the Peace, to be held for the County where fuch Perfon does or fli;dl inhabit,, refide or fettle, between the Hours of nine and twelve in t';s Fore- noon, the taking and fubfcribing of which Oaths, and the making and repeating, and fubfcribing fuch De- claration, fliall be entered on Record in the fame Courtsi,^ for. clxe doing; whereof, only one Shilling fnall be paid; every fuch Perfon and Perfons fliall be deemed, adjtittgsd aaii-^fakento be his Majeity's iiatural-born Stibjedt and Subjefts of this Kingdom, to all Intems^<£a>nitmftii<>n^rja'hd;Piarpofes, as if i»e and ihey had been, and were born in this Kingdom. ■ .'^ ■■.::■ ' .1. ifo'!' -^ '■. Perfonsthat IX. Provided always, and be it enafted by the Autliorify a'forefaij}, fTh'at no Perfon fliall be naturalized, fliill be natu- |^y virtue of this A61, unlefs fuch Perfon fhall have rectfived'the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper in fome Aa-^o take'the Pi'otelfant or reformed Congregation. in his Majofiy's DonnuiioKS,- within three Months next before his ta- Sacrament in king fuch Oaths, and making and fubfcribing fuch. Declai'ation, and ■ fliall, at the i ime of his taking fuch fome Proteftant Oaths, and making and fubfcribing fuch Declaration, prodiice a- -Certificate figned by the Perfon admini- Church, flering the faid Sacrament, and attefted by two. credible WitneiTes," whereof an Lntry fliall be made in the Court where fuch Oaths fliall be taken, without any Fee or Reward, and fljail alfo produce a Certificate at the fame Time, under the Hand.s of the Owner and Mafter of the Ship or VeiTcl in which he or they fliall have fo ferved, of his or t!heir Integrity and good Behaviour during the whole Time of fuch Service^ Such Petfons are X. Provided always, and be it fiirther ena£led. That no Perfon who ihall become a natural-born Sub- excluded ffcm -^^Q. ^f [i^jj K.jngdom by virtue of this Adr, fhall be of the Privy Council, or a Member of either Houfe of certain nces, Parijarnent, or capable of taking, having or enjoying any Ofrice or Place within the Kingdoms of Great Britain or Ireland., either Civil or Military, or taking any Gran; to himfelf, or to any other in Fi nil for him, of any Lands, Tenements ur Hereditaments, within the Kingdoms cf Great Briiain qt Ireland ; any thing herein before contained to the contrary thereof in any v;ife notwithftanding. -i.'-. None to be na- XI. Provided alfo, and it is hereby cnac4ed by the Authority aforefaid. That nothing in this Aft fliill Aawhoare^'^ extend, or be conftrued to extend, to naturalize any Perfon or Perfons whatfoeve'-, who, by virtue an Aft excluded by made in the fourth Year of his Majeflrv's Reign, (intituled. An ASi to explain a Claufe in an Aci made in the 4 Geo. %. c. ij. Jeventh Tear of the Reign of her late Majrfty ^ncen ANNF.,_/ffr nattirajizing Foreign Protrflants, which r:l:UcS to the Children of natural-hern Suhje^s of the Crown o/' England, cr ^^ Great Britain) a.e dc-chired and en- afted not to be intitled to the Benefit of the faid Aft' of the fevenrh Year of her faid late Majefty's Reign, but that all fuch P^crfons fiiall be and remain in the fame State, Plight and Condition, to .dl Intents, Con- flruifions ani Purpofcs whatfoever, as they would have done if this Act had jievsr been made; any thing in this Aft contained to the contrary in any wife notwithfianding. w:- ,.■ Perfons natii- XII. Provided alw.iys, and be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon fo naturalized raiized, going by virtue of this Aft, fliall go out of his Mnjefty"s Dominions in Gjvi?/ ij/v/.?/;; or //r.','?.'.'./, or any of his •"'ft "'Id™!-' .l^"J'-flT's Plantations in America, for more than the Space of twelve Months at any one Time, fuch Perfon iJons^"or more fliall lofe the Benefit of this Aft, to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever. th.iiv I Year, to <ifz the Benefit. &c, C A P,