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 492 C. ro. Anno vicefimo jfexto Georgii II. A. D. 1753. kc. for the Be- rized, fave any fuch Ship, Veflcl, Goods or EfteiSts, r.nd caufe the fame to be carried, for the Benefit of iiefit 0. thcOwn-the Owners or Proprietors, into Port, or to any near adjoining Culloni-houfc or other Place of fafe Cuftody, crs.nndBiieXo-inimediateJy giving Notice thereof to foipe Juftice of the Peace, Magiftrate, or Caftom-houfc or Excife "" 'h"""*) Officer, or {hall difcover to any fuch Magiftrate or Officer where any fuch Goods or Eftecls are wrongfully or who /l,a]l liif- bought, ibid or concealed ; then fuch Peribn or Perfons lliall hi intitled to a reafoni Acl for J th o .'^^ prefcrving all fuch Ships and Goods thereof %ih'ich have happened to br I creed on Shore, orflranded upon the j^n cafe'^u DU"""^<"2/^^ if ^^-^ Kingdom, or any other cf her Alajcjlfs Dominion:, or eife in" the Manner herein after prefcribed, agreement is as the Cafe fhall require. to be adjijfteJ accoidiiig to 12 Ann. ft. 2. c. i3. Where any VeiTcl VI. And be it further enaiJted by the Authority aforefaid, That for, the better afccrtaining the Salvage orH/rcasfliaiib'tQ ^,g pjif^ in purfuance of this p relent Act, and the Ad: before-mentioned, and for the more efFscfual Natre'^to'he' '^'^P""'"i^ ^^'^ ^^"^^ ■^'^'■'^ in Execution, the Julb'ce of the Peace, Mayor, Bailift', Colleclor of the Cufioms, given for a Mce!.. or chief Conftable, who fhall be neareft to the Place where any Ship, Goods or EfFe£ts fhall be flranded jngovtIieShcrii->; or cafi: awav, fhall forthwith give publick Notice for a Meeting to be held as foon as pofTible of the Sheriff jufticcs andMa-or his Deputy, the Juflices of the Peace, Mayors, or other chief Magiftrates of To'ns Corporate, Coro- gifliares,&c. ^^^.^ and Commiffioners of the Land-Tax, or any five or more of them, who are hereby required and fts'i"nrth"v(iy'"PO'^°'-'^^ ^'^ g'^'s ^^'^ ^ '^'^ Execution of this and the faiJ former Aft, and to employ proper Perfons for and Goods, s.c'. the Saving of Ships in Diftrefs, and fuch Ships, Vefiels and Effefts, as fhall be flranded or caft away ; and alfo to examine Perfons upon Oath touchijig or concerning the fame, or the Salvage thereof, and to and !o adjuft iheajljuft the ^Mutimi of fuch Salvage, and diflribute the fame among the Perfons concerned in fuch Salvage, Sjlvage; jj^ P^j-^ of Difagreement among the Parties, or the faid Perfons ; and that eery fuch Sherilf, Jufti.:e of 4s, aDnyal- the Peace, Mayor, chief Magiitrate, Coroner, Lord of a Manor, Under-SherifF, or Commiffioner of the lowed for ihe.r Eand-Tax, attending and adting at fuch Meeting, fhall be paid four Shillings a Day for his Expences in Aiteiidmje. {xxch Attendance out of the Goods and Effects faved by their Care or Direflion. If the Salvage be VII. Provided always, and be it further enafed by the Authority aforefaid, That if the Charges and ficerot"i.'h~C?c'^^^^^'''^^ for Salvage, direfted to be paid by the faid Ad' of the twelfth Year of the Reign of her faid late toms may raife Majefty Qiieen yf//?/?, and by this prefent Aft, fhall not be fully paid, or fuflicient Security given for the the fane by a fame within forty Days next after the faid Services performed, then and in fuch Cafe it fhall be lawful for EiliorSileof'thcthe Officer of theCuItoms concerned in fuch Salvage, to borrow or raife fo much A'loney as ihall be fuffi- Vcfivl or Cargo ; cient to fatisfy and pay fuch Charges and Rewards, or any Part thereof then remaining unpaid, or not deemed Iviln '"^cured as aforefaid, by or upon one or more Bill or Bills of Sale, under his Hand and Seal, of the Ship or Paymc]!t of Veflel, or Cargo faved, or fuch Part thereof as fhall be fufHcient, redeemable neverthelefs upon Payment Principal anj of the principal Sum fo borrowed, and Interelt for die fam.e after the Rate of four Pounds per CaUurn per Jntereft. Jmi'Mn. Where Ojth VIII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if Oath fhall be made before any Plu-idrfrmTM't M^g'fttate, lawfully impowered to take the fame, of any fuch Plunder or Theft, and the Examination in ur of breaking a ^•"g thereupon taken fliall be delivered to the Clerk of the Peace of the County, Riding or Divifion Ship, contrary to wherein fuch Faift fnall be committed, or to his Deputy; or if Oath fhall be made before any fuch Magi- j2 Ann. ft. I. ftrate of the breaking any Ship, contrary to the aforefaid A61: made in the twelfth "^'ear of the Reign of r'xaminTf'o'^'^ her faid late Majefly Queen Anne, and the Exarnination in Writing thereupon taken fhall be delivered to- ni-iU be deliv" ;ed ^"'"'^ Clerk of the Peace, or his Deputy ; then fuch Clerk of the Peace fhall caufe the Offender or Offenders to theCie:k of in any of the faid Cafes to be forthwith profecuted for the fame, either in the County where the Faft (hall the Peace, he is be Committed, or in any County next adjoining ; in which adjoining County any Inditfment m.ay be laid to tirofeciitc the by any Other Profecutor ; and if the Fafl be comrriitted in I yaks, then the Profecution (hall or may be 'iV^' carried on in the next adjoining EngUfh County 3 and the necefTary Charges of fuch Profecutions by the ^"■[f'^p/^'S" Clerk of the Peace fliall be paid by the Treafurer of the County, Riding or Divillon where the Faft fhall Tie.ikircro7the' ^° committed, to fuch Amount as the Juftices of the Peace in their General or Quarter Seffions fhall order County. and afcertain the fame ; and if fuch Clerk of the Peace lliall negleft or refufe to carry on fuch Profecution Ciakof the in due Manner, he fliall forfeit one hundred Pounds for every fuch Offence, to any Perfon or Perfons who m^^roSi't'f'for ^"^" ^"^ forthe fame by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of his Majefly 's Courts of t'eit's™oo'l.^' "^ Record at J'/rfiminflcr ; in which Adion no EfFoin, Protection, V/"ager of Law, or more than one Impar- OfKcersfoi- ut- ^'"^'^ ^^^ ^^ allowed. tingthisand" 2 ■'^-^- ■^''•'l '-^^ it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That the Comniiilioners of the Land-Tax, Ann, ft I.e. is. the Deputy-Sheriff, the Coroner, and thi Officers of Elxcife in each County, Riding and Divifion, fhall 111 Exccutioa. be proper Officers for putting in Execution this prefent Aft, and the faid Aft made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of her late Majefly Queen Anne, together with thofe therein refpeftively named for that __ _ Purpofe. 3 Lo. -. c. I., t XT ^^j whereas by an Aft made in the third Year of the Reign of his late MajeftyKing George th*e ' Firf}, (intittiled, Jn JiSi for the better regulating of Pilots for the conducing of Ships and Veffels from Dover, ' Deal, and the Iftc of Thanef, up the kivers of Thames and Medway, it is cnafted. That the Lord ' Warden of the Cinque Ports for the Time being fhall nominate and appoint, by an Infti'ument under ' his Ilaiid and Seal, three or more fubftantial Perlbns in each of the Cinque Ports, two ancient Towns ' or may arife within the Jurifdiftion of the Cinque Ports relating to the Salvage of Ajichors aiid Cables ' from
 * and their Members, to adjufl and determine, within the Space of twelve Hours, Differences which (hall