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 A. D. 1753. Anno vicedmo fexto Georgii If. C. 19. 493 ' from which Veflels fhal! or m;iy be forced by Extremity of Weather:' Now it is hereby ensfled, Thatof^ccrs foi put- the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports for theTime being, and the Lieutenant ov Dover C^i/IL for the Time''"S 'lis i"-.d 12 ^ei-ng, and the Deputy Warden of the Cinque Ports for the Time being, and the Judge Official and Com-^'r-''"- '." ^.";'- rrfillary of the Court of Admirahy of the Cinque Ports, two ancient Towns, and th . IVJembcrs thereof, |'|'|!'j,",J',|-"^'" ioi the Time being, and ? and every of them, and all and every other Perfon and Perfons appointed or tocLque I'vit.;,* be appointed by the Lord 'Warden of the Cinque Ports for theTime bting, purfuant to the laid Act madeic. in the third Year of his late Majefty's Reign, ftall be the Perfons to put m Execution, within the Liberty and Jurifdi£lion of the Cinque Ports, two ancient Towns and their A4embers, all the Powers and Autho- rities given and granted in and by this Aft, and in and by the before-mentioned Aft of Parliament made in the twelfth Year of her faid late Majefty Chieen Anne ; and alfo in and by the faid Aft made in the fourth Year of the Reign of his late Majelly King George the Firfl ; and alfo fliall and may execute, perform and do, within the jurifdiftions aforefaid, all the Afts, Matters and Things contained in this and the before- mentioned Statutes, in like and as full and ample Manner, to all Liteiits and Purpofes, as any Juftice or .[uftices of Peace, or any other Perfon or Perfons, are by this and the faid Afts appointed or authorized to do in any other Part of the Kingdom. XL And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Sheriit or his Deputy, Juftice ofPcrfons convi'fl- the Peace, Mayor or other Magiftrate, Coroner, Loi d ot a Manor, CommilEoner of the Land-Tax, Chief'^'* of sii^iuitinj Conftable or Petty Conftable, or other Peace Officer, or any Cuftom-houfe or Excile Officer, or other"*"^' ^^e'^;-'"^. Perfon lawfully authorized, fliall be aflaulted, beaten and w^oundtd, for or on account of the Exercife ofl'hc SaU^^fof'"^ his or their Duty, in or concerning the Salvage or Prefervation of any Ship or Veflel in Diilrefs, or of anysny'vci^f 0° Ship or Veflel, Goods or Eftefts, ftranded, wrecked, or caft on Shore, or lying under Vv^ater, in any ofGoc.is, to be his Majefty's Dominions, then any Perfon or Perfons fo affaulting, beating and wounding, fhall upon TriaP""^t'°''^'^ '™ and Conviftion, by Tndiftment at the Aflizes, or General Gaol-Delivery, or at the General or Quarter'' ^'^^"• Seffions for the County, Riding or Divifion, where fuch Ofience fhail be committed, be tranfported for feven Years to fome of his Majefty's Colonies in America, and Ihall be fubjeft to fuch fubfequent Punifh- ment, in cafe of Return before that Time, as other Perfons under Sentence of Tranfportation are by the Law fubjefted unto. Xn. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That it flrall be lawful for any one or more Tuftfce in the of his Majefty's Juftices of the Peace, in cafe of Need, and in the Abfence of the High Sherift", to takeAbfciKc^t" the fufficient rower of the County, to reprefs all unjiifl: Violence, and duly to enforce the Execution of thisS='"f"»y taice ^Q^ 3 Tufficient Force XIII. And to prevent Confufton among Perfons alLmbled to fiwe any Ship, Veflel, Goods or EfFefts, as [eVce'^'&c ^'°' aforefaid, either for want of proper Orders, or by contradiftory Orders ; Be it further enafted. That all ' ' ' Perfons fo affembled fiiall conform in the firll Place to the Orders of the Mafter or other Officers or Owners, Perfons impow- or other Perfons employed by them ; and for want of their Prefence or Direftions, then in the next Place'^red to civcOr- to the Orders of the Perfons authorized by this Aft, or the aforefaid Aft of Queen Jmi: in the like Man-"*" "'"';? ■"•>" ner, in the follov/ing Subordination, as any of the faid Perfons (hall happen to be prefent ; that is to f^yj'Jjed'i'^ '^'-^'"- in the firfl: Place, to the Orders of any Officer or Officers of the Cuftoms ; then of any Officer or Officers shinvv"eck,^&c.^ of the Excife ; then of the Sheriff or his Deputy ; then of any Juftice or Juftices of the Peace j then of the Mayor or chief Magiftrate of any Corporation ; then of the Coroner ; then of any Com.miffioners af the Land-Tax ; then of any Chief Conftable ; then of any Petty Conftable or other Peace Officers : And ai-.y Perfon whatfoever afting knowingly and wilfully contrary to fuch Orders, fhall forfeit any Sum notperfons aam-r exceeding five Pounds, to be levied by Warrant of one Juftice of the Peace; and in cafe of Non- "ntrary to Or- Eayment the Offender fliall be committed to the Houfe of Curreftion for any Time not exceeding three "^'^ '"'■'^ s'- lonths. XIV. Provided always, and it is hereby enafted. That neither this Aft, nor any Thing herein ' con- Rishts of the tained, fliall any way extend to deprive or prejudice his Royal Majefty, his Pleirs or SucceiTors, or any9'^^'". &■;■ re- claiming under them, or any Patentee or Grantee of the Crown, or any Lord or Lords of any Manor or^"'^^" Manors, or other Perfon whomfoever, of or in relation to any Right which they or any of them have or may have or lawfully claim to any Wreck or Wrecks, or any Goods which are or fhall hzfioifam, jetjcim or lagan, but that fuch refpeftive Rights fliall b« enjoyed in as full, ample and beneficial a Maimer, in every Refpeft, as If this Aft had never been made. XV^ And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Officer of the Cuftoms who fliallEssminr.tion ca the Name or Defcription of the faid Ship or Veliel, and the Names of the Mafter, Commander, or chief Officer and Owners thereof, and of the Owners of the faid Cargo, and of the Ports or Places from or to which the faid Ship or Veffel was bound, and the Occafion of the faid Ship's Diftrefs ; which Examination""'^ ^^."Py'" - the faid Juftices are hereby required to take down in Writing, and they Ihall deliver a true Copy thereof,f"g"2™'"^j,j"' j- together v/ith a Copy of the faid Account of the Goods, to the faid Officer of the Cuftoms, who fhallche Admiralty, forthwith tranfmit the fame to the Secretary of the Admiralty for the Time being, who ftiall publifii orar.d publidiird in caufe to be publifned in the next London Gazette, fo much thereof as fhall or may be neceflTary for the In-'he Gazette, formation of the Perfons interefted or concerned therein. XVI. And be it further erafted by the Authority aforefaid, That the before-mentioned Aft of Parlia-The Afts iz ment made in the twelfth Year of her faid late Majefty Queen Anne ; and alfo an Aft made in the fourth'^""- *^ ^•'^' ^^- Year of the P..eign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, for inforcing and making perpetual the before-j^^ ^^ betnFoioe mentioned Aft, and for inflifting the Punilliment of Death on fuch as fhali wilfully burn or deftroy Shipsjwherenot aitrrea ihailby this AStr