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 28 C. 24- Anno vlcefimo Georgi I II. A. D. 1747. r.ey is noi - tor or Captors, Vendor or Vendors thereof, hath or have not been, or (Inall not be inferted in the faid Bill {cried, and a;- of Sale or Affignmeiit before the Execution tliereof, and proved on Oath in Manner aforelaid. teKed 0,-1 Gain, jy_ And for the future preventing fiich Impofitions on Seamen, Marines and Soldiers, and thereby en- Bills of Sale, couraging them to quit and leave their Ships, and his Majefty's Service ; and for better Encouragement of ^"Vj"* '-?^'^' Seamen, Marines and Soldiers to continue in his Majeily's Service, be it further enacted, That all and Tl m" I'-l'j every Bargain, Sale, Bill of Sale, Coniraft, Agreement and Affignment whatfoever, of, for or coiicerniner J ■,  - ■'■1 - _- cv ,.r T>..;_„ „.. u.: ^,.i,,., ^_ ._ k„ ►„!,,., c. „f i.:. n/r..:„n_.->_ r/ :__ i_ to be vi'ici, mies ihould be taken, funk, burnt or othcrwife dtftroyed, v./hich fhall at any Time after the faid firft Day of Jzine be made or entered into, fhall be, and is and are hereby declared to be void and of none EfFedt, to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever; any Lav/, Statute, Cuilom or Ufage to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithllrandirg. Agents to pay V. And the laid Perfons or Agents for Prizes, appointed as by the faid recited Acts are directed, are the Captois, &c. hereby refps'fliveiy authorized, directed and required to pay, or caufe to be paid to all fuch Seamen, Mz~ their Shares, ic. rines and Soldiers as fhall appear in Perfon, or in their Abfence to their lawful Attornies, impowered by ^'Elh^sX^ them refpe-flively, in the Manner as is herein after diredted, or to the Executors or Adminiftra'.ors of fuch ^^_ ' " *" ' Seamen, Marines and Soldiers, or their refpective Attorney or Attornies, duly authorized in fuch Manner as is herein after direfled, the refpective Share or Shares of fuch Prize or Prizes, and Bounty money as aforefaid, refpedively due to them, without regard to any Bargain, Sale, Bill of Sale, Contracl, Agree- ment or Affignment whatfoever, hereafter to be made of, for or concerning the fame. After I June VI. And be it further enacted, That no Letter of Attorney, from and after the faid firfi: Day of yune, 1747, Leitets of fnade by any Seaman, Marine or Soldier, belonging to any of his Majeity's Ships or Vtflels of War, or to At^tojney to be^ ^ ^ Merchant Ship in his Majefty's Ser'ice, or othervvife in the Service of his Majelry, his Heirs or Sue- , ^^fr^j.^^ Q^ having Letters of Marque, or belonging to any Privateer, or by the Executors or Adminiftrators of any fuch Seaman, Marine or Soldier, in order to impower and intitle any Perfon or Perfons to receive any Share or Shares of any Prize or Prizes, or Bounty- money as aforefaid, of any Kind whatfoever now due, or at any Time hereafter to grow due to any Seaman, Marine or Soldier, fhall be good and valid, and fufHcient for that Purpofe, unlefs fuch Letter of Attorney be made revokeable, and for the Ufe of fuch Erd at'efted hy Seaman, Marine or Soldier making the fame, and unlefs the fame be figned and executed before, and at- t.;.eCaptain, &c. teftcd by the Captain or Commander, and one other of the Warrant or Signing Officers of the Ship to which fuch Seaman, Marine or Soldier making the fame fhall belong, or the Clerk of the Cheque of one of his Majefty's Dock-yards, or the Mayor or Chief Maglftrate of fome Corporation. ' VII. And whereas neither by the faid recited Aft of the thirteenth Year of his prefent Alujeftv's Reign, ' nor by the faid A£t pafTed in the faid feventeenth Year of his faid Majefty, any i'uflicient Provifion is ' made to oblige fuch Agents or other Perfons, to difcover and duly account for the Money remaining in " ' their Hands, due or to become due and payable to the faid Hofpital :' Now, for the better and more ef- feftual preferving and fecuring all fuch Intereft ar>d Shares ef the faid Prizes, given and granted by thj above recited A£ts, or either of them, and hereby given and granted to and for the IJfe of the faid Hofpital, and Agents, &c. to for the more certain collecting and receiving the fame; Be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That all traofmitan Ac- and every Perfon and Perfons, Agent and Agents, and others, who have fold and difpofcd of, or fhall here- coiinttothe ■ after fell or othcrwife difpofe of, any Prize or Prizes fo taken as aforefaid, or which hereafter fhall be fo Greenwich^Ho- t^^" *"°'^ ^"7 "^ '^'^ Majefty's Enemies, fliall, within the Space of three Calendar Months next after the Cfitai, vvi'hin 3 Day to be appointed for the firft Paym.ent or Diftribution to the Captors of fuch Prize or Prizes, made in Momhsafitr the purfitance of fuch publick Notification, make out and tranfmit, or deliver unto the Treafurer of the faid firft Payment, Royal Hofpital at Greenivich for the time being, or to fuch Perfon or Perfons as he fhall for that Purpofe "^^'h^p™'"*;^ depute or appoint, a true State and Account in Writing, under the Hand or Hands of fuch Agent or Agents, ' ^'^ ' or Perfon or Perfons fo employed, of the Produce of all fuch Prize and Prizes as aforefaid, together with andnfihePay- an Account of the Payments of the feveral Shares to the Captors, an fhall then have been rca'fy and bona mentsofihe fclehym or them refpe£tively paid ; and alfo that all and every Perfon and Perfons authorized and ap- Shms. ^ pointed by the faid Aifts, or this prefent Act, to receive Blils for the Bounty granted by the faid recited Adfs, e'd'toT/ivc'"'" ^^^"' within the like Space of three Calendar R^onths ne.xt after the Day appointed for the frrft Payment or Rills for Bounty, Diftribution of fuch Bills for the Bounty as aforefaid, in like Manner mai;e out and tranfmit, or deliver to tr trapimit a the Treafurcr for the time being of the faid Hofpital, or to his fufficient Deputy, a true State and Account like Account, in V/titing, under his or their Hand or Flands, of the Payment and 'diftribution of fuch Bills ; and furth-r that all and every Perfon and Perfons, Agents and others, that by virtiie of the faid A.i5ts hath or have fold and difpofed of, or that fliall hereafter fell or difpofe of any Prize or Prizes taken from the Enemy, or which fhall at any Time or Times hereafter be taken from the faid Enemy by any of his A'lajefty's Ships or Vcflcls Afcnts, S.-C.. of War, or that fliall receive or difpofe of any Bill or Bills for Bounty, fuch Perfon and Perfons, Agents viihinj Months and Others, fo felling and difpofing thereof, fliall, within the Space of three Calendar Monts next after the iiiier the Expi- Expiration of the Term of three Years limited by the faid Aifts, make out an e.a6I Account in ^VritintT, Ye™ limited' °'^ '''^^ Produce of fuch Prize and Prizes, Bill and Bills for Bounty, as alfo of the Payments of the feveral to make out an Shares to the refpeftive Captors, together wl>h a true and juft Account upon Oath, to be taken before the Accdintofthe Treafurer of the faid Hofpital for the time being, or any other Perfon cr Perfons by him for that Purpofe PruJoce of deputed and authorized in Writing, under his Hand and Seal (which Oath the faid Treafurer of the faid Prizes, .jmi Pay- jj^j-pjj.^]^ and his fufficient Deputy and Deputies authorized as aforefaid, is and are hereby authoiizcd and 'impowered to adminifter) of all Sum and Sums of Money as fliall be then remaining in fuch Agent or and to deliver Agents, Or Perfons Cuftody, Power or Pofteffion ; and lliall at the fame Time deliver or caufe to he cielivcr- thc lame, with gjj jQ jjjg Treafurer of the faid Hofpital for the time being, or to Lis futKcient Deputy or Aeent, the faid the 60ms re-, * ■ ' ** , 3 Accounts