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 A. D. 1757' Anno tHcefimo Georgii II. C. 30. los; mi/Koners of the Cuftoms and Excife, an exail Account of all the Perlbns who have, by fuch Entry or to the Commif. Re<^ifter as aforefaid, intitled thcmfelves to claim the Benefit of this A61. fioners of the Ciiftoms and II. Provided always, and be it enabled by the Authority aforefaid, That every Perfon who fhall make ^"'^e. fuch Entry, and claim the Benefit of this prefent Act as aforefaid, and fhall afterwards be guilty of, or The faid Perfon » commit any of the like Offences as thofe herein before mentioned, or hereby intended to be acquitted, ^^^"i^-j^gQt" releafed or difcharged, or fhall at any Time after defert from the faid Service, or within the faid three afterwards or Years unduly procure his Difcharge therefrom, fhall be fubje6t and liable to be profecated, not only for deferting, or«n- or in refpeft of fuch new Offence, but fhall alfo be fubjedl and liable to all the fame Pains, Penalties and duly procuring Forfeitures as he would have incurred or been fubject or liable to in cafe this Indemnity had never been tl^eir Difcharge, given ; any. Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. cmioVfof thl'"' former, as well as fuch new Oflence*. III. Provided alfo, That if any Officer of his Majefly's Navy fliall by falfe Mufter or Certificate, or in Officerpermit- Confideration of a Gratuity of any Kind, or by any other collufive or evafive Ways or Means whatfo- ting any uic!> ever, fuffer or permit fuch Perfon to avoid the a6lual Service as aforefaid, fuch Perfon fhall not only lofe P-''^'^ to avoid the Benefit of this Ad, but every fuch Officer fhall fuffer the Penalty of five hundred Pounds. folrfts^' oo i' and fuch Perfon lofcs the Benefit of the Afl. IV. Provided alfo, and be it enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That no Perfon who fhall have made Perfons fo ente— fuch Entry with the Clerk of the Peace as aforefaid, or receive or be intitled to any Benefit or Advan- ""g themreives tage by virtue of this prefent A61 of Indemnity, fhall be capable of maintaining any Adion brought or ^^^■^^'I'l^^j^ '^°'" to be brought by him, againfl any Officer of his Majefly's Cufloms or Excife, or againtl any Perfon or Adion agam/l Perfons who fhall or may have been aiding or affifting to any Officer for or concerning any Matter, the King's Of-' Caufe or Thing done or committed by fuch Officer, or by any Perfon or Perfons aiding and affifting him fibers, &c. for ■ on Occafion, or for any other Matter or Thing by this A6t intended to be acquitted, indemnified, rQ-^^^"b"JYr''" leafed and difcharged ; but fuch Claim is and fliall be deemed an abfalute Difcharge and Releafe to iuch ged by ^th s^^Aft' Officer, who may plead the General Iffue, and give a Copy of fuch Claim fo as aforefaid entered with the General IfTjc ' faid Clerk of the Peace, and this A61 in Evidence, on fuch Action or Profecution. V. Provided alfo, and it is hereby further enadled by the Authority aforefaid. That no Perfon, who Prohibition of fhall duly enter himfelf to ferve as a common Sailor in his Majcily's Fleet for the Term of three Years at Suits againft leafi in purfuance of this Acft, fhall during fuch Term of three Years (unlefs he fhall within fuch Space Perfons entering of lime defert or withdraw from fuch Service) be liable to be apprehended or imprifoned, or to be fued themfelves. or profecuted in any Manner whatfoever, for or on account of any of the Offences intended to be re- Cincermng Cu- Icafed by this Ad. Jlc^sfee fanher 3Z Ceo. 2. c. 10, CAP. XXX. An Aft for allowing a further Bounty on VelTels employed In the White Herring Fifhery ; for giving Liberty to alter the prefent Form and Size of the Nets ufed in the faid Fifhery ; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. -• "IT 7HEREAS by an Aft made in the twenty-third Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefly, in- .yCso. z. c 24, ' faid Fifheries, in Manner and under the Regulations in the f;iid A61 after-mentioned ; fuch Bounty of ,* of the faid A£t, and no longer, upon conforming to the Regulations of the faid Atlj in which faid Adt Vol.. VIII. P - ^ j-Qy
 * W tituled, Jn A£l for the Encouragement of the Britifli JVh'ite Herring Fijhery; it is amongfl other feet, n St 12.
 * Things enafted. That as an Encouragement to all Perfons whatfoever, as well Bodies Politick and
 * Corporate, as others, and alfo the Perfons who fhould be incorporated by virtue of and under the faid
 * Aft, to engage in the faid White Herring Fifheries, that a Bounty of thirty Shillings per Ton fliould
 * be paid annually out of fuch Sums as fliould be produced out of his Majefly's Cuftoms to the Owner
 * or Owners of all decked Veffels, from twenty to eighty Tons Burthen, which fhould be built after the
 * Commencement of the faid A6t for the Ufe of the faid Fifheries, and fitted out and employed in the
 * thirty Shillings /^r Ton to be paid yearly during the Space of fourteen Years from the Commencement
 * it is, aiTiongft other Things enadted. That every Bufs or Veffel of the Burthen of feventy Tons, and
 * dcfigned for the faid Fifhery, fhould on her proceeding to Sea, have on board one Fleet of fifty Nets,
 * (sach Net to be thirty Yards full upon the Rope, and I'even Fathoms deep, and {o in Proportion for anv
 * VefVels of a greater or leiler Tonnage; and fhould be provided with one other Fleet of fifty like Nets
 * on board a Jagger or l^ender to attend the faid Fifiiery, or left on Shore in a proper Place for the Ufe
 * of the faid Bufs or Veffel : And whereas puvfuant to the Power by the faid hSt giveji to his faid Ma-
 * jefly, a Society, by the Name of the Society of The Free Eritifh Fipery, iiath been incorporated by
 * Charter bearing Date the eleventh Day oi Oliioher one thoufand feven hundred and fifty: And wbrre^a
 * by another Act made in the twenty-eighth Year of the Reign of his faid Majefly, For further explain- z'SGeo. i c 14.
 * ///0-, amending and rendering 77iore effe^ual the faid firjl-mentlomd Ail i and for giving further Encouragement