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 158 C. 6. Anno tricefimo primo Georgii IL A. D. 1757. Per ons aco.ifed XIV. Provided alfo, and be it further enadled, That if any Marine OiHcer, Non-coinmiflioa Officer, or cf Cap::a! Private Man, Ihall bs accufed of any Capital Crime, or of any Violence or Offcr.ce againft the Pcrfon, Crimes, &c. to Eftate or Propercv of any of his Majefty's Subjeds, which is punifhable by the known I^awo cf the Land j the L^ht'cTv^l^lT^°'^-"^^"'^'"S,^^^'^^'" °^ Officers of every Company, or Party, is and are hereby required to ufe his and giftra^ce,'&c. ' their utmoft En'Jeavours to deliver over fuch accufed Perfon to the Civil Magiftrate ; and fhall alfo be aiding and afiifting to the Officers of Juftice in the feizing and apprehending fuch Oirender, in order to bring him to Trial : And if any fuch Commai^ding Officer fnali wilfully neglect or refufe, upon Application made to him for that Purpofe, to deliver over any fuch accufed Perfon to the Civil Magiftrate, or to be aiding and aflift- irg to the Officers of Juftice in the apprehending fuch Offender ; every fuch Officer fo ofi'endirvg, and being thereof convicted before any two or more Juftices of the Peace for the County where the Fa£l is committed, by the Oath of two credible WitnefTes, Ihall be deemed and taken to be ipfo fa/^o cafhiered ; and fhall be utterly difabled to have or hold any Civil or Military Office or Employment within this Kingdom, or in his Majefty's Service ; provided the faid Convidtion be affirmed at the next Quarter-Seffions of the Peace for the faiJ County, and a Certificate thereof tranfmittcd to the Judge Advocate, who is hereby obliged to certify the fame to the next Court-martial. ' XV. And whereas his Majefty hath been gracioufly pleafed, in Compaffion to the diftrefTed Condition of ' during the late Rebellion, by Orders made under his Royal Sign Manual, to diredl his CommifTary Gene- FiaitiousNamss fg^ [^q more efFeftually fulfilling his Majefty's faid gracious Litentions, with refpeit to the allowing of ii6ti- alioweJ ry his ^j^^^^ Names upon the Mufter-rolls of the faid Marine Forces while on Shore, for the Purpo'es aforefaid ; upon'theMufter- ^'^ '^ further enacted and declared by the Authority aforefaid, That it fliail and may be lawful, during the rolls, for the Continuance of this Act, to and for the faid Lord High Admiral, or three or more of the faid Commiffion- Maintenance of ers for executing the faid Office of Lord High Admiral for the time being, by Orders in Writing under his Officers Wi- or jj^jjic refpe£tive Hand or Hands, to direct the Perfon for the time being authorized to pay the faid Marine ^"nft'r "d* 'f 1^ Forces, to pay over the full Pay of fuch fi£titious Private Men as fliall be allowed on the Mufter-rolls of tha Muner.^ ^ ^ " l^'"^' lIarine Forces while on Shore as aforefaid, to the proper Receiver appointed by his Majefty, according Pa-mafferto ^^ (uch Orders and L-iftructions as his Majefty fliall be pleafed to make under his Sign Manual, for the Pur- pay the full Pay poie aforefaid ; and thst no Allowance of any fuch fiditious Name upon any Mufter-roU of the faid Marine of fuch Men to Forces while on Shore, as aforefaid, ftiall be conftrued to be a falfe Mufter ; any thing in this or any former theReceiver. Act contained to the contrary notwithftanding. ' XVL And whereas here is and may be Occafion for the marching and quartering of the faid Marine Conflables, Sec. * Forces in feveral Parts of this Kingdom ;' Be it further ena6ted by the Authority aforefaid. That for and to quaner offi- during the Continuance of this Act, and no longer, in purfuance of an Order or Orders in Writing in that cers and Men Behalf, Under the Hand of the faid Lord High Admiral, or under the Hands of three or more of the Com- k 'f TV'^'^' miffioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral for the time being, it fnall and may be lawful to ^"'^'' '^* and for the Conftables, Tythingmen, Headboroughs, and other Chief Officers and JVIagiftrates of Cities, Towns and Villages, and oher Places, within England^ Wales^ and the Town of 5i?rzwV/^ upon Tweedy and in their Defaulc or 7bfence, for any one Juftice of the Peace inhabiting in or near any fuch City, Tovvi Village or Place, and for no others ; and fuch Conftables, and other Civil Magiftrates as aforefaid, are here- by required to quarter and billet the Marines, both Officers and Private Men, in his Majeity's Service, in Inns, Livery Stables, Ale-houfes, Victualling-houfes, and the Houfes of Sellers of Wine by Retail to be drank in their own Houfes or Places thereunto belonging, and all Houfes of Perfons felling Brandy, Strong But in noDIftil- Waters, Cyder or Metheglin, by Retail, to be drank in Houfes other than and except the Houfe or Houfes ifs Hou*cs, cr f)f apy Diftillers, who keep Houfes or Places of diftilling Brandy and Strong Waters, and the Houfe of any Shcrkceper?, or ghopkceper, whofe principal Dealings fhall be more in other Goods and Merchandizes, than in Brandy and HcufeV'*^'* Strong Waters, (fo as fuch Diftillers and Shopkeepers do not permit or fufTer Tippling in his or their Hou- fes) and in no other, and in no private Houfes whatfoever, without the Confent of the Occupier ; nor fhall any more Billets at any Time be ordered, than there are efFedtivc A^arines prefent to be quartered ; and if any Conftable, Tythingman, or fuch like Ofticer or Magiftrate as aforelaid, fliall prefume to quarter or bil- let any fuch Officer or Private Man in any fuch private Houfe, without the Confent of the Occupier j in fuch Cafe, fuch Occupier fhaU have his or their Remedy at Law againft fuch Magiftrate or Officer, for the Penalty on Ofti- Damage that fuch Occupier ftiall fuftain thereby ; and if any Marine Officer fhall take upon him to^quarter cfTs qua'tf!rinB Private Men otherwiie than is limited and allowed by this Act, or fiiall ufe or offer any Menace or Compul- Privatc Men _ fion to any Mayors, Conftd.lcs, or other Civil Officers before-mentioned, tending to deter and difcourage iontpary to this ,.^^^ ^^ .txt from performing any Part of their Duty hereby required or appointed, fuch Marine Officer Ad;, &c. fhall, for every fuch Oftence (being thereof convicted before any two or more of the next Juftices of the Peace of the County, by the Oath of two credible WitnefTes) be deemed and taken to be ipjo fa£io cafhicr- ed, and fliall be utterly difabled to have or hold any Military Employment within this Kingdom, or in his Majefty's Service ; provided the faid Co;iviction be affirmed at the next Quarter Seffions (y'i the Peace of the faid County, and a Certificate thereof be tranfmitted to the Judge Advocate, who is hereby obliged to cer- P '•nsajTErie ^ify the fame to the next Court-martial ; and in cafe any Pcrfon fhall find himfelf aggrieved, in that fuch veTby being * Conftalile, Tythingman, or Headborough, Chief Ofiicer, or Magiftrate (fuch Chief Officer or Magiftrate q.ia.ured on, not being a Juftice of the Peace) has qu;irtered or billeted in his Houfe a greater Number of Marines than m.y comp.ain ^^ ought to bear in Proportion to his Neighbours ; and ftiall complain thereof to one or more Juftice or Ju-' icany J..iiicfs, ^j^^^ ^^j: ^j^^ Pcacc of the Divifion, City or Liberty, where fuch Marines are quartered ; or in cafe fuch and be relieved, (j^j^^ Officer or Magiftrate ftiall be a Juftice of the Peace, then on Complaint made to two or more Juftices •of the Peace of fuch Divifion, City or Liberty, fuch Juftice or Juftices refpcctively fliall have, and is or arc hereby
 * feveral Vv'^idows of Officers of the Army, who have loft their Lives in the Service of the late War, or
 * ral of the Mufters, to allow upon the Mufter-rolls of all the Regiments, Troops and Companies, aNum-
 * ber of fictitious Names therein mentioned, inftead of Private Men, in order to raife and fettle a Fund for
 * the Maintenance of fuch Widows of Officers as are or (hall be intitled to his Royal Bounty;' Therefore,