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 A. D. 1757. Anno tricefimo prlmo Georgii II. C. 6. 159 hereby declared to have, Power to relieve fiich Perfon, by ordering fuch and fo many of the faid Marines to be removed, and quartered upon fuch other Perfon or Perfons, as they fliall fee Caufe ; and fuch other Perfon or Perfons dull be obliged to receive fuch Marines accordingly. XVII. Provided nevcrthelefs, and it is hereby ena6led, That tiie Marine Officers and Private Men fo officers and Ma- quartered and billeted as aforefaid, fhall be received and furnifhed with Diet and Small Beer by the Owners rines to betur- of the Inns, Livery Stables, Ale-houfes, Vi61;ualling-houfes, and the Houfes of Sellers of Wine by Retail, "'"^e^ at the to be drank in their own Houfes, or Places thereunio belonging, and other Houfes in which they are allow- R»t" herein fet ed to be quartered and billeted by this A6t; paying and allowing for the fame thS fevcral Rates herein after- ^ons/" mentioned to be payable out of the Subfiftence-money for Diet and Small Beer. XVIII. Provided always. That in cafe any Inn holder or other Perfon on whom any Non-commiflion Of- what Innhold- ficers or Private Men (hall be quartered by virtue of this A<51: (except on a March, or employed in recruit- eisn-.ay allow ing ; and likewile except the Recruits by them raifed, for the Space of fevcn Days at moft, for fuch Non- Mcnquartrr'd commiffion Officers and Private R4cn who are recruiting, and Recruits by them raifed) fhall be defirous to "^Me^' '"^'^^*' furnifli fuch Non-commiffion Officers or Private Men with Candles, Vinegar and Salt, and with either Small Beer or Cyder, not exceeding five Pints for each M:in per Diem, gratis, and allow to fuch Non-com- miffion Officers or Private Men the Ufe of Fire, and the neccfTary Utenfils for drcffing and eating their Meat, and fhall give Notice of fuch his Defire to the Commanding Officer, and {hall furnifh and allow the fame accordingly ; then, and in fuch Cafe, the Non-commiffion Officers and Private Men fo quartered fliall provide their own Victuals ; and the Officer to whom it belongs to receive, or who fhall actually receive the Pay and Subfiftence of fuch Non-commiffion Officers and Private Men, fhall pay the feveral Sums here- in after-mentioned to be payable out of the Subfiftence-money for Diet and Small Beer, to the Non-com- miffion Officers and Private Men aforefaid, and not to the Innholder or other Perfon on whom fuch Non- commiffion Officers and Private Men are quartered j any thing herein contained to the contrary notwith- flanding. XIX. Provided always, and be it ena£lcd by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Marine Officer fliall Penalty on ta- take, or caufe to be taken, or knowingly fuffer to be taken, any Money of any Perfon forexcufing the quar- '''"g Moi.ry to tering of Officers or Private Men, or any of them, in any Houfe allowed by this A6t, every fuch Officer ^J^'^"^^ "^y '"'■■»■- Ihall be cafhiered, and be incapable of ferviiig in any Military Employment whaifoever. twinlT"^ '^"^* ' XX. And whereas it may be for the Benefit of the Service for the Commanding Officer to have a Power adled by the Authority aforefaid. That the Commanding Officer of Marines in any Town or Place where Commanding fuch Marine Forces are quartered, fhall, and he is hereby declared to have Power, from time to time, to ex- Oflker may ex- change any Marine or Marines quartered in fuch Town or Place, for any other Marine or A'larines quar- f^ian^e Marines tered in the fame Town or Place ; provided the Number of Men do not exceed the Number at that Time '" ^^^"^ Q^m- billeted on fuch Houfes refpeftively, where fuch Men fhall be exchanged ; and the Conftables, Tything- conftables to men, Headboroughs, and other Chief Officers and Magiflrates of the Cities, Towns and Villages, or billet the fame other Places, where any of the faid Marine Forces fliall be quartered, are hereby required to billet fuch Men accordingly. fo exchanged accordingly. XXI. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the twenty-fifth Day ofNoPaymafier March one toufand feven hundred and fifty -eight, no Paymafler or other Officer or Perfon whatfoever, fhall &c. to rrake' receive any Fees, or make any Dedu6l:ions whatfoever out of the Pay of any Marine, either Officer or Pri- Deduaions out vate Man, in his Majefly's Service, or from their Agents, which fliall grow due from and after the faid p^*^**^?!"'" twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand (even hundred and fifty-eight, other than the ufua! Dedudions for ply,^^^ "* Clothing, and twelve Pence in the Pound to be difpofed of as his Majefty fliall think fit; and the one Day's Exceptions. Pay in the Year for the Ufe of the Royal Hofpital at Chelfea, and fuch other necefTary Deductions as fhall from time to time be direded by the faid Lord High Admiral, or three or more of the Commiffioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral for the time being, by Order in Writing under his or their re- fpecftive Hand or Hands. XXII. And that the Quarters both of the faid Marine Officers and Private Men, while on Shore, as Officers to gH-e aforefaid, may, during the Con'inuance of this A*ft, be duly paid and fatisfied, and his Majefty's Duties Worice to irn of Excife better anfv/ered "' ^ """ fifth Day of belongs to re Company or Companies of the Hud Marine Forces or otherwife, fhall immediately, upon each Receipt of every particular Sum which fhall, from time to time, be paid, returned, or come to his or their Hands, on account of Pay or Subfiftence, give publick Notice thereof to all Perfons keeping Inns, or other Places where Officers or Private Men are quartered by virtue of this A6t ; and fhall alfo appoint the faid Innkeepers, and others, to repair to their Qi_iarters at fuch Times as they Hiall appoint for the Diflribution and Payment of the faid Pay or Subfiftence-money to fuch Officers or Private Men, which fhall be within four Days at the fartheft after the Rcceiptof the fame, as aforefaid ; and the faid Innkeepers, and others, fhall then and there acquaint fuch Officer or Officers with the Accounts or Deb^s (if any fhall be) betv/cen them and rhe Offi- cers and Private Men fo quartered in their refpsdive Houfes ; v^^hich Accounts the laid Officer or Officers is or are hereby required to accept of, and imtr.ediately pay the fame, before any Part of the faid Pay or Sub- p-tfj ^f Snb- fifleiicebe diflrjbutcd eirhcrto the Officers or Private Men : Provided the fi.id Accounts exceed not, for one fiatrc^ hi Marine Commiffion Officer under the Degree of a Captain, for fuch Officer's Diet and Small Beer, per Diem, p^iit' to im- o- by any two V/itnene?, at the next Qi_iartcr-Seffions for the County or City wherein fuch Qiiartcrs were Su-.fiftence nn, (which Oath the Juflices of the Peace at fuch Scfiions are hereby autiiorized and required toadminifler) the ""^ '"'' F»i'"'2 Quartets, ray- ^*
 * to exchange the Billets or Quarters of Marines quartered in the fame Town or Place ;' Be it therefore en-