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 a'6b' C. 6. Anno tricefinio primo Georgii IL A. D. 1757. Ir'ayiinafter to paymnfier Of Perfon for the time being authorized to pay the faid Marine Forces is hereby required and au- fatiifjjhttD out (iiorj^ed (upon Certificate of the faid Juftices before whom fuch Oarh was made, of the Sum due upon '^^ ■" rears due to the faid Marine Officer or Officers ; upon Penahy that fuch Paymafter or Perfon (hall forfeit their rcfpefiive Place or Places of Paymaller or otherwife, and be difcharged from holding the hme for the future : And in cafe there {l"ial! be no Arrears due to the laid Officer or Officers, then the faid Paymaller or Perfon for the time being authorized to pay the faid Marine Forces, is hereby authorized and required todeducSl the Sums he fhrdl pay, purfuant to the Certificate of the faid Juftices, out of the next Pay or Subfiftence-money an/Ofncerto of the Company to which fuch Officer or Officers {hall belong ; and fuch Officer or Officers fhall, for fuch be cn/hie.ed. their OtFcncc, or for neglecl:ing to give Notice of the P>.eceipt of fuch Pay or Subfiftence-money, as afore- faid, be deemed and taken, and are hereby declared ipfo fa^o cafhicred. XXIII. And where it ihall happen that the Subfiflcnce-money due to any Marine Officer or Private Man fliall, by Occafion of any Accident, not be paid to fuch Officer or private Man, or fuch Officer or Private . Man fliall negleftto pay the fame, fo that Quarters cannot be, or are not paid, as this A61: diredls ; in every ^onrai"ner« ^^^^ ^^"'^ '^ '-'' hereby further ena£led, That every fuch Officer fliall, before his or their Departure out of his thTofficcrto' or their Quarters, where fuch Company fliall remain for any Time whatfoever, make up the Accounts, as make up Ac- this Aci direifJs, with every Pcribn with whom fuch Company fhall have quartered, and fign a Certifi- cornts, and give catc thereof, and give the faid Certificate, fo by him figned, to the Party to whom fuch Money is due, with Officers, &c, lo XXIV. And bc it enacScd by the Authority aforefaid. That it fliall and may be lawful to quarter Officers be quartered in and Private Men of his Majefty's Marine Forces in Scotland^ in fuch and the like Places and Houfes as Offi- Sco:ianJ as the ccts and Private Men of the Land Forces might have been quartered in by the Laws in Force in Scotland iT u^""^" • ^^ -^'^ Time of the Union ; and that the Poflellbrs of fuch Houfes fhall only be liable to furnifh the faid Ma- redt^^ "'°"^'' ^'"^ Officers and Private Men quartered there, as by the faid Laws in Force at the Time of the Union was provided with refpeft to the Officers and Private Men of the Land Forces ; and that no fuch Marine Of- ficer flial] be obliged to pay for his Lodging, where he fhall be regularly billeted, except in the Suburbs of Edinburgh. jufl-ices to crder XXV. And be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid, That for the better and more regular Provi- ^rov^de^'ca ^^ ^'°" °^ Camagcs for his Majefty's Marine Forces in their Marches, or for their Arms, Clothes or Accoutre- gcs for iheTla- rri^'its, in England., Wales.) and the Town of Bertvick upon Tuceed, all Juftices of the Peace, within their ripeForcescn fe^'cral Countics, Ridings, Divifions, Shires, Liberties and Prccinds, being duly required thereunto by the their March. faid Lord High Admiral, or three or more of the Commiffioners for executing the Office of Lord High Ad- miral for the time being, by an Order in Writing under his or their refpective Hand or Hands, fliall, as often as fuch Order fnall be broudit and fhewn unto one or more fuch Juftices by the Officer or Officers of the Company or Companies of Marines fo ordered to march, ifliie out his or their Warrant or Warrants to the High Conftables or Petty Conftablcs of the Divifion, Riding, City, Liberty, Hundred or Precintfl, from, through, near, or to which fuch Compnny or Companies fhall be ordered to march ; requiring them to make fuch Provifion for Carriages, with able Men to drive the fame, as fliall be mentioned in the faid "Warrant, allowing them fufficient Time to do the fame, that the neighbouring Parts may not always bear the Burthen : And in cafe fufficient Carriages cannot be provided within any fuch Riding, City, Liberty, Hundred, Divifion or Precin£l ; then the next Juftjce or Juftices of the Peace of the County, Riding or Di- vifion, fliall, upon fuch Order as aforefaid being brought or fhewn to one or m.ore of them, by any of the IVlarine Officers aforefp.id, illue his or their W^arrant or Warrants to the High ponftables or Petty Conftables of fuch next County, Riding, Liberty, Divifion or PrecintSl, for the Purpofes aforefaid, to make up fuch Deficiency ; and the aforefaid Officer or Officers, who by virtue of the aforefaid Warrant or Warrants from fuch JuPdcc or Juftices of the Peace, is or are to demand the Carriage or Carriages therein mentioned, of the High Conftabic or Petty Conftable to whom the Warrant is direaed, is and are hereby required at the fame Time to pay down in Hand to the faid Conftable or Petty Conftable, for the Ufe of the Perfon R-tes for Car- '^^'^^ ^^^^^' provide fuch Carriages and Men, the Sum of one Sliilling for every Mile any Waggon with five rijVs. Horfes fn:ill travel ^nd the Sum of one Shilling for every Mile any Wain with fix Oxen, or four Oxen with two Horfes fliall travel ; and the Sum of nine Pence for every Mile any Cart with four Horfes fliall travel ; and fo in Proportion for lefs Carriages ; for which refpe6tive Sums fo received, the faid Conftable or Petty Conftabic is hereby required to give a Receipt in Writing to the Perfon or Perfons paying the fame : And fuch Conftable or Petty Conftable fliall order and appoint fuch Perfon or Perfons, having Carriages within their refpe.^ive Liberties, as they fhall think proper, to provide and fiirnifh fuch Carriages and Men, accoiding to the Warrant aforefaid, who arc hereby required to provide and furnifli the fame accordingly : Prnsltvcn Of- And if any Marine Officer or Officers, for the Ufe of whofe Company or Companies the Carriage was pro- ficeri forcing yidcd, fliall foicc and conftrain any Waggon, Wain, Cart or Carriage, to travel more than one Day's Jour- ^•■^^'"' lotra. j^gy^ or fhall not difcharge the Amie in due 1^'me for their Return Home, or fliall fufFer any Marine or Scr-' cnl d'vs'iou" vant (except fuch as are fick) or any Woman, to ride in tlie Waggon, Wain, Cart or Carriage aforefaid, or m>, <fcc. " fliall force any Conftable or Petty Conftable, by Threatcnings or menacing Words, to provide Saddle Hor- fes for themfelves or Servants, or fhall force Horfes from the Owners by theinfclves. Servants, or Private Men; every fuch Officer, for every fuch Oftence, fliall forfeit the Sum ot five Pounds; Proof thereof being made upon Oath before two of his Majefty's Juftices of the Peace of the fame County or Riding, who are to certify the fnnc to the proper Paymafter of his Majefty's Marine Forces, who is hereby required to pay the aforcfiid Sum of five Pounds accordingly to the Order and Appointment under the Hands and Seals of fuch Juftices of the Peace, and is alfo hereby impowcrcd to deduct the fame out of fuch Officer's Pay. 5 aXVI. And
 * .-s mx"lV-^' ^"'"'^' Accounts, and the Perfons to whom the flime is owing) to pay and fatisfy the faid Sums out of the Ar-