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 A. D. 1757. Anno tiicefimo primo Georgii II. C. 10. 167 c A P. X. la A61 for the Encouragement of Seamen employed in the Royal Navy, and for e(]:ah^ing J^i.JZgSeTf' a regular Method for the pundual, frequent and certain Payment of their Wages ; and for^'«' '^fiy> enabling them more eafily and readily to remit the fame for the'Support of their Wives and ]ei.c.'s'.%& Familie? ; and for preventing Frauds and Abufes attending fuch Payments. « Z'^'^f.I!' 27. 9 £f 10 fr. 3. i-. 41. iyinn.c.6. i, & ^ Ann. c. r). lO Ann. c. IJ. j Geo. I. fat. z. c. 2^. 8 Cfo. I. f. 24. 20 Cw. 2, c. 38. 22 G«. 2, ,52. 24Cto. 2. C.47. 1% Ceo. 2, c. 16. 296'M. 2.C34. WHEREAS the Encouragement of Seamen employed in the Royal Navy, will greatly tend to aug- Preamble, ment the Marine Force of this Realm, whereon, under the good Providence and Proteclion of God, the Security of thefe Kingdoms, and the Support and PrefervaJon of their Trade and Commerce, do moft immediately depend : And wlicreas by an Aft made in the Ml Year of the Reign of his prefent Majcfty, intituled, Jn ASi for granthigan Aid to his Majefty., of five hundred thoufand Pounds., towards dif- i^^^ ceo. %. charghig Wages due to Seamen ; and for the corjiani., regular and purMua! Payment of Sea?neTis Wages for the flat. 2. c. 9. future ; and for appropriating the SiippUcs granted in this prefent Sejfton of Parliament ; and for difpofing of the Surplus of the Money grayited for Half Pay., for the Tear one thoufand feven hundred a7id twenty -Jeven ; and by another Aft alfo made in the firfl: Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefry, intituled, An Aa for en- ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ■ couroging Seamen to enter into his Mfejlys Service ; feveral Provifions and Regulations were enacted and pre- (., j^, fcribed, for the Benefit and Encouragement of the Seamen employed in the Royal Navy, and for prevent- ing Frauds and Abufes in pnrchafing of their Wages or Pay ; which Provisions and Regulations, frpm various Difficulties in carrying the fame into Execution, have been found, in a great Mcafure, ineffec- tual to anfwer the Purpofes thereby intended : And whereas the eilablilhing a regular Method for the punctual, frequent and certain Payment of the Wages or Pay due to inferior OiTicers and Seamen em- ployed in the Royal Navy; the enabling fuch Officers and Seamen more eafily and readily to obtain fuch Payments, and to allot and remit any Part thereof, for the Support and Pvelief of their Wives and Fami- lies ; and the preventing, as far as may be, the Unwary, tlie Ignoriint or the Neceffitous, fi-om being de- frauded and injured by the Extortion and Ufury of wicked and cvil-defigning Perfons, are of the utmoll Confequence to the Publick Service;' Therefore, for cffedluating thefe important and compaffionate Pur- lofes, Be it enaded by the King's moft Excellent Mnjefly, by and v/ith the Advice and Confent of the Volunteer Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, ?>nd by the Authority tj°in"g""I'Nri^ jf the fame, That from and after the firft Day oi November one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-eight,_ if with a proper my Seaman or Able-bodied lyandman, fhall freely and voluntarily ccme before and enter his Name with Officer, my Commiffion Officer or Officers of the FJeet, to be appointed for entering fuch Volunteers, in order to ^nd recriving jerve in, or on Board any of the Ships or Veflels of his Majefty, his Heirs or SuccefTors, then fitting out ^j^^^"^'^*^"'^ for Sea, or that (hall be in Want of Men, and fhall receive a Certificate of his fo doing from fuch Com- an"appearing iniffion Officer or Officers (who is or are hereby direfted and required to make out and give fuch Certifi- within a limit- cates, without Fee or Reward, and duly to date the fame) and if fuch Perfon (hall forthwith proceed to- ed Time on wards fuch Ship or Veffel, aiid fliall make his perfonal Appearance on Board the fame, within the Space of P""' .^^'^ ^ .ip fourteen Days from the Day of the Date of fuch Certificate, inclufive of the Day of the Date thereof, if |" j^^^^'^^^'^ '^
 * he Place where he fo enters his Name be not above one hundred Miles diftant from the Port Vv'here fuch jj

'liM to Ship or Veflel lies; or within the Space of twenty Days, if it be at a greater Diftance; or within the Space w,i?.es f.om the jf thirty Days, if the Place where he fo enters his Name be above two hundred Miles dsftant; then, and in Dateof his Cer- fuch Cafe, every fuch Perfon fiiall be, and is hereby declared to be, intitled to Wages from the Day of the t-ficate ; and to Dateof fuch Certificate, inclufive of the Day of the Date thereof, and ftiall alfo be allowed the ufual Con- ^^^Hf^ ^nd'^aif du£t Money, and fhall be paid an Advance of two Months Wages at the firfl fitting out of fuch Ship or A<i^Jil^of t-^o Veflel, and before fuch Ship or Veffel in which he (hall ferve fhall proceed to Sea. Months Wages. II. And, for remedying the many Inconveniences, Miftakes and Hardfhips, which arife from bearing .Men borne on any Seamen or Able-bodied Landmen on Board of his Majefty's Ships, for any Length of Time, as Super- any Ship' j Books numerarics, for Victuals only. Be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid ''^ Supemume- Srfl Day oi November, every Seaman or Able-bodied Landman, who fhall be entered on the Books of any >"'es, are mtitled Ship or Veffel belonging to his Majefly, his Heirs or Succeffors, a-j fupernumerary to the Complement of [,° ^^^.""'j^g^*^ fuch Ship or Veffel, fhall be borne for, and intitled to, his Wages, upon the Books of the firft, and of every ani every other xher Ship or Veffel in which he fhall ferve for the Space often Days, and fhall receive ail other Bene- Ship thiy rhali jilts and Advantages as if he were Part of the Complement thereof. ^e.-ve in for lo i III. Provided always, That where fuch Seaman or Able-bodied Landman ihall have been lent from any Vf'-^' *'^- Ship or Veffel belonging to his Majefly, his Heirs or Succeffors, to any other fuch Ship or Veffel, fuch ,^r>i.^"' ,?„ n A ?_1 L 1- 1 T I nil • 11 r 1 • • 1 1 1 • -J^r > ^^^ Snip to ano-
 * 5eaman or Able-podied Landman fhall continue to be borne for, and intitled to his wages, upon the ther, arc tote

Books of fuch Ship or Veffel from which he fhall have been fo lent, until he (hall be regularly difcharged torn on the from thence, and in no other ; any thing herein contained to" ihe contrary notwithftanding. Siiij^'s Bcoks IV. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid firfl Day oi No- f^'^ •n ll"' vmber, in cafe any inferior Officer or Seaman fhall be turned over from one Ship or Veffel in the Service of ,'°^/J' his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeffors, inlo any other fuch Ship or Veffel, either by Order from the Lord inferiVrfficer Hijh Admiral of Gr^^^ Britain, or from the Commiffioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral or Sfaman tum- jf Great Britain, or any three or more of them, or by Order from any Commander in Chief of any Squa- ^"^ over coano- by Grtat Britain,