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 A. D. 1757- Anno tricefimoprimo Georgii 11. C. lo. 169 fore ena<5led by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid firft Day o^ Noiiember, if any inf.- man'',h'eCap'. rior Officer or Seaman fhall die in the Service of his A-Iajcfty, his Heirs or SuccefTors, the Captain or Com- tain L to make manderof the Ship or Veflel in which fuch Officer or Seaman ferved at the Time of his Death, fhall, as out a Ticket for foon as may be after his Death, make. out a Ticket for the Wages or Pay due to fuch Officer or Seaman at i^'^ Pay, and the Time of his Death ; which Ticket the faid- Captain or Commander ihall fign himfelf, and fhall caufe to J-^'n^gTo d'eVa- be figned by the proper figning Officers of fuch Ship or Veflel, and fhall fend or tranfmit the faid Ticket fo ^^ b^J,.^ .' made out and figned as aforefaid, by the firft fafe Opportunity, to the Commiffioners of .the Navy, at their for the uVe of- Board, for the Ufe of the Executors or Adminiflrators of fuch Officer or Seaman : And the faid Commif- 'he Executors. fioners of the Navy fhall immediately caufe the Day of the Receipt of fuch Ticket to be indorfed thereon ; ?7°/ J"/|P'= and fuch Ticket fhall be forthwith examined, and fhall, by three or more of the faid Commiffioners of the tLiIon Ind Navy, be affigned for Payment as foon as may be, or within one Month at farthefl, to be computed from the- Ticket to be the Day of the making fuch Indorfement; and the faid Ticket being fo affigned for Payment, fhall, wi:;h- ej^mined, and out any Fee or Reward whatfoever, be delivered, upon Demand, to the Executors or Adminiflrators of ^'J;t"ed for fuch Officer or Seaman, or to their refpecStive Attorney or Attornies, to be duly authorized as is herein af- f^^J"'^',"^'. ,. ter directed ; and the Money due thereon fhall, without any Fee ot Reward whatfoever, be paid to fuch ^"^J^J^^^^'' Executors or Adminiflrators, or to their refpedive Attorney or Attornies as aforefaid, as foon as fuch Ticket Ex.-cnto.f, fliall be brought to the Pay Office of the Navy. and the Money IX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid firfl Day of No- v^'^--^- vember^ when and fo often as any inferior Officer or Seaman, in the Service of his Majefty, his Heirs or ^^^'^'^^j'" "^^ '^" SuccefTors, fliall, by Wounds, Sicknefs or any other manifefl Infirmity, be difibled and rendered unfervice- ori^cTr ors'-a. able, in cafe fuch Officer or Seaman fhall be on Board of any Ship or Veflel v/hich fliall then be m any Port m^^n fit to be ' of Great Britain, or on the Coafl thereof, or which fliall belong to any Squadron of his Majcfty's Ships or difchjrged as Vcffels which fliall not be in any Port of Great Britain, or on the Coaft thereof, the Captain or Comman- "Ji^eivkeabJe ; dcr of fuch Ship or VefTel, fhall reprefent the fame to the Commander in Chief of any Squadron of his Ma- jefty 's Ships or Veflels, who is hereby dircdfed carefully to inquire into, and to examine the fame;' and if ^j'-^'' "5"°" ^'^- he fliall be fully fatisfied thereof, fuch Commander in Chief fhall order fuch Captain or Commander to dif- to "^f/j^^^" "',' charge fuch Officer or Seaman, and to make out and fign, in the ufual Form, a Ticket for the Wages or Ticket for hi^ Pay then due to fuch Officer or Seaman; or if fuch Ship or Veflel fhall not be in any Port of Great Britain., Pay, &c. or on the Coafl thereof, and fliall not belong to any Squadron of Ships or Veflels of his Majelly, his Heirs and deliver to or SuccefTors, or fliall he feparated from the Commander in Chief of any Sqiiadron to which fuch Ship or ^"'" " ^'f^i^- VefTel fliall belong, then the Captain or Commander of fuch Ship or Veflel, being fully fiUisfied of fuch dh^"^/'^^ Difability, fhall difcharge fuch Officer or Seaman, and fhall make out fuch Ticket without the Direction of b.jttranfn'it il;e any fuch Commander in Chief, and fliall fign the fame himfelf, and caufe it to be figned by the proper Ticket to the figning Officers, as aforefaid: And whenever any fuch Officer or Seaman, fo difabled and rendered unfer- Navy Board ; viceable, fliall be difcharged, and fuch Ticket fliall be fo made out for fuch Officer or Seaman, and fliall ^'lo are to en- be figned in the Manner herein before dire6led, fuch Captain or Commander fhall, at the fame Time, grant Rece'Vth and deliver to fuch Officer or Seaman, without Fee or Reward, a Certificate of his Difcharge, containing and cx;;mineThe an exaft Copy of the faid Ticket, and a Defcription of the Perfon for whom fuch Ticket was fo made Ticket, and out; which Ticket fliall not, upon any Account or Pretence whatfoever, be delivered to fuch Officer or ^'Tign it for Seaman, but fuch Captain or Commander fhall fend or tranfmit the fame, by the firft fafe Opportunity, to P^y^ient j^ the Commiffioners of the Navy, at their Board, for the Ufe of fuch Officer or Seaman; and the faid meut b "^^'^d*' Commiffioners fliall immediately caufe the Day Vvdien they fhall receive fuch Ticket to be endorfed therecn, of the Cenifi- and fuch Ticket fhall be forthwith examined, and fliall, by three or more of the faid Commiffioners, be "te, they are to affigned for Payment, as foon as may be, or within one Month at fartheft fVom the Day of the making of ^''^'"'"eandfigti fuch Endorfenient : And in cafe fuch Officer or Seaman fhall prefent the faid Certificate of his Difcharge at ".^^ '^"?^' '^^.^' the Navy Office, the f;ud Commiffioners of the Navy, or any of them, fnall forthwith examine the faid j^id'^delivc'^Iho Certiiicate, and the Perfon prcfenting the fame, and being fatisfied that the faid Certificate v/as made out for Ticket >he?e- the. faid Perfon, and that he is rendered unferviceable, fliall lign and teftify the fame on fuch Certificate; and ^n^^n to the the faid Ticket, being fo affigned for Paym.ent, fhall, without any Fee or Reward whatfoever, he immediate- ^^^'^cr, ly delivered to fuch Officer or Seaman to whom fuch Certificate of Difcharge fliall have been granted, as ^"^ the Money aforefaid, and to no other Perfon whatfoever, and the Money due thereon fliall, without any Fee or Rev/ard, be if th^Ticket b paid to fuch Officer or Seaman,, and to no other Perfon v/hatfoever, as foon as fuch Ticket fliall be brought not iranfmitied to the Pay Office of the Navy; or if the faid Ticket fhall not have been tranfm.itted to, and received by cr received, the' the faid Commiffiioners of the Navy, at their Board, then the faid Certificate fhall be forthwith examined as ^'ei-ti.^cateai(ne aforefaid, and the Money appearing to be due on the faid Ticket, by the Copy thereof contained in the ^^'^^encxannned, -••--■'- ^ .. . J .'. I . o^ ^ . . . - '-■'... r-' ... &c. 1? (uftcient lain whereaCotr.miffioner of the Navy fliall be or refide, and fhall prefent to fuch Commiffioner the Ccrti- f"y of the i-orts ficatc of his Difcharge; the faid Commiffioner, upon examining fuch Certificate, and the Perfon fo pre- !"/.''^^*^^;"» fenting the fame, and being fatisfied that the faid Certificate was made out for the faid Perfon, and that he anW^n Uie*"'"^ is rendered ^unferviceable, fhall fign and teftify the fame on fuch Certificate, and tranfmit fuch Certificate fampj'^if fati-ficd to the Commiffioners of the Navy, at their Board, v/ho are hereby ftridly charged and required, within therewith, and four Days after the Receipt of fuch Certificate, to caufe the Ticket made out and tranfmitted to them for "anfmit ittothe "y flue made t: ereapo thweon to be immediately paid at fuch Port, to fuch Officer or Seaman applying for the fame, and intitled ?.t fu..h Port, Vol. VIII. Z thereto,
 * VIII. And whereas many Inconveniences and Frauds have arifen for want of a proper Regulation with Upon the Derth
 * refped to making out, and to the Payment of, the Tickets of inferior Officers and Seamen ;' Be it there- 2ffi"^r"I,7s°cl