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 170 C. iQ. Anno trlcefimo ptimo GuoRGf i II. A. D. I'j^f.i s'^dtheCom- thereto, without any Fee, Reward or Deduflion whatfoever ; and the Comrniflioner of the Navy at fuch ir.i.;!nr.cr is to Port wherc fuch Certihcate fhal] be fo prcfented, fliall fend fuch Officer or Seaman, io prcfenting the fame, /) ! ni iiichdir. ^.]j.j^ ^j^ Order to the nearefl: Hoipital, who (hall receive fuch Officer or Seaman, and vitStual him from the an'o I^r"tCthe '^'^^° ^e (hall prefent fuch Certificate, until he fliall be fo paid the Wages or Pay due to him as aforefaid. nearcft Holpita!, lill Payment of his Wages. iftheCertificnte X. Provided always, and it is hereby further enaftcd by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe any fuch Ihoild teloftor Certificate herein before directed to be granted and delivered to fuch inferior Officer or Seaman, fo difcharg- dei royed ^j^ on account of being rendered unferviceable, as aforefaid, (Viould happen to be loft or deftroyed ; or if rot appear, and ^"7 ^^^^ Officer or Seaman fhould not appear in Perfon, and prefent the fame to the Commiffioners of the prerenuheVame, Navy, at their 13oard, or to the Commiffioner of the Navy at any fuch Port in Great Britain^ as aforefaid ; crthe Money in either of which Cafes, the Wages or Pay due to fuch Officer or Seaman would not be payable by vir- ^r*t" K^^ tue of the faid Ticket fo made out for him; or if the Wages or Pay due upon fuch Ticket fhall not be vl^d b'-tbr"the P^^ before the General Payment of the Ship's Company; then, and in every fuch Cafe, the faid Commif- Gencral Pay- fioners of the Navy, at their Board, fhall caufe fuch Ticket to be cancelled, and all fuch Wages or Pay n.cnt of the fliall accrue and become payable to fuch Officer or Seaman, his Executors or Admin iftrators, or to the re- Ship; the fpective Attorney or Attornies of fuch Officer or Seaman, his Executors or Adminilirators, demanding the Ticket IS to be j^^j^g^ ^j^^ (j^jy authorized as is hereinafter direfted, when the Wages or Pay due upon fuch Ship or Vellel the Wa^es^t"o b- ^^^^' ^^ paid, in the Manner prefcribed by this A£l:, and as if fuch Ticket and Certificate had never been pjla to t^he Exe- made out or granted ; any thing herein contained, or any Law or Ufage to the contrary notwithftanding. tutors, &c. XI. And be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid firft Day of Novem- Cap-ainto make ber^ when and fo often as any inferior Officer or Seaman belonging to any Ship or Veflel of his Majefty, out Sick Tickets his Heirs or Succeflbrs, fhall, by Or 'er of the Captain or Commander of fuch Ship or Veflel, be fet Sick for thofefeta. ^Qiore, and be fent into any Hofpital or Sick Qiiarters, for his P^ecovery, fuch Captain or Commander fhall, iTtrr'hc"faJe" ' ^^ '^'"'^ fame Time, make out a Sick Ticket for the Wages or Pay then due to fuch Off.cer or Seaman, and w:th the Sick fhall fign the fame himfelf, and caufe it to be figned by the proper figning Officers as aforefaid ; which Sick Perfons to the Ticket being fo made out and figned, fliall be tranfmitted along with fuch Officer or Seaman to fuch Hofpi- Hofpitai ; fg] or Sick Quarters : And if fuch Officer or Seaman not being cured in fuch Hofpital or Sick Quarters, d^r h^r^"ed'!f ^^ regularly difcharged from thence as unferviceable, then a Certificate of fuch Difcharge, together tinferv'iceabte, a '^i^^ tbc faid Sick Ticket annexed thereunto, flnall be granted and delivered to him; and in cafe he fliall Certificatethcre- prefent the fame to the Commiffioner of the Navy that fhall be or refide at any Port in Gitat Britain, fuch or, with the Commiffioner of the Navy, upon examining the Perfon prefenting the fame, and being duly fatisfied that he Sick Ticket an- is rendered unfcrviccable, fhall fign and teftify the fame on fuch Certificate, and fhall forthwith tranfmit "-amedVim''-* ^"-'^^ Certificate, together with the faid Sick Ticket annexed thereunto, to the Commiffioners of the Navy, v.bfch be!™' ^t their Board, who arc hereby ftridtly charged and required immediately to caufe the Day when they fhall prefentfd to a rcceive the fame to be indorfed thereon, and fuch Certificate and Sick Ticket annexed thereunto, to be exa- CimmifTioner, is mined by the Mufter Books, if received, and a proper Ticket or Pay Lift, in the ufual Form, to be made to be figned by q^,j. vvithin four Days after the Receipt of fuch Certificate and Sick Ticket, for the Payment of all Wages Jhrrkvith'aJf or Pay due to fuch Officer or Seaman; and fhall fend fuch Ticket or Pay Lift without any Delay to the "n^itte'd^with ^^'d Commiffioner of the Navy at fuch Port, who fhall, v.^ithout any Fee or Reward whatfoever, caufe the tran the Ticket to Money due thereon to be immediately paid to fuch Officer or Seaman applying for the fame, and intitled the Navy Doard, thereunto ; who notwithftanding fuch Difcharge, fhall be kept and maintained in fuch Hofpital or Sick who are to ex- Qt,arters, from the Time he fhall prefent fuch Certificate and Sick Ticket annexed thereunto, until he fhall S'the rame, ^c fo paid the Wages or Pay due to him, as aforefaid. and make out a Pay Lift, and the Party is to be kept in Sick Quarters till Paynfient. Payment of X^^- Provided always, and it is hereby further enabled by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe the Ma- Tt.kets, Certi- fter Books or Pay Books for any fuch Ship or Veflel fhall not be regularly tranfmitted to, and received by firat'soi Pay the Commiffioners of the Navy, in the Manner herein before prefcribed, yet the Payment of the Tickets, Lift;, n. t to be or Certificates containing Copies thereof, or Pay Lifts, herein before directed to be made out or granted, v/anf^'fthe ^^'^ ""*■ ^" delayed or poftponed for fuch Onnffion ; but if any Error, to the Detriment of the Publiok Mi'ifteror Pay Treafurc, fliall be made in any fuch Ticket or Certificate containing a Copy thereof, or Pay Lifts, by the Hroks not belrg Captain or Commander ifluing or making out the fame, the Lofs arifing by fuch Error fliall be made good duly fcnt to the jipj compenfated out of any Wages or Pay due or to grow due to fuch Ca<tnain or Commander by whom Navy Board. (^^^)^ Tickct or Certificate, or Pay Lift was fo made out or granted as aforefaid. a Error be made in any Ticket, the Lofs to be made good out of the Captain's Wages, If a Ship net en XIIL And, in order to enable inferior Officers and Seamen employed Abroad to remit any Part of their tl.pCoaA, nr in Wages or I'ay for the Support of their Wives and Families, without any Expence or Dehy, and free from thi:Cnta n is to of fuch Shin or Veflel fliall read over, or caufe to be read over, in a diftinft audible Manner, the Names of c«iife the Ship's j^jj jhp inferior Officers and Seamen belonging to fuch Ship or Veflel, and fliall caufe c ry fuch Officer and Crew to be call- t^^.^^j^^^ ^^ anfwcr to his Name; and fliall do the fame, from time to time, at the End of every fix Months, In-Tif I'ny flia't as long as fuch Ship or Veflel fliall have twelve Months or more Wages or Pay due as aforefaid : And if any dffirrto remit fuch Officer or Seaman fliall thereupon declare by Word of Mouth, or deliver in Writing, the Name and »,;; Wages to hit Place of Abode of his Wife, Father or Mother, and deflre that the Whole, or any Part of his Wages or Wife or ParcntF, p^^y ^i^^^ ^^^ (exccpt the Wagcs or Pay that fhall be due for the laft fix Months of his Service on Board fuch Ship or Veflel) ihould be allotted and paid to his faid Wife, Father or Mother, by the Receiver Genera! 3 •'t