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 A. D. 1 7 5 S- Anno tricefimo fecundo G e o r g n II. C. 9. 319 XXI And be it further ena£led by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the twenty-fifth No Paymafter, &c. to Dav of March one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, no Paymafter or other Officer or Perfon make Ueduftions out of whatfoever, fhall receive any Fees, or make any Deduftions whatfoever out of the Pay of any Ma- ^<h«rs or pnvate Men. rine either Officer or private Man, in his Majefty's Service, or from their Agents, which {hall grow due from and after the faid twenty-fifih Day oi March one thoufand feven hundred and fifty- nine, other than the ufual Deductions for Cloathing, and twelve Pence in the Pound to be difpofed Exceptions, of as his Majefty (liall think fit ; and the one Day's Pay in the Year for the Ufe of the Royal Hof- pital at Chdfioy and fuch other neceflary Dedudions as fhall from Time to Time be directed by the faid Lord High Admiral, or three or more of the CommifTioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral for the Time being, by Order in Writing under his or their refpective Hand or Hands. XXII. And that the Quarters both of the faid Marine Officers and private Men, while on Shore Officers to give Notice as aforefaid, may, during the Continuance of this A61, be duly paid and fatisfied, and his Majefty's to innkeepersof SubH- Duties of Excife better anfwered. Be it ena£ted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after J^^'noney in tbcu (he faid twenty-fifth Day of Alarcb one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, every Officer or ™""'* other Perfon, to whom it belongs to receive, or that (hall adually receive the Pay or Subfiftence- money, for one or more particular Company or Companies of the faid Marine Forces or otherwife^ (hall immediately, upon each Receipt of every particular Sum which (hall, from Time to Time» be paid, returned, or come to his or their Hands, on account of Pay or Subfiftencc, give publick Notice thereof to all Perfons keeping Inns, or other Places where Officers or private Men arc quartered by- virtue of this Adl; and fliall alfo appoint the faid Innkeepers, and others, to repair to their Quar- ters at fuch Times as they (hall appoint for the Diftribution and Payment of the faid Pay or Subfi- ftence-money to fuch Officers or private Men, w^hich {hall be within four Days at the fartheft after the Receipt of the fame as aforefaid ; and the faid Innkeepers and others fhall then and there acquaint fuch Officer or Officers with the Accounts or Debts (if any (hall be) between them and the Officers and private Men fo quartered in their refpedive Houles ; which Accounts the faid Officer or Offi- cers is or are hereby required to accept of, and immediately pay the fame, before any Part of the faid Pay or Subfiftence be diftributed either to the Officers or private Men: Provided the faid Ac- Rates of Subfiftence w counts exceed not, for one Marine Commiffion Officer under the Degree of a Captain, for fuch Of- be paid to innkeepers, ficer'sDiet and Small Beer, per Dietn^ one Shilling; and if fuch Officer fhall have a Horfe or Horfes, &«• for Marines Quar* for each fuch Horfe or Horfes, for iheir Hay and Stjaw, per D'lem^ fix Pence ; nor for one private*"** Man's Diet and Small Beer, per Diem, four Pence: And if any Officer or Officers as aforefaid. Officers not giving No. Ihall not give Notice as aforefaid, and fnall not immediately, upon producing fuch Account ftated, ti«e of Subfiftence- i^tisfy, content and pay the fame ; upon Complaint and Oath made thereof, by any two WitnefTes, ""'Oney, and paying at the next Qiiarter-Seffions for the County or City wherein fuch Quarters were (which Oath the Quarters, Juftices of the Peace at fuch Seffions are hereby autliorized and required to adminifter) the Payma- Paymafter to fatisfy be or Perfon for the Time being authorized to pay the faid Marine Forces is hereby required and tiicm out of the Com- authorized (upon Certificate of the faid juftices before whom fuch Oath was made, of the Sum due P^"y'* "^* P*y» upon fuch Accounts, and the Perfons to whom the fame is owing) to pay and fatisfy the faid .-urns out of the Arrears due to the faid Marine Officer or Officers ; upon Penalty that fuch Paymafter or Perfon (hall forfeit their refpedtive Place or Places of Paymafter or otherwife, and be difcharged from holding the fame for the future: And in cafe there (hall be no Arrears due to the faid Officer or Of- ficers, then the faid Paymafter or Perfon for the Time being authorized to pay the faid Marine .Forces, is hereby authorized and required to dedu6l the Sums he fhall pay, purfuant to the Certifi- cate of the faid Juftices, out of the next Pay or Subfiftence-money of the Company to which fuch Officer or Officers fhall belong; and fuch Officer and Officers fhall, for fuch their Offence, or for and Officer to be ca- neglefting to give Notice of the Receipt of fuch Pay or Subfiftence-money as aforefaid, be deemed fliiered, * and t?kcn, and are hereby declared Ipfo fa£io cafhiered. XXIII. And where tt fhall happen that the Subfiftence-maney due to any Marine Officer or pri- vate Man fhall, by Occafion of iiny Accident, not be paid to fuch Officer or private Man, or fuch Officer or private Man fhall nt glcit to pay the fame, fo that Qiiarters cannot be, or are not paid as this Aft direds; in every fuch Cafe it is hereby further enabled, That every fuch Officer fhall, be- On moving from Qiiar- fore his or their Departure otit of his or their Quarters, where fuch Company fhall remain for any ters, the Officer to make Time whatfoever, make up the Accounts as this Adl diredls, with every Perfon with whom fiich "P 4"""""' ^"<^ S'^^ Company fhall have quartered, and fign a Certificate thereof, and give the faid Certificate, fo by ^J"'^**" ^°^ ^^°"^y iim figned,., to the Party to whom fuch Money is due, with the Name of fuch Company to which *' he or they fhall belong ;; to the End the faid Certificate may be forthwith tranfmitted to the proper Paymafter to pav the Paymafter of the Marines, who is hereby required immediately to make Payment thereof to the Per- Sum certifisd"for. ion or Perfons to whom fuch Money fhall be due, to the End the fame may be applied to fuch Com- pany, under Pain as is before in this Ail directed for Nonpayment of Quarters. XXIV. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That it Ihall and may be lawful to quarter officers &c to be auar- Officers and private Men of his Majefty's Forces in Scotland, in fuch and the like Places and Houfes tered lu'scutiand at VhV as Officers and private Men of the Land Forces might have been quartered in by the Lav/s in Force Laws in Foiw at ;he m Scotland at the Time of the Union ; and that the Poflefibrs of fuch Houfes fhall only be liable toU«'0'»<ii'«tt, furnifh the faid Marine Officers and private Men quartered there, as by the faid Laws in Force at the Time of the Union was provided with refpeif to the OfficeV-s and private Men of the Land Force* ; and that no fuch Marine Officer fhall be obliged, to pay for his Lodging, where he ihall be jegularly billeted, except in the Suburbs of Edmburgh, 2. XXV, And