dence at any trial to be had thereupon, and that the same was done in pursuance of and by the Authority of this Act: And if it shall appear so to have been done, the Jury shall find for the Defendant or Defendants; and if the Plaintiff shall be nonsuited, or discontinue his Action after the Defendant or Defendants have appeared, or if Judgment shall be given upon any Verdict or Demurrer against the Plaintiff, the Defendant or Defendants shall recover treble Costs, and have the like remedy for the same as Defendants have in other Cases by Law.

No. 19.-1776: Extract from British Statute, 16 Geo. III, Cap. 5. An Act to prohibit all trade and intercourse with the colonies of New Hampshire, Massachuset's Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the three lower counties on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, during the continuance of the present rebellion within the said colonies respectively; for repealing an Act, made in the fourteenth year of the reign of His present Majesty, to discontinue the landing and discharging, lading or shipping, of goods, wares, and merchandise, at the town and within the harbour of Boston, in the province of Massachuset's Bay; and also two Acts, made in the last session of Parliament, for restraining the trade and commerce of the colonies in the said Acts respectively mentioned; and to enable any person or persons, appointed and authorised by His Majesty to grant pardons, to issue proclamations, in the cases and for the purposes therein mentioned.

"Whereas many persons in the colonies of New Hampshire, Massachuset's Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,

Pennsylvania, the three lower counties on Delaware, Mary551 land, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia,

have set themselves in open rebellion and defiance to the just and legal authority of the King and Parliament of Great Britain, to which they ever have been, and of right ought to be, subject; and have assembled together an armed force, engaged His Majesty's troops, and attacked his forts; have usurped the powers of government, and prohibited all trade and commerce with this kingdom, and the other parts of His Majesty's dominions: for the more speedily and effectually suppressing such wicked and daring designs, and for preventing any aid. supply, or assistance, being sent thither during the continuance of the said rebellious and treasonable commotions," be it therefore declared and enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That all manner of trade and commerce is and shall be prohibited with the colonies of New Hampshire, Massachuset's Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the three lower counties on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia; and that all ships and vessels of or belonging to the inhabitants of the said colonies, together with their cargoes, apparel, and furniture, and all other ships and vessels whatsoever, together with their cargoes, apparel, and furniture, which shall be found trading in any port or place of said colonies, or going to trade, or coming from trading, in any such port or place, shall become forfeited to His Majesty, as if the same were the ships and effects of open

enemies, and shall be so adjudged, deemed, and taken in all courts. of Admiralty, and in all other courts whatsoever.

II. Provided always, and it is hereby further enacted and declared by the authority aforesaid, That nothing in this Act shall extend, or be construed to extend, to such ships and vessels as shall be actually retained or employed in His Majesty's service, or to such ships and vessels as shall be actually retained or employed in His Majesty's service, or to such ships and vessels as shall be laden with provisions for the use of His Majesty's fleets, armies, or garrisons, or for the use of the inhabitants of any town or place garrisoned or possessed by any of His Majesty's troops, provided the masters of such ships and vessels respectively shall produce a licence in writing, under the hand and seal of the Lord High Admiral of Great Britain for the time being, or of three or more commissioners for the time being for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, or of the commanders of His Majesty's fleets or armies, or of the governor, lieutenant governor, or commander in chief of any of His Majesty's colonies or provinces not herein before mentioned, specifying the voyage in which such ship or vessel shall be employed, and expressing the time for which such licence shall subsist and be in force, and also expressing the artit ard species of he said tores and provisions on board: and if any goods, ware, or merchandises, other than sr's and ↑ rovi ions for s Majesty -e. or provisions for the use of the inhabitants of any tow or place garrisoned and possessed by His Majesty's treps, she be found on beard such ships or vessels (the necessary store for the ship's use, and he baggage of the passengers, only excepted). in any or either of those cases, the said goods, wares, ard mer handies, shall be forfeited, and shall and may be seized and pro ecuted in the marrer herein after directed.

"III. And. for the encouragement of he officers and seamen of His Majesty's ships of war be it fur her enacted. That the flag officers, captains, commander, and other commissioned officers in His Majesty's pay, and also the semen. marines, and soldiers on board, shall have the ole interest and proper of and in all and every such ship, vessel, goods, and merchandise, which they shall seize and take (beir first adjudged lawful prize in any of His Majesty's courts of Admir Itv). to be divided in such proper ions, and after such manner, as His Majesty shall think fit to order and direct by proclamation or proclamations hereafter to be issued for those purposes.

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"XLII. And whereas an Act was passed in the fourteenth year of the reign of his present Majesty (intituled, an Act to discontinue, in such manner, and for such time, as are therein mentioned, the landing and discharging, lading or shipping, of goods, wares, and merchandise, at the town and within the harl our of Boston, in the province of Massachuset's Bay, in North America); and also an Act passed in the last session of Parliament (intituled. an Act to restrain the trade and commerce of the provinces of Massachuset's Bay and New Hampshire, and colonies of Connecticut, and Rhode Island, and Providence Plantation. in North America. to Great Britain. Ireland, and the British islands in the West Indies and to prohibit such provinces and colonies from carrying on any fishery on the banks of New foundland, or other places therein mentioned, under certain conditions and limitations); and also another Act passed in the same session (in

tituled, an Act to restrain the trade and commerce of the colonies of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina, to Great Britain, Ireland, and the British islands in the West Indies, under certain conditions and limitations): and whereas the prohibitions and restraints imposed by the said Acts will be rendered unnecessary by the provisions of this Act:" be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, the said Acts shall be, and the same are hereby repealed.

XLIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act, so far as the same relates to the capture and forfeiture of ships and vessels belonging to the inhabitants of the above-mentioned colonies, shall, except in the cases herein before mentioned, commence and be in force from and after the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six; and so far as the same relates to the capture and forfeiture of all other ships and vessels that shall be found going to trade in or at any of the said colonies, from and after the first day of February one thousand seven hundred and seventysix; and so far as the same relates to the capture and forfeiture of all other ships and vessels that shall be found trading in or at any of the said colonies, or bound and trading from any port or place in the same, from and after the twenty-fifth day of March one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six; and shall continue to be in force so long as the said colonies respectively shall remain in a state of rebellion.

552 XLIV. Provided always nevertheless, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in order to encourage all well-affected persons in any of the said colonies to exert themselves in suppressing the rebellion therein, and to afford a speedy protection to those who are disposed to return to their duty, it shall and may be lawful to and for any person or persons, appointed and authorised by His Majesty, to grant a pardon or pardons to any number or description of persons, by proclamation, in His Majesty's name, to declare any colony or province, colonies or provinces, or any county, town, port, district, or place, in any colony or province, to be at the peace of His Majesty; and from and after the issuing of any such proclamation in any of the aforesaid colonies or provinces, or if His Majesty shall be graciously pleased to signify the same by his royal proclamation, then, from and after the issuing of such proclamation, this Act, with respect to such colony or province, colonies or provinces, county, town, port, district, or place, shall cease, determine, and be utterly void; and if any captures shall be made, after the date and issuing of such proclamations, of any ships or vessels; and their cargoes, belonging to the inhabitants of any such colony or province, colonies or provinces, county, town, port, district, or place, or of any ships trading to or from such colony or province, colonies or provinces respectively, the same shall be restored to the owners of such ships or vessels upon claim being entered, and due proof made, of their property therein, and the captors shall not be liable to any action for seizing or detaining the said ships or vessels, or their cargoes, without proof being made that they had actual notice of such proclamation having been issued.

XLV. Provided always, That such proclamation or proclamations shall not discharge or suspend any proceeding upon any capture of any such ship or vessel made before the date and issuing thereof.

No. 20.-1778: British Statute, 18 Geo. III, Cap. 42.

An Act to enable the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond to estabrish and maintain a Light-house on the Rocks called The Smalls, in Saint George's Channel.

"Whereas by an Act of Parliament, made in the eighth Year of the Reign of our late Sovereign Queen Elizabeth, intituled, An Act concerning Sea-marks and Mariners, the Master, Wardens and Assistants, of the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond, are empowered to erect and set up Beacons, Marks, and Signs for the Sea, needful for avoiding of Dangers, and to renew, continue, and maintain the same, in such manner as in the said Act is mentioned: And whereas, by certain Letters Patent, granted by her said late Majesty, bearing date at Westminster, the eleventh day of June, in the thirty-sixth year of her reign, the Office of Beaconage and Buoyage was granted to the said Corporation and their Successors for ever, together with all fees, advantages, profits, and rights, payable or appertaining to that Office: And whereas there are certain Rocks dangerous to navigation, called The Smalls, lying in Saint George's Channel; upon one of which said Rocks a Light-house has been erected: And whereas the said Light-house hath lately been greatly damaged by the force of the sea, owing to its not being sufficiently elevated: And whereas many hundreds of Merchants, Traders, Owners, and Masters of Ships, of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, using, or interested in, the Navigation of Saint George's and the Bristol Channels, having requested the said corporation to cause the said Light-house, which hath been erected on one of the said rocks, to be repaired, or a new one instead thereof to be erected, as they should adjudge to be most beneficial to Navigation, and declared their consent, that, for defraying the charges and expenses attending the same, and the management thereof, and of Lights therein, reasonable Duties might be imposed and taken for or in respect of all British, Irish, and foreign ships or other vessels, which should pass within the limits herein-after mentioned; they the said Master, Wardens, and Assistants, having considered of the said request, have therefore resolved to cause the said present Light-house to be repaired, improved, and supported, and a Light to be exhibited therein, in case they shall be enabled to defray the expenses attending the said Light-house, and the maintenance thereof, by receipt of such reasonable duties as have been so consented and agreed to be imposed and taken as aforesaid: And whereas such Light-house will be of great utility, and tend to the Safety and Preservation of his Majesty's Navy, and of the Ships, Goods, and Lives, of his Subjects, and others, navigating Saint George's and the Bristol Channels, and passing within such limits as herein-after mentioned: And, forasmuch as the speedy repair of the said Light-house is absolutely necessary: To the end therefor that a work of such public nature, and so greatly beneficial to navigation,

may have all due encouragement;" may it please your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That for ever, from and after the kindling or placing a light, for the benefit of shipping, in a Lighthouse on one of the said Rocks called The Smalls, there shall be paid to the Master, Wardens, and Assistants, of Trinity House of Deptford Strond, their Successors and Assigns, for every British or Irish ship, or other vessel whatsoever (except ships or vessels of war of his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors), which shall pass to, from, by, or near the said Rock. or which shall pass between Cape Clear, in the Kingdom of Ireland, and the Land's End, in the County of Cornwall, and so up the Bristol Channel, eastward of the Isle of Lundy, or to Milford Haven, or Linney Point, in the County of Pembroke, or the said Rocks of The Smalls, in any direction, within twelve leagues of the said Light-house, or which shall or may have any benefit of the said Light-house or light, the following several Tolls or Duties; (that is to say)

553 For every such British or Irish ship or other vessel, not being a ship of war belonging to his Majesty, his Heirs or Successors, bound to or from and Port or Place in Great Britain or Ireland, from or to any foreign port or place (neither of the said Kingdoms to be for this Purpose deemed to be foreign, with respect to ships or vessels bound only from the one to the other of them), the Toll or Duty of one Penny for each Ton of the Burthen of every such ship or vessel, for every such passage as aforesaid.

For every ship or vessel of aliens, bound to or from any port or place in either of the said Kingdoms, or from one foreign Port to another, a Toll or duty of Twopence for each Ton of the Burthen of every such last-mentioned ship or vessel, for every such passage as aforesaid.

And for every British or Irish ship, or other vessel, bound coastwise from one port to another in either of the said Kingdoms, or from any port or place in either of the said Kingdoms to any Port or Place in the other of the said Kingdoms, and returning without making any foreign voyage, the Toll or Duty of one Halfpenny for each Ton of the Burthen of every such last-mentioned ship or vessel, for every passage as aforesaid.

The said several Tolls or Duties to be paid, by the respective Masters or Commanders of such Ships or Vessels respectively, to such Person or Persons as the said Master, Wardens, and Assistants, or their Successors or Assigns, shall from time to time authorise and appoint to collect the same, in such port or place, in either of the said Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, whence any such ship or other vessel shall set forth, or where any such ship or other vessel shall arrive, before the loading or unloading the goods therein; all which said Tolls or Duties shall and may be recovered by Action of Debt in any of his Majesty's Courts of Record in either of the said Kingdoms; wherein no Essoin, Wager of Law, or Protection, shall be allowed, nor more than one Imparlance.

"II. And, to the intent the said Tolls or Duties may be truly answered and paid," be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,