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No. XCIII.

1 Geo. IV. c. 52.

[ No. XCIII. ] 1 Geo. IV. c. 52.-An Act to continue until the Twenty-fifth of March One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-one an Act made in the Fortysixth Year of his late Majesty for permitting the Importation of Masts, Yards, Bowsprits and Timber fit for Naval Purposes, from the British Colonies in North America.-[15th July 1820.]

[No. XCIV. ] 1 George IV. c. 53.-An Act to continue until the Twenty-fifth of March One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-one so much of an Act of the Fifty-ninth Year of his late Majesty, as allows Santa Maria Wood and Teake Wood to be Imported free of Duty.-[15th July 1820.]

[ No. XCV. ] 1 George IV. c. 54.—An Act to continue until the First of August One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-five Two Acts of the Forty-fifth and Fiftieth Years of his late Majesty, allowing the bringing of Coals, Culm and Cinders to London and Westminster, by inland Navigation.-[15th July 1820.]

[ No. XCVI. ] 1 George IV. c. 59.-An Act to amend, revive, and continue until the Twenty-fifth of March One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-five an Act of the Fifty-second Year of his late Majesty, for regulating the Separation of damaged from sound Coffee, and for permitting Dealers to send out any quantity of. Coffee, not exceeding Eight Pounds weight, without Permit.-[15th July 1820.]

[ No. XCVII. ] 1 George IV. c. 64.-An Act to continue until the Fifth of July One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-four an Act made in the Fifty-eighth Year of his late Majesty, to repeal the several Bounties on the Exportation of Refined Sugar from the United Kingdom, and to allow other Bounties in lieu thereof, and to reduce the Size of the Packages in which Refined Sugar may be exported.-[15th July 1820.]

[ No. XCVIII. ] 1 George IV. c. 67.-An Act to continue until the First of August One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-two the low Duties on Coals and Culm carried Coastwise to any Port within the Principality of Wales.-[15th July 1820.]

c. 69.

[No. XCIX. 1 1 George IV. c. 69.-An Act to alter and No. XCIX. amend an Act passed in the Fifty-sixth Year of his late 1 Geo. IV. Majesty for erecting a Harbour for Ships to the Eastward of Dunleary, within the Port of Dublin; and to provide for the Erection of a Western Pier to the said Harbour of Dunleary.-[15th July 1820.]

[No. C. ] 1 George IV. c. 76.-An Act to repeal so much of an Act of the Fifty-seventh Year of his late Majesty as prohibits the Sale in England of any Spirits not being Spirits of Wine, British Brandy, British Gin, or Compounds. [24th July 1820.]

[ No. CI. ] 1 George IV. c. 80.-An Act allowing Importers of Sugar in Ireland to give Certificates for Sugar sold by them in lieu of Permits.-[24th July 1820.]

[ No. CII. ] 1 George IV. c. 82.—An Act to amend an Act of the Fifty-ninth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Third for the Encouragement and Improvement of the Irish Fisheries.-[24th July 1820.]

[ No. CIII. ] 1 George IV. c. 103.-An Act for the further Encouragement and Improvement of the British Fisheries. [24th July 1820.]

[ No. CIV. ] 1 George IV. c. 112.-An Act for Improving and Completing the Harbour of Port Patrick in Scotland, so as to render the same a more fit Situation for his Majesty's Packets.-[24th July 1820.]

[ No. CV. J 1 George IV. c. 113.-An Act for granting a certain Sum of Money towards Improving the Harbour of Donaghadee in Ireland, and rendering it a more fit Situation for his Majesty's Packets.-[24th July 1820.]

[ No. CVI. ] 1 & 2 George IV. c. 49.—An Act for making further Regulations in respect to the Payment by Remittance Bill of the Wages of Petty Officers, Seamen, and Marines, in the Royal Navy; and for extending the Provisions of an Act made in the Fifty-fifth Year of his late Majesty, relating to the Execution of Letters of Attorney and Wills of Petty Officers, Seamen, and Marines, in his Majesty's Navy.-[8th June 1821.]

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the thirty-first year of the reign of his 1 & 2 Geo. IV. late Majesty King George the Second, intituled An Act for the Encou

c. 49. 31 G. 2. c. 10.

No. CVI.

1 & 2 Geo. IV. c. 49.

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ragement of Seamen employed in the Royal Navy, and for establishing a regular Method for the punctual, frequent, and certain Payment of their Wages, and for enabling them more easily and readily to remit the same for the Support of their Wives and Families, and for preventing Frauds and Abuses attending such Payments; and by another Act passed in the thirtysecond year of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled An Act for explaining 32 G. 3. c. 33. and amending an Act passed in the Thirty-first Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Second, intituled An Act for the Encouragement of Seamen employed in the Royal Navy, and for establishing a regular • Method for the punctual, frequent, and certain Payment of their Wages, and for enabling them more easily and readily to remit the same for the Sup'port of their Wives and Families, and for preventing Frauds and Abuses attending such Payments,' and for further extending the Benefits thereof to Petty Officers and Seamen, Non-commissioned Officers of Marines, and Marines, serving or who may have served on board any of his Majesty's Ships; 32 G. 3. c. 67. and by another Act passed in the thirty-second year of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled An Act for extending certain Acts therein mentioned to Petty Officers and Seamen, Non-commissioned Officers of Marines and Marines, serving or who may have served on board any of his Majesty's Ships, and residing in Ireland; petty officers and seamen non-commissioned officers of marines and marines in his Majesty's navy are enabled to cause payment of their wages to be made in the cases in those Acts mentioned to their wives and relations by remittance bills; but doubts have been entertained whether the said Acts authorize payment by such bills to such petty officers seamen non-commissioned officers of marines and marines themselves when discharged or paid off from his Majesty's service; and it is expedient to remove such doubts and to alter the form of remittance bills hitherto used in such cases: Be it therefore 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 assemPetty Officers bled, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, such petty officers and seamen non-commissioned officers of marines and marines, shall and may be enabled and empowered to obtain payment of their wages by remittance bill or bills to themselves or to their wives or relations as provided by the said Acts, whether they such petty officers and seamen non-commissioned officers of marines and marines be still serving his said Majesty his heirs or successors, or discharged or paid off from the service; which said remittance bills shall be in the following form or to the like effect:

and Seamen, &c. may ob tain Payment of their Wages by Remittance Bills, whether serving or paid

off.

Form of Remittance Bill.

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By virtue of the Act, second George the Fourth, Chapter

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"N. B.-The personating or falsely assuming, or procuring

any other to personate or falsely assume the name or 'character of any inferior officer or seaman non-commissioned officer of marines or marine, or the wife or ' relation executor administrator or creditor of any such ' officer or seaman non-commissioned officer of marines or marine, in order to receive the wages due to such officer or seaman non-commissioned officer of 'marines or marine, is made felony without benefit of clergy, by the 55th George the 3rd, cap. 60. The officer to whom the aforegoing bill is addressed is directed by the above-mentioned Acts of Parliament to examine the duplicate thereof when presented, and inquire into the truth by the oath of the person presenting the same, and being satisfied he is to testify to that purpose upon the back of the bill and pay the amount without fee or reward; but if he shall not be able to pay the amount from not having public money sufficient in his hands, he shall note the cause of his refusing payment, and shall appoint another day within one month at farthest from that time, and shall deliver back the bill so noted to the person presenting it; and if upon complaint to the commissioners of the Board of Revenue on whose officer such bill shall have been drawn it shall appear that such officer hath unnecessarily delayed payment taken any fee or made any deduction whatsoever, he shall be fined in a sum 'not exceeding fifty pounds.

To be paid out of money received by the right honourable Navy Office. the Treasurer of his Majesty's Navy for the payment of seamen's wages.

I HAVE examined the duplicate hereof, and inquired into the truth of it, on the oath of

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and am satisfied that is the real person mentioned therein.

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Collector.

No. CVI.

1&2 Geo. IV.

c. 49.

II. And be it further enacted, That all and every the enactments pro- Provisions of visions clauses regulations powers authorities pains penalties and forfei- 55 G. 3. c. 60. tures contained in an Act passed in the fifty-fifth year of the reign of his applicable to late Majesty, intituled An Act to repeal-several Acts relating to the Execu- Remittance tion of Letters of Attorney and Wills of Petty Officers Seamen and Marines Bills extended in his Majesty's Navy, and to make new Provisions respecting the same, to this Act. applicable to the remittance bills in that Act mentioned, shall be deemed and taken and the same are hereby declared to be applicable to the remittance bills authorized by this Act as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if the same were repeated in this Act.

III. And whereas it is expedient that the provisions in the said last- Persons promentioned Act should be extended to the cases herein-after mentioned; curing others to Be it therefore further enacted, That if any person or persons shall cause sign or utter or procure any other person to sign or subscribe or utter or publish any false Applicasuch false petition or application to the treasurer or paymaster of his tions to the Majesty's navy for the time being as is mentioned in the said last-men- Treasurer or tioned Act for any of the purposes mentioned in that Act; or if any per- Paymaster of son or persons shall cause or procure any other person to demand or the Navy, or receive any wages pay prize money bounty money or other allowance of procuring Permoney, due or supposed to be due for or in respect of the services of any for Pay, &c. sons to apply such petty officer or seaman non-commissioned officer of marines or on false Certifi marine upon or by virtue of any certificate from the inspector of seamen's cates, shall be wills or his assistant, knowing such certificate to have been obtained by liable to Trans false representations or pretences; every such person shall on being con- portation for victed of any such offence in due form of law be transported beyond the Seven Years.

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seas for the term of seven years, in like manner as persons convicted of felony are directed to be transported by the laws and statutes of this realm.

1 & 2 Geo. IV. c. 49.

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ing others to utter forged Letters of Attorney, or to apply for Pay on Probates of forged Wills, &c. guilty of Felony.

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IV And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall cause or procure any other person to utter or publish as true any false forged counterfeited or altered letter of attorney bill ticket certificate purporting to be a certificate from the inspector of seamen's wills and powers, or his assistant, assignment, last will or other power or authority whatsoever mentioned in that Act, for the purpose and with the intention therein also mentioned, knowing the same to be false forged counterfeited or altered; or shall cause or procure any other person to demand or receive any wages pay prize money bounty money or other allowances of money due or supposed to be due for or in respect of the services of any such petty officer seaman non-commissioned officer of marines or marine or other person as in that Act mentioned performed or supposed to have been performed on board any of his Majesty's ships or vessels upon or by virtue of any probate of any will or letters of administration, knowing the will on which such probate shall have been obtained to be false forged and counterfeited, or knowing the probate of such will or such letters of administration as last aforesaid to have been obtained by means of any such false oath as in that Act mentioned with the intention therein also mentioned; every such person or persons so offending and being thereof convicted according to due course of law shall be deemed guilty of felony and shall suffer death as a felon without benefit of clergy.

[No. CVII. ] 1 & 2 George IV. c. 75.-An Act to con-
tinue and amend certain Acts for preventing Frauds
and Depredations committed on Merchants, Ship-owners
and Underwriters, by Boatmen and others; and also'
for remedying certain Defects relative to the Adjustment
of Salvage in England, under an Act made in the Twelfth
Year of Queen Anne.-[2d July 1821.]

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the forty-ninth year of his late Majesty
King George the Third, intituled An Act for preventing Frauds and
Depredations on Merchants Ship-owners and Underwriters by Boatmen and
others;
and also for remedying certain Defects relative to the Adjustment of
Salvage in England, under an Act made in the Twelfth Year of Queen Anne;
which Act was to continue in force for seven years and from thence to
the end of the next session of Parliament: And whereas by an Act passed
in the fifty-third year of his late Majesty King George the Third the said
above recited Act (except so far as the same was altered and extended)
was further continued in force for seven years from the passing of the
said Act and from thence to the end of the next session of Parliament
and no longer: And whereas it is fit and expedient that the said above
recited Acts should be further continued except so far as the same are
altered by this Act: Be it therefore enacted by the King's most excel-
lent 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 pilots boatmen hovellers or other
persons who shall take up any anchors cables tackle apparel furniture
stores or materials or any goods or merchandize which may have been
parted with cut from or left by any ship or vessel within any harbours
rivers or bays or on any of the coasts of this kingdom, whether the same
ship or vessel shall be or shall have been in distress or otherwise, and
which shall have been weighed swept for or taken possession of by any
such boatman pilot hoveller or other person, shall send a report in writing
of the articles so found and stating the marks if any thereon, and also an
accurate and particular description of the bearings distances and situations
and time when and where the same were so found to a deputy vice-ad-

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