46 C. 8 J g. Anno undecimo & duodecimo Gulielmi III. A. D. 170a. XII. And for the better and more effedlual Prevention of Combinations and Confederacies, for the run- ning away with or deitroying of any Ship, Goods or Merchandizes ; be it further enacted by the Autho- Reword to Dif- rity aforefaid, That a Reward often Pounds for every Ship or Veflel of one hundred Tuns or under, and covererofany fifteen Pounds for evcry Ship or Veflel of a greater Burthen, fhall be paid by the Captain, Co.iimander, ConiWnatlon for or Maflcr of every Ship or Veflel, wherein any fuch Combination or Confederacy fhall be fet on Foot, wkh'sh'^"!^ for the running away with or defbroying any fuch Ship, or the Goods and Merchandizes therein laden, '' ^' to fuch Perfon as Ihall firll make a Difcoveiy thereof, upon due Proof of fuch Combination or Confede- and howto be racy; the fame to be paid at the Port where the V^ages of the Seamen of the faid Ship are or ought to be piid. paid, after fuch Difcovery and Proof made. Aft to be in XIII. Provided alfo. That this A61 fhall be in Force for feven Years, and to the End of the next Sef- Porce forfcven fion of Parliament after the Expiration of the faid feven Years, and no longer. '^'<^2rs. XIV. And for the more effecSlual Profecution and Punifh i-ent of Piracies, Felonies and Robberies b^e'c "^'"^^ upon, the Sea, and of ail other Oflr'ences aforementioned ; be it declared and enadted by the Authority ig. and°enforced ^^'^'"^'^' That the Commiffioners appointed or to be appointed by the aforementioned Statute of King by S Geo. i. c. Henry the eighth, or the Commiflioners for Trial'of Pirates appointed by this Adf, (hall, from and at- 2+-' ter the faid nine and twentieth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred, have the fole Power and Commiffioners, Authority of trying, hearing, and determining the faid Crimes and Offences, within all or any of the Co- &c. fliall have lonies and Plantations in J?iierica, governed by Proprietors, or under Grants or Charters from the Crown, ^f°^^"yj7"^ and of bringing the Offenders to condign Punifliment ; and fhall and may iffue forth their Warrantor in all the Cdo- Warrants for the Seizing and apprehending of any Pirates, Felons, or Robbers upon the Sea, or their nics, fee. in A- Confederates or Acceflaries, being v/ithin any of the faid Colonies and Plantations, in order to their being merica. brought to Trial v/ithin the fame, or any other Plantation in A?rierica, according to this A<51:, or fent into Governors of the England to be tried there ; and that all and every Governor and Governors, Perfon and Perfons in Autho- faidColonies.&c. rity in the faid Colonies and Plantations governed by Proprietors, or under Charters as afor«faid, flaail lionws" ST"^' ^^'^^^ ^^^ Commiffioners and their fubordinate Officers in doing their Duty, and alfo in the Execution of ' ■ fuch Warrants aud otherwife, and fhall deliver up to fuch Coinmiffioner or Commiffioners, Officer or Of- and deliver up ficers, any Pirates, Felons and Robbers upon the Sea, and their Confederates and Acceffaries, in order Pirates, &c. to their being tried or fent into Englaizd as aforefaid; any Letters Patents, Grants or Charters of Go- vernment, in and about the faid Plantations, or other Ufages heretofore had or made to. the contrary notwithftanding. ■ Penalty on Go- XV. And be it hereby further declared and enafied, That if any of the Governors in the faid Planta- vernor, &c. not tions, or any Perfon or Perfons in Authority there, flaail refufe to yield Obedience to this Aft, fuch Re- ence'ilf this Aft ^"^^^ '^ hereby declared to be a Forfeiture of all and every the Charters granted for the Government or ' Propriety of fuch Plantation. ■ HowCommifli- XVI. Provided alv/ays, and be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That whenfoever any Commif- ons for trying of fion for the Trial and Punifliment of the Offences aforefaid, or any of them, fliall be directed or fent to Oftences within ^j^y p]ace within the Jurifdiftion of the Cinque Ports, that then every fuch Commiffion fhall be directed orihe"cinque°" unto the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports for the Time being, or to his Lieutenant, and unto fuch Ports iliali be Other Perfons as the Lord High Chancellor, or Keeper of the Great Seal of England for the Time being, iirefted, or Commiffioners for the Cuitody of the Great Seal, fhall name and appoint; and likewife that every In- - and inquifition quifition and Trial, to be had by virtue of fuch Commiffion fo direfted and fent to any Place in the faid '"^^°" Cinque Ports, fhall be made and had by the Inhabitants of the faid Cinque Ports, or the Members of the fame; any thing in this Adf to the contrary thereof notwithftanding. ' XVII. And for the Prevention of Seamen deferting of Merchants Ships Abroad in Parts beyond the ' Seas, which is the chief Occafion of their turning Pirates, and of great Detriment to Trade and Navi-
- gation in general ;' Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That all fuch Seamen, OiKcers or Sailors,
Seamen deferting who ftiall defert the Ships or Veffels wherein they are hired to ferve for that Voyage, fliall for fuch Of- MerchantShijs fence forfeit all fuch Wages as fhall be then due to him or them. t^lofe their XVIII. And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That in cafe any Mafter of a Merchant Ship or Veflel fhall, after the nine and twentieth Day oi September one thoufand and feven hundred, du- PenakyonMa- j.^^„ j^jj. jjgj^g Abroad, force any Man on Shore, or wilfully leave him behind in any of his Majefty's Seaman'on""^'"^ P^^"*^'*°"^' or elfewhere, or fhall refufe to bring Home with him again all fuch of the Men which he Shore, or refu- carried Out with him, as are in a Condition to return, when he fhall be ready to proceed in his Home- ring to bring ward-bound Voyage, every fuch Mafter fhall, being thereof legally convidled, fufter three Months Im- him Home, prifbnment without Bail or Mainprize. 4 Ann. c. 34. J Geo. I. c. 25, 9 Geo. j. c, 8. 6 Geo, I, c. 19. and ja 8 Gm. i. c. 24. far tie mure effe3ual fuffrejjir.g of Piracy, CAP. VIII. ' Revived by I An A(?t for the appointing Commiffioners, to take examine and determine the Debts due to the Army, Anns, Stat. a. >fjjyy j^j^^j f^j. I'r^nfport Service, and alfo an Account of the Prizes taken during the late War. EXP. c. 20. for two '"'"' CAP. IX. An Aft for preventing of frivolous and vexattous Suits in the Principality of TFdes^ and the Counties Palatine. S2&2,car. 2, <■ -TT T HER E A S by a Claufe in an Aft made in the twenty-fecond and twenty-third Years of King " '^■S-^-iji'). ' YY Charles the Second, intituled, Jn M for laying Impofitions on Proceedings at Law, if v^' enaifled
