A. D.I 75^' Anno viceiimo tertio Georgii II, C. 25. 249 XVII. Provided dfo, That nothing in this A£l fhall be conftrued to extend to exclude any of his Ma- Th's Aa not to jelly's Subjects, who fhall not be Members of the faid Society, or employed by them, from fifhing, or car- "c'^^e =ny_of ryingon the White Herring and Cod Fifheries, and any other whatfoever, in fuch Manner as they might subjefli!*^ have done, in cafe this Atl had never been made. ' XVIII. And whereas the Encouragement above-mentioned ought to be extended, as far as may be, to ' all the Subjects of Great Britain : And whereas the fupporting and enriching the Cities and Towns, being ' Ports, will be for the Security and Good of the Realm, by augmenting the Navigation, and ftrengthening ' the Sea Coafts;' Be it therefore enacted. That any Number of Perfons, who fiiall fubfcribe ten thoufand Perrons fubfcri. Pounds, or upwards, into the Stock of the fiid Society, and ftiall carry on the faid Fifnery under their own bing 10,000 1. Management, and on their own Account of Profit and Lofs, conformably neverthelefs to Directions of this under the Nama Aft, and of the faid intended Charter, except as to their being obliged to u(e the Marks of the faid Society, ehrmLr'"""^ and from the Port named by them, if they do fubfcribe under the Name of The Fifhing Chamber of fuch ' "' .ajonty ' one of his Majefty's Juflices of the Peace, that he verily believes the fame is a true Account, the Vouchers whereof he fliall produce, if required ; the faid Account fhall be tranfmitted to the Governor and Council of the faid Society at Londm ; and the Accomptant of the faid Society at London fhall be impowered, and is hereby required to enter the fame, as a Sum expended in the faid Fifheries, by the faid Society, in the .Account wh.ich he fliall deliver in to the Coram iffioners of the Cuftoms, as aforefaid ; and the faid Chamber flial! be InihlecS fhall be intitled to, and recei'e yearly, three Pounds for every hundred Pounds, in the fame Manner as the to 3I. perCcnu Society do for any other Monies employed in the Fifhery by the faid Society, after dedudling the neceflary P^'Anoum. Charges and Expences arifing from the Receipt of the fame. XIX. Provided alfo. That fuch Chambers which fhall fo trade or fifli on their own Account, fhall not f^"""? Cham- liave any Profit or Lofs arifing from the Trade of the faid Society. i any Profi° il^ from the Trade of the Society, XX. Provided always. That the Receiver General of his Majefty's Cuftoms fhall pay yearly the faid Sum j, . t)f three Pounds for every hundred Pounds, unto the faid Society xvLondon, or to fuch Perfon or Perfons, as raltopay vea"^ ihall be by them impowered to receive the fame ; and the faid Society fliall pay over the faid yearly Sum of 3I. per Cent, to three Pounds for every hundred Pounds, deducing thereout the neceflary Charges of receiving the fame, the Society in vinto the refpeitive Fifhing Chambers intitled thereto, or to fuch Perfon or Perfons as fhall, by the faid ^-ondon. "ho .Chambers refpeftively, be impowered to receive the fame. tii- f°me toThe vcrpeflive Filhirg Cliambers. Comermng Fipery fee farther i6 Geo. i. c. 9. 28 Geo, 2. c, 14. 29 Geo. 2. c, 23 & 39. 30 Geo, 2. f. 21 6? 30. 33 Geo, 2- c 27, CAP. XXV. An A(St for making good a Deficiency upon the Revenue of the OfBce of Keeper or Clerk of the Hanaper, and for preventing any fiiture Deficiency therein, to anfwer the pubhck Services provided for out of the fame ; and for augmenting the Income of the Office of Mafter or Keeper of the Rolls. HEREAS by an A£l of Parliament made and pafTed in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his late 12 Geo, i. c. js. Majefly King George the Firit, intituled, Jn J£i for Relief of the Suitors of the High Court of ' Chancery; after reciting (amongft other Things] That Fleetivood Dormer zrA fohn Borrett, Efquires, both ' deceafed, formerly Mafters of the faid Court, znA Richard Godfrey znd Edward Comvay, Efquires, then ' Mafters of the fame Cr urt, had been deficient in anfwering the Money and Effedls ordered by the Court ' into their Hands, and which Deficiency, after dedufting what fhould be made and produced out of the ' Eftates and Effedls of the faid deficient Mafters, and the Sum of thirty thoufand Pounds given by his Ma-
- jefty, on the Addrefs of the Houfe of Commons, towards the Relief of the faid Suitors, amounted, ac-
' cording to the then Computation, to the Sum of fifty-one thoufand eight hundred fifty-one Pounds nine-
- teen Shillings and eleven Pence Farthing, befides feveral other Claims on the Offices of four of the faid
' deficient Mafters remaining, and which, if allowed, would greatly increafe the faid Deficiency ; it was, for
- the Relief of the faid Suitors, and making a Provifion for Payment of their juft Debts and Demands, en-
' a6led, That there fhould be raifed, colletled and paid, throughout England, the Dominion of Wales and ' the Town of Berwick upon Tweed, for the Term of fixteen Years, from the fecond Day of Augu/l one ' thoufand feven hundred and twenty-fix, for every Piece of Vellum, Parchment or Paper, upon which any
- Original W^rit (except fuch Original on which a Writ of Capias iffues) Subpoena, Bill of Micldlefex, La-
' titat. Writ of Capias, ^10 minus. Writ of Dedimus Poteflatem to take Anfwers, examine V/itnefles, or ' appoint Guardians, or any other Writ whatfoever, or any other Procefs or Mandate that fhould iffue out
- of, or pafs the Seals of any of the Courts at Wejlminjier, Courts of Great SefTions in Wales, Courts in
' Counties Palatine, or any other Court whatfoever holding Plea where the Debt or Damage doth amount ' to forty Shillings, or above, or the Thing in Demand is of that Value, fhould be ingrofled or written (V^rits
- of Covenant for levying Fines, Writs of Entry for fufFering Common Recoveries, andWrits o( Habeas Cor-
' pus, always excepted) the Sum of fix Pence ; for every Piece of Vellum, Parchment or Paper upon which ' any Entry of any A6lion in the IN'^ayor's and Sherifi^s Courts cf London, and in Courts in all Corporations, ' and other Courts what-^bever, out of which no Writs, Prt cefs or Mandates ilTuc, holding Plea where the ' Debt or Damage doth amount to forty Shillings, or above, fhall be ingrofTed or written, the Sum of fix ' Pence ; and for every Piece of Vellum, Parchment or Paper, upon which fhould be ingrofled or written Vol. VII. Kk ' any
