652 C. II, 12. Anno vicefimo nono Georgii II. A. D. 1756. CAP. XI. An A61 for the better fupply of Mariners and Seamen to ferve in his Majefty's Ships of War, ■ and on board Merchant Ships and other trading Ships and Vellels. FO R the tetter Supply of Mariners and Seamen to ferve in his Majefty's Ships of War, and on board Merchant Ships and other trading Ships and Veffels ; Be it enafted by the King's moft Ex- cellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Corn- Merchant Ships mons, in this prefent Parliament aiTembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That from and after may be naviga- the paffing of this A6t, until the twenty-fifth Day oi March one thoufand feven hundred and fifty- SMmetf"'"^" feven, and no longer (except in refpedt to fuch Merchant Ships and other trading Ships or Veffels which ' fhall be on their Voyage before the laid twenty-fifth Day o{ March one thoufand feven hundred and fifty- feven, who Ihall be and are hereby allowed the Liberty and Benefit of returning home navigated in the Manner as herein after is provided) it ihall and may be lawful for any Merchant Ship or other trading: Ship or Veffel to be navigated by foreign Seamen or Mariners, not being Natives of Great Britain, or of fo as they exceed '"^y ^^ ^^^ Colonies or Plantations thereto belonging, or his Majefty's natural or naturalized Subjects ; fo notthreeFourths as the Number of fuch foreign Seamen or Mariners do not exceed three fourths of the Mariners at any of the Crew, Qjje Time employed to navigate fuch Merchant Ship or other trading Ship or Veffel ; and that one fourth Fourt'if beNa- ^^ ^^^^ "'^ ^^^ Mariners or Seamen fo employed be at all Times Natives, or his Majefty's naturalized tives, '&c. Subjects of GVm^ Britain, (fudden Death, and Hazard and Cafualties of War and the Seas, faved notwithftanding ^'""i excepted) One A£t of Parliament made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King laCar.i.c. 18. Charles the Second, intituled. An J^ for the encouraging a?tdi?icreajing Shipping and Navigation, or any other Statute or Law to the contrary notwithftanding. The King's Pro- IL Provided always. That nothing in this Adt contained fhall extend to take away or reftrain the ciamation not to Effedt of any fucii Royal Proclamation as his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, are impowered to make therehr'"^ ^V virtue of an Aft paffed in the thirteenth Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled. An ASl for the better i3Ge'o z.c. 3. Supply of Mariners and Seamen to ferve in his Majefty's Ships of IVar, and on board Merchant Ships and other trading Ships and Privateers. CAP. XII. An Adl for granting to his Majefty a Duty upon Licences for retailing Beer, Ale, and other excifeable Liquors •, and for eftablifliing a Method for granting fuch Licences in Scotland; and for alioviring fuch Licences to be granted at a Petty Seffion in Englandy in a certain Cafe therein mentioned. Mofl Gracious Sovereign, 9 Ann. c. Z3. ' W/ H E R E A S by an Adl made in the ninth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, intituled, An ASf ' W for licenfmg and regulating Hackney Coaches and Chairs, and for charging certain 7iew Duties onflampt ' Vellum, Parchment and Paper, and on Cards and Dice, and on the Exportation of Rock Salt for Ireland ; ' and for fecuring thereby, and by a iveekly Payment out of the Pojl Office, and by feveral Duties on Hides and
- Skins, a yearly Fund of one hundred and eighty fix thoufand fix hundred and feventy Pounds, for thirty-tivo
' Years, to he applied to the Satisfaction of fuch Orders as are therein mentioned, to the Contributors of any Sums ' not exceeding ttvo Millions, to be raifed for carrying on the War, and other her Majefty's Occafions, it was ' amongft other Things enadted. That there fhould be raifed, levied, colleded and paid unto, and for ' the Ul'e of her Majefty, her Heirs and Succeflbrs, for the feveral and refpecftive things in the faid Adl ' mentioned, which fhould be ingroffed, printed or written, the feveral and refpedtive Rates, Duties, ' Charges and Sums of Money, in the faid A6t expreffed ; and that for every Piece of Vellum or Parch- ' ment, or Sheet or Piece of Paper, upon which (within or during the Term of thirty-two Years, to ' be reckoned from the thirty-firft Day of Augujl in the Year one thoufand feven hundred and eleven) ' Ihould be ingroffed or written any Licence for felling of Ale, Beer, or other excifeable Liquors, by Re- ' tail, the Sum or Duty of one Shilling ftiould be raifed, levied, coUedted and paid, unto and for the '• Ufe of her Majefty, her Heirs and Succeffors, in fuch Manner as in the faid hSi is expreffed; which 3 Geo. I. c. 7. ' Duty was, amongfl other Rates and Duties, by an Adt of the third Year of the Reign of his late ' Majefty King George the Firrt, made perpetual, and made Part of the Fund, commonly called 77v <6 Geo. I.e. 21.' ' General Fund : And whereas by a Claufe of an Adt made in the fixth Year of the Reign of his faid hte ' Majefty King George the Firlt, intituled, /In Ai^ for preventing Frauds and Abufes in the publich Reve- ' nues of Excije, Cujtoms, Stamp Duties, Pojl Office and Houfe Money, it is, amongft other Things, ena^-'t- ' ed. That all Mayors, Town Clerks and other Perfons whom it may concern, who Ihall take any Re- ' cognizances from Perfons for whom Licences are intended for felling Ale and other excifeable Liquors, ' fhall be obliged to make, or caufe to be made out, Ale Licences, duly ftampt, before fuch Recogni- ' zances be taken, under the Penalty of ten Pounds for every fuch Ofience : And whereas by an Adt 16 Geo. a. c. S. ' made in the fixteenth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled. An AJi for repealing certain ' Duties on Spirituous Liquors or Strong JVatcrs, cvui on Licences for retailing the fame ; and for laying other ' Duties^ on Spirituous Liquors, and on Licences to retail the J'.;id Liquors ; all Perlbns are forbid, under tiie ' Penalties by the faid Act inflidtcd, to retail certain Spirituous Liquors therein enumerated, without firfl
- taking out a yearly Licence for that i^urpofe, in Manner in the faid Adt diredted ; for which Licence
' the Sum of twenty Shillings yearly is thereby diredted to be paid : And it is alio thereby enadtcd. That ' no
