712 C. 34. Anno vicelimo nono Georgii II. A. D. 17^6. ^ gent appoint- XV. Provided always, That if any Agent or Agents fliall be appointed after the Time any Sen - demnationto ^^"'^^ °^ Condemnation in any of tiie faid Courts of Admiralty fliall he given, fuch Agent or Agents legifter his Lrt- Aiall, Under the aforefaid Penalty, regifter or caufe to be regiftered in Manner aforefaid, his or ters ofAttorney their refpeclive Letters or Letter of Attorney, appointing him or them' Agent or Agents as afore- inJikeManner. f^j^j ^vithin the Space of fix Calendar Months after ttieDate. of the laid Letter or Letters of Attorney. Agents to give XVI. And be it further ena<5led by the Authority aforefaid. That after ^ the Sale or Sales of fuch Notice of the Prize or Prizes, as fhall' be taken from the Enemy by any of his Majefty's Ships of War, publick for"ptymOT't"o? No^ificition (hfall be given by the Perfons or Agents appointed as aforefaid, of the Da^ appointed for ihsS'iares. the Payment of the feveral Shares to the Captors aforefaid; after Vshich publick. Notification, if any Shir < fr Mens Shares Ihall remain in the Hands of the Perlbns or. Agents appointed as aforefaid, either beiong- M^nrantimch '"g to iuch Men as (hall be run from his Majelly's Service, or which iliall not be legally demanded asiha'.inotbe within three YearSj^ then fuch Share or Shares fo remaining in the Perfons or Agents Hands, or be- in^Years^ ro'be 'o"g'"S' ^'^ f«ch-.Men as (hall run from his Majefty's Service, (hall go and be paid to the ,Ufe of (?r«:«- pMd CO Green-^ 'i^ii^Ao/pital. - '■ '■■ ..•.•.._:■;- . ., .r wich Hofpitai. XV 11. Provided always, and be it declared and enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That nothing here^ Prize Goods not "' Contained fhall extend, or be conltrued to extend or exempt any Ships, Goods, Wares or Mer- exempted from cliandize already taken, and which fiiall be taken as Prize, and brought or imported into this Kingdom, Cuito.ns. or any of his JMajefty's Plantations in /Immca., from the Payment of any Cuftoms or Duties, or from being fubje{R: to fuch Refiri6lions and Regulations- to which the fame cow are or .flmll hereafter.be liable by virtue of the Laws and Statutes of this Realm. ' ■■ ^ . demned'trbe" XVIH. And be itcnaded by the Authority aforefaid. That all Prize Ships or Veffels which (hail be .coniideredas legally condemned, fljall to all Intents and Purpofes whatlbever be confidered as .S?7///6 .built Ships or Britiih buiit VelTels, and be deemed and taken as fuch, and (hall be intitled to hav£ and enjoy all and fevery the ^P^" fame Rights, Liberties, Privileges and Advantages, in all Refpedts whatfoever with 5?-ij'(//^:, built Ships or Vefleis, and (hall be fubjed and liable to all and every the Rules and Regulations that Brhijl) built Ships or VelTels are fubjedl and liable to ; any Law, Cuftom or Ufage to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithrtanding. - . iiCar. 2.C.18. ' XIX. And whereas by a Claufe in an AcSt of Parliament palTed in the twelfth Year of the Reign of i«.?. ' King Charles the Second, intituled, An A^ for the encouraging andincreafing of Shipping and Naviga- ^■tioHiit is enafted. That no Goods or Commodities of the Growth, Production or Alanufa^lure of ■' Mufcovy, or of any the Countries, Dominions or Territories to the Great Duke or Emperor of Muf^ '■'covy, or i2«^a belonging ; as alfo that no Sorts of Malts, Timber or Boards, no foreign Salt, Pitch, ' Tar, Rofin, Hemp or Elax, Raifins, Figs, Prunes, Olive Oils, no Sort of Corn or Grain, Sugar, Pot Afhes,' Wines, Vinegar, or Spirits called Aqua Vitce or Brandy- Wine, (hould, from and after the firit Day of April which was in the Year of our Lord one thoufarid fix hundred and fixty-one, be im- ported into England^ Ireland, Wales, or Town of Berwick upon Tzveed, in any Ship or Ships, Vefiel or Veffels whatfoever, but in fuch as do truly and without Fraud belong to the People thereof, or fome ' of their^ as the true Owners and Proprietors thereof, and whereof the Mafter and "three F"ourths of ' the Mariner s at leaft are EngliJI) ; and that no Currans, nor Commodities of the Growth, Produc"t ' ©r Manufadlure of any of the Countries, Iflands, Dominions or Territories to the Othoman or Turkijh ' Empire belonging, (hould, from and after the firft Day ©f September which was in the Year of ouf
- Lord one thoufand fix hundred and fixty-one, be imported into any of the forementioncd Places in
' any Ship or VefTel but which is of Englifi Built, and navigated as aforefaid, and in no other, except ' only fuch foreign Ships and Vefleis as are of the Built of that Country or Place of which the faid ' Goods are the Grovvth, Produdlion or ManufacSlure refpecfively, or of foch Port where the faid Goods " *• can only be, or moft ufually are firft ftiipped for Tranfportation, and whereof the Mafter and three ' Fourths of the Mariners at leaft are of the faid Country or Place, under the Penalty and Forfeiture
- of Ship and Goods : And whereas the felling of Britljh built Ships to Foreigners is a beneficial Branch
' of Trade, and ought therefore to be encouraged, and it is highly reafonable that Britljh Ships (b fold ' to, or being the Properly of Foreigners, (hould enjoy the lame Privilege in thele Kingdoms, as if
- they were of the built of the refpeclive Countries or Places from whence fuch Ships do come ;' Nov
The rccitefl be it further enaifed by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid feventeenth Day of Mav Claufe not to one'thoufand fevtn iumdred and fifty-fix, and during the prefent War with France, and no longer, the ?mpo"atio" i" ^^'"^ recited Claufe, in the faid Ad of the twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, Briti/h 'bui,t (hall not extend er be conftrued to extend to hinder or prevent any Perfon or Perfons Whatfoever from Veffels, of the importing into the Kingdom of Great Britain or Ireland, any of the Goods or Merchandizes men- S°t°itvdn"fo as ^'"'"^'^ 3"^^ expreffed in "the aforefaid Claufe, in Shipping built in Great Britain, Ireland, the Ifiinds of fuch Ships' are Gucmfy Or Jerfev, or in any of the Lands, Iflands, Dominions and Territories to hi-; Majedy in navigated as Africa, A/ia or-Jijierica belonging, or in his Poflcftion, fo as the Mafter and three- Fourtlis oftheMa- he.eiii diretied. ^^^^-t^ at leaft, belonging to and navigating any fuch Ship or Vtflel, are .Sr/V//^', or of the fame Coun- try or Place of which the faid Goods are the Growtli, Produ<51ion and Manufactures refpedively, and not otherwifc. '^'S'.l-iihbunt'^ XX. Provided always. That all Goodsand Merchandizes imported into Great Britain or Ireland, in bThps, being the Ships belonging to, and the Property of Foreigners, although BritiJ}) built, fliall pay Aliens and all Property ot Fo- other Duties, in the fair.e Manner as if fuch Ships were Foreign built. re!^ner.s to pay XXI- And -as a further Encouragement to the Officers, Searae.i, M-arines, Soldiers and others on Board his Majefty's Ships of War, as alfo of Privateers, to attack, take and deftroy any Ships of Force belonging to the Enemy ; Be it enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That there (hall be paid by the Treafurer
