lately reduced, 42 C. 37, 38. Anno vicefimo Georgii II. A. D. 1747. cation thereof, or any Part of Aich Overplus, fhall or may be difpofed of to fuch Officers who are maimed or jolt their Limbs in the late Wars, or fuch others as by reafon of their long Service or otherwife, his Majcfty fnall judge to be proper ObjciSts of Charity ; or to the Widows or Children of fuch Officers, ac- cording to fuch Warrant or Warrants under his Majefty's Royal Sign Manual, as fliall be figned in that Be- half; any thing in this AQ. or the faid former Aft to the contrary notwithftanding. 22,2671.511. XXX. And it is hereby likewife enadted. That out of the Monies or Savings arifing from the Money Ha'ltVenny, to granted by Parliament, applicable to the Relief and Provifion of the Widows of Officers who have been the two Troops j^jUgj gp jjgj jn the Service, there fnall and may be iffued and applied, by any Warrant or Warrants of his "'^d'°h'^R"^1 Majefty under his Royal Sign Manual, any Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding the Sum of twenty-two mcnts oTHo'iTe" thoufand two hundred and fixty-fcvcn Pounds and five Pence Halfpenny, for defraying the Charge of the Allowances to feveral Officers and private Gentlemen of two Troops of Horfe Guards and three Regiments of Horfe lately reduced, together with the incident Charges arifing therefrom, for the Year one thoufand fcven hundred an J forty-feven. The Bounties of XXXI. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Bounties on the Exportation of Engliili and irifli Brhijh and li-ijh coarfe Linnens fliall continue to be paid under the Regulations of the AcSts of the fifteenth, cojrfeLinnens fifteenth and eighteenth Years of his Majefty's Reign ; and that the fame fhall be paid out of fuch Part of '"gco" T'- the old Subfidy as is applicable to the Payment of Incidents ; and that an Account thereof be laid before the iSGeo.'z.'c.'z-.' Houfe of Common^ every Seffion of Parliament, in order to replacing the fame out of the next Aids to be . , . eranted in Parliament. Cojicernirtg Lin- ° Ken fee farther II Gee. a. c. 26, 14 Ceo. 2. c. 46. 29 Geo. 2. c, 15. 32 Geo. z. c. 32. CAP. XXXVII. An A61 for the Eafe of Sheriffs with Regard to the Return of Procefs, 13 Ed. I. c 39. Y? O R the Eafe of Sheriffs with Regard to the Return of Procefs, Be it enafted by the King's mofl Ex- T2 Ed. 4. c. 1. Jn cellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com- ^Geo. I.e. 15 „^Qj^3^ jj, tjijj prefent Parliament afTembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That from and after the twen- ProVc'rs unexe- ty-ninth Day of 5<?/)/6'?nZ'^r One thoufand feven hundred and forty-feven, all Sheriffs of any County, City, cutcd, tobe Liberty, Divifion, Town Corporate or Place, fhall, at the Expiration of their Office, turn over to the toincdoverto fucceeding Sheriff", by Indenture and Schedule, all fuch Writs and Procefs as fhall remain in their Hands the fucceeJing unexecuted, who fhall duly execute and return the fame; and in cafe any fuch Sheriff fhall refufe or ne- Shenft; ^s&. to tum over fuch Procefs in Manner aforefaid, every fuch Sheriff fo negleding or refufmg, fliall be lia- cn Penalty of ble to make fuch Satisfaction by Damages and Cofls to the Party aggrieved, as he, fhe or they fhall fuftain making good T^ f^^,], Negleft or Refufal. the Damage. jj_ ^^^ ^^ j^ further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Sheriff fhall be liable to be called upon Sheriff not li- to make a Return of any Writ or Procefs, unlefs he be required fo to do within fix Months after the Expi- ^ble to make jj^,^ ^^ his faid Office. Return of any V;it, &c. after 6 Months. See farther 24 Geo, z, c. 48. feS. 12, and 32 Geo. 2. c, 14. C A P. XXXVIII. An Aft for the Relief and Support of maimed and difabled Seamen, and the Widov/s and Children of fuch as fhall be I<illed, flain or drowned in the Merchants Service. -7 .'^- s w, C. 21. ' TX/ HE RE AS by an Aft: made in the feventh and eighth Years of the Reign of his late R'lajefty ' Vv King William the Third, for the Encouragement and Increafe of Seamen, certain Encourage-
- ments were given for Seamen toregifter themfelves in and for his Majefty's Service; and in cafe any fuch
' regiftered Seamen fhould, by Age, Wounds or other Accidents, be difabled for future Service at Sea, and ' fliould not be able to maintain themfelves comfortably, and the Children of fuch dilabled Seamen, and ' the Widows and Children of fuch of them as fhould happen to be flain, killed or drowned in Sea Service, ' were to be provided for in the Royal Hofpital at Greenivlcb, fo far forth as the faid Hofpita! fhould be ca- ' pable to receive them, and the Revenue thereof would extend; and for the better Support of the faid Ho- ' fpital, fix Pence /)(?r Month is by the faid Aft to be allowed out of the Wages of every Seaman employed o Anna!, c. 21. ' '" t^c Merchants Service, as well as of thofe employed in the Service of the Royal Navy : And whereas ^, 64. ' ' by an Aft made in the ninth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Qiiecn Anne, fo much of the (aid ' Aft as relates to the regiftering of Seamen was repealed ; whereby every Seaman in the Seracc of the 30 Annie, c. 17. ' P.oyal Navy (though not regiftered) is intitled to the Benefits of the faid Hofpital : And whereas by an ' Aft made in the tenth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Qiicen Anne, for the better collefting and' ' recovering the Duties granted for the Support of the faid Holpital, any Seaman is to be confiJered as fully ', qualified for an Admiffion into the faid Hofpital, who fhall offer himfelf to be admitted, and fliall nroduce ' a'n authentick Certificate of his having been wounded, maimed or hurt in defending any Ship belonging ' to the Subje6fs of this Kingdom againlt the Enemies thereof, or in taking any Ship fom the Enemy, g Go. J. c. 2'.' and being thereby difabled for Sea Service: And whereas by an Aft made in the eighth Year of the Reign "^ ' of his late Majefty King George the Firft, for the more effeftual fuppreffing of Piracy, every Seaman ' on Board any Merchant Ship who fliall he maimed in Eight againft any Pirate, upon due Proof thereof, ' is to be admittel into and provided for in the faid Holpital, .preferable to any other Seaman who is difabled S Geo. 2. c. 20. ' from Service or getting a Livelihood merely by Age : And whereas by an Aft made in the eighth "^'ear of ' the P.eign of his prefent Majefty, for the Application of the Rents and Profits of the Eftates forfeited by
- the Attainders of yi7»2iV late Earl oi Dinventivatcr zwi^ CharUs^ Raicuffe., Seamen on Board any Merchant
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