Juftices to inquire and exa mine on Oath. Juftices, giving fuch Certificate under his or their Hands, are hereby directed and required to make a ftrict and diligent Inquiry into the Truth of the Contents of the Certificate fo by them to be given, and to examine the Party or Parties fo defiring fuch Certificate, upon his or their Oaths, if fuch Juftice or Juftices fhall fee Occafion; and, if upon Examination of the Parties fo And, if Fraud, defiring a Certificate, the faid Justice or Juftices fhall find any to certify the Fraud or Deceit, fuch Juftice or Juftices are hereby required to certify the fame to the Commiffioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of England, for the Time being, or the Lord High Admiral for the Time being, that fuch Fraud and Deceit may be prevented according to Law. fame. III. And be it further enacted and declared by the Autho- What Benefit rity aforefaid, That any Perfon or Perfons, who are already Mafters, Mates, registred or fhall hereafter be registred, according to the faid recited and their Wives, &c. may have. or this prefent Act, and who were at the Time of their being regiftred, or fhall hereafter be raised to the Degree of a Master's Mate, in any of His Majefty's Ships of War, and the Wives, Widows and Children of fuch Mafter's Mate, is and are hereby, declared and enabled to have and enjoy all and every the Benefits, Advantages and Bounties given to any other Perfon or Perfons fo registred, or to the Wives, Widows and Children of fuch Perfon or Perfons, in or by the faid recited Act; any Thing therein contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithstanding. &c. IV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That In what Cafe from and after the faid tenth Day of April, all and every fuch Sea- Seamen above man and Perfons who are above the Age of fifty Years, and who 50 Years old, by the faid Act might regifter themselves in Manner as aforefaid, may be registred, in cafe they were not of fuch Age, and who fhall appear by the Books of the Navy Office to have faithfully ferved on board any of His Majefty's Ships, for the Space of feven Years laft paft, without wilful deferting the fame, fhall, upon producing Certi-. ficates under the Hands of one or more Juftices of the Peace in Manner aforefaid, be regiftred, as by the faid Act is directed, and fuch Perfon fo regiftred, and the Widows and Children, Executors and Adminiftrators of fuch Perfon, fhall have and enjoy the feveral and refpective Privileges in the faid A&t mentioned. V. Provided nevertheless, That after the tenth Day of April, None to be rewhich fhall be in the Year of our Lord One thousand fix hundred giftred without ninety nine, no Seaman or Perfons above the Age of fifty Years, for his Omiflion giving Reafons fhall be admitted to regifter him or themfelves, as aforefaid, in the King's without giving fuch Reafons for their omitting to do it, during Service. the Time of fuch Service on board any of His Majefty's Ships, as fhall be approved of by the Commiflioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of England, for the Time being, or any three of them, or the Lord High Admiral for the Time being, or the Commiflioners of the Navy for the Time being, or any three of them, or fuch Perfons as fhall be appointed by the King for keeping the faid Regifter, or any three of them. VI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, Commiffioners That for the better levying and collecting the Duties of Sixpence may examine per Menfem, given and granted by the faid recited Act, for the Masters of Ships. Revenues and Supplies of the Hofpital, Charities and Bounties the Number, therein mentioned, it fhall and may be lawful to and for the &c. of Perions E 3 Commif on Oath as to who are to pay 63. per Menfin Commiffioners appointed for regiftring of Seamen, or their refpective Deputies for the Time being, for the better Discovery of the Pay and Wages due to the Sailors and Perfons who ferved on board any the Merchants or private Ships and Veffels in the said A&t mentioned, by Warrant under their Hands and Seals, to caufe all fuch Mafters and Commanders of fuch Ships, not in His Majesty's Service, to be and appear before them the said Commiffioners, or the refpective Deputies, who are hereby impowered and directed, all and every fuch Mafters and Com-manders upon their Oaths to examine, as to the Number, Rates, Salaries, Wages, and Times of Service, of all and every Perfon or Perfons, belonging to or ferving in fuch Ships or Veffels in the faid recited Act, and which by the faid Act are obliged to pay the faid Sum of Sixpence per Menfem out of their Salaries Mafters refufing and Wages as aforefaid; and if fuch Masters or Commanders, or any of them shall refufe, when fo fummoned or commanded to appear before the faid refpective Perfons hereby impowered to examine them in Manner as aforefaid, or if they fhall appear, and obftinately and wilfully refufe to give a plain, full, and exact Discovery of the Matters aforefaid, upon their feveral Oaths, that then and in every fuch Cafe, all and every fuch Offender or Offenders fhall, for every fuch Refufal or Neglect, forfeit the Sum of ten Pounds to the Ufes mentioned in the faid recited Act, to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of His Majefty's Courts of Record at Weftminster, with full Cofts of Suit; provided fuch Masters or Commanders be not Quakers, or esteemed Quakers. [See further as to the collecting the Duties of 6d. per Menfem. 10 Ann. c. 17. 2 G 2. c.7. and 18 G. 2. c. 31.] to appear. Penalt Quakers to mke folemn Affirmation infled of an Oath. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 34 (){Sic Rot.] 7 & 8 W. 3. C. 41. every VII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That Master or Commander of any Ship or Veffel, mentioned in the faid recited Act, being a Quaker, may and fhall be examined before the faid Commiffioners appointed for regiftring Seamen, or any three or more of them, or their Deputy or Deputies, and the faid Commiffioners or their Deputies may and fhall, from Time to Time, take the folemn Affirmation and Declaration of fuch Quakers instead of their Oath, and in such Manner and Form as by one Act made in the seventh and eighth Years of the Reign of His Majefty is directed, intituled, An A that the folemn ffirmation and Declaration of the People commonly (a) called Quakers fhall be accepted instead of an Oath in the ufual Form: And fuch Quakers refufing to appear on fuch Summons, or to anfwer or make fuch folemn Affirmation or Declaration before the faid Commiffioners, or their Deputy or Deputies, fhall be deemed Offenders, and be liable to the fame Penalties and Forfeitures mentioned in this A&t for refusing to appear and be examined upon Oath, or fwear as aforefaid; any Thing in this Act before to the contrary notwithstanding. VIII. And whereas fince the making the said recited A&t, divers evil difpofed Perfons, fo regiftred in pursuance of the faid Act, have fraudulently lent their Regifter Certificates to divers Mariners, Seamen, Watermen, Fishermen, Lightermen, Bargemen, Keelmen or Seafaring Men, who were not regiftred, in purfuance of the faid Act, with Intent to keep fuch Persons ⚫ not regiftred from being impreffed in His Majesty's Sea Service :' For Seamen, &c. to For the preventing of fuch evil Practices for the future, Be it Perfons regiftred enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That whatever Perfon or lending their Perfons fo regiftred, as aforefaid, fhall, after the tenth Day of Certificates to April next enfuing, directly or indirectly lend to, leave with, or protect them difpofe of his or their Certificate, of his or their being registred from being imaccording to the faid recited Statute, to any Mariner, Seaman, preft, to be Waterman, Fisherman, Lighterman, Keelman, Bargeman or Sea- ftruck out of the faring Man, whereby to protect or keep fuch Perfons from being Register, &c. impreffed into His Majefty's Service, it fhall and may be lawful for the Lord High Admiral for the Time being, or the Com miffioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral for the Time being, or any three or more of them, to caufe fuch Offender or Offenders to be ftruck out of the faid Register, and lose the Benefit of the said recited Act, and be compelled to ferve in His Majefty's Service for the Space of fix Months without any Pay, as in cafe of regiftred Men not appearing on Summons to ferve in His Majesty's Service, according to the faid Act; and that every Perfon, who fhall borrow, take or receive for themselves, or other Perfons, fuch Certificates, or make ufe of the fame for the Intents and Purposes aforefaid, fhall in all refpects fuffer the like Pains and Penalties, and to the fame Ufes, as are provided in and by the said recited Statute, against fuch Perfons as vouch falfly Perfons to be Land Men, who are afterwards proved to be Sea Men, or fhall be compelled to ferve His Majesty in Sea Service for the Space of fix Months, without any Pay or Wages whatever. • IX. And whereas in the whole Jurifdiction of the Cinque'ports, and their Towns and Members on the Coafts of Kent and Suffex, there are not any Juftices of the Peace nor Divifions, as in the rest of the Counties of this Realm, but only Mayors, Bailiffs and their Deputies: Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That fuch Certificate, as aforefaid, Certificate un under the Hand and Seal of any one Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Bai- der the Hand of liff or Deputy Bailiff, within the said Jurifdiction of the Cinque Mayor, &c. of ports, obtained in Manner as aforefaid, fhall be fufficient, where Cinque-ports no Juftice of the Peace shall be refiding or inhabiting within three Miles of fuch Port or Town. [This Aa as to. Admiffion into Greenwich Hofpital explained, 23 Ann. c. 6. § 19.—and as to regiflring of Seamen and Bounty Money repealed, 9 Ann. c. 21. § 64.] CA P. XXIV. fufficient. An Act for granting to His Majefty a further Subfidy of EXP. [Here the Roll is indorfed, Ninth Part 8 & 9 W. 3. and goes to Cap. 27, inclufive, and has the Title as follows: "STATUTES made in the Parliament begun and bòlden at West"minfter the two and twentieth Day of November in the feventh E 4 Year "Year of the Reign of our Moft Gracious Sovereign Lord William, "by the Grace of God of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, "King, Defender of the Faith, &c. Annoque Dom. One thoufand fix hundred and ninety five, and thence continued by divers "Prorogations and Adjournments unto and on the twentieth Day "of October, to wit, in the fecond Seffion of the fame Parliament, « viz.] CA P. XXV. An Act for licenfing Hawkers and Pedlars for a further "From 24th June 1697, till 25th June 1698, every Hawker, [This Ad is continued by feveral fubfequent As down to 4 G. 1. . 6. and is there recited, but is not continued by that Act, and is now expired.] CA P. XXVI. An Act for the better preventing the counterfeiting the current Coin of this Kingdom. WHEREAS notwithstanding the good Laws fill in Force against the counterfeiting of the Monies and Coins of this Realm, yet the faid Offence doth and is like daily to increafe, to the manifeft Wrong and Injury both of His Majefty and all His loving Subjects, being very much occafioned for • Want of a due and condign Punishment to be inflicted upon fuch Artificers and others, who without any lawful Authority do make or ufe Puncheons, Stamps, Dyes, and other Engines and Inftruments, which are commonly used, or may be made ufe of, in or about the coining of Money: For Redress of which fo great and growing a Mischief, Be it enacted by the King's Moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the No Perfon, ex-fame, That from and after the fifteenth Day of May One thoucept employed in fand fix hundred ninety feven, no Smith, Engraver, Founder or other Perfon or Perfons what foever (other than and except the Perfons employed or to be employed in or for His Majesty's Mint or Mints in the Tower of London, or elsewhere, and for the Ufe and Service of the faid Mints only, or Perfons lawfully authorized by the Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury, or Lord High Treafurer of England for the Time being) fhall knowingly make or mend, or begin or proceed to make or mend, or affift in the making or mending of any Puncheon, Counter Puncheon, Matrix, Stamp, Dye, Pattern or Mould of Steel, Iron, Silver or other Metal or Metals, or of Spaud, or fine Founders Earth or Sand or of any other Materials whatsoever, in or upon which there fhall be or be made or impreffed, or which will make or imprefs the Figure, Stamp, Refemblance or Similitude of both or either of the Sides or Flats of any Gold or Silver Coin current within this Kingdom, nor fhall knowingly make or mend, or begin or proceed to make or mend, or aflift in the making or the Mint, &c. mend any Dye, have in his Cuf- mending mending of any Edger or Edging Tool, Inftrument or Engine, not of common Ufe in any Trade, but contrived for making of Money round the Edges with Letters, Grainings or other Marks or Figures refembling thofe on the Edges of Money coined in His Majefty's Mint, nor any Prefs for Coinage, nor any cutting Engine, for cutting round Blanks by Force of a Screw out of flatted Bars of Gold, Silver or other Metal, nor fhall knowingly buy or fell, hide or conceal, or without lawful Authority or sufficient Excuse for that Purpose, knowingly have in his, her or their Houses, Cuftody or Poffeffion, any fuch Puncheon, Counter Puncheon, Matrix, Stamp, Dye, Edger, cutting Engine, or other Tool or Inftrument before mentioned; and if any Smith, Engraver, Founder or other Perfon or Perfons what foever, (other than and except as aforefaid) fhall offend in any the Matters or Things aforefaid, then all and every fuch Offender and Offenders, their Counsellors, Procurers, Aiders and Abettors, shall be, and is and are hereby adjudged to be guilty of High Treafon, and High Treafon being of the faid Offences, or any of them, convicted or attainted, Death. according to the Order and Course of the Laws of this Realm, fhall fuffer Death as in cafe of High Treason. II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, Perfons conveyThat if any Perfon or Perfons whatsoever, from and after the faid ing out of the Mint any Punfifteenth Day of May, fhall without lawful Authority for that cheon, &c. and Purpofe, wittingly or knowingly convey or affift in the conveying concealing the out of His Majefty's Mint in the Tower of London, or out of fame. any other of His Majefty's Mints, any Puncheon, Counter Puncheon, Matrix, Dye, Stamp, Edger, cutting Engine, Prefs or other Tool, Engine or Inftrument ufed for or about the coining of Monies there, or any useful Part of fuch Tools or Inftruments, that then as well the said Perfon and Perfons fo offending, their Counsellors, Procurers, Aiders or Abettors, as alfo all and every Perfon and Perfons knowingly receiving, hiding or concealing the fame, fhall be, and is and are hereby adjudged to be guilty of High Treafon, and being of the faid Offences, or any of them, convicted or attainted, according to the Order and Course of the Laws of this Realm, fhall fuffer Death as in cafe of High High Treafon. Treafon. Death. III. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, Perfons marking That if any Perfon or Perfons (other than the Perfons employed the Edges of any in His Majesty's Mint or Mints, or fuch as fhall have Authority Coin, from the Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury, or Lord High Treasurer of England for the Time being) fhall after the faid fifteenth Day of May mark on the Edges any the current Coin of this Kingdom, or if any Perfon or Perfons whatsoever fhall mark on the Edges any of the diminished Coin of this Kingdom, or any counterfeit Coin refembling the Coin of this Kingdom, with Letters or Grainings, or other Marks or Figures like unto thofe on the Edges of Money coined in His Majefty's Mint, every fuch Offence fhall be and is hereby adjudged to be High High Treason. Treafon, and the Offender and Offenders therein, his and their Counsellors, Procurers, Aiders and Abettors, being thereof convicted or attainted according to the Order and Courfe of the Laws of this Realm, fhall fuffer Death as in cafe of High Treafon. IV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, Colouring, That if Perfon or Perfons whatsoever, after the faid fifteenth gilding, &c. any Day Coin relembe any Death. |