PART II. shall at that time belong to any ship, must execute the CLASS same on board of such ship, unless he should be at sick IX. No. 1. Stat. 32 Ditto.ditto. quarters. If made on board, it must be attested by the ComG. 3. c. 67. manding Officer and one other signing Officer belonging to the ship, and must specify the number at which the maker stands rated upon the ship's books; if at sick quar ters, it must be attested by the Agent, and must specify his number. Ditto.ditto. 32 Geo. 3. c. 34. 26 Geo. 3. c. 63. 26 Geo. 3. c. 63. 32 Geo. 3. c. 34. 26 Geo. 3. c. 63. ex tended to If he shall have been discharged the service, and shall be within the bills of mortality of the cities of London and Westminster, his will or power must be attested before the Inspector or his Assistant at the Navy Pay Office in London. If he shall be at Portsmouth, Plymouth, or Chatham, or within seven miles of either of these places, his power must be attested by a Clerk of the Treasurer of the Navy at such place. If he shall be in any other place in Great Britain or Ireland, his will or power of attorney must be attested by the Minister and two Church-wardens, or two Elders of the parish where he shall be at the time of executing the same. All wills and powers of attorney made by inferior Officers, Seamen, or Marines, must contain the full description of the residence, profession, or business of the person who shall be therein appointed attorney or executor, and also the name of the ship to which such Officers, Seamen, or Marines last belonged; and if made on board, or at sick quarters, the number at which their names stood on their respective ship's books: every letter of attorney must be declared in the body thereof to be revocable. A certificate of discharge must be produced to whoever shall attest any will or power of attorney made on shore by inferior Officers, Seamen, or Marines, and forwarded to the Inspector with such will or power, or a reason must be given for the same not being produced, which shall be noted on the back of the will or power, and must be admitted as satisfactory at the Pay Office before a check can be issued. All powers of attorney and wills made by inferior Officers, Seamen, and Marines, must be delivered to those who attest them, who are directed to forward them immediately Marines by 32 Geo. 3. to the Treasurer, or to the Paymaster of the Navy at the Pay Office in London, to be there kept as vouchers; and as soon as they are ascertained to be authentic, by investigation to be made at such office, (for which purpose the c. 34. IX. No. 1. Inspector shall have free access to all pay and muster books PART II. of ships, and to all hospital returns,) checks in lieu of the CLASS same will be issued to the parties named as attornies or executors, that shall be to them the same as the original powers Stat. 32 of attorney and wills. All wills and powers of attorney, G. 3. c. 67. made by inferior Officers or Seamen prior to the first day 32 Geo. 3. of August one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, or c. 34. by Marines prior to the first day of August one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, must be sent to the Navy Pay Office in London, where they must be examined and approved of, and stamped by the Inspector before any payment of wages, or other allowances, can be made upon them. 15. Inferior Officers, Seamen, or Marines, may grant 32 Geo. 3. orders instead of powers of attorney, in cases where the c. 34. wages due and payable to them for their services do not exceed seven pounds, but which orders must be witnessed by the Commander, or by a signing Officer or Lieutenant on board of the ship where such service was performed, and the same, accompanied by a certificate from such Officer, must be submitted for inspection at the Pay Office in London, where (if found just) it will be stamped for pay ment. 26 Geo. 3. 16. All Lieutenants are directed to sign their names 32 Geo. 3. upon some page of every muster book, in order that their c. 34. signatures may be known to the Inspector at the Navy Pay Office; all Captains or Commanders are directed to 32 Geo. 3. specify upon every such muster book which of the men c. 34. have granted wills or powers since the preceding return. And all Officers in the navy, and other Officers under 32 Geo. 3. government, are directed to grant the certificates, attest the c. 67. vouchers, and act in other respects as shall be necessary on their part to fulfil the intent and meaning of the respective instructions and requisitions set forth and made in this Abstract. 31 Geo. 2. c. 10. 17. All wills, letters of attorney, and orders, other than 26 Geo. 3. made agreeable to the aforesaid directions, made by inferior c. 63. Officers, Seamen, or Marines, and all bargains, bills of sale, c. 10. and assignments, concerning the wages or allowances of money due, growing or to grow due, to any inferior Officer, Seaman, or Marine, shall be null and void. Assignments 32 Geo. 3. made by commissioned and warrant Officers shall be good c. 33. and valid, provided they shall be made general, and for a certain specified sum; and the Treasurer of the Navy, or persons paying for him, shall pay all wages or other allowances due to such Officers upon such assignments, until the CLASS IX. PART II. sum specified in the same shall be duly satisfied; and in cases where more than one assignment shall be produced, the Treasurer, or persons paying for him, shall pay upon Stat. 32 them and satisfy them according to the priority of their G. 3. c. 67. dates, but he or they so paying shall take no notice what No. 1. 32 Geo. 3. c. 33. 32 Geo. 3. c. 33. 32 Geo. 3. c. 33. 32 Geo. 3. c. 33. 31 Geo. 2. c. 10. 32 Geo. 3. c. 67. ever of any assignment made by any Officer, unless the same shall be exhibited and be accompanied with the necessary certificates and papers, at the time when payments shall be demanded to be made thereon; and the said Treasurer, or persons paying for him, shall not take notice of any power of attorney, or any check of any power, unless such power or check shall be presented at the time of payment; and if two or more powers or checks shall be presented at the same time, payment shall be made to that which bears the latest date. 18. British Governors, Ministers, and Consuls, residing at foreign parts, or, where no such are present, any two British merchants, are required to provide for seafaring men and boys, subjects of Great Britain, who by shipwreck, capture, or other unavoidable accident, shall be in foreign parts, or who shall be discharged there as unserviceable from the royal navy, and subsist them at nine pence per diem each, and send them home as soon as conveniently may be in any ship belonging to the royal navy, or in any merchant ship. 19. Masters of ships shall be allowed nine pence per diem for all such men and boys as shall exceed their complement. 20. Inferior Officers, Seamen, or Marines, shall not be taken out of the service for any debt, unless such debt shall have been contracted before they entered the navy, and shall exceed twenty pounds. 21. But creditors may file a common appearance, so as to entitle them to proceed to judgment and outlawry, and to have an execution thereon, except against the bodies of such Seamen. 22. Receivers of Seamen's wages taking more than sixpence in the pound shall, for every offence, forfeit fifty pounds; and if any such offender be a clerk, officer, or servant in any office belonging to the navy, he shall lose his place, and be incapable of holding any place of profit in such office. 23. Clerks, officers, and servants in offices belonging to the navy, taking fees (not allowed by the Acts of which this is an Abstract) for doing any thing directed by the said Acts, shall be subject to the same forfeitures. CLASS IX. No. 1. Stat. 32 24. Captains or Commanders of ships are to transmit, PART II. from time to time, to the Commissioners of the Navy at their Board, complete pay books, lists, and tickets, and also, once in every two months, compléte muster books, under the penalty of forfeiting all their wages to the chest G. 3. c. 67. at Chatham, and of being liable to such further punishment as a Court Martial shall inflict, except in cases of necessity, c. 10. to be made appear to the satisfaction of the Lord High Admiral, or Commissioners of the Admiralty. 31 Geo. 2. 32 Geo. 3. c. 76. 25. The payment of tickets, certificates, or pay lists, shall 31 Geo. 2. not be delayed, though the muster or pay books be not re- c. 10. gularly sent to, and received by, the Commissioners of the Navy; but if any error shall be made in any ticket, certificate, or pay list, the loss shall be made good out of the wages of the Captain or Commander by whom such ticket, certificate, or pay list, was made out. 26. Captains and Commanders who shall sail from any 32 Geo. 3. foreign station, before an opportunity offers of transmitting c. 34. home their muster books, lists, and tickets, shall leave them with the naval Officer, or some respectable merchant or other person, to be forwarded by the first opportunity. 27. Captains removed from any ship in his Majesty's 32 Geo. 3. service shall leave with his successor complete muster books, c. 34. signed by himself and the proper Officers, to the date of his removal, and shall receive a receipt for the same; and the Commissioners of the Navy shall not sign his general certificate unless such receipt be produced, or unless it be made appear that the directions herein given were complied with, as far as the nature of the service would admit. ed by 32 28. Wages, &c. earned by an apprentice shall be paid to 31 Geo. 2. his master as usual, if such master shall produce the in-c. 10. alterdentures at the pay table when the wages are demanded, Geo. 3. c. unless such apprentice shall have been above eighteen years 33. of age when he was indented, in which case he may receive payment of the same himself, or unless he shall be rated as a servant to an Officer, in which case his wages shall be paid to such Officer according to the usual practice of the navy, unless such Officer shall have been informed of such apprenticeship by the indentures having been exhibited to him. 29. All months to which this Abstract of the naval Acts 32 Geo. 3. relates, shall be counted and reckoned calendar months, c. 34. excepting in computing the wages due to Officers, Seamen, and Marines, when each month shall consist of twenty-eight days only. PART II. 30. Captains or Commanders issuing any tickets, other CLASS than such as are directed by the different Acts, of which IX. this is an Abstract, shall be subject to a penalty of fifty Stat. 32 pounds for every ticket, and shall forfeit all their wages to G. 3. c. 67. the chest at Chatham. No. 1. 31 Geo. 2. c. 10. c. 63. 31. Those who claim the wages of any inferior Officer, Seaman, or Marine, as executors, as soon as they shall be 26 Geo. 3. informed of the testator's death, must forward the authorities under which they so claim by the General Post, addressed to the Treasurer or to the Paymaster of the Navy, London. Those who claim as nearest of kin must also write, when they shall be informed of the death of their 32 Geo. 3. relation, by the General Post, to the Treasurer or to the c. 34. tended to Paymaster, stating their pretensions to the wages which may remain due; and those who shall be entitled to claim as creditors must apply in like manner, and at the same time state in writing the nature and amount of their demand; a proof must also be produced in each of these cases of the inferior Officer, Seaman, or Marine's death; if he shall have died after having left the service, the business will then be properly investigated at the Navy Pay Office; and if the claim be found just, the necessary expenses of administering at Doctors' Commons (which are limited as per clause thirty-second of this Abstract) will be defrayed, and the balance will be directed to be paid to the executor or administrator, if present, and, if absent, by a remittance bill, to be made out in the manner herein-before described in the tenth clause of this Abstract, and which shall be payable wherever he may reside, without any fee, reward, or deduction whatever. 3 Geo. 3. c. Pensions due to out-pensioners of Greenwich Hospital 16. and ex-shall be paid by bill in like manner in any part of Great Britain or Ireland, upon application being made by the 32 Geo. 3. party in writing to the Governors of the said Hospital. Ireland by c. 67. 32 Geo. 3. c. 34. 32 Geo. 3. c. 34. Those who shall be named as executors in wills, or who shall be entitled to administer as widow, next of kin, or creditor, to inferior Officers, Seamen, or Marines, may receive the wages which shall be due, without incurring the expense of taking out letters of administration, in cases where such wages and other allowances do not exceed ten pounds, provided the justness of their respective claims shall be satisfactorily ascertained at the Pay Office, and the said wages, &c. shall be remitted in like manner, if required, to any part of Great Britain or Ireland. 32. Registers or Proctors in Doctors' Commons, taking |