If Salvage not paid, the Officers Money to satisfy may borrow the same. Persons who can of the Ship, to be examined on Oath. Meeting, shall be paid 4s. a Day for his Expences out of the Goods saved. 26 Geo. 2. c. 19. § 6. 15. The Charges and Rewards for Salvage not being paid, or Security given for the same, within Forty Days after the Service performed, the Officer of the Customs concerned in such Salvage may borrow Moneyto satisfy the same, upon a Bill of Sale under his Hand and Seal of the Ship or Cargo saved, or such Part as shall be sufficient, redeemable nevertheless upon Payment of the Principal borrowed and Interest at £4. per Cent. per Annum. 26 Geo. 2. c. 19. § 7. 16. The Officer of the Customs who acts in Presergive any Account vation of any Ship in Distress, or the Cargo, as soon as conveniently may be, shall cause all Persons belonging to the Ship, or others who can give any Account thereof, to be examined upon Oath before a Justice of the Peace, as to the Name and Description thereof, the Name of the Commander and Owners, and Owners of the Cargo, and of the Port from and to which she was bound, and the Occasion of the Distress; which Examination shall be taken in Writing, and a Copy delivered to the Officer of the Customs, with a Copy of the Account of the Goods, who is to transmit the same to the Secretary of the Admiralty, to be published in the next London Gazette, for Information of the Persons concerned. 26 Geo. 2. c. 19. § 15. Right to Wreck or Goods flotsam, jetsam, or lagan. How Salvage to the Owners or Persons on board the Ship. 17. Nothing contained in these Acts is to prejudice His Majesty, or any Person claiming under Him by Patent or Grant, in relation to any Right which His Majesty or such Person may have to any Wreck, or Goods flotsam, jetsam, or lagan. 12 Ann. st. 2. c. 18. § 9. 26 Geo. 2. c. 19. § 14. 18. All the Means which in virtue of 12 Ann. c. 18. subsist and may now be by Law applied for the conclusively adjusting, and for the recovering of the Quanthe Authority of tum of the Gratuities to be paid to Persons acting or being employed in the Salvage of any Ship or Goods, in Cases where Application shall have been first made to Officers of the Customs or other the Officers therein mentioned, and Assistance shall have been thereupon rendered and had in pursuance of that Act, shall be applicable and available in like manner in cases where the Salvors shall have acted under and by the mere Employment and Autho rity of the Commander or other Superior Officers, Mariners, or Owners of any Ship in Distress, although no such Application cation shall have been made to, nor any Authority or Assistance derived from, any Officers of the Customs or other Officers mentioned in 12 Ann. c. 8.; and upon Payment, or Tender and Refusal, of the Quantum of Gratuities to be paid to the several Persons, or (in case such Payment or Tender cannot be made) on Security given for the due Payment thereof, to the Satisfaction of the Justices who shall have adjudged such Gratuities, it shall not be lawful for any Officer of the Customs, or other Person or Persons having the Possession or Custody of such Ship, Vessel, or Goods, any longer to retain the Possession, by Reason or Pretence of any Claim or Right to a Compensation or Gratuity for such Salvage, or for having acted or been employed therein. 48 Geo. 3. c. 130. § 21. 19. Provided that in Cases where the Salvors shall have acted without Application made to, and without any Authority or Assistance derived from, any Officer of the Customs, or other Officer in the said Act mentioned, and the Commander or other Superior Officer, Mariners, or Owners of such Ship, or the Person whose Goods shall be saved, or their Agents, shall disagree with such Salvors touching the Gratuity deserved, the Commander of such Ship so saved, or the Owner of the Goods, or Merchant interested therein, or their Agents, and such Salvors, may nominate Three of the neighbouring Justices of the Peace to adjust the Quantum of the Gratuity to be paid; and in case the Parties shall not agree in such Nomination, then on the Application of any of the Parties to any one neighbouring Justice, such Justice shall nominate two other neighbouring Justices, and such Three neighbouring Justices shall adjust the Quantum of the Gratuity to be paid to each Salvor, who shall disagree with such Master, Commanding Officer, Merchant or Owners, or their Agents as aforesaid*. 48 Geo. 3. c. 130. § 22. Silk (Raw). How to be adDisagreement justed in cafe of between the Salvors and Owners. The Production of the British Plantations in America, Not to be exshall not be shipped or conveyed from any of the said ported, unless to *The 48 Geo. 3. c. 130. is a temporary Law, and continued by.53 Geo.3.c.87. for Seven Years, from 2d July 1813. some other Plantation, or to Plantations to any Place, unless to some other Plantation Great Britain or Ireland. Recital of Order in Council, dated Aug. 15, 1805. belonging to His Majesty, or to Great Britain or Ireland. c. 15. § 24. 27. c. 91. § 4. 8. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. Art. 6. 4 Geo. 3. 20 Geo. 3. 56 Geo. 3. For the Restrictions, Penalties, and Forfeitures to secure the Landing in the British Plantations, or in Great Britain or Ireland, See ASHES, POT AND PEARL. Slaves. 1. Whereas His Majesty, by His Order in Council bearing Date the Fifteenth Day of August One thousand eight hundred and five, was pleased to order, "That it should not be lawful, except by special Licence as therein mentioned, for any Slave or Slaves to be landed upon any of the Coasts, or imported or brought into any of the Ports, Harbours, Creeks, or Roads, or within the Limits, Jurisdictions, and Territories, of any of the Settlements, Islands, Colonies, or Plantations on the Continent of America, or in the West Indies, which have been surrendered to His Majesty's Arms during the present War, until further Order; upon Pain that all Slaves so landed or brought contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of that Order, together with the Vessels bringing in the same, or from which the same should be landed, and their Cargoes, should become forfeited to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors; but the said Order recited, that it might be expedient to permit the Annual Introduction of a limited Number of Slaves under due Regulations, for the Purpose of supplying any Waste that should take place in the Population on particular Estates, from extraordinary or unavoidable Causes, and thereby of keeping up the Cultivation of the Lands already cleared and cultivated; and it was therefore further ordered, that any Number of Slaves, not exceeding Three for every Hundred of the whole Number of Slaves in the said Settlements, Islands, Colonies, and Plantations respectively (Returns whereof were to be made from Time to Time, in pursuance of Instructions to be transmitted by One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State), State), might be imported in each Year (provided Casualties to that Extent should appear to have taken place in the preceding Year), under Licences to be previously granted by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Officer administering the Government of the said Settlements, Islands, Colonies, and Plantations, from any other of His Majesty's Colonies in the West Indies, into the said Settlements, Islands, Colonies, and Plantations; such Licence, or a Copy thereof, to be produced by the Master of the Ship on which such Slaves are laden, as his Authority for having Slaves on board destined to the said Settlements, Islands, Colonies, and Plantations: Provided always, that until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and seven, such limited Importation might be made from other Places than His Majesty's Colonies in the West Indies as aforesaid, and without its being necessary for the Master of the Vessel, if met with at Sea, to produce the said Licence, or a Copy thereof, as his Authority for having the Slaves destined as aforesaid on board, but subject nevertheless to such Licence being first had and obtained as aforesaid, before any Slaves should be permitted to be landed or sold from such Vessel in any of the said Settlements: And, after further reciting that special Instructions would be immediately transmitted by One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State to the Governors, Lieutenant Governors, or Officers administering the Government of the said Colonies, Settlements, and Plantations respectively, containing the Regulations proper for carrying that Order into effectual Execution, directing and empowing them to grant Licences for the Importation of such limited Number of Slaves as aforesaid, subject to such Regulations as in the said Instructions would be provided, it was thereby declared to be His Majesty's further Order, that such Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or other Officer as aforesaid, should be, and they thereby were respectively authorized and empowered to grant such Licences, upon such Terms and Conditions, and subject to such Regulations as, in conformity to and in furtherance of the Object of such Instructions, might from Time to Time be required: And it was thereby further ordered, that the Prohibition therein-before contained should not extend to prevent the importing or landing of any Slaves which should be imported into the said Colonies, Islands, and Plantations, by Licence first had for importing the same, under the Hand and Seal of His Majesty's Governor or Lieutenant Governor, or Officer administering the Government of the Colony, Settlements, or Plantations into which said Slaves are to be imported, specifying the Ship or Vessel permitted to import the same, in conformity with the Instructions to be received from One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State as aforesaid; but that all Slaves, except such Slaves as may form Part of the Crew of any Vessels, or may be Household Servants to the Passengers therein, which should be landed without such Licence as aforesaid, and without conforming to such Regulations as should be contained therein, should, together with the Vessels bringing the same, or from which the same should be landed, and their Cargoes, become forfeited to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors; and in case any Vessel should contain more Slaves than the Number permitted to be imported in such Vessel by any such Licence or Licences, such Number of the most valuable of the Slaves on board such Vessel (other than such Slaves as might form Part of the Crew of such Vessel, or might be Household Servants to the Passengers) as should be equal to the Excess beyond the Number mentioned in such Licence or Licences, should be forfeited to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, and should be selected and disposed of in such Manner as might be in that Behalf directed by any Instructions from One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, to be given to the respective Governors, Lieutenant Governors, or other Officers administering the Government of such Colonies, Settlements, and Plantations as aforesaid: And it was thereby further ordered and provided, that nothing therein contained should be extended or construed to extend to the landing, importing, or bringing in of any Slave or Slaves from or by any Vessel which by Stress of Weather or by any other Peril should be driven on the Coast of any such Colonies, Settlements, or Plantations, or compelled to take refuge on such Coast, or within the Creeks and Harbours of such Colonies, Settlements, or Plantations, provided the Slave or Slaves which should be so imported, landed, or brought in as last aforesaid, should be exported to some Place or Places other than any of the Colonies, Settlements, or Plantations to which the said Order applied, within Ten Days from the Importation, landing, or bringing in of the |