י:

Dealers to keep
Account of old
Stores bought

by them;

to advertise before cutting up of Cordage.

Persons herein described may demand Inspection of Books.

Refusing Inspection, ne

glecting to keep

Books, or to publish Advertisements.

Penalty,

First Offence. Further Offence.

Recovery of
Penalties.

Pounds, to be recovered before any Justice of the Peace; and One Half thereof to go to the Informer, and the other Half to the Poor of the Parish in which such Offence shall have been committed.

XVII. And be it further enacted, That for the more effectual Prevention of such Frauds, all Dealers in such Marine Stores as aforesaid, shall keep a Book or Books, fairly written, in which Entries shall be from time to time regularly made, of all such old Marine Stores as shall be by them from time to time bought, containing a true Account and Description of the Times when the same were so respectively bought by them, and of the Names and Places of Abode of the respective Sellers thereof; and before any Person who shall obtain such Permit for the cutting up of any such Cable (as hereinbefore required to be obtained), shall proceed to cut up the same by virtue thereof, there shall be published, by the Space of One Week at least before the cutting up the same, One or more Advertisement or Advertisements in some public Newspaper printed nearest to the Storehouse, Warehouse or Depôt where the Articles shall be deposited, notifying that such Party had obtained such Permit for the Purpose of cutting up such Cable, and of such Kind and Quality as therein described, and also specifying the Place where such Articles shall be deposited; whereupon it shall be lawful for all and every Person or Persons who may have just Cause to suspect that such Articles are the Property of such Person or Persons, and shall have verified upon Oath the Fact of such his or their Suspicion before any Justice of the Peace or Magistrate residing near to the said Storehouse, Warehouse or Depôt, by Warrant for that Purpose thereupon granted, to require of and from such Dealer, who shall have so advertised, and shall be so sworn to be suspected as aforesaid, the Production and Examination of the Book or Books of Entries hereby required by him or her to be kept, and inspect and examine the Cables described in such Permit; and in case any such Dealer, when so thereunto required as aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse to produce to the Person named in such Warrant, as the Ferson on whose Oath the same shall have been obtained, the Book or Books containing the Entries of such Dealer so required to be made therein as aforesaid, or shall neglect to keep any such Book or Books in which Entries, containing Accounts of the several Particulars hereinbefore required to be entered, shall be made, or to permit such Inspection or Examination as aforesaid, or shall, after obtaining such Permit for the cutting up of any such Cable, and before the cutting up of the same, neglect to publish such One or more Advertisement or Advertisements relative thereto, as is hereinbefore directed and required, the Dealer or Dealers so offending in all or any of the Particulars hereinbefore mentioned shall forfeit and pay for every such Offence, being his, her or their First Offence, any Sum not exceeding Twenty Pounds, nor less than Ten Pounds; and for every Second or further Offence, any Sum not exceeding Fifty Pounds nor less than Twenty Pounds, One Half of which Penalty shall, on Conviction before any Justice of the Peace or Magistrate residing near as aforesaid, be paid to the Informer, and the other Half to the Poor of the Parish or Township in which such Offences shall be committed; and in case any of the Penalties by this Act im

posed

posed shall not be paid, with the Charges incident to the Conviction, immediately upon such Conviction, the same shall and may be levied by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of such Justice of the Peace or Magistrate, upon the Goods and Chattels of any such Offender or Offenders; and in case no sufficient Distress shall be found, then every such Offender or Offenders shall and may be committed by any Justice of the Peace or Magistrate as aforesaid to Gaol, in case of any First Offence, for the Space of Six Calendar Months, and in case of any Second or further Offence, for the Space of Twelve Calendar Months, unless the said Penalty and the Charges shall be sooner paid.

of Anchors to and Marks on place Name Anchors and Kedge Anchors.

XVIII. And be it further enacted, That all Manufacturers of Manufacturers Anchors and Kedge Anchors shall place his, her or their Name or Names, together with a progressive Number, and also the Weight of the Anchor, in legible Characters upon the Crown, and also upon the Shank under the Stock of each Anchor, which he, she or they shall manufacture; and shall also place his, her or their Name or Names, together with a Number, and also the Weight of the Kedge Anchor upon the Crown, and also upon the Shank near to the Stock of every Kedge Anchor, which he, she or they shall manufacture; and in case any such Manufacturer shall neglect to place such Name, Number or Weight in the manner hereinbefore directed and required, every such Person or Persons so offending shall, on Conviction before any Justice of the Peace or Magistrate, on the Oath of One Credible Witness, or on the Confession of the Party so offending, forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Five Pounds, nor less than Forty Shillings, One Half of Penalty. which Penalty shall be paid to the Informer, and the other Half

to the Poor of the Parish or Township in which such Offence shall

be committed.

XIX. And for the more easy and speedy Conviction of Offenders

against this Act, be it further enacted, That all and every Justice Form of Conor Justices of the Peace before whom any Person shall be con- viction. victed of any Offence against this Act, shall and may cause the Conviction to be drawn up according to the following Form ; videlicet,

BE it remembered, That on the

in the Year of our Lord

me [or, us]

Day of

A. B. is convicted before

One [or, Two, as the case may be,] of His Majesty's 'Justices of the Peace for the

[here specify the Offence, and the Time and Place when and where committed, as the case may be,] contrary to an Act passed in the • Second Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, intituled [here insert the Title of this Act]. Given under my Hand and 'Seal [or, our Hands and Seals,] the Day and Year first above ' written.'

And no Certiorari or other Writ or Process for the Removal of any such Conviction or any Proceedings thereon, into any of His Majesty's Courts of Record at Westminster, shall be allowed or granted.

XX. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful Appeal from to and for any Person or Persons so convicted by any Justice or Conviction to Justices

ter Sessions.

Notice.

General Quar- Justices of the Peace before mentioned, of any Offence or Offences against this Act, within Three Calendar Months next after such Conviction, to appeal to the Justices of the Peace assembled at the General Quarter Sessions holden for the County, City or Place where the Matter of Appeal shall arise, first giving Ten Days' Notice of such Appeal to the Person or Persons appealed against, and of the Matter thereof, and entering into a Recognizance before some Justice of the Peace for such County, City or Place, with Two sufficient Sureties, conditioned to try such Appeal, and Proof of Notice. for abiding the Determination of the Court therein; and such Justices at the General Quarter Sessions shall, upon due Proof of such Notice having been given and Recognizance entered into, hear and determine the Matter of such Appeal, and may either confirm or quash and annul the said Conviction, and award such Costs to either Party as to them shall seem just and reasonable, and the Decision of the said Justices therein shall be final, binding and conclusive; and no Proceeding to be had or taken in pursuance of this Act shall be quashed or vacated for want of Form No Certiorari, only, or be removed by Certiorari or any other Writ or Process whatsoever, into any of His Majesty's Courts of Record at Westminster or elsewhere; any Law or Statute to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding.

Final.

&c.

Inhabitants may be competent Wit

nesses.

Offences tried in County where Articles found, or if sold in Foreign Parts, where Offenders reside.

Proviso for

XXI. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the Inhabitants of any Parish, Township or Place, shall be deemed and taken to be competent Witnesses, for the Purpose of proving the Commission of any Offence against this Act, within the Limits of such Parish, Township or Place, notwithstanding the Penalty incurred by such Offence or any Part thereof, is or may be given or applicable to the Poor of such Parish, Township or Place or otherwise, for the Benefit or Use or in Aid or in Exoneration of such Parish, Township or Place.

XXII. And be it further enacted, That all Felonies, Misdemeanours and other Offences under this Act, shall and may be laid to be committed, and shall be tried in any City or County (being a County) where any such Article, Matter or Thing, in relation to which such Offence shall have been committed, shall have been found in the Possession of the Person committing the Offence; or if the same shall have been sold in foreign Parts, then in the County or Place in which the Person selling the same shall reside.

XXIII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That no48 G. 3. c. 130. thing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to or be in force within the Limits specified and directed in an Act passed in the Forty eighth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled An Act for preventing the various Frauds and Depredations committed on Merchants, Ship Owners and Underwriters, by Boatmen and others, within the Jurisdiction of the Cinque Ports; and also for remedying certain Defects relative to the Adjustment of Salvage under a Statute made in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, or in any manner to affect any of the Provisions of the said Act, but the said recited Act shall remain in full force within the Limits therein specified, as if this Act and for 48 G. 3. had not been passed: Provided also, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to repeal, take away or alter any of the Clauses, Powers or Provisions contained in an

c. 104.

Act

Act of Parliament made in the Forty eighth Year of the Reign of
His late Majesty, intituled An Act for the better Regulation of
Pilots, and of the Pilotage of Ships and Vessels navigating the Bri-
tish Seas; but that the said Act shall remain in full force as if
this Act had not been passed.

XXIV. Provided also, and it is hereby further declared, That
this Act, or any thing herein contained, shall not extend or be
construed to extend to the taking away, abridging, prejudicing or
impeaching, in any manner whatever, the Jurisdiction of the High
Court of Admiralty of England, or the Jurisdiction of the Ad-
miralty Court of the Cinque Ports, Two ancient Towns and their
Members, or of the Admiralty Court of the Borough of Great Yar-
mouth, in the County of Norfolk, or of the Admiralty Court of
the Borough of Dunwich, in the County of Suffolk, or of the Ad-
miralty Court of the Borough of Southampton, in the County of
Hants, or of the Admiralty Court of the Borough of Southwold, in
the County of Suffolk, or of the Admiralty Court of the Borough
of Lynn Regis, in the County of Norfolk; but that it shall and
may be lawful for the said Courts respectively, and the Judge or
Judges thereof for the time being, to have, use, exercise and
enjoy Jurisdiction over all such Matters, Rights and Offences as
they have heretofore had, used, exercised and enjoyed, as fully
and effectually, to all Intents and Purposes whatever, as if this
Act had not been made; any thing herein contained to the con-
trary thereof in anywise notwithstanding.

XXV. Provided also, and it is hereby enacted, That neither this Act nor any thing herein contained shall any ways extend, or be construed to extend, to deprive or in any ways prejudice the Rights of His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors or any claiming under them or any of them, or any Patentee or Grantee of the Crown, or any Lord or Lords, or Lady or Ladies, of any Manor or Manors whatsoever; but that such respective Rights shall be enjoyed in as full, ample and beneficial a Manner, in every respect, as if this Act had never been made.

XXVI. And be it further enacted, That no Lord or Lady of any Manor, or other Person who may be entitled to or claim to be entitled to Wreck of the Sea or to any Goods found jetsam, flptsam or lagan, shall be entitled to appropriate such Wreck or Goods to his, her or their own Use, or otherwise to dispose thereof, until he, she or they shall have caused a Report thereof in Writing to be given to the Deputy Vice Admiral of that Part of the Coast where the same shall have been stranded, wrecked or found, or to his Agent; or if there shall be no such Deputy Vice Admiral or Agent residing within the Distance of Fifty Miles, then to the Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond; which Report shall contain an accurate and particular Description of the Wreck or Goods found, and of the Place or Places and time or times where and when the same may have been found, and of any Marks that may be thereon, and of such other Particulars as may the better enable the Owner or Owners thereof to recover the same, and also of the Place or Places where the same are deposited and may be found and examined by any Person claiming any Right to such Wreck or Goods, nor until the full Expiration of a Year and a Day after the Delivery of such Notice, any thing

Proviso for

Rights of High
Court of Ad-

miralty, &c.

Proviso for
Rights of the
Crown, and of
Ladies of

Lords and

Manors.

Lords of Manors not to lay Claim to Wrecks

till Report made to the Deputy Vice Admiral of the Coast, &c.

in

Deputy Vice
Admiral to

transmit a Copy
of Report to
Secretary of
Trinity House.

Penalty 501.
Proviso for

in any Law to the contrary notwithstanding; and the Deputy Vice Admiral or Agent aforesaid shall, within Forty eight Hours after receiving such Report as aforesaid, transmit a Copy thereof to the Secretary of the Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond, upon pain of forfeiting for any Neglect to transmit such Account as aforesaid, the Sum of Fifty Pounds to any Person who will sue for the same; and the said Secretary shall cause 52 G. 3. c. 159. such Account to be placed in some conspicuous Situation, for the Inspection of all Persons claiming to inspect and examine the same: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall ektend or be construed to extend to repeal or in any manner to affect any of the Provisions of an Act passed in the Fifty second Year of His late Majesty, intituled An Act for charging Foreign Liquors and Tobacco, derelict, jetsam, flotsam, lagan or wreck, brought or coming into Great Britain, with the Duties payable on Importation of such Liquors and Tobacco.

XXVII. And be it further enacted, That when any Goods which shall be found or taken Possession of by any Lord or Lady of any Manor, or Person entitled or claiming to be entitled to Wreck of the Sea, or to Goods found flotsam, jetsam or lagan, or his or her Agent or Servant, or by any Vice Admiral, or his Deputy or Agent, or by any Officer or other Person whatsoever acting by or under the Authority of this Act, or of an Act passed in the present Session of Parliament, intituled An Act to continue and amend certain Acts for preventing various Frauds and Depredations committed on Merchants, Ship Owners and Underwriters, by Boatmen and others, within the Jurisdiction of the Cinque Ports, shall be of so perishable a Nature, or so much injured or damaged, that the same cannot be kept, then and in every such case such Goods shall and may, at the Request of any of the Persons interested or concerned therein, or in the saving and preserving thereof, by and with the Consent and Approbation of some Justice of the Peace, not interested or concerned in the same, or in the saving or preserving thereof, and in the Presence of such Justice, or of some Person for that Purpose specially appointed by such Justice, be sold by public Auction or private Contract, as such Justice may direct by some Writing under his Hand, which Writing shall contain an accurate and particular Account of the Goods, and of the Marks that may be thereon, or other Particulars belonging thereto, and of the Times and Places of the finding and intended Sale thereof; and the Money raised by such Sale, after defraying the reasonable Expences of the Sale, to be settled and allowed by such Justice, shall be deposited and remain in the Hands of the Lord or Lady of the Manor, or other Person, or Deputy Vice Admiral, who would have received the Custody of the Goods so sold, to abide and be subject and liable to the Claims of all Persons, in like manner as the Goods themselves would be subject and liable if remaining unsold: Provided always, that all Persons required to transmit Reports to the Deputy Vice Admiral of the finding of Goods, shall, in case of any such Sale as last aforesaid, likeany wise transmit to such Deputy Vice Admiral an Account of such Sale, and of the Proceeds thereof; and the said Deputy Vice Admiral shall forward such Reports to the Secretary of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond, within the like Periods and under and

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