144- ^' 6* Anno fecundo & tertio Ann^ Reginse, A. D. 1703. adjoining to fuch Port or Ports, to which fuch Ship or Veflel fhall at any time arrive, fhall have full Power and Authority, and are hereby authorized and i.iipowered to inquire into, and examine, hear, and determine all Complaints of hard or ill Ufage from the feveral and refpeiStive Mafters, to fuch .their Ap- prentice and Apprentices, fo to be bound or affigned over as aforefaid, and alfo of all fuch as already have or who fhall at any Time hereafter voluntarily put themfelves Apprentices to the Sea Service as aforefaid, and to make fuch Orders therein, as now they are enabled by Law to do in other Cafes between Mafters and Apprentices. CoUeaor to XIII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That every fuch Colleftor in every Port ktepaRcg! er, Qj.pQj.jg aforefaid, fhall, in their feveral and refpedive Stations, keep an exadt Regifter, containing as well the Number and Burthen of all fuch Ships and Veffels, together with the Mafters or Owners Names, as alfo the Names of fuch Apprentices in each Ship and Veflel belonging to their refpective Ports, and and tranfmit a from what Parifhes and Places fuch Aprentices were refpeftively fent ; and that fuch Colleitors fhall Copy theieof to tranfmit true Copies of fuch Regifter, figned by them, to the Quarter-Seffions, or to fuch Cities, Bo- the Quirter-Sef- ,-oughs, Towns Coporate, Pariflies, or Places, when and fo often as they fhall be reafonably required fo Sions, &:c. gratis. ^^ ^^ , ^^^ Vi'hich Copy or Copies, fo to be tranfmitted as aforefaid, no Fee or Reward {luall be taken : And that every fuch Colleftor refufin^ or wilfully neglecting to tranfmit fuch Copies as aforefaid, fhall Fe,^alty. for every fuch Refufal or Negleft forfeit five Pounds for the Ufe ©f the Poor of the Parifh, from whence fuch Boy was bound Apprentice. Officer to infert XIV. And be it further enafted, That every Cuftom-houfe Officer or Officers, at each and every of on ihe Cocquet, j].jg Ports aforefaid, fhall infert, and are hereby required, from Time to Time, to infert at the Bottom of the Number of ^.j^^j^ Cocquets, the Number of Men and Boys on board the refpeftive Ships or Veflels, at their going out onboard &c! of every fuch Port, therein particularly defcribing the Apprentices by their refpective Names, Ages, and the Dates of their feveral Indentures, for which no Fee or Reward fhall be taken. PerfoDs volunta- XV. And for the Encouragement of all fuch as have, or fhall voluntarily bind themfelves Ajiprentices rily binding ^ ^^ ^-^^ g^^ Service ; 'be it further enacEted by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every fuch Perfon and pie.riticerto Sea Perfons, who have or fhall fo voluntarily, and of his or their own Accord, bind or put him or themfelves Service, not to Apprentice to any fuch Mafters or Owners of any Ship or Vclel as aforefaid, fhall not be compelled or be impr£fTedfor imprelt into her Majefty's Sea Service, or the Sea Service of her Majefty's Heirs or SuccelTors, for and 3 Yeats. ' during the Term of three Years, to be accounted from the Dates of the refpettive Indentures of fuch vo- "^nnT^c 1^0. luntary Apprentice or Apprentices ; all which Indentures are hereby direiSted to be regiftred, and Certifi- fea.""?.' " cates thereof given and tranfmitted by fuch CoIle£tor at the faid feveral Ports, where fuch Apprentices al- Indencures to be ready have become fo bound, or that hereafter fhall fo bind themfelves, in Manner and Form as afore- xegiftred, and j-^jj ^ upon Receipt of which faid feveral Certificates, Protections fhall, from Time to Time, be made Proteaionsgiven 1 o-jven, for the faid firft three Years of their feveral refpeftive Apprenticefliips, without either Fee or for me faid 3 t^ '^ , ,- i. r Years. Reward tor the fame. ... -
- ■ XVI. And forafmuch as divers difiblute and-idle Perfons, Rogues, Vagabonds, and flurdy Beggars,
All lewd and ' notwithftanding the many good and wholefome Laws to the contrary, do continue to wander up and diforderly Men ' down, pilfering and begging through all Parts of this Kingdom, to the great Diflurbance of the Peace and Boys deem- t ^j.; Tranquillity of the Realm ;' For the more efFeftually fuppreffing fuch diforderly Perfons, and to the ^^"^^E^bonds "v ^^^ ^.j^^j. ^j^^y ^^y ^g rnade ferviceable and beneficial to their Country; be it further enaiSied by the Au- . h^mz'"c.i^0Y'ity aforefaid, That all lewd and diforderly Men Servants, and every fuch Perfon and Perfons, both tobe taken up' Men and Boys, that are deemed and adjudged Rogues, Vagabonds, and fturdy Beggars (not being Fe- and conveyed lons) by an A£u of Parliament made in the nine and thirtieth Year of the Reign of the faid late Queen into the Queen's Elizabeth, for punifhing of Rogues, Vagabonds, and ftui-dy Beggars, fhall be and are hereby direcSted SeaService. ^.^ ^ taken up, ient, conducted, and conveyed into her Majefty's Service at Sea, or the Service at Sea of her Majefty's Heirs or Succeflbrs, by fuch Ways, Methods, and Means, and in fuch Manner and Form, as is direiSted for Vagrants by the faid before-mentioned Act of Parliament, made in the faid eleventh and y~ twelfth Years of the Reign of the faid late King Willia.m the Third, For the more effectual Punijhjnent of .c'jS ^^ ' ^' Vagrants^ and fending them zuhither by Ldzu they ought to he fent. ' XVII. And whereas Ov/ners and Rdalters of Merchant Ships are at great Charge in educating and •' brino-ing up the Parifh Children, till they come to the Age of eighteen Years, and other voluntary Ap- ' prentices three Years, at which Time they are capable to ferve in her Majefty's Ships of War ;' Be it When fuch Ap- ena£ted by the Authority aforefaid. When fuch Apprentices fhall be impreffed, or voluntarily enter them- prentices fnall be fe]ves into her Majefty's Service, the faid Owners or Mafters of fuch Apprentices, thtir Executors, Ad- impre(P--d, Ma- ,-niniftrators, or Affigns, fhall be intitled to able Seamens Wages for fuch of their Apprentices, as feis to have able n^^jj uDon due Examination be found qualified for the fame, notwithftanding their Indentures of Ap- heamens Wages . ""^p . ^ . ° for them. prenticeinip, / _ ■ XVIII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefiiid. That all the Penalties and Forfeitures Penalties and direifted by this A&-, fhall, by V/"arrant under the Hands and Seals of any two or more Juftices of the FortVitures, how p^j^^^p^ ^jc j|jg f^^g County, City, Borough, or Town Corporate, be-levied by Diftrefs and Sale of the tobe levied. Qoods and Chattels of the Offender, which Sale fliall be good in the Law againft fuch Offender. ' XIX. And whereas upon the Adt of Parliament before mentioned, made in the feventh and eighth 7 &S 'W. 3. ^ Years of the Reign of the faid late fling William the Third, intituled. An A5i for the Increafe and c Eneowa^ement of Seajuen ; as alfo upon the AcEt of Parliament made in the eighth and ninth Years of the K&gW. 3. ^ Reign of the faid late King Williaivi the Third, intituled, AnAEt to inforce the A£t for Encouragement '^■' *^" 4 ofi;enmen., feveral Doubts have arofe whether any difabled Seamen, their Children, or the V/idows and « Children of Seamen flain,, killed, or drow -cd in Sea Service, other than fuch as are exprefsly qualified hy tiie faid laft mentioned A6ts, may be admitted and provided for in Gicenwkh Hofpital, when any Va-
