46 C. 38. Anno viccfimo Georgii IF. A. D, 1747. nor of the faii.! Corporation, to prefide, vote and aft as Prefidcnt in his Abfence, and_ to do all and every A£l or Ad.s, Thijig or 'I'iiinga, as well at the faid General Court, as at the Court of Aililtants or Com- mittees, or otherwife, as he the faid Prefidcnt is hereby impowercd, authorized or required to do. Perfons giving XVI. And, for the Eneouragement of fuch as fliall be Benefadtois to fo good a Dcfign, Be it enafted by 50I. to be Co- the Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon charitably difpofed, fliall, at one or more Payments, pay into vernors. j],g Ha;-|ijy of the Receiver of the faid Flofpital for the time being, or fuch Perfon as {hail be deputed for that Purpofe, the full Sum of fifty Pounds, to and for the good Ufes and Purpofes in this Act mentioned, fijch Perfon fliall be, and is hereby declared to be, from the Time of fuch Payment of fuch fifty Pounds as afore- faid, a Gocrnor of the faid hereby ercfled Corporation. All Seamen ami XV H. And for the efFccliog the good Ends and Purpofes aforefaid. Be it enacted by the Authority afore- Maitcrs of Vcf- faid, Thit cvcty Seaman or other Perfon vvhatfoever, v.'ho fhall ferve, or be employed by any Perfon or {^K ^':- ^p^y Perfons whatfoever, in any Merchant Ship, or other private Ship or Veflcl belonging or to belong to any 6d. per iVionth. ^^ ^j^^ Subjcfts of his Majefty, his Heirs or SuccelTors, in_ that Part of Great Britain called England; and every Mafler orOwner, navigating or working in his own Ship or Veffel, whether employed on the High Sea yvpprenticcs, or Coafts of the fame, or in any Port, Bay or Creek (other than fuch Apprentices, under the Age of excepted, &c. eighteen Years, as are exempted from Payment of fix Pence pi-r Month to the faid Royal Hofpital at Green- 'luich, by an Adl made in the fecond Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, for the Increafe of Seamen, and better Encouragement of Navigation, and Security of the Coal Trade; and fuch Perfon or Perfons as fhall be employed in any Boat upon any of the Coafts of that Part of Great Britain caWcd England, in taking of Fifli, which are brought frefh on Shore ; and every Perfon and Perfons employed in Boats or Veflels, that trade only fiom Place to Place within any River of that Part oi Great Britain called England, or in any open Boats upon the Coafts of the fame ; and Pilots employed on board any Ship or Vefiel) fhall, from and after the twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and forty-fe- ven, pay, and there fhall be allowed and paid by every fuch Mafter, Owner, Seaman or other Perfon em- ployed, or that fhall be employed, fix Pence per Month of lawful Money of Great Britain, and proportion- ably for a leiler Time, during the Time he or they fliall be em.ployed in or belonging to the faid Ship or Veffel, for the Ufes and Purpofes aforefaid. M.iflers tolcerp XVIII. And it is hereby declared and enafted. That the Mafter, Owner or Commander of every fuch 6d, per Monih, Mei-chant or private Ship or Vefl'el, is hereby impowered and required to deduft and detain out of the p" ". V/ages, Shares or other Profits pay.ible or accruing to fuch Seaman or other Perfon employed in his Ship or Veflcl, the fiiid Duty of fix Pence per iVIonth (other than for fuch Apprentices and other Perfons as are be- andpayihefame forc excepted) and fhall pay the fame to fuch Officer or OfKccrs as fhall on that Behalf be appointed by the 10 thcl-lectiver. faid Ptefideiit and Governors, or the Truftees to be appointed at any of the Out-ports, and their Succef- fors, for the collefting, recovering and receiving the faid Duty of fix Pence ^irr Month refpedively, if fuch Seamen or other Perfon fliall have or be intitled to any fuch Wages, Shares or Profits. Recciversto be XIX. And be it further enafted. That it fhall and may be lawful for the faid Prefident and Governors, appointed for the and their Succefibrs, at a full Court of Affift'ants or Committees, to appoint fuch Perfon or Perfons as they Port ot London; {1-,^]! think fit, to be Receiver or Receivers of the faid Duty at the Port of London; and alfo depute and ap- ond Out.ports. point the Collecfors or other Officers of the Cuftoms of his Majefty, his Heirs or Succefibrs, in the feveral Oiit-poits of that Part of Great Britain called England, or fuch other Perfons as they fnall think fit, to col- ledl and receive the fame (except in fuch Out-ports where feparate 'I'ruftecs fliall be appointed by virtue of this Acl;) which faid Receivers, as alfo the faid Collecftors and Officers of the Cuftoms (if fo appointed) are hereby impowered and required to col'efl:, receive and pay over the (aid Duty, according to fuch In - ftruiHions and Diicclioiis as fiiall be, from time to time, fent to them in Writing by the faid Prefidcnt and Salaries to be ap- Governors, and their Succefibrs : And for the Care and Pains therein of the faid Colleifiors, and other Of- pointed them, ficers of the Cuftoms, and others to be appointed to coUcft, recover and receive the laid Duty, it fhall and may be lawftil for the faid Prefident and Governors, and their Succefibrs, at fuch Court of AlTiftants or Committees, to make fuch Allowance to them out of the faid Duties as they fliall judge reafonable. Mailers to keep XX. And be it further cnaifhed by the Authority aforefaid, That every RIaftcr, Commander or Owner iiMufter-roli; of any Merchant Ship or other private Shi]') or Vefitl, navigating the faitie, or fiich other Perfon who fliall have th.e Care thereof, fliall keep a Book by way of Muflcr-roll ; in which fliall be entered his ov.-n Chri- itian and Surname, and the Chriftian and Surnames of all the Officers, Seamen or other Perfons emp'oyed in fiich Ship or Vefiel, with the ufual Place of their Abode when on Shore ; and over againft each Nime, the Time v;hen, and Place where, fuch Seamen or other Perfon entered into the Service of fuch Ship or and deliver Dii- Vcficl ; and in what Ship or Veffel he pci formed his laft Voyage; a Duplicate whereof fliall be figncd by plicatos to ilic the faid Mafter, Commander, Owner or other Perfon having the Care of fuch Ship or Vefiel, and ihall be Collcaois. delivered before the Departiu'e of fuch Ship or Veffel, to the Receiver or Colkctor of the faid Duties, at Mufter-rollto the refpeclive Port to which fuch Ship or Vefiel doth belong; and fuch Mailer, Commander, Owner or i' vo' ae'"^ other Perfon having the Care of fuch Ship or Vefiel, fliall continue to keqi fuch Book by way of Mufter- tit oyage, j.^||^ dm-ing the whole Courfe of the Voyage, and fliall, from time to time, enter therein, when and where any fuch Mafter, Officers, Seamen or other Perfon fliall be difcharged from, or fliali leave or defert fuch Ship or Veffel, and when and where any other Officers or Men (hall be fliipt on board, defcrihing thcm'in the like Manner as the PcrfiiriS who fiift entered on board arc before diredled to be delcribed ; and v.'hen and where any of them received any Htu't or Damage, or were killed, fiain or drowned, in cafe there fhall be Duplicate to be any fuch ; a Duplicate of which Continuation of the Mufter-roil fliall b: likcwife figncd by the faid Mafter, e'rcao' '" ° Commander or other Perfon having the Care of the Ship or Vefiel, and fliall be delivered ac the Return of vr "'^'b flich Ship or Vefiel to the Receiver or Colleilor of the faid Duties, at the refpeftive Port to which fi:ch .filXVnVt'he ^'^-'1' ° ^^'^^'-^ ^oes belong ; and true Copies of the faid Duplicates ih.all be made by fuch Receiver or Col- Ong'inals tran:- l'^^'"" ^^hich fliall be filed and kept by him ; and the original Duplicates fliall be tranfinitted by fiich Re- mitted totha ceiver or Collcftor to the Prefident and Governors aforefaid, to be, by fuch Officer as fliall be appointed for Ciovornurs j tat
