Infpe&ion of fuch Accounts may be demanded by Parties interested.

Penalties on
Deale s for
Neglect.

Manufacturers fhall put Marks on Anchors and Kedge Anchors.

fhall be depofited; whereupon it fhall be lawful for all and every Perfon or Perfons who may have juft Cause to fufpe&t that fuch Articles are the Property of fuch Perfon or Perfons, and fhall have verified upon Oath the Fact of fuch his, her, or their Sufpicion before any Justice of the Peace or Magiftrate refiding near to the faid Storehoufe, Warehouse, or Depôt, by Warrant for that Purpofe thereupon granted, to require of and from fuch Dealer who fhall have fo advertifed, and fhall be fo fworn to be fufpected as aforefa'd, the Production and Examination of the Book or Books of Entries hereby required by him or her to be kept, and infpect and examine the Cables described in fuch Permit; and in cafe any fuch Dealer, when so thereunto required as aforefaid, fhall neglect or refafe to produce to the Perfon named in fuch Warrant as the Perfon on whofe Oath the fame fhall have been obtained, the Book or Books containing the Entries of fuch Dealer fo required to be made therein as aforefaid, or shall neglect to keep any fuch Book or Books in which Entries containing Accounts of the feveral Particulars hereinbefore required to be entered fhall be made, or to permit fuch Iafpection or Examination as aforefaid, or fhall after obtaining fuch Permit for the cutting up of any fuch Cable, and before the cutting up of the fame, neglect to publifh fuch One or more Advertisement or Advertisements relative thereto as is herein-before directed and required, the Dealer or Dealers fo offending in all or any of the Particulars herein before mentioned shall forfeit and pay for every fuch Offence, being his, her, or their First Offence, any Sum not exceeding Twenty Pounds, nor lefs than Ten Pounds, and for every Second or further Offence any Sum not exceeding Fifty Pounds nor lefs than Twenty Pounds, One Haif of which Penalty fhall on Conviction before any Jultice of the Peace or Magistrate refiding near as afcrefaid, be paid to the Informer, and the other Half to the Poor of the Parish or Township in which fuch Offer ces fhall be committed; and in cafe any of the Penalties by this A&t impofed fhall not be paid, with the Charges incident to the Conviction, immediately upon fuch Conviction, the fame fhall and may be levied by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of fuch Juftice of the Peace or Magiftrate, upon the Goods and Chattels of any fuch Offender or Offenders; and in cafe no fufficient Diftrefs fhall be found, then every fuch Offender or Offenders shall and may be committed by any fuch Juftice of the Peace or Magiftrate as aforefaid, to Gaol, in cafe of any First Offence for the Space of Six Calendar Months, and in cafe of any Second or further Offence for the Space of Twelve Calendar Months, unless the faid Penalty and the Charges fhall be fooner paid. XIX. And be it further enacted, That from and after the First Day of August One thoufand eight hundred and nine, all Manufacturers of Anchors and Kedge Anchors fhall place his, her, or their Name or Names, together with a progreffive Number, and alfo the Weight of the Anchor, in legible Characters upon the Crown, and alfo upon the Shank under the Stock of each Anchor which he, fhe, or they fhall manufacture, and shall alfo place his, her, or their Name or Names, together with a Number, and alfo 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 fhall manufacture, and in cafe any fuch Manufacturer fhall neglect to place fuch Name, Number, or Weight in the Manner herein-before directed and required, every fuch Perfon or Perfons fo offending fhall, on Conviction

before

before any Justice of the Peace or Magiftrate, on the Oath of One credible Witnefs, or on the Confeffion of the Party fo offending, forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Five Pounds, nor lefs than Forty Shillings, One Half of which Penalty fhall be paid to the Informer, and the other Half to the Poor of the Parish or Township in which fuch Offence thall be committed.

XX. And, for the more easy and speedy Conviction of Offenders Form of Con against this A&t,' Be it further enacted, That all and every Juftice viction. and Juftices of the Peace before whom any Perfon fhall be convicted of any Offence against this A&, fhall and may caufe the Conviction to be drawn up according to the following Form; videlicet;

BE it remembered, That on the

in the Year of our Lord

• before me [or us]

as

Day of

A. B. is convicted
One [or, Two, as the Cafe may be]

[here

of His Majity's Juftices of the Peace for the
Specify the Offence, and the Time and Place when and where committed,
the Cafe may be contrary to an A& paffed in the Forty-ninth
Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled, [here infert
the Title of this Aa]. Given under my Hand and Seal [or, our Hands
and Seals] the Day and Year firft above written.'

Seffions.

And no Certiorari or other Writ or Procefs for the Removal of any fuch Conviction. or any Proceedings thereon, into any of His Majesty's Courts of Record at Wefiminfler, fhall be allowed or granted. XXI. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful Appeal to to and for any Perfon or Perfons fo convicted by any Justice or Juftices General Quarter of the Peace before mentioned of any Offence or Offences against this A&t, within Three Calendar Months next after fuch Conviction, to appeal to the Juftices of the Peace affembled at the General Quarter Seffions holden for the County, City or Place where the Matter of Appeal fhall arife, firft giving Ten Days Notice of fuch Appeal to the Perfon or Perfons appealed againft, and of the Matter thereof, and entering into a Recognizance before fome Juftice of the Peace for fuch County, City, or Place, with Two fufficient Sureties conditioned to try fuch Appeal, and for abiding the Determination of the Court therein; and fuch Juftices at the General Quarter S-flions fhall, upon due Proof of fuch Notice having been given, and Recognizance entered into, hear and determine the Matter of fuch Appeal, and may either confirm, or quash and annul the faid Conviction, and award fuch Cofts to either Party as to them fhall feem juft and reafonable, and the Decifion of the faid Juftices therein, fhall be final, binding, and conclufive; and no Proceeding to be had or taken in pursuance of this Act, fhall be quafhed or vacated for Want of Form only, or be removed by Certiorari, or any other Writ or Process whatsoever, into any of His Majefty's Courts of Record at Weminfler or eifewhere, any Law or Statute to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithstanding.

XXII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the Inhabitants Inhabitants of any Parish, Township, or Piace, fhall be deemed and competent Witneffes. taken to be competent Witneffes for the Purpose of proving the Commiffion of any Offence against this Act, within the Limits of fuch Parish, Township, or Place, notwithstanding the Penalty incurred by fuch Offence, or any Part thereof, is or may be given or applicable to the Poor of fuch Parish, Township, or Place, or other

Offences may be tried where Articles found, or if fold in foreign Parts, where Offenders

refide.

This A&t fhall

not affect ftat.

wife for the Benefit or Use, or in aid or in exoneration of fuch Parish, Township, or Place.

XXIII. And be it further enacted, That all Felonies, Mifdemeanors, and other Offences under this A&t, fhall and may be laid to be committed, and fhall be tried in any City or County (being a County) where any fuch Article, Matter, or Thing in relation to which fuch Offence fhall have been committed, fhall have been found in the Poffeffion of the Perfon committing the Offence, or if the fame fhall have been fold in foreign Parts, then in the Country or Place in which the Perfon felling the fame fhall refide.

XXIV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained fhall extend or be conftrued to extend to or be 48 G. 8. c. 130. in force within the Limits fpecified and directed in an A&t paffed in the Forty-eighth Year of the 'Reign of Hia prefent Majetty, intituled, An Act for preventing the various Frauds and Depredations committed on Merchants, Ship Owners, and Underwriters, by Boatmen and others, within the Jurifdiction of the Cinque Ports, and alfo for remedying certain Defens relative to the Adjufiment of Salvage, under a Statute made in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of Her late Majefly Queen Anne, or in any Manner to affect any of the Provifions of the faid A&t, but the faid recited A&t fhall remain in full Force within the Limits therein fpecified, as if this A&t had not been paffed.

Nor fhall affect ft. 48 G. 3.

. 104.

Refervation of the Rights of

the High Court of Admiralty.

Refervation of
the Rights of the
Crown, and of
Lords of Manors.

XXV. Provided alfo, That nothing in this A& contained fhall extend or be conftrued to extend to repeal, take away, or alter any of the Claufes, Powers, or Provifions contained in an Act of Parliament made in the Forty-eighth Year of the Reign of His prefent Majesty, intituled, An Ad for the better Regulation of Pilots and of the Pilotage of Ships and Veffels navigating the British Seas, but that the faid Act shall remain in full Force as if this A&t had not been paffed.

XXVI. Provided alfo, and it is hereby further declared, That this Act or any Thing herein contained shall not extend or be conAtrued to extend to the taking away, abridging, prejudicing, or impeaching in any Manner whatever the Jurifdiction of the High Court of Admiralty of England, or the Jurifdiction of the Adiniralty Court of the Cinque Ports, Two ancient Towns and their Members, or of the Admiralty Court of the Borough of Great Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk, or of the Admiralty Court of the Borough of Dunwich, in the County of Suffolk, or of the Admiralty 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 fhall and may be lawful for the faid Courts refpectively, and the Judge or Judges thereof for the Time being, to have, ule, exercife, and enjoy Jurifdiction over all fuch Matters, Rights, and Offences as they have heretofore had, ufed, exercited and enjoyed, as fully and effectually to all Intents and Purposes whatever, as if this A&t had not been made; any Thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithstanding.

XXVII. Provided alfo, and it is hereby enacted, That neither this Act, nor any Thing herein contained, fhail any ways extend, or be conftrued to extend, to deprive, or in any ways prejudice the Rights of His Majesty, his Heirs or Succeffors, 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 what

foever,

foever, but that fuch refpective Rights fhall be enjoyed in as fuil, ample, and beneficial a Manner, in every Respect, as if this A&t had never been made.

XXVIII. Provided also, and it is hereby further enacted and de- Refervation of clared, That this Act, or any Thing herein contained, fhall not extend, the Rights of the or be conftrued to extend to the taking away, abridging, hindering, Trinity Houfe of prejudicing, or impeaching of any Grant, Liberties, Franchifes, and Deptford Strond. Privileges heretofore granted to and vefted in the Corporation of the Trinity Houfe of Deptford Strond, but that the faid Corporation fhall hold and enjoy the fame, as fully and effectually, to all Intents and Purpofes, as they might have done in cafe this A&t had never been made; any Thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithstanding.

of Kingston,

XXIX. Provided alfo, and it is hereby further enacted and de- And of the clared, That this Act, or any Thing herein contained, fhall not Rights of the extend, or be conftrued to extend to the taking away, abridging, hin- Trinity Houfes dering, prejudicing, or impeaching of any Grant, Liberties, Franchifes, Newcastle, and and Privileges heretofore granted to and vefted in the Corporation of Scarborough. the Trinity Houfe of King flon-upon-Hull, or in the Mafters, Wardens, and Brethren of the Trinity Honfes of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Scarborough refp: ctively, but that the faid Corporation, and the faid Mafters, Wardens, and Brethren, fhall hold and enjoy the fame, as fully and effectually, to all Intents and Purposes, as they might have done in cafe this A&t had never been made; any Thing herein contained to the Contrary thereof in any wife notwithstanding.

XXX. Provided alfo, and it is hereby further enacted and de. And of the clared, by the Authority aforefaid, That nothing in this A&t fhall Rights of the extend or be conftrued to extend to prejudice or take away any City of London, Right, Property, Authority, or Jurifdiction of the Mayor of the City

of London, or of the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City

of London, to, in, and upon the Rivers of Thames and Medway.

XXXI. Provided alto, and be it hereby further enacted, That Act fhall not. nothing in this At contained fhall extend or be conftrued to extend extend to Scotto thefe Ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland land or Ireland:

called Scotland and Ireland.

XXXII.And Whereas it is expedient that the like Means of conclufively adjusting and recovering the Quantum of the Monies or Gratuities to be paid to the said several Perfons acting or being employed in the Salvage of any Ship or Veffel, or the Materials or Stores belonging thereto, or Goods or Perfons on board thereof, fhould fubfift, and be by Law applicable in Cafes where the Salvors fhall have acted under and by the Employment and Authority of ary Magiftrate, or of the Commander or other fuperior Officers, Mariners, or Owners of any Ship or Veffel in Ditrefs, as are now by Law provided for adjusting the Quantum of fuch Monies or Gratuities which fhall have become due in Cafes where Application ⚫ fhall have been first made to the Officers of the Cuftoms, or other the Officer or Officers in that Behalf named and appointed in and by a certain Act made in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, intituled, An A&t for preferving all fuch Ships and Goods thereof, • which shall happen to be forced afbore or firanded upon the Coafts of this Kingdom, or any other of Her Majelly's Dominions; and where fuch Aliitance fhall thereupon have been rendered, in pursuance of the • Provision of that Statute;' Be it therefore enacted, That from

and

Regulations of 12 An. ft. 2.

c. 15. as to

adjufting and recovering Quantum of Salvage, extended to Cafes of Salvage where Sailors have acted under Authority of a Magiftrate or the Captain, &c. of the Vaffel in Diftrefs.

Continuance of the Act.

and after the First of August One thousand eight hundred and nine,
all and every the Means which in virtue of the faid laft mentioned
A& fubfit, and may now be by Law applied for the conclusively ad
jufting, and for the recovering of the Quantum of the Monies or Gra
tuities to be paid to the feveral Perfons acting or being employed in the
Salvage of any Ship or Veffel, or the Materials or Storea belonging
thereto, or Goods, in Cafes where Application fhall have been first
made pursuant to the faid Act to Officers of the Cuftoms, or other
the Officer or Officers in that Behalt mentioned, and Affittance shall
have been thereupon rendered and had in pursuance of the Provifions
of the faid Act, fhall be by Law applicable and available in like Man-
ner to all Intents and Purposes in Cafes where the Salvors fhall have
acted under and by the Employment and Authority of any Magiftrate,
or of the Commander or other fuperior Officers, Mariners, or Owners
of any Ship or Veffel in Distress, although no fuch Application fhall
have been made to nor any Authority or Affitance derived from any
Officers of the Customs, or other the Officer or Officers in the faid
Statute in that Bhalf mentioned; and thereupon upon Payment or
Tender and Refusal of the Quantum of the Monies or Gratuities to
be paid to the feveral Perfons who shall have a ted or been employed
in fuch Salvage, or in cafe fuch Payment or Tender cannot be made,
on Security being given for the true Payment thereof, to the Satis-
faction of the Juftices who fhall have adjusted fuch Quantum or Gra-
tuities, it fhall not be lawful for any Officer of the Cultoms, or other
Perfon or Perfons having the Poffeffion or Cuftody of fuch Ship,
Veffel, Materials, Stores, or Goods, any longer to retain the Poffeffion
or Cuftody of the fame, or any Part thereof, by Reafon or Pretence
of any Claim or Right to a Compensation or Gratuity of such Salvage,
as aforefaid, or for having acted or been employed therein.

Publick A&t. § 33.

XXXIV. And be it further enacted, That this A& fhall continue in force for Seven Years from the paffing hereof.

[Ship's

Name.] A. B. [Here infert the Names of the Salvers against and name
the Stores and other Articles; (id eft) Anchors and Cables, &c. as the
Cafe may be certain Goods and Merchandizes lately found and taken
poffeffion of and belonging to the faid Ship, whereof
was Mater, and alfo against the faid

Master

and the Owners [or if the Owners alone appear by themselves or Agents, then leave out the Mafler's Name] of the faid Goods and Merchandize in a Caufe of Salvage. [Mafter's Name.] On which Day appeared perfonally

of

faid

or

and

who produced themselves as Sureties for the the Mafter and for the Owners of the faid Goods and Merchandize, and, fubmitting themfelves to the Jurifdiction of the High Court of Admiralty of England, bound themfelves, their Heirs, Executors, and Administrators for the faid Matter and Owners of the faid Goods and Merchandize, in the Sum

of