the contrary notwithftanding: Provided always, that in every Certificate of Registry which fhall be granted by virtue of this Act, an Infertion fhall be made in the Front thereof, ftating whether the Ship or Veffel fo registered is owned wholly or in part by Persons who are Natives of and refident in the said Island of Malta, or otherwise. V. And be it further enacted, That the proper Officer or Officers by whom Certificates of Regiftry fhall have been granted by virtue of and in purfuance of this Act, fhall forthwith, or within One Month at the furtheft, tranfmit to the Commiffioners of His Majefty's of Cuftoms in Customs in London, a true and exact Copy of every Certificate of London. Registry, with the Number thereof, which fhall have been fo granted. CA P. XXXV. An Act for the more convenient Payment of Penfions to W graciously pleased, by Commiffion under the Privy Seal, bearing Date the Thirtieth Day of Auguft in the Sixth Year of His Reign, to conftiture and appoint certain Perfons, and their Succeffors, to be Commiffioners or Governors of the Charity for the Relief of • Poor Widows of Commiffion and Warrant Officers of the Royal Navy: And whereas it would greatly tend to the Comfort and Ac⚫commodation of the Widows of Commiffion and Warrant Officers of the Royal Navy, entitled to Penfions from the faid Commiflioners or Governors, if fuch Penfions were paid to the refpective Widows • entitled thereto, in the Parishes or Places of their Refidence, or as near thereto as may be: May it therefore please Your Majefty that it may be enacted;' and be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from and after the Twentyfifth Day of December One thousand eight hundred and nine, it fhall be lawful for the Court of Affitants of the faid Charity, to order and direct that all fuch Penfions fhail be paid to the Widows entitled thereto, at or near to the Parishes or Places of their Refidence, in any Part of His Majefty's Dominions, or in Foreign Parts, by any Perfons appointed by them to pay the fame. Copies of Certificates of Regiftry fhall be tranfmitted to Board Court of Affiftants of the Charity for the Relief of Widow of Officers of the Navy, nay direct the Pensions to Widows at the be paid fuch Places of their Refidence, &c. Court of Affiftants may make fuch Regulations as to the Payment of fuch Penfions II. And be it further enacted, That it fhall be lawful for the faid Court of Affiftants to make fuch Orders, Rules, and Regulations, and from Time to Time to alter the fame in relation to the Payment of any fuch Penfions to any fuch Perfons fo entitled thereto as afore. faid; and alfo as to any Certificates, Vouchers, Receipts, or Orders for the better regulating, managing, and making fuch Payment, as they think and to require fuch Proofs and Affidavits relating thereto, as may be requifite for the ordering and fecuring the Payment of fuch Penfions: Provided always, that every fuch Order or Regulation may, from Time to Time, be revoked or altered by any Warrant, Order, or Instruction under His Majesty's Royal Sign Manual. proper, &c. III. And be it further enacted, That from and after the Twenty- Widows may fifth Day of December One thoufand eight hundred and nine, if any apply to have Widow who fhali be entitled to receive any fuch Penfion, fhall be their Pentions defirous to receive the fame from any Receiver-General of the Land paid by the ReTax in Great Britain, Collector of the Customs at any Port in Great the Land Tax. Britain F 2 ceiver General of or the Collector of the Cuftoms, or Excife, &e. Court of Affiftants may order the Paymafter to make out Two Duplicate Remittance Bills, payable to fuch Widows by the Receiver General, &c, Form of Bills. Britain or Ireland, Collector of the Excife for any Collection in Great Britain or Ireland, or Clerk of the Checque at any Dock Yard in Great Britain near to the Place of her Refidence, it fhall be in the Power of fuch Widow fo entitled to apply before the Time of iffuing fuch Penfions by Letter to the Secretary to the Court of Affiftants at the Admiralty Office, to have fuch Penfion paid by fuch ReceiverGeneral of the Land Tax, Collector of the Customs, Collector of the Excife, or Clerk of the Checque; and fhall, at the fame Time, tranfmit fuch Vouchers and Documents as fhall be required by the faid Court of Affiftants. IV. And be it further enacted, That the faid Court of Affistants on being fatisfied of the Juftice of the faid Claims, shall order and direct the faid Paymafter to make out, or cause to be made out, Two Remittance Bills for the Penfion due to fuch Widow, which faid Bills fhall be Duplicates of each other, and fhall be joined together by oblique Lines, Flourishes, or Devices, and fhall be made payable to fuch Widow by the Receiver-General of the Land Tax, Collector of the Cuftoms, Collector of the Excife, or Clerk of the Checque, to whom the faid Remittance Bills fhall be addreffed; and fuch Remittance Bills, being numbered and dated, fhall be figned by the faid Paymafter, who fhall caufe fuch Remittance Bills to be prepared, and Accounts thereof to be kept; and fuch Remittance Bills, being written or printed, fhall be according to the Tenor and Form following, or to the like Effect: payable to the said A. B. as a Widow of [as the Cafe may be], on the • Day of Que Duplicate fhall be fent to the Widow and the other to the Receiver-General, &c. who fhall, on the Widow's pro doing the laft, if the fame be demanded within Six Calendar Months from the Date hereof; otherwise you are to return this Bill to the Paymaster of Penfions to Sea Officers' Widows at • his Office. C. D. Paymaster. To the Receiver General of the Land Tax for the County of To the Collector of the Cuftoms at the Port of To the Collector of Excife at To the Clerk of the Checque at By virtue of the A&t 49 Geo. III.' N. B. The forging of this Remittance Bill, or procuring 'any other Perfon to forge the fame, in order to ⚫ receive any Part of the Monies hereby payable, is made Felony by the Act 49 Geo. III.' And fo foon as the faid Bills are made out and figned, the Paymafter, or Perfon to be appointed by the faid Paymafter, fhall cut or caufe them to be cut afunder, through the oblique Lines, Flourishes, or Devices; and fhall caufe one Duplicate to be tranfmitted to the Widow named therein, to whom the Money fhall be made payable, and the other Duplicate to be tranfmitted to the Receiver-General of the Land Tax, Collector of the Customs, Collector of the Excise, or Clerk I contained therein, &c. Clerk of the Cheeque, to whom the fame fhall be addreffed; and if Duplicate, pay the Duplicate of fuch Bill fhall be produced by the Widow, to whom her the Sum the fame fhall be made payable, to fuch Receiver-General of the Land Tax, Collector of the Cuftoms, Collector of the Excife, or Clerk of the Checque, to whom the fame fhall be addreffed, within Six Calendar Months from the Date thereof, he fhail carefully examine the fame with the Duplicate tranfmitted to him as aforefaid, and being fatisfied of the Authenticity thereof, and of the Identity of the Widow producing the fame to him, he fhall immediately pay the Sum mentioned therein to fuch Widow, without Fee, or Reward, or Deduction, on any Pretence whatever, taking a Receipt for fuch Payment on the Back of the Bill; which Bill, and the Duplicate thereof, being transmitted by the Perfon who shall pay the fame to the faid Paymafter, fhall be immediately repaid to him by fuch Receiver-General, Collector of the Cuftoms, Collector of the Excife, or Clerk of the Checque, or his Order; but in cafe the Duplicate of fuch Bill fhall not be so produced, and Payment thereof demanded within Six Calendar Months from the Date thereof, then the faid Receiver-General of the Land Tax, Collector of the Cuftoms, Collector of the Excife, or Clerk of the Checque, fhall return the Duplicate thereof in his Hands to the faid Paymafter at his Office in London, who fhall cause the fame to be cancelled; and thereupon the Sum contained in fuch Bill shall become payable to the Widow in whofe Favour it was drawn, or to her lawful Reprefentatives, in cafe of her Death, in the fame Manner as if fuch Bill had never been iffued. Receiver General, &c. all indorfe on. the Duplicate the Date of its being tendered, in cafe he has not Publick Hands to pay the Bill, &c. and Monies in his V. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That if any Receiver-General of the Land Tax, Collector of the Customs, Collector of the Excife, or Clerk of the Checque, to whom the Duplicate of any fuch Bill fhall be tendered for Payment, fhall not have in his Hands Publick Monies fufficient to answer the fame, and fhall for that Reafon refuse or delay the immediate Payment thereof, fuch Receiver-General of the Land Tax, Collector of the Cuftoms, Collector of the Excife, or Clerk of the Checque, fhall immediately indorfe on the faid Duplicate the Date of its being fo tendered to him, and the Cause of his Refufal or Delay to pay the fame; and fhall appoint therein for the appoint a Day of Payment of the fame fome future Day, within the Space of One Payment within Month at the farthest from its being fo firft tendered to him as afore- a Month. faid; and fuch Duplicate, with the Indorsement thereon, fhall be immediately delivered back to the Perfon prefenting the fame; and Penalty on if upon Complaint made to the respective Commiffioners appointed, Perfons delaying or to be appointed, to manage the faid feveral Duties of Land Tax, Payment unne ceffarily, &c. Cuftoms, or Excife, or to the Commiffioners of the Navy if the Perfon complained of be a Clerk of the Checque, it fhall appear that fuch Receiver-General of the Land Tax, Collector of the Customs, Collector of the Excife, or Clerk of the Checque, hath unneceffarily or wilfully refufed or delayed the Payment of fuch Bill, or directly or indirectly, by himself or any Perfon under him, received or taken any Fee, Reward, Gratuity, Discount, or Deduction whatsoever, on account of the Payment of the fame, it fhall and may be lawful to and for any Three or more of the faid Commiffioners to convict and fine the Perfon under their Direction fo offending, in any Sum not exceeding Fifty Pounds, according to the Nature and Degree of the Offence; and fuch Fine fhall be levied and recovered in fuch and the fame Manner, to all Intents and Purposes, as any Penalty or Fine may On Certificate of authorized to pay the Bill to the Order of the Widow. Affignments of void. Letters and Packets fent by the Paymafter to be free of Poftage. Punifhinent for perfonating Widows entitled to Penfions, Fourteen Years Transportation. be levied and recovered for any Offence against the Laws of Cuftoms or Excife; and the faid Fine, when recovered, fhall be paid to the Informer or Informers. VI. And be it further enacted, That if fuch Widow to whom the Remittance Bill shall be made payable, fhall be prevented and disabled by bodily Infirmity from appearing in Perfon before the said ReceiverGeneral of the Land Tax, Collector of the Cuftoms, Collector of the Excife, or Clerk of the Checque, and fuch bodily Infirmity being properly and fatisfactorily certified by the Minifter, and a Churchwarden or Elder of the Parish where fuch Widow fhall refide, or by the Phyfician, Surgeon, or Apothecary attending her, then and in fuch Cafe the Sum contained in fuch Bill, fhall be paid to the Order in Writing of fuch Widow, upon producing and giving up to fuch Receiver-General of the Land Tax, Collector of the Cuftoms, Collector of the Excife, or Clerk of the Checque, fuch Certificate of bodily Infirmity as aforefaid, together with a Duplicate of the said Bill, and a proper Receipt on the Back of the fame, figned by the Widow in whofe Favour the Bill fhall have been drawn payable, and witnessed by the Perfon who fhall receive the Money. VII. And be it further enacted, That all Affignments, Bargains, Sales, Orders, Contracts, Agreements, or Securities what foever which fhall be given or made by any Widow entitled to any fuch Penfion, shall be abfolutely null and void, to all Intents and Purposes. VIII. And be it enacted, That all Letters and Packets fent by the faid Paymaster fhall, from and after the Twenty-fifth Day of December One thousand eight hundred and nine, be fent free from the Duty of Poftage; and all Letters and Packets relating to the Execution of this Act, that shall be forwarded by fuch Paymaster, fhall be under Covers with the Words "Pursuant to Act of Parliament Forty-ninth Geo. III." printed upon the fame; and the faid Pay mafter fhall write his name under the Words fo printed; and he is hereby ftrictly prohibited and discharged from inclofing or fending under fuch Covers any Writing, Paper, or Parcel whatever, excepting fuch as relate to the Execution of this Act; and if he fhall fend or convey under the Covers aforefaid any Writing, Paper, or Parcel, other than those relating to the Execution of this Act, he fhall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit and pay the Sum of One hundred Pounds; and fuch Fine fhall be levied and recovered in fuch and the fame Manner, to all Intents and Purposes, as any Conviction may be made, and any Penalty or Fine levied or recovered, for any Offence against any Law by which any Duty of Cuftoms or Excife is impofed or laid; and the faid Fine, when recovered, fhall be paid to the Informer or Informers against fuch Offender or Offenders. IX. And be it further enacted, That from and after the Twentyfifth Day of December One thoufand eight hundred and nine, if any Perfon fhall wilfully and knowingly perfonate, or falfely affume the Name or Character of, or procure any other Perfon to perfonate or falfely to affume the Name or Character of any Widow entitled, or fuppofed to be entitled to any fuch Penfion aforefaid, in order to receive the fame, or any Part thereof, every fuch Perfon fo offending, and being lawfully convicted thereof, fhall be deemed guilty of Felony, and may be tranfported for fuch Period, not exceeding Fourteen Years, as the Court shall adjudge. Certificates, &c. X. And be it further enacted, That if any Perfon fhall knowingly. Punishment for and wilfully forge or counterfeit, or caufe or procure to be forged or forging Bills or counterfeited, or knowingly or wilfully act or affit in forging or counterfeiting, the Name or Hand-writing of any Widow entitied to any Transportation. fuch Penfion, or if any Perfon or Perfons required by any Rules or Regulations made under and by virtue of this Act to fign any Remittance Bill, Certificate, Voucher, or Receipt, in relation to the Payment of any luch Pention, for and in order to the receiving or obtaining any Money on any fuch Penfion, or fhall utter as true any falfe, forged, or counterfeited Remittance Bill, Certificate, Voucher, or Receipt, knowing the fame to be forged or counterfeited. with an Intention to defraud any Perfon whatsoever, every fuch Perfon fo offending, being thereof lawfully convicted, fhall be and is hereby declared and a judged to be guilty of Felony, and may be tranfported for fuch Period, not exceeding Fourteen Years, as the faid Court fhell adjudge. XI. And be it further enacted, That all Orders, Certificates, Bills and Vouchers, Remittance Bills, and Receipts, for or relating to any fuch Certificates, &c. Penfions, fhail be free from all Duties of Stamps, and be good, valid, exempted from Stamp Duties, and effectual, although the fame fhall not have been ftamped, any Thing in any Act contained to the contrary notwithltanding. CA P. XXXVI. An Act to amend an Act made in the Forty-fifth Year of His prefent Majefty, for amending and rendering more effectual an Act of the Parliament of Ireland, for erecting and eftablishing Publick Infirmaries or Hofpitals. [28th April 1809.] HEREAS by an Act made in the Forty-fifth Year of His A& 5 G.3.c.20 effectual an Act made in the Parliament of Ireland in the Fifth Year of amending Irish His prefent Majefly, intituled, An Ad for erecting and establishing • Publick Infirmaries or Hofpitals in this Kingdom,' reciting that the Sums by the faid Act of the Parlament of Ireland empowered to be raifed had proved infufficient, it was enacted, That it fhould be lawful for the Grand Jury in each and every County in Ireland to prefent to be raifed on the County at large, a Sum not exceeding Five hundred Pounds in the Year, over and above and exclusive of the Sum which they were empowered to prefent by the faid recited • Act, to be paid and applied to the Support and Maintenance of the County Infirmary or Hofpital in fuch Counties: And whereas Doubts have arifen whether the faid recited Act of the Forty-fifth • Year aforefaid, extends to Counties of Cities and Counties of Towns in Ireland, for the erecting and establishing of Publick Infirmaries or Hofpitals, wherein fpecial Provision has been made by any Act or Acts in force in Ireland: For the obviating of fuch Doubts,' be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com- Provifions of mons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by Authority of the recited Act refame, That from and after the paffing of this Act the faid recited lating to raiting Act of the Forty-fifth Year, and the feveral Provifions therein contained, relating to prefenting and raifing any Sum not exceeding Five hundred Pounds in all Counties in Ireland, fhall extend and be contrued to extend to all Counties of Cities and Counties of Towns in F4 any Sum not exceeding 5001. in Counties, extended to Counties of Cities and Ireland, Towns. |