1 And after noticing that by the said recited Act Commissioners of Appeal and Justices at the Quarter Sessions shall not at the hearing of any appeal examine any evidence or witness or witnesses other than or different from the evidence and the witness or witnesses which and who shall have been before examined before the Commissioners of Excise or Justices of the Peace respectively at the trial and hearing of the information upon which the original judgment appealed against shall have been given; and that great inconvenience has been experienced by Justices deciding on alleged defects in informations, and dismissing the same without any examination of witnesses, whereby the remedy of appeal hath been lost : It is Enacted, XXIV. That where the Commissioners of Excise or Justices of the Peace respectively before whom any information shall be exhibited shall dismiss such information without examination of witnesses, or shall refuse to examine any witness produced on the hearing of any information, the several witnesses refused to be examined shall be tendered to the said Commissioners or Justices respectively for examination on the part of the informer or defendant, as the case may be, and the said Commissioners or Justices respectively shall, on ascertaining the witnesses so tendered for examination to be present, cause their names to be taken down in writing, and shall transmit the same with the information and judgment to the Commissioners of Appeal or Quarter Sessions respectively; and the several witnesses so tendered for examination, and whose names shall be so transmitted, shall on the hearing of the appeal be examined in the case, although not examined before the Commissioners or Justices on the original hearing and judgment. xxv. That if any person liable to be arrested and detained under any Act or Acts relating to the Revenue of Excise shall not be detained at the time when he shall be discovered committing the offence for which he is so liable, or after detention shall make his escape, any officer of Excise may stop, arrest, and detain such person at any time afterwards, and carry him before any Justice or Justices of the Peace, to be dealt with as if detained at the time of committing the offence. XXVI. That so much of the said recited Act as enacts, " that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Excise, or any three or more of them, within the limits of the chief office of Excise, and for any two or more of the Justices of the Peace in any other part of the United Kingdom within whose jurisdiction respectively any person or persons chargeable with any duty of Excise shall have been charged therewith, upon complaint to them respectively made by any such person or persons of any over-charge in that behalf made by any officer of Excise, within twelve calendar months next after the making of such charge, and such Commissioners and Justices are hereby respectively authorized and required to hear, adjudge, and determine such complaint, and to examine the witness or witnesses upon oath who shall be thereupon produced, as well on the behalf of the person or persons making such complaint as on the behalf of His Majesty and of all parties therein concerned, and shall thereupon, by warrant under their hands, discharge or acquit such person or persons of so much of such charge as shall be made out and proved before such Commissioners of Excise or Justices of the Peace respectively to have been over-charged; and if such person or persons shall, before such acquittal, have paid any money upon or in respect of such over-charge, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Excise, or the Commissioner or Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners of Excise in Scotland and Ireland respectively, and they are hereby respectively required, upon such acquittal as aforesaid, to repay to such person or persons, out of the public monies in their hands, or at their discretion to allow out of the next duties becoming payable by such person or persons, so much money as shall have been so paid as aforesaid, anything in this Act or in any other Act or Acts to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding: Provided always, that no such complaint shall be heard before the said Commissioners of Excise unless the same shall be entered by or on behalf of the complainant in a book to be kept for that purpose in the office of the Solicitor of Excise, for the summary jurisdiction at the chief office of Excise, stating the particulars thereof, and the name and place of residence of every such complainant; and upon every such complaint being so entered, a notice shall be given by the said Commissioners of the time and place by them appointed for the hearing of such complaint; and if such complainant shall not appear at the time and place appointed for the hearing of any such complaint, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, or any three or more of them, to dismiss such complaint, upon proof of notice of the time and place appointed for the hearing of such complaint having been given to such complainant, or left at the place mentioned in such complaint book as aforesaid to be the place of the residence of such complainant; and that no such complaint shall be heard before any Justices of the Peace unless a notice in writing of the time and place of hearing thereof, (which notice shall contain and set forth the ground and substance of such complaint) shall be given to the collector of Excise in whose collection, or to the supervisor of Excise in whose district, such over-charge shall have been made, within eight days at the least before the time appointed for the hearing of such complaint: And provided always, that the payment of any duty with which any such complainant as aforesaid shall have been charged, or any proceedings for the recovery of such duty, shall not be delayed or suspended by reason of the making of any such complaint, or of the same being depending," shall be and the same is hereby repealed. XXVII. That it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Excise, or any three or more of them, within the limits of the chief office of Excise, and for any two or more Justices of the Peace in any other part of the United Kingdom, within whose jurisdiction respectively any person chargeable with or liable to the payment of any duty of Excise shall have been charged with or paid such duty, upon complaint to them respectively made by any person or persons of any over-charge made by any officer of Excise, or of any over-payment made by any such person, within twelve calendar months next after the making of such over-charge or over-payment, and also in any case in which by any Act of Parliament relating to the Revenue of Excise any person shall be entitled to any return of any duty of Excise paid by or on behalf of such person, upon the like complaint by soch person within the time in that behalf respectively limited by law for exhibiting such complaint, and such Commissioners and Justices are hereby respectively authorized and required, in every such case to hear, adjudge, and determine such complaints, and to examine the witness or witnesses upon oath who shall be thereupon produced, as well on behalf of the person making complaint as on behalf of His Majesty and of all parties therein concerned, and shall thereupon, by warrant under their hands, discharge or acquit the complainant of so much of such over-charge or over-payment as shall be made out and proved before such Commissioners of Excise or Justices of the Peace respectively to have been over-charged, or overpaid, or wrongly paid, or shall order such amount of duty as the party shall appear to be entitled to have returned to him to be returned and paid; and if any person in whose favour any such judgment shall be given shall before acquittal of any over-charge have paid VOL. XII. STAT. N any money for or in respect of such over-charge, and in case of any over-payment, or order to return any duty of Excise, to a return of which the party may be entitled, the Commissioners of Excise shall and they are hereby required, upon such acquittal or order as aforesaid, to repay to such person or persons out of the public monies in their hands, or at their discretion to allow out of the next duties becoming payable by such person or persons, so much money as shall be specified in such judgment or order as over-charged, over-paid, or wrongly paid, or to be returned, anything in any Act or Acts to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided always, that no such complaint shall be heard before the said Commissioners of Excise unless the same shall be entered by or on behalf of the complainants in a book to be kept for that purpose in the office of the Solicitor of Excise, at the chief office of Excise, stating the particulars thereof, and the name and place of residence or place of business of such complainant; and upon every such complaint being so entered, not less than six days notice shall be given by the Commissioners of Excise of the time and place by them appointed for the hearing of such complaint; and if such complainant shall not appear at the time and place appointed for the hearing of any such complaint, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, or any three or more of them, to dismiss such complaint, upon proof of such notice of the time and place appointed for the hearing of such complaint having been given to such complainant, or left at the place mentioned in such complaint book as aforesaid as the place of residence or place of business of such complainant; and no such complaint shall be heard before any Justice of the Peace unless a notice in writing of the time and place of hearing thereof shall be given to the collector of Excise in whose collection or to the supervisor of Excise in whose district the subject-matter of complaint shall have arisen eight days at least before the time appointed for the hearing of such complaint, which notice shall contain and set forth the exact sum which is complained of as being an over-charge, and the date when the charge was made on which such over-charge is said to have arisen, or the exact sum complained of as being an over-payment, and the date when such over-payment was made, or the exact amount of duty claimed to be allowed or returned, and on what account, as the case may be; and in every case respectively the ground of complaint of such over-charge or over-payment, or claim of return or allowance of duty, shall be set forth in such complaint: Provided also, that the payment of any duty with which any such complaint as aforesaid shall have been charged, or any proceedings for the recovery or payment of any such duty, shall not be delayed or suspended by reason of the making of any complaint of over-charge of such duty, or of the same being depending. XXVIII. That any penalty or forfeiture incurred under any Act or Acts of Parliament relating to the Revenue of Customs may be sued for and recovered by order of the Commissioners of Excise, and in the name of an officer of Excise, as well as by order of the Commissioners of Customs, and in the name of an officer of Customs; and where any election or option is or shall be given by any such Act or Acts to the Commissioners of Customs, which of two penalties shall be sued for, such election or option may be exercised by the Commissioners of Excise, and may be averred in the information to have been made by such last-mentioned Commissioners, and such averment shall be deemed and taken to be sufficient proof of such order and of such election or option, without any further evidence thereof. XXIX. That it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of Excise, with the consent of the Lord High Treasurer, or any three or more of the Commissioners of the Treasury, to contract for and take on lease, in trust for His Majesty, his heirs and successors, for the use and service of the Revenue of Excise, any messuages, buildings, lands, tenements, or hereditaments, either for any term, for life or lives, or years, or any less interest therein, which they the said Commissioners of Excise may deem desirable to be contracted for and taken for the use and service of the Revenue of Excise; and every demise of any such messuages, buildings, lands, tenements, or hereditaments shall be made to, and all covenants relating to any such demise shall be made and entered into and with and by the Secretary of His Majesty's Commissioners of Excise for the time being, and his successors in the office of Secretary. In order to prevent the frequent use of terms and expressions in Acts, and to give effect to those used :- xxx. That whenever in this or any other Act relating to the Revenue of Excise the word or words "writing," "wrote,"or "written," shall be used, the same shall include printing or printed, or partly written and partly printed; and when the singular number or masculine gender only shall be used, such word or words shall be construed to mean several persons as well as one, and females as well as males, and bodies corporate and politic as well as individuals, and several matters and things as well as one matter or thing, unless it be otherwise specially provided for, or there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction. XXXI. That this Act shall commence and take effect from and immediately after the passing thereof. XXXII, That this Act or any of the provisions thereof may be amended, altered, or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present session of Parliament. CAP. LII. AN ACT to amend an Act of the Twentieth Year of His Majesty King George the Second, for the Relief and Support of sick, maimed, and disabled Seamen, and the Widows and Children of such as shall be killed, slain, or drowned in the Merchant Service; and for other Purposes. ABSTRACT OF THE ENACTMENTS. (13th August 1834.) 1. Repeal of certain parts of recited Acts. Proviso as to offences committed or penalties incurred. 2. President and Governors empowered to relieve disabled seamen and their widows and children.-Seamen to produce certificate of the hurt they have received.-Parties signing the certificate to make oath of the truth thereof. - Certificates to be produced by seamen disabled by sickness, and by widows and children of seamen. Decrepit seamen not entitled to the benefit of this Act unless they have served five years, and contributed monthly. 3. Persons forging, &c. certificates to be punished. 4. President and five assistants to make a Court, who are to meet weekly. -The Court may apply the monies of the corporation, and appoint the officers and their salaries;-exception;-and do all other matters and things necessary. 5. All masters and owners of merchant ships or vessels, &c. to pay 2s. per month. 6. All seamen or other persons serving on board such ships or vessels to pay 1s. per month. 7. Masters of ships to keep in their hands 1s. per month out of seamen's pay, and pay over the same to the receiver of the duties. 8. Receivers to be appointed for the port of London and the out-ports, who are to collect and pay over the duties according to instruc tions. 9. Masters to keep muster roll, and deliver duplicates thereof to the collectors. Receivers to transmit duplicates of vessels not belongto their port.-Penalty for neglect by masters, &c. 10. Masters of vessels to deduct penalties from wages of seamen, and deliver a verified account thereof to officers of President and Governors under penalty of 201. 11. Collectors may summon masters of vessels, and examine them upon oath as to the truth of the muster rolls.-Masters refusing to appear or to answer, to forfeit 101. 12. Secretaries, &c. of public offices to give in a list of ships employed in their service. - Treasurers, &c. of such offices to pay no wages or freight to any master, &c. until he produce an acquittance signed by receiver of duties. 13. Duties to be paid at the port where any ship or vessel shall unload her cargo. - Master or owner may enter into agreement with trustees and collectors for half-yearly payments;-certificate of such agreement.-Payment under such agreement to be enforced. 14. If masters fail to produce proper certificates, tide waiters to be continued on board at their expense. 15. Penalties by this Act recoverable before a Magistrate. - Service of notice of application. 16. Owners and masters of ships of any of the outports empowered to meet and appoint trustees for the said duties, who are to continue till 26th of December in each year.-New trustees to be chosen yearly, and instrument of election to be confirmed by President, &c.-Five trustees to be a quorum, with power to make bye laws and appoint officers. - Instrument of trust to be forwarded to President and Governors within sixty days after every 26th of December. 17. Appointments on default not revocable within five years. 18. Trustees heretofore appointed at the several out-ports to be subject to the provisions of this Act. 19. The corporation of the Merchants Venturers of Bristol appointed trustees for the duties, &c. received there; and empowered to hold lands for the purpose of this Act. 20. The guild of the Trinity House of Kingston-upon-Hull appointed trustees for the duties, &c. received there. 21. The ports of Glasgow, Greenock, and Port Glasgow, &c. to be deemed one united port, and masters of ships belonging thereto to elect trustees for collecting duties, &c. 22. Trustees of out-ports to transmit account of the yearly receipts and expenditure to President and Governors. 23. Collectors appointed by trustees or corporations aforesaid not to send duplicate of muster rolls to the President and assistants. 24. No seaman to have the benefit of this Act unless he pays the duty. 25. Those who have served longest to be first provided for. 26. Maimed seamen to be provided for at the port where the accident happens. 27. Disabled seamen having served and paid five years to be provided for where they have contributed most. 28. Seamen who have been shipwrecked, or made prisoners by the enemy, may be relieved. 29. Where regular certificates cannot be obtained, others may be admitted. 30. Wages of deceased seamen to be paid to the trustees of the port on ship's arrival, to the use of the executor, &c. 31. If not demanded in three years by representatives, then to the use of the President and Governors, or the trustees of the respective ports. 32. President and Governors to pay 51. per cent. out of the duties received by them from seamen in the port of London to the Seamen's Hospital Society in that port. 33. 51. per cent. to be deducted from gross amount in lieu of expenses, &c. of penalties. 34. Application of 35. Limitation of actions. 36. Public Act. By this Act, After noticing that by an Act, 20 Geo. 2. c. 38, intituled, An Act for the Relief and Support of maimed and disabled Seamen, and the Widows and Children of such as shall be killed, slain, or drowned in the Merchants Service,' a body corporate and politic was created by the name of "The President and Governors for the Relief and Support of sick, maimed, and disabled Seamen, and of the Widows and Children of such as shall be killed, slain, or drowned in the Merchants Service," and divers powers and privileges were thereby granted to the said corporation, and regulations made for the management thereof; and various provisions were by the said Act made for the relief and support of maimed and disabled seamen, and the widows and children of such as shall be killed, slain, or drowned as aforesaid: And another Act, 37 Geo. 3. c. 73, intituled, 'An Act for preventing the Desertion of Seamen from British Merchant Ships trading to His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations Abroad: And that it is expedient to repeal some, and to extend and comprise in one Act of Parliament others of the provisions of the said two recited Acts: It is Enacted, 1. That from and after the 31st of December 1834, from which day (except as hereinafter is expressly provided) this Act shall commence and take effect, the whole of the said recited Act, 20 Geo. 2. c. 38, except so far as the same relates to the incorporation and perpetual succession of the said body corporate and politic, or to the powers and authorities thereby vested in the said President and Governors for receiving, possessing, and applying such sums of money as should be contributed, devised, or bequeathed to it, and for purchasing and holding lands and erecting an hospital, or to the rules and method thereby provided for supplying the places of the President and Assistants or Committees and Governors or members thereof so often as vacancies shall occur, and making and altering the bye laws, constitutions, and ordinances of the said corporation; and so much of the said recited Act, 37 Geo. 3. c. 73, as relates to the payment and appropriation to and for the uses and purposes therein mentioned of the wages of deceased seamen and other persons engaged in British merchant ships trading to the West Indies, and to the penalties and forfeitures thereby imposed, so far as the same are payable or recoverable on account of any infraction of the provisions of the said Act respecting the payment and appropriation of such wages as aforesaid; be and the same are hereby declared to be repealed: Provided always, that all offences which shall have been committed, and all penalties and forfeitures which shall have been incurred, and all payments and duties to which any party shall have become liable, previous to the commencement of this Act, against the provisions of the said Acts, shall and may be punishable and recoverable under the said Acts as if the same had not been repealed, although such payments and duties shall not in consequence of such liability have become actually receivable by the said President and Governors until after the said 31st of December. 11. That the said President and Governors and their successors shall and may and they are hereby authorized and empow. ered to provide, in such their hospital as aforesaid, for the reception of such seamen as shall be rendered incapable of present or future service by sickness, wounds, or other accidental misfortunes, and those who shall become decrepit or worn out by age, or shall provide for such seamen by allowing them certain pensions, or otherwise as to the said President and Governors and their successors shall seem meet and most for the advantage of the said charity; and also to relieve the widows and children of such seamen as shall be killed, slain, or drowned in the said service; and also to relieve the widows and children of such seamen as shall die after having contributed during a term of twenty-one years to the funds of this corporation, provided such children are not of the age of fourteen years, or if of that age or upwards, not capable of getting a livelihood by reason of lameness, blindness, or other infirmities, and are proper objects of charity; and also to relieve the widows and children (such children being proper objects of charity as aforesaid) of such seamen as at the time of their death shall have been receiving or have been entitled to receive pensions, under and by virtue of this Act, from the fund hereby to be created, as decrepit or wornout seamen: Provided that no widow shall be entitled to any benefit under this Act who shall not have been the wife of such seaman or pensioner before he became entitled to relief under the provisions of this Act: Provided nevertheless, that no seaman in the said service shall be entitled to any of the provisions or benefits of this Act, on account of any hurt or damage he may have received on board any ship or vessel, unless he shall produce or cause to be produced a certificate to the said President, assistants, and committees, of the hurt or damage he hath received, from the master, mate, boatswain, and surgeon, or so many of them as were in the ship or vessel to which such seaman belonged at the time of his receiving such hurt or damage, or of the master and two of the seamen if there be no other officer, or in case the master shall die, or be killed or drowned, then of the person who shall take upon him the care of the ship or vessel, and two of the seamen on board the same, under their hands and seals, thereby signifying how and in what manner such seaman received such hurt or damage, whether in fighting, defending, working, loading, or unloading the said ship or vessel, where and when he entered, and how long he had served on board the same; and the parties so signing and sealing such certificate shall and are hereby required to make oath of the truth of the contents thereof before some one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace, if given in Great Britain or Ireland or other His Majesty's dominions, or the chief officer of the Customs of the port or place where there is no Justice of the Peace, or before the British Consul or resident in any foreign country where such certificate is executed (who are hereby respectively authorized and required to administer the same without fee or reward); and in case of sickness, whereby such seaman shall be rendered incapable of service, a certificate signed, sealed, and authenticated in like manner, signifying that he was healthy when he entered on board such ship or vessel, and that such sickness was contracted on board the same, or on shore in doing his duty in the service of the ship, and not otherwise, and expressing the time and place he entered on board such ship or vessel, and how long he had served therein; and that no widow, child, or children of any seaman killed, slain, or drowned in the said service, shall be relieved cr entitled to any allowance by virtue of this Act unless she or they, or some person on her or their behalf, shall produce a certificate, signed, sealed, and authenticated in like manner, signifying how and in what manner such seaman lost his life in the service of the said ship or vessel, the time and place he entered on board, and how long he had served therein; and that no widow, child, or children of any seaman in the said service shall be entitled to any relief by virtue of this Act unless she or they shall produce or cause to be produced a certificate under the hands and seals of the minister and churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish, township, or place, or any two of them, or under the hands and seals of the minister and overseers of the poor of the parish, township, or place, or any two of them, where there are no churchwardens, or if in Scotland by the minister and elders, or if in Ireland by a Justice of the Peace for the parish, township, or place where such widow, child, or children shall at the time reside, and if such widow, child, or children are some of the people called Quakers, then by any two reputable persons of that persuasion of the parish, township, or place where such widow, child, or children have a legal settlement, or do inhabit and reside, to be attested by two or more credible witnesses, that such widow was the lawful wife and real widow, and that such child or children was or were the lawful child or children of such deceased seaman as aforesaid, and that such child or children is and are under the age of fourteen years, or if of that age or upwards, not capable of getting a livelihood by reason of lameness, blindness, or other infirmities, and is or are proper objects of charity; and that no seaman shall be provided for by a pension or otherwise, as decrepit or worn out, unless such seaman shall have served in the merchant service for the space of five years, and shall have during that time contributed and paid the monthly duty out of his wages, in and by the Act, 20 Geo. 2. hereinbefore recited, or in and by this Act required to be henceforward paid and deducted as the case may happen, for the uses and purposes in and by this Act provided. 111. Provided, that if any person shall forge, counterfeit, erase, or alter, or shall procure to be forged, counterfeited, erased, or altered, or shall unfairly or unduly obtain, any certificate in order to entitle him or her to any of the pensions, allowances, or benefits of this Act, and shall produce or cause such certificate to be produced for that purpose, such certificate sball upon discovery thereof be null and void, and such person so applying for relief or provision shall be for ever incapable of receiving any of the benefits of this Act, and shall be subject and liable to the like punishment as an incorrigible rogue is subject and liable to, and shall be punished accordingly as such. IV. That the said President, with any five or more of the said assistants or committees for the time being, shall make a full Court of Assistants or Committees, and shall meet from time to time upon Wednesdays weekly in or near the city of London, or at such other time or place as they shall think fit to appoint; and such Court shall have power, when assembled as aforesaid, in the name of the said corporation and on their account, to apply the monies arising and to be received by virtue of this Act, or otherwise belonging to and vested in the said corporation, for the relief and support of such seamen, their widows and children, as are hereinbefore described, and in case there shall be any surplus thereof, or any sum or sums of money shall be contributed and given for the purpose of this Act by any well-disposed persons, to lay out the same in Parliamentary securities, or to dispose of the same in the purchase of such lands, tenements, or hereditaments as are allowed to be purchased and held by the said corporation by the said recited Act, 20 Geo. 2, and with and under their common seal to enter into any covenants or contracts for the purposes aforesaid, as they shall think fit for the better promoting and carrying into effect the provisions of this Act; and to appoint and choose, and at their pleasure to remove, displace, and supply, any officers, servants, and other person and persons to be employed for the purposes herein mentioned and intended, or other the affairs of the said corporation (other than and except such officers and persons as by the said Act, 20 Geo. 2, are directed to be chosen and appointed at a General Court or Assembly of the said corporation), and to direct and appoint such salaries, perquisites, and other rewards for their labour and service therein as they shall approve and think proper, and to do, manage, transact, and determine all such matters and things as to them or the greater part of them shall appear necessary and convenient for the effecting and carrying on the purposes hereby intended. And for effecting the ends and purposes aforesaid : It is Enacted, v. That every master of any merchant ship or vessel belonging or to belong to any of the subjects of His Majesty, his heirs or successors, and every owner being a British subject navigating or working his own ship or vessel, whether the said ship or vessel shall be employed on the high sea, or coasts of Great Britain or Ireland, or in any port, bay, or creek of the same, shall, from and after the 31st of December 1834, pay, and there shall be allowed and paid by every such master or owner, 2s. per month of lawful money of Great Britain, and proportionably for a lesser time, during the time he or they shall be employed in or navigate or work such merchant ship or vessel, for the uses and purposes aforesaid: Provided always, that such masters or owners of such ships or vessels, or their widows and children under fourteen years of age, or being objects of charity as aforesaid, shall have and be entitled to have a proportionate increase of the pension or other allowance, as in and by this Act is provided, according to the difference between the amount of the monthly duty hereby required to be paid by other seamen, mariners, and pilots, in case such master or owner shall have paid the said sum of 2s. per month for period of five years sixty months before any application to the said President and Governors for relief under this Act, or the provisions thereof, or any of them; but in case any such master or owner shall be killed or drowned, or become decrepit and maimed or disabled, before he or they shall have paid such increased rate of 2s. per month for the full period of five years or sixty months as aforesaid, then such masters or owners, or their widows and children, shall have and be entitled to have and receive such smaller pension or allowance as the said President aud Governors, or the trustees to be appointed as hereinafter mentioned shall think fit. a or VI. That every seaman or other person whatsoever who shall serve or be employed by any person or persons whatsoever in any merchant ship, or other private ship or vessel, belonging or to belong to any of the subjects of His Majesty, his heirs or successors, whether the said ship or vessel shall be employed on the high sea or coasts of Great Britain or Ireland, or in any port, bay, or creek of the same, and every pilot employed on board any such ship or vessel, shall, from and after the 31st of December 1834, pay, and there shall be allowed and paid by every such seaman, pilot, or other person employed or that shall be employed, 1s. per month of lawful money of Great Britain, and proportionably for a lesser time, during the time he or they shall be employed in or belong to the said ship or vessel, for the uses and purposes aforesaid: Provided always, that this Act shall not extend or be construed to extend to any person or persons who shall be employed in any boat upon any of the coasts of Great Britain or Ireland, or the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, and Man, in taking fish, nor to any person or persons employed in boats or vessels that trade only from place to place within any river of Great Britain or Ireland. VU. That the master, owner, or commander of every such merchant or private ship or vessel is hereby empowered and required to deduct and detain out of the wages, shares, or other profits payable or accruing to such seaman or other person employed on board such ship or vessel (other than such persons as are hereby excepted), the said monthly duty, and shall pay the same, together with the amount of the duty due and owing from himself, to such officer or officers as shall on that behalf be appointed by the said President and Governors, or the trustees to be appointed at any of the out-ports in manner hereinafter provided, and their successors, for the collecting, recovering, and receiving the said duty of 1s. per month, if such seaman or other person shall have or be entitled to any such wages, shares, or profits. VIII. That it shall and may be lawful for the said President and Governors, and their successors, at a full Court of Assistants or Committees, to appoint such person or persons as they shall think fit to be receiver or receivers of the said duties of 2s. and 14. per month at the port of London, and also depute and appoint the collectors or other officers of the Customs of His Majesty, his heirs and successors, in the several out-ports of Great Britain and Ireland, with the concurrence of the Commissioners of the said Customs, or such other persons as they shall think fit, to collect and receive the same (except in such out-ports and where separate trustees shall have been appointed by virtue of this Act); which said receivers, as also the collectors and officers of the Customs, are hereby empowered and required to collect, receive, and pay over the said duties according to such instructions and directions as shall be from time to time sent to them in writing by the said President and Governors and their successors; and for the care and pains therein of the said collectors and other officers of the Customs to be appointed to collect, recover, and receive the said duty, it shall and may be lawful for the said President and Governors, and their successors, at Buch Court of Assistants or Committees as aforesaid, to make such allowance to them out of the said duties as they shall judge reasonable, so that the same do not exceed the sum of 5l. per centum on the gross amount thereof. IX. That every master, commander, or owner of any merchant ship or other private ship or vessel navigating the same, or such other person as shall have the care thereof, shall keep a book by way of muster roll or account of the ship's company, signed by himself, in which shall be entered his own christian and surname, and the christian and surnames of all the officers, seamen, and other persons employed in such ship or vessel, and over against each name the age, place of birth, and quality of such seaman or other person, and the time and place when he entered into the service of such ship or vessel; and such master, |