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N. B. The perfonating or falsely assuming the name and character of any perfon entitled to receive wages of any inferior officer or feaman, non-commiffioned officer of marines or marine, or procuring any other to do the fame, in order to receive wages due to fuch officer or feaman, non-commiffioned officer of marines, or marine, is made felony, without benefit of clergy, by an act passed in Ireland, George the Third.

THE officer to whom the within bill is addreffed is directed by act paffed in Ireland, thirty George the Third, cap. , to examine the duplicate thereof when prefented, and enquire into the truth, by the oath of the perfon presenting the same; and, being satisfied, he is to tef tify to that purpose upon the back of the bill, and pay the amount without fee or reward; but if he fhall not be able to pay the amount, from not having publick money fufficient in his hands, he shall note the cause of his refufing payment, and fhall appoint another day, within one month at furtheft from that time, and shall deliver back the bill, so noted, to the perfon presenting it. And if, upon complaint to the commiffioners, it fhall appear that the officer to whom this is addressed has unneceffarily delayed payment, taken any fee, or made any deduction whatsoever, he fhall be fined a fum not exceeding fifty pounds.

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And as foon as the faid certificates fhall be made out and attefted One of fuch as aforefaid, the faid commiffioner of the navy fhall caufe them certificates to to be cut afunder indentwife, through the oblique lines, flourishes, to the perfon or devices, and fhall caufe one duplicate of the faid certificates requiring it, to be delivered to fuch inferior officer, feaman, non-commiffioned and the othe officer to be tranf

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mitted to the officer of marines, or marine, requiring the fame, and the other commiffioners duplicate of fuch certificate to be forthwith tranfmitted to the

of the revenue in Ireland.

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commiffioners of the revenue in Ireland.

V. And, the more effectually to enable seamen refiding in Ireland to receive fuch out-penfions as fhall be granted to them by the commiffioners or governors of the royal hofpital for feamen at Greenwich, in the most eafy and convenient manner, and for preventing frauds and abufes attending the fame, be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, The treasurer That it fhall and may be lawful to and for the treasurer of the of Greenwich faid hofpital for the time being, and he is hereby authorised and hofpital to make out cer- required, as often as there fhall be occafion, to make out, or caufe to be made out, two certificates for every fuch out-penfion granted by the faid commiffioners or governors to feamen refiding in Ireland, which certificates fhall be duplicates, and joined together with oblique lines, flourishes, or devices, in fuch manner as the faid treasurer fhall think proper, and which fhall be addreffed to the commiffioners of the revenue in Ireland, and the faid certificate, being numbered and dated, fhall be figned by the faid treafurer or his first clerk, and attefted by the fteward or clerk of the check of the faid hofpital, and addreffed to the commissioners of the revenue in Ireland, and be written or printed according to the following form, or to the like effect:

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N. B. This certificate, if payment in confequence thereof be not demanded in nine calendar months from the date hereof, to be returned to the treasurer of Greenwich hospital.-The perfonating or falsely affuming the name and character of any out-penfioner of Greenwich

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hofpital, in order fraudulently to receive the penfion due to fuch penfioner, is made felony, without benefit of clergy, by an act passed in Ireland, thirty of George the Third.

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THE officer to whom the within bill is addreffed is directed by an act paffed in Ireland, thirty George the Third, cap. to examine the duplicate thereof when prefented, and enquire into the truth, by the oath of the perfon prefenting the fame; and, being satisfied, he is to testify to that purpose upon the back of the bill, and pay the amount without fee or reward; but if he fhall not be able to pay the amount, from not having publick money fufficient in his hands, he fhall note the cause of his refufing payment, and fhall appoint another day, within one month at furtheft from that time, and fhall deliver back the bill, fo noted, to the perfon prefenting it. And if, upon complaint to the commiffioners, it shall appear that the officer to whom this is addreffed has unneceffarily delayed payment, taken any fee, or made any deduction whatfoever, he fhall be fined a fum not exceeding fifty pounds.

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VI. And be it enacted by the authority aforefaid, That as foon One of fuch as the aforefaid certificate fhall be made out, and figned, and at- certificates to tefted, the faid treasurer of Greenwich hofpital fhall caufe the fame be transmitted to be cut afunder indentwife through the oblique lines, flourishes, penfioner, and or devices, and fhall cause one duplicate of the same to be tranf- the other to mitted forthwith to the perfon nominated and fpecified therein, the commifand the other duplicate to be tranfmitted forthwith to the commiffioners of the revenue in Ireland, to whom such certificate shall Ireland. be fo addreffed as aforefaid.

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VII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That When the reas foon as an act fhall be paffed by the legislature of the kingdom venue officers of Ireland, authorifing and directing the revenue officers in that in Ireland are country to receive and grant acknowledgements and receipts to grant receipts petty officers and feamen, non-commiffioned officers of marines, to discharged and marines, who fhall have been difcharged from his Majefty's petty officers, fervice as difabled or unferviceable for fuch foreign remove tick- &c. for foreign ets, hofpital certificates of difcharge, or paffage certificates as fhall remove tickets, &c. and be delivered into their hands, in order to tranfmit the fame to the fhall tranfmit commiffioners of the navy in London, in the manner which the the fame with revenue officers in Great Britain are directed to tranfmit fuch the neceffary tickets and certificates, by the act paffed in the thirty-fecond the commifyear of the reign of his prefent Majesty herein before recited; fioners of the and when by fuch authority fuch revenue officers in Ireland fhall navy to cause tranfmit the fame, with the addrefs of fuch petty officer, feaman, certificates to non-commiffioned officer of marines, or marine, as fhall deliver be made out the fame into his hand, together with a certificate granted to him for the baby the mafter of the veffel in which he fhall have arrived, or by lance, &c. fome reputable inhabitant of the place where fuch revenue officer refides, and who fhall be known to him, fetting forth that he knows fuch petty officer, feaman, non-commiffioned officer of marines, or marine, and believes him to be the party intitled to hold the tickets and certificates which he fhall fo deliver, then, and in that cafe, when and so often as the faid commiffioners of the navy fhall receive fuch tickets and certificates, they fhall caufe the day upon which they receive the fame to be indorfed

thereon,

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certificates

the muster books, may

thereon, and direct them to be examined by the mufter books, if received; and fhall make or caufe to be made out, within three days, a remittance certificate for the net balance due upon fuch tickets and fuch certificates, or upon the fhips books for which fuch ticket or tickets fhall have been made out, in cafe the fhip or fhips fhall have been paid for the time, and which remittance certificates they are hereby directed and required to make out, affign, atteft, forward, and tranfmit, in the manner herein-before directed in cafes of certificates made out upon allotments tranfmitted to them on account of petty or inferior officers and feamen, non-commiffioned officers of marines, and marines, remitting part of their wages to Ireland, and fhall certify the wages to be due and payable only to the faid petty officer or feaman, non-commiffioned officer of marines, or marine, upon whofe account fuch remittance certificate shall have been made; and fhall also specify and describe the revenue officer who fhall have tranfmitted the aforefaid tickets and certificates to the faid commiffioners of the navy, and which remittance certificates shall be made out in the form herein-before directed in cafes of parties defiring their wages to be remitted to Ireland from abroad, or to the like effect, and addreffed to the commiffioners of the revenue in Ireland.

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VIII. Provided always, and it is hereby further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That in cafe the duplicate or duplicates of any ticket or tickets, or the mufter books or pay books for any not to be poft fhip or veffel fhall not be regularly tranfmitted to and received by poned, though the duplicates the commiffioners of the navy, in the manner prescribed by the of tickets, or acts of the thirty-firft of George the Second, and thirty-fecond of his prefent Majefty, herein-before recited, yet the certificate or certificates, to be made out and addressed to the commiffioners regularly of the revenue in Ireland, in favour of any petty officer or featranfmitted to man, non-commiffioned officer of marines, or marine, shall not the navyoffice. be delayed or poftponed for fuch omiffion, but if any error, to the Error in tick- detriment of the publick treasure, fhall be made in any ticket by ets to be made the captain or commanding officer iffuing or making out the good by the perfons grant- fame, the lofs arifing by fuch error fhall be made good and compenfated out of any wages or pay due, or to grow due, to fuch captain or commanding officer by whom such ticket was fo made out or granted as aforefaid.

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IX. And be it enacted by the authority aforefaid, That when certificates to and fo often as any wages, pay, or other allowances of mofor wages ney fhall be justly due and become payable by the treasurer of payable to the navy to any perfon refiding in Ireland producing proper autho executors, &c. rity to receive the fame as executor, adminiftrator, widow, next refiding in Ire- of kin, creditor, or perfon named as executor, as the cafe may be, land, as in cafes of parties to any petty officer or feaman, non-commiffioned officer of madefiring their rines, or marine, then and in that cafe the deputy paymaster of wages to be re- the navy or treasurer's clerk by whom fuch fum or fums fhall mitted there. become payable, fhall make out or caufe to be made out a remit

tance certificate or certificates for the fame, and which certificate hall be figned, attefted, forwarded, and tranfmitted, in the form

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and manner herein-before directed in cafes of parties defiring their wages to be remitted to Ireland at the pay of a ship, and which certificates fhall certify fuch fum or fums for which they #fhall be fo drawn as being due and payable only to the executor, adminiftrator, widow, next of kin, creditor, or perfon named as executor, as the cafe may be, who fhall be named in the fame trand intitled thereto, and shall also specify and describe the name and place of abode of fuch perfon or perfons fo certified to be intitled to fuch wages or pay of fuch inferior officer or feaman, non-commiffioned officer of marines, or marine, as fhall be therein alfo specified; and fuch certificates fhall be addreffed to the commiffioners of the revenue in Ireland, and written or printed according to the form herein-before specified, wherein remittance is made to Ireland at the pay of a ship.

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X. And be it enacted by the authority aforefaid, That as foon Money paid in as an act fhall be paffed by the legislature of the kingdom of Ire- Ireland on land, making provifion for payment in that country of certificates certificates, to be repaid to iffued by the commiffioners of his Majefty's navy in favour of the commifany petty officer or feaman, non-commiffioned officer of marines, fioners of the or marine, or in the favour of the wife, father or mother, grand- revenue, by father, grandmother, brother or fifter of any inferior officer or of the navy. feaman, non-commiffioned officer of marines, or marine, belonging to any of his Majefty's ships, or in favour of any other perfon, for receiving any money on account of the wages or pay of any fuch inferior officer or feaman, non-commiffioned officer of marines, or marine, and addreffed to the commiffioners of the revenue in Ireland, and for the payment in that country of any certificates iffued by the treasurer of the royal hofpital of Greenwich on account of any out-penfioner of Greenwich hospital, and addreffed to the commiffioners of the revenue in Ireland, and the sum specified in such respective certificates shall have actually been' paid by, or by the direction of, the commiffioners of the revenue in Ireland, to the perfons intitled to receive the fame, fuch fums fhall be immediately repaid by the treasurer of the navy, who is hereby directed and required to pay the fame to the said commiffioners of the revenue in Ireland, or to their order, upon the certificate on which the acknowledgement of the receipt of fuch money fhall be indorfed, together with the duplicate thereof, being produced to the commiffioners of his Majefty's navy, if the faid certificates have been iffued by the commiffioners of the navy, or any of them, or to the treasurer of the navy, if the certificates have been iffued by the treafurer of Greenwich hospital, or his first clerk; but-in cafe the duplicates of fuch certificates, iffued If duplicates respectively by the commiffioners of the navy, or any of them, or of certificates by the treasurer of Greenwich hospital, or his firft clerk, addreffed be not produced for payto the commiffioners of the revenue in Ireland, fhall not be pro- ment within g duced and delivered to the collector or revenue officer to whom it months from fhall have been addreffed in Ireland, and the payment thereof be the date, they demanded within nine calendar months, from the date thereof, celled on their then, upon fuch certificates being returned by the commiffioners being returnof the revenue in Ireland, to the commiffioners of the navy, or to ed to England.

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