The steps to be taken torney during that month, or space of time, from the preceding returns, by inserting the date thereof opposite to the party's name. VII. And be it enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That to recover when any petty officer or seaman belonging, or who shall wages, &c. dying in. testate. due to men have belonged, to any of his Majesty's ships, shall die intestate, leaving any wages, pay, prize-money, or allowance of money of any kind, due to them in respect of such service, the same shall not be paid unto any representative of such intestate, but upon letters of administration, to be obtained in the following manner; videlicet, The person claiming such administration, shall give in a note or petition, to the inspector of seamen's wills, stating the name of the deceased, and to what part of his Majesty's dominions he originally belonged, and the name or names of the ship or ships on board of which he served, together with his own name and addition, at full length, and his relation to, or connection. with, the deceased, and also what other relations, to the best of his knowledge, the deceased has alive at the time, and where they are resident; and which petition shall be certified by two reputable housekeepers of the parish, town, or place where such petitioner is resident, certifying that they believe the contents of the said petition to be true; and which petition and certificate shall be further certified by the minister of the parish, and two of the churchwardens, or two of the elders, certifying that the two persons who certified the petition, in manner above-mentioned, are resident within the parish, and persons of good repute: whereupon the inspector of seamen's wills, as aforesaid, shall make such enquiry as to him shall appear necessary, for ascertaining the truth of the said petition; and if, upon such enquiry, he shall be satisfied of the truth thereof, and it also appearing that no will of such deceased has been lodged with him, he shall deliver or send, to the person claiming to be such administrator, an abstract of the said petition, with a note or ticket subjoined thereto, signed by the said inspector or person authorised to officiate for him, and marked with his stamp, certifying that the contents of the said petition appear to him to be true, and that the person claiming to be admi nistrator, may obtain letters of administration to the deceased, provided he is otherways entitled thereto by law; which certificate shall be directed by the inspector to a proctor in Doctors' Commons, for the purpose that letters of administration may pass in favour of the petitioner, if entitled thereto by law, but not otherways; and such original petition and certificate shall be lodged, and remain in the records of the treasurer of the navy, and be preserved by him; and the letters of administration, when obtained, shall be lodged and registered, in the same manner with the probates of wills, in the hands of the inspector, who is hereby directed to grant a check, signed and stamped by him, or by the person authorised to officiate for him, to the administrators, or their attornies, which shall stand in the place of the administration, and be to them a sufficient authority to demand payment of, and discharge, all sums that shall be due to them as administrators to the party deceased. VIII. And it is hereby further enacted, That if any proctor, register, or other officer of any ecclesiastical court, shall be aiding and assisting in procuring probate of the will, or letters of administration, for the purpose of enabling any person to receive the wages, pay, prize-money, or allowance of money of any kind, due, or becoming due, for their service on board any ship or ships then in, or formerly belonging to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, without first obtaining the certificate from the inspector of seamen's wills, and letters of attorney, or person authorised to officiate for him, in manner above-directed, every such proctor, register, or other officer, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred pounds, and for ever after be incapable of acting as proctor, register, or in any other capacity, in any ecclesiastical court in Great Britain or Ireland. of this act to have IX. And be it enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That Abstracts the lord high admiral of Great Britain, or the commissioners to be hung for executing the office of lord high admiral of Great Bri- up in every ship, and tain, shall direct abstracts of this act to be printed, and that no captain a competent number of copies of the said abstracts be deli- his general vered to the captain or commander of every ship and vessel of his Majesty, his heirs and successors; and such captain navy board or commander, as soon as the ship or vessel by him com- tied it has certificate till the are satia been done. manded shall be put into sea pay, shall cause one of the said printed abstracts to be hung up and affixed to the most public place of such ship or vessel, and shall cause the same to be constantly kept and renewed, so that they may at all times be accessible to the petty officers and seamen on board of such ship or vessel; and the commissioners of the navy are hereby charged and directed strictly to enquire whether the directions hereby given for hanging up and affixing the said abstracts, as aforesaid, have been duly observed by the captain or commander of such ship or vessel, and not to grant such captain or commander his general certificate until they are fully satisfied thereof. 32 Geo. 3. c. 34. Preamble. 26 Geo. 3. c. 63. recited. An Act for explaining and amending an Act passed in the twenty-sixth year of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled, An Act for the further preventing frauds and abuses attending the payment of wages, prize money, and other allowances, due for the service of petty officers and seamen on board any of his Majesty's ships: and for further extending the benefits thereof to petty officers and seamen, non-commissioned officers of marines, and marines, serving, or who may have served, on board any of his Majesty's ships. WHEREAS an Act, passed in the twenty-sixth year of the reign of hispresent Majesty, (intituled, An Act for the further preventing frauds and abuses attending the payment of wages, prize money, and other allowances due for the service of petty officers and seamen on board any of his Majesty's ships) and whereas it is just that the provisions of the said Act should be extended to marines serving on board ships From August 1, 1792, no letter of attorney or will of a non-com act, &c. in his Majesty's service, and would conduce much to the advantage of the representatives of seamen and marines if the same were further extended, and certain parts thereof explained and amended: be it therefore enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That no letter of attorney, or will, made or executed by any non-commissioned officer of marines, or marine, or letter of attorney made or executed by the executor or executors, or administrator or administrators, of any such noncommissioned officer of marines, or marine, after the first day missioned of August, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, shall officer marines, or be good and valid, and sufficient for receiving the whole or marine, to be valid, any part of the wages, prize money, or other allowances of unless money due, or which may hereafter become due, to such made according to non-commissioned officers of marines, or marine, for their the recited services in the navy, or to such administrators or executors, as the representatives of such non-commissioned officers of marines, or marine, unless such letter of attorney, and will, shall be made, executed, and attested in the manner and form, and agreeable to the directions in the different events specified and mentioned in the afore-mentioned act, passed in the twenty-sixth year of the reign of his present Majesty; and all letters of attorney, and will, so made or executed by any non-commissioned officer of marines, or marine, for the purpose of receiving and bequeathing all or any part of their wages, prize money, or other allowances due to them, or letters of attorney made by such executor and administrator, for the purpose of receiving money due to him or them, as representative of such non-commissioned officer of marines, or marine, shall be transmitted, inspected, checked, and proved in the same manner, and under the same penalties and forfeitures, as by the act above-mentioned is directed and enacted in regard and with respect to letters of attorney, and wills, made and executed by petty officers or seamen in his Majesty's service, or by the executors and administrators of such petty officers and seamen, in so far as the afore-mentioned act, passed in the twenty-sixth year of the reign of his Letters of orders from discharged petty offi cers, &c. executed within seven miles of a port where seamen's present Majesty, is not repealed, altered, or amended, by this present act. II. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the auattorney or thority aforesaid, That no letter of attorney, or order, made or executed by any petty officer, seaman, non-commissioned officer of marines, or marine, who shall have been discharged from the service of his Majesty, his heirs or successors, and who shall be at or within the distance of seven miles from any of the ports where seamen's wages are paid for such service, at the time of making such letter of attorney, shall wages are be good and valid, and sufficient for receiving the whole or then paid, not valid, any part of the wages, prize money, or other allowances of tested by a money due, or to grow due, to such petty officer, seaman, clerk of the non-commissioned officer of marines, or marine, for such service, unless such letter of attorney, or such order, shall be signed before and attested by a clerk of the treasurer of the navy at such port, or by the inspector of seamen's wills, and powers of attorney; any thing in the aforesaid act to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding. unless at treasurer of the navy, &c. III. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That, from and after the said first day of August one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, when and so often as any petty officer, seaman, non-commissioned officer of marines, or marine, shall be in anyways discharged from any ship or vessel in the service of his Majesty, his heirs or successors, the captain or commanding officer of such ship or vessel shall make, or cause to be made out, a certificate in the manner and form following, or to the like effect: THESE are to certify, That A. B. has served as on board of his Majesty's ship under my command, from the day of dated the inches high, is years. complexion, and aged And which he shall sign with his name, and deliver, or cause |