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PG-P.763.048
6 Oct 1763:21 (1815)
. . . [Continuation of article, p.1,
beginning:"Philadelphia. The following act, passed the last
session of parliament, is thought proper to be published,
for the information of the public...An act for the further
improvement of his Majesty's revenue of customs; and for the
encouragement of officers making seizures; and for the
prevention of the clandestine running of goods into any part
of his Majesty's dominions."]
1st. With regard to seizures made by the officers and men of
ships and sloops of war. . . . [17 lines] to the trumpeters,
quarter gunners, carpenter's crew, steward, cook, arourer,
steward's mate, cook's mate, gunsmith, cooper, swabber,
ordinary trumpeter, barber, able seamen, ordinary seamen,
and marine, or other soldiers, and all other persons doing
duty or assisting on board any such ships or sloops, two
eighth parts, to be equally divided among them. . . . [18
lines]
3d. With regard to seizures made by ships or sloops of war
in conjunction with cutters. . . . [15 lines] And in case
any sea captain, inferior commission or warrant sea
officers, belonging to any such ship or vessel, for whom any
shares of seizures are hereby allowed, be absent at the time
of making such seizure, the share of such sea captain,
inferior commission, or warrant sea officer, shall be cast
into the shares hereby allowed to the trumpeters, . . . [1
line] ordinary trumpeter, barber, able seamen, ordinary
seamen, and marine or other soldiers, and all other persons
doing duty or assisting on board any such ship or vessel, to
be equally divided amongst them. . . . [9 lines]
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