252 ' A. D. 1746. 



and by the fame ad [19 Geo. II, c. 27] every veflel built in Great Bri- 

 tain, and in his majefty's plantations in America, muft, at her firfl lad- 

 ing, be furniflied with one full and complete fct of new fails, made of 

 fail-cloth manufactured in Great Britain, under the penalty of L50 on 

 the mafter of the fliip or veflel. And every ful-maker in Britain or 

 the plantations, fhall, on every new fail, affix, in words at length a 

 ftamp of eight inches diameter, whereon his name and place of abode 

 fhall plainly appear, under the penalty of Lio. All which particular 

 ciaufes were hereby to continue in force for feven years longer. 



It being found by experience, that the cuftom in England of making 

 affurances, interefl or no intereft, or without farther proof of intereft 

 than the policy, has been productive of many pernicious pradices ; 

 v.hereby great numbers of fliips with their cargoes have either been 

 fraudulently loft and deftroyed, or taken by the enemy in time of war ; 

 and that fuc^-i affurances have encouraged the exportation of wool, and 

 the carrying on of many other prohibited trades, it was therefor now 

 enaded, that no affurance fhould be ' made on any ihips belonging to 

 his majefly, or any of his fubjeds, or on any goods onboard any fuch 

 fhip, intereft or no intereft, nor without farther proof of intereft than 

 the policy, nor by any way of gaming or wagering, or without benefit 

 of falvage to the aflurer : and that every fuch affurance fliall be null 

 and void. Yet, ift, aflurance on private fhips of war may be made 

 for the owners thereof, intereft or no interefl : 2dly, any goods, mer- 

 chandize, or efteds, from any ports or places in Europe or America 

 in the polfefllon of the crowns of Spain or Portugal may be affured 

 in fuch manner as if this ad had not been made : 3dly, it fhall not 

 be lawful to make re-affurance, unlefs the infurer fhall be iniblvent, 

 become a bankrupt, or fliall die ; in either of which cafes, re-aflurance 

 may be made ; 4thly, all fums to be lent on bottomry, or at refpon- 

 dentia, upon any Britifh fhip bound to Eafl-India, fhall be lent only 

 on the fliip, or on the merchandize onboard fuch fliip, and fliall be fo 

 expreffed in the bond ; and benefit of falvage fliall be allowed to the 

 lender, who alone fliall have a right to make affurance on the money 

 fo lent : and none Ihall recover more than the value of his interefl on 

 the fhip or on its merchandize, exclufive of the money fo borrowed : 

 and if it appears, that the value of his fhare in the fhip or merchan- 

 dize does not amount to the full funi fo borrowed, fuch borrower 

 fliall be refponfible to the lender for fo much of the money borrowed 

 as he hath not laid out on the fhip or merchandize, with lawful inters 

 efl, together with the affurance and charges, in the proportion the 

 money not laid out fhall bear to the whole money lent, notwithftand- 

 ing the fhip and merchandize may be totally loft : 5thly, in all adions 

 the plaintiff fhall declare within fifteen days, what fums he has affur- 

 ed : 6thly, perfons fued on policies of affurance are to bring the mo- 



