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for which he shall serve, which shall be signed by both Parties; 

 wherein : t shall be stipulated (amongst other Things) that the Per- 

 son so hiring or employing shall be at Liberty to reserve, retain, and 

 deduct, and he is hereby authorised, required, and directed, to reserve, 

 retain, and deduct, out of the Wages of every Person so hired or 

 employed, a Sum of Money equal to the then current Price of a 

 Man's Passage home, not exceeding forty Shillings for each Man, 

 which Money such Hirer or Employer shall, at the End of each 

 Fishing Season, or at the expiration of the covenanted Time of 

 Service of such Seaman or Fisherman, pay, or cause to be paid, to 

 the Master of a Passage or other Ship, who shall undertake or agree 

 to carry such Seaman or Fisherman home to the Country whereto 

 he belongs, and shall also convey such Seaman or Fisherman to 

 and on Board such Passage or other Ship, taking the Master's Re- 

 ceipt for the Passage Money, which Receipt he shall immediately 

 thereupon deliver to such Seaman or Fisherman. 



XIV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That 

 no Hirer or Employer of any such Seaman or Fisherman shall pay 

 or Advance, or cause to be paid or advanced, to such Seaman or 

 Fisherman, in Money, Liquor, and Goods, or either of them, during 

 the Time he shall be in his Service, more than One Half of the 

 Wages which shall at any Time be due to him; but such Hirer or 

 Employer shall, and is hereby required and directed, immediately at 

 or upon the Expiration of every such Man's covenanted Time of 

 Service, to pay either in Money, or in good Bills of Exchange, pay- 

 able either in Great Britain or Ireland, or. in the Country to which 

 such Seaman or Fisherman belongs, the full Balance of his Wages, 

 except the Money herein before directed to be retained for his 

 Passage home; and it shall not be lawful for any such Hirer or 

 Employer to turn away or discharge any such Seaman or Fisher- 

 man, except for Wilful Neglect of Duty, or other sufficient Cause, 

 before the Expiration of his covenanted Time of Service; and in 

 case the Hirer or Employer of any such Seaman or Fisherman shall 

 refuse or neglect to comply with any of the Terms herein before 

 mentioned, or shall otherwise offend against this Act, every such 

 Person so offending shall forfeit and pay, for every such Offence, 

 besides the Balance that shall be due to such Seaman or Fisherman, 

 the money herein before directed to be retained for his Passage home, 

 the Sum of Ten Pounds, to the Use of such Person or Persons who 

 shall inform or sue for the same. 



XV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That 

 in all Cases where Disputes shall arise concerning the Wages of 

 any such Seaman or Fisherman, the Hirer or Employer shall be 

 obliged to produce the Contract or Agreement in Writing, herein 

 before directed to be entered into with every such Seaman or 

 Fisherman. 



XVI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 

 all the fish and oil which shall be taken and made by the person or 

 persons who shall hire or employ such seaman or fisherman, shall 

 be subject and liable, in the first place, to the payment of the wages 

 of every such seaman or fisherman. 



XVII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 

 in case any such seaman or fisherman shall at any time wilfully absent 

 himself from his duty or employ, without the leave and consent of 



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