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out of any regiment, and every failor duly 
difcharged out of any fhip bclonging to 
His Majefty’s navy, carrying bis difcharge 
by the third day at the lateft from the 
New Aéls of the Britifh Legiflature. 
109 
every two tons of that part of fuch veffel 
remaining unladen. § 1. 
And, if any mafter or perfon having 
the command fhall take on board, or if he, 
date threof, to the mayor or chief ma-?\or the owners, fhail engage to take on 
giftrate of the city, town, port, or cor- 
pora‘e plice, nearct to or within fifteen 
miles from the place where he thall have 
received his difcharge, flvall receive a cer- 
tifica'e, ftating the place to whch the 
perion fo difcharged is defirous of going, 
being his place of legal fetthemenr; and 
fuch perfon producing such dilcharge, 
and iuch ceitificate, and being in his route, 
fhall not, by afking relief, be deemed to 
be a rogue of vagabond. 
The wife of any non-commiffioned of. 
ficer or foldier ordered for foreign fervice, 
making proof of her nt being permitted 
to embark with her hufband, before the 
mayor or chief magiftrate, fhail receive a 
certificate, ftatug, the place to which the 
is defirows of paing, being her place of 
degal fettlement; and fuch perion: pro- 
ducing luch certificate, and being in her 
route, fhall not, by afking relict, be 
deemed to be a rogue or vagabond. § 2. 
Ao in cale of accident or ficknefs duly 
proved, which fhill prevent the per on 
having fuch. certificate from -proceeding 
on his or her journey, the chiet magiftraie 
of any other plice may giant a new cer- 
tificate. § 3. ae 
Certifcates or paffes granted as hereto- 
fore from the Admiralty or War Office to 
diicharged failors, foldiers, or marines, 
or to tier families, to carry them to their 
homes, fhall have the. fame effect as 
the certificates herein permitted to be 
given. § 4. . 
“* An Act for regulating the Veffeis carrying 
Paffengers from the United Kingdom to 
His Mujefty’s Plantations and Settlements 
Abroad; or to Foreign Parts, with refpe& 
te the Number of fuch Paffengers,” 
{Paffed 24th June 1803. Cap. 56.) 
It hall nct be lawful for any mafter or 
other perfon having the command of any 
Britith thip or veffel whetever, which fhall 
clear out from any place in the Un:ted 
Kingdom, after the firll of July 1803, to 
have on board, at or after being cleared 
out, at any one time, or to convey from 
any place in the United Kingdom to any 
parts beyond fea, a greater number, whe- 
ther adults or children, including the 
crew, than in the proportion of one for 
every two tons burthen; and if any fuch 
fhip fhall be partly laden with merchan- 
dize, then the mafler is not to take on 
board a greater number, including the 
~ grew, than in the proportion of one for 
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board a greater number, fuch matter thall - 
forfeit fifty pounds for each peifon ex- 
ceeding the proportion limited, § 2. 
And every fhip bound to North Ame- 
rica, fhall be ftored wih at leatt twelve 
weeks provifions and water, fufficient to 
afford an allowance per day during the 
voyage, of not lefs than half a pound of 
meat, one pound and a half of bread, 
bifcuit, or oatmeal,.with half a pint of 
melafles, and one gallon of water, to each 
perfon on board, whether adult or child ; 
and the matter is to give out to each at 
leaft the faid allowance every day, under 
the pain of twenty pounds for each neg- 
lect ; and any perfon demanding a clear- 
ance for any fuch veffel which fhall not be 
fo ftored, fhall forfeit fifty pounds for each 
perfon for whom there fhall not be a quan- 
tity of provifions and water fufficient to 
afford the allowance directed. § 3. 
Before receiving a clearance for any 
‘fuch fhip, the matter fhall deliver tothe — 
officer of cuftoms a mufler-roll, diftin- 
guifhing the paffengers from the crew ; 
and every perfon delivering a falle mufter- 
roll fhall forfeit fifty pounds for each per- 
fon omitted, or falfely defcribed ; and the 
colleétor, comptreller, or furveyor af the 
port, or refident officer, together with 
one juftice, fhall mufter the paffengers and 
crew immediately before failing, and fearch 
every fuch fhip; and if.it fhall appear 
thatsa falfe mufter-roll has been delivered, 
or if more perfons thall be found on, board 
‘than in the proportion allowed, or if the 
_finip fhall not be flored with provifions and 
water, as above, then fuch: coliector or 
comptroller, or the principal <flicer of 
cuftoms, together with any luch juftice, 
may feize and detain fuch fhip, and the 
matler, until he or the owners fhallfind 
bail, to the amount of the penalties; and 
no clearance fhall be given by any- officer 
until the faid officer, together with tuch 
jnitice, fhall have muftercd the perfons on 
b. ard, and fhill have fearched the fhip as 
directed ; and if upon:fuch in{pection the ~ | 
regulations of this a& fhill besfound to 
have been complied with, a copy jof the 
faid mufter-iol) fhall be certified sby.fuch 
officer, to be delivered to fuch matter, and 
fhall be prelerved on board, and the ori- 
ginal mufter-roil remain at. the cuftome 
houfe. §.4. Res Be ies 
Tf upon fuch mufter, or otherwife, any 
paflenger fhall fignity to fuch officer of cuf- 
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