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Ans TRACT OF THE PUBLIC LAWS ENACTED BY THE BRITISH 
LEGISLATURE. 
Passed in the 49th Year of the Reign of George ITt, 
(Not Annual, or of an Official Nature. ) 
ai 
Y 49th Geo, TI. c. 41} British- 
Built vessels, re- captured from the 
enemy, may be registered, and have the 
privilege of British ships. 
An Act of 48th Geo. III. c. 70, had pro- 
vided, that British ships, captured by the 
enemy, and which should afterwards be- 
come the property of British subjects, 
should not. be entitled to the privilege of 
British ships: the present Act has theres 
fore been passed to encourage the making 
of re-captures. 
By 49th Geo. IIL. c. 44, goods taken 
as prize, and brought into Great Britain, 
or seized as droits, and which, under a 
decree of the Admiralty, shall me restored 
to. the proprietors, shall not be liable to 
any duty of Customs or. Excise, on ac- 
count of any sale or transfer thereof, in 
this kingdom, provided: they be not re- 
moved from the warehouse but for the 
purpose of exportation. 
By 49th Geo. ILI. c. 45, oe Ad. 
miralty may direct the allowances from 
the compassionate list of the Navy, and 
the half-pay to Marine Officers, to be 
paid at the residence of the persons en- 
titled thereto ; similar to the Act 49th 
Geo. III. c. 35, passed for the more con- 
venient payment of Pensions to Widows 
of Officers of the Navy, and which was 
noticed in ourlast volume, No. 186, p. 495, 
By 49th Geo. III. c. 46, all persons 
who shal] be examined as witnesses on 
any enquiry, directed by the Commis- 
sioners of Customs, to be made in Aine 
rica, or the West-Indies, shall dehver 
their testimony on oath, which oo be 
administered by the principal Officer of 
the Customs ; and persons inaking a false 
oath shall be deemed guilty of perjury. 
[ Ali passed May 12, 1809. | 
By 49th Geo. III. ¢. 50, the Commis- 
sioners of Stamps are to make the allow- 
ances, by way of discount, to the pro- 
prietors and printers of newspapers, who 
shall advance the price of their papers, 
provided the same shall not be advanced 
more than one halfpenny above the price 
at which they were entitled to such al- 
‘lowances. ° 
This permission to increase the price of the 
papers extended only to such as were pre- 
viously sold at arate not exceeding 6d. 
e:ch. 
[ Passed the 20th of May, 1399.] 
Mo NTULY Mac. No. 183. 
By 49th Geo. IIL. c. 53, before the 1st 
of October, 1810, anumber of milicia, 
equal to one-half of the original quotas » 
militia in England and Scotland, shall be 
raised; and, until the 1st June, 1800, the 
men may be-raised as volunteers in the 
militia. § 12. But no such volunteer is 
to have more than one child born in wed- 
lock, and the provisions of former Acts 
as to substitutes, in relation to their fa- 
milies, are extended to volunteers enlist- 
ing in the militia. §3. 
Commanding officers are to transmit 
certificates of men raised to the clerks of 
veneral meetings. § 4. 
A bounty of 42 guineas 13 to be paid | 
to every man raised as a volunteer, by 
beat of drum or otherwise, under en 
regulations as his Majesty shall direct. § 5. 
The Deputy Lieutenants are to fix, by 
ballot, the order in which vacancies 
shall be filled up, and cause lists to be 
made out of those who have enlisted 
into the line, and of the parishes to 
which they belonged ; 
for the militia, are to be placed to such. 
parishes for relief of families. §6. 
After June 1st, the raising of volun 
teers, by beat of drum, shall cease. § 7. 
The deficiencies, in April, 1810, shalt 
be supplied by batlot; and notice thereot 
is to be given on the church-doors, 
Ss8— 11. . | 
The names of persons balloted. are to 
‘be sent to the constables, who shall give = | 
notice thereof; and in case -of defaults 
fresh ballots shall be made, § 12. 
Persons chosen by ballot (not being 
Quakers), not serving or providing a sub= 
stitute, are to forfeit 201. $743: | 
Persons balloted and enrolled, be 
tween the ist of June, 1810, and the 
-1st of September, 1810, or their substi- 
tutes, are to havea bounty of 101. 10s. 5 
and churchwardens and overseers of the 
poor may raise men, as volunteers, wha 
shall be entitled to the same Bpunhys 
§ 14—15. 
But no rates or “subscriptions are to 
-be made far inducing persons to volun- 
teer on pain of 20l.; and subsistence 
money is to be allowed men ‘on the 
march, out of the poor’s rates, at the 
rate of 2d. per day, at the rate of ten - 
miles per day, to be repaid to the over- 
seers, by the officer receiving the men. 
§ 16, 
M Persons 
and men enlisted ~ 
