ing them with counterfeit Stamps, Felony punishable with Death. Informers of certain Of to Cards and Dice indemnified. vice, or any Part of any Type, Die, Seal, Stamp, Mark, Plate, or Device, which shall be at any Time provided, made, or used by or under the Authority of the Commissioners of Stamps in purs ance of this Act; or shall counterfeit, or shall cause or procure to be counterfeited or resembled, the Impression of any such Type, Die, Seal, Stamp, Mark, Plate, or Device, or any Par. thereof, upon any playing Card or Dice, or upon any Labe Thread, or Paper; or shall forge or counterfeit the Name, Handwriting, or Signature of any sealing Officer, or other Officer of Stamps, to or upon any Wrapper, Paper, or Material in which any Dice shall be actually enclosed; or shall forge or counterfer, or shall cause or procure to be forged or counterfeited, any Mark or Name, or any Part of any Mark or Name, directed to be used by the Commissioners of Stamps in pursuance of this Act, in order to distinguish the Maker of any such Cards or Dice respectively, and printed or marked on or affixed to or making Part of the Wrapper, Label, or Paper in which any playing Cards or Dice shall be actually enclosed, with Intent to defraud His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, of any of the Duties at any Time by Law payable upon Cards or Dice; or shall utter, or sell or expose to Sale, or part with for Use in Play, any Card, Die, Ace of Spades, Label, Wrapper, or Jew whatsoever, with such counterfeit Seal, Stamp, Mark, Device, Impression, Name, or Signature, knowing the same to be counterfeit; or shall privately or fraudulently use any Seal, Stamp, Mark, Plate, Device, or Label at any Time provided, made, or used by or under the Authority of the Commissioners of Stamps in pursuance of this Act, with Intent to defraud His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, of any of the Duties at any Time by Law payable upon Cards or Dice; every Person convicted of any such Offence in due Form of Law shall be adjudged a Felon, and shall suffer Death. XXXVI. And be it further enacted, That if the Buyer or Seller, or any Person concerned in the buying or selling, or exfences relating posing to Sale, or uttering, any Ace of Spades, playing Cards, Dice, Label, or Wrapper, contrary to this Act, or if any Person concerned in the unlawful relanding of any Cards or Dice shipped for Exportation under this Act, or concerned in any other Of fence against this Act, shall give Information to the Commissioners of Stamps of any like Offence committed by any other Person concerned in any such Offence, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, if they shall think fit, to direct that such Informer shall be admitted to give Evidence against such other Person; and in case of such Direction such Informer shall be admitted to give Evidence, and shall be deemed a competent Witness accordingly, and shall be indemnified against all Penalties previously incurred by such Informer under this Act. Recovery of XXXVII. And be it further enacted, That all pecuniary Penalties and Forfeitures imposed by this Act shall and may be sued for and recovered in manner following; that is to say, if such Penalties or Forfeitures be incurred in Great Britain, the same shall and may be sued for and recovered in His Majesty's Court of Exchequer at Westminster, or in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, in the same Manner as Penalties incurred under any Act or Acts relating to Stamp Duties may be sued for and re covered covered in such Courts respectively; and if such Penalties or Forfeitures shall be incurred in Ireland, the same shall be sued for and recovered in the same Manner as Penalties incurred or sued for under the hereinbefore recited Act made in the Fiftysixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to repeal the several Stamp Duties in Ireland, and also several Acts for the Collection and Management of the said Duties, and to grant new Stamp Duties in lieu thereof, and to make more effectual Regulations for collecting and managing the said Duties, may be sued for and recovered under such Act: Pro- Commissioners vided always, that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of may mitigate or Stamps to mitigate or compound any such Penalty or Forfeiture, compound or to stay any Proceedings in any such Prosecution commenced by their Direction, on such Terms as the said Commissioners shall judge proper and expedient; and also, at their Discretion, to give all or any Part of any Sum paid by way of Penalty or Compromise to the Person informing them of the Offence in respect of which such Sum shall be paid. Penalties. of Act. XXXVIII. And be it enacted, That wherever in this present Interpretation Act, in describing or referring to any Offence or other Matter or Thing, any Word or Words is or are used importing the Singular Number or the Masculine Gender only, such Word or Words shall be understood and shall be construed and applied to include several Matters as well as One Matter, and several Persons as I well as One Person, and Females as well as Males, unless it be otherwise specially provided, or there be something in the Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction. ment of Act. XXXIX. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall com- Commencemence and take effect on and from the Fifth Day of July in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. XL. And be it further enacted, That this Act may be amended, altered, or repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. CA P. XIX. An Act for applying a Sum of Money out of the Consolidated CA P. XX. An Act for prohibiting, during the present Session of Par- Act may be amended. WHEREAS an Act was paeign, intituled an act to repeat 1.87. HEREAS an Act was passed in the First and Second 1 & 2G.4. 'certain Acts passed in the Thirty-first, Thirty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Years of His late Majesty King George the Third, for regulating the Importation and Exportation of Corn, 7 & 8 G. 4. c. 58. Grain, Meal, and Flour, into and from Great Britain, and to mak 'further Provisions in lieu thereof; whereby, among other Things "it was enacted, that whenever the Ports of the United Kingdom 'should be shut against the Importation of Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour, for Home Consumption, the Ports of the Isle of Man 'should, in like Manner, be shut against the Importation of Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour, for Home Consumption: And Whereas by an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament. intituled An Act to make Provision for ascertaining, from time 'to time, the Average Prices of British Corn, the said first-mentioned Act was repealed; and other Provision not having been made for preventing the Importation of Corn into the Isle of 'Man, in manner provided by the said Act, large Quantities of Flour made from Foreign Wheat in the said Island have been imported from thence into the United Kingdom without any Restraint; and it is expedient to apply some Remedy to such Evils, until general Provision shall have been made for more 'effectually regulating the Importation of Foreign Corn, Grain, Meal, and Flour into the United Kingdom :' Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the AuImportation of thority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, and until the End of the present Session of Parliament, the Importation of Foreign Wheat into the Isle of Man shall be prohibited; and such Prohibition shall be enforced and obeyed in like Manner as if the same were contained in a certain Act passed in the Sixth Year of His Majesty's Reign, for regu lating the Trade of the Isle of Man. Corn into the Isle of Man prohibited until the End of the present Session. Duty on Foreign Wheat imported into the United Kingdom from the Isle of Man. Act may be amended. II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, and until the End of the present Session of Parliament, there shall be paid a Duty of Five Shillings for every Hundred Weight of Meal or Flour made of Foreign Wheat imported into the United Kingdom from the Isle of Man; and such Duty shall be raised, levied, collected, recovered, and paid in like Manner as any Duties of Customs are or can be raised, levied, collected, recovered, and paid. III. And be it further enacted, That this Act may be amended, altered, or repealed by any Act to be passed during the present Session of Parliament. CAP. XXI. No Ship to sail for North An Act to regulate the Carriage of Passengers in Merchants. W HEREAS it is necessary to make Provision respecting the Carriage of Passengers from the United Kingdom to His Majesty's Possessions on the Continent and Islands of North America: Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That no Ship shall sail from any Port or Place in the United Kingdom, or in the Islands of Guernsey, more than Three Persons on board for every 4 Tons Ships carrying Passengers to have a Height tween Decks, of 5 Feet be Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, or Sark, or in the Isle of Man, on any America with Voyage to or for any Port or Place in His Majesty's Possession on the Continent or Islands of North America, with more Persons on board than in the Proportion of Three Persons for every Four Tons of the Registered Burthen of such Ship, the Master and of Burthen. Crew being included in and forming Part of such prescribed Number; and that no Ship registered as having more than One Deck shall carry any Passengers upon any such Voyage as aforesaid, unless she shall be of the Height of Five Feet and a Half at the least between Decks; and that no Ship registered as having only One Deck shall carry any Passengers upon any such Voyage as aforesaid, unless a Platform shall be laid beneath such Deck in such a Manner as to afford a Space of the Height of at least Five Feet and a Half: Provided always, that Two Children, each being under the Age of Fourteen Years, or Three Children, each being under the Age of Seven Years, or One Child, being under the Age of Twelve Months, with the Mother of such Child, shall in all Cases be computed as One Person, for the Purposes hereinbefore and hereinafter mentioned. II. And be it further enacted, That no Ship carrying Passengers on any such Voyage as aforesaid to any Port or Place in His Majesty's Possession on the Continent or Islands of North America, shall clear out for such Voyage from any Port in the United Kingdom, or in the said Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, or Sark, or in the Isle of Man, unless and until there shall be actually laden and on board such Ship good and wholesome Provisions, for the Use and Consumption of the said Passengers, to the Amount or in the Proportion following; (that is to say,) a Supply of pure Water to the Amount of Fifty Gallons for every Person on board such Ship, the Master and Crew included, such Water being carried in sweet Casks; and a Supply of Bread, Biscuit, Oatmeal, or Bread Stuffs, to the Amount of Fifty Pounds Weight at the least for every Passenger on board such Ship. or between Platform and Deck. Proviso as to Regulating the Ships having the whole Number of Passengers on board not to III. And be it further enacted, That no Ship proceeding on any such Voyage as aforesaid, and having on board the whole Number of Passengers allowed by this Act, shall carry any Part of her Cargo, Provisions, Water, or Sea Stores between Decks; but that it shall be lawful for any such Ship, not having on board the whole Number of Passengers so allowed, to carry between Decks, in tween Decks. respect of every Passenger wanting of that Number, any Goods, Provisions, Water, or Sea Stores, not occupying more than Three Cubical Feet in Space. carry Stores be Master to deliver List of Passengers to Collector of IV. And be it further enacted, That the Master of every Ship carrying Passengers on any such Voyage as aforesaid shall, before clearing out his said Ship for such Voyage from any Port or Place in the United Kingdom, or in the said Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, or Sark, or in the Isle of Man, deliver to the Collector or other principal Officer of His Majesty's Customs at such Port or Place a List in Writing, specifying as accurately as may be the Names, Ages, and Professions or Occupations of all and every the Passengers on board such Ship, with the Name of the Port or Place at which he the said Master hath contracted to land each of the said Passengers; and such Collector or other Chief Officer Port of Land of Customs shall thereupon deliver to the said Master a Counter- ing. part Customs, who shall give a Counterpart to the Master, to the Chief Officer of be exhibited to Customs at the Penalty on Masters of Vessels car- or not having P part of such List, signed by him the said Collector or other Chief Officer as aforesaid; and the said Master shall exhibit the said Counterpart of his said List to the Collector or other Chief Officer of His Majesty's Customs at each and every Port or Place in H Majesty's Possessions at which the said Passengers, or any of them, shall be landed, and shall deposit the same with such Collector er Chief Officer of Customs at his final Port of Discharge in the said Possessions. V. And, for the Prevention of Frauds which might be prac tised upon Persons emigrating from the United Kingdom to any of His Majesty's Possessions Abroad, be it further enacted, That if the Master of any Ship carrying any Passengers on any such Voyage as aforesaid shall, without their, his, or her previous Consent, land or put on shore, or cause to be landed or put on shore, any Passenger or Passengers at any Port or Place, other than the Port or Place at which he may have contracted to land or put such Passenger or Passengers on shore, he the said Master shall incur and become liable to a Penalty of Twenty Pounds for each and every Passenger so landed or put on shore, to be recovered in a summary Way before any Two Justices of the Peace in and for any Province, District, County, or Place in any of His Majesty's Possessions on the Continent or Islands of North America, on the Complaint of any such Person or Persons, and to be levied, by Warrants under the Hands and Seals of such Justices, upon the Goods of any such Offender. VI. And be it further enacted, That if any Ship carrying Passengers on any such Voyage as aforesaid from any Port or Place in the United Kingdom, or in the said Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, or Sark, or in the Isle of Man, to or for any Port or Place in His Majesty's Possession on the Continent or Islands of North America, shall carry any Number of Passengers exceeding by more than One Person in Fifty the Proportion authorized and allowed by this present Act; or if the Cargo, Provisions, Water, or Sea Stores of any such Ship, or any Part thereof, shall be carried between Decks, contrary to the Provisions hereinbefore in that Behalf made; or if any Ship shall clear out or put to Sea, not having on board such Water and good and wholesome Provisions as aforesaid, for the Use and Consumption of the said Passengers, to the Amount or in the Proportion herein before required; or if any such Ship shall be cleared out from any Port or Place in the United Kingdom before such Lists of Passengers as hereinbefore mentioned have been delivered, in manner and form aforesaid, to such Officer as aforesaid, or if any such List guilty of Mis. shall be wilfully false; the Master of the said Ship shall be deemed guilty of a Misdemeanor, and shall and may be prosecuted, tried, and convicted for the same, either in the County in the United Kingdom from which the Ship shall have sailed on such Voyage, or in any other County of the United Kingdom, or in either of the said Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or the Isle of Man, from which the Ship shall have sailed on such Voyage, or in any of His Majesty's Possessions Abroad to which such Ship shall have sailed on such Voyage: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall take away or abridge any Right of Suit or Action which may accrue to any Passenger in vering correct Lists of Pas sengers; demeanor. Nothing herein to abridge the Right of Action of Passengers. any |