the Sum of Ten-pence; and all Innholders, and other Persons on whom Marines may be billetted in England, (except on the March, when they are entitled to be furnished with the hot Meal as aforesaid,) shall furnish such Marines with Candles, Vinegar, and Salt, and shall allow them the Use of Fire and the necessary Utensils for dressing and eating their Meat, and shall be paid in consideration thereof the Sum of a Halfpenny per Diem for each Marine; and the Sum to be paid the Innholder or other Person on whom any of the Horses belonging to His Majesty's Royal Marine Forces shall be billetted, in England, for Hay and Straw, shall be Ten-pence per Diem for each Horse, and in Ireland the Sum to be paid for Forage to the Innholder or other Person for Horses billetted by virtue of this Act shall be the Rate established by the Lord Lieutenant or other sufficient Authority from Time to Time, the same to be regulated by the average Rate of Contracts for Forage in Ireland, and for the Use of Stables in Ireland, when such Horses are provided with Hay and Straw by Contract, and not by the Occupiers of the Houses in which they are billetted, the Sum of Four-pence per Week for each Horse shall be paid; and every Officer to whom it belongs to receive or who shall actually receive the Pay and Subsistence of the said Men shall every Four Days, or before they shall quit their Quarters, if they shall not remain so long as Four Days, settle the just Demands of all Victuallers or other Persons on whom such Men are billetted, out of their Pay and Subsistence, before any Part of the said Pay or Subsistence be distributed to them respectively; and if any such Officer shall not pay the same, then upon Complaint, and Oath made thereof by any Two Witnesses, at the next Quarter Session for the County or City where such Quarters are situate, the Secretary of the Admiralty is hereby required, upon Certificate of the Justices before whom such Oath shall be made of the Sum due to the Complainant, to order Payment of the Amount, which shall be charged against such Officer; and in case of any Marines being suddenly ordered to march, and of the Commanding Officer not being enabled to make immediate Payment of the Sums due on account of the Billets, every such Officer shall before his Departure make up the Account with every Person upon whom any such Marines may have been billetted, and sign a Certificate thereof; which Account and Certificate, on being transmitted to the Secretary of the Admiralty, shall be immediately paid, and charged to the Officer's Account. LVII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Two Licences of Justices of the Peace, within their respective Jurisdictions, to Canteens. grant or transfer any Licence for selling by Retail any Spirit, Beer, Wine, Cider, or Perry to any Person or Persons applying for the same who shall hold any Canteen under any Lease thereof, or by Agreement with any Department or other Authority under the said Lord High Admiral, or the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral, for the Time being, without regard to the Time of Year, or any Notices or Certificates required by any Act in respect of such Licences, and the Commissioners of Excise within their respective Districts shall also grant or transfer any such Licence as aforesaid; and such Persons holding such Canteens, and having such Licences as aforesaid, may sell therein Appropriation of Penalties. Marines to be subject to the Discipline of the Navy while on board Ship. Duration of Act. Victuals, and all such exciseable Liquors as they shall be licensed and empowered to sell, without being subject for so doing to any Penalty or Forfeiture whatever. LX. And be it enacted, That one Moiety of every such Penalty or Forfeiture, not including any Treble Value of any Articles, shall go to the Person who shall inform or sue for the same, and the other Moiety, or where the Offence shall be proved by the Person who shall inform, then the whole of the Penalty, shall be paid over and applied in such Manner as the Lord High Admiral or the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral shall direct; and every Justice who shall adjudge any Penalty under this Act shall, within Four Days thereafter at the furthest, report the same and his Adjudication thereof to the Secretary of the Admiralty. LXIII. And it is hereby declared and enacted, That all His Majesty's Royal Marine Forces shall, during the Time they shall be respectively borne on the Books of any of His Majesty's Ships or Vessels in Commission, either as Part of the Complement or as Supernumeraries, or otherwise, be subject and liable in every respect to the Laws for the Government of His Majesty's Forces by Sea, and to the Rules and Discipline of the Royal Navy, and shall and may be proceeded against and punished for Offences committed by them while so borne, in the same Manner as the Officers and Seamen employed in the Royal Navy may be tried or punished: Provided always, that if any Marine Officer or Marine so borne on the Books of any of His Majesty's Ships shall commit on Shore any Offence against due Order and Discipline, and for which he shall not be amenable to a Naval Court-martial or to Naval Discipline, he shall be tried and punished for the same in the same Manner as other Marines may be tried and punished for the like Offences under the Authority of this Act. LXIV. And be it enacted, That this Act shall continue in force within Great Britain from the Twenty-fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, until the Twentyfifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three inclusive; and within Ireland, and in Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, and the Isle of Man, and the Islands thereto belonging, from the First Day of May One thousand eight hundred and thirtytwo, until the First Day of May One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three inclusive; and within the Garrison of Gibraltar, and in Spain and Portugal, from the Twenty-fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, until the Twenty-fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three inclusive; and in all other Parts of Europe where Royal Marine Forces may be serving, and the West Indies and North America and Cape of Good Hope, from the Twenty-fifth Day of September One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, to the Twenty-fifth Day of September One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three inclusive; and in all other Places from the Twenty-fifth Day of November One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, to the Twenty-fifth Day of November One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three inclusive. CERTIFICATE 6 Hair, Any distinctive Mark. to wit. } Peace of One of His Majesty's Justices of the ; above is the Description of the Recruit Signature of the Justice. CAP. XXIV. An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as may be stamped allowed by Law. after Time V. And whereas the Appointment of divers Clerks of the Admissions to Peace, Town Clerks, and other Public Officers, and the Admis- Corporations sion of divers Members and Officers of Cities, Corporations, and Borough Towns in Great Britain and Ireland, or the Entries of such Admissions in the Court Books, Rolls, or Records of such Cities, Corporations, and Borough Towns, which by several Acts ' are directed and required to be stamped, may not have been provided, or the same not stamped, or may have been lost or 'mislaid;' be it further enacted, That for the Relief of such Per sons 1 & 2 G. 4. c. 69. sons whose Appointments and Admissions, or the Entries of whose Admissions as aforesaid, may not have been provided, or not duly stamped, or where the same have been lost or mislaid, it shall and may be lawful to and for such Persons in Great Britain or Ireland, on or before the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, to provide or cause to be provided Appointments and Admissions, or Entries of Admissions as aforesaid, duly stamped; or in case where such Appointments, Admissions, or Entries of Admissions as aforesaid have been made or provided, but have not been duly stamped, to produce such Appointments, Admissions, or Entries of Admissions as aforesaid, to the Commissioners appointed to inspect and manage the Revenues of the Stamp Duties, to be duly stamped; which such Commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered and required to duly stamp, on Payment of Double the Amount of the Duties first payable, or to have been paid on such Appointments, Admissions, or Entries of Admissions as aforesaid, without any other Fine or Forfeiture thereon; and in order to denote the said Duties, the said Commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to use such Stamps as shall have been heretofore provided to denote any former Duties on Stamped Vellum, Parchment, and Paper, or to cause new Stamps to be provided for that Purpose, and to do all other Things necessary for putting this Act in execution, in the like and in as full and ample Manner as they or the major Part of them are authorized to put in execution any former Law concerning Stamped Vellum, Parchment, and Paper; and such Persons so providing Appointments, Admissions, or Entries of Admissions as aforesaid, duly stamped, or procuring the same to be duly stamped in manner aforesaid, are and shall be hereby confirmed and qualified to act as Clerk of the Peace, Town Clerk, or other Public Officer, or Member or Members, Officer or Officers of such Cities, Corporations, and Borough Towns respectively, to all Intents and Purposes; and shall and may hold and enjoy and execute such Offices, or any other Office or Offices into which he or they hath or have been elected, notwithstanding his or their Omission, or the Omission of any of their Predecessors, in such Cities, Corporations, or Borough Towns as aforesaid; and shall be indemnified and discharged of and from all Incapacities, Disabilities, Forfeitures, Penalties, and Damages by reason of any such Omission; and none of his or their Acts shall be questioned or avoided by reason of the same. CA P. XXV. An Act to extend and render more effectual Two Acts of the WHEREAS an Act was passed in the First and Second occupied 'occupied for the Ordnance Service in the principal Officers of the Ordnance, and for granting certain Powers to the said principal Officers: And whereas another Act was passed in the Third 6 Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act for 3 G. 4. c. 108. vesting all Estates and Property occupied for the Barrack Service in any Part of the United Kingdom in the principal Officers of His Majesty's Ordnance, and for granting certain Powers to the said principal Officers in relation thereto: And whereas divers Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, of Copyhold, Customary, or Ancient Demesne Tenure, are now held, and may hereafter be purchased and taken for the Service of the said Ordnance Department, and much Inconvenience has ⚫ arisen and may arise by reason of Copyhold Estates and Hereditaments having been excepted out of the Provisions and Operation of the said recited Acts, and also by reason of the 'said Acts not extending to Lands and Hereditaments which have been or may be taken or limited by way of Mortgage, or for securing Money, or by way of Indemnity for the Use of the Ordnance Service, or Objects connected therewith: And whereas the Covenants and Contracts made by and with the said ⚫ principal Officers, as well with respect to their Estates as with respect to other Matters and Things relating to the Service of the Ordnance Department, are numerous and important: And whereas many of such Covenants and Contracts cannot be ' enforced by Law by the Officers for the Time being, who were not or may not be Parties thereto, and it is expedient that the Power to sue upon all manner of such Covenants and Contracts, as well as upon other Causes of Action relating to the said Ser'vice, should be vested in the Officers of His Majesty's Ordnance for the Time being: And whereas His Majesty has been pleased to reduce the Number of the principal Officers of the Ordnance, and it is expedient that Two or more of such Officers should be enabled to exercise and execute the respective Powers, Authorities, and Duties, and to perform and execute all such Contracts, Conveyances, Leases, and other Deeds and Instru'ments relating to the public Service of the said Department, and to do and execute all such Deeds, Matters, and Things as by any Act or Acts, or otherwise, might or ought to be exercised, performed, done, or executed by Three or more of such principal Officers; 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 Authority of the same, That All Copyholds, immediately from and after the passing of this Act all Messuages, &c. now holden Buildings, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, in Great Bri- for the Ordnance tain or Ireland, of Copyhold or Customary or Ancient Demesne Tenure, which have been heretofore purchased or taken by or principal Of in the Name of any Person or Persons in Trust for His Majesty ficers of the or His Royal Predecessors, and His or Their Heirs and Successors, Ordnance for for the Use or Service of the said Ordnance Department, or for the Time being. the Use and Service of the said Barrack Department, either in Fee or for any Life or Lives, or otherwise howsoever, and the Appurtenances to the same respectively belonging, shall be and become and continue vested in the principal Officers of His Majesty's Service to be vested in the |