[CAP. IV. In writing to that effect from any such commanding officer, although the period for which he was committed shall not have expired; and every such gaoler or keeper refusing or neglecting to receive and confine any such person, pursuant to such sentence, or to discharge him upon any such order, shall, on being convicted thereof, forfeit for every such offence the sum of 100l. XIX. That whenever it shall be deemed expedient it shall be lawful for the said Lord High Admiral, or the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral for the time being, by any order in writing to be made for that purpose, under the hand of the said Lord High Admiral, or the hands of two or more of the Commissioners aforesaid, and the seal of the office of Admiralty, to change the place of confinement expressed in any sentence of a court martial to be held under the authority of this Act, either previous to the commitment of the offender or under any such sentence, or at any time during the period of his confinement, and so from time to time as often as it shall be deemed requisite; and the gaoler or other person having the custody of such offender shall, immediately on the receipt of any such order, remove and convey such offender to the gaol, prison, or house of correction mentioned in the said order so to be made as aforesaid (for the charges of which removal and conveyance he shall be allowed a sum not exceeding 1s. per mile); and every gaoler or keeper of such last-mentioned gaol or house of correction shall thereupon, and upon being furnished with a copy of the sentence of confinement, and of such order of removal, (such copies respectively, to be attested by the Secretary of the Admiralty for the time being,) receive into his custody, and shall confine pursuant to such sentence, every such offender, under the like penalty and forfeiture, in case of refusal or neglect, as is lastly hereinbefore provided.

XXVI. That it shall be lawful for the constable of any place where any person reasonably suspected to be a deserter shall be found, or of any adjoining place, and if no such constable can be immediately met with, then for any officer, marine, or other soldier in His Majesty's service, to apprehend or cause such suspected person to be apprehended, and cause him to be brought before any Justice living in or near such place, and acting for the same or any adjoining county, who hath hereby power to examine such suspected person; and if, by his confession, or the testimony of one or more witnesses upon oath, or by the knowledge of such Justice, it shall appear that such suspected person is a marine unlawfully absent from his duty, such Justice shall forthwith cause him to be conveyed to the nearest or most convenient public prison in the same or any next adjoining county, and shall transmit an account thereof, in the form prescribed for that purpose in the Schedule annexed to this Act, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, with a description of the person of such deserter, and the name of the division to which he shall belong, and also certifying the names of the persons by whom the deserter was apprehended; and if the Lord High Admiral, or the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, shall be satisfied such last-mentioned persons are justly entitled to a reward for such apprehension, the said Secretary shall in return transmit to such Justice an order upon the proper department for the payment of the sum of 20s. as a reward to the persons so certified to be entitled thereto; which reward shall be paid and charged against the pay and subsistence of any such deserter, and stopped out of the same: Provided always, that no fee or reward shall be taken by any Justice or his clerk in respect of any information, commitment, or report in the case of any such deserter.

XXVII. That every person who shall voluntarily surrender or deliver himself up as a deserter from His Majesty's Royal Marine forces, or who, upon being apprended on any charge, shall, in the presence of the Justice, confess himself to be a deserter from such forces, shall be deemed to have been duly enlisted, and to be a marine, and shall be liable to serve in the said forces, whether he shall have been ever actually enlisted as a marine or not; and if the person so confessing himself to be a deserter shall at the time actually belong to the Royal Marine Forces, he shall be deemed to be and shall be dealt with as a deserter, or shall be liable to be punished as a rogue and vagabond, or may be prosecuted and punished for obtaining money under false pretences; and the confession and receiving subsistence as a marine by such person shall be sufficient evidence of the false pretence and obtaining money.

XXIX. That every person who shall in any part of His Majesty's dominions directly or indirectly persuade any marine to desert shall suffer such punishment by fine or imprisonment, or both, as the Court before which the conviction may take place, shall adjudge; and every person who shall assist any deserter from His Majesty's Royal Marine service in deserting or in concealing himself from such service, knowing him to be such deserter, shall forfeit for every such offence the sum of 201.

xxx. That the gaoler or other person having the immediate inspection of any prison, gaol, or house of correction shall diet and supply every marine in his custody with fuel and other necessaries according to the regulations of the prison to which he shall be so committed, and shall receive on account of every such marine, during his imprisonment, 6d. per diem for his subsistence, to be issued out of the pay of such marine, upon application in writing signed by any Justice within whose jurisdiction such prison shall be locally situated, together with a copy of the order of commitment, and which sum of 6d. per diem shall be carried to the credit of the fund from which the expense of such prison is defrayed; and all gaolers and keepers of prisons shall and they are hereby authorized and required to receive and confine every deserter from the Royal Marines who shall be delivered into their charge by any officer, soldier, or marine conveying any such deserter under lawful authority, on the production of the warrant or authority on which such deserter shall have been taken or detained; and every gaoler or keeper so receiving a deserter shall be entitled to 1s. for the safe custody of him, while balted on the march, and to such daily subsistence as is hereinbefore provided for the maintenance of marines confined under any sentence or otherwise.

XXXI. That every gaoler, having notice that any person in his custody is a marine liable to serve His Majesty, shall, previous to the expiration of the period of the imprisonment of such marine, give one month's notice, or if there shall not be sufficient time for a month's notice, then the longest practicable notice thereof to the Secretary of the Admiralty.

XXXII. That every marine officer who shall, without warrant from one or more of His Majesty's Justices, forcibly enter into or break open the dwelling-house or outhouses of any person whomsoever, under pretence of searching for deserters, shall, upon due proof thereof, forfeit the sum of 201.

XXXIII. That every person who shall receive enlisting money to serve in the Royal Marines from any person employed in the recruiting service, he being an officer, non-commissioned officer, or attested marine, shall be deemed to be enlisted as a marine in His Majesty's service, and while he shall remain with the recruiting party shall be entitled to be billeted; and every

person who shall enlist any recruit shall first ask the person offering to enlist whether he does or does not belong to the Militia, and shall cause to be taken down in writing the name and place of abode of such recruit; and when any person shall be enlisted as a marine, he shall, within four days but not sooner than twenty-four hours after such enlisting, appear, together with some person employed in the recruiting service of the party with which he shall have enlisted, before a Justice residing in the vicinity of the place, and acting for the division or district where such recruit shall have been enlisted, and not being an officer in the Marines; and if such recruit shall declare his having voluntarily enlisted, the said Justice shall put to him the several questions contained in the Schedule to this Act annexed, and shall record or cause to be recorded in writing his answers thereunto; and the said Justice is hereby required forthwith to cause the answers so recorded in writing, and the third, fourth, and fifth articles of the second section of the Articles of War against mutiny, and the first article of the third section of the said Articles of War against desertion, to be read over in his own presence to such recruit, and to administer to such recruit the oath in the Schedule to this Act annexed for limited or unlimited service, or for service in the forces of the East India Company, as may be applicable to the case of the recruit, and no other oaths, anything in any Acts to the contrary notwithstanding; and the said Justice is hereby required to give, under his hand, the certificate in the Schedule to this Act annexed; and if any such recruit so to be certified shall refuse to take the oath in the Schedule to this Act annexed before the said Justice, it shall be lawful for the officer or non-commissioned officer with whom he enlisted to detained and confine such person until be shall take the said oath of fidelity.

XXXIV. That any recruit appearing as aforesaid before such Justice shall be at liberty to declare his dissent to such enlisting, and upon such declaration, and returning the enlisting money, and also paying the sum of 20s. for the charges expended upon him, together with the full amount of subsistence and beer money which shall have been paid to such recruit subsequent to his enlistment, shall be forthwith discharged in the presence of such Justice; but if such person shall refuse or neglect, within the space of twenty-four hours after so declaring his dissent, to return such money as aforesaid, he shall be deemed and taken to be enlisted as if he had given his assent thereto before the said Justice; and it shall also be lawful for any Justice to discharge any person who shall have hastily enlisted, and who shall apply to him to declare his dissent within such four days as aforesaid, upon payment of the sum of money required to be paid by any recruit declaring his dissent under this Act, notwithstanding no person belonging to the recruiting party shall be with the recruit, provided it shall appear to such Justice, upon proof to his satisfaction, that the recruiting party has left the place where such recruit was enlisted, or that the recruit could not procure any person belonging to such party to go with him before the Justice; and the sum paid by such recruit upon his discharge shall be kept by the Justice, and paid to any person belonging to the recruiting party entitled thereto, and demanding the same: Provided always, that no recruit who has actually though erroneously been discharged by the Justice before the expiration of twenty-four hours after the time of his enlistment shall be liable on that account to be proceeded against as having deserted from His Majesty's service; and the Justice who shall discharge any recruit shall in every case give to him a certificate, under his hand, specifying the cause thereof.

XXXV. That any person duly bound as an apprentice, who shall enlist into His Majesty's Royal Marine forces, and shall state to the magistrate before whom he shall be attested that he is not an apprentice, shall be deemed guilty of obtaining money by false pretences, and shall, after the expiration of his apprenticeship, whether he shall have been so convicted and punished or not, be liable to serve as a marine, and if on the expiration of his apprenticeship he shall not deliver himself up to some officer authorized to receive recruits may be taken as a deserter from His Majesty's Royal Marine forces.

XXXVI. That no apprentice claimed by his master shall be taken from any division, detachment, recruiting party, or ship of His Majesty, except under a warrant of a Justice residing near and within whose jurisdiction such apprentice shall than happen to be, before whom he shall be carried; and such Justice shall inquire into the matter upon oath (which oath he is hereby empowered to administer,) and require the production and proof of the indenture, and that notice of the said warrant has been given to and a copy left with the officer under whose command the apprentice shall then be, and that such person so enlisted declared that he was no apprentice; and such justice, if required by such officer, shall commit the offender to the common gaol of the said place where the apprentice shall be apprehended, and shall keep the indenture to be produced when required, and shall bind over such person as he may think proper to give evidence against the offender, who shall be tried at the next or next succeeding general or quarter sessions of the county, division, or place, unless the Court shall on just cause put off the trial; and the production of the indenture, with the certificate of the Justices that the same was proved, shall be sufficient evidence of the said indenture; and every such offender in Scotland may be tried by the Judge Ordinary in the county or stewartry, in such and the like manner as any person may be tried in Scotland for any offence not inferring a capital punishment; and any Justice not required as aforesaid to commit such apprentice may deliver him to his master: Provided always, that every apprentice who shall enlist into the Royal Marines during the period of his apprenticeship shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be liable to the same punishment as offenders convicted of obtaining money under false pretences are liable to, and every such apprentice shall, after the expiration of his apprenticeship, whether he shall have been prosecuted or not, be liable to serve in His Majesty's Royal Marine forces; and if on the expiration of his apprenticeship he shall not deliver himself up to some officer authorized to receive recruits, he may be apprehended as a deserter from His Majesty's Marine forces.

XXXVII. That if any recruit shall receive the enlisting money from any person employed in the recruiting service (knowing it to be such,) and shall abscond or refuse to go before such Justice, or shall thereafter absent himself from the recruiting party or person with whom he enlisted, and shall not voluntarily return to go before some Justice within such period of four days as aforesaid, such recruit shall be deemed to be enlisted and a private in His Majesty's Royal Marine forces, as fully to all intents and purposes as if he had been duly attested, and may be apprehended and punished as a deserter, or for being absent without leave, under any Articles of War made for the punishment of mutiny and desertion; and such recruit shall not be discharged by any Justice of the Peace after the expiration of such four days as aforesaid, unless it shall be proved to the satisfaction of such Justice that the true name and residence of the recruit was disclosed and known to the recruiting party, and that no notice was given to the recruit, or left at his usual place of abode, of his having so enlisted; provided that in every case wherein any recruit shall have received enlisting money, and shall have absconded from the party, so that it shall not be possible imme

[CAP. IV. diately to apprehend and bring him before a Justice, the officer or non-commissioned officer commanding the party shall produce, to the Justice before whom the recruit ought regularly to have been brought for attestation, a certificate of the name and place of residence of such recruit; and the Justice to whom such certificate shall be produced shall, after satisfying himself that the recruit who had absconded cannot be found and apprehended, transmit a duplicate thereof to the Secretary of the Admiralty, in order that, in the event of such recruit being afterwards apprehended and reported as a deserter, the fact of his having received enlisting money, and having absconded after having been enlisted, may be ascertained before he be finally adjudged to be a deserter; and any recruit who shall enlist into His Majesty's Royal Marine forces, and who shall be discovered to be incapable of active service by reason of any infirmity concealed or not declared by such recruit before the Justice at the time of his attestation, and mentioned therein, may be transferred into a garrison or veteran or invalid battalion, and shall be entitled to receive such proportion or residue of bounty only as the Lord High Admiral, or the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, may allow in that behalf, instead of the bounty upon which such man shall have been enlisted, any Act or any rules and regulations to the contrary notwithstanding; and it shall be lawful for any two Justices before whom any recruit shall be brought, and who shall be proved upon oath before them to have wilfully concealed his having been a marine or soldier and discharged, or to have concealed his having been discharged on any prior enlistment, or to have wilfully concealed any infirmity upon being attested, or designedly made any false representation, to adjudge such person to be a rogue and vagabond, and to sentence him to such punishment as by any law now in force may be inflicted on rogues and vagabonds and vagrants and incorrigible rogues; and any recruit who shall designedly make any false representation of any particular contained in the oaths and certificates in the Schedule to this Act annexed before the Justice at the time of his attestation, and shall thereby obtain any enlisting money, or any bounty for entering into His Majesty's service, or any other money, shall be deemed guilty of obtaining money under false pretences, within the true intent and meaning, if in England, of an Act, 7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. 29, intituled An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws in England relative to Larceny and other Offences connected therewith; and if in Ireland, of an Act, 9 Geo. 4. c. 55, intituled An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws in Ireland relative to Larceny and other Offences connected therewith;' and the production of such certificate, and proof of the handwriting of the Justice giving such certificate, shall be sufficient evidence of such party having represented the several particulars contained in the oath sworn by him, and specified in the certificate of the Justice at the time of his having been attested; and that proof by the oath of one or more credible witnesses that the person so prosecuted hath voluntarily acknowledged that at the time of his enlistment he belonged to the Militia, or to any regiment in His Majesty's service, or to His Majesty's Navy or Marines, shall be deemed and taken as evidence of the fact so by him acknowledged, without production of any roll or other document to prove the same; and any man who, having been inrolled to serve in the Militia, and who at the time of offering to enlist in the Marines shall deny that he is a militia man, or shall deny to the Justice before whom he shall be attested that he belongs to the Militia, shall, on conviction thereof before any one Justice in the United Kingdom, either upon the oath of one witness or upon his own confession, or upon the production of the attestation and the before-mentioned declaration of such person, certified by the Secretary of the Admiralty, be committed to the common gaol or house of correction, there to remain without bail or mainprize for and during any time not exceeding six calendar months, over and above any penalty or punishment to which such person so offending may be otherwise liable; and shall, from the day on which his engagement to serve in the Militia shall end, and not sooner, belong as a soldier to the division of His Majesty's Royal Marine forces into which he has so enlisted; provided also, that every such person shall be liable to serve in His Majesty's Royal Marine forces in which he has so enlisted during all the time the Militia to which he shall belong shall remain disembodied, or shall not be called out for training or exercise, and shall during all such time be subject to all the provisions of this Act, and be liable to be apprehended and dealt with and punished as a deserter from the Marines if he shall neglect or refuse to join and serve therein.

XXXVIII. That it shall be lawful for the Justice before whom any recruit (being a hired servant) shall be attested, before the expiration of the term of service for which he shall have been hired, to adjudge to such recruit a reasonable proportion of his wages for the time he shall have actually served, to be forthwith paid by the master, upon whom the said Justice shall make an order accordingly, and if the same be not paid within four days shall enforce the payment thereof by the same means as pecuniary penalties may under this Act be recovered before a Justice.

XXXIX. That every marine officer who shall designedly act contrary to the provisions of this Act, in any respect regarding the enlisting and attesting of recruits for His Majesty's service, shall, upon proof thereof upon oath by two witnesses before a General Court-martial, be cashiered, and disabled to hold any civil or military office or employment in His Majesty's service. XL. That no master shall be entitled to claim an apprentice who shall enlist as a marine in His Majesty's service, unless such master shall, within one calendar month next after such apprentice shall have left his service, go before some Justice, and take and subscribe the oath mentioned in the Schedule to this Act annexed, and at the time of making his claim produce to the officer under whose command the recruit shall be the certificate of such Justice of his having taken such oath, which certificate such Justice is required to give in the form in the Schedule to this Act annexed; nor unless such apprentice shall have been bound, if in England, for the full term of seven years, (not having been above the age of fourteen when so bound,) and, if in Ireland or in the British Isles, for the full term of five years at the least, (not having been above the age of sixteen when so bound,) and, if in Scotland, for the full term at least of four years, by a regular contract of indenture of apprenticeship, duly extended, signed, and tested, and binding on both parties by the law of Scotland, prior to the period of enlistment, and unless such contract or indenture so duly executed shall, within three months after the commencement of the apprenticeship and before the period of enlistment, have been produced to a Justice of the Peace of the county wherein the parties reside, and there shall have been indorsed thereon by such Justice a certificate or declaration signed by him, specifying the date when and the person by whom such contract or indenture shall have been so produced, which certificate or declaration such Justice of the Peace is hereby required to indorse and sign; nor unless any such apprentice shall, when claimed by such master, be under twenty-one years of age; provided that any master of an apprentice indentured for the sea service shall be entitled to claim and recover him in the form and manner above directed, notwithstanding such apprentice may have been bound for a less term than seven, five, or four years as aforesaid; and any such master who shall give up the indentures of apprenticeship within one month after the enlisting of such apprentice shall be entitled to receive, to his own use, so much of the bounty

payable to such recruit, after deducting therefrom two guineas to provide him with necessaries, as shall not have been paid to such recruit before notice given of his being an apprentice.

XLII. That all muster rolls and pay lists of Royal Marines required to be verified upon oath shall be sworn before and attested by any Justice of the Peace, without fee or reward to himself or his clerk.

XLIII. That when there shall not be any officer of His Majesty's land or marine forces of the rank of captain or of a superior rank, or any adjutant of militia, within convenient distance of the place where any non-commissioned officer or marine on furlough shall be detained by sickness or other casualty rendering necessary any extension of such furlough, it shall be lawful for any Justice, who shall be satisfied of such necessity, to grant an extension of furlough for a period not exceeding one month; and the said Justice shall immediately certify such extension, and the cause thereof, to the commanding officer of the division or detachment to which the man belongs, if known, and if not, then to the Secretary of the Admiralty, in order that the necessary allowance of pay and subsistence may be remitted to the marine, who shall not during the period of such extension of furlough be liable to be treated as a deserter; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt any marine from trial and punishment, according to the provision of this Act, for any false representation made by him in that behalf to the said officer or Justice so extending the furlough, or for any breach of discipline committed by him in applying for and obtaining the said extension of furlough.

And after noticing that there is and may be occasion for the marching and also for the quartering of the Royal Marine forces when on Shore ;

It is Enacted,

XLV. That during the continuance of this Act, upon the order or orders in writing in that behalf under the hand of the Lord High Admiral, or the hands of two or more of the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, for the time being, it shall be lawful for all constables and other persons specified in this Act, in England and Ireland, and they are hereby required, to billet the officers and marines whether marching or otherwise, and also all staff and field officers horses, and all bat and baggage horses belonging to the Royal Marine forces, when on actual service, (not exceeding for each officer the number for which forage is allowed by His Majesty's Regulations,) in victualling houses and other houses specified in this Act, taking care in Ireland not to billet less than two men in any one house; and they shall be received by the occupiers of such houses, and be furnished with proper accommodation in such houses, and in England with diet and small beer, and with stables, hay, and straw for such horses as aforesaid, paying and allowing for the same the several rates hereinafter provided; and at no times when marines are on a march shall any of them be billeted above one mile from the place mentioned in the route; and in all places where marines shall be billeted in pursuance of this Act, the officers and their horses shall be billeted in one and the same house, except in case of necessity, and the constables are hereby required to billet all marines on their march in a just and equal proportion upon the keepers of all houses within one mile of the place mentioned in the route, although some of such houses may be in the adjoining county, in like manner in every respect as if such houses were therein locally situate: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to extend to authorize any constable to billet marines out of the county to which such constable belongs, when the constable of the adjoining county shall be present, and undertake to billet the due proportion of men in such adjoining county; and no more billets shall at any time be ordered than there are effective marines and horses present to be billeted; all which billets, when made out by such constables, shall be delivered into the hands of the commanding officer present; and if any person shall find himself aggrieved by having an undue proportion of marines billeted in his house, and shall prefer his complaint, if against a constable, or other person not being a Justice, to one or more Justices, and if against a Justice, then to two or more Justices, within whose jurisdiction such marines are billeted, such Justices respectively shall have power to order such of the marines to be removed and to be billeted upon other persons, as they shall see cause; and when any horses belonging to the officers of His Majesty's Royal Marine forces shall be billeted upon the occupiers of houses who shall have no stables, then upon a written requisition of the officer commanding such marines, the constable is hereby required to billet the horses upon some other person having stables by this Act liable to have officers and marines billeted upon them, and any two or more Justices of the Peace may order a proper allowance to be paid by the person relieved to the persons receiving such horses, or to be applied in the furnishing the requisite accommodation; and the commanding officer may exchange any man or horse billeted in any place with another man or horse billeted in the same place, for the convenience or benefit of the service, provided the number of men and horses do not exceed the number at that time billeted on such houses; and the constables are hereby required to billet such men and horses so exchanged accordingly; and it shall be lawful for any Justice, at the request of any officer or non-commissioned officer commanding any marines requiring billets, to extend any route, or enlarge the district within which billets shall be required, in such manner as shall appear to be most convenient to His Majesty's service Provided always, that to prevent or punish all abuses in billeting marines, it shall be lawful for any Justice, within his jurisdiction, by warrant or order under his hand, to require any constable to give him an account in writing of the number of officers and marines who shall be quartered by such constable, together with the names of the persons upon whom such officers and marines are billeted, stating the street or place where such persons dwell, and the signs, if any, belonging to their houses; and it shall be lawful to billet officers and marines in Scotland according to the provisions of the laws in force in Scotland at the time of its union with England; and no officer shall be obliged to pay for his lodging where he shall be regularly billeted, except in the suburbs of Edinburgh: Provided always, that no Justice, being an officer of Royal Marines, shall directly or indirectly be concerned in billeting or appointing quarters under this Act.

XLVI. That the innholder or other person on whom any marine is billeted in England shall, if required by such marine, farnish him for every day on the march, and for a period not exceeding two days when halted at any intermediate place upon the march, and for the day of arrival at the place of final destination, with one hot meal in each day, the meal to consist of such quantities of diet and small beer as may be fixed by His Majesty's regulations, not exceeding one pound and a quarter of meat previous to being dressed, one pound of bread, one pound of potatoes or other vegetables, and two pints of small beer, and vinegar, salt, and pepper, and for such meal the innholder, or other person furnishing the same, shall be paid the sum of 10d.; and all innholders and other persons on whom marines may be billeted 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 billeted, in England, for hay and straw, shall be 10d. per diem for each horse, and in Ireland the sum to be paid for forage to the innholder or other person for horses billeted, 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 billeted, the sum of 4d. 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 billeted, 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 billeted, 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.

XLVII. That for the regular provision of carriages for the Royal Marine forces and their baggage, on their marches in England and Ireland, all Justices of the Peace within their several jurisdictions, being duly required thereunto by order of the said Lord High Admiral, or two or more of the Commissioners for executing the said office of Lord High Admiral, for the time being, shall, on the production of such order to them, or any one or more of them, by the officer or non-commissioned officer of the party of marines so ordered to march, issue a warrant to any constable having authority to act in any place from, through, near, or to which such marines shall be ordered to march, (for each of which warrants a fee of 1s. only shall be paid,) requiring him to provide the carriages, horses, oxen, and drivers therein mentioned, (allowing sufficient time to do the same,) specifying the places from and to which the said carriages shall travel, and the number of miles between the places, for which number only so specified payment shall be demanded, and which number of miles shall not, except in cases of pressing emergency, exceed the day's march prescribed in the order of route, and shall in no case exceed twenty-five miles; and the constables receiving such warrant shall order such persons as they shall think proper, having carriages, to furnish the requisite supply, who are hereby required to furnish the same accordingly; and in case sufficient carriages cannot be procured within the proper jurisdiction, any Justice of the next adjoining jurisdiction shall, by a like course of proceeding, supply the deficiency; and in order that the burthen of providing carriages may fall equally, and to prevent inconvenience arising from there being no Justice residing near the place where marines may be quartered on the march, the Justice or Justices residing nearest to such place shall cause a list to be made out, at least once in every year, of all persons liable to furnish such carriages, and of the number and description of their said carriages, (which lists shall at all seasonable hours be open to the inspection of the said persons,) and may by warrant under his hand authorize the constables within his jurisdiction to give orders to provide carriages, without any special warrant for that purpose, which orders shall be valid in all respects; and all orders for such carriages shall be made from such lists in regular rotation, so far as the same can be done. XLVIII. That the rates to be paid for carriages impressed shall be, in England, for every mile which a waggon with four or more horses, or a wain with six oxen or four oxen and two horses, shall travel, 1s.; and for every mile any waggon with narrow wheels, or any cart with four horses, carrying not less than 1,500 weight, shall travel, 9d.; and for every mile every other cart or carriage with less than four horses, and not carrying 1,500 weight, shall travel, 6d.; and in Ireland, for every 100 weight loaded on any wheel carriage, d. per mile; and in England such further rates may be added, not exceeding a total additional sum per mile of 4d., 3d., or 2d., to the respective rates of 1s., 9d., and 6d., as may seem reasonable to the Justices assembled at general sessions in England, for their respective districts; and the order of such Justices at sessions shall specify the average price of hay and oats at the nearest market town at the time of fixing such additional rates, and the period for which the order shall be enforced, not exceeding ten days beyond the next general sessions; (and no such order shall be valid unless a copy thereof, signed by the presiding Magistrate and one other Justice, shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Admiralty within three days after the making thereof;) and also in England, when the day's march shall exceed fifteen miles, the Justice granting his warrant may fix a further reasonable compensation, not exceeding the usual rate of hire fixed by this Act; and when additional rates or compensation shall be granted, the Justice shall insert, in his own hand, in the warrant, the amount thereof, and the date of the order of sessions, if fixed by sessions, and the warrant shall be given to the officer commanding as his voucher: Provided always, that the officer or non-commissioned officer demanding carriages by virtue of the warrant of a Justice shall, in England, pay down the proper sums into the hands of the constables providing carriages, who shall give receipts for the same on unstamped paper; and, in Ireland, the officers or non-commissioned officers as aforesaid shall pay the owners or drivers of the carriages, and one third part of such payment shall be made before the carriage be loaded, and all the said payments in Ireland shall be made, if required, in presence of a Justice or constable: Provided also, that no carriage shall be liable to carry more than 3,000 weight in England, and in Ireland no car shall be liable to carry more than 600 weight, and no dray more than 1,200 weight; but the owner of such carriages in Ireland, consenting to carry a greater weight, shall be paid at the same rate for every 100 weight of the said excess; and the owners of such carriages in Ireland shall not be compelled to proceed, though with any less weight, under the sum of 3d. a mile for each car, and 6d. a mile for each dray; and the loading of such carriages in Ireland shall be first weighed, if required, at the expense of the owner of the carriage, if the same can be done in a reasonable time, without hindrance of His Majesty's service; and the providing and paying for carriages in Scotland shall be regulated by the law in force at the time of the Union with England: Provided also, that a cart with one or more horses, for which the furnisher shall receive 9d. a mile, shall be required to carry 1,500 weight at the least; and that no penalties or forfeitures in any Act relating to highways or turnpike roads in