Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1744. 325

Mate, Surgeons and Chaplain on Board any such Ship, one
Eighth part to be equally divided among them, To the Mid-
shipmen Carpenters Mates, Boatswains Mates, Gunners
Mates, Master at Arms Corporals, Yeomen of the Sheets
Coxswain, Quarter Masters Quarter Masters Mates, Surgeons
Mates Yeomen of the Powder Room, and Serjeants of
Marines or Land Forces on Board any such Ships, one Eighth
part to be equally divided among them; To the Trumpeters
Quarter Gunners, Carpenters Crew, Steward Cook Armourer
Stewards Mate, Cooks Mate, Gunsmith, Cooper, Swabber,
Ordinary Trumpeter Barber able Seamen Ordinary Seamen
and Marine or other Soldiers two Eighth parts to be equally
divided among them: And in Case any Sea Captain, inferior
Commission or other Warrant Sea Officers, belonging to
any Ship of War, for whom any Shares of Prizes are hereby
allowed, be absent and not on Board at the time of any Cap-
ture of any Prize; the Share of such Sea Captain, inferior
Commission or Warrant Sea Officers, shall be Cast into the
Shares hereby allowed to the Trumpeter Quarter Gunners,

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Carpenters Crew, Steward Cook, Armourer, Stewards Mate
Gunsmith, Cooper Swabber, Ordinary Trumpeter, Barber,
Able Seamen, ordinary Seamen, and Marines or other Sol-
diers to be equally divided among them Provided that if any
Officer or Officers on Board any of our Ships of War at the
time of taking any such Prizes shall have more Commissions
or Offices than one he or they shall be entituled only to the
Share or Shares of such Prizes, which according to the above-
mentioned distribution shall belong to his or their respective
superior Commissions or Offices. And We do hereby strictly
enjoyn all and every Commander & Commanders of any Ships of
War taking any Prize as soon as may be to transmit or cause to
be transmitted to the Commissioners of our Navy a true List
of the Names of all the Officers, Seamen Marines Soldiers or
others who were actually on Board our Ships of War under
his or their Command at the taking such Prize, which List
shall contain the Quality of the Service of Each Person on
Board, and be subscribed by the Captain or Commanding
Officer, and three more of the Chief Officers on Board, And
We do hereby require and direct the Commissioners of our
Navy or any three or more of them after Condemnation of
such Prize to examine or cause to be examined such List by
the Muster Book of such Ships of War and Lists annexed
thereto, to see that such List doth agree with the said Muster
Book, and annexed Lists as to the Names Qualities or Rat-
ings of the Officers Seamen Marines Soldiers and others be-
longing to Such Ship of War, and upon Request forthwith to
Grant a Certificate of the Truth of any List transmitted to

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