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L. H. J.
Liber No. 48
July;
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or Water, to serve for the Term of seven Years or upwards, at the
Time of their Entry, shall pay unto the Naval Officer, for the Time
being, belonging to such Port or Place where they make their Entry,
the Sum of Five Shillings, in Bills of Credit, over and above the
Duties already imposed by other Laws on such Servants.
And be it further Enacted, That the Naval Officers aforesaid,
shall yearly transmit to the Commissioners of the Loan-Office an
Account upon Oath of all the Monies by them respectively received,
by Virtue of this Act, for the Duties, Impositions and Forfeitures,
and yearly pay to the said Commissioners or Trustees the Monies
aforesaid so by them received, retaining in his or their Hands respec-
tively a Commission of Two and an Half per Cent; and that the
Office-Bonds of the said Naval Officers, and their Sureties in such
Bonds, shall be answerable for and subject to the Payment of all
Monies so by the said respective Naval Officers received, and for any
Breach of Duty by them committed against this Act.
And be it further Enacted, That the said Commissioners or
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Trustees of the said Loan-Office, for the Time being, shall, and they
are hereby obliged and required to keep a distinct and particular
Account of all the Money paid to them, by Virtue of this Act, and
upon every Payment made to them, to credit such Account, by the
Person paying the same, distinguishing particularly in such Account
for what the same was paid.
And be it further Enacted, That the Commissioners or Trustees
of the Loan-Office aforesaid, shall retain and keep all such Sums of
Money as they shall receive by Virtue of this Act, till the next Ses-
sion of Assembly after the Receipt thereof, and then shall burn and
destroy the same before the Committee, which shall be appointed to
inspect the Accounts and Proceedings of the said Office, and so from
Session to Session until they have destroyed the full Sum of Two
Thousand Pounds: And the Residue of the Money arising by Virtue
of this Act, if any there be, they shall retain in their Hands, to be
disposed of as the General Assembly of this Province shall direct.
And be it further Enacted, That the Office-Bonds of the said Com-
missioners or Trustees of the said Loan-Office, for the Time being,
and their Sureties in such Bands, shall be answerable for all Sums of
Money, which they shall receive by Virtue of this Act.
And for the better Encouragement of any Person or Persons,
Party or Parties, either in Pay by Virtue and Direction of this Act,
or other the Inhabitants of this Province,
It is hereby Enacted, That any Person or Persons, Party or
Parties, in Pay by Virtue and Direction of this Act, or other the
Inhabitants of this Province, who shall, within six Months after the
End of this Session of Assembly, unless the present Hostilities
should cease before the Expiration of that Time, kill or destroy, or
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