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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>MEMORIAL To his Grace, His MAJESTIES High Commi&s;sioner, and the Honou|rable E&s;tates of Parliament, concerning a Fond for a yearly Sallary to the Judge of the High Court of Admirality.</HEAD>
<P>THE High Court of Admirality, being by Act of Parliament declared a Sovereign Court, it is &s;uitable to the Dignity thereof, that the Judge have a &s;ettled Sallary for his Pains and Encouragement, as other Judges of Soveraign Courts have, and that he be not left to the meanne&s;s and uncertainty of Sentence-money.</P>
<P>The mo&s;t natural Fond that occurs, is &s;ome &s;mall Tunnage on Shipping, which may be made to ea&s;ie, that it will be very in&s;en&s;ible to tho&s;e lyable in payment.</P>
<P>In the la&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament there was Impo&s;ed Sixteen Pence on the Tun of every Foraign Ship which came into any Harbour or Road within this Kingdom, each Voyage, and Four Shilling <HI>Scots</HI> on every Tun of <HI>Scots</HI> Ships above Twelve Tuns Burden, once ilk Year, which was to be applyed by the Lords of Privy Council for Re-imbur&s;ing Captain <HI>Slazer</HI> and Mr. <HI>Adair,</HI> for certain Mapps, Pro&s;pects, and De&s;criptions of <HI>Scotland,</HI> with power to &s;top the &s;aid Impo&s;ition in whole or in part, when the &s;aids Maps and Pro&s;pects were perfected.</P>
<P>How far Mr. <HI>Slazer</HI> and Mr. <HI>Adair</HI> are payed or might have been payed out of the &s;aid Fond, may be enquired into if the E&s;tates of Parliament think fit.</P>
<P>It is certain this Impo&s;ition was complained of as a very heavy Burden by tho&s;e concerned with Shipping, for ea&s;ing them thereof in a great Mea&s;ure.</P>
<P>It is humbly propo&s;ed, that the one half of the &s;aid Impo&s;ition be continu|ed to be a Fond for a Sallary to the Judge of the High Court of Admirali|ty, and for making it the more effectual, that a Collector be appointed toup|lift the whole Termly, and that he have a &s;uitable Allowance, as al&s;o that the Judge and Collectors Sallary be appointed to be payed out of the fir&s;t and rea|die&s;t of the &s;aid Impo&s;ition, and if the Parliament think fit to continue any part of the &s;aid Tunnage for Mr. <HI>Slazer</HI> or <HI>Adairs</HI> Behoves, that the &s;ame be payed out of the <HI>&s;uperplus:</HI> But Captain <HI>Slazers</HI> performances being altogether extrin&s;ick from Shipping, the Parliament may po&s;&s;ibly fall on &s;ome other more proper Fond for his Reimbur&s;ement.</P>
<P>The Royal Burrows who are mo&s;t concerned in this Matter, will willingly agree to this Propo&s;al, and what &s;hall be the <HI>Quota</HI> of the Sallary, is &s;ubmit|ted to the Commis&s;ioner his Grace and the Honourable E&s;tates of Parliament.</P>
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