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<P>A DECLARATION OF THE COMMONS A&s;&s;embled in PARLIAMENT, Concerning the JURISDICTION OF THE Admiralty.</P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Edward Hu&s;band,</HI> Printer to the Ho|norable Hou&s;e of Commons. 1648.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Die Sabbathi,</HI> 23 <HI>Septemb.</HI> 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>WHereas by an Ordinance of Parliament, entituled, <HI>An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, for &s;etling the Iuri&s;diction of the Court of Admiralty,</HI> dated the 12 of <HI>April,</HI> 1648. It is Ordered and Ordained, That all Cau&s;es which concern the repairing, victualling and furni&s;hing provi&s;ions for the &s;etting of Ships or Ve&s;&s;els to Sea; and all Cau&s;es of Bottomrey, and likewi&s;e all Cau&s;es of Contracts made beyond the Seas, concerning Shipping or Navigation, or Damages happening thereon, or other Damages ari&s;ing at Sea in any Voyage; and
<PB N="4" REF="3">likewi&s;e all Cau&s;es of Charter, Par|ties or Contracts for Fraight, Bills of Lading, Marriners wages, or Dama|ges in Goods Laden aboard Ships, or other Damages done by one Ship or Ve&s;&s;el to another, or by Anchors, or want of laying of Buoys, be within the Cognizance and Iuri&s;diction of the Admiralty Court; and that the &s;aid Court may proceed therein, ac|cording to the power and directions in the &s;aid Ordinance given. Now whereas there is a Que&s;tion made, VVhether the Cau&s;es now lying un|der prohibitions &s;till undetermined, notwith&s;tanding they are of the &s;ame nature with the&s;e afore&s;aid, and com|prehended in the &s;aid Ordinance, &s;hall be proceeded in, and finally de|termined by the Iudges of the Admi|ralty,
<PB N="5" REF="3">or Iudges Delegates, according to the true intent and meaning of the &s;aid Ordinance, as well as tho&s;e Cau|&s;es which are and &s;hall be begun &s;ince the date of the &s;aid Ordinance; It is Ordered and Declared by the Com|mons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, That all Cau&s;es which have now long lain under prohibitions, by rea&s;on of the un&s;ettlement of that Iuri&s;diction, be proceeded in, and finally determined, and the Decrees and Sentences put in execution, according to the directions given in the &s;aid Ordinance, and true meaning and intent thereof, as well as tho&s;e that are or &s;hall be begun &s;ince the making of the &s;ame: And that the Iudges of the Admiralty appoint|ed in the &s;aid late Ordinance; And likewi&s;e the Iudges Delegates nomi|nated
<PB N="6" REF="4">under the Great-Seal, or that from time to time hereafter &s;hall be appointed and nominated, do and may proceed therein, and finally de|termine the &s;ame, and the Decrees and Sentences put in execution ac|cordingly. And that it is further Or|dered and Declared by the Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, That tho&s;e Cau&s;es that are or &s;hall be begun du|ring the three years limited in the &s;aid Ordinance, be not mole&s;ted or inter|rupted by prohibitions, though not fully determined within the three years limited therein, being compre|hended as afore&s;aid within the &s;aid Ordinance:</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H: El&s;ynge, Cler. Parl D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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