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<P>AN ACT For Impre&s;ting of SEAMEN.</P>
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<P>June 28. 1659.</P>
<P>ORdered by the Parliament, That this Act be forth|with Printed and Publi&s;hed.</P>
<P>THO. S^t NICHOLAS Clerk of the Parliament.</P>
<P><HI>LONDON:</HI> Printed by JOHN FIELD and HENRY HILLS, Printers to the Parliament.</P>
<P>And are to be &s;old at the &s;even Stars in <HI>Fleet&s;treet,</HI> over again&s;t <HI>Dun&s;tans</HI> Church, 1659.</P>
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<HEAD>AN ACT For Impre&s;ting of SEAMEN.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas in this time of Action the Affairs of the Common|wealth require that there &s;hould be &s;ufficient and full numbers of Seamen for the timely furni&s;hing and &s;et|ting forth of the Fleets to Sea for Publique Service, Be it therefore Enacted by this pre&s;ent Parliament, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That the Coun|cel of State, or Commi&s;&s;ioners for Ordering and Managing of the Affairs of the Admi|ralty and Navy, or the Generals of the Fleet, or the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Navy, &s;hall hereby have Power within the Com|monwealth of <HI>England,</HI> and Dominions thereof, at any time or times from the Five and twentieth day of <HI>June</HI> One thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty nine, by their Commi&s;|&s;ioner or Commi&s;&s;ioners, Officer or Offi|cers Authorized thereunto by Warrant un|der their or any of their Hands and Seals, Rai&s;e, Leavy and Impre&s;t, &s;uch and &s;o ma|ny Mariners, Sailers, Watermen, Chirur|gions, Gunners, Ship-Carpenters, Caw|kers, Coopers, Hoymen or Carmen, for Car|riages
<PB N="2" REF="3"> of Provi&s;ions, as al&s;o Ships, Hoys, and other Ve&s;&s;els, as &s;hall be requi&s;ite and nece&s;&s;ary for the Service, paying rea&s;onable Rates for the &s;ame whil&s;t Imployed in the Service of this Commonwealth: And the &s;aid Mariners, Sailers, and &s;uch other per|&s;ons &s;o to be Leavied and Impre&s;ted as afore&s;aid, and every of them, &s;hall have paid and delivered to him or them upon his or their Impre&s;ting, by the per&s;on that &s;hall &s;o Impre&s;t him for Conduct money for eve|ry mile from the place where he &s;hall be &s;o Impre&s;t, to the Ship or place where he &s;hall be appointed to make his repair, the &s;um of One peny half peny <HI>per</HI> mile, and the like &s;um of One peny half peny for every mile, from the place of his Di&s;charge, unto the place of his Abode, and &s;hall be allowed for his Service the &s;ame Wages and Enter|tainments in all re&s;pects, which is allowed by the Parliament to any &s;uch per&s;on or per|&s;ons imployed in the &s;aid Service, according to their re&s;pective Places; And if any Ma|riner, Sailer, Waterman, Chirurgion, Gunner, Ship-Carpenter, Cawker, Hoy|man or Carman &s;hall refu&s;e to be Impre&s;t|ed in and for the &s;aid Service, or &s;hall hide or ab&s;ent him&s;elf at the time of the Pre&s;s to a|void the &s;aid Service, he or they &s;hall be Committed to Pri&s;on, and there remain for the &s;pace of Six Moneths, unle&s;s the Coun|cel of State, or Commi&s;&s;ioners for Order|ing and Managing the Affairs of the Admi|ralty and Navy, or the Generals or Com|mi&s;&s;ioners for the Navy &s;hall &s;ee cau&s;e to re|lea&s;e them.</P>
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<P>And be it further Enacted by the Autho|rity afore&s;aid, That all and every Mariner and Seaman that &s;hall be Impre&s;t, and re|ceive Impre&s;t or Conduct-Money, or &s;hall be retained or received into the Hire or Service of this Commonwealth to &s;erve in any part of the Fleet or Navy, or Ship or Ships of this Commonwealth, &s;hall be bound, and is hereby required to appear per&s;onally at &s;uch place and time, as by Tickets deliver|ed to every &s;uch Mariner or Seaman, un|der the hand of the per&s;on thereto Authori|&s;ed, &s;hall be &s;et down, nominated and ap|pointed, and &s;hall make his or their per&s;on|al and &s;peedy repair to &s;uch Ship and Ships re&s;pectively, as he and they &s;hall be directed and ordered unto, and go on board &s;uch Ship accordingly, and continue on board the &s;aid Ship, and do and perform his &s;er|vice therein, without either withdrawing or ab&s;enting him or them&s;elves from &s;uch Ship and Ships, or removing from one Sh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">p to another, without Licen&s;e in writing thereto obtained, upon pain of death; And all and every &s;uch offence and offences &s;hall be by virtue of this Act, tryed before the Iudges of the Admiralty for the time be|ing, and their A&s;&s;ociates Commi&s;sioners of <HI>Oyer</HI> and <HI>Terminer</HI> for tryal of Maritine offenders, upon directions in writing &s;ent unto them from the Councel of State, for the tryal of all and every &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons as &s;hall be proceeded again&s;t for his or their lives by virtue of this Act.</P>
<P>And thereupon, the &s;aid Iudges of the Admiralty and their A&s;&s;ociates Commi&s;si|oners
<PB N="4" REF="4"> afore&s;aid, by virtue of this Act, are Authori&s;ed and Required to hear and deter|mine the &s;aid offences, and to arraign and try all &s;uch criminous Delinquents for the Matters in this Act contained; And being found guilty, to give Iudgement of death upon them re&s;pectively for the &s;ame, and to cau&s;e execution thereof to be done accord|ing to the u&s;ual cour&s;e and forms of crimi|nal Tryals, before the &s;aid Iudges and Commi&s;sioners in ca&s;es of Maritine Delin|quency: And for all and every &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons offending in the Premi&s;es, as &s;hall not by &s;uch directions in writing from the Councel of State be directed to be try|ed before the &s;aid Iudges of the Admiral|ty and their A&s;&s;ociates as afore&s;aid, they and every of them &s;hall &s;tand committed to Pri&s;on as afore&s;aid, there to remain by the &s;pace of &s;ix Moneths without Bail or main-prize.</P>
<P>And be it likewi&s;e Enacted, That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons that &s;hall oppo&s;e, or re&s;i&s;t any of the Officers intru&s;ted for Impre&s;ting as afore&s;aid, in their execution of that &s;ervice, or abet or &s;et on any others &s;o to do, &s;hall for the &s;ame offences incur the penalty of death, and be tryed and ad|judged, and executed in maner and form afore&s;aid, by, and before the Iudges of the Admiralty and their A&s;&s;ociates, upon like directions in writing to be &s;ent unto them from the Councel of State; And if no &s;uch directions &s;hall be &s;ent for their tryal by the Councel of State, that then neverthele&s;s they the &s;aid Offenders re&s;pectively &s;tand
<PB N="5" REF="4"> committed to Pri&s;on without Bail or main-prize for the &s;pace of &s;ix Moneths. And all Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Mayors, Bayliffs, Con&s;tables, and all other Officers are hereby required and enjoyned to be aiding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting from time to time to the Per|&s;ons Authorized by virtue of this Act, for the better putting in execution the &s;ame ac|cording to the true intent and meaning thereof. And in ca&s;e any Per&s;on or Per|&s;ons imployed, or to be imployed in the Im|pre&s;ting of any Mariner, Saylor, Water|man, Chyrurgion, Gunner, Ship-Car|penter, Cawker, Hoyman, or Carman, &s;hall directly or indirectly take or receive any Money, Gratuity or Reward, for pre&s;ting, changing, &s;paring, or di&s;charging of any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons &s;o Impre&s;t, or to be Im|pre&s;ted as afore&s;aid; All and every &s;uch Per|&s;on &s;o offending again&s;t this Act, &s;hall for|feit and pay the &s;um of ten Pounds for eve|ry &s;uch offence, the one moyety thereof to the u&s;e of the Commonwealth, and the other moyety to the u&s;e of &s;uch Per&s;on or Per&s;ons who &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame in any Court of Record. Provided always, That this Act &s;hall not extend to the Pre&s;ting any Ma&s;ter, Ma&s;ters-mate, Gunner, Carpenter or Boat&s;wain, of any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el that is or &s;hall be in imployment.</P>
<P>And la&s;tly, For the further and better in|couragement of Seamen and Watermen, to apply them&s;elves the more willingly to the Service, It is further Enacted and Or|dained by this pre&s;ent Parliament and the Authority thereof, That all Mariners,
<PB N="6" REF="5"> Saylors, and likewi&s;e all Watermen, who have &s;erved an Apprenti&s;hip by the &s;pace of &s;even years in their &s;aid profe&s;&s;ions, or that are Servants &amp; Apprentices by Indenture to any &s;uch Waterman, &s;hall be, and are hereby freed and exempted from being pre&s;t|ed to &s;erve as Soldiers in any Land-&s;er|vice. Provided That no Seaman or Wa|terman above the age of fifty, or under the age of fifteen years, &s;hall be Impre&s;ted by virtue of this Act.</P>
<P>Provided, That this Act &s;hall continue and be in force, until the fir&s;t day of <HI>December,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty nine, and no longer.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>June 28, 1659.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Parliament, That this Act be forthwith Printed and Publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>THO. S^t NICHOLAS Clerk of the Parliament.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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