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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<HEAD>REASONS Humbly Offered, for the bringing in a <HI>BILL,</HI> to Encourage Privateers, and to Demon&s;trate, that &s;uch a <HI>Bill</HI> as is propo&s;ed, will not Evade the Pro|hibition Act, or any thing, except as to Prize Goods.</HEAD>
<P>THE great Rea&s;on why Prize Goods were not allowed to be Excepted out of the Act for prohibiting Trade with <HI>France</HI> was, becau&s;e by &s;uch an Exception, all <HI>French</HI> Goods would be imported by way of Merchandize under the Colour of Prize Goods, and &s;o the de&s;ign of the Act Eluded.</P>
<P>For the preventing which Mi&s;chief, 'tis propo&s;ed, that upon all Goods taken, and brought in as Prize, &s;uch a Value may be &s;et, as doth not exceed Nine parts in Ten of the prime Co&s;t, which mu&s;t have been paid for them in <HI>France,</HI> if they had been bought there.</P>
<P>As for In&s;tance, If <HI>Burdeaux</HI> Claret be wor<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="2 letters"> 7 <HI>l.</HI> a Ton in <HI>France,</HI> then let every Ton, that is brought in by way of Prize, be valued at a Tenth part le&s;s than 7 <HI>l.</HI> which is 6 <HI>l.</HI> 6 <HI>s.</HI> and let the Nine parts which belong to the Captors be delivered at that Price, to &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ioners as &s;hall be appointed by Their Maje&s;ties for that purpo&s;e and the Commi&s;&s;ioners to &s;ell it for the be&s;t advantage of Their Maje&s;ties.</P>
<P>And &s;o let proportionable Rates be &s;et upon all other Prize Goods.</P>
<P>By this means 'twill be next to an impo&s;&s;ibility, that any Trade &s;hould be privately carried on with <HI>France,</HI> under the colour of Prize Goods, for no Merchant will buy Wines, or other Goods, in <HI>France,</HI> and be at the Expence of Shipping them there, and al&s;o at the further Charges of fitting out Privateers here, to go and take &s;uch Ships and Goods, when they are &s;ure they &s;hall lo&s;e a Tenth part of their fir&s;t Co&s;t in <HI>France,</HI> be&s;ides all their other Expences.</P>
<P>And the better to prevent any fraudulent Importation of <HI>French</HI> Goods by way of Merchandize, under the Colour of Prize Goods, 'tis propo&s;ed Fir&s;t.</P>
<P N="1">I. That a Clau&s;e be added to the Bill that every Captain, Ma&s;ter, or other Chief Officer of the Ship, which takes a <HI>French</HI> Prize, &s;hall bring it into &s;uch Port, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> as is next to the place where &s;uch Prize was taken, and within 6 Hours after bringing the &s;ame into &s;uch next Port <HI>&amp;c.</HI> to declare to the Chief Magi&s;trate of the Port that the Ve&s;&s;el and Goods brought in were taken as Prize.</P>
<P N="2">II. That the Captain, Ma&s;ter, and other Officers of the Ship, be compelled to &s;wear, that &s;uch Ve&s;&s;els, and goods, &s;o taken and brought in by them, were really, and <HI>bona fide</HI> taken as Prize.</P>
<P N="3">III. If any Goods brought in, and &s;worn to be Prize, are not really &s;o, but are fraudulently brought in by way of Merchandize; That in &s;uch Ca&s;e the Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, detecting &s;uch Fraud, and Convicting the Ma&s;ter, or other Officers thereof, &s;hall have the advantage which the Captors &s;hould have had.</P>
<P N="4">IV. That after &s;uch Prize be brought in, the Captain, Ma&s;ter, or any other Per&s;on, &s;hall not pre&s;ume to land any of the Goods, before the &s;ame be Condemned as Prize, nor after Condemnation, without Licence from the Commi&s;&s;ioners.</P>
<P N="5">V. If any Captain, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> do not bring in their Prizes to the next Port, (unle&s;s drove to any other Port by &s;tre&s;s of Weather) or refu&s;e to &s;wear, they were really, and <HI>bona fide</HI> taken as Prize, or if they Land any of their Goods otherwi&s;e than as afore&s;aid: In every &s;uch Ca&s;e, the Goods to be deemed Imported contrary to the Prohibition Act, and the Goods, and the Captain, Ma&s;ter, Officers, Mariners, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> to be &s;ubject to the Penalties in the &s;aid Act mentioned.</P>
<P N="6">VI. That a Clau&s;e be added to prevent the Farming, or taking any Grant or Lea&s;e of the Prize Goods or any part thereof, or the profits ari&s;ing thereby. Together with &s;uch other Clau&s;es as to the great Wi&s;dom of this Honourable Hou&s;e &s;hall &s;eem Nece&s;&s;ary.</P>
<P>By &s;uch a Bill, among many other Advantages that will Ari&s;e to Their Maje&s;ties and the Kingdom, Fir&s;t</P>
<P>An Addition will be made to Their Maje&s;ties Revenue.</P>
<P N="2">2. The <HI>French</HI> Trade will be much &s;treightned.</P>
<P N="3">3. The <HI>French</HI> Pri&s;oners taken by our Privateers, will be a means to redeem our <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Seamen, and others, that are Captives in <HI>France.</HI> And</P>
<P N="4">4. Be&s;ides the Addition which will be made to the Number of Seamen, by the Redeeming many Mariners from the <HI>French</HI> Slavery, there will be a con&s;tant Nur&s;ery of Seamen maintained by the Privateers, which will give &s;ecurity to be ready upon any Summons from Their Maje&s;ties, or the Lords of the Admiralty, to &s;erve Their Maje&s;ties in Their Men of War.</P>
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