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A82361 An act for constituting commissioners for ordering and managing the affairs of the Admiralty and Navie. Thursday, February 2. 1659. Ordered by the Parliament, that this act be forthwith printed and published. Thomas St Nicholas, clerk of the Parliament. England and Wales. 1660 (1660) Wing E1010; Thomason E1074_28; ESTC R208382 5,553 14

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of War of Captains or other Officers as to them shall seém meét and to appoint a Iudge Advocate to attend the said Councils of War and to do and perform the Duties of that place who is hereby Authorized to Administer an Oath to any Person or Persons for the examination of any matter which shall be depending before the said Councils of War And the said Councils of War are hereby Authorized to cause any Persons belonging to the said Navy and Army at Sea to be summoned and to appear before them and there to proceéd to the Tryal of any Offenders against the Articles Orders or Ordinances of War for the Sea by examinations of Witnesses upon Oath and to give Iudgment and to cause execution to be done upon such Offenders according to the Orders Articles and Ordinances of War established by Parliament And the said Commissioners are hereby Authorized and impowred to do execute and performe all and every such farther and other Authorities Powers and Instructions as shall from time to time be given unto them by the Parliament And be it farther Enacted That the said Commissioners be and are hereby Authorized and Required to Inspect the Office of the Ordnance and to contract or give Order for such Contracts to be made from time to time for all such provisions of Stores and Ammunition as shall be requisite for supply of the Fleéts Armies and Garrisons of this Common-Wealth And to give Warrant from time to time to the Treasurer of the Navie for the payment of all such Monies as are already Due or shall hereafter become Due and owing for any such Stores or Amunition so contracted or to be contracted for as aforesaid And the said Commissioners have hereby Power to make use of the Seale of the Anchor for their Warrants Commissions Orders and other Transactions and to make choice of and appoint such Clerks and other Officers under them as they shall thinke meet with Fitting and Competent Sallaries to each of them and to Direct Payment to be made by the Treasurer of the Navy of all such Moneys as is or shall from time to time grow due for any Navall provisions to be delivered into the Publique Stores As also of the Salaries and Wages which now are or hereafter shall grow due to the Commanders Officers and Sea-men serving in the Fleet And to any of the Officers and Ministers relating to the Admiralty and Navy and Yards and to the Office of the Ordnance as it shall from time to time become due and payable to them or either of them respectively And likewise of all incident Charges that shall be requisite for carrying on the service by this Act intrusted with them And the said Commissioners are hereby Authorised and required to put in Execution the Votes and Resolutions of Parliament passed the two and twentieth of December One thousand six hundred fifty two concerning encouragement to be given to Marriners and Sea-men in the service of the Commonwealth and all the particulars therein and to give such Orders from time to time as shall be requisite for effecting thereof And the said Commissioners are required to Inspect Manage and Order the preservation of the Timber and Wood in the New Forrest Holt Forrest and Forrest of Dean and the Works and Concernments there on behalf of the Commonwealth And to give order for the Felling Cutting down and making use of such and so many Timber-trees or Timber as they shall think fit and necessary for the service of the Navy either in the Forrest of Dean or in the New Forrest or Holt Forrest And to order the Vse and Disposal of such Timber-Trees or other Timber as are reserved and excepted upon sale of the late Kings or other Lands for the Navies use And the said Commissioners are to Direct and Order the Managing and Working of the Iron-Works lately erected in the Forrest of Dean for the Casting of Round Shot Iron Ordnance and making of Iron for the use of the Navy the best manner as may conduce to the Publique Service And the said Commissioners are hereby further authorised and impowred to issue their Warrant from time to time to the Commissioners for Prize Goods for the time being to Deliver to the Commissioners for the Navy or to whom else the said Commissioners for the Admiralty and Navy shall appoint such Prize-Ships or Vessels with their Tackle Furniture Ordnance Ammunition or other Provisions after they shall be adjudged Prize as the said Commissioners or any five or more of them whereof two of them to be Members of this House as aforesaid shall judge fit and necessary for the Vse and Service of the Navy And the said Commissioners are further authorised and required to use their utmost Endeavours to preserve the Navall and other Publique Stores within their Inspection and Management from all Wasts Spoyles and Imbeziements And to that end they are hereby Impowred to cause inquiry or search to be made as they shall judge needfull in any Ships Hoyes Vessels Houses Shops Cellars or other place or places whatsoever And to seize or cause to be seized and secured all such Stores as are or shall belong to the State And the said Commissioners are authorised to summon and send for and cause to be brought before them such person and persons as shall be suspected or found to have Imbezelled any of the Navall Stores and to cause such person or persons to be committed to Prison to be proceeded against according to Law or to make such speedy and due satisfaction for such Injury and Prejudice as the Commonwealth shall receive thereby And where the said Commissioners shall find any Person or Persons to have abused or falsified their Trusts by stealing or imbezelling buying or receiving any of the States Stores or countenancing or abetting the same They or any five or more of them whereof two of them to be Members of this Parliament have hereby Power to commit such person or persons to Prison during such time as they shall think fit not exceeding the space of four moneths And whereas there may happen to be a failer of moneys in the Prize-Office which by the Votes of Parliament of the two and twentieth of December one thousand six hundred fifty two are assigned for relief of Sick and Wounded Sea-men and other occasions mentioned in the said Votes It is hereby further Enacted That the said Commissioners for the Admiralty be hereby impowred and authorised to give Order to the Commissioners for the Navy to issue their Warrants to the Treasurer of the Navy for payment of such moneys for supply of the said occasions as the said Commissioners for the Admiralty shall think fit the said moneys to be reimbursed into the Treasury of the Navy out of the Tenths of Prizes as they shall arise And in like manner the said Commissioners for the Admiralty and Navy are hereby Impowred from time to time to give Warrants to the Commissioners or Treasurer for Prize Goods for the issuing and payment of such moneys as they shall judge necessary for maintenance and Charges of Prisoners that now are remaining in Custody or which hereafter shall happen to be taken in Hostility against this Commonwealth during the time of such their Imprisonment And the said Commissioners have power to make Exchange of Prisoners taken at Sea as they or any five of them shall think fit whereof two to be Members of Parliament And in case of failer of Moneys in the Prize-Office the said Commissioners for the Admiralty are to give Warrant to the Commissioners of the Navy to make out Bills for payment of such moneys out of the Treasury of the Navy the same to be reimbursed into the said Treasury of the Navy as moneys shall arise and be paid into the Prize-Office And it is further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That for the better Encouragement and Security of Trade and Commerce the said Commissioners shall from time to time order and appoint such Ships Frigots and Vessels of or belonging to the Navy as they shall think fit for the Conveying of the Ships and other Vessels of Trade of this Commonwealth And in case the Captains or other Officers of any such Ships Frigots or Vessels of or belonging to the Navy shall neglect to obey such Orders as they shall from time to time receive in this behalf or shall Delay the Execution thereof or directly or indirectly take or receive any Reward or Gratuitie for the performance of their Duty therein the said Commissioners or any five or more of them whereof two of them to be Members of this House shall be and are hereby authorised upon proof thereof to displace and remove every such Captain or other Officer so offending as aforesaid Provided That this Act shall continue and stand in Force untill the tenth Day of October One thousand six hundred and sixty Thursday Febr. 2. 1659. ORdered by the Parliament That this Act be forthwith Printed and Published THOMAS St. NICHOLAS Clerk of the Parliament LONDON Printed by John Streater and John Macock Printers to the Parliament 1659.