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CAP. XV.

An ACT to provide for sick and disabled Seamen, not being Paupers, belonging to the Province.

Passed the 25th of March, 1820.

Preamble.

 
WHEREAS it has become expedient to provide for such sick and disabled Seamen, who may hereafter be brought into this Province, and are not Paupers of any Parish within the same;

Every vessel above 60 tons to pay one penny per ton on arrival at any port.

 

 

 
I.   Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Council, and Assembly, That from and after the passing of this Act every ship or vessel that shall arrive at any port or place within this Province, and shall be of the burden of sixty tons, or upwards, shall pay to the Treasurer of the Province or his Deputy at the port or place where such ship or vessel may arrive, the sum of one penny per ton for every registered ton such ship or vessel shall be rated at; which said sum of one penny shall be paid as aforesaid, by the master, owner, or consignee, at the time of entry, at the office of the Treasurer of the Province, or his Deputy, and before breaking bulk or discharging any ballast, at such port or place where such ship or vessel shall so arrive.

To be paid over by the Treasurer to the Overseers of the Poor at such port.

 

 
II.   And be it further enacted, That the duty imposed by this Act, when paid as aforesaid, shall be paid over by the Treasurer of the Province, or his Deputy, to the Overseers of the Poor at such port or place where such duty shall be levied and collected in and by virtue of this Act, by warrant under the hand and seal of the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief (by and with the advice and consent of His Majesty's Council) for the time being.

The Overseers of the poor shall render an account, under oath, to the Justices.

 

 
III.   And be it further enacted, That the Overseers of the Poor in such ports or places where such duties shall be collected as herein before mentioned, shall render an account of the expenditure of such monies, for such sick and disabled Seamen as may be relieved by the provisions of this Act, under oath, to the Justices of the Peace, at any General Session, within such County where such expenditure shall be made, at least once in every year, which account so rendered, shall be by them transmitted to the Treasurer of the Province.

 
 
IV.   [Repealed by 3 G. 4, C. 27, S. 9.]

Master, Owner or Consignee may take 6d. per month from Seamen's wages for the said tonnage duty.

 
V.   And be it further enacted, That the master, owner, or consignee, of any ship or vessel owned in this Province, may, and they are hereby authorised to demand and take from the wages of every mate, seaman, or other person employed and articled for the management and navigation of any such ship or vessel, the sum of six-pence per month, to cover the amount of the tonnage duty arising in and by virtue of this Act.

Coasting vessels not liable more than once in a year.

 
VI.   And be it further enacted, That this Act shall not extend, or be construed to extend, to make any vessel or vessels denominated and known coasters, liable to pay the said tonnage duty herein before imposed, more than once in each and every year, and to be paid by such vessel or vessels at the first time of entry into any port or place within this Province, in each and every year.

 
 
VII.   [This Sec. which limited the duration of the Act repealed by 3 G. 4, C. 27.]

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C. 15. Anno LX. Geo. III.   A. D. 1820.

[See also 2 G. 4, C. 10, and 3 G. 4, C. 27.]


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