Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-19

81" HS1 foF fOe oS!!er regHl0!!oH or MS
Mais(fy's Prize Cares m the Wea- Iu-
: dies and America, nndfor givmg more
JPeedy and rGe21al execAfion to Tie de-
1rees oftbe Loyds CommllGoners Of Ap-
I<als.--PaDsd I'd ,July, 1901.
Whereas your Majety has beeu pleaf-
ed, by letter of lord Grenvlle, one OF
your majeity'sp principal lecretaries of fate,
bearing date the z2d day of January 1901,
70 direct the lords commissioners Of the
admiralty to revoke the commiiiiens of
prizes heretofore granted to the vice -ad-
mlralty courts In the WeR- Indies, except
at Jamaica and Martinico: And whereas
1t is TIT and may tend to the due admin
dtration OF juitice, that your Majeity
ihould be enabled TO make competent pro-
vifon for the feveral judges Of vice admi-
rally courts in any two Of the iflaads OF
the Wet Indies, and at Halifax in Anne
rlca; and that the proceedings OF rte iaid
Z courts, and the tees >of the Judges and
other officers OF he1aid courts thould bedu-
~ regulated; be 1t therefore enacted by
the kings mott excellent majefy, by and
with the advice and content of the lords
fPiritual and temporal, and commons in
the preient parliament attended, and by.
the authority OF the fame, that from and
after the pa1ing of this act it ihall be law
aui for his maJeity, his heirs and fuccefiors
'.by an order in couacil, to fix and afcer-
tam proper and adequate Ealaries for the
said Judges of the vice admiralty courts
eftabliihed in any two of the illands in the
Welt Indies and likewne at Halifax in
America, not exceeding the fun OF two
1houtand pounds per annGn for any one of
1uch judges and zach ialary ihall be iiTu-
ed, payable, and paid out Of the conio!;-
dated fund of Great Britain.
IL. And be it further enacted, that II
fhall be lawful for his nlsjeRy, by let
ters patent under the great feal of Grear
Britain, to give and grant TO any fuch
Judge upon his resignation of any fuch
!. Office an annuity for the tern, of life, nor
exceeding one thouiand pounds, 10 be
iaued, payable, and paid out of The con.
iolidated fund and fuch annuity ihall be
charged and chargcable, and paid and
: payable IN like manner in every refpett,
and under and fubjett to tuch rules, regu.
iationS, proyihons, penalties, and fortei-
lures as are contained in an act pated in
the thirty ninth of his prefent maiefv.
intiruled, an ACT Tor the augmentation OF
the falaries of the judges of the courts in
Weitmildter Hall and aifo of the lords Of
feHion, lords commi1ioners Of the iudici-
airy, and barons of exchequer in Scotland,
and for enabling his najeay to grant an
nuities to ferlors in certain offices in the
iaid courts of Wefminfer Hall on their
rehgna,ion OF their reflective Offices -
Provided always, thar no fach annuity
(; granted to any iuch judge flall be valid,
unleis fuch judge ihall have continued in
one or more of the faii Offices for the peri
cd OF Fix years, or fhall be afliasd with
tome permanent infrm.ty, dilabling him
from the due execution of his Office, which
ihaii be diitin6tly. recited in the faid grant.
III. And be it further enacled, that
it ihall be lawful for his majeRy, hi:
heirs and fuccetiors, to eitabliih rules and
regulations for the faid courts, and from
time TO time regulate the fees to be
taken by the fad judges, ard the Of
ficers OF the faid courts for all acts to be
done therein, and to alter and amend fucb
rules and regulations, and make any new
table or tables of fees, as his faid n,aieffy,
by and with the advice of his council fhall
deem fit
~. Andbe it further eraesed, that the
profits and emolunents of The faid judges
ihall In no cafe exceed the fam of two thou
fand pounds to each or any or either of the
faid judges in any one year, and 70 in pro-
portion for any part of year, over and
above the hlary of fuch Judge by this act
granted, and every fuch ildgc fhall keep a