File 3939/1926 Pt 6 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties. Persian Gulf Section.' [‎461r] (357/818)

OMAN (MUSCAT)—APPENDIX NO. Ill—1848.
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t he Commanders of Her Majesty’s ships, or of those of the East India Company
making the seizure, may elect to take the bounty calculated according to ton-
na e instead of the bounty which would be payable upon the number of slaves
^ 011 IT And be it enacted, that all bounties payable under this Act shall be paid
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King-
Bounties to be paid out of the ( j om 0 f Q rea ^ Britain and Ireland to the Com-
Consolidated Fund. manders, officers, and crews of Her Majesty’s
,. an( j 0 { the ships of the East India Company, and such bounties shall be
• ued and paid by order from the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury.
11 And be it enacted, that the said bounty, as also all bounties payable under
any of the Acts for the abolition or suppression
Bounties not liable to payment 8 l aV e-trade, shall not hereafter be charged
offee8 ' with Treasury fees or Exchequer fees of any
description.
12 Provided always, and be it enacted, that in order to entitle the captors
to receive the said bounty-money, the tonnage
Captors entitled to bounty to 0 f gj^p or vegse l so seized and condemned
give proof of tonnage. g^H }) e proved to the Commissioners of Her
Majesty’s Treasury by producing a copy, duly certified, of the sentence or decree
of condemnation, or by such documentary or other evidence as they may deem
satisfactory.
13. Provided always, and be it enacted, that in order to entitle the captors
to receive the said bounty-money on slaves, the
tion’to be ^roduced^to^he ^ea- number of men, women and children, so taken,
sury. ' delivered over, and condemned, shall be proved
to the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury by producing a copy, duly cer
tified, of the sentence or decree of condemnation, and also a certificate under
the hand of the proper officer or officers, Military or Civil, who may be appointed
to receive such slaves.
14. And be it enacted, that where any slaves, or persons treated as slaves,
shall be seized on board any ship or vessel taken
In certain cases Treasury may _ , , . aoirl atrvefl-
order one moiety of the bounty to and condemned in pursuance o g
1)6 P^d. ment an d 0 f this Act, but who shall not have
been delivered over in consequence of death, sickness, or other inevitable circu
tance, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty s reas 7*
if to their discretion it shall seem meet, to direct payment of one moiety
bounty which would have been due in each case, respectively, if t e
had been delivered over.
15. Provided also, and be it enacted, that any party or parties claim g 7
Part- . . . , - , benefit by way of bounty under the provision
Court of this Act, or of any share of the proceeds ol
of Admiralty. ves8el con fi BC ated in pursuance of the pro-
'(ieions of the aforesaid agreement, may resort to the High Court o mi