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jurisdiction to try any such offence, or in Her Majestrs Conn of Queen’s Bench
in England, and that in case of any prosecution for such offence in Her Majesty’*
said Court of Queen’s Bench, the venue may be laid in the County of Middlesex!
4. The pendency of any suit or proceeding instituted for the condemnation
Pendencv of smite to be a bar to or rest itution of any ship or cargo, or slaves taken,
»nr proceedings instituted for the seized, or detained bv virtue of the said acree-
of ,l,e ment or the final abdication, condemnation, or
judgment or determination thereupon, may be pleaded in bar or given in evidence
under the general issue, and shall be deemed in any Court whatever to be a com
plete bar in any action, suit, or proceeding, whether instituted by any person
or persons for the recovery of any such ship, vessel, or cargo, or of any damage
or for any injury sustained thereby, or by the persons on board the same, in con
sequence of any capture, seizure or detention, or anything done under or in pur
suance of, the provisions of the said agreement.
5 . Any ship or vessel which shall be condemned as aforesaid may be taken
Ve*c| S condemned to be sold int0 Majenty’s aerrice upon payment of
for Her Majesty’* service or such sum as the Lord High Admiral or the Lords
broken up. Commissioners of the Admiralty shall deem a
proper price for the same, or if not so taken, shall be broken up and demolished,
and the materials thereof shall be publicly sold in separate parts, and the pro
ceeds thereof shall be paid to such person or persons as the Commissioners of
Her Majesty’s Treasury may appoint to receive the same.
6 . Where any ship or vessel employed or engaged in such illicit traffic in slaves,
in violation of the said agreement, shall be seized
garnet^nd^ned!‘ a be Entitled *>7 any ship or vessel belonging to Her Majesty
to the proceed* belonging to Her 0 r the East India Company and afterwards con-
demned, there shall be paid to the captors the
net proceeds to which Her Majesty is entitled, the same to be distributed in the
manner hereinafter directed for the distribution of bounties on slaves taken on
board the said vessels.
7. There shall be paid to the Commanders, officers, and crews of Her Majesty’s
ships, or the Commanders, officers, and crews
captured nt ° f ** of the shi P 8 ° f the India a boUnt T
of five pounds for every man, woman, and child
slave seized and found on board any ship or vessel taken and condemned in pur
suance of the provisions of the said agreement and of this Act, such bounty to
be issued and paid by order from the Commissioners of Her Majesty s Treasury,
and to be distributed to and amongst the captors aforesaid in such manner and
proportions as Her Majesty shall think fit to order by any Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. made
or to be made, or by any proclamation for that purpose.
8 . Where any ship or vessel which shall have been seized and condemn
» jj-x- , , * under the provisions of the said agreement shall
have been or shall be demolished, and the mate-
moh8hed - rials thereof publicly sold in separate parta,^ as
well as her cargo, there shall be paid to the Commanders, officers, and ere