, in his own custody; and in every
notification as aforesaid the agent shall specify his place of abode,
and the precise day of the month and year appointed for the payment of
the respective shares to the captors; and all notifications with respect
to prizes condemned in Great Britain, shall be published in the London
Gazette three days at least before any share of such prize shall be
paid; and with respect to prizes condemned in any other part of his
majesty's dominions, such notifications shall be delivered to the said
collector, or other officers as aforesaid, three days at least before
any share of such prizes shall be paid. It was likewise enacted, that
the agents for the distribution of bounty-bills should insert, and
publish under their hands, in the London Gazette, three days at least
before payment, public notifications of the day and year appointed for
such payment, and also insert therein their respective places of abode.
The bill, even as it now stands, is liable to several objections. It may
be dangerous to leave the money of the unclaimed shares so long as three
years in the hands of the agent, who, together with his securities,
may prove insolvent before the expiration of that term: then the time
prescribed to the sailors, within which their claim is limited, appears
to be too short, when we consider that they may be so circumstanced,
turned over to another ship, and conveyed to a distant part of the
globe, that they shall have no opportunity to claim payment; and should
three years elapse before they could make application to the agent,
they would find their bounty or prize money appropriated to the use of
Greenwich hospital; nay, should they die in the course of the voyage, it
would be lost to their heirs and executors, who, being ignorant of their
title, could not possibly claim within the time limited.

{GEORGE II. 1727-1760}

ACT IN FAVOUR OF GEOEGE KEITH, &c.

A committee having been appointed to inquire into the original standards
of weights and measures in the kingdom of England, to consider the laws
relating thereto, and to report their observations thereupon, together
with their opinion of the most effectual means for ascertaining and
enforcing uniform and certain standards of weights and measures, they
prepared copies, models, patterns, and multiples, and presented them to
the house; then they were locked up by the clerk of the house; and lord
Garysfort presented a bill, according to or