File 3939/1926 Pt 6 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties. Persian Gulf Section.' [‎523r] (481/818)

OMAN (MUSCAT)—APPENDIX NO. Ill—1848.
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Bounties to be paid out of the
Consolidated Fund.
Bounties not liable to payment
of fees.
the 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
nage, instead of the bounty which would be payable upon the number of slaves
on board.
10. And be it enacted, that all bounties payable under this Act shall be paid
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King
dom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Com
manders, officers, and crews of Her Majesty’s
ships, and of the ships of the East India Company, and such bounties shall be
issued 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
of the slave-trade, shall not hereafter be charged
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
give proof oUonnage 0 Unty t0 of the sbi P or ve8se l so seized and condemned
shall be 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
Copy of Bentenoe of condemn.- to receivc the said bounty-money on slaves, the
tion to be produced to the Trea- number of men, women and children, so taken,
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,
fn certain cases Treasury may shal1 be seized 011 board shi P 01 TCSSe ’ takC “
order one moiety of the bounty to and condemned in pursuance of the said agree-
ment and of this Act, but who shall not have
been delivered over in consequence of death, sickness, or other inevitable circums
tance, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury,
if to their discretion it shall seem meet, to direct payment of one moiety of the
bounty which would have been due in each case, respectively, if the said slave?
bad been delivered over.
15. Provided also, and be it enacted, that any party or parties claiming any
Parties ow • » , benefit by way of bounty under the provisions
parties claiming benefit under J nrnceeds of
this Act may resort to the Court of this Act, or of any share of the proceeds or
of Admiralty. any veggel confi8C ated in pursuance of the pro
visions of the aforesaid agreement, may resort to the High Court of Adm" 7