Merchant Shipping Law Amendment Act 1853

Board of Trade Accounts

XXV Sections 18 117 & 118 of 13 & 14 Vict. c. 93, ss.29 & 31 of 14 & 15 Vict. c.96, and ss.27 28 36 51 & 56 of 14 & 15 Vict. c.102 repealed.

The Eighteenth, One hundred and seventeenth, and One hundred and eighteenth Sections of " The Mercantile Marine Act, 1850," the Twenty-ninth and Thirty-first Sections of "The Mercantile Marine Act Amendment Act, 1851," and the Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth, Thirty-sixth, Fifty-first, and Fifty-sixth Sections of "The Seamen's Fund Winding-up Act, 1851," shall be repealed.

XXVI Penalties under Merchant Seamen's Act to be paid into Exchequer.

All Penalties, Fines, and Forfeitures which under "The Mercantile Marine Act, 1850," " The Mercantile Marine Act Amendment Act, 1851," "The Steam Navigation Act, 1851," and "The Seamen's Fund Winding-up Act, 1851," are made payable to the Board of Trade or as it may direct, shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in such Acts contained, be paid into the Receipt of Her Majesty's Exchequer in such Manner as the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury may direct, and shall be carried to and form Part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.

XXVII Mode of dealing with Wages, &c. of deceased Seamen.

In Cases of Wages or Effects of deceased Seamen received by the Board of Trade under " The Seamen's Fund Winding-up Act, 1851," to which no Claim is substantiated within Six Years after the Receipt thereof by such Board, it shall be in the absolute Discretion of such Board, if any subsequent Claim is made, either to allow or to refuse the same; and the Board of Trade shall from Time to Time pay any Monies arising from the unclaimed Wages and Effects of deceased Seamen, which in the Opinion of such Board it is not necessary to retain for the Purpose of satisfying Claims, into the Receipt of Her Majesty's Exchequer in such Manner as the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury may direct, and such Monies shall be carried to and made Part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.

XXVIII Property belonging to Merchant Seamen's Fund to be paid into Exchequer.

All Monies which under " The Seamen's Fund Winding-up Act, 1851," now are or may hereafter become Part of or applicable to the Purposes of the General Fund therein mentioned, shall be paid into the Receipt of Her Majesty's Exchequer in such Manner as the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury may direct; and all Property, not being Money so forming Part of or being applicable to the Purposes of the said Fund as aforesaid, shall be sold, and the Produce thereof shall be paid into the Receipt of Her Majesty's Exchequer in like Manner; and all Monies so paid into the Receipt of Her Majesty's Exchequer shall be carried to and made Part of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.

XXIX Expenses of Merchant Seamen's Fund to be provided for by annual Vote.

The several Payments and Expenses which by the said " Seamen's Fund Winding-up Act, 1851," are charged partly on the said General Fund therein mentioned, and partly on the Consolidated Fund" of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, shall, except as regards the Payment to the Seamen's Hospital Society herein-after mentioned, be provided for by annual Votes of Parliament.

XXX Gross Sum to be paid to Seamen's Hospital Society in lieu of annual Payments.

In lieu of the Payments heretofore made to the Seamen's Hospital Society under the said Seamen's Fund Winding-up Act, 1851, the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury shall and they are hereby authorized, immediately on the passing of this Act, to direct the Payment to such Society, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, of the Sum of Two thousand three hundred and fifty-one Pounds Five Shillings; and the said Commissioners shall also, at the End of each Year, direct Payment to such Society out of the said Consolidated Fund of an annual Sum equal in Amount to the Sum paid into the Exchequer in the same Year on account of Fines or Penalties inflicted under the Twenty-second Section of the Act of the Eighth Year of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Chapter One hundred and twelve, to be applied by such Society according to the Directions contained in the Act of the Third and Fourth Years of King William the Fourth, Chapter Nine.