An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Merchant Seamen’s Fund, and to provide for winding up the said Fund, and for the better Management thereof in the meantime.
WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Twentieth Year of the Reign of King George the Second, intituled An Act for the Relief and Support of maimed and disabled Seamen, and the Widows and Children of such as shall be killed, slain, or drowned in the Merchant Service: And whereas another Act was passed in the Session of the Fourth and Fifth Years of the Reign of King William the Fourth, intituled An Act to amend an Act of the Twentieth Year of His Majesty King George the Second, for the Relief and S...