AN ACT FOR MAKING PERPETUAL AN ACT FOR THE BETTER REGULATION AND GOVERNMENT OF SEAMEN IN THE MERCHANTS SERVICE; AND FOR EXTENDING THE PROVISIONS THEREOF TO HIS MAJESTY'S COLONIES IN AMERICA.
London. 1762. [2],871-872pp. Dbd. Folio. Light tanning. Very good. A scarce official Parliamentary printing of this important act that made permanent a law that was originally passed in 1729, and renewed periodically thereafter. The act was vital in mandating contracts and providing other protections for merchant seamen and thereby improved.....