December, 1653
[3 December, 1653.]
Names of Commissioners for Admiralty and Navy.
Be it Enacted by this present Parliament, and it is hereby Enacted,
That General Robert Blake, General George Monck, General John
Disbrow, General William Pen, Colonel Philip Jones, Colonel John
Clerk, John Stone Esq; Edward Horseman Esq; Major William
Burton, Vincent Gookin Esq; Lieutenant Colonel Thomas
Kelsey, or any three or more of them, shall be, and hereby are
constituted and appointed Commissioners for ordering, managing,
directing and carrying on the Affairs of the Admiralty and Navy
of this Commonwealth, and shall have, and hereby have, committed unto them, All and every the Powers specified in an Act of
this present Parliament, Entituled, An Act for constituting
Commissioners for ordering and managing the Affairs of the
Admiralty and Navy; and shall and may proceed therein, an
execute the same, according to the several Rules and Limitations
expressed in the said Act; And this Act is to continue for the space
of Six Moneths and no longer, from the Third day of December,
One thousand six hundred fifty and three.