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 For regulating Madhouses. 
 
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 in the written Copy. 
 
 H€- ^ & E <£ 3 %> many great and dangerous Abufes 
 
 w ff frequently arife from the prefent State of Houfes 
 
 tZ *^ ^t kept ^ or £ ^ e R- ece ption °f Lunatics, for want of 
 beflfcagji Regulations with refpecl to the Perfons keeping 
 >«•<*<«?«»<* fuch Hou( - es> the Admiffion of Patients into them, 
 
 and the Vifitation, by proper Perfons, of the faid Houfes and 
 Patients : 
 
 9nU tDftCteag the Law, as it now ftands, is infumcient for 
 preventing or difcovering fuch Abufes: 
 
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 May it therefore pleafe Your MAJESTY, 
 
 That it may be Enacted; SnD uC it SBnactCtl by the King's Mod 
 Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Confent 
 of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this 
 prefent Parliament afiembled, and by the Authority of the 
 fame, That from and after 
 
 if any Perfon or Perfons, 
 in that Part of Great Britain called England, the Dominion 
 of Wales, or Town of Berwick upon Tweed, mall, upon any 
 Pretence whatfoever, conceal, harbour, entertain, or confine, 
 in any Houfe or Place kept for the Reception of Lunatics, 
 more than One Lunatic at any one Time, without having 
 fuch Licence for that Purpofe as is hereinafter directed (ex- 
 cept fuch Lunatics as are committed by the Lord High 
 Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Keeper, or Commiflion- 
 ers for the Cuftody of the Great Seal, for the Time bting) 
 every fuch Perfon {hall for every fuch Offence forfeit and 
 pay the Sum of 
 
 0nU, in order that proper Perfons may be appointed for 
 vifiting fuch Houfes as {hall be licenfed and kept for the 
 Reception of Lunatics, within the Cities of London and 
 Weftminjler, and within Miles of the fame, and within 
 
 the County- of MiMefex ; 15e tt further OEnaftCu by the 
 Authority aforefaid, That the Prefident and Fellows of the 
 Royal College of Phylicians in London, for the Time being, 
 at a general Meeting of the faid College, to be held upon 
 the Day of September, or, if that Day falls upon 
 
 Sunday, then upon the Day of October, in every 
 
 Year, {hall elect Fellows of the faid College, for granting 
 
 fuch Licences as aforefaid, within the faid Cities of London 
 and Wejlminfier, and within Miles of the fame, and 
 
 within the faid County of Middlefex, according to the Di- 
 rections of this Act ; and the faid Fellows, fo elected, 
 {hall be 5 and are hereby declared to be Commiffioners for 
 granting fuch Licences within the Limits aforefaid, for the 
 Year then next enfuing : Provided that at lead of the 
 faid Fellows to be fo elected, {hall be Perfons who have not 
 acted as Commiffioners for the preceding Year; and that no 
 Perfon whatfoever {hall be capable of being elected, or of 
 acting as a Commiffioner, for more than Years fuccef- 
 iively. 
 
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 SlflJ be it ftirttJCt (SnaftCtJ, That in cafe at any Time of 
 Election there (hall not be found a iV.fficient Number of 
 Fellows qualified, or willing to act as Commifiioners, the 
 Jaid Preiident and Fellows are hereby required, upon every 
 fuch Deficiency, to elect or more from among the 
 
 Licentiates, to fupply the fame. 
 
 Snt) 6C it ftitthn* CnactCD by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 as often as any of the Commifiioners, to be elected as afore- 
 faid, (hall die, or refute to act, the faid Prefident is hereby 
 required to call a Meeting of the faid Fellows, within 
 Days next after fuch Death or Refufal (hall be known to 
 the faid Prefident, in order to elect a Commiffioner in the 
 £ room of every Commiffioner who fhall fo die or refute to 
 
 act; and every Commiffioner fo to be elected, fhall be, and 
 is hereby verted with the fame Power and Authority, in all 
 Refpects whatfoever, as the Commiiiioner in whofe Place he 
 fhall be chofen was veiled with. 
 
 QMS t>€ it flirtfjcr (ZEnaftCD, That every Perfon who fhall 
 be elected a Commiiiioner to act within the Cities of London 
 and Wcftminfter, and within Miles of the fame, and 
 
 within the County of Middkfex as aforefaid, fhall, within 
 Davs after fuch Election, take the following Oath j 
 (that is to fay) 
 
 " I A. B. do fwear, That I will faithfully and impar- 
 " tially execute all the Trufls committed unto me, by 
 " virtue of an Act of Parliament made in the Four- 
 " teenth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, 
 <f intituled, * An Act for regulating Madhoufes ;' and 
 " that I will not, directly or indirectly, give Notice, 
 '* or caufe Notice to be given, to the Keeper, or Perfon 
 ** having the Care of any Houfe or Place licenfed for 
 * c the Reception of Lunatics, of the Time of Vifita- 
 '•' tion of fuch Houfe or Place. 
 
 " So help me G O D." 
 
 Which Oath it fnall and may be lawful for the Prefident of 
 the College of Fhyficians, for the Time being, to adminifter 
 to every fuch Commifiioner fo to be elected as aforefaid, upon 
 the Day he fhall be fo elected, or within Days after- 
 
 wards ; and in cafe any Perfon, who fhall be elected a Com- 
 mifiioner as aforefaid, and who fhall be fummoned by the 
 
 Prefident 
 
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 Prendent of the faid College, to attend the faid Prefidenr, t© 
 take the faid Oath, at fuch Time as fliall be mentioned in fiich 
 Summons, fhall refufe or neglect to attend, or, attending, ftiall 
 refufe to take the faid Oath, he fhall forfeit and pay the Sum 
 of to be applied to the Ufe of the faid 
 
 College. 
 
 3nD bt it further dEnafiCtl by the Authority aforefaid, 
 6 That the faid Commiffioners, fo to be elected as aforefaid, or 
 any or more of them, fhall meet in the Hall, or fome 
 
 other convenient Place in the faid College, as often as they 
 (hall think fit ; fo as fuch Meetings do not interfere with the 
 Meetings of the Board of Cenfors, nor with any other General 
 Meeting of the College of Phylicians, and that at ail Meetings 
 of the faid Commiffioners, to be holden for the Purpofes of 
 this Act, the Commiffioner who is of the longeft Standing in 
 the College (hall be the Chairman. 
 
 Still 6C it ftirtf)Cr (£na£teD, That the Treafurer of the 
 faid College, for the Time being, mall be the Treafurer for 
 the Purposes of this Act ; and that the faid Commiffioners, of 
 any or more of them, fhall, at fome Meeting to be 
 
 hoi Jen within Days next after they fhall be elected 
 
 as aforefaid, chufe and appoint a proper Perfon to be their Se- 
 cretary for the Year then enfuing ; and fuch Secretary mall be 
 paid fuch Salary or Gratuity, for his Trouble and Attendance 
 in the Execution of his Office, by the faid Treafurer, as the faid 
 Commiffioners, or any or more of them, fhal! order 
 
 7 and direct ; and every fuch Secretary fhall, at the next Meeting 
 of the laid Commiffioners after he fhall be fo appointed, take 
 the following Oath : 
 
 " I A. B- do fwear, That I will faithfully execute all 
 " fuch Trufts as fhall be committed to my Charge, as 
 *' Secretary to the Commiffioners for executing an Act 
 " of Parliament, made in the Fourteenth Year of the 
 *' Reign of King -George the Third, intituled, ' An Act 
 " for regulating Madhoufes -,' and that I will keep fe- 
 " cret ail fuch Matters as fhall come to my Knowledge 
 " in the Execution of my Office (except when re- 
 " quired to divulge the fame by legal Authority.) 
 
 " So help me G 6 D." 
 
 -SUB fce it fUiffjer ©uaftetlj That the faid Commiffioners, 
 
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 or any or more of them, mail meet annually, on 
 
 or within Days afterwards, in order to grant Licences 
 
 to Perfons for keeping Houfes for the Reception of Lunatics, 
 for One Year from then next enfuing, 
 
 within the laid Cities of London and Weflminfter, and within 
 Miles of the fame, and within the faid County of 
 Middle/ex; hut Notice of the Place, and of the Day and Hour, 
 of every Meeting for granting fuch Licences, fha]l always be 
 published leveral Times in the London Gazette, before the 
 
 Day of Meeting for granting any fuch Licences (which Licences 
 they are hereby required to grant to all Perfons who fhall 
 defire the fame;) and all Licences to be granted by the faid 
 Commifiioners fhall be duly ftamped with a Stamp, 
 
 and fhall be under the Hands and Seals of or more of the 
 
 faid CommiiTioners ; for each of which Licences there fhall be 
 paid to the faid Secretary, by the Perfon applying to take out 
 the fame, the Sums following ; (that is to lay) For each and 
 every Houfe wherein there fhall be kept any Number of Lunatics 
 not exceeding the Sum of 
 
 and for each and every Houfe wherein there fhall be kept 
 above Lunatics, the Sum of and 
 
 no more, over and above what fhall have been paid for the 
 faid Stamp ; which Money fhail be paid over by the faid Se- 
 cretary to the faid Treafurer ; and the further Sum of 
 
 and no more, fhall be paid on every fuch Licence, 
 to the faid Secretary, for his Fee. 
 
 j 'Otiftetl altoapg, That no one Licence (hall authorife any 
 Perfon or Perfons to keep more Houfes than One, for the Re- 
 ception of Lunatics ; nor fhall any Licence, to be granted by vir- 
 tue of this A (ft, continue in Force for any longer Time than 
 for 
 
 SnD &C it fUttfjer €lia&eD by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 no Commiffioner, to be appointed as aforefaid, fhall, directly or 
 indirectly, during the Time he fhall be a Commiffioner, be in- 
 terefted in keeping any Houfe for the Reception of Lunatics, 
 upon Pain of forfeiting for fuch Offence the Sum of 
 
 3ntl bC it further (EnafteD, That the Prefident of the faid 
 College of Phyficians, for the Time being, fhall, and is hereby 
 required to caufe Summons to be fent to the faid feveral Com- 
 miliioners, requiring them to attend at the Firft Meeting after 
 
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 they fliaill be appointed Commiflioners as aforefaid ; all which 
 Summons fhall be fent to the Beadle, or fuch other Pcrfon, be- 
 longing to the faid College, as the laid President (hall think 
 proper, and fhall be left at the relpe&ivc Houfes or ufual Places 
 j o of Abode of each Commifiioner. 
 
 PjCDiuCtJ neticrthclcfj, That in Cafe any Commit 
 
 fioners fhall at any Time or Times think proper to call a Meet- 
 ing of the faid Commiflioners, fuch Commiflioners may 
 themfelves caufe the like Notice to be given, and to be fent in 
 Manner aforefaid to the other Commiflioners, requiring their 
 Attendance, at fuch Time and Place as fliall be exprefled in fuch 
 Notice. 
 
 P?0tntlCD altoapg, That at all Meetings of the faid Com- 
 miflioners, in the Execution of this Act, in cafe of an Equality 
 of Votes, the Chairman fhall have the cafting Vote. 
 
 2nil be it fUrthCt OBnaftCU, That the faid Commiflioners, 
 or any or more of them, either by themfelves, or with 
 
 their Secretary, as they fliall think fit, fliall and they are here- 
 by required, at leaft in every Year, and whenever re- 
 quired by the Lord High Chancellor, or Lord Keeper, or Com- 
 miflioners for the Cuft ody of the Great Seal, or by the Lord 
 Chief Juflice of the Court of King's Bench, or by the Lord 
 Chief Juflice of the Court of Common Pleas, for the 1 ime being, 
 1 1 to vifit and infpect all fuch Houfes as fliall have been licenfed 
 by them as aforefaid, between the Hours of and 
 in the Day-time ; and may in like manner, at any other Time 
 or Times, within the Hours aforefaid, vifit and infpect all 
 fuch Houfes, as often as they, or any or more of them, 
 fhall think neceffary ; and fliall have, at all fuch Times, Li- 
 berty and Power to continue in fuch Houfe, and to examine 
 the Perfons confined as Lunatics therein, for fuch Time as they 
 ihall think proper. 
 
 3nB tie it fUttfjer dBnafteD, That the faid Commiflioners, 
 or their Secretary, ihall, at every fuch Vifltation, make Mi- 
 nutes in Writing of the State and Condition of all fuch Houfes 
 which they fliall fo vifit, as to the Care of the Patients therein, 
 and all fuch other Particulars as they ihall think deferve their 
 Notice, together with their Observations thereupon ; all which 
 Minutes fliall, within next after fuch Viiitation, be 
 
 by the faid Secretary entered, by Way of Report, in a Regifter 
 
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 to be kept by him in the faid College of Phyficiaos for that 
 Purpofe, and the fame fhall be read to, and figned by, the faid 12 
 Commiffioners, or any or more of them, at their next 
 
 Meeting ; but no Minute, which tends to impeach the Cha- 
 racter of any Houfe, fhall be fo entered, unlefs fuch Minute 
 fhall have been previoufly figned by or more of the faid 
 
 Commiffioners who fhall have been prefent at fuch Vifita- 
 tion ; and in cafe the Commiffioners, upon their Vifitations, 
 mall difcover any Thing that, in their Opinion, fhall deferve 
 Cenfure or Animadverfion, they fhall in that Cafe report the 
 fame ; and fuch Part of their Report, and no more, fhall be 
 hung up in the Cenfor's Room of the College, to be perufed 
 and infpe&ed by any Perfon who fhall apply for that Pur- 
 pofe. 
 
 2nS &e it further CnatfCD, That in Cafe the Keeper of 
 any Houfe or Place for the Reception of Lunatics, within the 
 Cities of London or Wejiminjler, or within Miles Diftance 
 
 thereof, or within the County of Middleftx, fhall refufe all or 
 any of the faid Commiilioners, at the Time of their Vifitation, 
 Admittance into fuch Houfe or Place as aforefaid, with or 
 without their Secretary, the Mafter or Keeper of fuch Houfe 13 
 or Place fhall for fuch Offence forfeit his Licence. 
 
 3nQ bt it further <£na&CB, That (he faid Commiffioners, 
 
 •or any of them, fhall from Time to Time caufe an exact 
 
 Account to be kept of all their Proceedings ; and all fuch Ac- 
 counts fhall be entered in the fame Regifter as the Minutes 
 taken at their Vifitations are directed to be entered as aforefaid ; 
 and the faid Regifter fhall be lodged in the College of Phyficians, 
 in a ftrong Cheft or Box ; which faid Cheil or box fhall be un- 
 der the Care of the Beadle or Houfekeeper belonging to the 
 faid College, and fhall be carefully locked up, from Time to 
 Time, by the Secretary to the faid Commiffioners, and the Key 
 thereof kept by fuch Secretary ; which faid Regifter fhall bo 
 deemed to belong to the faid Commiffioners ; and the Key of 
 the faid Cheft or Box ftnil be delivered over to every fucceed- 
 ing Secretary, whenever the former Secretary fhall go out of the 
 Office, and be kept by fuch fucceeding Secretary, in manner 
 aforefaid, for the Ufe of the faid Commiffioners; 
 
 FjCtiltiett aituagg, That the Prefident of the faid College 14 
 fhall have Liberty to infpect the faid Regifter, from Time to 
 Time, as often as he fhall think proper ; provided fuch Inflec- 
 tion
 
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 I n be made at the College, and in the Prefence of the Secre- 
 tary to the laid CommifTioners. 
 
 CUB bC It further CnactCD, That the faid Treafurer mall, 
 reby rei y to each of the laid Com- 
 
 ers, for every Time t&ey mail, in Obedience to this 
 , or any Requifition therein contained, vifit and infpect any 
 fuch liceni ufe or Place as aforefaid, within the Limits 
 
 refaid, the Sum of • and mall alfo pay and 
 
 difi all fuch reafon able 1 s of the faid Commifiioners 
 
 as they mall from Time to Time incur in the Execution of this 
 Act -, and the faid Treafurer is hereby required, from Time 
 to Time, to keep rn exact and true Account of all Monies 
 by him received and difburfed in relation to this Act, and 
 fhall enter Inch Account in a Book to be kept for that Pur- 
 pofe, which Eook mall be lodged in the Box or Cheft where 
 the Regifter of the Proceedings of the faid CommifTioners is 
 
 15 directed to he kept as aforefaid; which Accounts fhall be 
 produced to the Prefident of the faid College, when required 
 by the laid Prefident and Elects, to be examined and fettled 
 by them; and if, upon fuch Examination, the faid Account 
 fhall appear to be juft and reafonable, the fame fhall be 
 allowed and figned by the faid Prefident, and at leafl 
 
 of the Elects, and fhall be by the faid Prefident reported, 
 together with the other Accounts, at the next general 
 Meeting of the faid College ; and the faid Account, being 
 fo allowed, figned, and reported, fhall be a full Difchargc to 
 the faid Treafurer for fo much Money as fhall in fuch Ac- 
 count appear to have been difburfed by him, on Account 
 of the Lxecution of this Act. 
 
 3nQ, in order that the faid CommifTioners may know when 
 any Patient is received into any fuch licenfed Houfe or Place 
 as aforefaid, IdC it fllttljCr <£naftC0 by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That the Keeper of every fuch licenfed Houfe or Place, 
 within the faid Cities of London and JVefhiinJler, and within 
 Miles of the fame, and within the faid County of 
 Middlefex, is hereby required, within the Space of 
 
 16 Days after any Patient fhall be received into any fuch licenfed 
 Houfe or Place (except fuch Pauper Lunatics as fhall happen 
 to be fent there by Parifh Officers) to caufe Notice thereof to 
 be given to the Secretary to the faid CommifTioners ; which 
 Notice fhall contain the Name of every fuch Perfon received 
 
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 as a Lunatic into fuch Houfe or Place, the Name or Names, 
 •and Place or Places of Abode, of the Perfon or Perfons by 
 whofe Direction fuch Lunatic was fent to fuch Houfe or Place, 
 and alfo the Name and Place of Abode of the Phyfician, Sur- 
 geon, or Apothecary, by whofe Advice fuch Direction was 
 given ; all which Notices fhall be fent fealed up, directed ** To 
 " the Secretary to the Commiffioners for licencing Koufes for 
 <c the Reception cf Lunatics, to be left with the Beadle of the 
 " College of Phyficians in London." All which Notices the 
 faid Beadle is hereby directed to receive, and to deliver to the 
 laid Secretary, within Days after the fame fhall come 
 
 to his Hands ; and the Secretary is hereby required to file and 
 preferve all fuch Notices, and alfo to enter or caufe a Copy or 
 Extract thereof to be entered in the Regiftei within \j 
 
 Days after the Receipt of fuch Notices ; and every Keeper of 
 any fuch iicenfed Houfe or Place, who fhall adir.it, harbour, 
 entertain, or confine any Perfon as a Lunatic, without having 
 an Order in Writing, under the Hand and Seal cf fome Phyfi- 
 cian, Surgeon, or Apothecary, that fuch Perfon is proper to 
 be received into fuch Houfe or Place as a Lunatic, or fhall 
 receive any Lunatic into any fuch Houfe or Place, having fuch 
 Order, and (hall not give Notice thereof to the Secretary of the 
 faid Commiffioners, within the Time and in the Manner afore- 
 faid, fhall forfeit and pay the Sum of 
 
 SnU, in order that fuch Houfes or Places for the Reception 
 of Lunatics, as are not fituated within the Limits aforelaid, 
 may be put under fome Regulation, 05c it ftirtfjCC GEnaftCtJ, 
 That no Houfe, which is not within the faid City of London, 
 or within Miles of the fame, or within the faid County 
 
 of Middleftx, fhall be kept for the Reception of more than 
 unlefs fuch Houfe or Place fhall be Iicenfed by 
 the Juftices of the Peace, at fome Quarter Sefficns of the Peace iS 
 to be holden for the County or Place wherein fuch Houfe 
 or Place fhall be fituated. 
 
 SnU tie it fUttfjet GBnactCtl, That the Juftices of the Peace, 
 at any General Quarter Sellions of the Peace to be holden for 
 any fuch County or Place, are hereby authorized and required 
 to grant Licences to fuch Perfon and Perfons as fhall apply for 
 that Purpofe, fuch Perfon or Perfons paying for each Licence 
 the Sums following; (that is to fay) For each and every Houfe 
 wherein there fhall be kept any Number of Lunatics not ex- 
 ceeding Ten, the Sum of and no more; and for 
 
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 each and every Houfe wherein there fhall be kept above the 
 Number of Ten Lunatics, the Sum of and no 
 
 more ; and that no One Licence {hall authorize any Perfon or 
 Perfons to keep more Houfes than One for the Reception of 
 Lunatics, nor fhall any fuch Licence be granted for any longer 
 Term than for and the faid Juftices (hall, at the 
 
 Time of granting fuch Licences as aforefaid, nominate and ap- 
 19 point Juftices of the Peace for the faid County, and 
 
 alfo One Phyfician, to vifit and infpect all fuch Houfes as fhall 
 be licenfed by fuch Juftices as aforefaid; and the faid Juftices 
 and Phyfician fo nominated and appointed, or any of 
 
 them, whereof the Phyfician to be One, may and are hereby 
 authorized and impowered to vifit, in the Day-time, every 
 Houfe fo licenfed, within the County where fuch Houfe or 
 Place fhall be fo licenfed, as often as they fhall think fit. 
 
 3nD tSC it further (JBnaCtCD, That the faid Juftices 2nd Phy- 
 fician fo nominated, or fuch of them as fhall vifit any licenfed 
 Houfe as aforefaid, may at every fuch Vifitation, if they think 
 neceffary, make, or caufe to be made, Minutes in Writing of 
 the State and Condition of every Houfe which they fhall vifit, as 
 to the Care of the Patients therein, and all fuch other Parti- 
 culars as they fhall think deferve their Notice, together with 
 their Obfervations thereupon ; all which Minutes fhall be en- 
 tered bv way of Report in a Regifter to be kept for that Purpofe 
 by the Clerk of the Peace for the County where fuch Houfe or 
 20 Houfes fhall -be licenfed as aforefaid; a Copy whereof fhall 
 from Time to Time be fent by the faid Clerk of the Peace to 
 the Secretary to the faid Commiffioners, to be by him inferted 
 in a feparate Regifter; which Regifter fhall be kept in the fame 
 Box, and in the fame Manner, as the Regifter belonging to the 
 laid Commiffioners is hereinbefore directed to be kept ; and the 
 faid Clerk of the Peace (hall be paid fuch Sum and Sums of 
 Money, for his Trouble in the Execution of this Act, as the faid 
 Juftices fhall order and direct ; and all Money to be paid for 
 fuch Licences as fhall be granted by the faid Juftices of the 
 Peace as aforefaid, fhall be paid to the Clerk of the Peace as 
 aforefaid, who fhall keep an Account thereof in a Book or 
 Books to be kept for that Purpofe, and fhall account for the 
 fame to the faid Juftices as often as he fhall be required fo to 
 do ; and all Expences attending the Execution of this Act (ex- 
 cept within the Cities of London and Weftminjler, and within 
 Miles thereof, and alfo except within the faid County 
 of Middle/ex J fhall be defrayed out of fuch Money as aforefaid, 
 
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 In fuch Manner as the faid Juftices fhall from Time to Time, 21 
 within their refpe&ive Counties, order and direct. 
 
 3tlQ &e tt further <2BnaacU, That at fuch General Quarter 
 Seffion, when fuch Juftices and Phyfician (hall be appointed as 
 aforefaid, the Clerk of the Peace (hall take the like Oath as 
 is appointed by this Act to be taken by the Secretary of the 
 Commiffioners. 
 
 3nT) tJC it furtljCt CiiafteD, That in cafe the Keeper of any 
 Houfe or Place for the Reception of Lunatics, not being 
 within the faid City of London or Wejlminjier, cr within 
 Miles of the fame, or within the faid County of 
 Middle/ex, (hall, in the Day-time, refufe the faid Juftices and 
 Phyfician, on fuch Vifitation, Admittance, at any Time or 
 Times, into fuch Houfe or Place as aforefaid, the Mailer or 
 Keeper of fuch Houfe or Place (hall, for fuch Offence, forfeit 
 
 3nU fJC it further. CnactCQ by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That the Keeper of any Houfe or Place for the Reception of 
 Lunatics, not being within the faid City of London or Wefi- 
 m'mjler, or within Miles of the fame, or within the 
 
 faid County of Middle/ex, (hall, and is hereby required to give 22 
 fuch Notice as aforefaid, of the Receipt of every fuch Lunatic 
 (except fuch Pauper Lunatics as fhall happen to be fent there 
 by Parifh Officers) to the Secretary to the Commiffioners, at 
 the College of Phyficians aforefaid, within the Space of 
 Days from the Time of fuch Lunatic's being received into any 
 fuch Houfe or Place ; and every Keeper of any fuch licenfed 
 Houfe or Place, who fhall admit, harbour, entertain, or con- 
 fine, any Perfon as a Lunatic, without having an Order in 
 Writing, under the Hand and Seal of fome Phyfician, Surgeon, 
 or Apothecary, that fuch Perfon is proper to be received into 
 fuch Houfe or Place as a Lunatic, or (hail receive any Lunatic 
 into any fuch Houfe or Place, having fuch Order, and (hall 
 not give Notice thereof to the Secretary of the faid Com- 
 miffioners, within the Time and in the Manner aforefaid, (hall 
 forfeit and pay the Sum of 
 
 SntJ &C it further CnaftCQ, That no fuch Licence (hall 
 be granted as aforefaid, either by the faid Commiffioners or 
 Juftices of the Peace as aforefaid, unlefs, upon granting fuch 23 
 Licence, the Perfon to whom fuch Licence is. granted (hall 
 
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 enter into Recognizance to the King's Majefty, His Heirs and 
 
 Succeffors, in the Sum of with 
 
 fufficient Securities, each in the Sum of 
 
 cr One fufficient Surety, in the Sum of 
 
 under the ufual Conditions, for the good Behaviour of fuch 
 
 Perfon during the Time for which fuch Licence (hall be 
 
 granted. 
 
 StlU bt it further CrtactCO by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord 
 Keeper, or the Commiffioners for the Cuftody of the Great 
 Seal, or the Lord Chief Juftice of the Court of King's Bench, 
 or the Lord Chief Juftice of the Court of Common Pleas, 
 for the Time being, may, at any Time or Times, by any 
 written Order, directed to the Commiffioners appointed by 
 this Act, or to the Jufticcs of the Peace, and Phvfician, 
 appointed Vifitors at any General Quarter Seffion, require 
 the faid Commiffioners, or any or more of them, or 
 
 the faid Vifitors, or any of them, to vifit or infpec~t 
 
 24 any Houfe or Houfes fo licenfed, and alfo to make a Report 
 to him or them, touching fuch Matters as they fhall in 
 fuch Orders be directed to inquire into, or as they fhall 
 think deferving his or their Lordfhips Notice ; and the faitt 
 Lord High Chancellor, or Lord Keeper, or Commiffioners 
 for the Cuftody of the Great Seal, or Lord Chief Juf- 
 tice of the Court of King's Bench, or the Lord Chief Juftice 
 of the Court of Common Pleas, may alfo, at any Time or 
 Times, by a like Order, fend for and infpect the Regifter or 
 Regifters fo to be kept as aforefaid, and may fummon and 
 examine all or any of the Perfons concerned in the Execu- 
 tion of the faid Ad, as often as fhall be thought neceflaiy 
 and proper ; and in cafe they or any of them fhall not 
 obey all fuch Orders as aforefaid, within Days after the 
 
 Receipt of the fame, and fhall not fbevv fufficient Caufe to 
 the contrary, every Perfon fo offending fhall be deemed 
 guilty of 
 
 ProoiDcn altoaggf, ano it id fiereug SDecIareD, That no- 
 thing in this Adt contained (hall extend, or be conftrued 
 .25 to extend, to any of the public Hoipitals within this 
 Kingdom. 
 
 9lltl be it further (JBnaftCD by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That all Penalties and Forfeitures which fhall be incurred 
 
 within
 
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 •within the faid Cities of London or Wejlniinjler, or within 
 Miles of the fame, or within the faid County of Middlesex, for 
 •Offences again ft this Act, fhall and may be fued for and re- 
 covered in any of the Courts of Record at Wcfim'wjier ', by 
 Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Li formation, by the Prefident 
 of the faid College, for the Time being, in the Name of the 
 Treafurer belonging to the faid College,- at any Time within 
 
 Calendar Months after the Offence committed ; and 
 all fuch Penalties and Forfeitures, when recovered, fhall, and are 
 hereby directed to be paid to the faid Treafurer, ami (hall be 
 applied (except fuch Penalties and Forfeitures as arc otherwife 
 directed to be applied by this Act) in Manner following ; (that 
 is to fay) of all fuch Penalties and Forfeitures 
 
 fhall go to the Informer, and the towards defraying 
 
 the Expences attending the Execution of this Act ; and all 
 Penalties and Forfeitures which fhall be incurred for Offences 2 5 
 .againft this Act, not within the faid Cities of London or TVeJi- 
 ■mi/ijler, or within Miles of the fame, or within the 
 
 faid County of Middle/ex, mall and mav be fued for and re- 
 covered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, by 
 and in the Name of the Clerk of the Peace for the County ,.*, 
 
 where any fuch Offence fhall be committed ; and all fuch Pe- 
 nalties and Forfeitures, when recovered, fhall be applied 
 
 to the Informer, and for defraying the 
 
 Expences attending the Execution of this Act within fuch 
 ■County. 
 
 3nU f)C it furtfjCr <£na&CD, That if any Action or Suit fhall 
 be commenced or brought againft any Perfon or Perfons, for 
 any Thing done in purfuance of this Act, the fame fhall 
 be commenced within Calendar Months next after the 
 
 Fact committed, and fhall be laid or brought in the County, 
 City, or Place, where the Caufe of Action fhall have arifen, 
 and not elfewhere ; and the Defendant or Defendants, in every 
 fuch Action or Suit, fhall and may, at his Election, plead 27 
 fpecia'ly, or the General PTue, Not Guilty, and give this 
 Act, and the fpecial Matter in Evidence, at any Trial to 
 be had thereupon, and that the fame was done in pur- 
 fuance and by the Authority of this Act ; and if the fame 
 fhall appear to be fo done, or that fuch Action or Suit fhall 
 be brought in any other County, City, or Place, or fhall not 
 have been commenced within the Time before limited for bring- 
 ing the fame, that then the Jury (hall find a Verdict for the De- 
 fendant or Defendants j and upon a Verdict being fo found, or 
 
 if 
 
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 if the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs fhall be nonfuited, or difcontinue 
 his, her, or their Adtion or Suit, after the Defendant or De- 
 fendants fhall have appeared, or if, upon Demurrer, Judgment 
 fhall be given againft the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, then the De- 
 fendant or Defendants fhall recover Cofts, and have fuch 
 Remedy for recovering the fame, as any Defendant or Defendants 
 hath or have in any other Cafes by Law. 
 
 28 3ntJ l)C it fUCtbCC CnaftCD, That this Aft fhall be deemed 
 and taken to be a Public Act, and be judicially taken Notice of 
 as fuch, by all Judges, Juftices, and other Perfons whemfoever, 
 without fpeci-dly pleading the fame. 
 
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 Now depending in Parliament, the better to prevent the 
 Illicit Exportation of 'Live Sheep, Wool,Woolf els, Mort- 
 lings, Shortlings, Tarn and Worfled Cruels, Coverlets, 
 Waddings, and other Manufactures, or pretended 
 Ma7iufaSlures,Jlightly wrought up, or otherwife put 
 together, Jo as the fame may be reduced to, and 
 made ufe of as, Wool again ; Mattraffes or Beds 
 fluffed with Combed Wool, or Wool fit for combing; 
 Fullers Earth, Fulling Clay, and Tobocco- Pipe Clay: 
 And for reducing into One AB fever al Laws now 
 m being relating thereto ;~ and alfo for rendering 
 more ejfe&ual an Aft pajjed in the Twenty-third 
 Tear of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth, 
 intituled, " An Acl for the Winding of Wool •»' 
 ■wherein is Jhewn from what Laws the Claufes con- 
 tained in f uch Bitl have been f elected and taken, or 
 are grounded upon. 
 
 [The Figures in the Margin denote the Page of the Printed Bill where each 
 
 Claufe may be found.] 
 
 THE Preamble fets forth the neceffity that the prefent 
 Wool Laws mould be amended and confolidated * • 
 and then it is ena&ed as follows : ' 
 
 That 
 
 T At pt ? pHet X ° f recluci »S th e laws now in being againft the Exoort 
 t.on of Wool, &c. ,nto one, will fcarcely be deputed, when it is knownTh 
 
 a- 
 
 that 
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 2 That all Acts now in force, or fo much thereof as relate 
 to the carrying coaftwife, or to prevent the Exportation of, 
 the above-mentioned articles (except fo much of the 9th 
 and 10th W. III. c. xl. which relates to the counties of Kent 
 and Suflex*), mail be repealed. 
 
 3 That all Exporters of Live Sheep mall forfeit 
 
 for every fuch Sheep, for the firft offence, and be imprifoned 
 for the fpace of , and until the forfeiture mall be 
 
 paid ; and that all fuch Sheep, and the veffel on which the 
 fame mall be on board, mall be forfeited. And that for a 
 fecond, and every fubfequent ofFence, the penalty, and alfo 
 the time of the imprifonment, mail be increafed with the 
 like forfeitures-h. (New Claufe.J 
 
 Provided 
 
 the regulations to prevent fo great a mifchief are dilated into about twenty 
 Acts of Parliament, many of which are now unneceffary. 
 
 * The 9th and 10th W. III. (after reciting that it was a common practice, 
 in Romney Marfh, for perfons not rcjident upon the place to buy up great 
 (juantilies of Wool, and to export- the fnine. enacts) That no perfons refiding 
 within fifteen miles of the fea, in the counties of Kent and SufTex, fhall prefume 
 to buy any Wool, before they enter into bond, with fureties, that all the 
 Wool they buy fhall not [be fold by them to any per/on or perfons within 
 fifteen miles of the fea; and in cafe any Wool be found carried towards the 
 fea fide in the counties aforefaid, unlefs fuch Wool be firft entered, and 
 fecurity given, the fame fhall be forfeited, and the perfon offending fliall 
 forfeit three millings for every pound weight. 
 
 The fame Statute alfo enacts, That no Wool removed from the place 
 where it was firft laid after fheering, within ten miles of the fea, fhall be 
 lodged, after the firft removing, within fifteen miles of the fea in the faid 
 counties, upon pain of forfeiting fuch Wool, and three fhillings for every 
 pound weight. 
 
 The great inconvenience which the Wool Growers and Wool Dealers 
 
 in the counties of Kent and SufTex would be put to by a ftriet attention 
 
 to the execution of this law is fufficiently obvious: and would it not therefore 
 
 '.Me for them to endeavour to have it repealed, and what rnuft 
 
 e been the real intent ©f the then Legiflature re-enacted and enforced? 
 
 t" The Exportation of Live Sheep is prohibited by the 8th Eliz. chap. iii. 
 an ; that the offender fhall for the firft offence forfeit and lofe all 
 
 his
 
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 Provided that Live Wether Sheep may be put on board 
 any fliip as food for the crew, &c. C. II. c. xxxii. f. 1 1 . 
 
 Provided that fuch Wether Sheep (hall be put on board 4 
 with the confent of the Comptroller of the port where the 
 fame are intended to be fhipped. (New Claufe.J 
 
 That all Exporters of Wool, &c. their aiders and abettors, 
 fhall forfeit 3.C for every pound weight of Wool, &c. which 
 fhall be exported; and fhall, for the firft offence, fuffer im- 
 prifonment for the fpace of , and until the penalty 
 
 mall be paid. And for every fecond and fubfequent offence, 
 fuch Exporter fhall be fubject to the fame penilty, and be 
 imprifoned for a longer time, and until fuch penalty fhall be 
 paid. All fhips, veffels, carts, carriages, and horfes em- 
 ployed in the Exportation of any of the faid articles, and 
 alio the articles themfelves, mall be forfeited. 12th C. II. 
 c. xxxii. f. 1. 13th and 14th C. II. c. xviii. f. 3. 12th G. II. 
 c. xxi, f. 9*. 
 
 That 
 
 his goods for ever; and further, that he fhall fuffer imprifonment for one 
 whole year, and at the year's end fhall have his lett hand cut off. And 
 further, that if he eftlbons offend againft this Statute, he fhall be adjudged 
 a felon, and fhall fuffer death as in cafes of felony. 
 
 It is to be noted, that this prohibition is not confined to fheep the breed 
 of this kingdom. — Vide alio the following note: 
 
 * The Exportation of Thrums and Woollen Yarn was prohibited by the 
 8th Hen. VI. 
 
 The Exportation of Worfted Yarn is prohibited under the forfeiture of 
 4.0 i. per pound by the 33d Hen. VIII. So early was it difcovered that 
 fuch a practice was prejudicial to the intereft of this kingdom : and the en- 
 ormity of the penalty fhews the great anxiety of the Legislature to remedy 
 that mifchief ; and it is fair to infer, that the then defire of foreigners to 
 obtain Worfled Yarn, was as great as the anxiety to prevent it. 
 
 The Exportation of SI ' Wool the breed and growth of the king- 
 
 1 of England, and alio of all Woolfels, Mortlings, Shortlings, Yarn 
 
 A 2 mad
 
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 6 That all Wool, &c. intended to be carried coafhvife, fhall 
 be entered at the port from whence the fame is intended to 
 
 be 
 
 made of Wool, Wool Flocks, Fullers Earth, and Fulling Clay, is pro- 
 hibited by 12th C. II. c. xxxii. under the penalty that all fuch articles Jhall 
 he forfeited, and of the forfeiture of 20 s. for every fuch Sheep, and of 3 j. 
 for every pound weight of fuch other of the aforefaid articles; and of all 
 ihips and veffels wherein the fame fhall he loaden or laid on hoard, and of 
 the forfeiture of all the goods and chattels of the mafter and mariners of 
 fuch fhip or vefTels, knowing fuch offence ; who alfo are to be imprifoned 
 for the fpace of three months. And every perfon who fhall be convicted, 
 fhall be diiabled to require any debt or account of any factor or others, for 
 or concerning any debt or eft ate properly belonging to fuch offenders. — 
 And it is by this Act provided, that nothing therein contained fhall be 
 conffrued to take away any greater pains or penalties for any of the offences 
 aforefaid. 
 
 The Exportation of Tobacco-Pipe Clay is prohibited by the 13th and 
 74th C. II. c. xviii. under the forfeiture of 35. per pound. 
 
 By the 7th & 8th W. III. c. xxviii. no fhip or veffel fhall export any of the 
 commodities in this Act mentioned, under the penalty and forfeiture of the 
 fa id commodities, fhip, and veffel, and treble the value thereof, with treble 
 cofts of fuit; and the inhabitants of the hundred next adjoining to the fea 
 through which fuch commodities fhall be carried, are fubject to treble 
 the value thereof; and all perfons who fhall be aiding in fuch Exportation, 
 fhall fuffer three years imprifonment. 
 
 The Exportation of Fullers Earth, and Scouring Clay, is alfo prohibited 
 by the 9th cc icth W. III. c. xl. under the forfeiture of 1 s. for every pound 
 weight. 
 
 By the 9th & 10th W. III. c. x. in actions brought for any penalty in- 
 curred by the laws againft the Exportation of Wool, C\c. the defendants are 
 required to give bail. 
 
 By the 4th Geo. I. c. xi. in cafe the perfons againft whom judgment fhall 
 he obtained for any penalty incurred for the unlawful Exportation of Wool, 
 &c. fhall not pay the fum recovered within the fpace of three months after 
 the entering up of fuch judgment, fuch perfons may by order of court be 
 tranfported for the term of feven years. By the 12th G. II. c. xxi. the laft- 
 mentioned Act is extended to aiders and abetters of luch Exportation. 
 
 Bv the 5th G. I. c. xi. it is recited, that in the coaft regulation of 1 ft W. & 
 M. Wool was onlv mentioned; and therefore the fame provifion is extended to 
 
 "Weolfels,
 
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 be Chipped, before the fame fhall be brought within five miles 
 of fuch port, i W. 6c M. c. xxxii. 1. 2. 5 G. I. c. xi. f. 14. 
 
 Provided 
 
 Woolfelts, Mortlings, Shortlings, Yarn made of Wool, Wool Flocks, 
 Fullers Earth, Fulling Clay, and Tobacco-ripe Clay. 
 
 By the 1 2th Geo. II. c. xxi. the Exportation of Coverlets, Waddings, 
 and other Manufactures, or pretended Manufactures, made of Wool flight i y 
 Hitched, worked, or otherwife put together, fo as the fame might be reduced 
 to, and made ufe of as, Wool again ; or Mattrafles or Beds fluffed with Combed 
 V\ ool, or Wool fit for combing, is prohibited under the like penalties and 
 forfeitures as the Exportation of Wool. 
 
 Such has been the fyftematic attention of foimer Legiflatures to prevent 
 the Exportation of our Wool ; and it has been referved for later times, and 
 the wildom of a few modern politicians, to condemn that fyftem; the bene- 
 ficial effects whereof in Yorkihire, and all other manfacluring parts of the 
 kingdom, will oppofe every fpeculative opinion. To be confiflent, the 
 oppofers of the prefent Bill ought to endeavour to obtain the repeal of the 
 laws now in being (to the making whereof, it is prefumed, fome of them 
 have in a legiilative capacity confented) againfi; the enticing our Manu- 
 facturers in Wool to go out of the kingdom; and the Exportation of Tools or 
 Utenlils made ufe of in the working up of Wool. The poor Manufacturer 
 and the ingenious inventor of thefe tools, fubmit to this reftriclion without 
 murmuring. But, how abfurd mult it appear to retain the bunds and inftru- 
 ments, and permit to be fent away, either openly or clandeflinely, the 
 material which Providence has given in fo eminent a degree to this Na- 
 tion for their employment. 
 
 By the evidence adduced before the Committee of the Houfe of Com- 
 mons, it appears that about 600,000 Packs of Wool are annually grown in 
 this kingdom: of this, one half may upon the bell enquiry be fuppofed to 
 be pulled from Sheep Skins, the remaining half therefore wilfbe fhorn Wool* 
 of which it is prefumed, upon the fame ground, that one third is Short 
 Wool, and the remaining two-thirds, or 200,000 Packs, are Long Comb- 
 ing Wool. Of thefe 200,000 Packs, 13,000 Packs maybe deemed, from 
 evidence as pofitive as the nature of the fact will admit of, to have been 
 yearly fmuggled to France*; and that this Wool will enable the French 
 to manufacture 39,000 Packs of their own Wool, into articles which in a 
 great degree would be fupplied from England. 
 
 To mark the magnitude of this evil, it is necefTary to fhew the very threat 
 advantages which this kingdom derives by the working up of our Loner 
 Combing Wool. Two hundred thoufand Packs of fuch Wool, will upou 
 
 * See the Report of the Committee of the Houfe of Commons. 
 
 a moderate
 
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 7 Provided that nothing in the foregoing Claufe {hall hinder 
 any perfon from carrying his Wool from the place of ihecr- 
 ing to his dwelling houfe or outhoufes, though the fame he 
 within five miles or lefs of the fea ; notice of removal being 
 firft given to the officers of the cuftoms at the adjacent port, 
 i W. 6c M. c. xxxii. f. 3. 
 
 That Wool, &c. lying near the fea, or any navigable river, 
 with intent to be exported, may be feized, and mail be for- 
 feited. 12 C. II. c. xxxii. f. 7. 
 
 Provided that a limited quantity of Wool may be (hipped, 
 under certain regulations, to the iflands of Jerfey, Guernfey, 
 Aldernev, and Sark. 12 C. II. c. xxxii. f. 12. I W. &M. 
 c. xxxii. f. 14. 
 
 10 That the governors of fuch iflands mail take 
 
 for a licence to bring Wool to the faid iflands.' 12 C. II. 
 c. xxxii. f. 14. 
 
 a moderate computation, wIipii manufactured, make ten millions of money; 
 and the manufacturing of it will employ upwards of two millions of 
 perfons annually : thefe confiderations fufficiently evince the propriety 
 of keeping our Wool at home. But when it is confidered that the 
 Smuggling of 13,000 Packs of Wool is the lot's of 520,000/.* annually to 
 this nation, in the firft inftance; and will enable the French to meet us at 
 the foreign market (to which market our Worfteds are chiefly lent) with 
 manufactured goods the fame as our own, of the value of two millions and 
 an half, or one-fourth of the Englifh ftock at fuch market (fuppofing all 
 the Englifh Worfteds were exported, which is not the cafe) — the effects of 
 preventing fuch a miichief are obvious: the Manufacturer would have no 
 longer rcr.fon to cc 1 was advanced almoft double, and 
 
 that he was ;u . , neceffity to fell the manufactured articles at 
 
 lofmg prices j-; and the Grower would rind the demand for his Wool in- 
 creased, and confequently the price kept up; inafmuch as there would be 
 rivalihip of 39,000 Packs of French Wool, and of courfe an 
 ;:al demand of the products of the Lnglifh. 
 
 * T: eftiinated at £. ic ptr Pack. 
 
 The addition by labour, in Yorkftiire Worfteds, is five t'mes the value of the Wool; in Norwich, 
 lc £• 520,000 are taltea from the Yorkfhire increafe pi . 
 
 f Sec Mr. Clapham's evidence, as ref crted by the Committee of the Houfe of Commons. 
 
 That
 
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 That no Wool, &c. fhall be put on board alien fbips, 
 except Lamb Skins prepared for Fur or Linings. 12 C. II. 
 c. xxxii. f. 9 & 10. 
 
 The third faction of 9 & 10 W. III. c. xl. which re- 
 lates to the practice on Romney Marfh, being recited, it is 
 enacted, That the certificate mentioned in fuch fection, fliall 
 be returned to the officer who granted it. (New Claufe.J 
 
 That every perfon who fliall alter a certificate or licence, 12 
 fhall forfeit the fum of . (New ClaufeJ. 
 
 That no Wool fhall be carried between fun fetting and fun 
 rifing. 7 6c 8 W. III. c. xxxviii. f. 8. 
 
 That all Wool, Woollen, and Worried Articles, fliall 
 be packed in leather or canvas, and marked " Wool" on the 
 outiide. 12 Geo. II. c. xxi. f. 10. 
 
 That perfons who fliall pack Wool, or any fuch arti- 13 
 cles, in any box or barrel, or fhall caufe the fame to beprefled 
 by any engine into any butt or pipe, fhall forfeit 
 per pound, and alio fuch articles. 13th and 14th C. II. 
 c. xviii. f. 7. 
 
 That all fuch perfons fhall alio be puniflied as Exporters 
 of Wool. Ibid. 
 
 That perfons who fhall have aflifled in luch package, and 14 
 fliall difcover the mafter packer, fliall not be liable to any 
 penalty. (New Claufe.J 
 
 ' That if the mafter packer fhall difcover the perfon who 
 employed him to make fuch illegal package, he fhall not be 
 liable to fuch pains and penalties. (New Claufe.J 
 
 That
 
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 That no c-fk fhall be put on board any veflel till the fame 
 fhall have been fearched, and a fufterance obtained. (New 
 Claufe.J 
 
 15 That wharfingers fhall give bond that they will give a 
 regular account of Wool by them received and delivered. 
 (New Claufe.J 
 
 16 That wharfingers fhall give notice of the Wool by them 
 received to the cuftomer at the port where fuch wharf fhall 
 be kept. (New Claufe.J 
 
 That no Wool, &c. fhall be fhipped to be carried coaft- 
 w ife before notice be given at the port from whence the fame 
 is intended to be fhipped, and bond given for the due 
 landing thereof. 12 G. II. c. xxi. f. 11. 
 
 *6 
 
 18 That the cuftomer at the port from whence Wool, Sec. 
 fhall be fhipped, fhall tranfmit an account thereof to the 
 cuftomer at the port to which the fame is intended to be 
 conveyed ; and before any bond fhall be difcharged, a certi- 
 ficate fhall be produced of fuch Wool, &c. being duly landed. 
 
 Ibid. 
 
 \q That no Wool, &c. fhall be put on board veffels bound 
 to foreign parts, under the penalty of fuch Wool, &c. and 
 fhip, being forfeited, and the mafter being punifhed as an 
 Exporter, unlefs fuch mafter difcover the fhipper. 12G.II. 
 c. xxi. f. 23. 
 
 20 Provided that the mafters of veffels not regularly cleared out, 
 fhall not have any benefit or exemption from fuch difcovery. 
 Ibid. 
 
 Provided that where it fhall appear from the fmallnefs of 
 the quantity of any Wool, &c. which fhall be found on board 
 
 any
 
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 any fliip regularly cleared out, or in any waggon, that ther 
 fame might be there without the knowledge of the owner or 
 matter, no punifliment or forfeiture in any fuch cafe mall 
 enfue. (New Ciaufe.J 
 
 That a register of all Wool, &c. fent coaftwife fball be 21 
 kept, and a copy thereof tranfmitted to the Cuftom Houfe 
 in London. 1 W. & M. c. xxxii. f. 11. 
 
 That no Wool, which fliall be on board any veflel to be 22 
 carried coaftwife, fliall be unpacked. (New ClauJ'e). 
 
 That all Wool, &c. fliall be fliipped and landed in the 
 prefence of the proper officer, and at lawful quays. 12 G. II. 
 c. xxi. f. 13. 
 
 That all cockets fliall be wrote upon paper, and fhall not 23 
 be erafed or interlined. 1 W. & M. c. xxxii. f. 4. 
 
 That perfons infuring Wool, &c. to be delivered in foreign 
 parts, fliall be deemed Exporters, and fo puniflied. 12 G. II. 
 c. xxi. f. 29. 
 
 That the infured fliall be fubjeel to the like penalty. Ibid. 
 feci;. 30. 
 
 That the perfons infuring, or becoming th n Aired, who 24 
 fliall firft difcover the offence, fliall be acquitted. Ibid. 
 feci:. 31. 
 
 That all infurances on Wool, &c. fliall be void. Ibid, feci, 33. 
 
 That the Lord High Admiral fliall appoint cruizers, with 25 
 orders to feize all fliips bound to foreign parts, having Wool, 
 &c. on board. 10th 6c 1 ith W. III. c. x. f. 16. 5th Geo. II. 
 c. xxi. f. 1. 
 
 B That
 
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 2 6 That the mafler of any cruizer may fearch any fhip within 
 his Ration. 5 GTII. c. xxi. i". 5. 
 
 That Ships, Wool, &c. which fliall be feized by any 
 cruizer, fliall be ibid to the bed bidder. Ibid. f. 3. 
 
 27 That the commander of any fuch cruizer, who fliall neglect 
 his duty, fliall bepuniflicd. 10 & 11 W. III. c. 10. f. 18. 
 
 That revenue officers by themfelves, and all other perfons 
 in company of a conftable only, or other peace officer, may 
 examine and feize the articles prohibited frem being ex- 
 ported. 12 C. II. c. xxxii. f. 7. 1 W. & M. c. xxxii. 
 f. 9. and 12 G. II. c. xxi. f. 14. 
 
 28 That officers of the revenue, and peace officers, who fliall 
 neglect their duty, fliall be puniflied. 12 G. II. c. xxi. f. 16. 
 
 That perfons a&ing under any deputation from Commif- 
 fioners of the Cuftoms, Excife, or Salt, fliall be deemed 
 officers to execute this Act. 12 G. II. c. xxi. f. 24. 
 
 That all perfons who fliall make collufive feizures, fliall 
 be deemed and puniflied as Exporters of Wool, except fuch 
 as fliall turn Informers. 12 G. II. c xxi. f. 16. 
 
 29 That all perfons who fliall prevent or hinder the execution, 
 of this Act, or fliall wound or beat any one who fliall be in 
 the execution thereof, fliall be tranfported. 12 G. II. c. xxi. 
 f. 26. 
 
 20 Th#t perfons offering to bribe any officer, or other perfon, 
 to connive at the Exportation of Wool, &c. fliall forfeit the 
 fum of £ 12 G. II. c. xxi. f. 25. 
 
 That 

 
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 That officers of the revenue who (halFnegleft their duty 
 5- 
 
 *u« uuiwis 01 me revenue wno lliall neglect their dut v 
 ihall be punifhed as Exporters of Wool, i W. & M. c. xxxii 
 
 That bonds which (hall be taken in purfuance of this Aft 
 (hall not be chargeable with any ftamp. 12 G. II. c. xxi! 
 f . 28. 
 
 That in all queftions upon this Aft, the proof of the breed 
 of Sheep or growth of Wool to be of this kingdom, (hall not 
 be upon the feizer or prcfecutor. (New Claufe.) 
 
 That all feizures and penalties not exceeding ?I 
 
 may be determined in a fummary way. 13 & 14 c ii 
 c. xviii. f. i2.— 12 G. II. c. xxi. f. 18. 
 
 That penalties not before appropriated mall go and be 12 
 paid between the informer and the officer of the revenue who 
 ihall affift in making any feizure. 12 G. II. c. xxi. f J0 
 & 21. y 
 
 That officers of the revenue, and officers of the peace 
 may feize upon and arreft perfons offending againft this Aft' 
 and convey them before a magiftrate. (New Claufe.) 
 
 That officers making the arreft (hall be bound over to 77 
 profecute. (New Claufe.) Jj 
 
 That in cafe it (hall appear to the magiftrate that th. 
 penalty incurred cannot be levied from the goods of the 
 offender, every iuch offender may be immediately committed. 
 (New Claufe.) 
 
 That until the warrant for levying the penalty incurred 
 (hall be returnable, the offender may be kept in cuilodv 
 (New Claufe.) ' r ; ' 
 
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 34 That if the offender give fecurity, to the fatisfadtion of the 
 magiitrate, for the payment of the penalty incurred by him, 
 that then every fuch offender may be let at liberty, (blew 
 Claufe.) 
 
 That all perfons who fliall think themfelves aggrieved, may, 
 upon entering into recognizance, appeal to the leffions. 
 [New Claufe.) 
 
 or That appellants who fliall pay the penalty by way of 
 depofit, may appeal, upon their entering into recognizance, 
 without fureties. {New Claufe.) 
 
 That all perfons who fliall appear to be neceflary witneffes 
 in any complaint or information, may be compelled to appear 
 and give their evidence. {New Claufe.) 
 
 36 That perfons taking greater fees than allowed by this Aft, 
 lhall forfeit for every Penny that Hull be 
 taken, over and above the fee allowed. 12 C. II. c. xxxii. f. 14. 
 
 That all actions which fliall be brought for the recovery of 
 any penalty not herein before directed to be recovered in a 
 luminary way; and alfo fuch penalties as are herein before 
 dire&ed to be fo recovered in a luminary way, may, if the 
 party claiming the fame fliall fo think proper, be profecuted 
 in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at Weftminfter, 
 or in the Court of Exchequer at Edinburgh. 12 G. II. 
 c. xxi. f. 32. 
 
 That perfons who fliall be profecuted for any penalty in- 
 curred by this Act, fliall be obliged to give bail. 10 &c 11 
 W. III. c. x. f. 20. 
 
 37 That all actions that fliall be profecuted by virtue of this 
 Act, lhall be tried by a jury to be fummoned out of any 
 
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 other county than that wherein the facl: fhall be committed. 
 7 & 8 W. III. c. xxviii. f. 1 1. 
 
 That judgment by default may be entered againfl any per- 
 fon who fhall be in prifon, and who fhall refuie to plead. 
 4 G. I. c. xi. f. 6. 
 
 That where no feizure mail happen to be made whereby 
 the informer can be rewarded, a reward mall be paid to him 
 by the Commimoners of the Cuftoms. 12 G. II. c. 21. 
 f. 22. 
 
 Provided that no perfon mall be profecuted for any offence 
 done contrary to this Act, unlefs fuch profecution fhall be 
 commenced within the fpace of next 
 
 after the offence committed. 9 6c 10 \V. III. c. xl. f. 9. 
 
 That the firft. three perfons who (hall be aiding in the ex- 38 
 porting of any of the faid articles, and who fhall give in- 
 formation thereof, fhall not fuffer any of the penalties or 
 punilhments herein before mentioned. 7 & 8 W. III. 
 c. xxviii. f. 11. 
 
 Provided that the owner or mailer of any fhip, who fhall 
 give the firil information, within a limited time, of the 
 Exportation of any of the faid articles, and enter into recog- 
 nizance to give evidence of the fame, fhall not be liable to 
 any of the penalties contained in this Act. 13 & 14 C. II. 
 c. xviii. f. 11. and 1 W. «Sc M. c.xxxii. f. 8. 
 
 That Abftracls of this Act fhall be delivered at every Eafler 
 Seflions to the High Conflables, and that they fhall caufe one 
 of the faid Abflracls to be fixed upon the church and chapel 
 door of every parifh church and chapel within their refpective 
 liberties, within a certain diftance of the fea. (New Claufe.J 
 
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 39 -The faid Bill alio, after reciting the Ad palled in the twenty- 
 third year of King Henry the Eighth, whereby the feller of 
 deceitful Wool is to forfeit, for every fleece deceitfully 
 wound, fix-pence (one moiety to the King, and the other 
 to the finder or prover of the faid deceit, to be recovered by 
 Adion of Debt) j and alfo, after reciting that the faid Law 
 had not now the good effects thereby propofed, by reafon 
 of the faid penalty being fo fmall *, and one moiety thereof 
 being di reded to be paid to the King, and the great expence 
 attending the recovery of the fame — enads, That, in lieu of 
 Six-pence, the penalty fhall be Two Shillings and Six-pence, 
 and fhall be recovered in a fummary way. (New Claufe.) 
 
 40 That where the penalty fhall not be paid, the fame may 
 be levied by warrant of diftrefs and fale. (New Claufe. J 
 
 That all perfons convided, fhall have liberty to appeal, 
 upon entering into recognizance to try fuch appeal. (New 
 Claufe.) 
 
 41 That no convidion fhall be fet afide through want of 
 form, nor (hall the fame be removed into any of his Majefty's 
 Courts of Record. (New Claufe.) 
 
 42 That all adions which fhall be brought againfr. any perfon 
 for any thing done by virtue of this Ad, fhall be brought 
 within a limited time, &c. &c. 19 G. II. c. xxxii. f. 
 
 -'■' Among a number of witnefles who were ready to be adduced to prove 
 the great deceits in the Winding of Wool," and the inadequacy of the prefent 
 penalty to prevent it — an eminent Woolftapler was only examined ; when 
 he proved that he was defrauded in an innance, where the offender, after 
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 To prevent Abufes in the Packing or Bagging of Hops. 
 
 ^C"~E^Ij)<2ElR(ZE3^>> divers Abufes are practifed in the Packing 
 or Bagging of Hops : For Remedy whereof, 
 
 May it pleafe Your MAJESTY, 
 
 That it may be Enacted, anO fJC it CnaftCD by the King's moil 
 Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the 
 Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent 
 Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That 
 from and after the 
 
 all Planters, Growers, and Owners of Hops, 
 fhall, before the Duty is charged thereon, mark or caufe to be 
 marked, with Ink or Paint, in plain and legible Characters, upon 
 the Outfide of every Bag or Pocket in which any Hops fhall be 
 packed, the Weight or Tare of every fuch Bag or Pocket, with 
 the Planter or Planters Name or Names at full Length, or 
 the Initial Letters thereof, together with the Date of the Year 
 in which fuch Hops were grown : And if any Planter, Grower 
 or Owner of Hops, fhall not mark all fuch Bags or Pockets, 
 within the Time and in the Manner aforefaid, or fhall not 
 mark or caufe to be marked the exact and true Weight of all 
 
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 fuch Bags or Pockets, every fuch Planter, Grower or Owner of 
 Hops, fhall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit the Sum of 
 
 3nU bC it futtijer CrmftCB by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 all and every Perfon and Perfons, who mail fell any Plops which 
 fhall be grown after the faid 
 
 fhall make an Allowance 
 to the Buyer of fuch Hops for the Tare of every Bag or Pocket, 
 according to the Weight fo marked thereon ; and fo in Propor- 
 tion for a Part of any Bag or Pocket which fhall be cut and fold 
 in any lefs Quantity than a whole Bag or Pocket ; which Al- 
 lowance fhall be deducted from the grofs Weight of all fuch Hops 
 before Payment fhall be demanded for the fame. 
 
 l£>£Otiiu0tl altoap0, That every Perfon who fhail fell a whole 
 Bag or Pocket of Hops, fhall be allowed to charge for every Bag 
 or Pocket wherein fuch Hops fhall be contained, fuch Sum as 
 any fuch Planter or Seller fhall have actually paid for the fame, 
 not exceeding for any One Bag, and 
 
 for any One Pocket. 
 
 3nD t)C it further (EnafteD by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 all Penalties and Forfeitures for Offences againft this Act fhall, 
 upon Information and Proof of the Offences reflectively before 
 any One Juftice of the Peace for the County or Place where the 
 Offence fhall be difcovered, or wherein the Offender fhall be or 
 refide, either by the Confeffion of the Party or Parties offending, 
 or by the Oath of One or more Witnefs or Witneffes (which 
 Oath fuch Juftice of the Peace is hereby impowered and required 
 to adminifter without Fee or Reward) be levied by 
 
 of the Goods and Chattels of the Party or Parties offend- 
 ing, by Warrant or Warrants under the Hand and Seal of fuch 
 Juftice (which Warrant or Warrants fuch Juftice is hereby im- 
 powered to grant) ; and the Overplus, after fuch Penalties and 
 Forfeitures, and the Charges of fuch are re- 
 
 covered and deducted, fhall be returned upon Demand unto the 
 Owner or Owners of fuch Goods and Chattels ; and the Penal- 
 ties and Forfeitures, when fo paid or levied, fhall from time to 
 time be paid to the Perfon who fhall give Information of any 
 fuch Offence. 
 
 IPlCUiuCQ aUoaPS, That nothing herein contained fhall extend 
 to fubject any fuch Planter, Grower or Owner of Hops, to the 
 
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 faid Penalty in Cafes where an Increase of Weight fhall appear 
 to fuch Juilice to have arifen by the Flour or Dull of the Hops, 
 or other Duft, Dirt or Thing that may have unavoidably adhered 
 to fuch Bag or Pocket ; fuch Increafe not exceeding Pounds 
 
 Weight for any one Bag, or Pounds Weight for any one 
 
 Pocket. 
 
 ^ouinco altoaps, ants it is Ijcrcfaj? Declares, That no Perfon 
 
 fhall be liable to be profecutcd for any Penalty .for any Offence 
 againfl this Ac!:, unlefs Complaint ihall be made thereof to fome 
 juftice of the Peace for the County or Place where the Caufe 
 of Complaint fhall arife or be difcovered, within Months 
 
 next after the Sale of any fuch Hops ; any Thing herein before 
 contained to the contrary hereof notwithftandins:. 
 
 3n0 be it ftltthet CnafteO by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 this A£t fhall be deemed and taken to be a Public Act, and ihall 
 be judicially taken Notice of as fuch by all Judges, Juitices, and 
 other Perfons whomfoever, without fpecially pleading the fame.
 
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 Altering, explaining, and amending, feveral Ads 
 of the Parliament of Scotland, reflecting Col- 
 liers, Coalbearers, and Salters. 
 
 Note. — The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of the Folia 
 
 in the written Copy. 
 
 gX«» ^ € IS <B 3 % by the Statute Law of Scotland, 
 8 Ul S aS ex P lained b >' the Judges of the Courts of 
 )£ Se( Lavv there, Colliers and Coalbearers, and Salt- 
 
 . ers, are in a State of Slavery, bound to the 
 Collieries and Salt Works, where they work for Life, tranf- 
 ferrable, with thefe Collieries and Salt Works, when their 
 original Mailers have no further Ufe for them : 
 
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 SiVD ttJfjttCas Perfons are difcouraged and prevented from 
 learning the Art or Bufinefs of Colliers, or Coalbearers, and 
 Salters, by their becoming bound to ths Collieries and Salt 
 Works for Life, where they (hall work for the Space of 
 One Year, by Means whereof there are not a fufficient Num- 
 ber of Colliers, Coalbearers, and Salters, in Scalane, for 
 working the Quantity of Coal and Salt neceffarily wanted, 
 and many new difeovered Coals remain unwrougbt, and many 
 are not fufficiently wrought; nor are there a fufticient 
 ber of Salters for the Salt Works, to the great Ldfs of the 
 Owners, and Difadvantage to the Public : 
 
 ^llu" fajfjerCft.S the emancipating the Colliers, Coalbearers, 
 and Salters, now in being in Scotland, gradually, upon 
 reafonable Conditions, and the preventing others from c 
 into fuch a State of Servitude, would be the Means of in- 
 creating the Number of -Colliers, Coalbearers, and Salters, to 
 the great .Benefit of the Public, without doing any Injury 
 to the prefent Mafters, and would remove the Reproach of 
 allowing fuch a State of Servitude to exiil in a free Coun- 
 try : 
 
 May it therefore pleafe Your M A J E S T Y, 
 
 That it may be Enacted ; QnD fcC it CnafiCt! by the King's 
 Moft Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and 
 Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com- 
 mons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Au- 
 thority of the fame, That from and after 
 
 no Perfon working as a Collier, Coalbearer, or Salter, or 
 in any other Way, in a Colliery or Salt Work in Scotia ■ 
 lhall be bound to fuch Colliery or Salt Work, or to the 
 Owner thereof, in any Way or Manner different from what 
 is permitted by the Law of Scotland with regard to Servants 
 and Labourers ; and that they fhall be deemed free, and fhall 
 enjoy the fame Privileges, Rights, and Immunities with the 
 reft of His Majefty's Subjects, any Law or Ufage in Scot/and 
 to the contrary notwith (landing. 
 
 IPtOQlOetJ altuagg, That it (hall be lawful for all Own- 
 ers and Leffees of Collieries and Salt Woiks, and for Col- 
 liers, Coalbearers, and Salters, to take Perfons, bound by Con- 
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 tract or Indenture, as Apprentices, to learn the Art or Bufi- 
 nefs of Coalhewing, Coaibearing, or making Salt, for any 
 Term of Years permitted by the Law of Scotland with re- 
 gard to Apprentice? in other Arts and Myfleries. 
 
 3nD I3C it farther. £naaeD by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 all Perfms under the Age of at the Com- 
 
 mencement of this Aft, employed as Colliers, CoalbearerSj or 
 Sabers, in Scotland, mail, after Service from and 
 
 after the Commencement of this Act, be free from their Service 
 and Servitude, and at Liberty to engage themfelves as Servants 
 or Labourers in any other Colliery or Salt Work, or in any 
 ether Kind of Labour whatever. 
 
 8tlU be it further 4£na3tD by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 all Colliers and Salters in Scotland, above the Age of 
 
 and under the Age of at the Com- 
 
 menccment of this Act, after a Service of and all 
 
 Colliers and Salters above the Age of but 
 
 under the Age of at the Commencement 
 
 of this Act, after a Service of and ail Colliers 
 
 and Salters above the Age of at the Com- 
 
 mencement of this Act, after a Service of after 
 
 their having reflectively fufficiently initructed a Perfon as an 
 Apprentice in the Art or Myflery of Coalhewing, or making 
 of Salt, of the Age of at lead when fuch In- 
 
 ftruction mall be perfected, fhall be free from any other 
 Servitude or Bondage to the Colliery or Salt Work to which 
 they were bound. 
 
 IPlOtHu'Cu' altUayS', That every Collier or Salter claiming 
 Liberty under the Authority of this Act, fhall, prior to his 
 being freed from his Servitude or Bondage, obtain a Decree of 
 the Sheriff Court of the County in which he refides, finding 
 and declaring that he is intitied to his Freedom under the- Au- 
 thority of this Act. 
 
 SlnH fc£ it CnactCD by the Authority aforefaid, That for 
 the Purpofe of obtaining fuch Decree, it mall and may be law- 
 ful for the Collier or Salter claiming his Freedom, to prefent 
 a Petition to the Sheriff Depute or Subftitute of the County 
 where he refides, ftathig his Claim of Freedom, and offering 
 to prove the Facts which entitle him to it ; and the Sheriff 
 Depute or Subftitute is hereby authorized and required to 
 
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 order the Petition to be ferved upon the Owner, LefTee, or 
 Overfeer of the Colliery or Salt Works to which the Petitioner 
 is bound, and to order an Anfwer to be put in to the Petition in 
 Days after Service, Hating the Objection or Objections 
 to the Freedom claimed, if any fuch are intended to be made; 
 and the Sheriff fti all thereafter proceed in a fummary Way in 
 taking the Proofs, and all other Procedure neceffary, until a 
 Decree fhall be pronounced ; and if the Decree of the Sheriff 
 fhall be againft the Petitioner, finding him not intitled to 
 Freedom, it fhall neverthelefs be competent to fuch Petitioner, 
 at any Period after the Expiration of to prefent a 
 
 Second Petition, ftating his Claim of Liberty of new, and which 
 {hall be proceeded upon in the fame Manner as the former j 
 and if the Petitioner fails in obtaining a Decree for him on the 
 Second Petition, he may, after the Expiration of 
 from the Date of the Second Decree, prefent a Third Petition, 
 which fhall likewife be proceeded upon in the fame Manner ; 
 and if he fails in obtaining Decree upon his Third Petition, he 
 may prefent a Fourth j and fo on till he obtains a Decree de- 
 claring his Freedom; at lead: being expired after a 
 Decree upon one Petition, before it fhall be competent to pre- 
 fent another. 
 
 ISrouiDcu alftaps, ana tic it Cnaftcu, That a Collier 
 
 or Salter claiming his Liberty under the Authority of 
 this Act, his not having inftructed an Apprentice in Manner 
 before directed fhall afford no Objection to fuch Collier or 
 Salter obtaining a Decree of his Freedom, if he fhall produce 
 to the Sheriff a Writing; under the Hand of the Owner or 
 LefTee of the Colliery or Salt Work to which he is bound, or 
 of the Steward or Factor of the Owner, difcharging the Obli- 
 gation upon fuch Collier or Salter to have inftructed an Ap- 
 prentice in Manner before directed. 
 
 9tf) fcC it fUttfjet CnaaCU by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 it fhall not be competent for either of the Parties to remove the 
 Proceedings upon any fuch petition into the Couit of Seffion in 
 Scotland, by Advocation, or to complain of any Decree, by 
 Appeal or Sufpenlion, or to fue for Reduction of any fuch 
 Decree ; and that every Decree upon fuch Petition, finding and 
 declaring the Freedom of the Petitioner, fhall be final and 
 conclulive againft the Perfon to whom the Petitioner was 
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 antJ bC it further CBna&etJ by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That when Colliers or Salters obtain their Freedom under the 
 Authority of this Aft, their Wives and Children, and all others 
 who make Part of their Family, and are Ccalbearers, or other- 
 wife afiiftant to them, fhall Iikewife be free. 
 
 Stl3 &C it furtber €nattCti by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 all Coalbearers, Sakers, and other Labourers in Collieries or 
 Salt Works, who are bound to any Colliery or Salt Work in 
 Scotland, and do not belong to the Family of any particular 
 Collier or Salter, fhall, after Service from the 
 
 Commencement of this Aft, be free from their Service and 
 Servitude, and at Liberty to engage themfelves as Servants or 
 Labourers in any other Colliery or Salt Work, or in any other 
 kind of Work vvhatfoever. 
 
 3n0 bC it further (£nafteS by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 from and after 
 
 all Colliers and Salters then free, and all 
 Perfons that may thereafter become Colliers and Salters, and 
 all Colliers and Salters bound to any Coliiery or Salt Work 
 upon the faid from the Time of 
 
 obtaining their Freedom under the Authority of this Aft, fhall 
 be entitled to the Benefit of an Aft, made in the Parliament of 
 Scotland, in the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and One, 
 intituled, " Aft for preventing wrongous Imprifonment, and 
 ' : againft undue Delays in Trials," any thing in the laid Aft 
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 The more eafy Attendance of Freeholders at Elec- 
 tions of Knights of the Shire for certain Coun- 
 ties. 
 
 Note. — The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of the Folks 
 
 in the written Copy. 
 
 &&&&&& fp <& E € 3 % feveral Counties in this Kingdom 
 ra cS are of fo lar^e an Extent, that the Freeholders 
 
 w *i&* vg thereof cannot, without great Expence and Fa- 
 5§C ^C tigut, be affembled together, at any One Place 
 
 £Os&^^Q5;5£ within the fame, to make their Elections of 
 Knights of the Shire to ferve in Parliament for the faid 
 Counties :, 
 
 Silt) tohcrta.5 the County Towns, or Places where fuch 
 Elections have been ufually and by Law ought to be made, are 
 
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 in fome other Counties fo inconveniently fituated, as to fubjeel 
 the Freeholders to the fame Inconveniencies : 
 
 3n0 toherea.6 the giving Money by the Candidates to the 
 Freeholders, under Pretence of paying their Charges to and 
 from fuch Places of Election, hath given Occafion to much 
 Bribery and Corruption j 3fn order, therefore, that fuch Elec- 
 tions may be made in a lefs expenfive and more convenient 
 Manner, and that fuch Bribery and Corruption may be effec- 
 tually prevented, 
 
 May it pleafe Your MAJESTY, 
 
 That it may be Enaded ; ant) fiC it CiiaftCD by the KING'S 
 Moft Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Con- 
 fent or the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in 
 this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the 
 fame, That from and after the Difiblution or other Deter- 
 mination of this prefent Parliament, when and as often as 
 any Writ for the Election of a Knight or Knights of the 
 Shire for the County of fhall be proclaimed, and 
 
 a Poll fhall be demanded by any Candidate, or by any 
 or more Perfons having a Right to vote at fuch Election, 
 fuch Poll fhall be taken at for the 
 
 within the faid County, and at 
 for the and at for 
 
 the within the fame. 
 
 8nD bC It further dnaftCD by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That when a Poll fhall be demanded at the Proclamation of 
 any fuch Writ, the fame fhall proceed in the Manner as by 
 Law is directed, in the City, Town, or Place where fuch Writ 
 fhall be proclaimed, for the Diftrict, Divifion, or Part of fuch 
 -County in which fuch City, Town, or Place is fituated ; and 
 that the Poll for all the other Diftricts, Divifions, and Parts of 
 the faid County fhall commence on the Day after 
 
 the Proclamation of fuch Writ, if it be not a Sunday, and if 
 it be a Sunday, then on the Day following ; and that in the 
 Computation of fuch Day, the Day of the Proclama- 
 
 tion of the Writ ihall be One ; and that in all Cafes where 
 Notice of the Time and Place of fuch Election is re- 
 quired by Law to .be given, Notice of the Commencement of 
 
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 inch Poll at the Cities, Towns, and Places, other than that 
 in which the Writ fhall be proclaimed, fhall be likewife 
 given. 
 
 3r.3 ht it further Cnati;^, That every Freeholder (hall give 
 his Vote and Poll, at fuch Election, at the City, Town, or 
 Place of the Diflrict, Divifion, or Part of the County hereby 
 appointed, in which fuch Freehold is iituated, and not in any 
 other Diflrict, Diviiion, or Part of the faid County ; and if 
 any Freeholder fliall poll, or give his Vole, in any other Diflrict, 
 Diviiion, or Part of fuch County, than that wherein his Free- 
 hold is fituated, his Vote, fo given contrary hereto, fliall be 
 void and of no Effect. 
 
 3ttD fie it further €na&Ct5, That if any Perlbn fliall 
 give his Vote or Pell more than Once, or in more than 
 One Diftrict, Diviiion, or Part of fuch County, the Vote 
 of every fuch Perfon fliall be void and of no Effect in 
 fuch Election, and fuch Perfon fliall for every fuch Of- 
 fence forfeit and pay and 
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 9ntl tie it further CnaftCtS, That in order to carry this Act 
 into Execution, it fliall and may be lawful for the Sheriff, or, in 
 cafe of his Death or Abfence, for the Under Sheriff, and fuch 
 Sheriff or Under Sheriff is hereby empowered and required, by 
 Writing under his Hand and Seal, to authorize and appoint One 
 or more proper Perfon or Perfons to take the Poll at fuch 
 Place or Places, other than the Place in which fuch Writ 
 fliall be proclaimed ; and that every fuch Perfon, fo autho- 
 rized and appointed, fhall, at the Time and Place appointed 
 for taking the faid Poll, and before he fliall proceed to take 
 the lame, openly read, or caufe to be read, an Act, made in 
 the Second Year of the late King George the Second, inti- 
 tuled, " An Act for the more effectually preventing Bribery 
 *' and Corruption," and fliall take and fubferibe the follow- 
 ing Oath : 
 
 " I A. B. do folemnly fwear, That I have not, directly 
 " nor indirectly, received any Sum or Sums of Money, 
 " Office, Place, or Employment, Gratuity or Re- 
 " ward, or any Bond, Bill, cr Note, or any Prcmife 
 " or Gratuity whatfoever, either by myfelf, or any 
 
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 " other Perfon to my Ufe, or Benefit or Advantage, 
 *' for or concerning the taking or returning the Poll 
 " now about to be taken ; and that I will admit 
 ** every Perfon's Name to be inferted in the faid 
 " Poll, who fhall appear to me to be. qualified by 
 *' Law to give his Vote thereat, and alfo the Name 
 " or Names of the Perfon or Perfon s for whom he 
 " fhall vote; and that I will not admit the Name 
 " of any Perfon to be inferted therein, unlefs he fhall 
 <c appear to me to be fo qualified; and that I will 
 " take the faid Poll honeftly, uprightly, and impar- 
 " tially, to the beft of my Skill and Knowledge ; and 
 " that I will not firike the Name of any Perfon out 
 " of the faid Poll, after the Name of fuch Perfon fhall 
 " be inferted therein, and he hath been permitted to 
 " give his Vote; and that I will not alter the ori- 
 " ginal Pell by me taken, nor caufe, fuffer, nor 
 " permit the fame to be altered by any other Per- 
 " fon or Perfons whatfoever; and that I will return 
 " the fame unaltered to the High Sheriff, or his 
 " Under Sheriff, within Days after I fhall have 
 
 " compleatly taken the fame." 
 
 "Which Oath any Juftice or Juftices of the Peace of the 
 A County, City, Corporation, or Borough, where fuch 
 Election fhall be made, or, in his or their Abfence, any 
 Three of the Electors, are hereby required and authorized 
 to adminifler; and fuch Oath, fo taken, fhall be entered 
 among the Records of the Seflions of fuch County, City, 
 Corporation, and Borough as aforefaid. 
 
 £r.& fce it fUltftcr (EnaScD, That the faid Perfon or Per- 
 fons fo authorized and appointed, fhall duly and orderly pro- 
 ceed in the taking of the Poll for fuch Difiridt, Divifion, or 
 Part of the faid County, from Day to Day, without any fur- 
 ther or other Adjournment, until all the Freeholders then 
 and there prefent fhall be polled, and no longer ; and when 
 the laid Poll fhall be ended in Manner aforefaid, fuch Per^ 
 fon or Perfons fo authorized and appointed fhall, within 
 Days, return the fame to the Sheriff of the County, 
 or the Under Sheriff, as the Cafe may happen, with an 
 Oath thereunder written, to be taken before any One Juf- 
 tice of the Peace, in the following Words : 
 
 " I A. B.
 
 [ 5 ] 
 
 «* I A. B." (infert the Names of the Perfon or Perfcns 
 authorized to take the faid Poll) " do fwear, That 
 *' the foregoing Poll is the original Poll by me" (or 
 by us, as the Cafe may happen) " taken at 
 « for the"' (naming the Diftrict, 
 
 Divifion, or Part of the County) " within the Coun- 
 " ty of and that I" (or we, as the 
 
 Cafe may be) " have not altered the lame fi-nce the 
 *' fame was taken. 
 
 " So help me" (or us) " G O D." 
 
 And that when the Sheriff, or Under Sheriff, fhall have 
 finished the Poll taken before him, and have received all 
 the Polls taken in the Manner afore fud, by virtue of this 
 Act, then, and not before, he mall make his Return of 
 Perfon or Perfons chofen Knight or Knights of the Shire 
 to ferve in Parliament for the laid County. 
 
 3n& bC it further Cna&eO, That the Perfon or Perfons 
 authorized and appointed, by virtue of this Act, to take the 
 Poll, are hereby authorized and required to do all and 
 every A el, Matter, and Thing, that the Sheriff or Under 
 Sheriff might lawfully do at the taking of any Poll, or 
 is required by Law to do, was he personally prefent, other 
 than that of administering the Oath of Qualification ap- 
 pointed to be taken by Candidates, by an Act, Intituled, 
 " An Act for Securing the Freedoms of Parliaments, by the 
 il further qualifying the Members to fit in the Houie of 
 " Commons," made in the Ninth Year of Queen Anne j 
 and fuch Perfon and Perfons fo authorized ar.d appointed, 
 mall be liable to the lame Pains and Penalties, for ail and 
 every Omimon and Breach of his or their Duty in rela- 
 tion to the fame, as any Sheriff or Under Sheriff would 
 have been liable to, in Cafe fuch Sheriff or Under Sheriff, 
 or either of them, had been perfonally prefent, and omitted 
 or committed fame. 
 
 3ntl fcfjereaS there may be Perfons who hold Freeholds 
 in Right of their Offices, respecting the County at large, 
 and others may have Freeholds not within any particular 
 District, Divifion, or Part of a County mentioned in this 
 Act; TBe it further <£naitC0, That Perfons having fuch 
 Offices or Freeholds may poll at the Place where the 
 Writ mall be proclaimed, or at any other Place hereby 
 
 B appointed 
 
 •
 
 
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 appointed for taking fuch Poll, provided fuch Perfon give 
 no more than One Vote at fuch Election ; and if any Per- 
 fon, having fuch Office or Freehold, fhall give his Vote more 
 than Once at fuch Election, every Vote he (hall fo give fhall 
 be void and of none Effect, and he fhall incur the Penalties, 
 Incapacities, and Forfeitures, hereby impofed upon Perfons 
 who give their Vote more than Once at fuch Elections. 
 
 3ntJ fjC it further (SnaftCD, That every Perfon who fhall 
 give his Vote or Poll, before the Perfon or Perfons autho- 
 rized and appointed by virtue of this Act to take the fame, 
 ihall, and is herebv required, before he fhall be admitted to 
 give his Vote or Poll thereat, to take all and every Oath 
 and Oaths, and to do every other Act, Matter, or Thing, 
 as by Law he is required to do before the Sheriff or Under 
 Sheriff, in Cafe the faid Sheriff or Under Sheriff had been 
 prefent at the faid Poll, and taken the fame; and fuch Per- 
 fon omitting to take the faid Oath or Oaths, or fwearing 
 fallly, or neglecting to do any Matter or Thing required by 
 Law to be done by him, before he be admitted to give his 
 Vote at any Election of a Knight or Knights of the Shire, 
 fuch Perfon fo omitting to take the faid Oaths, or fwear- 
 ing falfly, or neglecting to do any Matter or Thing required 
 by Law to be done by him, fhall incur the fame Forfei- 
 tures, Penalties, and Incapacities, as he would have incur- 
 red in Cafe the Sheriff or Under Sheriff" had been prefent 
 at taking the faid Poll, and had taken the fame. 
 
 Iprotuoei! altoags, ann be it further €naaeB, That in 
 
 Cafe no Poll fhall be demanded in the Manner aforefaid, 
 at the Proclamation of any Writ for the Election of a Knight 
 or Knights of the Shire for any County hereinbefore men- 
 tioned, then and in fuch Cafe this Act fhall not take place.
 
 
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 ■& ^S the Rights of Perfons claiming to vote at the Elections 
 
 & MX M. f Knights of the Shire to ferve in Parliament for 
 |www| that Part of Great Britain called England, and for 
 ' *^^* the Dominion of Wales, have by Experience been 
 found inadequate : 
 
 3nB tnhcreag it is highly expedient to prevent, in fuch Elec- 
 tions, Difputes, Delays, Uncertainty, and Expence : 
 
 I6e it therefore OEnaaeti, arm it is fcerebp Cnaftezj, by the 
 
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 .and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com- 
 
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 2 mons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Autho- 
 rity of the fame, That from and after the Day of 
 
 One thoufand Seven hundred and no Per- 
 
 fon (except as is hereinafter excepted) mall vote at any Elec- 
 tion of any Knight or Knights of the Shire to ferve in Parlia- 
 ment for any County in that Part of Great Britain called 
 England, or in the Dominion of Wales, without having had 
 his Name enrolled, as hereinafter mentioned, in the Regifter of 
 fome Parifh within fuch County, at leaft Twelve Calendar 
 Months before the Day on which fuch Perfon (hall tender his 
 Vote at fuch Election ; and fuch Regifter (hall be called " The 
 " Regijler of Freeholders' for fuch Pariih ; and every Perfon (ex- 
 cept as is hereinafter excepted) who {hall, after the faid Day, 
 tender his Vote at any fuch Election as aforefaid, fhall, before he 
 
 3 be permitted to vote at fuch Election, take the following Oath ; 
 videlicet : 
 
 " I do folemnly fwear" [or, being one of the People called 
 Quakers, " I do folemnly affirm] That my Name is A. B. 
 " and that I am ' \ [pacifying the Addition, Pro- 
 
 fefion, or Trade of fuch Perfon] " and that the ufual 
 " Place of my Abode is at " [and if it be in 
 
 a Town conjijiing of more Streets than one, fpecifying in 
 •what Street] " in the County of and that I 
 
 " have been enrolled at leaft Twelve Calendar Months 
 <c in the Regifter of Freeholders for the Parifh of 
 " in the County of and that 
 
 " I am in the actual PofTeffion of the Eftate for which 
 " I was fo enrolled, or of a Part thereof of the clear 
 " Yearly Value of Forty Shillings, over and above the 
 
 4 " Yearly Intereft of any Money on any Mortgage, or on 
 " any other Security affecting fuch Eftate, and alfo over 
 " and above all Rents and Charges payable out of or in 
 *' refpect of the fame, other than Parliamentary, Public, 
 " or Parochial Taxes ; and that the faid Eftate confifts of 
 
 [fpecifying whether the fame copfijl of Lands or 
 Mcjjuage, or of both, or of Great Tythcs or Small Tythes, or 
 cf both, or of an Office, or of an Annuity or Rent Charge, and 
 defcribing the fame, and fpecifying the Name of fome Occupier 
 of the Lands or Mefuage out of which the Rents and Profits 
 fhallijfue] "and that I do not hold the faid Eftate in Truft, 
 " or for or on the Behalf of any other Perfon or Perfons, 
 " whomfoever ; and that the Rents and Profits of the 
 **' fame art, and have heen for at leaft Twelve Calendar 
 
 " Months
 
 [33 
 
 •* Months lad paft, received for my own Ufe, by my- 5 
 *' felf, or others ; and that the faid Eftate was not 
 " granted to me fraudulently ■, and that my Intereft ,in 
 " the fame is not nominal or fictitious ; and that, to the 
 " beft of my Knowledge and Belief, the faid Eftate is a 
 " Freehold Eftate, and my Intereft in the fame really and 
 '* truly a Freehold Intereft; and that I am, to the beft 
 " of my Knowledge and Belief, of the full Age of Twenty- 
 " one Years j and that I have not been polled before at 
 " this Election." 
 
 IprOuitlCtl alftiagg, anD UC it flltthcr GEnaftCB by the Autho- 
 rity aforefaid, That if any Perfon (without having had his Name 
 enrolled as aforefaid) fhall claim a Right to vote in virtue of a 
 Freehold Eftate, which fhall have come to him either by the 
 Death of any Perfon, or by Prefentation to a Benefice in a 
 Church, or by Marriage, it fhall and may be lawful for him to 6 
 rote for fuch Eftate, any Thing hereinbefore contained to the 
 contrary notwithftanding, provided that the faid Freehold Eftate 
 fhall have come to him within Two Years before the Day on 
 which he fhall tender his Vote ; and provided fuch Eftate fhall 
 have been regiftered in the Regifter of Freeholders for fome Pa- 
 rifh within the County, at leaft Twelve Calendar Months before 
 the faid Day, and fhall have been regiftered in fuch Regifter in 
 the Name of fome Perfon who fhall have been his Predeceffor 
 within Two Years previous to the faid Day ; and every fuch 
 Perfon who fhall, after the faid Day of 
 
 One thoufand Seven hundred, and tender his 
 
 Vote at any fuch Election as- aforefaid, fhall, before he be per- 
 mitted to vote at fuch Election, take (inftead of the Oath above- 7 
 mentioned) the following Oath ; videlicet : 
 
 " I do folemnly fwear" [or, being one of the "People called 
 Quakers, " I do folemnly affirm] That my Name is A. B. 
 ■' and that I am " [fpecifying the Ad- 
 
 dition, Prqfejjion, or Trade of fuch Perfon \ " and that the 
 ■*' ufual Place of my Abode is at " [and rf 
 
 it be in a Toivn conjijling of more Streets than one, fpecifying 
 in ivhat Street] " in the County of and that 
 
 ■*' I am in the aclual Poffeffion of an Eftate which has 
 *' been regiftered at leaft Twelve Calendar Months in the 
 " Regifter of Freeholders for the Parifh of 
 " in the County of or of a Part thereof, 
 
 *** of the clear Yearly Value of Forty Shillings, over and 
 
 '* above
 
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 it 
 
 [ 4 1 
 
 " above the Yearly Intereft of any Money on any Mort- 
 S " gage, or on any other Security affecting fuch Eftate, and 
 
 " alfo over and above all Rents and Charges payable out 
 " of or in refpect of the fame, other than Parliamentary, 
 " Public, or Parochial Taxes ; and that the faid Eftate 
 *' was regiftered in fuch Regifter of Freeholders, in the 
 " Name of " ^fpecifying the Chrijlian 
 
 Name and the Surname of the Perfon] " and that fuch 
 " Perfon was within Two Years laft pafl my Predeceffor 
 '* in fuch Eftate j and that the faid Eftate came to me 
 within Two Years laft paft, [by the Death of fuch 
 Perfon," or " by the Death of ' " fpe- 
 
 cifying the Chrijlian Name and the Surname of the Perfon by 
 whtfe Death the Perfon claiming to vote Jhall have acquired 
 fuch Eftate, or " by Prefer] tation to a Benefice in the 
 '* Church of " or " by Marriage," as the Cafe may 
 
 9 he] " and that the faid Eftate confifts of 
 
 [fpecifying whether the fame confiji of Lands or Mejfuage, or 
 of both, or of Great Tythes or Small Tythes, or of both, or of 
 an Office, or of an Annuity or Rent Charge, and defer ibing the 
 fame, and fpecifying the Name offome Occupier of the Lands 
 or Mefluage out of which the Rents and Profits foall ifue] 
 " and that I do not hold Hie faid Eftate in Truft, or for 
 ■* or on the Behalf of any other Perfon or Perfons whom- 
 " foever; and that I am in the Receipt of the Rents and 
 ** Profits of the fame for my own Ufe ; and that the 
 ■*« faid Eftate was not granted to me fraudulently; and 
 ■" that my Intereft in the fame is not nominal or ficli- 
 " tious ; and that, to the beft of my Knowledge and 
 «' Belief, the faid Eftate is a Freehold Eftate, and my In- 
 " tereft in the fame really and truly a Freehold Intereft ; 
 " and that I am, to the beft of my Knowledge and Belief, 
 " of the full Age of Twenty-one Years ; and that I have 
 " not been polled before at this Election. 
 
 10 
 
 8nt) be it fttttfjer Cnafteu by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 the Sheriff for every County in that Part of Great Britain called 
 England, and in the Dominion of Wales, fhall provide a Regifter 
 (or Regifters) for each Parifti within fuch County, and each Folio 
 . of every fuch Regifter fhall be of the Form fpecified in the Sche- 
 dule hereunto annexed, N° i ; and to each and every fuch Regifter 
 (hall be annexed a Copy of this Aft, printed by the King's Printer, 
 m the Roman Letter, or in the Roman and Italic : And every fuch 
 Sheriff fhall, on or before the Day of One 
 
 •ihoufaud
 
 [ 5 ] 
 
 thoufand Seven hundred and deliver fuch Regifter (or Re- 
 
 gifters) or caufe the fame to be fafely delivered, to the Regifter- 
 keeper of each fuch refpective Parifh ; and fuch Regifter- keeper 
 fhall and is hereby required to fign a Receipt for the fame, of the 
 Form fpecified in the Schedule hereunto annexed, N° 2. 
 
 3MJ, for the better promulgating this Acl, 16e it fUtttjCt ir 
 CliaftCtJ by the Authority aforefaid, That on fome One or mors 
 of the Sundays in the Month of One thoufand Seven 
 
 hundred and Notice fliall be publicly given by the 
 
 Parifli Clerk (or by the Perfon who fhall act as fuch) in the Pa- 
 rifli Church or Chapel of every Parifli in every County in that 
 Part of Great Britain called England, and in the Dominion of 
 Wales, immediately before Morning or Evening Service, in the 
 following Words; (that is to fay) " By an Act made and palled 
 " in the Twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of His Majefly King 
 " George the Third, intituled, " A n AB for the better fecuring 
 " the Rights of Voters at County Elections," it is Enacted, That no 
 " Perfon (except as is therein excepted) fhall vote at any Election 
 " of any Knight or Knights of the Shire to ferve in Parliament 
 ". for any County in that Part of Great Britain called England, 12 
 '.* or in the Dominion of Wales, without having had his Name 
 " enrolled in the Regifter of Freeholders for fome Parifli within 
 " fuch County, at leaft Twelve Calendar Months before the 
 " Day on which fuch Perfon fiiall tender his Vote at fuch Elec- 
 '.* tion : All Freeholders, therefore, are to take Notice of the 
 £C fame, and to caufe their Names to be enrolled accordingly, in 
 ' e purfuance of the faid Act, on any Day from and after the 
 " Day of One thoufand Seven hundred 
 
 " and ;" and the faid Notice (omitting the 
 
 Words, " on any Day from and after the Day of 
 
 " One thoufand Seven hundred and "') 
 
 fhall afterwards be given by the Parifh Clerk (or by the Perfon 
 who fliall act as fuch) in every Pariih Church or Chapel as afore- 
 faid, at leaft on fome One Sunday in each of the refpective 
 Months of January, April, July, and October, in every Year. 
 
 3tlU be it further. €na8:C«3 by the Authority aforefaid, That 13 
 from and after the Day of One 
 
 thoufand Seven hundred and it fliall and may 
 
 be lawful for any Freeholder of any County aforefaid, being in 
 the actual Poffeffion of a Freehold Eftate within the true Intent 
 and Meaning of this Act, to caufe his Name to be enrolled for 
 .the faid Eftate, in the Regifter of Freeholders for the Parifh 
 
 B within
 
 [ 6 ] 
 
 within which fuch Eftate (or any Part thereof) (hall lie, or out of 
 which fueh Eftate (or any Part thereof) fhall iffue, upon making 
 perfonal Application for that Purpofe to the Regifter-keeper of 
 fuch Parifli ; but if the Whole of the faid Eftate fhall lie in or 
 fhall iffue out of an Extra-parochial Place, or any Two or more 
 Extra-parochial Places, then and in fuch Cafe it fhall and may be 
 lawful for the Freeholder to caufe his Name to be enrolled for 
 fuch Eftate in the Regifter of Freeholders for any Farifh within 
 the faid County, which Parifli fhall adjoin to any fuch Extra- 
 parochial Place, or (in cafe no fuch Parifli fhall adjoin) fhall be 
 adjacent to any fuch Extra-parochial Place. 
 
 14 Propitjen altoar?0, arsB be it further (Snafieti by the Authority 
 
 aforefaid, That if the Freehold Eftate, in virtue of which any 
 Freeholder claiming a Right to be enrolled as aforefaid fhall be 
 an Annuity or Rent Charge iffuing out of Freehold Lands or 
 Tenements, then and in fuch Cafe no Enrolment as aforefaid 
 fhall be made, unlefs the Freeholder making as aforefaid perfonal 
 Application to be enrolled fhall produce to the Regifter-keeper 
 of fuch Parifli as aforefaid an Atteftation, of the Form fpecified 
 in the Schedule hereunto annexed, N° 3, which fhall have been 
 fworn to and fubferibed by fuch Freeholder before any Juftice 
 of the Peace for the County within which fhall be fituate the 
 " Freehold Eftate out of which Inch Annuity or Rent Charge fhall 
 iffue; and fuch Juftice is hereby empowered and required, upon 
 Requeft being made to him by fuch Freeholder, to adminifter the 
 Oath contained in the faid Atteftation, and to fign the Jurat at 
 the Foot thereof; and fuch Atteftation fhall be left with the faid 
 Regifter-keeper, who is hereby required to demand the fame. 
 
 15 £5t1u" tuhcreaS it would be expedient that Freeholders refiding 
 at a Diftance from the Parifli or Extra- parochial Place within 
 which their Freeholds fhall lie, or out of which the lame fhall 
 iffue, fhould be enabled to caufe their Names to be enrolled in 
 the. Regifter of Freeholders for fuch Parifli as aforefaid, without 
 their being obliged to travel to fuch Parifli ; 15e It therefore 
 further (ffnafi£D by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall 
 and may be lawful for any Freeholder of any County afore- 
 faid, who fhall refide (or fhall be) within fuch County, or 
 within any other County of Great Britain, to caufe his Name 
 to be enrolled in the Regifter of Freeholders for fuch Parifli as 
 aforefaid, in the following Manner ; that is to fay, fuch 
 Freeholder (whether his Freehold ihall confift of an Annuity 
 or Rent Charge, or other Eftate) fhall produce to any Juftice 
 
 of
 
 [ 7 ] 
 
 of the Peace for the County where fuch Freeholder fhall refide 
 (or fhall then be) an Atteftation, of the Form fpecified in the 
 Schedule hereunto annexed, N" 3, which Atteftation fhall be 
 fworn to and fubfcribed by fuch Freeholder before fuch Juftice ; 
 and fuch Juftice is hereby empowered and required, upon Requeft: 
 being made to him by fuch Freeholder, to adminiiter fuch Oath, 
 and to fign the Jurat at the Foot thereof; and an Oath of the 16 
 Form fpecified in the Schedule hereunto annexed, N" 4, fhall be 
 written or printed at the End of the faid Atteftation ; and the 
 faid Atteftation fhall be produced to fome Juftice of the Peace 
 for the County in which the Eftate of fuch Freeholder mail lie, 
 or out of which the fame fhall iffue ; and the Perfon producing 
 fuch Atteftation to fuch Juftice fhall, before fuch Juftice, take 
 and fubferibe the faid laft-mentioned Oath ; and fuch Juftice is 
 hereby empowered and required, upon Requeft being made to 
 him by fuch Perfon 1 , to adminiiter fuch Oath, and to fign the 
 Jurat at the Foot thereof ; and fuch Atteftation being afterwards 
 produced by the faid Perfon to the Regifter-keeper of the Pariili 
 aforefaid, the Freeholder whofe Eftate is defcribed in the faid 
 Atteftation fhall be as fully entitled to have his Name enrolled in 
 fuch Regifter of Freeholders, as if fuch Freeholder were perfo- 
 nally to apply as aforefaid to fuch Regifter-keeper for that Pur- 
 pofe; and fuch Atteftation fhall be left with fuch Regifter-keeper., 
 who is hereby required to demand the fame. 
 
 arm he it ftmfcer. €na8eu am Declarer! by the Authority \j 
 
 aforefaid, That no Regifter-keeper authorized to make Enrol- 
 ments in purfuance of this Act, fhall have any judicial Power or 
 Authority whatfoever with refpe£t to any Queftion which may 
 arife relative to the Right of any Perfon to any Freehold Eftate 
 which fuch Perfon fhall claim to be in the actual PofFeffion of, 
 ■within the true Intent and Meaning of this Ac~t ; but every fuch 
 Regifter-keeper fhall and is hereby required to enrol, or in his 
 Prefence to caufe to be enrolled, the Name of every fuch Perfon 
 as fhall in purfuance of this Act (in any Manner aforefaid) re- 
 queft to be enrolled in the Regilter of Freeholders for any fuch 
 Farifh as aforefaid ; and every Freeholder or other Perfon as 
 aforefaid who fhall in any Manner aforefaid make Application 
 for any fuch Enrolment to be made, fhall have the Right to be 
 prefent, and to examine that the fame be correctly entered in the 
 Regifter of Freeholders, and fhall likewife have the Right to 
 require that the faid Regifter-keeper fhould fign the faid En- 
 rolment forthwith in the Prefence of the Perfon making fuch 
 -Application, 
 
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 1 8 3n'0 tOOCrCctg great Inconvenience might arife, if Perfons 
 not being in Poffeffion of any Freehold Eftate, within the 
 true Intent and Meaning of this Aft, were to caufe their Names 
 to be enrolled in any Regifter of Freeholders as aforefaid ; 
 1BZ it therefore further OBnafteD by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That if any Perfon mail (in any Manner aforefaid) caufe his 
 Name to be enrolled in any Regifter of Freeholders which (hall 
 be kept in purfuance of this Aft, without fuch Perfon being, at 
 the Time of fuch Enrolment, in the actual PofTeflion of the 
 Eftate which he fhall caufe to be regiftered in his Enrolment, or 
 if the faid Eftate fhall not be a Freehold Eftate, or if fuch Per- 
 fon fhall not actually have in fuch Eftate (at the Time of fuch 
 Enrolment) a Freehold Intereft, or if the faid Eftate fhall not be 
 of the clear Yearly Value of Forty Shillings, over and above the 
 
 19 Yearly Intereft of any Money on any Mortgage, or on any other 
 Security affecting fuch Eftate, and alfo over and above all Rents 
 and Charges payable out of or in refpect of the fame, other 
 than Parliamentary, Public, or Parochial Taxes, or if the Rents 
 and Profits of fuch Eftate fhall not be (at the Time of fuch En- 
 rolment) received for fuch Perfon's own Ufe, by himfelf or 
 others, or if any Perfon, who fhall caufe his Name to be en- 
 rolled in any fuch Regifter of Freeholders fhall regifter any 
 Eftate which fhall have been granted to him fraudulently, or in 
 which his Intereft fhall be nominal or fictitious, or fhall (by 
 Atteftation or otherwife) wilfully miftate any of the Particulars 
 directed by this Act to be fpecified in his Enrolment, every Per- 
 fon who fhall be found guilty of any of the faid Offences fhall 
 forfeit the Sum of of lawful Money of 
 Great Britain, to any Perfon or Perfons who fhall fue for the 
 fame. 
 
 20 Iprouttfen aitoags, arts he it further <£narteU ana sDcclareD 
 
 by the Authority aforefaid, That no Public or Parliamentary 
 Tax, or County, Church, or Parifh Rate, Cefs, or Duty, or any 
 other Tax, Rate, or Affeffment whatfoever, which is or at any 
 Time hereafter fhall or may be alfefled or levied upon any Coun- 
 ty, Riding, Rape, Lathe, Wapentake, Ward, Hundred, Parifh, 
 Diftrict, or Divifion, is, or .fhall be deemed or conftrued to be, 
 any Charge payable out of or in refpect of any Freehold Eftate 
 within the true Intent and Meaning of this Aft. 
 
 zi arm prouineu alfo, anp he it further <ZBrta8eD antj Declares 
 
 by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Eftate, which fhall be 
 regiftered in any Regifter of Freeholders in purfuance of this 
 
 Act,
 
 [ 9 ] 
 
 ■ V.t, ihal!, jointly with any other Eftate or Eftates, be affe&ed 
 by any Mortgage or other Security ; and if the clear Yearly 
 Value of fuch Eftate (o regifterecl (hall- exceed, by Forty 
 Shillings or more, that Part of the Yearly Intereft of the Money 
 on fuch Mortgage, or en fuch other Security, which fhall be 
 payable out of the Eftate fo regiftered according to the Pro- 
 portion which fuch regiftered Eftate fhall bear to the other En\u> 
 or Eftates affected by the faid Mortgage or other Security, then 
 and in fuch Cafe the Eftate fo regiftered fhall not be deemed 
 to be affected by fuch Mortgage or other Security., within the 
 true Intent and Meaning of this Act. 
 
 3ntJ VufjCtcaio great Inconvenience might arife, if the fame 22 
 Freeholders were to caufe different Enrolments to be made with- 
 in the fame County, without any Notice being taken of the faid 
 different Enrolments ; "15e it thttuQte further CnaftCQ by the 
 Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon, whofe Name fhall be 
 enrolledin any Regifter of Freeholders as aforefaid, and who fhall 
 not have fold or otherwife have alienated the Whole of the Eftate 
 or Eftates fo enrolled, fhall (by Atteitation or otherwife) caufe his 
 Name to be inrolled in the Regifter of Freeholders for any other 
 Pariih in the fame County, or fhall caufe any other Enrol- 
 ment to be made in the Regifter of Freeholders for the fame 
 .Pariih, then and in fuch Cafe there fhall be written, immedi- 
 ately under the faid Perfon's Name in the laft Enrolment, 
 Words to the following Effeft ; videlicet : 
 
 " Already enrolledin the Regifter of Freeholders for the 23 
 " Pariih of N J " [Specifying the 
 
 faid Parifv cr Pari/hes, and the progrejtve Number or pro- 
 grejfive Numbers of the former Enrolment or Enrolments. \ 
 
 And if any Perfon who fhall (by Atteftation or otherwife! 
 caufe his Name to be enrolled in any Regifter of Freeholders 
 fhall in any Cafe aft contrary hereunto, he fhall forfeit the 
 Sum of of lawful Money of Great Britam, 
 
 to any Perfon or Perfons who fhall fue for the fame ; but the 
 Validity of any or either of the faid Enrolments fhali not be 
 affected hereby. 
 
 gtlu lie it furtfjCC CilfictCu by the Authority aforefaid, That 24. 
 the Regifiers of Freeholders aforefaid (of the Form fpecified in 
 the Schedule hereunto annexed, N" i) Ihall be kept in the fol- 
 lowing Manner (that is to fay) : The Name of the Parifh to 
 
 £ which
 
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 which any fuch Regiiler of Freeholders fhall belong, and alfo the 
 Name of the County within which fuch Parifh fhall lie, fhall be 
 written or printed at the Head of each Folio of fuch Regifter, 
 together with the progreflive Number of fuch Folio ; and there 
 fhall be a progreflive Number oppolite to each Enrolment en- 
 tered in fuch Regifter; and the Regifter- keeper fhall take down, 
 or in his Prefence caufe to be taken down, the Chriftian Name 
 or Chriftian Names, and the Surname or Surnames, of the Perfon 
 requeuing to be enrolled, together with his Addition, Profeffion, 
 
 25 or Trade, and his ufual Place of Abode, and if it be in a Town 
 confifting of more Streets than One, fpecifying in what Street, 
 and fpecifying whether fuch Perfon be " prefent" or " abfent" at 
 the Time of his Enrolment being made, and fpecifying the Na- 
 ture of his Freehold Eftate, that is to fay, fpecifying whether his 
 Freehold Eftate confift of Lands or Meffuage, or of both, or of 
 Great Tythes or Small Tythes, or of both, or of an Office, or of 
 an Annuity or Rent Charge ; and if the faid Freehold Eftate be 
 on any Life or Lives, then fpecifying whether the fame be on his 
 own Life, or on the Life of C. D. or on the longeft of the Lives 
 of E. F. and G. H. &c. or on the fhorteft of the Lives of K. L. 
 and M. N. &c. ; and if the Freehold Eftate confift of Lands or 
 Meffuage, or of both, then defcribing the faid Lands or Meffuage, 
 
 26 or fuch Part or Parts thereof as fhall be of the clear Yearly Value 
 of Forty Shillings as aforefaid, and fpecifying the Name of fome 
 Occupier of the faid Lands or Meffuage ; or if the Freehold Eftate 
 confift of Great Tythes or Small Tythes, or of both, then fpecify- 
 ing fome of the Lands out of which fuch Tythes fhall iffue, and 
 fpecifying the Name of fome Occupier of fuch Lands j or if the 
 Freehold Eftate confift of an Office, then fpecifying the faid 
 Office, and fpecifying fome Lands or Meffuage out of which the 
 Profits of fuch Office fhall iffue, and fpecifying the Name of fome 
 
 27 Occupier of the faid Lands or Meffuage ; but if the Freehold 
 Eftate confift of an Annuity or Rent Charge, or if any Perfon 
 ihall apply by Atteftation as aforefaid to have his Name enrolled 
 in any Regifter of Freeholders, then the Name and Defcription 
 of the Perfon requefting to be enrolled, and the Defcription of 
 the faid Annuity or Rent Charge, or other Freehold Eftate (as 
 the Cafe may be) ihall be taken from the Atteftation aforefaid ; 
 and the Year, Month, and Day on which any Enrolment fhall 
 be made fhall in all Cafes be fpecified; and the Regifter-keeper 
 who Ihall, in purfuance of this Acl, make any Enrolment as 
 aforefaid, or who fhall caufe the fame in his Prefence to be made, 
 ihall and is hereby required to fign fuch Enrolment. 
 
 2nD,
 
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 SnP, in order to facilitate the Means of preventing fraudu- 28 
 lent Votes in fuch Elections as aforefaid, H?C it CuitilCC dBnaftCD 
 by the Authority aforefaid, That every Regifter-keeper afore- 
 faid (hall, previous to every General Quarter Seffions of the 
 Peace, make, or caufe to be made, an exact and correct Copy, 
 fairly written, of every Enrolment which fhall, fince the laft 
 preceding General Quarter Seflions of the Peace, have been made 
 as aforefaid, in the Regifter of Freeholders for the Parifh ; and 
 every fuch Copy mall be of the Form fpecified in the Schedule 
 hereunto annexed, N° 1 ; and the faid Regifter-keeper fhall care- 
 fully examine the laid Copy, and fhall, at the End of each Page or 
 Folio of fuch Copy, certify that the fame is " a true Copy," and 
 fhall fign each Page or Folio of fuch Copy ; and whenever any 
 Enrolment fhall have been copied as aforefaid (in order to 29 
 be delivered to the Clerk of the Peace as hereinafter is di- 
 rected) the faid Regifter-keeper fhall, upon the original Re- 
 gifter, write, or in his Prefence caufe to be written, the Word 
 *' copied," immediately under the progreffive Number that fhall 
 be oppofite to the Enrolment fo copied; and fuch Regifter-keeper 
 fhall deliver (or fafely tranfmit, fealed up) unto the Clerk of the f 
 
 Peace, at the Firft General Quarter Seflions of the Peace for the 
 County, or for the Riding or Divifion of the fame to which fuch 
 Parilh fhall belong, every fuch Copy which fhall have been made 
 as aforefaid ■, and fuch Regifter-keeper fhall, at the fame Time, de- 30 
 liver (or fafely tranfmit, fealed up) unto fuch Clerk of the Peace, 
 every Attestation winch {hall have been left with fuch Regifter- 
 keeper as aforefaid, and if no Enrolment fhall have been made 
 in any Regifter of Freeholders as aforefaid, fince the laft Copy 
 which fhall have been fent to the Clerk of the Peace as aforefaid, 
 then and in fuch Cafe fuch Regifter-keeper fhall deliver (or 
 fafely tranfmit, fealed up) unto fuch Clerk of the Peace as afore- 
 faid a Notice, of the Form fpecified in the Schedule hereunto 
 annexed, N" 5, which Notice fhall be figned by fuch Regifter- 
 keeper. 
 
 JSjcafciseiJ allnaps, antj fee it further (SnaficD by the Autho- 
 rity aforefaid, That it fhall and may be lawful for every fuch 
 Regifter-keeper as aforefaid to deliver or fafely tranfmit any 
 fuch Papers as aforefaid unto any Conftable within fuch Coun- 
 ty, or within fuch Riding or Divifion as aforefaid (as the Cafe 
 may be) and the fame fhall be fealed up, and fhall be directed 
 to " the Clerk of the Peace" and the Name of the Parifh to 
 which fuch Papers fhall belong (hall be alfo fpecified on the 
 Direction ; and fuch Conftable fhaii and is hereby required fafely 
 
 to 
 
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 to deliver fuch Papers (without breaking the Seal) unto inch 
 Clerk of the Peace at fuch General Quarter Scffions as afore- 
 faid. 
 
 32 3nt) be it furtljCt CBtia&Ct) by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 every Clerk of the Peace aforefaid (hall provide, for each Parifh 
 within the County, Riding, or Divifion, a Regifter, of the Form 
 fpecified in the Schedule hereunto annexed, N° 1 ; and fuch 
 Clerk of the Peace, on receiving any Copy of any Enrolment 
 or Enrolments as aforefaid, fhall forthwith enter, or caufe to 
 be entered, an exact and correct Copy of the fame in the faid 
 Regifter, which fhall be kept by him for the Parifh to which 
 fuch Enrolment or Enrolments fhall belong; and fuch Clerk of 
 the Peace fhall carefully examine each fuch Copy fo entered, 
 and fhall (on fuch Regifter) certify that the fame is " a true 
 " Copy," and fhall fign each Regifter on which any fuch Copy 
 fhall be entered ; and every fuch Clerk' of the Peace fhall care- 
 
 33 fully examine all the Copies of Enrolments which he fhall 
 have received as aforefaid ■, and if it fhould appear (from the 
 progreffive Numbers oppofite to the fame) that the Number of 
 fuch Enrolments fent from any Parifh be incomplete, or if it 
 fhould appear that any of the faid Enrolments be not dated, or 
 be not made or copied in the proper Form as aforefaid, or if it 
 fhould appear (from the Copy of any Enrolment or Enrolments) 
 that any Atteftation be miffing, or if fuch Clerk of the Peace 
 fhall not have received from each and every Parifh either a 
 Copy of fome Enrolment or Enrolments, or elfe a Notice as 
 
 > aforefaid, then and in every fuch Cafe the faid Clerk of the 
 Peace fhall give written Notice thereof unto the Regifter-keeper 
 hereby directed to deliver or fafely tranfmit fuch refpeclive Paper 
 
 34 or Papers to fuch Clerk of the Peace, and the faid Clerk of the 
 Peace fhall repeat fuch Notice as aforefaid, if the Cafe fhall re- 
 quire it ; and every Clerk of the Peace aforefaid fhall and is 
 hereby required carefully to preferve all fuch Regifters as afore- 
 faid, and alfo carefully to preferve all Copies of any Enrol- 
 ment or Enrolments, and likewife all Atteftations and Notices 
 which fhall or may have been delivered to him, or to any other 
 Clerk of the Peace, in purfuance of this A<5t ; and fuch Clerk 
 of the Peace fhall keep the Copies of Enrolments which he fhall 
 have received (and which he fhall have entered as aforefaid) in a 
 Place feparate and apart from the faid Regifters, in order to pre- 
 ferve the One, in cafe any Accident, by Fire or otherwife, fhould 
 damage or deftroy the other; and all fuch Regifters, Copies, 
 
 Atleftavions.
 
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 £ narrations, ar.d Notices as aforefaid, fhall be fafely delivered to 
 the Succeifor in O.iice of fuch Clerk of the Peace. 
 
 CnD fee it CUViher GBttaftetJ by the Authority aforefaid, That at 35 
 every Election of any Knight or Knights of the Shire to ferve in 
 .Parliament for any County aforefaid, the Clerk of the Peace 
 aforefaid (hall, on the Day of the Election (and before the Hour 
 of proceeding to the faid Election) fafely deliver unto the Sheriff 
 for fuch County (at the Place of Election) the Regifters of Free- 
 holders for all the Parifhes within fuch County, which fhall be 
 kept, in purfuance of this Act, by fuch Clerk of the Peace as 
 aforefaid ; which Regifters the faid Sheriff is hereby required care- 
 fully to preferve, and fafely to deliver back unto the faid Clerk of 
 the Peace, at the Place of Election, after the faid Election fhall be 
 over. 
 
 SntS, for the more effectually preventing fraudulent Votes being 36 
 given at any Election of any Knight or Knights of the Shire to 
 ferve in Parliament for any County aforefaid, 1Be it fUttf)Ct 
 CnafteD by the Authority aforefaid, That at every fuch Election 
 the Sheriff of fuch County fhall, for the taking of the Poll, pro- 
 vide, or caufe to be provided, for each Parifh within fuch County, 
 a feparate Book (or feparate Paper) or feparate Books (or feparate 
 Papers) of the Form fpecified in the Schedule hereunto annexed, 
 N° 6 ; and at every fuch Election every Freeholder fhall give his 
 Vote at lbme Poll Book (or Paper) provided for the Parifh to 
 which fhall belong the Regifter of Freeholders wherein the Eftate #s% 
 in virtue of which fuch Freeholder fhall claim a Right to vote, 
 fhall have been registered as aforefaid. 
 
 3liB be it further OBnaftCD by the Authority aforefaid, That ^ 
 from and after the faid Day of One 
 
 thoufand Seven hundred and no Sheriff, or other Per- 
 
 fon, who fhall by Law be authorized to take the Poll at any fuch 
 Election as aforefaid, fhall have any judicial Power or Authority 
 whatfoever, to determine the Right of voting of any Perfon, who 
 "fhall tender his Vote at fuch Election ; but every fuch Sheriff or 
 other Perfon authorized to take the Poll at any fuch Election as 
 aforefaid, fhall, from and after the faid Day, aft merely officially 
 (or minifterially) in the taking of fuch Poll, that is to fay, he 
 fhall and is hereby required to receive the Vote of every Perfon 
 who fhall tender his Vote at the proper Poll Book (or Paper) as 
 aforefaid, and who fhall take either of the refpective Oaths above 
 directed to be adminiftered at fuch County Election, and who ,» 
 
 D fhall *
 
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 tfhall alfo take any other fuch refpective Oath or Oaths as fhall, by 
 any Act or Acts of Parliament then in Force, be directed to be 
 adminiftered at fuch Election, and no Scrutiny fhall be granted at 
 any fuch Election j but every Sheriff or other Perfon authorized- 
 to take the Poll at fuch Election as aforefaid fhall forthwith 
 (upon the Conclufion of the faid Poll) return fuch Perfon or 
 Perfons as a Knight or Knights of the Shire to ferve in Parlia- 
 ment, as mall have been elected by the Majority of Votes taken 
 at fuch Poll as aforefaid ; and every Perfon who fhall by Law be 
 authorized to take, or to affift in taking, the Poll at any fuch 
 Election as aforefaid, is hereby empowered and required to admi- 
 ttifter the faid refpective Oaths. 
 
 39 3nB t)C it fltttbet Cnaftetl by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 if any Perfon fhall vote, at any Election of any Knight or 
 Knights of the Shire to ferve in Parliament for any County 
 aforefaid, in virtue of any Eftate which fhall not be a Freehold 
 Eftate, or without actually having in fuch Eftate a Freehold In- 
 tereft, or without being of the full Age of Twenty-one Years, 
 ;fuch Perfon fhall forfeit the Sum of of lawful 
 
 Money of Great Britain to any Candidate for whom fuch Perfon 
 fhall not have voted at the faid Election, and who fhall firft fue 
 for the faid Forfeiture ; but if no fuch Candidate fhall fue for 
 •the faid Forfeiture within Calendar Months after the 
 
 Offence fhall have been committed, then the faid Forfeiture fhall 
 go to any Perfon or Perfons who fhall fue for the fame. 
 
 4.0 3ttB t)C it further Cltafteu by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 from and after the faid Day of One 
 
 thoufand Seven hundred and the Oath com- 
 
 monly called The Returning Officer's Oath, prefcribed by an Act 
 made and paffed in the Second Year of his late Majefty King 
 George the Second, intituled "An Acl for the more effectual pre- 
 " "uniting Bribery and Corruption in the EleBions of Members to 
 " ferve in Parliament," fhall not be adminiftered at any Election 
 of any Knight or Knights of the Shire to ferve in Parliament 
 for any County aforefaid. 
 
 4«i SilO be it further €naftcO by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 from and after the laid Day of 
 
 One thoufand Seven hundred and the Oath 
 
 commonly called The Freeholder's Oath, prefcribed by an Act 
 made and paffed in the Eighteenth Year of his late Majefty King 
 George the Second, intituled " An Aft to explain and amend 
 
 41 the
 
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 f* the Laws touching the Elections of Knights of the Shre to ferve in 
 " Parliament f 07- that Part of Great Britain called England '," fhall 
 not be adminiftered at any Election of any Knight or Knights 
 of the Shire to ferve in Parliament for any County aforefaid. 
 
 SntJ fee it further CnafteD by the Authority aforefaid, That 42 
 from and after the faid Day of One thou- 
 
 fand Seven hundred and the Aft made and pafled in 
 
 the Third Year of His prefent Majefty King George the Third, 
 intituled, " An Ac! to prevent fraudulent and occafional Votes in the 
 tl Elections of Knights of the Shire, and of Members for Cities and 
 " Towns which are Co unites of themf elves, Jo far as relates to the 
 " Right of voting by virtue of an Annuity or Rent Charge," fhall 
 be and is hereby repealed, as far as the faid Aft relates to the 
 Election of any Knight or Knights of the Shire to ferve in Par- 
 liament for any County aforefaid. 
 
 Snts be it further €na&CQ by the Authority aforefaid, That 43 
 from and after the faid Day of One thou- 
 
 fand Seven hundred and the Aft made and palled 
 
 in the Twentieth Year of His prefent Majefty King George the 
 Third, intituled, " An AEl to remove certain Difficulties relative to 
 <c Voters at County Elections," fhall be and is hereby repealed, as 
 far as the faid Act relates to the Election of any Knight or 
 Knights of the Shire to ferve in Parliament for any County 
 aforefaid. 
 
 8rtU fee it further (ErmfteD by the Authority aforefaid, That ^ 
 from and after the faid Day of One thou- 
 
 fand Seven hundred and all fuch Parts of the 
 
 above recited Aft made and paffed in the Eighteenth Year of his 
 late Majefty King George the Second (and all fuch Parts of any 
 other Aft or Afts of Parliament) as do difable any Perfon to 
 vote at any Eleftion of any Knight or Knights of the Shire to 
 ferve in Parliament for any County aforefaid, in refpeft or in 
 Right of any Meffuages, Lands, or Tenements, which fhall not 
 have been charged or affefTed towards a Land Tax, fhall be and 
 the fame are hereby repealed. 
 
 SnD fee it further (CnaftetJ by the Authority aforefaid, That 4^ 
 where any Woman, the Widow of any Perfon Tenant in Fee, 
 or in Tail, fliall be entitled to Dower or Thirds by the Common 
 Law, out of the Freehold Eftate of which her Hufoand died 
 .feifed or pofleffed, and fhall intermarry with a Second Hufband, 
 
 fuch
 
 
 1 
 
 ■ r .'■■< Second Hi tnd fhall beentitled to vote in rrfpect oFTudh 
 IDov* r t r I birds, if inch Dower or Thirds (hall be of the clear 
 y ■ I -■ of Forty killings as afocefaid, although the fame 
 (ha vivc been affigned or fet out by Metes or Bounds ■„ 
 
 •provided alw lys, that fuch becondHufoand fhall purfue, as afore- 
 l, the Di*e6tioris of this Act. 
 
 46 SnU, in order that no Objection may be made to the Validity of 
 the Enrolment of any Freeholder as aforefaid, by Reafon of any 
 immaterial Defect in or relative unto fuch Enrolment, or on Ac- 
 count of any Neglect, Negligence, or Error of any Clerk of the 
 Peace as aforefaid, or of any Regifter-keeper authorized to make 
 Enrolments in purfuance of this Act, IBt it fUrtftCl (£n&ctCB anO 
 ■iDcclaret) by the Authority aforefaid, That no Enrolment afore- 
 faid, which fhall not be efientially or materially defective, fhall be 
 confidered as void on Account of mere Want of Form, or on Ac- 
 count of any Want of Form in the Defcription of the Freehold 
 Eftate contained in any Atteftation as aforefaid (if the -Cafe fhall 
 fo happen) ; and in any Caufe or Proceeding touching the Validity 
 of any Enrolment which fhall have been entered in any Regifter 
 
 47 of Freeholders aforefaid, and which fhall have been figned by 
 the Regifter-keeper aforefaid, no Evidence fhall be received to 
 prove that the faid Enrolment was not entered in fuch Regifter 
 in the Prefence of fuch Regifter-keeper; and nothing in this Act 
 contained fhall extend, or be conftrued to extend, to affect the 
 Validity Of any Enrolment or Enrolments entered in any original 
 Regifter of Freeholders as aforefaid, by Reafon or on Account of 
 any Neglect, Orniffton, or Error of any fuch Regifter-keeper as 
 aforefaid, in or relative unto the making of any Copy of fuch 
 Enrolment or Enrolments, or in or relative unto the fending of 
 the fame to any Clerk of the Peace aforefaid, or by Reafon or 
 on Account of any Neglect, Omiffion, or Error of any Clerk of 
 the Peace aforefaid, relative unto or in refpect of any Regifter 
 or Regifters by this Act directed to be provided or kept by fuch 
 Clerk of the Peace, or relative unto or in refpeel of the deliver- 
 ing of any fuch Regifter or Regifters to the Sheriff, at the Place 
 or at the Time of Election. 
 
 48 3np fjC it furt&et (ZEnaftetJ by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 it fhall and may be lawful for any Perfon, at all ieafonable Times, 
 to refort to and infpect any Regifter of Freeholders which fhall 
 or may be kept for any Parifh in purfuance of this Act, fuch 
 Perfon, previous to fuch Inspection, paying to the Regifter- 
 keeper
 
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 keeper aforefaid the Sum of for each Inflection 
 
 of every fuch Regifter. 
 
 8nQ be it ftttthcr (JEnafteD by the Authority aforefaid, That 49 
 it fhall and may be lawful for any Perfon, on any Day (except on 
 a Sunday, a Good Friday, or a Chriftmas Day) between the 
 Hours of in the Forenoon and in the 
 
 Afternoon, to refort to and infpecr. the Regifter of Freeholders 
 for any Parifh, which fhall or may, in purfuance of this Ac~t, be 
 kept by any Clerk of the Peace as aforefaid, fuch Perfon, pre- 
 vious to fuch Infpeclion, paying to fuch Clerk of the Peace the 
 Sum of for each Infpeclion of every fuch Regifter 
 
 of Freeholders ; and it fhall and may be lawful for any Perfon 
 (on any Day and Hour as aforefaid) to refort to and infpect the 
 Copy of any Enrolment or Enrolments, or any Atteftation or 
 other Paper as aforefaid, which by this Act is directed to be fent 
 to the Clerk of the Peace, fuch Perfon giving not lefs than 
 
 Notice in Writing to fuch Clerk of the Peace, to pro- 
 duce fuch Copy or Atteftation, or other Paper as aforefaid, and 
 paying to fuch Clerk of the Peace (at the Time of giving fuch 
 Notice) the Sum of for every fuch Copy or At- 
 
 teftation, or other Paper fo requefted to be produced. 
 
 3ntJ fee it further GEnsftetl by the Authority aforefaid, That 50 
 every Regifter- keeper authorized to make Enrolments in pur- 
 fuance of this Act in the Regifter of Freeholders for anv Parifh, 
 fhall, and is hereby required, to deliver a true Copy of all or any 
 Part or Parts of any fuch Regifter in his Cuftody, unto any 
 Perfon who lhall, in Writing, demand the fame, and fuch Copy 
 fhall be of the Form fpecified in the Schedule hereunto an- 
 nexed, N° 1 ; and fuch Copy fhall be ftated to be " a true Copy" 
 and each Page or Folio thereof fhall be figned by fuch Regifter- 
 keeper as aforefaid, and fuch Copy fhall be delivered within a 
 reasonable Time after the fame fhall have been demanded ; and 
 fuch Regifter-keeper fhall be paid for every fuch Copy (at the 
 Time the fame fhall be demanded) at and after the Rate of 
 
 and no more, for every Words or Figures, and 
 
 fo in Proportion for any greater or fmaller Number of Words or 
 Figures, but fhall not be paid for any Words or Figures in the 
 Title ■ of fuch Copy, or in the Title of the refpeclive Columns 
 contained in the fame. 
 
 3ntJ foe it further (ZEnaftZD by the Authority aforefaid, That 51 
 every Clerk of the Peace as aforefaid fhall and is hereby re- 
 
 E quired
 
 £ *« J 
 
 •quired to deliver a true Copy, or a true Abftracl, of all or any 
 Part or Parts of the Regiiter of Freeholders for any Parifh, 
 which (hall or maybe kept by fuch Clerk of the Peace, in pur- 
 fuance of this Ac~l, unto any Peribn who fhall in Writing de- 
 mand the fame ; and every fuch Copy as aforefaid fhall be of 
 the Form fpecified in the Schedule hereunto annexed, N 3 i ; 
 and every fuch AbftracT as aforefaid fhall be of the Form fpe- 
 cified in the Schedule hereunto annexed, N° 7 ; and every fuch 
 Copy or AbftracT as aforefaid fhall be ftated to be " a true 
 " Copy," or " a true Abftrafl" (as the Cafe may be) ; and each 
 Page or Folio of fuch Copy or AbftracT: fhall be figned by fuch 
 52 Clerk of the Peace ; and fuch Copy or AbftracT fhall be delivered 
 within a reafonable Time after the fame fhall have been demand- 
 ed ; and fuch Clerk of the Peace fhall be paid for every fuch Copy, 
 or fuch AbftracT (at the Time the fame fhall be demanded) at 
 and after the Rate of and no more, for every 
 
 Words or Figures, and fo in Proportion for any 
 greater or fmaller Number of Words or Figures, but fhall not 
 be paid for any Words or Figures in the Title of fuch Copy, or 
 of fuch AbftracT:, or in the Title of the refpecTive Columns con- 
 tained in the fame ; and every fuch Clerk of the Feace as afore- 
 faid fhall at all Times be provided with a fufneient Number 
 of Blank Certificates, primed in the Form fpecified in the 
 Schedule hereunto annexed, N* 1 ; and alio with a fuificient 
 Number of Blank Certificates, printed in the Form fpecified in 
 the Schedule hereunto annexed, N 9 7. 
 
 •53 flnt!, for the better carrying of this Acl into Execution, 1150 if 
 fUTti)Cr. CrtatiCD by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and 
 may be lawful for every Regifter-keeper, authorized to make 
 Enrolments in any Regifter of Freeholders, in puriuance of this 
 Acl, to provide, or to caufe to be provided, a lurlicient Number 
 of Blank Certificates, printed in the Form fpecified in the Schedule 
 hereunto annexed, N 1, for Copies of Enrolments to be made 
 thereon ; and likewife a fufficient Number of Blank Notices, print- 
 ed in the Form fpecified in the Schedule hereunto annexed, N° 5, 
 and the Expence of the fame fhall be defrayed by theOverfeer or 
 •Overfeers of the Poor for the Parifh, and fhall be charged in the 
 O verleer's Accounts. 
 
 54 3nu UC it flittfjet <2nactetJ by the Authority aforefaid, That if 
 any Regiiter of Freeholders for any Parifh as aforefaid fhall be 
 materially damaged, or if but few Blank Folios of any fuch Re- 
 gifler lhall be left unfilled, then and in fuch Cafe the Rcgiiter- 
 keeper, authorized by this Acl to make Enrolments in fuch Re- 
 
 gifter.
 
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 gifter, fhall and is hereby required to give early Notice thereof in 
 Writing to the Clerk of the Peace for fuch County (or for the 
 Riding or Divifion of the fame to which fuch Parifli fhall belong) 
 and fuch Clerk of the Peace, upon receiving any fuch Applica- 
 tion, fhall and is hereby required forthwith to deliver or fafely 
 tranfmit to fuch Regifter-keeper as aforefaid another Regifter, 
 to which fhall be annexed a Copy of this Act (printed as above 55 
 directed) and fuch Regifter fhall be in all Refpeits iimilar to the 
 Registers above directed to be provided by the Sheriff; and if at 
 any Time any more than One Regifter Ihall have been received 
 for any Parifh by any Regider- keeper aforefaid, One fuch Re- 
 gifter only fhall be in Ufe at the fame Time ; and when any 
 other fuch Regifter fhall be opened to receive Enrolments, the 
 progreilive Numbers oppofite to the Enrolments in fuch Regifter 
 f ball be a Continuation of the progrefiive Numbers in the former 
 Regifter, and the Numbers at the Head of the Folios of the one 
 ihall in like Manner be a Continuation of the Numbers at the 
 Head of the Folios of the other. 
 
 3nt! DC it further CnactCU by the Authority aforefaid, That 56 
 every Regifter- keeper aforefaid, who fhall, in purfuance of this 
 Act, have figned any Enrolment or Enrolments made as afore- 
 faid in the Regifter of Freeholders for any Parifh, fhall, for each 
 and every Enrolment fo made and figned, be entitled to receive, 
 from the Freeholder or other Perfon making Application for the 
 laid Enrolment to be made, the Sum of but if 
 
 any fuch Enrolment fhall exceed the Number of 
 
 Words or Figures, then and in fuch Cafe the faid Re- 
 gifter-keeper fhall and may receive, from the Freeholder or other 
 Perfon applying for fuch Enrolment to be made, the further Sum 
 of for every Words or Figures above 
 
 which fuch Enrolment fhall contain ; and the Copy of all 
 Enrolments to be fent to the Clerk of the Peace as aforefaid, 
 ihall be made and fent " gratis." 
 
 6' 
 
 9nt> he it flirtijer (SnaftCD by the Authority aforefaid, That 57 
 in cafe of the Illnefs or Abfence of any fuch Clerk of the Peace 
 as aforefaid, the lawful Deputy of fuch Clerk of the Peace is 
 hereby empowered and required to act as fuch with refpect to all 
 Matters and Things by this Acl directed to be done. 
 
 '£>" 
 
 SSntJ he it further CnactCD by the Authority aforefaid, That 5R 
 all fuch neceflary Expences as fhall or may be incurred by the 
 Sheriff of any County aforefaid, or by any fuch Clerk of the 
 
 Peace
 
 [ 2° ] 
 
 Peace as aforefaid, in or by the carrying of this Act into Execu- 
 tion, fhall be borne and defrayed by fuch refpective County out 
 of the County Rate, as alfo all other reafonable Charges which 
 ihall be made by any fuch Clerk of the Peace, on account of the 
 Trouble which he lhall or may have had in the carrying of this 
 Act into Execution, and the Amount of fuch Expences or 
 Charges fhall be fettled and allowed by the Juftices at any Ge- 
 neral Quarter Sefiions of the Peace ; and in fuch of the Counties 
 aforefaid in which there are or mall hereafter be feparate and 
 diftinct Rates for different Ridings or other Divifions of fuch 
 Counties reflectively, thefaid Expences or Charges fhall be borne 
 and defrayed out of fuch refpective Rates, in fuch refpective 
 Shares and Proportions as fuch refpective Ridings or other Divi- 
 fions of fuch County fhall then pay (or fhall then laft have paid) 
 towards the Land Tax of fuch County. 
 
 59 9ntl ue it fUttljcr dEnafteO by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 all Forfeitures aforefaid, by this Act to be incurred, fhall and 
 may be fued for and recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, 
 or Information, in any of His Majefty's Courts of Record at 
 Weftminfter, wherein no Effoign, Protection, Wager of Law, or 
 more than One Imparlance, fhall be allowed, and in every fuch 
 Action the Party againft whom Judgment lhall be given (whe- 
 ther Plaintiff or Defendant) fhall pay the of Suit ; 
 and every fuch Action or Profecution as aforefaid fhall be brought 
 or commenced within Three Years after the Offence committed, 
 and not afterwards ; and the Perfon againft whom any fuch 
 Action or Profecution fhall be brought or commenced fhall be 
 
 60 legally ferved, within the Time aforefaid, with the Writ or Pro- 
 ceis by which fuch Action or Profecution fhall be intended to be 
 commenced, unlefs the Service of fuch Writ or Procefs fhall have 
 been prevented by fuch Perfon's abfeonding or withdrawing out 
 of this Kingdom ; and every Action or Profecution which fhall 
 be brought or commenced as aforefaid fhall be carried on with- 
 out wilful Delay. 
 
 61 3ltfJ be it further ClISftCD by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 if any Regifter- keeper, authorized and required by this Act to 
 make Enrolments in any Regifter of Freeholders for any Parifli, 
 jfliall wilfully refufe to enrol therein as aforefaid the Name of 
 any Perfon who fhall (in any of the Ways hereinbefore pre- 
 jfcribed) make Application to have his Name fo enrolled, then 
 and in fuch Cafe, on Oath being made before fome Juftice of the 
 Peace for the County in which fuch Pariffi fhall lie (who fhall 
 
 re fide
 
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 xefide in, or near unto, or next unto, fuch Paiifh) that Applica- 
 tion (in One of the Ways before prefcribed) had been made to 
 iuch Regifter-keeper as aforefaid, to make fuch Enrolment, and 
 that iuch Regifter-keeper had refufed fo to do, it mall be lawful 62 
 for fuch Juftice, and he is hereby required, to fumtnon fach Re- 
 gifter-keeper to appear before him, and to {hew Came why he 
 did fo refufe to make fuch Enrolment ; and if fuch Regifter-keep- 
 er fhall not fhew to fuch Juftice that iuch Refufal did proceed 
 from Jllnefs, fudden Accident, or other Caufe juftifiable by this 
 A6r, or if fuch Regifter-keeper, being duly fummoned as afore- 
 faid, fnall refufe or negleft to obey fuch Summons, fuch Juftice 
 fhall, by Warrant under his Hand and Seal, caufe the Sum of 
 of lawful Money of Great Britain to be levied 
 on the Goods and Chattels of the faid Regifter-keeper ; and 
 in cafe fuch Juftice fhall grant fuch Warrant as aforefaid, 
 fhall moreover be lawful for fuch Juftice, and he is hereby re- 
 quired, to order fuch Regifter-keeper forthwith to make fuch 
 Enrolment, or to caufe the fame to be made as aforefaid j and 
 if fuch Regifter-keeper fhall not obey fuch Order, fuch Juftice, 63 
 or any other Juftice of the Peace for fuch County (upon fuch 
 Facl being proved to him upon the Oath of any Two or more 
 credible Witneffes) fhall, by Warrant under his Hand and Seal, 
 caufe the further Sum of of lawful Money of 
 
 Great Britain to be levied by Diftrefs on the Goods and Chattels of 
 fuch Regifter-keeper fo difobeying fuch Order ; and the faid Sum 
 or Sums fo levied (the reafonable Cofts and Charges of levying the 
 fame being thereout firft paid and fatisfied) fhall refpe&ively go 
 and be paid to the Perfon who fhall have been refufed to be en- 
 rolled as aforefaid : Provided always, that if the Perfon making 
 fuch Application to fuch Juftice, or if the faid Regifter-keeper 
 ihall think himfelf aggrieved by any Determination of fuch Juf- 64 
 tice, it fhall and may be lawful for the Perfon fo thinking himfelf 
 aggrieved to appeal to the next General Quarter Seffions of the 
 Peace to be holden for fuch County, or for that Riding or Biviiion 
 of fuch County in which fuch Parifh fhall lie, by giving Four- 
 teen Days Notice in Writing to fuch Juftice, and to the other 
 Perfon concerned in fuch Determination, of fuch his Intention to 
 appeal, if there fhaH' be fufficient Time for that Purpofe, and if 
 there fhall not be fufficient Time, then, by giving the like Notice 
 of his Intention to appeal to the next fubfequent General Quarter 
 Seffions of the Peace to be holden as aforefaid, and from the 65 
 Time of giving fuch Notice all Proceedings relative to the Exe- 
 cution of the faid Warrant or Warrants (if the Cafe fhall fo be) 
 ihall ftop ; and the Determination of the juftices at the faid Ge- 
 
 F neral
 
 [ « ] 
 
 •neral Quarter Sefiions to which fuch Appeal (hall be made as 
 aforefaid, mail be final and conclufive; and fuch Juftices may 
 order fuch Cofts to be paid by either of the faid Parties to the 
 other, as the faid Juftices (hall think proper ; but no Determina- 
 tion of the faid Juftices on any fuch Appeal mail extend, or be 
 conftrucd to extend, to preclude any Perfon who fhall have been 
 fo refufed to be enrolled, from making a frefh Application to 
 have his Name enrolled as aforefaid, or from having the like 
 Remedy in cafe of a frefh Refufal. 
 
 66 3nu be it furtljcr (ZSnaftca ant) iDedateu by the Authority 
 
 aforefaid, That nothing in this Act contained fhall extend, or be 
 conftrued to extend, to prevent any Freeholder under the Age of 
 Twenty-one Years, and above the Age of Eighteen Years, or to 
 prevent any unmarried Woman or Widow, from being enrolled 
 in any Regifter of Freeholders aforefaid, provided fuch Perfon 
 fhall have a Freehold Eftate within the true Intent and Meaning 
 of this Act, and provided fuch Perfon fhall (in any of the Ways 
 above-mentioned) make Application for the Enrolment to be 
 made ; but every fuch Perfon fhall be as fully entitled to be en- 
 rolled, and fhall, in cafe of a Refufal as aforefaid, have the fame 
 Remedy or Remedies as any other Freeholder. 
 
 67 3ntJ be it futtbet CnafteO by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 if any Perfon taking any Oath or Affirmation, by this Act au- 
 
 . thorized or required to be taken or made, fhall thereby commit 
 wilful Perjury, or be guilty of falfe Affirmation, or if any Per- 
 fon fhall unlawfully procure or fuborn any Perfon to take any 
 Oath or Affirmation, by this Act authorized or required to be 
 taken or made, whereby fuch Perfon fhall commit wilful Perjury, 
 or be guilty of falfe Affirmation, every fuch Perfon, on being duly 
 convicted of any fuch Offence, fhall 
 
 68 3nD be it furtber (ZEnaScrj by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 if any Perfon, from and after the palling of this Act, fhall wil- 
 fully deftroy, or caufe or procure to be deflroyed, or fhall aid 
 or affift in deflroying, any Regifter of Freeholders for any Pa- 
 rifli, or any Copy of any Enrolment or Enrolments, which Copy 
 fhall have been received as aforefaid by any Clerk of the Peace, or 
 any Regifter of Freeholders, which fliall in purfuance of this Act 
 be kept by any Clerk of the Peace, or any Part of any fuch Copy, 
 or of any fuch Regifter as aforefaid ; or fhall wilfully erafe ox 
 falfely alter, or cauie or procure to be erafed or falfely altered, 
 any Enrolment or Enrolments, or any Part of any Enrolment 
 
 ox
 
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 or Enrolments, in any fuch Copy, or in any fuch Regifter as 
 aforefaid ; or fliall wilfully infert, or caufe or procure to be infert- 69 
 ed, in any fuch Copy, or in any fuch Regifter as aforefaid, any 
 counterfeit or fictitious Enrolment or Enrolments ; or {hall forge 
 or counterfeit any fuch Copy, or any fuch Regifter as aforefaid, 
 or any Part of any fuch Copy or of any fuch Regifter j or fhall 
 forge or counterfeit any Notice, Receipt, Oath, or Atteftation, 
 aforefaid, or fliall forge or counterfeit the Name of any Perfon, 
 which fhall or which may, in purfuance of this Act, be figned 
 to any Enrolment or Enrolments, or to any Copy, Regifter, 
 Notice, Receipt, Oath, or Atteftation aforefaid, every Perfon 
 fo offending, and being thereof lawfully convicted, fliall 
 
 8n0 tofjCtCaS it would be expedient that every Regifter of 70 
 Freeholders, which fliall be kept in purfuance of this Act for 
 any Parifli, fhould at all feafonable Times be acceflible to every 
 Freeholder as aforefaid, who may apply to have his Name en- 
 rolled in fuch Regifter of Freeholders, IBz it therefore furthet 
 CnaftCtJ by the Authority aforefaid, That every fuch Regifter 
 of Freeholders fhall always remain in or near the Parifh to 
 which the fame fhall belong, and fliall be in the Cuftody of 
 the Regifter-keeper of the Parifli for the Time being ; and every 
 Copy of any Enrolment or Enrolments in any iuch original 
 Regifter of Freeholders as aforefaid, which fhall be proved upon 
 Oath to be a true and correct Copy, by any Perfon who fliall 
 have carefully examined the fame, fnall be deemed legal Evi- 
 dence of fuch Enrolment or Enrolments, without fuch original 
 Regifter of Freeholders as aforefaid being produced; and if in ji 
 any Cafe no fuch Copy, examined with the original Regifter of 
 Freeholders, and proved upon Oath to be a true and correct 
 Copy as aforefaid, fhall be produced, then and in fuch Cafe 
 the Copy of any Enrolment or Enrolments which fliall have 
 been received by any Clerk of the Peace as aforefaid, fhall be 
 deemed the next beft Evidence of any fuch Enrolment or Enrol- 
 ments ; and if no fuch Copy fo received by the Clerk of the 
 Peace as aforefaid fliall be produced, then and in fuch Cafe the 
 Regifter of Freeholders (of the Form fpecified in the Schedule 
 hereunto annexed, N° 1) which fliall be kept by fuch Clerk of 
 the Peace in purfuance of this Act, fhall be deemed the next beft 
 Evidence of any fuch Enrolment or Enrolments as aforefaid : 
 Provided always, that nothing herein contained fhall extend, or 
 lie conftrued to extend, to prohibit the producing of any original 
 -Regifter of Freeholders, upon a Charge being brought of any 
 
 "undue
 
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 undue Practice or Practices in refpect of fuch original Regifter 
 itfelf. 
 
 72 3nD tohCCCaS Doubts may arife, whether certain Diftricts ought 
 or ought not to be deemed and confidered as feparate and diftinct 
 Parifhes, within the true Intent and Meaning of this Act : 3n& 
 tUtJCteaS it is expedient to prevent iuch Uncertainty : IBC it tfretC- 
 fore further CnaftCD by the Authority aforefaid, That the Com- 
 mifhoners of the Land Tax within every County in that Part of 
 Great Britain called England, and in the Dominion of Wales, 
 fhall, on the Day of One thoufand 
 
 Seven hundred and (and between the Hours of 
 
 Ten and Eleven in the Forenoon) and they are hereby required to 
 meet within each County refpectively, at the Place where the 
 Election of the Knight or Knights of the Shire to ferve in 
 Parliament for the County was held at the laft General Elec- 
 tion ; and the Sheriff for each County refpectively fhall, at 
 
 73 leaft Fourteen Days previous to the Day of the faid Meeting, 
 fend written or printed Summons to the faid Commiffioners, to 
 attend fuch Meeting, fpecifying in fuch Summons the Time, 
 Place, and Purpofe of fuch Meeting ■, and the faid Sheriff fhall 
 attend the faid Meeting, and fhall prepare and produce to the 
 faid Meeting a complete Lift or Lifts of all the Parifhes within 
 fuch County ; and the Clerk of the Peace for the faid County, 
 or for any Riding or Divifion of the fame, fhall alio attend the 
 faid Meeting, and fhall likewife prepare and produce to the faid 
 Meeting a complete Lift or Lifts of all the Parifhes within fuch 
 County, Riding, or Divifion ; and it fhall and may be lawful 
 for the faid Commiffioners, or the Majority of them, who fhall 
 be prefent at fuch Meeting, and they are hereby required, to fet- 
 
 74 tie and finally to determine any Queftion that may arife, whether 
 any particular Diftiict is or is not a feparate and diftinct Parifh, 
 within the true Intent and Meaning of this Act ; and the faid 
 Commiffioners are hereby required to make out, or in their 
 Prefence to caufe to be made out, a complete Lift of all the fe- 
 parate and diftinct Parifhes within the County ; and the faid 
 Lift fhall be figned by the Sheriff of the County, in the Pre- 
 fence of the faid Commiffioners ; and the faid Lift fhall be kept 
 and preferved amongft the Records of the County ; and the faid 
 Sheriff fhall caufe the faid Lift of Parifhes to be publiihed in the 
 '.' London Gazette:" Provided always, that if any Parifh, in 
 any County aforefaid, fhall be divided into different Tovvnlhips, 
 Parochial Chapelries, or other Diftricts, having feparate Church- 
 
 75 wardens, or having other feparate Officers to execute the Duty 
 
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 C =5 ] 
 
 of Churchwarden, then and in fuch Cafe it fhall and may be 
 lawful for the faid Commiffioners, at fuch General Meeting as 
 aforefaid (if they fhall judge that it will be more convenient to 
 the Freeholders of the faid Townfhips, Parochial Chapelries, or 
 other Diftricts) to appoint the faid Townfhips, Parochial Chapel- 
 ries, or other Diftricts, or any of them, to be feparate and 
 diftinct Parifhes, within the true Intent and Meaning of this 
 Act, but for no other Purpofe; and in cafe of fuch Appointment 
 being made by the faid Commiffioners, the faid Commiffioners 
 fhall, and are hereby required, to caufe the Names of the faid 
 Townfhips, Parochial Chapelries, or other Diftricts, to be in- 
 ferted in the Lift of Parifhes aforefaid. 
 
 3llD tuhcrcag it is highly expedient that the faid Regifler- 70* 
 keeper fhould always be one of the fufficient Inhabitants of the 
 Parifh, and a Perfon well qualified to execute the Duty which by 
 this Act he is directed to perform : 3l1tJ tohcrca.S it is expedient 
 that the faid Regifler of Freeholders fhould not pafs frequently 
 into the Hands of different Perfons, but fhould remain in the 
 Cuflody of the fame Regifter-keeper : 15c it tfjCtCfOrC flirtfjec 
 <2Enaft£33 by the Authority aforefaid, That as foon as the com- 
 plete Lift of Parifhes fhall (in each of the faid Counties reflec- 
 tively) have been made out by the Commiffioners of the Land 
 Tax, at fuch General Meeting as aforefaid, the faid Commiffioners 
 fhall and are hereby required to determine whether they fhall 
 proceed forthwith (at fuch General Meeting) to make the Ap- 
 pointments hereinafter mentioned, or whether they fhall proceed -jy 
 forthwith to divide the faid Lift of Parifhes into different Lifts, 
 for different Parts or Divifions of the County ; and if the faid 
 Commiffioners fhould determine to form different Lifts of Pa- 
 rifhes as aforefaid, the faid Commiffioners fliall then decide what 
 fhall be the Number of fuch Lifts, and fhall make out, or in their 
 Prefence caufe to be made out, the faid refpective Lifts of Pa- 
 rifhes in the Manner that they fliall judge the molt expedient, 
 and the faid different Lifts (if fuch there be) fhall be figned by 
 the Sheriff of the County, in the Prefence of the faid Ccmmif- 
 fioners ; and the faid Lifts fliall be kept and preferved amengft 
 the Records of the County ; and the faid Sheriff fhall caufe the 
 faid refpective Lifts of Parifhes (inftead of the Lift of Parifhes 
 aforefaid) to be publifhed in the " London Gazette;" and each and -3 
 every of the aforefaid Determinations of the faid Commiffioners 
 reflectively fhall be final and conclufive; and in thofe Counties 
 wherein different Lifts of Parifhes fhall be made out as aforefaid, 
 
 G the
 
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 the faid Commiffioners fhall hold feparate Meetings for the fepa- 
 rate Diftricls comprized in the refpeclive Lifts of Parifhes afore- 
 faid ; and the faid Commiflioners fhall appoint the Times and 
 Places when and where the faid refpective Meetings fhall forth- 
 with be holden, and fhall adjourn themfelves to the fame reflec- 
 tively ; and it fhall and may be lawful for the faid Commiflion- 
 ers (at fuch General Meeting or other Meetings as aforefaid, as 
 the Cafe may be) and they are hereby required to nominate and 
 appoint, for each Parifh contained in the Lift of Parifhes afore- 
 79 faid, or in the refpefrive Lifts of Parifhes aforefaid (as the Cafe 
 may be) a proper Perfon as a Regifter- keeper, who fhall be wil- 
 ling to be fo appointed, and likewife a proper Perfon as Regifter- 
 keeper-elecT:, who fhall be willing to be fo appointed ; and every 
 Perfon who fhall, as aforefaid, be appointed Regifter- keeper by the 
 faid Commiflioners is hereby required to act as fuch ; and every 
 Perfon who fhall, as aforefaid, be appointed Regifter-keeper-elecT: 
 by the faid Commiflioners is hereby empowered and required to 
 acT: as Regifter- keeper, in cafe of the Death, Illnefs, or Abfence 
 of the Regifter-keeper himfelf ; and the faid Commiflioners .are 
 hereby required, in the appointing of any Perfon as the Regifter- 
 keeper (or as the Regifter-keeper-elec~t.) of any Parifh, to attend 
 that the Perfon fo to be appointed do not refide any Part of the 
 Year at an inconvenient Diftance from fuch Parifh, and that 
 fuch Perfon be duly qualified to execute the Office of Regifter- 
 keeper in purfuance of this Acl. 
 
 So 3n0 tofjcrcasi there may be Parifhes fo fmall, fo fituate, or fo 
 circumftanced, as to render it inexpedient for a feparate and di- 
 ftincT: Regifter-keeper (or Regifter-keeper-ele<5l) to be appointed 
 for each and every fuch Parifh ; IBt it therefore further CnafteD 
 anU IDecIarCD by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may 
 be lawful for the faid Commiffioners of the Land Tax to ap- 
 point the fame Perfon as the Regifter-keeper (or as the Regifter- 
 keeper-elecT:) for any Two or more adjoining or adjacent Pa- 
 rifhes, if the faid Commiffioners fhall judge that it be expedient 
 fo to do : Provided always, that both a Regifter-keeper and a 
 Regifter-keeper-elecT: fhall be appointed for each and every Pa- 
 rifh aforefaid. 
 
 8 1 3ntJ be it further €nafte5 by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 the faid Commiffioners of the Land Tax, or (if at any Time 
 there be no Land Tax granted and affeffable) the Perfons who 
 fhall laft have been Commiffioners of the Land Tax in each 
 
 County
 
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 County refpectively, (hall and are hereby required to afi'emble at 
 fuch General Meeting, or at fuch other Meetings as aforefaid (as 
 the Cafe may be) Twice in every Year, videlicet, on the 
 Day of and on the Day of in each Year, 
 
 if fuch Day be not a Sunday, and if any fuch Day be a Sunday, 
 then on the Day following : And the faid Commiflioners are 
 hereby required, at fuch refpedtive Meetings as aforefaid, to no- 
 minate and appoint other Regifter-keepers (or.otherRegifter-keep- 
 ers-elect) in the Room of thofe who may have died, or who may 
 be defirous to refign their Office, or whom the faid Commiflioners 
 may think proper to difmifs ; but the faid Commiflioners are 82 
 hereby required not to change the faid Regifter-keeper (or the 
 faid Regifter-keeper-elect) without fufficient Caufe, of which 
 the faid Commiflioners are hereby fully and finally empowered 
 to judge ; and the faid Commiflioners, at every General or 
 other Meeting as aforefaid (as the Cafe may be) fhall appoint 
 One of the Commiflioners prefent to prefide at the faid xMeet- 
 ingj and in cafe of Equality of Voices on fuch Queftion, the 
 fame fhall be determined by Lot ; and the Commiflioner who 
 fhall be appointed to prefide at any fuch Meeting, mail have, in 
 any Cafe of Equality of Voices, a double (or the carting) Voice ; 
 and all Appointments made, or Refolutions come to, by the faid 
 Commiflioners, in purfuance of this Act, mail be entered in a 
 Book, and fhall be figned by the Commiflioner who fhall prefide 
 at fuch General or other Meeting as aforefaid; and it mall and 83 
 may be lawful for the faid Commiflioners to adjourn any fuch 
 General or other Meeting as aforefaid, from Place to Place, as 
 they fhall judge raoft expedient ; and if (from there being no 
 Commiflioners or Commiflioner prefent, or from Want of Time, 
 or other Caufe) the faid Commiflioners at any fuch Meeting as 
 aforefaid fhall not do or complete all the Bufinefs which is by 
 this Act. directed to be done, the faid Meeting fhall be adjourned 
 to fome Day not later than the Eighth Day from the Day of 
 fuch Meeting : And it fhall and may be lawful for the faid Com- 
 miflioners, at any fuch General or other Meeting as aforefaid, 
 to direct their Precept to fuch Parifh Officers, or other Inha- 
 bitants of any Parifii or Parifhes within their refpeclive Jurif- 
 dictions as aforefaid, as they fhall think proper, directing fuch 
 Perfon or Perfons to appear before the faid Commiflioners at 
 any Meeting to be holden at any Time, not later than the 
 
 Day after the Date of fuch Precept ; and if any S± 
 fuch Parifh Officer, or other Perfon as aforefaid, fhall refufe or 
 neglect to attend fuch Meeting, without lawful Excufe, to be 
 
 proved
 
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 proved on the Oath of Two Witnefles (which Oaths the faid 
 Commiffioners are hereby authorized to adminifter) fuch Perfon 
 fliall forfeit to the Overfeer or Overfeers of the Poor for the 
 Pariih, and for the Relief of the faid Poor, any Sum that the 
 faid Commiffioners mail think fit, not exceeding 
 and the faid Commiffioners (at the faid Meeting, or at the next 
 fubfequent Meeting) fliall determine whether the Excufe (if 
 any) be fufficient, and if not fufficient, then what fuch For- 
 feiture mall be; and the faid Commiffioners, at the faid Half 
 Yearly Meetings, are hereby required to make ftrict. Enquiry, 
 whether any Regifter-keeper (or Regifter- keeper-elect) fliall re- 
 fide at an inconvenient Diftance from his refpective Parifli, 
 or fhall be dead, or fliall have become incapable of executing 
 the Duty of his Office: And the faid Commiffioners fliall caufe the 
 
 85 Name of every Perfon who fhall be by them appointed the Re- 
 gifter-keeper (or the Regifter-keeper- elect) of any Parifh (toge- 
 ther with the Addition, Profeflion, or Trade, and the ufual Place 
 of Abode of fuch Perfon) to be forthwith notified in Writing 
 unto the Clerk of the Peace for the County, or for the Riding 
 or Divifion of the fame to which fuch Pariih fliall belong (as the 
 Cafe may be) and alfo unto the Churchwarden or Churchwardens 
 of fuch Parifh : Provided always, that in cafe of the Death, III— 
 nefs, or Abfence, both of the Regifter-keeper and of the Regif- 
 ter-keeper-elect of any Parifli, or in cafe (from any Omiffion or 
 Neglect of the faid Commiffioners, or from any other Caufe) 
 there fliall be no Perfon who ftiall have been appointed either Re- 
 gifter-keeper or Regifter-keeper-elect, for any particular Parifli 
 contained in the Lift or Lifts of Pari flies aforefaid, then the 
 Churchwarden or Churchwardens of fuch Parifh is or are here- 
 by empowered to act as the Regifter-keeper of the faid Parifh, 
 and fuch Churchwarden or Churchwardens is or are hereby re- 
 quired to act as fuch, until there fliall be a Regifter-keeper or a 
 Regifter-keeper- elect to act as aforefaid. 
 
 86 anu be it further (ZBnafteti anu Declarer) by the Authority 
 
 aforefaid, That nothing in this Act contained fhall extend, or be 
 conftrued to extend, to repeal or to alter the Act made and paffed 
 in the Twentieth Year of His prefent Majefty King George the 
 Third, intituled, " An Ac! to remove certain Difficulties relative to 
 " Voters at County Ekclions," fo far as the fame relates to the 
 Election of any Member or Members to ferve in Parliament for 
 the Borough of Cricklade, in the County of Wilts, or to repeal 
 or to alter any of the Laws now in Force, or any Part thereof, fo 
 far as the fame relate to the Election of any Member or Mem- 
 bers
 
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 hers to ferve in Parliament, either for the Borough of New Shore- 
 ham, in the County of Suffix, or for the Borough of Cricklade, in 
 the County of Wilts ; but that all and every of the faid Laws, 
 and every Part thereof, fo far as the fame relate to the Qua- 
 lification of Voters for the faid Boroughs, or for either of them, $j 
 ihall remain and continue in Force, to all Intents and Purpofes, as 
 if this Aft had not been made. 
 
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 N°2. 
 
 SCHEDULE. 
 
 Referred to by this Aft, Jlat'mg the Form of the " R E C E I P T." 
 
 " '[ A. B. the Regifter-keeper of theParifh of 
 " in the County of do 
 
 " hereby acknowledge to have received from C. D. the Sheriff of 
 " the faid County, and by the Hands of E. F. a Regifter for the 
 " faid Parifli, to which Regifter is annexed a printed Copy of an 
 " Act, intituled "An Aft for the better fairing the Rights of 
 " Voters at County Eleftions," made and paffed in the Twenty-fixtli 
 " Year of the Reign of His Majefty King George the Third. 
 " Witnefs my Hand, this Day of 
 
 "* One thoufand Seven hundred and 
 
 « A. B." 
 
 89 
 
 N'
 
 [ 32 ] 
 
 SCHEDULE 
 
 Referred to by this Ac~l, fating the Form of the 
 " xVTTESTATION." 
 
 " Requefl to be enrolled in the Regifter of Freeholders for the 
 " Parifh of in the County of and I do 
 
 " folemnly fwear" \or, being one of the People called Quakers, " I do 
 " folemnly affirm] That my Name is A. B. j and that I am 
 [fpecifying the Addition, Profeffion, or Tirade offuch Perfon] " and 
 "that the ufual Place of my Abode is at 
 
 [and if it be in a Town conffting of more Streets than one, fpecifying 
 in what Street] " in the County of and that I ara 
 
 " in the actual Poffeffion of an Eftate of the clear Yea:ly Value 
 " of Forty Shillings, over and above the Yearly Intereft of any 
 
 QI *■* Money on any Mortgage or on any other Security affecting 
 " fuch Eftate, and alfo over and above all Rents and Charges 
 " payable out of or in refpect of the fame, other than Parliamen- 
 " tary, Public, or Parochial Taxes ; and that I do not hold the 
 " faid Eftate in Truft, or for or on the Behalf of any other Perfon. 
 " or Perfons whomfoever ; and that the Rents and Profits of the 
 " fame are received for my own Ufe, by myfelf or others ; and 
 " that the faid Eftate was not granted to me fraudulently ; and 
 " that my Intereft in the fame is not nominal or fictitious; 
 " and that, to the beft of my Knowledge and Belief, the faid 
 " Eftate is a Freehold Eftate, and my Intereft in the fame really 
 " and truly a Freehold Intereft ; and that the following is a true 
 " Deicription of the fame (that is to fay)" [if the Jaid Freehold 
 FJlate confijl of Lands or MeJJ'uage, or of both, the Defcription of the 
 fame Jha/l be as follows ; videlicet] " Lands," or " Meffuage," or 
 
 9 «« Meffuages," or " Lands and Meffuage," or " Lands and 
 
 " Meffuages," [and if the faid Freehold EJlate be on any Life or 
 
 Lives, then fpecifying whether the fame be on his own Life, or on the 
 Life of C. D. or on the longeft of the Lives of E. F. and G. H. &c. 
 or on the jliortefi of the Lives of K. L. and M. N. &c] [here 
 
 defer ibing the faid Lands or Meffuage, or fuch Part or Parts thereof 
 
 as
 
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 as Jhall bi of the clear Yearly Value of Forty Shillings as aforefaid] 
 " in the Occupation of " [fpecijying the Name 
 
 of fome Occupier of the f aid Lands or Mejf'uage.] " Witnefs my 
 " Hand, this Day of One thoufand 
 
 " hundred and i( * g » 
 
 " Already enrolled in the Regifter of Freeholders for the Pariih 
 "of N° " [fpec'fyi: g the faid Parijh or 
 
 Parifhes, and the pr ogre/Jive Number or progreffive Numbers of fuch 9 3 
 former Enrolment or Enrolment s t if the Cafe Jhall fo be.] 
 
 ■'« The faid Oath was taken and fubfcribed, on the Day-j 
 
 " and Year aforefaid, before me, P. Q^one of the I P. Q/' 
 ■*' Juftices of the Peace for the County of J 
 
 for, if the Freehold EJlate conffl of Great Tythes or Small Tythes, or 
 of both, then the Defer iption of the fame Jhall be as follows ; 'videlicet] 
 " Great Tythes," or " Small Tythes," or " Great and Small 
 '* Tythes ;" [and if the faid Tythes be on any Life or Lives, then 
 fpecifying whether the fame be on his own Life, or on the Life of 
 C. D. or on the longefi of the Lives cfE.F. and G. H. &c. or on 
 thefiortejl of the Lives of K. L. and M. N. &c] " ifluing out of 
 " ' " [fpecifying fome of the Lands out of which fuch 
 
 Tythes Jhall ijfue] " in the Occupation of " [fpecifying the 94 
 
 Name of fome Occupier of 'fuch Lands .] " Witnefs my Hand, this 
 «« Day of One thoufand 
 
 " hundred and iC a r> » 
 
 <c Already enrolled in the Regifter of Freeholders for the Parifh 
 " of N° " [fpecifying the faid Parijh or Parijhes, 
 
 and the progrejfive Number or progreffive Numbers of Juchjormer En- 
 rolment or Enrolments, if the Cafe Jhall fo be.] 
 
 <e The faid Oath was taken and fubfcribed, on the Day") 
 
 " and Year aforefaid, before me, P. Q. one of the > P. Q/' 
 ** Juftices of the Peace for the County of J 
 
 [or, if the Freehold Ef ate confijl of an Office, then the Defer iption of 
 the fame fliall be as follows i videlicet] " Office of 
 [fpecifying the faid OJfice ; and if the faid Ofce Jhatt be on any Life 
 or Lives, then fpecifying whether the lame be on his own L'fe, or on 95 
 the Life of C. D. or on the longefi of the Lives of E. F. and G. H.. 
 &c. or on the JloorteJl of the Lives of K. L. and M. N. &c] " the 
 M Profits of which illue (wholly or m Part) out of 
 
 * [fP ec ify : ' n s
 
 [ 34 ] 
 
 \fpeclfyhig fome Lands or Mejfuage out of which the Profits of fitch 
 
 Office Jhall i/fue] " in the Occupation of 
 
 [fpecifying the Name of fome Occupier of the faid Lands or Mejfuage] 
 
 " Witnefs my Hand, this Day of 
 
 •' One thoufand hundred and 
 
 "A. B." 
 
 '« Already enrolled in the Regifter of Freeholders for the Parifh. 
 " of N° ' [fpecifying the faid Pari/Jj or Parifhes, and 
 
 the progrejfive Number or progrejfive Numbers of fuch former Enrol - 
 ment or Enrolments, if the Cafe jhall fo be.] 
 
 ' The faid Oath was taken and fubfcribed, on the Dayi 
 " and Year aforefaid, before me, P. Q^ One of the > P. Q/' 
 *' Ju dices of the Peace for the County of J 
 
 06 [or, if the Freehold Fflate confifi of an Annuity or Rent Charge, 
 then the Defription of the fame /hall be as follows ; 'videlicet] 
 "an Annuity or Rent Charge;" [and if the faid Annuity or 
 Pent Charge be on any Life or Lives, then fpecifying whether the 
 
 fame be on his own Life, or on the Life of C. D. or on the longeji 
 of the Lives of E. F. and G. H. &c. or on the fiortetl of the 
 Lives of K. L. and M. N. &c] " ifTuing entirely out of a Free- 
 " hold Eftate, confiding of " [dfcribing all the 
 
 Lands and tenements out of which fuch Annuity or Rent Charge /hall 
 j/fue] " fituate wholly in " [fpecifying the 
 
 Pari/h or Place, Paripes or Places] *' in the County of 
 " belonging to " [fpecifying the Name of 
 
 fome Owner of fuch Lands or Tenements] " whole ufual Place of 
 " Abode is at [and if it be in a Town confifling ef 
 
 more Streets than one , fpecifying in what Street] " in the County of 
 
 07 " and in the Occupation of " [fpecifying 
 the Name of fome Occupier of fuch Lands or Tenements.] " Witnefs 
 my Hand, this Day of 
 
 One thoufand hundred and 
 
 " A. B." 
 
 ** Already enrolled in the Regifter of Freeholders for the Parifh 
 « of N° " [fpecifying the faid Parifi or 
 
 Parifhes, and the progreffive Number or progreffive Numbers cf fuch 
 former Enrolment or Enrolments, if the Cafe Jhall fo be] 
 
 " The faid Oath was taken and fubfcribed, on the DayT 
 
 " and Year aforefaid, before me, P. Q^_ one of the > P. Q/' 
 c( Tuftices of the Peace for the County of J
 
 [ 35 J 
 
 N° 4. 
 
 98 
 
 SCHEDULE 
 
 Referred to by this AB, fating the Form of the " OATH" to be 
 •written (or printed) at the End of the Attefaiion, N" 3, in cer- 
 tain Cafes mentioned in the f aid AB. 
 
 *' FDo folemnly fwear," [or, being one of the People called Quakers, 
 " I do folemnly affirm] " That my Name is R . S. and that I am 
 " " \fpecifying the Addition, ProfeJJion, or 
 
 "Trade offuch Perfon] " and that the ufual Place of my Abode is at 
 " [and if it be in a Town conffting of more Streets 
 
 than one, fpecifying in what Street} " in the County of 
 " and that the above Atteftation does, to the 
 
 " beft of my Knowledge and Belief, come from A. B. the Perfon 
 '* therein mentioned. Witnefs my Hand, this Day of 
 
 " One thoufand hundred and 
 
 R. S.* 
 
 " The faid Oath was taken and fubfcribed,! 
 
 " on the Day and Year aforefaid, be- 1 tit* 
 " fore me, T. U. one of the Juftices off * 
 *' the Peace for the County of * 
 
 N- 5.
 
 [ 36 ] 
 
 99 N° 5. 
 
 SCHEDULE 
 
 Referred to by this Ac~l, fating the Form of the "NOTICE." 
 
 " ][ A. B. the Regifter-keeper of the Regifter of Freeholders 
 
 " for the Parifh of in the County of 
 
 y do hereby give Notice to the 
 
 ?' Clerk of the Peace for the County of 
 
 " that the progreffive Number oppofite to the lafl Enrolment 
 
 " entered in the faid Regifter of Freeholders is 
 
 [fpecifying the faid Number'] " and that the Day 
 
 "of 17 . . is the Date of the faid lafl Enrolment. 
 
 " Witnefs my Hand, this Day of One 
 
 ■** thoufand hundred and 
 
 " A. B." 
 
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 & # $ @ $ $ & ® # # $ $& & g 
 
 | €3 g$ n ® sg; $ $ $£ $ • • $ 9 g 
 
 BILL 
 
 FOR 
 
 Making the Eflates of fuch Perfons as are Bankers 
 only, within the Cities of Lojidon and Wejlmiitfler^ 
 and within a certain Diftance thereof, liable to the 
 Payment of their own and Partnership Debts ; and 
 for preventing certain Bankers from dealing in 
 Goods, Wares, and Merchandize ; and for regu- 
 lating the Manner ol iffuing Bankers PromifTory 
 Notes ; and for inflicting further Punifhment on 
 Clerks to Bankers, who {hall embezzle Money or 
 Effects. 
 
 Note. — The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of the 
 Folios in the Written Copy. 
 
 3l$#$$s ID € JR. <& 3 % the Support of Credit in a corn- 
 's? mercial Country is an Obiecl of great National 
 
 <SJ£> 7**ft (fife • ^ 
 
 W 2, Concernment ; and it is apprehended that the 
 
 ^s^fejfeS State of Credit in this Kingdom would be be- 
 WWwW nefited> in Cafe thc preshold and Cuftomary or 
 
 Copyhold Efbates of Perfons dealing as Bankers were, under due 
 Regulations and Reftri&ions, made liable to the Payment 
 of their Debts of every Denomination ; and inafmuch as 
 
 A Debts
 
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 Debts due from or contra&ed by them, in their Way of Bufi- 
 nefs as Bankers, do not by Law create fuch an exprefs Lien 
 or Charge upon Freehold Eftates as will bind the Heir for the 
 Debt of the Anceftor ; nor are Cuftomary or Copyhold fi- 
 liates liable at Law, or in. Equity, to the Payment of fuch 
 "Debts : 
 
 SllD tUiJCrCag the Bufinefs of Bankers is frequently car- 
 ried on in Fartnerihip, and the Perfcns engaged in fuch Part- 
 nership are only at Law jointly liable to the Payment of the 
 Debts contracted in their Bufinefs of Bankers; and. in cafe of 
 the Death of any of them, the Remedy which the Creditors 
 of fuch Bankers have at Law, to inforce the Payment of the 
 Debts due to them, is againil the Survivors or Survivor of 
 fuch Partner, and not againil the Reprefentatives of fuch Part- 
 ners or Partner : 
 
 9tlD in regard that it is highly reafonable arid expedient 
 that thofe Perfons who, by intruding Money in the Hands of 
 Perfcns dealing as Bankers, contribute to the Improvement of 
 their Fortune and Eilates, Should have the moft effectual Secu- 
 rity for the Suras fo intruded, upon or out of the real as well 
 as perfcnal AfTets of fuch Banker or Bankers refpedtively ; 
 
 May it therefore pleafe Your MAJEST Y, 
 
 That it may be Enacted ; 5n0 t)C it CnafteS by the KIN G's 
 moil Excellent Majefly, by and with the Advice and Confent 
 of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this 
 prefent Parliament alTembled, and by the Authority of the 
 fame, That from and immediately after 
 
 each and every Perfon and Perfons engaged in any Partnership, 
 in the iffuing of Notes, and keeping epen Shops, as Bankers, 
 and following the Bufinefs of a Banker only, within the Cities 
 of London and WcJlminjUr, or within thereof, his 
 
 her, and their Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, fhall be 
 liable to the Payment of all Debts contracted by fuch Part- 
 nerfhip in the Courfe of their dealing as Bankers, and to the 
 fame Remedies for the Recovery thereof, as if each and every 
 fuch Perfon had Severally engaged for the Payment of fuch 
 Debts.
 
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 glllll be it fUtt&Cr Cnaftell by the Authority aforefaid, 
 Tint from and after all the 
 
 Manors, MefTuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, 
 as well Cuftomary or Copyhold as Freehold, whereof any 
 Perfon or Perfons now dealing, or who fhall or may at any 
 Time hereafter deal as a Banker, in Manner aforefaid, fhall 
 reflectively die feifed, or whereto he, the, or they mall be 
 intitled at Law or in Equity, of or for any Eftate of Free- 
 hold, which fhall not determine by the Death of fuch Per- 
 fon reflectively, fo dealing as a Banker, or of or for any 
 Eilate of Inheritance in Fee Tail, General or Special, or 
 of or for an abfolute Eflate in Fee Simple, mall be, and 
 the fame are hereby from henceforth made fubject and liable 
 ■ to the Payment of all fuch Debts and Sums of Money as 
 fhall at the Time of the Deceafe of fuch Banker be due 
 and owing from him or her alone, or from him or her 
 jointly with any Perfon or Perfons whomfoever, in fuch 
 Manner and Form as if fuch Perfon dealing as a Banker 
 had, at the Time of his Deceafe, an abfolute Power to dif- 
 pofe of fuch Eftates by his Will, and had by his laft Will 
 and Teftament in Writing,- duly executed by him, and at- 
 tefled as by Law is required to pafs real Etates and Lands 
 of Inheritance, deviled all fuch Eftates, Freehold, Copyhold, 
 •or Cuflomaryhold, for the Payment of his Debts. 
 
 !£U*ov)it!ct! aliuays, arm it 10 hereby Declares ana (Snafteo, 
 
 That all the Perfonal and Real Affets and Eftates of fuch Perfon 
 dealing as a Banker, fhall be firfl; applied in the Satisfaction 
 of his Debts, and the Eftates of which he died feifed in Fee 
 ■Tail, General or Special, fhall on'y be liable to make good 
 -the Deficiency. 
 
 Sntl, to the End that it may be publicly known who arc 
 and fhall be deemed Bankers, within the true Intent and 
 Meaning of this Act ; 15 g it fuTt&ei* GBtiafteD by the Au- 
 thority aforefaid, That all fuch Perfons reflectively, who do 
 or fhall, at any Time hereafter, deal as Bankers as aforefaid, 
 within the Limits aforefaid, either alone or in Partnerfhip, 
 mall caufe and procure their refpective Names to be registered 
 in the Public Regifter Office for the County of Middlefex, by 
 -the Regifter of the faid Office, or his Deputy, for the Time 
 being, and who is hereby required to regifter the fame alpha- 
 betically, in a Book to be kept for that Purpofe, expreillng 
 -the Day of the Month, and Year, and Hour of the Day, 
 
 when
 
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 when fuch Regiftry is maSt ; and a true Copy of fuch Regif- 
 try, iigned by the Regifter, or his Deputy, for the Time 
 being, (hall be allowed in all Courts of Law and Equity as 
 Evidence of the fame ; and the faid Regifter, or his Deputy, 
 fhall be intitled for every fuch Regiftry to the Sum of 
 
 and fhall permit and fuffer any Perfon or Per- 
 fons, at all Times within the Office Hours of Attendance, 
 7 to perufe and infpedl the faid Book, on being paid for every 
 fuch Perufal and Infpecticn and 
 
 no more ; and that fuch Perfons only whofe Names fhall be 
 regiftered as aforefaid, fhall, during fo long Time as their 
 Names fhall continue to be regiftered, be deemed, conftrued, 
 and taken to be Bankers, within the true Intent and Meaning 
 of this Act. 
 
 IprOuiOCO altuayg netiCrthClCft, That nothing herein con- 
 tained fhall extend to hinder fuch Perfon or Perfons, who fhall 
 difcontinue the Trade or Bufinefs of a Banker, from having 
 his, her, or their Name or Names ftruck out of fuch Regif- 
 ter, upon Application made to the faid Regifter, or his De- 
 puty, for that Purpofe; who fhall immediately upon fuch 
 Application ftrike his, her, or their Name or Names out of 
 fuch Regifter, and figh and deliver to the Perfon applying, a 
 S Memorial, containing the Name of the Banker defiring to be 
 ftruck off the Lift, together with the Day of the Month, and 
 Year, and Hour of the Day, when the faid Regifter fhall 
 ftrike off the fame ; which Memorial fo figned fhall be al- 
 lowed in all Courts of Law and Equity as Evidence, that 
 the Perfon or Perfons, whofe Name and Names fhall be therein 
 inferted, is or are ftruck off the Lift of -Bankers ; and the faid 
 Regifter, or his Deputy, fhall be intitled for every fuch Me- 
 morial to the Sum of 
 
 IptCtiiDCD altoagS nCOertfjelefSs That the Real Eftates, 
 Freehold, Copyhold, or Cuftomaryhcld, of all and every fuch 
 Banker or Bankers, who fhall either die, or whofe Name or 
 Names fhall be ftruck out of fuch Regifter as aforefaid, 
 fhall not, by virtue of this Act, be liable to anfwer or fatisfy 
 any Debt or Debts contracted during the Time his, her, or 
 9 their Name or Names continued upon fuch Regifter, unlefs a 
 Claim fhall be made, and fome Suit or Action com- 
 menced for the Recovery of fuch Debt or Debts, within 
 
 Calendar Months next after fuch Banker or Bankers 
 fhall die, or his, her, or their Name or Naitede fhall be ftruck 
 out of fuch Regifter as aforefaid. 
 
 ami
 
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 3nD to the Intent His Majefly's Subjcds may not be op- 
 prelTed by fuch Perfon or Perfons, who now do, or fhall at 
 any Time hereafter, deal as Bankers, within the Limits afore- 
 faid, either alone or in Partnerfhip, by their monopolizing or 
 ingroffing any Sort of Goods, Wares, or Merchandizes; 
 li?C It further (CnafteS by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 fuch Perfon or Perfon?, who now do, oi fhall at any Time 
 or Times hereafter, deal as Bankers, within the Limits afore- 
 faid, either alone or in Partnerfnip, whofe refpective Name IO 
 .or Names ihall be regiftered in Manner aforefaid, fhall not, 
 at any Time or Times hereafter, deal or trade, or permit 
 or ftifFer any Perfon or Perfons whatsoever, cither in Truft 
 or otherwife, to deal or trade, with any of the Meek., Mo- 
 nies, or Effects of, or any Way belonging to fuch Pinker 
 or Bankers, in the buying or felling; of any Goods, Wares, 
 •or Merchandizes whatfoever; and every Perfon or Perfons 
 who fhall lb deal or trade, or by whofe Order or Directions 
 fuch Dealing or Trading fhall be made, profecuted, or ma- 
 naged, fhall forfeit icr every fuch Dealing or Trading 
 
 the Value of the -Goods and 
 Merchandizes i'o traded for, to fuch Perfon or Perfons who 
 mall fue for the fame, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or 
 Information, in any ot His Majefty's Courts of Record at 
 •Weftmi?ijler ; wherein no Ellbign, Protection, nor other Privi- 1 1 
 lege whatfoever, nor any Injunction, Order, or Reitramt, 
 nor Wager of Law, fhall be allowed, nor any more than 
 One Imparlance. 
 
 JpromuTB aIU)ap0, That nothing herein contained fhali 
 be any Ways conllrued to extend to hinder fuch Perfon 
 or Perfons, who now do, or ihall at any Time or Times 
 hereafter, deal as Bankers, either alone or in Partnership, 
 whofe respective Name- or Names fhall be duly regiftered as 
 aforefaid, from dealing in Bills of Exchange, or in buy- 
 ing or felling Bullion, Gold, or Silver, or in felling any 
 Good?, Wares, or Merchandize whatfoever, which fhail re- 
 ally and bona fide be left or depofked with fuch Banker 
 or Bankers, for Money lent and advanced thereon, and which 
 ftiall not be redeemed at the Time agreed on, or within 
 Calendar Months after; or from telling fuch Goods as fhall 12 
 or may be the Produce of Lands purchafed or hired by 
 fuch Banker or Bankers. 
 
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 Sltil iJC it further €na&CD by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 the Name of every Perfon, who, after 
 
 fhall alone, or jointly with any other Perfon or Perfons, 
 carry on the Bulinefs of a Banker or Bankers, within the 
 Limits aforefaid, fhall be mentioned in or fubfcribed to all 
 Promiffory Notes iffued or given by him or them refpeclively, 
 under the Penalty of 
 
 for every fuch Promiffory Note as fhall be iffued or given 
 contrary to this Act, to be recovered by and to the Ufe of 
 any Perfon who (hall fue for the fame, by Action of Debt, 
 Bill, Suit, or Information, in any of His Majefty's Courts 
 of Record at Wejlminjler. 
 
 a 3 2nQ bC it further CnaScH by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That if any Clerk or Servant to any Perfon or Perfons 
 dealing as a Banker or Bankers, being intruded with any 
 Note, Bill, Dividend, Warrant, Bond, Deed, or any Secu- 
 rity, Money, or other Effects, to the Amount of 
 
 or upwards, belonging to fuch Banker or 
 Bankers, or having any Note, Bill, Dividend, Warrant, 
 Bond, Deed, or any Security, Money, or Effects, to the Amount 
 of or upwards, of any other 
 
 Perfon or Perfons, lodged or depofited with fuch Banker or 
 Bankers, or with him as a Clerk or Servant to fuch Banker 
 or Bankers, fhall fecrete, embezzle, or run away with any 
 fuch Note, Bill, Dividend, Warrant, Bond, Deed, Security, 
 Money, or Effects, to the Amount or Value of 
 
 14 or upwards ; or in cafe any fuch Clerk or Servant 
 
 fhall iffue any Note, or give any Receipt for any Sum of 
 Money, to the Amount of 
 
 or upwards, other than and except fuch Sum of Money, to 
 the Amount of 
 
 or upwards, as he iball actually have received from or on 
 Account of the Perfon or Perfons reflectively to whom he 
 fhall iffue any fuch Note, or give any fuch Receipt as afore- 
 faid 5 or in cafe any fuch Clerk, having received fuch Sum 
 or Sums of Money, to the Amount of 
 
 or upwards, for which fuch Note was iffued, or Receipt 
 given as aforefaid, fhall not bring the fame to account, but 
 fhall withhold or keep, or otherwife fecrete, embezzle, or 
 apply the fame to his own Ufe, with Intent to defraud ; 
 every Clerk or Servant fo offending, and being thereof con- 
 victed in due Form of Law, fhall be deemed 
 
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 3tlt! be it fUttfjer CnaftCtl by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That this Aft fhall be deemed, adjudged, and taken to be 
 a Public Aft, and be judicially taken Notice of as fuch by 
 all Judges, Juflices, and other Perfons whomfoever, without 
 fpecially pleading the fame.
 
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 The more eafy Attendance of Freeholders at 
 Elections of Knights of Shires. 
 
 Note. — The Figures in the Margin, denote the Number of the Fe/ia 
 
 in the written Copy. 
 
 !£€]R<£3@> the Freeholders of the feveral 
 Counties within this Kingdom cannot, with- 
 Ip^l-Lili l^w out & reat Expence, Lofs of Time, and Fatigue, 
 ^^L===JpT^ attend at any One Place to give their Votes at 
 E!?£pC| Elections of Knights of the Shire to ferve in 
 Parliament for .the faid Counties, in Cafes 
 wherein fuch Elections fliali be contefted, and Polls mall be 
 neceflary to determine the fame : In order therefore that 
 
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 fuch Elections may be made in a more eafy and conve- 
 nient Manner j 
 
 May it pleafe Your MAJESTY, 
 
 That it may be Enacted ; gnS t)C ft €naftctl by the KING's 
 
 Moft Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and 
 Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, 
 in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of 
 the fame, That from and after the Day of 
 
 in the 
 if, at the Publication or Proclamation of the Writ of Elec- 
 tion of a Knight or Knights of the Shire, a Poll fhall be 
 demanded by any Candidate, or any of the Electors 
 
 there prefent, and any or more of the Candidates {hall, 
 
 on the lame -Day, and not afterwards, defire and requeft 
 that the laid Poll may be taken at Places other than the 
 City, Town, or Place, where fuch Writ fhall be publiflied or 
 proclaimed, the Poll for the Election of fuch Knight or 
 Knights of the Shire for the feveral and refpective Counties 
 hereinafter named, fhall and may be taken at the feveral and 
 refpe&ive Places herein mentioned ; (that is to fay) 
 
 For the County of Bedford, at 
 For the County of Berks, at 
 For the County of Bucks, at 
 For the County of Cambridge, at 
 For the County of C/jeJJjire, at 
 For the County of Cornwall, at 
 For the County of Cumberland, at 
 For the .County of Derby, at 
 por the County of Devon, at 
 For the County of Dorfet, at 
 For the County of Durham, at 
 For the County of Ebor or York, at 
 For the County of Ejfex, at 
 For the County of Glouccfter, at 
 For the County of Hereford, at 
 For the County of Herts, at 
 For the County of Huntingdon, at 
 For the County of Kent, at 
 For the County of Lane after, at 
 For the County of Leicefter, at 
 For the County of Lincoln, at 
 
 For
 
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 For the County of Middle/ex, at 
 
 For the County of Monmouth, at 
 
 For the County of Norfolk, at 
 
 For the County of Northampton, at 
 
 For the County of Northumberland, at 
 
 For the County of Nottingham, at 
 
 Ferthe County of Qxon, at 
 
 For the County of Rutland, at 
 
 For the County of Salop or Shrop, at 
 
 For the County of Somerfit, at 
 
 For the County of Southampton ox Hamps, at 
 
 For the County of Stafford, at 
 
 For the County of Suffolk, at 
 
 For the County of Surry, at 
 
 For the County of Sujfex, at 
 
 For the County of Warwick, at 
 
 For the County of Wejlmorland, at 
 
 For the County of V/orceJler, at 
 
 For the County of Wilts, at 
 
 For the County of Anglejey, at 
 
 For the County of Brecon, at 
 
 For the County of Cardigan, at 
 
 For the County of Caermarthen, at 
 
 For the County of Caernarvon, at 
 
 For the County of Denbigh, at 
 
 For the County of Flint, at 
 
 For the County of Glamorgan, at 
 
 For the County of Merioneth, at 
 
 For the County of Montgomery, at 
 
 For the County of Pembroke, at 
 
 For the County of Radnor, at 
 
 - SntI be it further ©imftCtJ by the Authority afcrefaid, 
 That when a Poll fhall he demanded, at the Publication or 
 Proclamation of the Writ of Eleclion of a Knight or, 
 Knights of the Shire, the fame fhall proceed in the Man- 
 ner as by Law is directed, in the City, Town, or Place, 
 where fuch Writ mall be published and proclaimed ; and 
 that the Poll in all and every other City, Borough, Town, 
 or Place within fuch County, fhall commence on the 
 Day after the Publication or Proclamation of fuch Writ, if 
 it be not a Sunday, and if it be a Sunday, then on the Day 
 •following, -and that in the Computation of fuch 
 
 Day,
 
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 Day, the Day of the Publication or Proclamation of the 
 Writ fhall be one. 
 
 3ntJ fcC it further (JHnaftCU, That it fhall and may be lawful 
 for every Freeholder to give his Vote and Poll, at fuch 
 6 Election for the County in which his Freehold is fituated., 
 at any City, Town, or Place of fuch County, hereby, ap- 
 pointed for taking fuch Poll. 
 
 3ntl he It further CnaftCO, That in order to carry this 
 Act into Execution, it fliall and may be lawful for the 
 Sheriff, or in cafe of his Death or Abfence, for the Under 
 Sheriff, and fuch Sheriff or Under Sheriff is hereby im- 
 powered and required, by Writing under his Hand and Seal, 
 to authorize and appoint One or more proper Perfon or 
 Perfons to take the Poll at fuch City, Town, or County 
 hereby appointed, other than the Place in which fuch Writ 
 fhall be published and proclaimed ; and that every fuch Perfon 
 fo authorized and appointed fhall, at the Time and Place 
 appointed for taking the laid Poll, and before he fhall proceed 
 to take the fame, openly read, or caufe to be read, an Act, 
 made in the Second Year of the late King George the 
 Second, intituled, " An Act for the more effectually pre- 
 ** venting Bribery and Corruption," and mall take and 
 fubferibe the following Oath : 
 
 " I A. B. do folemnly fwear, That I have not, directly 
 " nor indirectly, received any Sum or Sums of Money, 
 " Office, Place, or Employment, Gratuity or Reward, 
 " or any Bond, Bill, or Note, or any Promife or 
 " Gratuity whatfoever, either by my felt or any 
 " other Perfon to my Ufe, or Benefit, or Advan- 
 " tage, for or concerning the taking or returning the 
 " Poll now about to be taken ; and that I will admit 
 „ " every Perfon's Name to be inferted in the faid 
 
 " Poll, who fhall appear to me to be qualified by 
 " Law to give his Vote thereat, and alfo the Name 
 " or Names of the Perfon or Perfons for whom 
 " he fliall vote ; and that I will not admit the Name 
 " of anv Perfon to be inferted therein, unlefs he mail 
 " appear to me to be fo qualified ; and that I will 
 " take the faid Poll honeflly, uprightly, and impar- 
 " tially, to the belt of my Skill and Knowledge; 
 *• #nd that I will not ftrike .the Name of any Per- 
 
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 " fon out of the faid Poll, after the Name of fuch 
 "" Perfon (hall be inferted therein, and he hath been 
 " permitted to give his Vote ; and that I will not 
 " alter the original Poll by me taken, nor caufe, 
 ■*' fuffer, nor permit the fame to be altered by any 
 " other Perfon or Perfons whatfoever; and that I will 
 *' return the fame unaltered to the High Sheriff or 
 " his Under Sheriff, within Davs after I 
 
 " fhall have completely taken the fame." 
 
 Which Oath any Juftice or Juftices of the Peace of the 
 faid County, City, Corporation, or Borough, where fuch 
 Election fhall be made, or, in his or their Abfence, any 
 of the Electors, are hereby required and autho- 
 rized to adminifter ; and fuch Oath fo taken, mail be entered 
 among the Records of the Seffions of fuch County, City, 
 Corporation, and Borough, as aforefaid. 
 
 3ntJ uC it further €naftelJ, That the faid Perfon or 
 Perfons, fo authorized and appointed, fhall duly and orderly 
 proceed in the Taking of the Poll, without any further or g 
 other Adjournment, than from Day to Day, (Sunday ex- 
 cepted) until all the Freeholders then and there prefent 
 fhall be polled, and no longer. 
 
 PrOtlttlCD altuag0, That fuch Poll fhall not continue, at 
 any City, Town, or Place, at which the Writ fhall be A 
 
 publifhed and proclaimed, or at any other City, Town, or 
 Place, hereby appointed for taking fuch Poll, more than 
 Days in the Whole ; and when the faid Poll 
 fhall be ended in Manner aforefaid, fuch Perfon or Perfons 
 fo authorized and appointed fhall, within 
 Days, return the fame to the Sheriff of the County, or the 
 Under Sheriff, as the Cafe may happen, with an Oath 
 thereunder written, to be fubferibed by him or them, and 
 to be taken before any One Juflice of the Peace, or Two 
 of the Electors, in the following Words : 
 
 " I A. B." (infert the Names of the Perfon or Perfons, 
 authorized to take the faid Poll) " do fwear, That 
 " the foregoing Poll is the original Poll by me" 
 (or by us, as the Cafe may happen) " taken at 
 " for the " (naming the City, Town, Or 
 
 Place, at which fuch Poll fhall be taken) " within 
 
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 u the County of and that I " (or we, 
 
 as the Cafe may be) " have not altered the fame 
 " fince the fume was taken. 
 
 " So help me" (or us) "GO D." 
 
 9 And that when the Sheriff, or Under Sheriff, fhall have 
 ii.iifned the Poll taken before him, and have received all the 
 Polls taken in the Manner aforefaid, by virtue of this Act, 
 then, and not before, he fhall make his Return of Perfon 
 or Perfons chofen Knight or Knights of the Shire to ferve 
 in Parliament for the laid County. 
 
 8ntl be it fUCtljCr CnaSet), That the Perfon or Perfons 
 authorized and appointed, by virtue of this Act, to take the 
 Poll, are hereby authorized and required to do all and every 
 Act, Matter, and Thing, that the Sheriff or Under Sheriff 
 might lawfully do at the taking of any Poll, or is required 
 by Law to do, was he perfonally prefent, other than that 
 of administering the Oath of Qualification, appointed to be 
 taken by Candidates, by an Acl: intituled, " An Act for 
 " fecuring the Freedoms of Parliaments, by the further 
 " qualifying the Members to fit in the Houfe of Commons,"' 
 made in the Ninth Year of Queen Atme ; and fuch Perfon 
 and Perfons, fo authorized and appointed, fhall be liable to 
 the fame Pains and Penalties, for all and every Omiflion 
 fj and Breach of his or their Duty in Relation to the fame, 
 
 as any Sheriff or Under Sheriff would have been liable to, 
 in Cafe fuch Sheriff or Under Sheriff, or either of them, 
 had been perfonally prefent, and omitted, or committed the 
 fame. 
 
 ao 3nD fcC it flirtOCr CnaftCU, That every Perfon who mall 
 give his Vote or Poll before the Perfon or Perfons autho- 
 rized and appointed by virtue of this Act to take the fame, 
 fhall, and is hereby required, before he (hall be admitted to 
 give his Vote or Poll thereat, to take all and every Oath 
 and Oaths, and to do every other Act, Matter, or Thing, 
 as by Law he is required to do before the Sheriff or Under 
 Sheriff, in cafe the faid Sheriff" or Under Sheriff had been 
 prefent at the faid Poll, and taken the fame ; and fuch 
 Perfon omitting to take the faid Oath or Oaths, or fwear- 
 ing falily, or neglecting to do any Matter or Thing re- 
 quired by Law to be done by him before he be admitted 
 
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 to give his Vote at any Election of a Knight or Knights 
 of the Shire, fuch Perfon lb omitting to take the laid 
 Oaths, or fwearing falfly, or neglecting to do any Matter 
 or Thing required by Law to be done by him, fhall in- 
 cur the fame Forfeitures, Penalties, and Incapacities, as he 
 would have incurred in cafe the Sheriff or Under Sheriff" 
 had been prefent at taking the faid Poll, and had taken 
 the fame. 
 
 JprotuBeu altoaj?0, anu tie it further €naftco, That in 
 
 cafe no Poll fhall be demanded at the Publication or Pro- 
 clamation of any Writ for the Election of a Knight or n 
 Knights of the Shire for any County hereinbefore mentioned ; 
 or if fuch Poll fhall be demanded, and no fuch Defire or 
 Requeft as is hereinbefore mentioned fhall be made by any 
 One or more of the Candidates, within the Time limited 
 for making the fame; then, and in either of fuch Cafes, 
 fo much of this Adt as relates to taking the Poll, (hall 
 not take Place.
 
 
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 The Payment of Cofts to Parties, and Charges to 
 Conftables, Witnefles, and others, on Complaints 
 determined before Juftices of the Peace out of 
 Seffions ; for the Payment of the Charges of 
 Conftables in certain Cafes ; and for the more 
 effectual Payment of Charges to Witnefles and 
 Profecutors of any Larceny, or other Felony. 
 
 Note. — The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of the 
 Folios in the written Copy. 
 
 TOKSBOflOir* I!) e ft <& 3 §>, by the Laws now in being, His i 
 Q~" *-q Vlajefty's Juftices of the Peace are not fuffi- 
 yg vlXH ^ ciently authorized, on Complaints that come 
 %m W)& before them out of Seffions, to award Cofts 
 k_)6;A$Q8(jH{ againft either the Perfon or Perfons complain- 
 ing, or the Perfon or Perfons againft whom any Com- 
 plaint is made, as to Juftice may appertain : 
 
 A May
 
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 May it pleafe Your MAJESTY, 
 
 That it may be Enacted j gttf) fee it (ZEnafteO by the 
 KING's Moil Excellent Majesty, by and with the Ad- 
 vice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and 
 Commons, in this prefent Parliament afTembled, and by the 
 Authority of the fame, That where any Complaint mall be 
 made before any of His Majefty's Juftices of the Peace, 
 for any County, Riding, Divifion, City, Town Corporate, 
 Franchife, or Liberty, and any Warrant or Summons fhall 
 ifiue in Confequence of fuch Complaint, that then it fhall 
 and may be lawful to and for any Juftice or Juftices of 
 the Peace, who lhall have heard and determined the Mat- 
 ter of the faid Complaint, to award fuch Cofts to be paid 
 by either of the Parties, and in Manner and Form as to 
 him or them fhall feem fit, as well to the Party injured, 
 as alio a reafonable Satisfaction for the Trouble and Lofs 
 of Time of the Conftables and Perfons fummoned to ap- 
 pear, and appearing, to give their Evidence before fuch 
 Juftice or Juftices ; and in cafe any Perfon, fo ordered by 
 the faid Juftice or Juftices of the Peace to pay fuch Sum 
 or Sums of Money as aforefaid, fhall not immediately pay 
 down or give Security for the fame, to the Satisfaction of 
 the Juftice or Juftices, it fhall and may be lawful for the 
 faid Juftice or Juftices, by Warrant under his Hand and 
 Seal, or their Hands and Seals, to levy the faid Sum or 
 Sums by of the Goods and Chattels of fuch Perfon 
 
 fo refufing or negle&ing ; and where Goods and Chattels 
 of fuch Perfon cannot be found, to fuch Perfon 
 
 to the for the County, Riding, 
 
 Divifion, City, Town Corporate, Franchife, or Liberty, 
 wherein fuch Perfon fhall relide, there to be kept to hard 
 Labour for any Time not exceeding or 
 
 until fuch Sum or Sums of Money, together with the Ex- 
 pences attending the Commitment of fuch Perfon to fuch 
 Houfe of Correction, be firft paid. 
 
 PcoUiTSCu tieuertf)Clef3, That upon the Conviction of any 
 Perfon or Perfons upon any Penal Statute or Statutes, 
 where the Penalty or Penalties fhall amount to or exceed 
 the Sum of the faid Cofts, and Satisfaction 
 
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 for Charges, Trouble, and Lofs of Time, fhall be deduced 
 by the faid Juftice or Juftices, according to his or their 
 Difcretion, out of the faid Penalty or Penalties, fo that the 
 faid Deduction /hall not exceed One Part of the faid 
 
 Penalty or Penalties, and the Remainder of the faid Penalty 
 or Penalties (hall be paid to or divided among the Per- 
 fon or Perfons who would have been entitled to the Whole 
 of the Penalty or Penalties in cafe this Act had not been 
 made. 
 
 9n0 tlJfoCteaS Conflables, Headboroughs, and Tythingmen, 
 are or may be at great Charge and Lofs of Time in do- 
 ing the Bufinefs of their Parifh, Townfhip, or Place, and 
 in many Cafes are not fufficiently indemnified by the 
 Laws ; Be it therefore GEnaftCD by the Authority afore- 
 fiid, That every Conftable, Headborough, or Tythingman, 
 may yearly, within Days after he mail go out of 
 
 fuch Office, deliver to the Overfeers of the Poor of the 
 faid Parifh, Townfhip, or Place, for the Time being, a 
 juft Account in Writing, fairly entered in a Book to be 
 kept for that Purpofe, and figned by him, of all Sums fo 
 by him expended on Account of the faid Parifh, Town- 
 fhip, or Place, or fo by him charged for his Trouble and Lofs 
 of Time, in all Cafes not hitherto provided for by the 
 Laws heretofore made, or by this Act, and alfo of all 
 Sums received by him on the Account of the faid Parifh, 
 Townfhip, or Place; and the faid Overfeers of the Poor, or 
 their Succeffors, fhall, within the next Days after 
 
 the faid Account fhall be fo delivered, take the Opinion of 
 the Inhabitants of the faid Parifh, Townfhip, or Place, upon 
 the faid Accounts, and fhall then deliver back to the faid 
 Conftable, Headborough, or Tythingman, fuch Book of Ac- 
 counts ; and it fhall and may be lawful to and for the 
 faid Conftable, Headborough, or Tythingman, then to pro- 
 duce the faid Book before Two of His Majefty's Juftices 
 of the Peace in and for the County, Riding, Diviiion, City, 
 Town Corporate, Franchife, or Liberty, wherein fuch Parifh 
 or Townfhip fhall be fituate, giving reafonable Notice there- 
 of to the Overfeers of the Poor of the faid Parifh, Town- 
 fhip, or Place, for the Time being ; which faid juftices are 
 hereby authorized to examine the fame, and to hear and 
 determine any Objection or Objefticns that fhall be made 
 to the faid Accounts by the Overfeers of the Poor of the 
 
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 laid Parifh, Townfhip, or Place, for the Time being, and 
 to fettle, according to the received Ufage or Cuftom of fuch 
 Parifh, Townfhip, or Place, the Sum which to them fhall 
 appear due on the faid Account, and to enter the fame in 
 the faid Account, and to fign their Names thereto j and the 
 Overfeers of the Poor of the faid Parifh, Townfhip, or Place, 
 for the Time being, are hereby authorized and required to 
 pay the faid Sum, out of the Money which fhall come to 
 their Hands by virtue of any Rate or AfTefTment made or 
 to be made for the Relief of the Poor. 
 
 PrOtoitlCt! nCtiCttheleft, That in cafe the Overfeer or 
 Overfeers of the Poor of the faid Parifh, Townfhip, or 
 Place, for the Time being, fhall find that the faid Parifh, 
 Townfhip, or Place, is aggrieved by any Neglect, Act, or 
 Thing done, or omitted, by the faid Conftable, Headborough, 
 or Tythingman, or by any of His Majefty's Juftices of the 
 Peace, or fhall have any material Objection to fuch Ac- 
 count, or any Part thereof, or to fuch Determination as 
 aforefaid, it fhall and may be lawful for fuch Overfeer or 
 "Overfeers, in any of the Cafes aforefaid, giving reafonable 
 Notice to the faid Conftable, Headborough, or Tything- 
 man, to appeal to the next General nr Quarter Seffions of 
 the Peace for the County, Riding, Divifion, City, Town 
 Corporate, Franchife, or Liberty, where fuch Parifh, Town- 
 fhip, or Place lies ; and the juftices of the Peace there 
 affembled are hereby authorized and required to receive 
 fuch Appeal, and to hear and finally determine the famej 
 but if it fhall appear to the faid Juftices, that reafonable 
 Notice was not given, then they fhall adjourn the faid 
 Appeal to the next Quarter Seffions, and then and there finally 
 hear and determine the fame ; and the faid Juftices may 
 award and order, to the Party for whom fuch Appeal fhall 
 be determined, reafonable Cofts, in the fame Manner that 
 they are impowered to do in Cafe of Appeals concerning 
 the Settlement of poor Perfons, by an Act made in the 
 Eighth and Ninth Years of King William the Third, in- 
 tituled, " An Act for fupplying fome Defects in the Laws 
 " for the Relief of the Poor of this Kingdom." 
 
 PtOtiDCD altoag0, That in all Corporations or Liberties 
 which have not Four Juftices of the Peace, it fhall and 
 may be lawful for the Overfeer or Overfeers of the Poor 
 
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 of the Parifh, Townlhip, or Place, for the Time being, 
 where an Appeal is given by this Act, to appeal, if he or 
 they (hall think fit, to the next General or Quarter Sef- 
 fions of the Peace for the County, Riding, or Divihon, 
 wherein fuch Corporation or Liberty is fituate. 8 
 
 3nD tOhCCCaS, by an Act palled in the Twenty-fifth 
 Year of his late Majefty King George the Second, intituled, 
 " An Act for the better preventing Thefts and Robberies, 
 " and for regulating Places of public Entertainment, and 
 " punifhing Perfons keeping diforderly Houfes," it was re- 
 cited, that " whereas many Perfons are deterred from pro- 
 ■" fecuting Perfons guilty of Felony, upon account of the 
 " Expence attending fuch Profecutions, which is a Caufe 
 " of the Encouragement of Thefts ;" and it was therein, 
 among other Things, enacted, That it (hould and might be 
 in the Power of the Court before whom any Perfon has 
 been tried and convicted of any Grand or Petit Larceny, or 
 other Felony, at the Prayer of the Profecutor, and on Con- 
 iideration of his Circumftances, to order the Treafurer of 
 the County in which the Offence ihall have been commit- 
 ted, to pay unto fuch Profecutor fuch Sum of Money as 
 to the faid Court lhall feem reafonable, not exceeding the 9 
 Expences which it (hall appear to the Court the Profecu- 
 tor was put unto in carrying on luch Proiecution, making 
 him a reafonable Allowance for his Time and Trouble 
 therein ; which Order the Clerk of Afiize, or Clerk of the 
 Peace, refpectively, was thereby directed and required forth- 
 with to make out, and to deliver unto fuch Profecutor, 
 upon being paid for the fame the Sum of One Shilling, and 
 no more : 
 
 SlnH tDbCtCaS, by an Act palled in the Twenty-feventii 
 Year of his late Majefty King George the Second, reciting;, 
 That the Expence, as well as Lois of Time, in attend- 
 ing Courts of Juftice, is a Difcouragement to the poorer 
 Sort to appear as Witnelies againft Offenders j who thereby 
 efcape the public Juftice, and the Puniihment due to their 
 Crimes ; it was Enacted, That when any poor Perfon (hall 
 appear on Recognizance in any Court, to give Evidence 
 againft another accufed of any Grand or Petit Larceny, or io 
 other Felony, it (hould and might be in the Power of 
 the Court, at the Prayer and on the Oath of fuch Per- 
 fon, and on Conlideration of his Circumftances, in open 
 Court to pay unto fuch Perfon fuch Sum of Money as 
 
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 to the faid Court {hall feem reafonable, for his Time, 
 Trouble, and Expence ; which Order the proper Officer of 
 fuch Court is required to make out and deliver to fuch 
 Perfon, upon being paid for the fame the Sum of Six Pence, 
 and no more : 
 
 3n0 tOljCtCtlS the faid recited Acls of the Twenty-fifth 
 and Twen.y-fcventh Years of his late Majefty King George 
 the Second, have been a ereat Encouragement towards brin^- 
 ing Offenders to Jufticc, in all fuch Cafes as are within the 
 Purview of the faid Statutes; but neverthelefs it has been 
 1 1 found by Experience, that the faid hereinbefore recited Sta- 
 tute of the Twenty-feventh Year of his faid late Majefty, 
 with regard to Perfons appearing on Recognizance in any 
 Court, to give Evidence as aforeiaid, extends only to poor 
 Perfons, fuch Court alfo confidering their Circumftanccs ; 
 and alfo does not extend to Perfons appearing on Subpoena 
 to give Evidence : 
 
 QllH UifjCVCag the laid Acl of the Twenty-fifth Year of 
 his faid late Majefty, with regard to Profecutors, directs the 
 Court to confider the Circumftances of fuch Profecutor, and 
 alfo gives him Relief only where the Offender is convicted : 
 
 3llD toljCtcaS it is juft and reafonable, and may tend in 
 future to the Prevention of Crimes, or to the due Profe- 
 cution of all Offenders againft the Laws, that every Pro- 
 s.z fecuror to Conviction, and every Feribn (u appearing on 
 Recognizance or Subpoena to give Evidence, mould be al- 
 lowed his reafonable Expences, and alio, in cafe he be 
 poor, a reafonable Satisfaction for his Trouble and Lofs, 
 of Time; and that fuch Allowance fhould be made to Pro- 
 fecutors as aforefaid, even though the Perlon io accufed be 
 acquitted, provided it (hall appear to fuch Court, before 
 whom the laid Prifoner fhali have been tried, that there 
 was a reafonable Ground of Profecution, and that the Pro- 
 fecutor hath bona fide profecuted : 
 
 16 e it ftlttfjer <2£naftc6 by the Authority aforefaid, That from 
 and after the paffing of this Acl, it {hall and may be in the 
 Power of the Court before whom any Perfon has been tried and 
 convided of any Grand or Petit Larceny, or other Felony, or 
 13 before whom any Perfon has been tried and acquitted of 
 any Grand or Petit Larceny, or other Felony, in cafe it 
 {hall appear to the faid Court that there was a reafonable 
 Ground of Profecution, and that the faid Profecutor hath 
 bona fide profecuted, to order, upon Prayer of the faid 
 Profecutor, the Treafurer of .the County, Riding, or Divifion, 
 
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 in which the Offence (hall have been committed, or mall 
 have been fuppofed to have been committed, to pay unto 
 inch Profecutor fuch Sum of Money as to the faid Court 
 mall Teem reafonable, not exceeding the Expences which it 
 mall appear to the Court the Profecutor was bona fide 
 put unto in carrying on fuch Profecution, making, in cafe 
 the faid Profecutor mall appear to the Court to be in poor 
 Circumstances, a reafonable Allowance to fuch Profecutor 
 for Trouble and Lofs of Time; which Order the Clerk of 14. 
 Affize, or Clerk of the Peace, reflectively, is hereby directed 
 and required forthwith to make out and deliver unto fuch 
 Profecutor, upon being paid for the fame the Sum of One 
 Shilling, and no more; and the Treafurer of the faid County, 
 Riding, or Divifion, is hereby authorized and required, upon 
 Sight of fuch Order, forthwith to pay to fuch Profecutor, 
 or other Perfon authorized to receive the fame, fuch Sum 
 of Money as aforefaid, and mail be allowed the fame in his 
 Accounts. 
 
 9nD tJC it further CttaCteO by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That it {hall and may be in the Power of the Court, 
 where any Perfon fhall appear on Recognizance or Subpcena, 
 to give Evidence as to any Grand or Petit- T.rirrrny or 
 other Felony, whether any Bill of Indictment be preferred 1 5 
 or not to any Grand Jury, provided the faid Perfon fhall, 
 in the Opinion of the faid Court, bona fide have attended 
 the faid Court in Obedience to fuch Recognizance or 
 Subpcena, to order the Treafurer of the County, Riding, or 
 Divifion, in which the Offence (hall have been committed, 
 or mall have been fuppofed to have been committed, to 
 pay unto fuch Perfon luch Sum of Money as to the faid 
 Court fhall feem reafonable, not exceeding the Expences 
 which it fhall appear to the faid Court the faid Perfon 
 was bona fide put unto by reafon of the faid Recognizance 
 and Subpcena, making, in cafe the faid Perfon mall appear 
 to the Court to be in poor Circumfiances, a reafonable 
 Allowance to fuch Perfon for Trouble and Lofs of Time ; 
 which Order the Clerk of Affize, or Clerk of the Peace, .g 
 refpectively, is hereby directed and required forthwith to 
 make out and deliver to fuch Perfon, upon being paid for 
 the fame the Sum of Six Pence, and no more ; and the 
 Treafurer of the faid County, Riding, or Divifion, is hereby 
 authorized and required, upon Sight of fuch Order, forth- 
 with to pay to fuch Perfon, or other Perfon authorized 
 
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 to receive the fame, fuch Sum of Money as aforefaid, and 
 fhall be allowed the fame in his Accounts. 
 
 Profcioet) neuci'thclcfs, ano fcc it further €nacten, That 
 
 it ihall and may be lawful for His Majefty's Juftices of 
 the Peace, in and for any County, Riding, Divilion, City, 
 Town Corporate, Franchise, or Liberty, in Quarter Seffions 
 affembled, to lay down, from Time to Time, fuch Rules 
 and Regulations, as to any Cofts and Charges there- 
 
 1 7 after to be allowed to any Perfon whatfoever by virtue of 
 any Part of this Act, for the better carrying the Intent of 
 any Part of this Act into Execution, and for the prevent- 
 ing any unneceffary Expence, as to them fhall feem molt 
 juft and reafonable ; which Rules and Regulations, having 
 received the Approbation and Signature of One or more of 
 His Majefty's judges of Oyer and Terminer, or General 
 Gaol Delivery, at the Affizes for the County wherein f«ch 
 Rules and Regulations ihall have been made, (hall be 
 binding, and not otherwife, on all Perfons whatfoever; and 
 no Perfon whatfoever fhall be allowed any greater Sum of 
 Money, by virtue of this Act, than according to the faid 
 Rules and Regulations fo approved of as aforefaid, any 
 thing herein tcontained to the contrary thereof in any wife, 
 
 •j 8 no.twithftanding. 
 
 3llD i3C it further C-tia&eU by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That if any Action or Suit fhall be commenced againft any 
 Perfon or Perfons, for any Thing done in purfuance of this 
 Act, that then and in every fuch Cafe the Action or Suit 
 •ihall be brought within Calendar Months next after 
 
 the Fact committed ; and the Defendant or Defendants in 
 fuch Action or Suit may plead the General Iifue, and give 
 this Act and the Special Matter in Evidence at any Trial to 
 be had thereupon, and that the fame was done in purfuance 
 and by the Authority of this Act ; and if it mall appear fo to 
 have been done, the Jury ihall find for the Defendant or De- 
 fendants ; and if the Plaintiff ihall be nonfuit, or difcontinue 
 jo his Action after the Defendant or Defendants fhall have ap- 
 peared, or if Judgment fhall be given, upon any Verdict or 
 Demurrer, againft the Plaintiff, the Defendant and Defendants 
 fhall and may recover Cofts, and have the like Re- 
 
 medy for the fame as the Defendant or Defendants hath or 
 have in other Cafes by Law.
 
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 The Relief of Prifbners charged with Felony or 
 other Crimes, who fhall be acquitted, or dis- 
 charged by Proclamation, refpecling the Payment 
 of Fees to Gaolers, and giving a Recompence 
 for fuch Fees out of the County Rates ; and for 
 more effectually lecuring the Health of Prifoners 
 in Gaol, during their Confinement. 
 
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 Folios in the Written Copy. 
 
 53()9(£<)@()3£)e( }£ <£ JR. <£ 3 % Perfons are frequently in Cuftody 
 Q Q for Felonies or other Crimes, or on Sufpicion 
 
 v? 221 ^ thereof, or as Acceffaries thereto, and though no 
 m & Bills of Indictment are afterwards preferred or 
 
 >($\M&)8(5( found againft: them, or they are acquitted on their 
 Trials, yet they are detained for certain Fees to the Sheriffs, 
 Gaolers, or Keepers of Prifons, in whofe Cuftody they happen 
 to be; which is both oppreffive and unjuit : jFQC Remedy 
 whereof, 
 
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 May it pleafe Your MAJESTY, 
 
 That it may be Enacted ; 3nB fee it CnaftCU by the KING's 
 
 Moll Excellent Majesty, by and. with the Advice and Con- 
 fent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in 
 this prefent Parliament affembled, snd by the Authority of the 
 fame, That every Prifoner, who now is, or hereafter mail be, 
 charged with any Felony, or other Crime, or as an Acceffary 
 thereto, in that Part of Great Britain called England, and Wales, 
 againft whom no Bill of Indictment (hall be found by the 
 Grand Jury, or who, on his or her Trial, mall be acquitted, 
 or who mall be difcharged by Proclamation for want of Profe- 
 cution, fhall be immediately fet at large, without the Payment 
 of any Fee or Sum of Money ^to the Sheriff, Gaoler, or 
 Keeper of the Gaol or Prifon from whence he or fhe /hall be 
 difcharged and fet at Liberty, for or in refpect of fuch Dif- 
 charge. 
 
 3ntJ foe it further CnaftCtJ by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 all fuch Fees as have been ufually paid, or payable, to the 
 feveral Sheriffs, Gaolers, and Keepers of Prifons, in Englajzd 
 and Wales, in any of the Cafes aforeiaid, fhall abfolutely 
 ceafe, and the fame are hereby aboliihed and determined ; and, 
 -from and after 
 
 no Gaoler or "Keeper of 
 any Gaol or Prifon fhall afk, demand, take, or receive, 
 any Sum. or Sums of Money, from any of the faid Prifoners, 
 as Fees, upon his or her Difcharge. 
 
 3tlH UC it further CiiafteD by the Authority aforefaid, That, 
 •in Lieu of fuch Fees fo abolifhed as aforefaid, the Trea- 
 furers, or other proper Officers of the feveral Counties, and 
 of fuch Cities, Towns Corporate, Cinque Ports, Liberties, 
 Franchifes, and Places, that do not pay to the Rates of 
 the feveral Counties in which they are refpectively fituated, 
 Khali, on receiving a Certificate figned by One or more 
 judge or Juifice before whom fuch Prifoner mall have 
 been difcharged as aforefaid, (which Certificate the Judge 
 •or Juftice is hereby required to give) pay cut of the. Rates 
 of fuch County, or out of the Public Stock of fuel* City, 
 Town Corporate, Cinque Port, Liberty, Franchife, or Place, 
 ■.the Sum. of to the Sheriff, 
 
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 Gaoler, or Keeper of the Prifon whence the faid Prifoner 
 fhall have been difcharged as aforefaid ; which fevera! Sums, 
 fo paid in purfuance of this Acl, lhall be refpeclively al- 
 lowed to the faid Treafurers and Officers, by the Juftices 
 before whom their Accounts fhall be pafTed : Provided ne- 
 verthelefs, that it (hall and may be lawful for the Juftices 
 of the Peace, in Quarter Seffions affembled, to allow a certain 
 Annual Salary, if they think proper, to the Sheriff, Gaolers, 
 or Keepers of Prifons, within their refpeclive Jurifdiclions, 4 
 inftead of the Payments herein before directed to be made 
 to fuch Sheriff, Gaolers, or Keepers of Prifons. 
 
 3nU, for the Prevention of the Calamities attending what 
 is commonly called the Gaol Diforder, 113C it (CnaftCtJ by 
 the Authority aforefaid, That the feveral Juftices of the 
 Peace, within their feveral Jurifdiclions, in Quarter Seffions 
 affembled, are hereby authorized and required to order a 
 Cold and Hot Bath, or commodious Bathing Tubs, to be 
 made and provided within the feveral Gaols and Prifons to 
 which Felons are ufually committed, and likewile Cloaths 
 for Prifoners to take their Trials in, at the Expence of 
 the County or Place in which fuch Gaols or Prifons are 
 refpeclively fituated, and to which the fame belong, and to 
 order the Prifoners to be wafhed in fuch Cold or Hot Baths, 
 or in fuch Bathing Tubs, according to the Condition in 
 which they fhall be at the Time, and cloathed in fuch 
 Cloaths fo provided as aforefaid, before they are brought 
 out to take their refpedlive Trials: And if any Gaoler 5 
 fhall offend, in difobeying the Orders of fuch Juftices as 
 , aforefaid, he may he proceeded againft in a fummary 
 Way, by Complaint to the Court where the Offence was 
 committed ; and if he be found guilty, he mall forfeit his 
 Office, be adjudged incapable of .ever holding the faid Of- 
 fice, and moreover mall pay fuch Fine as the Court fhall 
 impofe, and be in Cafe of Nonpayment. 

 
 
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 Explain, amend, and enlarge the Powers of an Affc 
 of Parliament, made in the Twelfth Year of the 
 Reign of his late Majefty King George the Second, 
 intituled, " An Ad: for the more eafy and fpeedy 
 " afTeiTing, collecting, and levying of County 
 <c Rates ;" and of another Act, made in the Ninth 
 Year of the Reign of. His Majefty King George the 
 Third, intituled, " An Act to enable the Juftices 
 " ol the Peace, in the General Quarter Seflions of 
 i( their refpective Counties and Diviiions, to repair 
 " the Shire Halls, County Halls, or other Buiid- 
 " ings, wherein the AfTizes or Grand Seillons are 
 " ufually held;" fo far as the fame relate to public 
 Bridges, and to County Halls or Shire Houfes. 
 
 Note. — The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of the Folios 
 
 in the written Copy. 
 
 WWtQOC* fo £ ft <£ a <& by an AS, made in the Ninth Year 
 § *f °f tne R e 'g^ of His prefent Majefty, intituled, 
 
 *£ tcl ^ " An Aft to enable the Juftices of the Peace, in 
 kK v 5('£< " the General Quarter Seflions of their refpective 
 M^C^C^^Jfe u Counties and Divifions, to repair the Shire H 
 " County Halls, or other Buildings, wherein the Affizcs or 
 " Grand Seflions are ufually held," it is Enacted, That it (hall 
 
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 and may be lawful for the Juftices of the Peace, in their refpec- 
 tive General or Quarter Seffions, or the greater Part of them, 
 then and there affembled, within the Limits of their Com- 
 nfiffions, upon Prefentment of the Grand Jury at the Affizes 
 or Great Seffions, or General Gaol Delivery held for the faid 
 County, at their Shire Hall, or other Building ufuallv made 
 ufe of for the holding the Affizes or Great Seffions within fuch 
 County, of the ill State and Condition of any fuch Shire Hall 
 or other Building, and the Neceffity of repairing the fame, to 
 order and direct, in purfuance of fuch Prefentment, fuch Shire 
 Hall or other Building to be repaired in Manner therein men- 
 tioned : 
 
 2n?J tofjCtCfiS' Doubts have arifen, in feveral Counties within 
 the Kingdom of England and Principality of Wales, whether 
 there be any lawful Authority for the pulling down and new 
 building fuch Shire Halls or other Buildings wherein the Affizes 
 or Grand Seffions within fuch Counties are ufually held : jFOt 
 the removing: fuch Doubts, and for making Provifion for the 
 pulling down and new building the fame, whenever it mall be 
 necefiary, 
 
 May it pleafe Your MAJESTY, 
 
 That it may be Enacted ; Situ" tC it CnaftcD by the King's 
 Moft Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and 
 Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com- 
 ruens, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Au- 
 thority of the fame, That it fhall and may be lawful for the 
 Juftices of the Peace, in their refpsctive General or Quarter Sef- 
 fions, or the greater Part of them, then and there affembled, 
 within the Limits of their Commiffions, upon Prefentment of 
 the Grand Jury, at the Affizes or Great Seffions, or General 
 Gaol Delivery, held for the faid County, of the ill State and 
 Condition of any fuch Shire Hall or other Building, and the Necef- 
 fity of pulling down and new building the fame, to order and 
 direct, in purfuance of fuch Prefentment, fuch Shire Hall or 
 other Building to be pulled down and new built, and the old 
 Materials to be employed or difpofed of, in fuch Manner as they in 
 icretion fhall think fit ; and fhall affefs and rate all and 
 every Sum and Sums of Money, which fhall be laid out and ex- 
 pended in pulling down and new building the fame, upon the 
 feveral Hundreds, Lathes, Wapentakes, Rape?, Cities, Towns, Pa- 
 
 rifhes,
 
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 fifties, Tovvnfhips, Wards, or other Diviiions of the faid 
 County; and to caufe and direct inch Sum and Sums of Mo- 
 ney to be collected, levied, and paid, in the fame Manner, and 
 by and to the fame Officers and other Peribns, and under the 
 fame Conditions, Terms, Limitations, Reitrictions, Pains, Pe- 
 nalties, and Forfeitures, as ether County Rates are ordered and 
 directed to be affeffed, rated, collected, levied, and paid, in 
 and by an Act, made in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of his 
 late Majefty King George the Second, intituled, " An Act for 
 " the more eafy affeffing, collecting, and levying of County 
 " Rates," and in and by a Claufe in an Act, made in the 
 Thirteenth Year of the faid King, intituled, " An Act to con- 
 *' tinue feveral Laws therein mentioned, for puniihing fuch 
 " Perfons as fhall wilfully and malicioufly pull down or deftroy 
 <: Turnpikes, for repairing Highways, or Locks or other 
 " Works erected by Authority of Parliament, for making 
 *' Rivers navigable ; for preventing Exactions of the Occupiers 
 " of Locks and Wears upon the River of Thames vveftward, and 
 " for afcertaining the Rates of Water Carriage upon the faid 
 " River ; for preventing frivolous and vexatious Arrefls ; and 
 " for the better fecuring the lawful Trade of his Majefty's 
 " Subjects to and from the Eaji Indies, and for the more ef- 
 " fectual preventing all his Majefty's Subjects trading thither 
 " under foreign Commiffions ; and for limiting the Time for 
 " fuing forth Writs of Certiorari, upon Proceedings before 
 Juftices of the Peace, and for regulating the Time and 
 inner of applying for the fame ; for the better and more 
 55 fpeedy Execution of Procefs within particular Franchifes or 
 V Liberties ; and for extending the Powers and Authorities of 
 " Juftices of the Peace of Counties, touching County Rates, 
 " to the Juftices of the Peace of fuch Liberties and Franchifes 
 " as have Commiffions of the Peace within themfelves ;" any 
 Thing in the faid recited Adt contained to the contrary thereof 
 in any-wife notwithstanding. 
 
 Iprouisen altoaps, anD be it further dBrmfteB by the Au- 
 thority aforefaid, That in Cafes where any bhire Hall, County 
 Hall, or other Building ufually made uie of for the holding 
 the Affizes or Great Seffions, hath for Time out of Mind been 
 built and repaired at the Expence of any particular Perfon cr 
 Perfcns, Riding or Ridings, Divifion or Divisions, Part or 
 Parts of any County or Shire, the fame fhall for ever hereafter 
 be rebuilt and repaired at the Expence of fuch Perfon or Per- 
 fons, or the Inhabitants of fuch Riding or FJdings, Divifion or 
 Divifions, Part or Parts respectively, as they have heretofore 
 
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 "been ; and the Sum and Sums of Money to be laid out in re- 
 building and repairing the lame, (hall be affelTed, rated on, 
 collected, levied, and paid by fuch Divifion or Divifions, Part 
 or Parts, of fuch County, in Manner before directed. 
 
 ClllD ttjf)CVCa#, hy the Laws now in being, no Money can be 
 raifed for the Purpofe of repairing or rebuilding public Bridges, 
 but by the Juftices of the Peace in the General or Quarter Sef- 
 licns of their refpective Counties and Divifions, and until a Pre- 
 sentment or Indictment of fuch Bridges is made or preferred : 
 
 £tUu" fajfjCrCAS it frequently happens that great Injuries are 
 done to Bridges by Floods, and the Public put to great Incon- 
 veniencies for Want of fuch Bridges being immediately repaired ; 
 C(5CrCfO?e, TSZ it GEtiaftea by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 when and lb often as any public Bridge (hall be in Want of anv 
 immediate and necelTary Repair, it lhall and may be lawful 
 tor any Two Juftices of the Peace of any County, Riding, or 
 Divifion, where fuch Bridge fhall fo want to be repaired, to 
 order fuch Sum or Sums of Money, as they lhall judge expe- 
 dient, to be laid out and expended in the immediate Repair of 
 fuch Bridge, as if the fame had been prefented or indicted ; and 
 the Juftices of the Peace in their refpective General or Quarter 
 8 Sefiions, lhall aflefs and rate all and every fuch Sum and Sums of 
 Money, which lhall be fo laid out and expended, upon the re- 
 fpective Plundreds, Lathes, Wapentakes, Rapes, Cities, Pa- 
 rifb.es, Townfhips, Wards, or other Divifions, where fuch 
 Bridge lhall be fo repaired ; and caufe and direct: fuch Sum 
 and Sums of Money to be collected, levied, and paid, and 
 the fame lhall be collected, levied, and paid, in the Manner 
 hereinbefore directed. 
 
 3ntl bC it fUttf)Cr CnaScD by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 if any Action, Plaint, Suit, or Information fhall be commenced 
 or profecuted againft any Perfon or Perfons, for any Thing that 
 fhall be done in purfuance or in execution of this Act, fuch Per- 
 fon or Perfons (hall and may plead the General Iffue, and give 
 this Act and the Special Matter in Evidence ; and if it (hall 
 appear fo to be done, or the Plaintiff or Profecutor fhall be- 
 come Nonfuit, or forbear further Profccution, or fuffer a Dis- 
 continuance, or if a Verdict or Judgment fhall be given againft 
 him, the Defendant or Defendants fhall recover their 
 Colts, and have like Remedy for the lame, as any Defendant 
 or Defendants hath or have in other Cafes by Law.
 
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 More effectually to prevent the Stealing of Deer; 
 and to repeal feveral former Statutes made for 
 the like Purpofe. 
 
 Note. — The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of the 
 Folios in the written Copy. 
 
 &)6p9Q3($Q@( jj) (tg Jft (jg 3 <§ the Statutes now in force for the 
 If § Diicovery and Punifhment of Deer Stealers are 
 
 y& )k numer °us, and many cf them ineffectual : 
 
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 &)6Qs0eOa0e( g n j, VufjcrCSS the good Purpofes thereby in- 
 tended might be better effected, if fuch of the faid Statutes 
 as are found to be defective were repealed, and fuch good 
 Provifions as are therein contained, together with fuch further 
 Provilions as may be expedient, were reduced into One Act ; 
 ISC it therefore CnafteD by the KING'S Moft Excellent 
 
 A Majesty, 
 
 
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 "Majesty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords 
 Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Par- 
 liament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That 
 if any Perfon or Perfons fhall courfe, hunt, or fhall take m 
 any Slip Noofe, Toyle, or Snare, or fhall kill, wound, or de- 
 ftroy, or fhall fhoot at, or otherwife attempt to kill, wound, 
 
 2 or deftroy, or mail carry away, any Red or Fallow Deer, in any 
 Foreft, Chafe, or Purlieu, whether inclofed or not, or in any 
 inclofed Park, Paddock, Wood, or other inclofed Ground, 
 where Deer are, have been, or fhall be, ufually kept, without 
 the Confent of the Owner, or without being otherwife duly 
 authorized, or fhall be aiding, abetting, or affifting therein ; 
 every Perfon .fo offending, by courfing, hunting, fhooting at, 
 or otherwife attempting to kill, wound, or deftroy, or by 
 aiding therein, fhall forfeit for every fuch Offence the Sum 
 of and every Perfon fo offending, by killing, 
 wounding, or deftroying, or by taking in any Slip Noofe, 
 Toyle, or Snare, or by carrying away, or by aiding therein, 
 refpedtively, fhall, for every Deer fo wounded, killed, deftroyed, 
 taken, or carried away, forfeit and pay the Sum of 
 
 and if the Offender, in any of the Cafes aforefaid, 
 fhall be a Keeper of, or Perfon in any Manner intrufted with 
 the Cuftody or Care of Deer, In the Foreft, Chafe, Purlieu, or 
 inclofed Park, Paddock, or Wood, or other inclofed Place, 
 
 3 where the Offence fhall be committed, every fuch Perfon 
 fhall forfeit and pay 
 
 the Penalty hereinbefore appointed to be paid by other 
 Offenders; and if any Perfon or Perfons, after having been 
 convidted of either of the aforefud Offences, fhall offend a 
 Second Time againft this Act, by committing either of the 
 aforefaid Offences, fuch Second Offence., whether it be the 
 fame as the Firft Offence, or be any other of the aforefaid 
 Offences, fhall be deemed and adjudged to be 
 and the Perfon guilty thereof, being lawfully convicted upon 
 Indictment, fhall be in like Manner as 
 
 other Offenders may be by the Laws now. 
 
 or which for the Time being fhall be, in Force ; and if 
 any fuch Perfon fhall return into any Part of Great Britain or 
 Ireland within the faid every fuch 
 
 Perfon fhall be 
 
 9ntl, to the Intent that the Profecution of Perfons who 
 fhall offend a Second Time in Manner aforefaid, may be 
 
 4 carried on with as little Expence and Trouble as is pof- 
 
 fible i
 
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 ftble; T5e it further CnaftcD, That the Juftice before 
 whom any Perfon mall be convicted for the Firft Time, 
 of either of the Offences before defcribed, mall tranfmit 
 fuch Conviction, under his Hand and , Seal, to the Quarter 
 Seflion which, next after fuch Conviction, (hall be holden 
 for the County, Riding, Divifion, City, Town, or Place, 
 wherein fuch Firft Offence mall be committed, there to be 
 filed by the Clerk of the Peace, and to be kept amongft 
 the Records of the Peace ; and fuch Conviction lb filed, or 
 a true Copy thereof, certified and fubfcribed by fuch 
 Clerk of the Peace, fhall be fufficient Evidence to prove 
 the Conviction of fuch Firft Offence as aforefaid. 
 
 3nU be It fUttfjCr (ZEnacteD, That it fhall be lawful for 
 any One Juftice of the Peace, upon Complaint made to 
 him on Oath, by any credible Perfon, that there is Rea- 
 fon to fufpect any Perfon or Perfons of having, in any 
 Dwelling Houfe, Out Houfe, Yard, Garden, or Place, any 
 Red or Fallow Deer, which fhall have been unlawfully 
 killed, or the Head, Skin, or other Part thereof, or any 
 Slip Noofe, Toyle, or Snare, for the unlawful taking of 
 Deer, by Warrant under his Hand and Seal to caufe fuch 
 Dwelling Houfe, Out Houfe, Garden, or Place, to be fearch- 
 ed, in the Day Time ; and if any Red or Fallow Deer, fuf- 
 pecled to have been unlawfully killed, or the Head, Skin, 
 or other Part thereof, or any Slip Noofe, Toyle, or Snare, 
 fufpected to be ufed for the unlawful taking of Deer, fhall 
 be found in fuch Dwelling Houfe, Out Houfe, Garden, or 
 Place, to caufe the fame, and the Perfon or Perfons in 
 whofe Dwelling Houfe, Out Houfe, Garden, or other Place, 
 the fame fhall be found, to be brought before any Juftice 
 of the Peace having Jurifdiction ; and if fuch Perfon or 
 Perfons fhall not fatisfy fuch Juftice, that he, fhe, or they 
 came lawfully by fuch Deer, or the Head, Skin, or other 
 Part thereof, or had a lawful Occafion for fuch Slip Kocfe, 
 Toyle, or Snare, or did not keep the fame for any unlaw- 
 ful Purpofe, then every fuch Perfon, not fo accounting to 
 the Satisfaction of the faid Juftice, fhall, in the Cafe of the 
 Deer, or the Head, Skin, or other Part thereof, be fubject 
 to the aforefaid Penalty of in the fame 
 
 Manner as a Perfon guilty, for the Firft Time, of the Of- 
 fence of unlawfully killing any Red or Fallow Deer, againft 
 the Provifions of this Act ; and in the Cafe of the Slip 
 Noofe, Toyle, or Snare, fhall forfeit the Sum of 
 
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 3nU pt it further (ZEnaScU, That if any Red or Fallow 
 Deer, fufpected to have been unlawfully killed, or the Read, 
 Skin, cr other Part of fuch Deer, (hall be found in any 
 Dwelling Houfe, Out Houfe, Garden, or other Place, on a 
 Search under a Warrant from any Juftice of the Peace, 
 and the Owner or Occupier of fuch Dwelling Houfe, Out 
 Houfe, Garden, or other Place, fball not, under the Pro- 
 vilions aforefaid, be liable to Conviction, then, and in every 
 fuch Cafe, for the Difcovery of the Party or Parties who 
 adtually killed or ftole fuch Deer, it fhall and may be lawful to 
 and for any Juftice of the Peace having Jurisdiction, as the 
 Evidence given, and the Circumftances of the Cafe, (hall re- 
 quire, to fummon before him, at his Difcretion, every Per- 
 fon through whofe Hands fuch Deer, or the Head, Skin, 
 or other Part thereof, fo found, fhall appear to have paffed ; 
 and the. Perfon and Perfons from whom fuch Deer, or the 
 Head, Skin, or other Part thereof, fhall appear to have 
 been fir ft received, or who having had Poffeffion thereof, 
 fhall not sive Proof, to the Satisfaction of fuch Tuftice, 
 that he, ihe, or they, came lawfully by the fame, (hall be 
 fubject to the laid Penalty of in the fame 
 
 Manner as a Perfon guilty, for the Firft Time, of the Of- 
 fence cf unlawfully killing any .Red or Fallow Deer againft 
 the Provifions of this Act. 
 
 3ntJ bC it further CnaEteB, That if any Perfon or Perfons 
 {hall, at any Time, pull down or deftroy, or caufe to be 
 pulled down or deftroyed, the Pale or Pales, or any Part 
 of the Wall?, of any Foreft, Chafe, Purlieu, Park, Paddock, 
 Wood, or other Ground, where any Red or Fallow Deer 
 (hall be then kept, without the Confent of the Owner or Per- 
 fon chiefly intrufted with the Cuftody thereof, or being other- 
 wife duly authorized, every Perfon fo offending fhall be fub- 
 ject unto the Forfeiture and Penalty hereby inflicted for the 
 Firft Offence of killing of any Deer. 
 
 S Sllu t!C it further dEnaftetl, That if any Perfon or Per- 
 
 fons carrying any Gun, or other Fire Arms, or any Sword, 
 Staff, or other offenfive Weapon, fhall come into any Foreft, 
 Chafe, or Purlieu, or in any inclofed Park, Paddock, Wood, or in 
 any other inclofed Ground wherein Deer are ufually kept, be 
 the fame inclofed or not inclofed, with an Intent unlawfully to 
 thoot at, courfe, or hunt, or to take in any Slip Noofe, 
 Toyle, or Snare, or to kill, wound, deftroy, or take away, 
 
 any
 
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 any Red or Fallow Deer, and (hall there unlawfully beat or 
 wound any R.anger or Keeper, or his or their Servants or 
 Affirmants, in the Execution of his or their Office or Offices, 
 every Perfon fo offending fhall be deemed and adjudged to be 
 
 and on being lawfully convicted 
 on Indictment, fhall he in like 
 
 Manner as other Offenders may be 
 
 by the Laws new, or which for the Time being fhali fee, in 9 
 force ; and if fuch Perfon or Perfbns fhall return into any Part 
 of Great Britai.i or Ireland within the faid 
 
 every fuch Perfon and 
 Perfons fhall be 
 
 3n0 be it further- <£nactC3, That all the pecuniary Pe- 
 nalties of this Act fhall be recoverable before One or more 
 Juflice or Juftices of the Peace for the County, or other Divi- 
 sion, in which the Offence fhall be committed, on Proof of 
 the Offence by the Oath of One or more credible Witnefs or 
 Witneffes, or on Confeffion of the Offender ; and 
 
 of each Penalty fhall belong to His Majefty, His Heirs 
 or Succeffors, and the thereof to 
 
 the Informer or Informers profecuting for the fame ; and in 
 Cafe of Non-Payment thereof, with the Charges incident to 
 the Conviction, immediately after the Conviction, or immedi- 
 ately afterwards giving Security, to the Satisfaction of fuch 
 Juftice or Juftices, for paying the fame within 
 
 Days, the Offender or Offenders fhall be fent by the IO 
 faid Juftice or Juftices to the of the 
 
 County or Place where the Offence fhall be committed, for the 
 Space of unlels the faid Penalty, 
 
 with the Cofts of Conviction, mall be fooner paid. 
 
 3nt!, to the End that Perfons convicted of any of the Of- 
 fences for which pecuniary Penalties are inflicted by this Act 
 may not, by Flight or R -.oval after Conviction, evade Im- 
 prisonment, where fuch Penalties fhall not be paid on Convic- 
 tion, and fufficient Diftrefs cannot be found for railing fuch 
 Penalties ; IBt it further CnaftCO, That it fhall and may be 
 lawful for the Juftice or Juftices of the Peace before whom 
 any Offender fhali be convicted of having incurred any pecu- 
 niary Penalty of this Act, immediately after fuch Conviction, 
 to order him or her into Cuftody, in Cafe he or fhe fhali not 
 immediately pay the Penalty due on fuch Conviction, during 
 fuch Time, not exceeding Days, as fuch Juftice i 
 
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 or Juftices fliall think it proper to allow for Return of the 
 Warrant for raifing the Penalty by Diftrefs. 
 
 9nU bC it furtfjer CnaftCtJ, That it fhall and may be lawful 
 for any Keeper or Underkeeper of any Foreft, Chafe, Pur- 
 lieu, Paddock, Park, or other Ground, inclofed, where Deer 
 are, have been, or (hall be, ufually kept, and their Servants or 
 Affiftants, to feize and apprehend upon the Spot any Perfon or 
 Perfons whom they fhall difcover in the actual Fact of hunt- 
 ing, courfing, killing, wounding, mooting at, taking, deftroy- 
 ing, or carrying away, any Red or Fallow Deer from any fuch 
 Foreft, Chace, or Purlieu, whether inclofed or not, or in any 
 inclofed Park, Paddock, Wood, or in any other inclofed 
 Ground, or attempting fo to do, and to carry fuch Offender or 
 Offenders before fome neighbouring Juftice of the Peace, to 
 be dealt with according to Law. 
 
 12 3ntJ, for the better Difcovery of Offenders againft this Act ; 
 IBe it ftirtljCt CnaftCU, That any Perfon who fhall offend 
 againft this Act, and fliall, within next 
 after making Difcovery of any other Perfon or Perfons who 
 hath or have offended againft the fame, fo as he, fhe, or they 
 be duly convicted of fuch Offence according to this Act, then, 
 and in fuch Cafe, fuch Difcoverer fhall be difcharged of all 
 the Forfeitures and Penalties of this Act, by him, her, or them 
 incurred previous to fuch Difcovery. 
 
 SJtlD, in order to prevent the Quafhing of Convictions of 
 Offenders againft this Act, for Want of Form j 15C it ftttt&er 
 (gttactCD, That the Conviction and Convictions of all and every 
 Offenders againft this Act, fliall be certified by the Juftice 
 or Juftices of the Peace before whom the fame mail be made, 
 to the next General Quarter Seflions of the Peace, to be filed 
 
 13 amongft the Records of the faid Seflions ; and that fuch Con- 
 viction fhall be fairly written on Parchment or Paper, in the 
 following Form of Words, as the Cafe fhall happen, or in any 
 other Form of Words to the like Effect ; that is to fay (to 
 wit) 
 
 " Be it remembered, That on the Day 
 
 << of in the Year 
 
 " A. B. was, upon the Complaint of C. D. convicted 
 *« before of the Juftices of the 
 
 < { Peace for in Purfuance of an 
 
 " Act, patTed in the Year of the Reign 
 
 " of His Majefty King George the Third, for
 
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 «? as the Cafe fhall be.' Given under 
 
 " Hand and Seal, the Day and Year above written." 
 
 Which faid Conviction fhall be good and effectual in Law 
 to all Intents and Purpofes, and fliall not be quafhed, fet afide, 
 or adjudged void or infufiicient, for Want of any Form, or 
 Words, whatfoever. 
 
 3ntJ bZ it fUttljer GBna&CtJ, That no Certiorari fliall be 
 allowed, to remove any Conviction made, or other Proceedings, 14. 
 of, for, or concerning any Matter or Thing in this Act, unlefs 
 the Party or Parties convicted fhall, before the Allowance of 
 fuch Certiorari, become bound to the Perfon or Perfons profe- 
 cuting, in the Sum of with Condition to 
 
 pay unto the faid Prolecutors, within 
 
 after fuch Conviction confirmed, or a Procedendo granted, their 
 full Cofls and Damages, to be afcertained upon their Oaths ; 
 and fhall become alfo bound to the Juftice or Juftices of the 
 Peace before whom fuch Conviction was made, with fuch 
 lurricknt Sureties as fuch Juftice or Juftices fhall approve of, 
 in the Penalty of for each 
 
 Offence, with Condition to profecute fuch Writ of Certiorari 
 with Effect, and to pay fuch Juftice or Juftices the Forfeitures 
 due by fuch Conviction, to be distributed as by this Act is 
 directed, or to render the Perfon or Perfons convicted to fuch 1 5 
 Juftice or Juftices, within next after fuch 
 
 Conviction fhall be confirmed, or a Procedendo granted ; and 
 that in Default thereof it fhall be lawful to proceed to the 
 levying of the Penalty mentioned in fuch Conviction, in fuch 
 Manner as if no fuch Certiorari had been awarded. 
 
 3nH fcC it fUttytt CtiaftCtl, That after the Confirmation 
 of any Conviction or Convictions upon this Act, by any of the 
 fuperior Courts at IVeJiminfler, and delivering the Rule to 
 the faid Juftice or Juftices whereby fuch Conviction or Convic- 
 tions hath or have been fo confirmed, it fhall and may be 
 lawful for fuch Juftice or Juftices to proceed againft the Party 
 or Parties convicted, in the fame Manner as if a Procedendo 
 had been granted. 
 
 protiiDCQ altoagaf, ant) be it GEnafteD, That if any 
 
 Perfon or Perfons fhall be fued or profecuted for any Mat- 
 ter or Thing which he or they fliall do in Purfuance of 16 
 this Act, it fhall and may be lawful to and for the Perfon 
 .or Perfons fo fued or profecuted to plead the General Iffue, and 
 
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 give the fpecial Matter in Evidence.; and if a Verdict fhall pafs 
 for the Defendant, or the Plaintiff fhall become Noniuit, or 
 fuffer a Difcontinuance, or if upon a Demurrer Judgment fhall 
 be given againfl the Plaintiff, the Defendant mail have and 
 recover his Cofls, and have the like Remedy for 
 
 the fame as any Defendant hath in any other Cafe by Law. 
 
 3nD tlC it furtfjet CttaftCiI, That every Profecution for 
 any Offence againfl this Act, fhall be commenced within 
 
 but not after, from the Time of 
 the Offence committed. 
 
 SnD llC it further ffinactCU, That all Actions, Writs, and 
 Profecutions, to be commenced againfl any Perfon or Perfons, 
 lj for any Thing to be done under or in purfuance of this Adt, 
 fhall be laid and tried in the County or Place where the Fact 
 was committed, and fhall be commenced within 
 after the Fact committed, and not otherwife. 
 
 HnD bC it further GtnaftCD, That this Act fhall commence 
 and begin to be in Force on the and from and 
 
 immediately after the Commencement thereof, fo much of the 
 Thirteenth Chapter of the Firfl Part of the Statutes, made 
 in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of Richard the Second, 
 as inflicts a Penalty on thofe who fhall ufe Heys, Nets, 
 or other Engines, for deflroying Deer ; fo much of the 
 Eleventh Chapter of the Statutes, made in the Nineteenth 
 Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh, as relates to 
 Deer ; and alfo, fo much of an Act, made in the Fifth 
 Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, intituled, " An A6t 
 "*• for punifhing of unlawful taking Fifli, Deer, or Hawks," as 
 relates to Deer ; and alfo, fo much of an Act, made in 
 the Third Year of the Reign of King "James the Firfl, in- 
 18 tituled, "An Act againfl unlawful hunting and ftealing of 
 '* Deer and Conies," as relates to Deer, or to the unlaw- 
 ful breaking or entering into any Park impaled, or any other 
 feveral Ground, inclofed with Wall, Pale, or Hedge ; and 
 alfo, fo much of an Act, made in the Seventh Year of the 
 Reign of the faid King James the Firfl, intituled, ** An 
 " Act for the Explanation of One Statute, made in the Second 
 tc SefTion of this prefent Parliament, intituled, An Act againfl 
 " unlawful hunting and ftealing of Deer and Conies," as 
 .relates to Deer, except fuch Part thereof as repeals any Part 
 of the Statute of the Third of Jama, before-mentioned ^ 
 
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 and alio, an Act, made in the Thirteenth Year of the 
 Reiea of Kinp Charles the Second, intituled, " An Act 
 " to prevent the unlawful couriing, hunting, or killing, or 
 *« Deer;" as alfo, an Ait, made in the Third and Fourth 
 Years of the Reign of their late Majefties King William 
 and Queen Mary, intituled, " An Act for the more effec- *9 
 " tual Difcpvery and Punifhment of Deer Stealers ;" and 
 alfo, an Act, made in the Fifth Year of the Reign of his 
 late Majefty King George the Firft, intituled, " An 
 "Act for making more effectual an Act of the Third 
 " and Fourth Years of the Reign of King William and 
 " Queen Mary, intituled, An Act for the more effectual 
 c * Difcovery and Punilhment of Deer Stealers ;" and alio, 
 an Act, paffed in the faid Fifth Year of the Reign of his 
 late Majelly King George the Firft, intituled, " An Act for 
 " the further Punifhment of fuch Perfons as fhall unlaw- 
 «« fully kill or deftroy Deer in Parks, Paddocks, or other 
 ** inclofed Grounds ;" and alio, fo much of an Ait, made 
 in the Tenth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King 
 George the Second, intituled, " An Act for continuing an 
 " Act for the more effectual punilhing wicked and evil-dii- 
 " pofed Perfons going armed in Difguife, and doing Injuries 
 " and Violences to the Perfons and Properties of his Ma- 
 " jelly's Subjects, and for the more fpeedy bringing the 
 *' Offenders to Juftice ; and for the continuing Two Claufes 
 " to prevent the cutting or breaking down the Bank of any 
 " River or Sea Bank, and to prevent the malicious cutting 
 " of Hopbinds, contained in an Act, paffed in the Sixth 
 ** Year of His prefent Majefty's Reign ; and for the more 20 
 '* effectual Punifhment of Perfons removing any Materials 
 " ufed for fecuring Marfh or Sea Walls, or Banks, and 
 " of Perfons malicioufly fetting on Fire any Mine, Pit, or 
 " Delph, of Coal, or Cannel Coal, and of Perfons un- 
 *' lawfully hunting or taking any Red or Fallow Deer in 
 ■*' Forefts or Chafes, or beating or wounding Keepers or 
 " other Officers in Forefts, Chafes, or Parks ; and lor the 
 " more effectually fecuring the Breed of Wild Fowl," as 
 relates to the Second Conviction of any Perfon or Perfons, 
 for unlawfully courling, hunting, taking in Toyles, killing, 
 •wounding, or taking away, any Red or Fallow Deer in any 
 open or uninclofed Foreft or Chafe, or relates to beating or 
 wounding Keepers, or other Officers, in Forefts, Chafes, or 
 Parks j fhall be, and the fame are hereby refpectively 
 
 IpreutBco ammgs, anrj be it further €nafteD, That no- 
 thing contained in this Act ihall extend to that Part of Great 
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 BILL 
 
 [With the Amendments] 
 
 For preventing the inhuman Practice of Plundering 
 Ships that are fhipwrecked on the Coaft of 
 Great Britain; and for the further Relief of 
 Ships in Diftrefs on the faid Coafts. 
 
 N. B. The Words printed in Itahck, and between Brackets, 
 thus [ ] , were . infer ted by the Committee. 
 
 Note. — 'The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of the Folks 
 
 in the written Copy. 
 
 fC) <& 1R <Q. 3 %i Proviiions and Regulations have 
 been made bv divers A<fls of Parliament, made 
 in the Third and Fourth Year of the Rei^n of 
 m King Edward the Firft, and in the Twelfth 
 Pg Year of Queen Ann, as alio in the Eleventh 
 ^» Year of George the Firft, and in the Twenty- 
 Sixth Year of George the Second, to prevent the plundering 
 and deftroying VelTels in Diftrefs, and the felonious taking away 
 fhipwrecked or ftranded Goods; which faid Proviiions and 
 Regulations have not proved effectual for preventing fuch evil 
 Practices : Therefore, for further Remedy of the fame, 150 it 
 
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 SBnafteU by the KING'S mod excellent Majesty, by 
 and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and 
 Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afTem- 
 bled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from and after 
 the [Firft] Day of [Augu/i] if any Ship or Veifel mall be 
 wilfully deftroyed or damaged upon the faid Coaft, or if the 
 Cargo, or any Part thereof, be wilfully damaged and deft royed, 
 or felonioufly taken away, or by any Means detained from the 
 Owners thereof, otherwife than by the faid recited Ads is 
 directed and authorized, in fuch Cafe the Inhabitants of the 
 Hundred in which the Offences fhall be committed, fhall make 
 full Satisfaction and Amends to fuch Perfon or Perfons, their 
 Executors and Adminiftrators, whether His Majefty's Subjects 
 or Foreigners, for the Damages fuftained by the faid Offence 
 (provided that the Offender or Offenders as aforefaid are not 
 difcovered, and profecuted, within the Space of ['Three Months'] 
 after fuch Offence committed) the faid Damages to be re- 
 covered in the fame Manner as directed and authorized by an 
 Acf of the Ninth Year of his Majefty King George the Firft, 
 intituled, " An Act for the more effectual punifning wicked 
 " and evil-difpofed Perfons going armed in Difguife, and 
 " doing Injuries and Violences to the Perfons and Properties 
 " of his Majefty's Subjects, and for the more fpeedy bringing 
 " the Offenders to Juftice ;" and by feveral Acts, of the Twelfth 
 Year of his Majefty King George the Firft, Chapter Thirty ; 
 the Tenth Year of his Majefty King George the Second, Chap- 
 ter Thirty-two; the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of his 
 faid late Majefty, Chapter Fifty-feven j and the Thirty-firft 
 Year of his faid late Majefty, Chapter Forty-two : Provided 
 alfo, and it is hereby Enacted, That no more fhall be re- 
 covered from the Hundred, by any Action profecuted by the 
 Authority of this Acf, for the Damage done to any Ship or 
 Cargo, than [One Thoufand Pounds.] 
 
 9ntJ Oe it further. CnaftCtJ, That any Perfon or Perfons 
 apprehending, and proiecutir.g to Conviction, any Perfons whofe 
 Offences have been declared or made to be Felony without 
 Benefit of Clergy, by the Acts of the Twelfth Year of the 
 Reign of Queen Ann, or by the Eleventh Year of George the 
 Firft, Chapter Twenty-ninth, or of the Twenty-fixth of George 
 the Second, Chapter Nineteenth, fhall be intitled to a Reward 
 of [Forty Pounds] to be paid as in the Cafe of a Conviction for 
 a Robbery on the Highway. 
 
 2nU bC it furtljet £na&CD, That if any Perfon, attempting 
 
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 to apprehend any Perfon guilty of the Offences againft this and 
 the aforefaid Acts, fhall be killed, his Executors and Admini- 
 ftrators fhall be intitled to the faid Reward. 
 
 OnO trjfjcrcaS, hy a Claufe in an Act of the Twentieth Year 
 of King George the Second, a Subordination of Perfons was 
 eflablifhed, to prevent Confufion among thofe who mould be 
 afTembled to fave any Ship or Wreck ; which Order hath not 
 been found convenient ; Therefore, IBt it <2£nft&CD, That the 
 faid Claufe be, and it is hereby [repealed] And in Place there- 
 of, Be it Enacted, That, to prevent Confufion amongft the 
 Perfons afTembled to fave any Ship, VefTel, Goods, or Effects, 
 as aforefaid, either for Want of proper Orders, or by contra- 
 dictory Orders, all Perfons fo afTembled fhall conform, in the 
 Firft Place, to the Orders of the M after, or other Officers or 
 Owners, of the VefTel ; and in their Abfence, or for Want of 
 their Orders, or their not choofing to take upon them the faid 
 Direction, then to the Perfons authorized by the aforefaid Act 
 of Queen Ann, or of the aforefaid Act of King George the 
 Second, in the following Subordination, as any of the faid 
 Perfons mall happen to be prefent ; In the Firft Place, to the 
 Orders of the Sheriff of the County, or his Deputy ; then to 
 thofe of the Mayor or Chief Magiftrate of any Corporation ; 
 then of any Juftice or Juftices of the Peace ; then to the 
 Coroner ; then of any Officer or Officers of the Cuftoms ; then 
 of the Excife ; then of any Commiffioners of the Land Tax ; 
 then of any Chief or Petty Conftable, or other Peace Officers ; 
 and any Perfon whatsoever acting, knowingly and wilfully, 
 contrary to fuch Orders, fhall forfeit any Sum not exceeding 
 [Forty Pounds] to be levied by Warrant of One Juftice of the 
 Peace ; and in Cafe of Non-payment, the Offender fhall be 
 committed to the Houfe of Correction for any Time not ex- 
 ceeding [One Mo?ith ] 
 
 3tl0 tUhcrcaS a wicked Practice bath prevailed, with 
 Regard to the taking off of Buoys ; for the Prevention or 
 Punifhment of which no Sufficient Provifion hath been made ; 
 15C it CnafteD, That from and after the [Firjt] Day of [Au- 
 gujl] every Perfon who fhall . malicioufly take or cut off any 
 Buoy from any Anchor or Cable, left by any Ship on any of 
 the Coafts of this Kingdom, aiid being legally convicted of the 
 fame, fhall be, and are hereby declared guilty of [Felony] and 
 fhall receive Sentence of [Uranfportation] as in Caies of 
 [Felony] for which fuch Punilhment is appointed.
 
 
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 [With the Amendments] 
 
 To explain and amend an Act, made in the Thirty- 
 fecond Year of his late Majefty's Reign, intituled, 
 " An Ad: for Relief of Infolvent Debtors, with 
 refpecl to the Imprifonment of their Perfons ; 
 and to oblige Debtors, who mall continue in 
 Execution in Prifon beyond a certain Time, and 
 c< for Sums not exceeding what are mentioned in 
 <{ the Act, to make Difcovery of, and deliver, upon 
 " Oath, their Eftates for their Creditors Benefit ;" 
 and to prevent Actions being brought upon Judg- 
 ments, without Leave of the Court or Courts 
 wherein fuch Judgments (hall have been entered 
 up refpe&ively. 
 
 N. B. The Words printed in ISl&tk ILettCt, and between Brackets, 
 thus [ ] , were left out by the Committee ; and the Words 
 printed in Italic, between Brackets, and the Claufes at the 
 End, marked A, B, C, D, ( which are intended to be infer ted as 
 marked in the Bill) were added by the Committee. 
 
 Note. — The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of th e 
 Folios in the written Copy. 
 
 WUl#3m~*K H E R E A S the Provifions made by an Act, 
 *P^ ^"11 panned in the Thirty-fecond Year of his late Ma- 
 X jk j e %' s R e 'g n > intituled, " An Adt for the Relief of 
 
 )3f^ v WOk " Infolvent Debtors, with refpecl to the Imprifon- 
 ^X'&M'&M << ment of their Perfons ; and to oblige Debtors, 
 " who mall continue in Execution in Prifon beyond a certain 
 
 A " Time,
 
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 ** Time, and for Sums not exceeding what are mentioned 
 " in the Act, to make Difcovery of, and deliver upon Oath, 
 " their Eftates for their Creditors Benefit," have been found, 
 from Experience, to be in fame Refpects defective, and not 
 fufficiently adapted to the Circumflances and Situation of the 
 Perfons intended thereby to be relieved; which Defect, has, 
 in a great Meafure, prevented many of the humane and lau- 
 dable Purpofes of the laid Act from operating to good 
 Effect : 
 
 And whereas, by an Amendment thereof, much Benefit 
 may arife to many Individuals, who are Objects of the greateft 
 Companion ; and the Purport of the faid Act, with reipect to 
 the Releafe of Debtors charged in Execution, may be more 
 fully and effectually enforced, according to the true Intent and 
 Meaning thereof: 
 
 May it pleafe Your MAJESTY, 
 
 That it may be Enacted ; And be it Enacted by the K IMG's 
 Moil: Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and 
 Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, 
 in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of 
 the fame, That from and after the [Twenty-fourth Day, of 
 June One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-five'] next after 
 the palling of this Act, if any Perfon, who is at this Time, 
 or may hereafter be charged in Execution, in any Gaol or 
 Prifon within that Part of Great Britain called England, for 
 any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the Whole the 
 Sum of [Five hundred Pounds] or on which Execution or 
 Executions there fhall at any Time remain due, to be made 
 appear by Oath, a Sum or Sums of Money not amounting tc 
 more than the Sum of [Five hundred Pounds] and he, fhe, 
 or they, fhall defire to deliver up to his, her, or their Credi- 
 tor or Creditors, who fhall have fo charged him, her, or 
 them in Execution, all his, her, or their Eflate and Effects, 
 for and towards the Satisfaction of the Debt or Debts where- 
 with he, fhe, or they, fhall fo ftand charged, it fhall and 
 may be lawful for any fuch Prifoner, who now is, or who, on 
 or before the faid [Twenty-fourth Day of June] next after the 
 paffing of this Act, may be fo charged in Execution, within 
 [Six] Months after the faid [Twenty fourth Day of June] and 
 for any fuch Prifoner who fhall at any Time after the faid 
 
 [Twenty-
 
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 [Twenty-fourth Day of June] be fo charged in Execution, 
 within [Six] Months after he or fhe fhall have been fo charged 
 in Execution by his or her Creditor or Creditors, to exhibit 
 a Petition to the next Aflizes, Great Seffions, or Quarter 
 Sefiions of the Peace, which may be holden for the County, 
 Riding, Divifion, City, or Liberty, within that Part of Great 
 Britain called England, the Principality of Wale?, or County 
 Palatine of Chefter, where, he, fhe, or they, mail be fo im- 
 prifoned, in Manner and Form as is hereinafter mentioned. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That in every fuch Petition fo 
 to be prefented to any of the faid Courts, fuch Prifoner fliall 
 certify the Caufe or Caufes of his or her Imprifonment, and 
 fliall therein fet forth all Matters and Things in like Manner 
 and Form as is directed by the before-recited Act, for ex- 
 hibiting any Petition to any Court of Law from whence the 
 Procefs iffued upon which any fuch Prifoner was taken and 
 charged in Execution. 
 
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 And be it further Enacted, That no fuch Petition fliall be 
 received by any of the Courts aforefaid, unlefs Proof (hall be 
 made on Oath that fuch Petitioner did give, or did caufe to 
 be given, or left, at his, her, or their mofl ufual Place or 
 Places of Abode [One Month's) Notice in Writing at the 
 leaf!, before the Time of prefenting iuch Petition, unto and 
 for all and every the Creditor or Creditors at whofe Suit 
 fuch Prifoner fliall ftand charged in Execution, or his, her, 
 or their Executors or Adminiitrators, or to or for his, her, 
 or their Agent or Attorney laft employed in any fuch Action, 
 Suit, Caufe or Caufes, in cafe fuch Creditor or Creditors 
 cannot be met with ; and fuch Notice fhall be figned with 
 the proper Name or Mark of every fuch Prifoner, and fhall 
 contain the Time when, and the Court to which, fuch Pri- 
 foner doth intend to prefent his Petition, as the Cafe may be; 
 and every fuch Notice fhall contain alfo a Copy of the Ac- 
 count or Schedule, containing the whole real and perfonal 
 Eftate of fuch Perfon intending fo to petition, and which 
 he or fhe doth intend to deliver in to any fuch Court as 
 aforefaid, other than and except the neceffary Wearing Ap- 
 parel and Bedding of fuch Prifoner, and of his or her Fa- 
 mily, with the Tools or Inftruments of his or her Trade or 
 Calling, not exceeding [Ten] Pounds in Value of the Whole. 
 
 And be it further Ena&ed, That an Affidavit of the due 
 
 Service
 
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 Service of every fuch Notice as aforefaid (which Affidavit any 
 Juftice of the Peace of any County, Riding, Divifion, City, 
 or Liberty wherein fuch Notice fhall be given, is hereby 
 authorized and impowered to take) fhall be delivered at 
 the Time of prefenting fuch Petition, and fhall be openly 
 read in the Court to which any fuch Petition fhall be ad- 
 dreffed ; and if fuch Court fhall be fatisfied of the Regularity 
 of fuch Notice, fuch Petition mail be received, and fuch 
 Court mail, in a fummary Way, examine into the Matter 
 of every fuch Petition, and hear what can or fhall be alledged 
 on either Side, for or againft the Dilcharge of fuch Pri- 
 foner or Prifoners who fhall fo petition, as the Cafe may 
 be ; and upon fuch Examination, every fuch Court as afore- 
 faid is hereby authorized and required to adminifter or 
 tender to the Prifoner or Prifoners refpectively the fame 
 Oath as is required to be taken by every Prifoner prefenting 
 the like Petition, in Conformity to the Directions of the be- 
 fore-recited Act of the Thirty fecond Year of King George 
 the Second; and fhall alfo, in like Manner, adminifter or 
 tender another Oath, to the Effect following; that is to 
 day, 
 
 " I A. B. do fwear, in the Prefence of Almighty God, 
 '* That I have, neither directly nor indirectly, by myfelf, 
 " by my Order, nor with my Permiffion, fuffered 
 " any Diminution to be made in my Property, real 
 " or perfonal, of which I have given an Account in 
 " the Schedule delivered in to this Court, whereby 
 " to have or accept any Benefit, Advantage, or Profit, 
 '" to myfelf or my Eamily, or with a View, Defign, or 
 " Intent to deceive, injure, or defraud any of my 
 " Creditors to whom I am indebted ; nor have I 
 " expended, or caufed to be expended, for my own 
 " Ufe or Benefit, any Part of fuch Property, ex- 
 '** cepting the Sum of [One Shilling] per Day, from 
 " the Day on which I was charged in Execution, 
 ** amounting in the Whole to the Sum of 
 
 " So help me God." 
 
 And every fuch Court as aforefaid is hereby refpedtively 
 authorized and required to make fuch Order in the Premifes 
 as to fuch Court lhall feem meet, and to proceed in the fame 
 Manner concerning the Difchargc of any Prifoner or Prifoners 
 
 from
 
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 from any Prifons within their refpective Jurifdi&ions, in refpect 
 to all and every Matter and Thing thereupon required to be 
 done, and to give the like Judgment, Relief, and Directions, 
 relating thereto, as any Court out of which Procefs hath iffued 
 againft any Prifoner is impowered and directed to do by 
 the before-recited Act, fo far as the fame lliall not have 
 been altered or amended by this prefent Act ; and every Or-der 
 that fhall be made in the Premifes fhall be valid and effectual 
 to all Intents and Purpofes, and the fame mall be made a 
 Record of the Proceedings at fuch Affizes, Great SeiTions, or 
 Quarter Seffions, as the Cafe may be; and a Copy thereof fhall 
 from thence be transmitted to the Court or Courts from whence 
 the Execution or Executions againft the Prifoner or Prifon- 
 ers difcharged fhall have been iifued, figned by One of the 
 Judges of Aflize, or Juftices of Great Seifions, or by [TWJ 
 or more of the Juftices of the Peace, at their Quarter 
 Seffions, as the Cafe may be ; which fliall become a Record 
 of fuch Court or Courts, to be kept as fuch amongft the 
 other Records thereof, and fhall be deemed and taken to 
 be a full and perfect Satisfaction of all Judgments upon 
 which fuch Prifoner fliall have been fo charged in Exe- 
 cution. 
 
 Clauses A and B to be here inferted. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That nothing herein contained 
 fhall extend to alter or abridge anv of the Provifions made 
 by the before-recited Act, whereby any Creditor is autho- 
 rized and impowered to prevent the Difcharge of any Prifoner, 
 under certain Conditions therein mentioned ; provided fuch 
 Creditor lhall appear in Perfon, or by his Attorney, at the 
 Time and Place fpecified in the Notice hereinbefore directed 
 to be left with him or her, and fliall then and there enter 
 into an Agreement, according to the Directions of the before- 
 recited Act, for Payment of a weekly Allowance [of] [not 
 exceeding] [Four Shillings] ; nor fliall any Thing in this Act 
 extend to alter the Mode of Application prefcribed by the 
 laid former Act to every Prifoner, who fliall thereby be en- 
 titled to his Difcharge, on any Failure of Payment of fuch 
 Sum or Sums of Money as fliall have been agreed to be 
 paid by any Creditor, in order to continue his Prifoner in 
 Execution ; but every Prifoner remanded to Gaol under the 
 Authority of this Act, on fuch Account as aforefaid, fliall, 
 in like Manner as is by the laid former Act directed [Lave 
 
 B Liberty
 
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 lo Liberty to] apply for his Difcharge [tO tf)C CCUtt lt3r)CrC tf)C 
 
 Shut, in toDJclj anp fitch ]£rifoncr ujall fie ehargcD in Cr- 
 eation, teas COmmenCCO] and mall in all Things abide by 
 the fame Rules, Orders, and Regulations, as are therein given 
 for the Conduct of any Prifoner on fuch an Application. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That a Copy of the Agree- 
 ment entered into by any Creditor, for the Payment of the 
 laid weekly Allowance to any Prifoner, on his being re- 
 manded to his Confinement, fhall be given to every fuch 
 Prifoner, figned by One Judge of Affize, One Juftice of 
 Great Seffions, or [\Tivo] Juftices of the Peace at their Quar- 
 ter- Seffions, as the Cafe may be, before whom fuch Agree- 
 ment fhall have been made, and the Original fhall be filed 
 amongft the Records of the faid Court wherein fuch Agree- 
 ment fhall have been entered ; and fuch Prifoner, upon any 
 fubfequent Application for his Difcharge in Manner aforefaid, 
 fhall produce to the Court or Judge to whom fuch Application 
 mall be made, the Copy of fuch Agreement fo figned and de- 
 livered to him. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That every Prifoner, who in- 
 .II tends to exhibit a Petition under the Authority of this Act, 
 fhall deliver, or caufe to be delivered [in COUl't,] fuch Pe- 
 tition and Affidavit as aforefaid, to the Clerk of Affize, Clerk 
 of Great Seffions, or Clerk of the Peace, as the Cafe may 
 be (who are hereby reflectively required to receive the 
 flime) on [or before'] the firft Day of holding fuch Affizes, 
 Great Seffions, or Quarter Seffions ; and every fuch Clerk 
 reflectively fhall, before the Rifing of the {firft] Court 
 [(UUting; the fitting Of] [qfier] which he fhall have received 
 fuch Petition and Affidavit) notify the Receipt thereof, and 
 the Court fhall then appoint a Time, during fuch Affizes, 
 Great Seffions, or Quarter-Sefiions, as the Cafe may be, for 
 the Prifoner or Prifoners, and other Parties concerned, to 
 attend the Hearing of fuch Petition. 
 
 And to the End that every Prifoner claiming Benefit under 
 this Art may be brought in due Time to that Court wherein 
 he intends to exhibit fuch his Petition as aforefaid, Be it 
 further Enacted, That every fuch Prifoner [Twenty-one] Days 
 at leaft before the holding of any Affizes, Great Seffions, or 
 12 Quarter Seffions, as the Cafe may be, where he or fhe intends 
 to exhibit fuch Petition, fhall deliver, or caufe to be delivered, 
 
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 to the Gaoler or Keeper of the Prifon wherein he or fhe 
 fhall be charged in Execution, a Writing figned by him- 
 felf or herfelf, or with his or her Mark affixed thereto, 
 declaring the Time when, and the Court to which, he or 
 fhe does intend to exhibit fuch Petition ; and fuch Gaoler 
 or Keeper mall {Fourteen} Days at leaft before the holding 
 of any fuch AfTizes, Great Seffions, or Quarter Seffions, as 
 the Cafe may be, tranfmit fuch Writing to the Sheriff or 
 Deputy Sheriff of the County, Riding, Divirion, City, or 
 Liberty, to which fuch Prifon (hall belong; and fuch She- 
 riff or Deputy mall, on Receipt thereof, by an Order in 
 Writing figned by himfelf, direct fuch Gaoler or Keener to 
 take, or caufe to be taken, all fuch Prifoners who mall havt 
 delivered Writings in Manner aforefaid, to the Affizes, Great 
 Seffions, or Quarter Seffions reflectively, according to the 
 Notice or Notices given in fuch Writings ; and if by any 
 Neglect, or Refufal of fuch Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, Gaoler, 
 or Keeper, any fuch Prifoner fhall be unable to exhibit 
 his Petition to the Court in Manner hereinbefore directed, it 
 fhall and may be lawful for fuch Prifoner, in like Manner as 
 is hereinbefore directed, to exhibit his Petition at the next 1 3 
 enfuing Affizes, Great Seffions, or Quarter Seffions, and f"o 
 toties quoties, as he fhall be prevented by any fuch Neglect 
 or Refufal as aforefaid ; and every fuch Sheriff, Deputy 
 Sheriff, Gaoler, or Keeper of any Prifon, reflectively, for 
 every fuch Neglect or Refufal, fhall each and every of them 
 forfeit and pay the Sum of [Fifty] Pounds to the Party ag- 
 grieved, to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, or Infor- 
 mation, in any of His Majeffy's Courts of Record at Wefl- 
 minfter, if any fuch Offence fhall be committed out of the 
 Principality of Wales, or County Palatine of Chefter ; and if 
 within the Principality of Wales, or County Palatine of 
 Chefter, then in fome Court of Record in the Principalitv of 
 Wales, or County Palatine of Chefter, within the Jurifdiction 
 ©f which any fuch Offence fhall have been fo committed, 
 together with [Double] Cofls of Suit. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That if any Prifoner or Pri- 14. 
 loners fhall caufe himfelf, herielf, or themfelves, to be taken 
 to any Affizes, Great Seffions, or Quarter Seffions, without 
 having conformed to, and aded according to the Directions of 
 this Act, for the due Performance of all Matters and Things 
 that are hereby on the Part of fuch Prifoner or Prifoners re- 
 quired to be done and performed (except in Cafes of unwilfu! 
 
 Miftake)
 
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 Miftake") cr where he or fiie fliall refufe to take the Oaths, or 
 to comply with the Orders made, then every fuch Prifoner fliall, 
 in Confequence and by the Authority of this, or the before- 
 recited Acf, be immediately remanded to Prifon, and fliall for 
 ever lofe all Benefit and Advantage arifing from this Act. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That if any Prifoner as afore- 
 faid Ihall deliver in any falfe or untrue Account of his or her 
 Eftate or Effects, or fhall defignedly conceal, and not infert 
 in the Schedule or Account he or fhe fliall deliver in and fub- 
 fcribe as aforefaid, any Books, Papers, Securities, or Wri- 
 tings, relating to his or her Eftate and Effects, with Intent 
 :i c to defraud his or her Creditor or Creditors, and fliall be there- 
 of convicted, on any Indictment found againft him or her in 
 refpect thereof, he or fhe fhall fuffer the Pains and Penalties 
 which by Law are to be inflicted en any Perfon convicted of 
 wilful Perjury. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That the Expence of bringing 
 any fuch Prifoner as aforefaid to the Affizes, Great Seflions, 
 or Quarter Seflions, not exceeding [One Shilimg] per Mile, 
 fliall be paid to the Gaoler, Keeper, or Officer, who fliall 
 fo bring any fuch Prifoner, out of his or her Eftate and Ef- 
 fects ; but if" the fame fliall not be fufficient, then fuch Ex- 
 pence fhall be paid by the Treafurer of the County, Riding, 
 Divifion, City, or Liberty, out of the Stock of fuch Countv, 
 Riding, Divifion, City, or Liberty, as the fame fhall be allowed 
 by any fuch Court [a*£ SfCrcfatD] before which any fuch Pri- 
 foner fliall be brought. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That if any Creditor, after due 
 Notice given as aforefiid, fliall neglect, by himlelf or herfelf, 
 or by his or her Attorney or Agent, to attend at the Time 
 and Place mentioned in fuch Notice, the Court fhall never- 
 ;l6 thelefs proceed to the hearing and determining of every fuch 
 Petition as aforefaid, and fliall give Judgment thereupon, 
 as if fuch Creditor was perfonally prefent. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That in cafe any Prifoner fliall, 
 by any fuch Court as aforefaid, be remanded to Prifon on 
 Account of any involuntary Miftake or Error in the Pro- 
 ceedings on the Part of fuch Prifoner [or for any other jujl 
 Canfe, five and except any wilful Mijlake, NegleB, Refufal, or 
 Fraud] it fhall be lawful for him or her again to deliver in 
 
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 the like Petition to any of the find Courts at the next enfuing 
 Affixes, Great Seffions, or Quarter Seffions, as the Cafe may 
 he, and fo toties quoties, under the fame Reftrictions and 
 Limitations as are by this or the faid former A&. directed to be 
 obferved and performed. 
 
 Clauses C and D to he here mfertexh 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That all Orders, Matters, and 
 Things, by the before-recited Act directed to he obferved and 
 performed, and not hereby altered or amended, ihail extend 
 to every Perfon claiming or deriving any Benefit from, or m 
 anywife acting under the Authority of this prefent Ac!, 
 
 And whereas [of lal'J fpcai'5] a Practice has prevail: j of 
 bringing Actions upon Judgments obtained in Courts of Law 
 on Civil Procefs, to enforce the Payment of the Debts and j- 
 Cofts recovered by fuch Judgment, whereby the [J^atttCSl 
 Defendants [are grievoufly opprejj'ed, by the Payment of Double 
 Co/Is, and} have been frequently thrown into Prifon for a 
 Debt enlarged by the Accumulation of Cods [to fftStg t&Sfn 
 
 the original %um, tofjfci) H$ been a grieucus ©pppSftm 
 
 in ilianj? CafCfe] [in 'Cafes •where by Liz:- they could not have 
 been imprifoned for the original Debt] Be it therefore Enacted, 
 That from and after the laid [Tiveftty-foiirfh Day of June One 
 thonfand Seven hundred and Seventy-five] next after the pafling 
 of this Act, no Action or Suit at Law fha'l he. brought 
 on any Judgment obtained in any Court of Law within 
 that Part of Great Britain called England, without Leave 
 firft had and obtained [in iHJtitiittff] From the Court wherein 
 any fuch Judgment may have been entered up, any Law, 
 Ufage, or Cuftom to the contrary thereof in anywife not- 
 withstanding; and if any fuch Action ihail, after the laid 
 [Twenty '-fourth Day of June] be brought by any Perfon or 
 Perfons, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of this 
 Act, the Defendant or Defendants in fuch Action mall 
 and may produce this Act as Evidence on his, her, or 
 their Part ; and if the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs mail not prove, 
 to the Satisfaction of the Court wherein fuch Action mail 18 
 have been brought, that fuch Leave as aforefaid was ob- 
 tained prior to the Commencement of any fuch Action, then 
 the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs therein ihail be nonfuited, and ihail 
 pay to the Defendant or Defendants [Double] Coils of Suit. 
 
 C Clause
 
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 Clause (A.) 
 
 And whereas it frequently happens that Perfons confined 
 in Prifon under an Arrejl for Debt, prior to any "Judgment 
 obtained upon Procefs of Law againjl them, are willing and 
 dtfirous to acknowledge the Debt and confefs Judgment, in 
 order to prevent the Delay and Expence of a Trial ; Be it 
 
 further Enacted by the Autho?ity a/ore/aid, That it Jljall and 
 may be lawful for any Perfon or Perfons fo confined as afore- 
 
 faid, and he, Jlje, or they, are hereby authorized and impow- 
 ered, by Warrant of Attorney, to confefs Judgment on any 
 Action or Actions, and caufe the fame to be entered up, in 
 any Court wherein the faid Action or Actions Jhall have been 
 brought by the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs againjl any fuch Perfon 
 or Perfons ; and when the Judgment or judgments Jljall have been 
 
 fo entered upi every fuch Perfon Jljall and may, after the firfi 
 Four Days in the next Term, proceed to take the Benefit of 
 this Act, and of the before-recited Act, in as full and ample 
 a Manner, to all Intents and Purpojes, as if he, Jhe, or they had 
 been charged in Execution : Provided always, That the Creditor 
 or Creditors bringing fuch Aclion or Actions, at any Time before 
 the Expiration of fuch Four Days of the next Term, Jljall and may 
 have Liberty to apply to the Court wherein any fuch Aclion Jhall 
 have been brought, to Jhew Caufe why fuch Judgment Jljall not 
 be allowed ; and if it Jhall appear, to the Satisfaction ofj'uch 
 Court, that J'uch Judgment was entered up with a Fiew or Intent 
 to defraud any fuch Creditor or Creditors, or to prevent his, her, 
 or their making proper Enquiries into the State and Condition of 
 the Effects ofj'uch Perfon or P erfons fo confined as aforefaid, then it 
 
 Jljall and may be lawful for any fuch Court to fit ajide the J'aid 
 Judgment or Judgments, and to render the fame of no Effect. 
 
 Clause (B.) 
 
 Provided always, and be it further Enabled, That all Powers 
 and Authorities, Orders and Directions, Benefits and Advantages, 
 contained in this prej'ent Act, and the before-recited Act, Jhall 
 extend and be conjlrucd to extend to every Perfon claiming Benefit 
 of the faid Ads after the Confejfion and entering up of Judgment 
 in Manner aforefaid (which Judgment Jhall not have been fit 
 afide by the Court where fuch Aclion Jljall have been brought J 
 in like Manner, to all Intents and Purpofes, as they can, may, or 
 do, extend, or jhall be conjlrued to extend, to any Perfon claiming 
 Benefit ofi the fame after having been -charged in Execution. 
 
 Clause
 
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 Clause (C.) 
 
 And be it further EnaBed, That if the Court before which 
 ■any J'uch Prifoner Jl.mll be brought Jl:all, for any of the Caufes 
 alledged in the faid recited Acls, or to obtain better Information, 
 be of Opinion that a further Time Jhould be given for hearing 
 the Parties concerned, it JJjall and may be lawful for any fuch 
 Court to remand any Prifoner or Pri/bners, and direB him, her, or 
 them, and the other Parties concerned, to attend on any other 
 Day to be appointed by fuch Court, fame Time at furtheji within 
 the Time of holding the next fubfequent Affizes, Great Se]/ions, or 
 Quarter Sef/ions, as the Cafe may be. 
 
 Clause (D.) 
 
 Provided always, and be it further Enabled, That in all 
 Cafes where it Jhall be made appear, to the Satisfaction of 
 any Court before whom any fuch Prifoner or Prifoner s Jhall have 
 been brought, that he,Jhe, or they, hath or have made over his, her, 
 or their, EJlate or E feels, or any Part thereof, to any Per/on 
 or Perfons whatfoever, with Intent to defraud his Creditors, 
 fuch Prifoner or Pri/bners Jhall be forthwith remanded to Pri- 
 fon, and Jhall loje all Benefit and Advantage arifing from this or 
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 To Relieve, upon Conditions and under Reftri&ions, 
 Perfons called Protecting Catholic DirTenters from 
 certain Penalties and Difabilities to which Papijls, 
 or Perfons profeffmg the Popif Religion, are by 
 Law JubjeEl. 
 
 ■ 
 
 T RECITES, that by divers Laws now in Preambles 
 force concerning Papifts, or Perfons profeffing 
 the Popiih Religion, diverfe Penalties and 
 Difabilities have been impofed on fuch Per- 
 fons, on account of certain Principles attri- 
 buted to them, which are dangerous to 
 Society, and repugnant to Political and Civil 
 
 And that diverfe Perfons, who, according to the Laws now 
 in being, are within the Defcription of Papifts, or Perfons 
 profeffing the Popiih Religion, do not hold, and have protelled 
 
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 sgainft fuch Principles, although they continue to diiTent in 
 certain Points of Faith from the Church of 'England, and are 
 therefore called Protesting Catholic Dissenters.; and 
 fuch Pcrfons are willing folemnly to proteft againft, and to 
 declare, that they do not hold fuch pernicious Doctrines : 
 
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 Aod that it is expedient that fuch Perfons, as (hall fo fo- 
 lemnly proteft and declare againft their holding fuch Principles, 
 although they fliai 1 continue to difient, in certain Points of 
 Faith, from the Church of England, fhould be relieved from 
 the Penalties and Difabilities to which Papifts, or Perfons pro- 
 filing the Popifh Religion, or their Children, or Perfons 
 educated in the Popifh Religion, are by Law iubject, except 
 v.b thereinafter is excepted.: 
 
 31t t.G therefore CBliaScD, That from and after the making 
 and paffingof the Act, the Oath of Allegiance and Abjuration 
 and of Pi deflation and Declaration, thereinafter exprefted, 
 may and (hall be adminiftered by any of the fame Courts, and 
 may and fhall be regiltered in the fame Manner, and (hall give 
 the fame Benefits and Advantages, and (hall be and operate to 
 and for the fame Intents and Purpofes vvhatfoever, as in and by 
 the Aft pailed in the Eighteenth Year of his prefent Majefty, is 
 Enacted concerning the Oath therein prefcribed : 
 
 And, that Lifts of the Perfons taking the Oath fhall be 
 returned annually to the Clerk of the Privy Council. 
 
 It is then enacted, that the Oath of, Allegiance and Abjura- 
 tion and of Proteftation and Declaration lliall be in the Words 
 following : 
 
 " T A. B. do fincerely promife and fwear, That I will be 
 " J. faithful and bear true Allegiance to Majefty 
 
 ■*' and I do truly 
 
 * ; and fincerely acknowledge, profefs, teftify, and declare 
 " in my Confcience, before God and the World, that our 
 " Sovereign is lawful and rightful 
 
 ** of this Realm, and of all other JVlajefty J s Dominions 
 
 " thereunto belonging : And 1 do folemnly and fincerely 
 " declare, that 1 do believe, in my Confcience, that not any 
 " Defcendants of the Perfon who pretended to be Prince of 
 " V/ales during the Life of the late King James the Second, 
 44 and, after his Deceafe, pretended to be, and took upon 
 " himfelf the Stile and Title of -King cf .England by the 
 " Name of James the Third, or of Scotland by the Name of 
 " James the Eighth, or the Stile and Title of King of Great 
 *' c Britain, hath any Right or Title whatfoever to the Crown 
 
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 * f of this "Realm, or any Dominions thereunto belonging : 
 " And I do renounce, refufe, and abjure, any Allegiance cr 
 -' Obedience to any of 'them : And I do fwear, that I will bear 
 " Faith and true Allegiance to Majefty 
 
 * c and will defend to the ut- 
 
 " moft of my Power againft a!i traitorous Conipiracies and 
 " Attempts whatibever, which fhall be made againft 
 " Perfon, Crown, or Dignity : And I will do my utmoft 
 ** Endeavour to dilclofe and make known to Majefty 
 
 u and Succeiibrh, all 
 
 " Treaibns and traitorous Cbnfpiractes, which I (ball know 
 " to be again ft : And 1 do faithfully and fully pro- 
 
 " mife, to the utmoft of my Power, to fupport, maintain, 
 " and defend the Succeiiion of the Crown againft the 
 " Defendants of the laid James, and againft ail other Perfon? 
 " whatfoever; which Succeiiion, by an Act intitled, " An 
 " Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better 
 " fecuring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject," is, and 
 " ftands, limited to the Princefs Sophia, Electrefs and 
 " Duchefs Dowager of Hanover, and the Heirs of her Body 
 " being Proteftants : And I do fwear, that I do, from my 
 " Heart, abhor, deteft, and abiure, as impious and here- 
 *< tical, that damnable Doctrine and Pofition, that Princes 
 *' excommunicated by the Pope, or by Authority of the See 
 " of Rome, may be depofed, or murdered, by their Subjects, 
 M or any other Perfons whomfoever : And I do proteit and 
 ** declare, and do folemnly fwear it to be mv moil firm and 
 " fincere Opinion, Belief, and Perlualion, That neither the 
 t*. Pope, nor any Prelate or Prieft, nor any Affembly of Pre- 
 " lates or Priefts, nor any Ecclei'iaftical Power whatfoever, 
 44 can abfolve the Subjects of this Realm, or any of them, 
 " from their Allegiance to his laid Majefty : And that no 
 *' Foreign Church, Prelate or Prieft, or Affembly of Prelates 
 '.* or Priefts, or Eccleliaftical Power whatfoever, hath, or 
 •' ought to have, any jurikliction or Authority whatfoever 
 *« within this Realm, that can, directly or indirectly, affect, 
 *« or interfere with, the Independence, Sovereignty, Laws, 
 * c Conftitution, or Government thereof, or the Rights, 
 •" Liberties, Perfons, or Properties of the People of the laid 
 *' ReJm, or any of them : And that no Perfon can be 
 "*' abfolved from any Sin, nor any Sin whatever be for- 
 ** given, at the Pleafure of any Pope, or of any Prieft, or 
 " of any Perfon whomfoever ; but that Sorrow for paft 
 " Offences, Refolution to avoid future Guilt, and Atone- 
 " ment to God and the injured Neighbour, are indifpenfably 
 ** requifite to obtain Forgivenefs of Sin : And that no 
 ** .Breach of Faith with, or Injury to, or Hoftility againft, 
 
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 " any Perfon whomfoever, can ever be juftified, by Reafon, 
 •« or under Pretence, that fuch Perfon is an Heretic or an 
 " Infidel: And that neither the Pope, nor any Prelate, 
 " nor any Prieft, nor any Afiembly of Prelates or Priefis, 
 " nor any Ecclefiaftical Power whatever, can, at any Time, 
 " difpenfe with, or abfolve Me from, the Obligations of 
 " this Oath, or of any other Oath, or of any Compact 
 " whatfoever : And I do alfo, in my Confcience, declare, 
 " and folemnly i'wear, That I acknowledge no Infallibility 
 <c in the Pope: And all thefe Things I do plainly and fin- 
 *' ccrely declare, acknowledge, and fwear, according to 
 " thefe exprefs Words by Me lpoken, and according to ths 
 " plain and ordinary Senle of the fame Words, without any 
 " Equivocation, mental Evafion, cr fecret Refervation what- 
 " foever : And I do make the aforeiaid Proteftation, Declara- 
 " tion, Recognition, Acknowledgment, Abjuration, Renun- 
 " ciation, Promife, and Oath, heartily, willingly, and truly, 
 " upon the true Faith of a Chriftian, So help me God." 
 
 £lttl it 10 tjJCn <2Bna8cD, That every Perfon who mail take and 
 fublcribethe Oath of Allegiance and Abjuration and of Protefta- 
 tion and Declaration, thereinbefore appointed to be taken and 
 fubferibed, mall thenceforth be deemed and taken in Law to be 
 a » PROTESTING CATHOLIC DISSENTER;" and that 
 none of the Laws now in force againft or concerning Papifts or 
 Perfons profelTing the Popifh Religion ; — or againft or concern- 
 ing Popifh Recuiants ; — or againft or concerning Popifh Recu- 
 fants Convict; — or againft or concerning Perfons educated in the 
 Popifh Religion -, — or againft or concerning Perfons reconciled 
 to or holding a Communion with the See of Rome ; — or againft 
 or concerning Popifh Bifhops, Priefts, or Deacons, or Perfons 
 entering into or belonging to any Ecclefiaftical Order, or Com- 
 munity of the Church of Rome; — or againft or concerning 
 Perfons hearing or faying Mafs, or being prefent at, or con- 
 forming to or performing any Rite, Ceremony, Practice, or 
 Obfervance of the Church of Rome ; — or againft or concerning 
 Perfons not reforting or repairing to his or her Parifh-Church or 
 Chapel, or fome other ufual place of Common Prayer, to hear. 
 Divine Service, and join in PublicWorfhip, according to the Forms 
 and Rites of the Church of England, as by Law eftablifhed ; 
 — or againft or concerning Perions keeping or having any Ser- 
 vant, or other Perfon, being a Papift, or reputed Papift, or Per- 
 ibn profeiiing the Popifh Religion, who fhall not lb refoit, or 
 repair to his or her Parifh-Church or Chapel, or fome fuch other 
 ufual Place of Common Prayer as aforefaid j — or againft cr 
 concerning Perfons not .taking and fubferibing the Oath com- 
 monly called the O.tth of Supremacy, or the Declaration com- 
 jiionlv called the Declaration againft Traniubllantiation ; — 
 
 or
 
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 or the Declaration commonly called the Declaration againft 
 Tranfubftantiation and Invocation of Saints ; — nor any Law 
 requiring the Regiftry of the Names and real Eflates, or Inroll- 
 ment of the Deeds and Wills of Popifh Recufants, or Papifts, 
 or Perfons educated in the Popifh Religion, or whole Parent or 
 Parents fhall be a Papiil or Papifts, or who fhall ufe or profefs 
 the Popifh Religion ; fhall extend, or be conftrued to extend, 
 to any fuch Protefting Catholic DifTenter, who fhall have taken 
 and fubferibed fuch Oath of Allegiance and Abjuration and of 
 Proteftation and Declaration as aforefaid : and in all Cafes 
 where Perfons are required to take and fubferibe the Oaths 
 commonly called the Oath of Allegiance, the Oath of Abjura- 
 tion, and the Oath of Supremacy, or the Declaration com- 
 monly called the Declaration againft Tranfubftantiation, or the 
 Declaration commonly called the Declaration againft Tran- 
 fubftantiation and Invocation of Saints, — any fuch Protefting 
 Catholic Dilfenter as aforefaid fhall and may, at his or her 
 Election, take and fubferibe, in place of the fame, the Oath of 
 Allegiance and Abjuration and of Proteftation and Declaration 
 herein before mentioned and appointed to be taken as aforefaid ; 
 —and fuch lafl mentioned Oath of Allegiance and Abjuration 
 and of Proteftation and Declaration may and fhall alio be ad- 
 miniftered and taken, before the fiime Perfons, and in the fame 
 Manner, and lhall give the fame Benefits and Advantages, and 
 fhall operate to and for all the fame Intents and Puepofes vvhat- 
 ibever (lave as hereinafter is excepted and provided), as the 
 aforefaid Oaths commonly called the Oaths of Allegiance, 
 Abjuration, and Supremacy, or the aforefaid Declaration againft 
 Tranfubftantiation, or the aforefaid Declaration againft Tran- 
 fubftantiation and Invocation of Saints, in the room of which 
 it is intended to be hereby fubftituted, 
 
 PrOtiifO, For certifying and regiftering the Places of Wor- 
 fhip, and Minifters of Proteiling Catholic Dilfenters. 
 
 ]3r0uif0, That no AfTembly for Religious Worfhip of Pro- 
 tefting Catholic Dilfenters fhall be had with the Doors locked 
 barred, or bolted. 
 
 I£>r0uif0, For enabling Protefting Catholic Diflenters to ex- 
 ercile Parochial or Ward Oiiices by Deputy. 
 
 JproDifO, To exempt Protefting Catholic -Priefts from ferv* 
 ing upon Juries or Parochial or Ward Offices. 
 
 PrObifc, To enable Juftices of Peace to tender the Oath 
 prescribed by the A3, to any Pcrfon going to any Place of 
 Aifembly licenled by the Act. 
 
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 prObifo, That the Laws in force for Frequenting of Divine 
 Service on the Lord's Day, (hall continue in force againft Of- 
 fenders, unlefs they come to feme Congregation or Aflembly 
 permitted by this Aft, or by the Act of Toleration. 
 
 PrOtiffO, That the Act (hall not extend to Perfons writing 
 againft the Trinity. 
 
 PrOlHfO, That no Benefit in the Act fhall extend to any 
 Difienting Catholic Ecclefiaftic officiating in any Place of Con- 
 gregation with a Steeple or Bell, or who (hall exercife any of 
 the Ceremonies of his Religion, or wear the Habit of his 
 Order, except within fome Place of Congregation licenfed by 
 the Act, or in a private Houfe. 
 
 JpCOtifO, That nothing therein contained {hall be conftrued 
 to exempt any fuch Protefting Catholic Dilfenter, as aforefaid, 
 from paying Tythes, or other parochial Duties, or any other 
 Duties, to the Church or Minifter, or from any Prolecution in 
 any Ecclefiaftical Court or elfewhere for the fame ; or to repeal 
 any Part of the Statute made in the 26th Year of the Reign of 
 his late Majefty King George the Second, intituled, «« An Act 
 " for the better preventing of Clandeftine Marriages," or any 
 Parts of any other Statute concerning Marriages ; or to give 
 any Eafe, Benefit, or Advantage to any Perfon, who fhall, by 
 preaching, teaching, or writing, deny or gainfay the Oath of 
 Allegiance and Abjuration and of Protection and Declaration 
 thereinbefore-mentioned, and appointed to be taken as afore- 
 faid, or the Declarations or Doctrines therein contained, or any 
 of them ; or to repeal or affect any Law now in force concern- 
 in? the Rieht of Succeffion to, or the Limitation of the Crown : 
 or concerning the Election of any Member or Members to ferve 
 in Parliament ; or to enable any Perfon to fit in either Houfe of 
 Parliament ; or to be of his Majefty's Moft Honourable Privy 
 Council ; or to hold, enjoy, or exercife any Office, civil or 
 military, unlefs duly qualified in the Manner now required by 
 Law ; or to educate any Child a Pap i ft ; or to educate any 
 Child, of Proteftant Parents, a Protefting Catholic DifTenter. 
 
 |3>t0tril0, That nothing in the Act contained fhall make it 
 lawful to found, endow, or eftablifh any Religious Order, or 
 Society of Perfons bound by Monaftic or Religious Vows, 
 within this Realm, or the Dominions thereunto belonging ; 
 and that all Ules, Trufts, snd Difpofitions, whether of real or 
 perfonal Property, which immediately before the paffing of 
 the Act fhall have been deemed to be fuperftitious or unlaw- 
 ful, (hall continue to be fo deemed and taken. 
 
 JPrODifO, That nothing in this Act contained fhall extend, 
 or be conftrued to extend, to that Part of Great Britain called 
 Scotland.
 
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 Prevent unneceffary Removals of the Poor; and 
 .to promote the granting of Certificates. 
 
 Note.— The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of the Fotics 
 
 in the written Copy. 
 
 5£5&5§OG(&3§(l])(2Eifl<2E$l€>> fome of the Laws now in being, 
 § ^Q relative to the Settlement of the Poor, have 
 
 )8( & been found rather to have promoted than pre- 
 
 5£)S( &M vented unneceffary Removals, and to have, in a 
 &$0§0O§()6( great Meafure, difcouraged Parifhes from grant- 
 ing Certificates : jTor Remedy thereof, 
 
 May it pleafe your MAJESTY, 
 
 That it may be Enacled ; 8nD fjCit CnaftCB by the KING's 
 Mod Excellent Majefly, by and with the Advice and Con- 
 fent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in 
 this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of 
 
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 the fame, That fo much of the Statute, pafled in the Third 
 and Fourth Years of the Reign of King William and 
 Queen Mary, intituled, " An Act for the better Explanation 
 " and fupplying the Defects of the former Laws for the 
 " Settlement of the Poor," as Enacts, That if any Perfon, 
 v.-ho lhall come to inhabit in any Town or Parifh, fhall 
 be charged with, and pay his Share towards the Public 
 Taxes or Levies of the faid Town or Parifh, then he 
 mall be adjudged and deemed to have a legal Settlement 
 in the fame, though no fuch Notice in Writing of the 
 Houfe of his or her Abode be delivered and publifhed, as 
 in the faid Act is required, fhall, from and after the 
 
 , be and the 
 
 fame is hereby accordingly. 
 
 artD be it further. fEnaftetJ, That the Statute, paffed in the 
 Ninth and Tenth Years of the Reign of King William the 
 Third, intituled, "An Act for explaining an Act, made the 
 " laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for fupplying 
 " fome Defects in the Laws for the Relief of the Poor of this 
 "■ Kingdom," which Enacts, That-no Perfon or Perfons what- 
 foever, who (hall come into any Parifh by any Certificate 
 given under and by virtue of the Statute of the Eighth 
 and Ninth Years of the Reign of King William the Third, 
 fhall be adjudged, by any Act whatsoever, to have procured 
 a le^al Settlement in fuch Parifh, unlefs he and they fhajl 
 really and bona fide take a Leafe of a Tenement of the 
 yearly Value of Ten Pounds, or fhall execute fome annual 
 Office in fuch Parifh, being legally placed in fuch Office, 
 fhall from and after the . be 
 
 . and the fame is hereby 
 
 IprotrioetJ alfcoags, ano be it hereby tDcclareu ano CnafteD, 
 
 That no fuch Certificate as aforefaid fhall be conftrued to 
 amount to a Notice in Writing, in order to gain a Set- 
 tlement; nor fhall any Perfon reliding in any Parifh, Town- 
 fhip, or Place, under any fuch Certificate, gain any Settle- 
 ment by virtue of any Notice in Writing of the Houfe 
 of his or her Abode, delivered to One of the Churchwar- 
 dens or Overfeers of the Poor, according to the Statutes 
 made in the Firft Year of the Reign of King "James the 
 Second, and in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign 
 . of King William and Queen Mary. 
 
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 palled in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of her late Ma- 
 jefty Queen A)ine % as Enacts, That if any Perfon fhall be 
 an Apprentice bound by Indenture to, or fhall be a hired 
 Servant to or with any Perfon whatfoever, who did come 
 into or fhall refide in any Parifh, Townfhip, or Place, by 
 Means or Licence of a Certificate given under, and by 
 virtue of the Statute paffed in the Eighth and Ninth 
 Years of the Reign of King William the Third, and not 
 afterwards having gained a legal Settlement in fuch Parifh, 
 Townfhip, or Place, fuch Apprentice, by virtue of fuch 
 Apprenticefhip, Indenture, or Binding, and fuch Servant 
 by any fuch Hiring, or Service, fhall not gain or be ad- 
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 FOR 
 
 Altering, explaining, and amending, feveral Acls- 
 of the Parliament of Scotland, reipecling 
 Colliers, Coalbearers, and Salters. 
 
 Note. — The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of the 
 Folios in the written Copy. 
 
 $$H$#& ^ <£ & <£ 3 ©, by the Statute Law of Scotland, 
 i? # as explained by the Judges of the Courts of Law 
 
 ||p WL* !& there, many Colliers, and Coalbearers, and Salters, 
 IL&^e,!! are in a State of Slavery or Bondage, bound to the 
 w * w * w Collieries and Salt Works where they work for 
 Life, transferrable with the Collieries and Salt Works, when 
 their original Matters have no further Ufe for them : 
 
 9tltJ toftCteag Perfons are difcouraged and prevented from 
 learning the Art or Bufinefs of Colliers, or Coalbearers, and 
 Salters, by their becoming bound to the Collieries and Salt 
 Works for Life, where they mall work for the Space of One 
 
 A Year,
 
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 Tsar, hy Means whereof there are not a fufficient Number 
 of Colliers, Coalbearers, and Salters, in Scotland, for working 
 the Quantities of Coal and Salt neceffarily wanted, and many 
 new-difcovered Coals remain unwrought, and many are not 
 fufficiently wrought ; nor are there a fufficient Number of 
 Salters for the Salt Works, to the great Lofs of the Owners, 
 and Difad vantage to the Public: 
 
 £fi<3 tdf}CVC£!0 the emancipating or fetting free the Colliers, 
 Coalbearers, and Salters, in Scotland, who are now in a State 
 of Servitude, gradually, and upon reafonabie Conditions, and 
 the preventing others from coming into fuch a State of Ser- 
 vitude, would be the Means of incneafing the Number of 
 Colliers, Coalbearers, and Salters, to the great Benefit of the 
 Public, without doing any Injury to the prefent Mafters, and 
 would remove the Reproach of allowing fuch a State of Servi- 
 tude to exiftin a free Country: 
 
 May it therefore pleafe Your MAJESTY, 
 
 That it may be Ena&ed ; 3tllJ fcC it (£naftCt! by the K IN G's 
 
 Moil; Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and 
 Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, 
 in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of 
 the fame, That from and after 
 
 no Perfon, 
 who fhall begin to work as a Collier, Coalbearer, or Salter, 
 or in any other Way, in a Colliery or Salt Work in Scot' 
 land, fhall be bound to fuch Colliery or Salt Work, or to 
 the Owner thereof, in any Way or Manner different from 
 what is permitted by the Law cf Scotland with regard to 
 Servants and Labourers; and that they fhall be deemed free, 
 and fhall enjoy the fame Privileges, Rights, and Immunities 
 with the reft of His Majefty's Subjects, any Law or Ufage 
 in Scotland to the contrary notwithffanding. 
 
 IprO&iDCJJ al&aj)£i, That it fhall be lawful for all Owners 
 and Lefiees of Collieries and Salt Works, and for Colliers, Coal- 
 bearers, and Salters, to take Perfons bound by Contract or In- 
 denture as Apprentices, to learn the Art or Bufinefs of Coal- 
 hewing, Coalbearing, or making Salt, for any Term of Years 
 permitted by the Law of Scotland with regard to Apprentices 
 in other Arts and Myfleries. 
 
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 3n9 fee it further €naftea by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 
 all Perfons under the Age of at the Com- 
 
 mencement of this Act, employed as Colliers, Coalbearers, or 
 Salters, in Scotland, {hall, alter 'ice fr< - 
 
 and after the Commencement of this Act, be free from their 
 Service and Servitude, and at Liberty to en mfelves as 
 
 Servants or Labourers in any other Colliery or Salt Work, or 
 in any other Kind of Labour whatever. 
 
 3nB &e it further ^naftC3 by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 all Colliers and Salters in Scotland, above the Age of 
 
 and under the Age of at the Commence- 
 
 ment of this Act, after a Service of and all 
 
 Colliers and Salters above the Age of but under 
 
 the Age of i:t the Commencement of this 
 
 Act, after a Service of and all Colliers and 
 
 Salters above the Age of at the Commence- 
 
 ment of this Acf, after a Service of after their 
 
 having reipectively fufficiently inftructed a Ferfon as an Appren- 
 tice in the Art or Myftery of Coalhewing, or making of Salt, 
 of the Age of at leaft when fuch Inftrudtion 
 
 fhall be perfected, mall be {ves from any other Servitude or 
 Bondage to the Colliery or Salt Work to which they were 
 bound. 
 
 ' ^rOfciDCu" aritmgg, That every Collier or Salter claiming 
 Liberty under the Authority of this Act lhall, prior to his 
 being freed from his Servitude or Bondage, obtain a Decree of 
 the Sheriff Court of the County in which he ref:des, finding 
 and declaring that he is entitled unto his Freedom under the 
 Authority of this Act. 
 
 SntJ tie It CneftCB by the Authority aforefaid, That for the 
 Purpofe of obtaining fuch Decree, it mall and may be lawful 
 for the Collier or Salter claiming his Freedom, to prefent a 
 Petition to the Sheriff Depute or Subftitute of the County 
 where he refides, ftating his Claim of Freedom, and offering 
 to prove the Facts which entitle him to it ; and the Sheriff 
 Depute or Substitute is hereby authorized and required to order 
 the Petition to be ferved upon the Owner, LefTee, or Over- 
 feer of the Colliery or Salt Works to which the Petitioner 
 is bound, and to order an Anfwer to be put in to the Pe- 
 tition in Days after Service, ftating the Ob- 
 jection or Objections to the Freedom claimed, if any fuch 
 
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 are intended to be mnde -, and the Sheriff fliall thereafter 
 proceed in a fummary Way, in taking the Proofs, and all other 
 Procedure necefiary, until a Decree fhall be pronounced ; 
 and if the Decree of the Sheriff (hall be againft the Pe- 
 titioner, finding him not entitled to Freedom, it fliall 
 neverthelefs be competent to fuch Petitioner, at any Period 
 after the Expiration of to prefent a Second 
 
 Petition, ftating his Claim of Liberty of new, and which 
 fliall be proceeded upon in the fame Manner as .the former ; 
 and if the Petitioner fails in obtaining a Decree for him 
 on the Second Petition, he may, after the Expiration of 
 from the Date of the Second Decree, prefent 
 a Third Petition, which mail likewife be proceeded upon 
 in the fame Manner ; and if he fails in obtaining Decree 
 upon his Third Petition, he may prefent a Fourth -, and fo 
 on, till he obtains a Decree declaring his Freedom; 
 
 at leaft being expired after a Decree 
 upon One Petition, before it fhall be competent to prefent 
 another. 
 
 IprOUiDCt) altuapg, ailH tlC it CnaftetJ, That a Collier or 
 Salter claiming his Liberty under the Authority of this A (ft, 
 his not having inftructed an Apprentice in Manner before di- 
 rected, mail afford no Objection to fuch Collier or Salter ob- 
 taining a Decree of his Freedom, if he fhall produce to the 
 Sheriff a Writing, under the Hand of the Owner or Leffee of 
 the Colliery or Salt Work to which he is bound, or of the 
 Steward or Factor of the Owner, difcharging the Obligation 
 upon fuch Collier or Salter to have inftructed an Apprentice in 
 Manner before directed. 
 
 SttD t»C it further OEnaftetl by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That it fhall not be competent for either of the Parties to 
 remove the Proceedings upon any fuch Petition into the Court 
 of Seffion in Scotland by Advocation, or to complain of any 
 Decree by Appeal or Sufpenfion, or to fue for Reduction of 
 any fuch Decree ; and that every Decree upon fuch Petition, 
 finding and declaring the Freedom of the Petitioner, fhall be 
 final and conclufive againft the Perfon to whom the Pe- 
 titioner was bound. 
 
 9tU> OC it further CtiafteD by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That when Colliers or Salters obtain their Freedom under 
 the Authority of this Act, their Wives and Children, and 
 
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 all others who make Part of their Family, and are Coal- 
 bearers, or othervvife afiiftant to them, {hall likewife be 
 free. 
 
 3nD t)C it fUrtbCt CnafteU by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That all Coalbearers, Salters, and other Labourers in Col- 
 lieries or Salt Works, who are bound to any Colliery or Salt 
 Work in Scot/and, and do not belong to the Family of any 
 particular Collier or Salter, mall, after Service 
 
 from the Commencement of this Act, be free from their 
 Service and Servitude, and at Liberty to engage themfelves 
 as Servants or Labourers in any other Colliery or Salt Work, 
 or in any other Kind of Work whatfoever. 
 
 SUlQ tie it further CnafiteD by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That from and after 
 
 all Colliers and Salters then free, and all Perfor.s that may 
 thereafter become Colliers and Salters, and all Colliers and 
 Salters bound to any Colliery or Salt Work upon the faid 
 from the Time of obtaining their Freedom 
 under the Authority of this Act, (hall be entitled to the 
 Benefit of an Act, made in the Parliament of Scotland in 
 the Year One thoufand Seven hundred and One, intituled, 
 <e Act for preventing wrongous Impriibnment, and againft 
 ** undue Delays in Trials," any Thing in the faid Act to 
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 BILL 
 
 FOR 
 
 Dividing and Inclofing feveral Open and Com- 
 mon Fields, and other Commonable Lands 
 and Grounds, within the Pariih of Wood- 
 Jlone, in the County of Huntingdon. 
 
 , !$ (t'irl CB 31 £=> there are feveral open and common Preamble. 
 Fields, and other commonable Lands and Grounds, 
 within the Parifh of Wood ft one ^ in the County of Hun- 
 tingdon, containing by Estimation about Five hundred 
 and Six Acres, which are Part Freehold and Part 
 Copyhold : 
 
 StttD Y0&CVC&S Carrier Thompfon is Lord of the Manor and of 
 
 the Soil of Wood ft one aforefaid, and the Reverend Middkmore Ward, 
 
 Clerk, is Re&or thereof, and in Right of the faid Rectory intitled 
 
 to certain Glebe Lands, and to both Great and Small Tithes cf 
 
 ^. every Sort and Kind, arifing, increafing, or happening within the 
 
 A faid
 
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 faid Fields ; and the faid Carrier Thompjon, Thomas Vaughan, 
 Efqujre, James Delarue, Efquire, William Edwards, Gentleman, 
 and Others, are the Owners and Proprietors of the laid open 
 Fields : 
 
 StlJJ tttfjEttag the Lands and Grounds of the feveral Proprie- 
 tors in the laid open Fields lie intermixed and difperfed, and are 
 inconveniently fituated, fo that in their prefent Situation they are 
 incapable of any considerable Improvement, and it would be ad- 
 vantageous to the feveral Proprietors thereof, and Perfons intitied 
 to and interefted therein, to have the fame divided and inclofed ; 
 ^pCt the fame cannot be rendered effe&ual to anfwer the Intention 
 of the Parties without the Aid and Authority of Parliament ; 
 
 May it therefore pleafe Your MAJESTY, 
 
 That it may be CttatttfJ; $Ut) t!C tt CnattCD, by the KING's 
 moft Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Con- 
 lent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this 
 prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That 
 Commif- William Pyuell of Barnwell Cajl/e, in the County of Northampton, 
 fioners. John Newton of La'tghton Bormjwold, in the County of Huntingdon, 
 
 and George Maxwell of Folk/worth, in the faid County cf Huntingdon, 
 Gentlemen, and their Succeffois, to be e : ected in Manner herein after- 
 mentioned, fhall be and they are hereby appointed Com mifii oners for 
 fetting out, dividing, and allotting all the laid open and common 
 Fields and other commonable Lands and Grounds within the 
 Parifh of JVoodflone aforefaid, and for putting this Act in Execu- 
 tion; iuhject to the Rules and Directions herein after- appointed. 
 
 $|0t)i&r& altDa^, attD be it tfttattCd, by the Authority afore- 
 faid, Th;t no Perfon fha'l be capable of acting as a Commiilioner 
 iu the Execution of any of the Powers given by this Act (except 
 the Powers of giving and figning Notice of the Firft Meeting of 
 the faid ( ommillioners, and of adminiftering the Oath herein after- 
 direfted) until he mall have taken and lubicribed an Oath to the 
 Effect lollowing : 
 
 CommiiTion- 
 
 er'sCuh. 
 
 /A.V>. do fvear, That I will faithfully, impartial/)', and hone ftly, 
 according to the befl of my Skill and Judgment, execute the Trufi 
 repojed in me as a Commiffioner by virtue of an AB of Parliament 
 < c far Dividing and Inclofing the Open Fields within the Parifb of 
 
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 *' Wocdftone, in the County of Huntingdon/' without Vavcur or 
 Affefiion to any Perfon whomfoever. 
 
 So help me GOD. 
 
 Which Oath it fhall and may be lawful for any One of the faid 
 Commiffioners to adminifter, and he is hereby required to admi- 
 nister the fame to any ether of the laid Commiffioners. 
 
 SitTt) for the more certain Divifion of the faid Land c , JBt it Survey to be 
 fllVt^Ct (JnatteD-, by the Authority aforefaid, That a true and made - 
 diftindl Survey mail be made of all the faid open Fields and of the 
 prefent inclofed Lands within the faid Parifh, before the 
 
 or as foon thereafter as conveniently may be, by fuch Perfon cr 
 Perfons as the faid Commiffioners, or any of them, fhall 
 
 from time to time appoint ; and fuch Survey fhall be reduced into 
 Writing, and the Number of Acres, Roods, and Perches belong- 
 ing to each Proprietor in the faid open Fields and prelent inclofed 
 Lands ihall be therein expreffed and defcribed, and fuch Survey 
 fhall be laid before the laid Commiffioners, or any of them, 
 
 at fome or One of their Meetings to be held in purfuance of this 
 Acf. 
 
 ^Obl'DCU altecl^g, aittl bC it CEnattCD, That no Perfon fhall gjjp** 
 be capable of .idling as Surveyor for the Purpafes aforefaid until he 
 fhall have taken and fubferibed an Oath to the Effect following : 
 
 T A. B. do /wear, That I will faithfully, impartially, and hone/lly, 
 •*■ according to the be ft of my Skill and Judgment, make a true and 
 diftinff Survey of all the open Fields and prefent inclofed Lands with- 
 in the Parijh of Woodftone, in the County of Huntingdon, and 
 reduce the fame into Writing, and therein Jet forth the Number of 
 Acres, Roods, and Perches belonging to each Proprietor in the J aid 
 open Fields and prefent inclofed Lands, and that I will lay fuch Sur- 
 vey before the Commiffioners appointed to put in Execution an Ac! of 
 'Parliament 4k for Dividing and lnclofng the Open Fields within the 
 n Parifh of Woodftone, in the/County of Huntingdon/' purj'uant to 
 the Directions of the faid AcJ. 
 
 So help me GOD. 
 
 Which Oath it fhall and may be lawful to and for any One of the 
 faid Commiffioners to adminifter, and he is hereby impowered and 
 required to adminifter the fame accordingly. 
 
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 Power to 
 make a Sur- 
 vey. 
 
 Notice of 
 Meetings to 
 be given. 
 
 Fewer to 
 
 adjourn. 
 
 Election of 
 
 Commiflion- 
 
 ers. 
 
 2nt) tie it'ftltt^Ct CttaCtefc, That the faid Commillioners and 
 the Surveyor or Surveyors appointed or to be appointed as herein 
 before- mentioned, together with their and every of their Affiftants, 
 Servants, and Peribns employed by them, fhall have and they are 
 hereby veiled with full and free Power and Authority, at any Time 
 or Times whatfoever, to enter into, view, examine, value, furvey, 
 and admeafure, for the Purpofes of this Aft, as well the open 
 Fields and Grounds hereby directed to be divided and inclofed as 
 alio the ancient inclofed Lands within the faid Parifh of Wood- 
 flone. 
 
 SltlD be itfurttjei* tfttafteD, That the faid Commiflioners, or 
 any of them, fhall and they are hereby required to give or 
 
 caufe to be given public Notice in the Pariih Church of Woodjione 
 aforefaid, upon fome Sunday immediately after Divine Service, and 
 alfo by a Writing affixed on One of the Doors of the faid Church, of 
 the Time and Place of their Firft and every fubfequent Meeting 
 for the Execution of this Aft, at leaft Days before every iuch 
 Meeting fhall be held (Meetings by Adjournment only excepted); 
 and fhall then and from time to time afterwards adjourn themfelves 
 to meet at fuch Place or Places as they the laid Commillioners, cr 
 any of them, fhall from time to time think moil convenient 
 
 for putting this Aft in Execution. 
 
 IpJOfctuTt! altOS1?0» That if no more than One Commiffioner 
 fhall attend at any Inch Meeting, the Commiffioner fo attending 
 fhall have Power to adjourn fuch Meeting to fuch Time and Place 
 as he fhall think proper. 
 
 StoU bC tt flltt^Cr dfttaCtCD, That if any One or more of the 
 Commiflioners herein before-appointed or to be appointed by virtue 
 of this Aft ill all, before the Execution of the Powers and Autho- 
 rities hereby in them repoied, die or lefule to aft, then and in 
 iuch Cafe the furviving or other acting Commiflioners or Commif- 
 fioner (if any be) or other-wife the Peribns interefted in the faid 
 intended Inclofure, or the major Part of them in Number and 
 Value, afTembled at fome Meeting to be held for that Purpoie, 
 fhall from time to time, upon the Death or Refufal of fuch Com- 
 miilioner or Commiflioners to aft, or as loon after as Occafion may 
 require, and before any other Bufinels is proceeded upon in the 
 Execut.on of this Aft, by Writing under his or their Hands 
 or Seals or Hand and Seal, appoint One or more Commiffioner or 
 -Corn m i (lion en- - , not interefted in the laid intended inclofure, in the 
 
 Place
 
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 'Place and Stead offuch Commifiloner or Com mi lli oners To dying or 
 refilling to aft as aforefaid ; and every i\ich Commiffioner or Com- 
 rmiflionersfo to be appointed fhall have the like Powers and Authorities 
 by virtue of this Ait as the Commiffioner or Commiffioners in 
 whole Place or Places he or they fhall fucceed was or were veiled 
 with; provided that Notice be given in the parifh Church of Notice of 
 Woodficne aforefaid, on lome Sunday immediately alter Divine Ser- 
 vice, of the Time and Place of Meeting to choofe or appoint fuch 
 -new Commiliioner or Commiffioners, at leaft Da) s before 
 
 every fuch Meeting. 
 
 $nfc bC It ftirtfjet* CltattCD, That the faid Commiffioners, or Allotment to 
 any of them, fhall and may and they are hereby authorized the Reaor > 
 
 and impowered, in the Firft Place, after Petting out public and 
 private Roads, Ways, and Drains, as herein-after is mentioned, to 
 allot and appoint unto and for the laid Middlemore Ward and his 
 Succeffor?, Rectors of the faid Parifh of Woodfiom aforefaid, fuch 
 Parcel or Parcels of the Lands and Grounds fo intended to be in- 
 clofed as (Quantity, Quality, and Situation to be confidered) fhall 
 in their Opinion and Judgment be equal in Value to and in full Sa- 
 tisfaction and Compenfation for the Glebe Land in the faid Fields for G!ebe . 
 now belonging to the Paid Rectory- and in the next Place to allot 
 and appoint unto and tor the faid Middlemore Ward and his Suc- 
 ceffors, Rectors of the faid Parifh of Woodfione, ib much of the faid 
 Lands and Grounds fo intended to be inclofed as fhall (Quantity, 
 Quality, and Situation confidered) be equal in Value to One Sixth 
 Part of all the Refidue of the Lands lying within and Part of the 
 faid open Fields fubject: to the Payment of Great and Small Tithes; md Tithes. 
 which faid Allotment fo to be made as aforefaid fhall be accepted, 
 and be in Lieu of and as a full Satisfaction and Compenfation for all 
 Manner of Tithes whatsoever, as well Great as Small, belonging 
 to the faid Middlemore pVard and his Succeffors, Rectors of the faid 
 Parifh of Woodfione, arifing, growing, and renewing within the 
 faid open Fields, the ufual and accuftomed Mortuaries, Eafier Of- 
 ferings, and Surplice Fees only excepted. 
 
 $B?obiDet} aU»a?& attD be ft CnafteD, That the Outermoft R e a r- S ai. 
 
 or Ring Fences of the feveral Parcels of Land fo to be allotted to foment to be 
 the faid Middlemore Ward and his Succeffors, Rectors as aforefaid, 
 in Lieu of and as a Compenfation for Glebe Lands and Geat and 
 Small Tithes, fhall be planted with young Quicks, which lhall be 
 guarded by and with Pofts and Rails, at the Ex^ence of the Pro- 
 prietors of the feveral Tithable Lands and Grounds to be inclofed 
 by virtue of this Act, in fuch Manner as the faid Commi limners,
 
 [ 6 ] 
 
 cr any of them, fiiall by their Award or Inftrumcr.t in 
 
 Writing hereafcer mentioned afcrrtain, direct, and appoint; and 
 that fuch Fences fhaJl for ever after the making thereof be main- 
 tained and fupported by the Rector of the laid Parifh for the Time 
 bung, or fuch other- Pcrfons and in fuch Manner as the faid Com- 
 rniffioners, or any of diem, (hall by their laid Award orln- 
 ftrument direct and appoint. 
 
 Gu indo- #jGfeftc&-«lfo, ant) be it further cFnarteH, That all the old 
 
 fures co re- inclofed. Lands within the (aid Parilh of Wood (lone, and every Part 
 thereof, lhall remain, continue, and be charged and chargeable 
 with the Payment of Tiches to the fud Middlemore Ward and his 
 Succeffors, Rectors as aforefaid, in the fame Manner the lame now 
 are, and as if this Act had not been made, unlefs the Proprietors 
 ■ thereof, or of any Part thereof, fhall and do, before any Allotment 
 lhall be made of any Part of the Lands hereby intended to be in- 
 clofed, give Notice in Writing to the laid Comrniffioners or their 
 Succeffors, or any of them, of his, her, or their Defire and 
 
 Intention of having his, her, or their ancient inclofed Lands, or 
 any Part thereof, within the faid Parifh of Woodjlone free and ex- 
 onerated from the Payment of Tithes to the faid Middlemore Ward 
 and his Succeffors, Rectors as aforefaid ; that then and in fuch 
 unlefs fome Cafe it fhall and may be lawful to and for the faid Comrniffioners 
 Allotment anc j tne j r Succeffors, or any of them, and they arc hereby 
 
 inallbemade i • j j • j rf ' \r u m • J 
 
 in Lieu authorized and required to atbgn, let out, allot, and appoint unto 
 
 theiwaf. the faid Middlemore ff'ardand his Succeffors, Rectors as aforefaid, 
 fuch Parcel or Parcels of his, her, or their Part and Share of the 
 faid open Fields fo intended to be inclofed as (Quantity, Quality, 
 and Situation confidered) fhall in the Opinion and Judgment of 
 the faid Comrniffioners and their Succeffors, or any of them, 
 
 be equal in Value to and in full Satisfaction and Compenfation for 
 all the Great and Small Tithes belonging to the faid Middlemore 
 Ward and his Succeffors, Rectors as aforefaid, arifing, growing, 
 or renewing within fuch ancient inclofed Lands within the faid Pa- 
 rifh of Woodjlone, for which the faid Allotment fhall be given and 
 affigned ; which faid Lands fo to be allotted and affigned as afore- 
 faid fhall be accepted by the faid Middlemore Ward and his Suc- 
 ceffors, Rectors as aforefaid, and fhall be in Lieu of and as a full 
 Satisfaction and Compenfation for all the Great and Small Tithes 
 arifing, renewing, or increafing from, by, or out of the faid an- 
 cient Inclofures for which Inch Lands fhall be reflectively given; 
 and that from and immediately after the Execution o( the Award 
 or Inftrument of the faid Comrniffioners, as after mentioned, all 
 Right and. Claim to the Great and Small Tithes of fuch ancient in- 
 clofed
 
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 clofed Lands, in refped of which fuch Allotments fhall be made 
 and alligned as aforefaid out of the laid open Fields, fhall ceafe 
 and be lor ever extinguished. 
 
 SiltD 1>C it fUVtllCr C?naCtCi3, That the faid Commiflioners, or General AI. 
 any of them (alter making the feveral Allotments herein di- otment 
 
 reded to be firft made as aforelaid to the laid M'iddlemore Ward and 
 his Succeflbrs, as Redors of the Parifh of Woodjlone aforeiaid) ll^all 
 and may and they are hereby required and directed to divide, allot, 
 Set out, and appoint fuch of the Lands and Grounds lying and 
 
 • being in the faid open Fields fo intended to be inclofed as aforefaid 
 as mail not be fet out for public Roads, Ways, and Drains, as after 
 mentioned, unto and amongft the faid Carrier Thompfon, Thomas 
 Vaughan, James Delaruc, William Edwards, and the leveral other 
 
 • Proprietors and Peribns interefted therein, in Proportion to their 
 feveral and lefpeclive Shares, Intereft, and Right in, over, and 
 upon the faid open Fields, by fuch Ways and Means as to the 
 faid Commiflioners, or any of them, fhall feem moft jult, 
 leafonable, and expedient; in which Divifions and Allotments fo 
 to be had and made due Regard fhall be had as well to the Quality 
 as the Quantity, . Situation, and Convenience of the Lands and 
 Grounds fo to be allotted and divided as aforefaid. 
 
 $£0fcit)C& alfO, attt) t>C it CttaCtCtl, That all fuch Allotments Allotments to 
 of the faid open Fields which fhall by virtue of this Ad be allotted be held by the 
 
 . or appointed unto or in Right of any Freehold Lands within the ame enure * 
 faid open Fields, er any of them, fhall for ever hereafter be deemed 
 Freehold Land ; and that all fuch Allotments of the faid open 
 Fields which fhall by virtue of this Ad be allotted or appointed 
 
 .unto or in Right of Copyhold Lands or Hereditaments within the 
 faid open Fields, or any of them, fhall be deemed Copyhold 
 Lands. 
 
 SttlD t>0 it lUXtytT CttattetJ, That all and every Leafe and Leafes at 
 Leafes at Rack or extended Rent which fhall at the Time of the J^*' 11 ' 
 Execution of the faid Award be fubfifting of all or any Part or 
 Parts of the faid open Fields and prefent inclofed Lands within 
 the faid Parifh of Woodflcne, or of the Tithes of the fame, or any 
 Part thereof, and all Agreements at Rack or extended Rent for any 
 Time or Term therein, fhall, immediately upon fuch Allotments 
 and Divifion being made, and fuch Award or Inftrument being 
 executed as aforefaid, or within any lefs Time that the laid Com- 
 miflioners, or any of them, fhall by any Writing under 
 their Hands and Seals appoint, ceafe, determine, and be void, the 
 
 refpec-
 
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 refpcctive Owners or Proprietors of fuch Part or Farts of the faid 
 open fields and prel'cnt inclofed Lands, or of the Tithes of the 
 fame, or any Part thereof, who have made any fuch Leafe or 
 Satfefaaion Leafes, or Agreement or Agreements, making fuch Satisfaction to 
 foriieafcs 6 1:i? > lier > or tlicir u 'fp cc ^ ve L<?ffee or Leffees, Tenant or Tenants., 
 vacated." r.s the laid -Commiffioners, or any of them, (hall alcertain 
 
 as rcaibnable to be paid to fucH Leffee or Leffees, Tenant or Te- 
 nant on account thereof, or as an Equivalent for the fame. 
 
 Higiuvays to f3jj|j jj ? ,f£ fuvt^Ci' CtTfl ftC $, That the Laid Commiffioners, or 
 any of them, (hall and may fet out, appoint, and make 
 
 fuch public -Highways and all fuch Driftways, Horfeways, and 
 Footways in, over, and through and upon the feveral Lands and 
 Grounds to be inclofed by virtue of this Act, as alfo divert, alter, 
 or change all or any of the public Roads or private Ways now ufed 
 in or overthe faid open Fields, fo as the ferae do net alter, affect, 
 or prejudice any Turnpike Roads in and through the laid Parifh ; 
 and alio (hall and may let our, appoint, and make fuch Ditches, 
 Fences, Banks, Drains, Sluices, Shuttles, Bridges, Gates, Stiles, 
 and other Works in, over, through, and upon the faid feveral 
 open Fields and Grounds intended to be inclofed by virtue of this 
 Act as they the laid Commiffioners, or any of them, fhall 
 
 think convenient, fo that fuch of the faid public Highways as fhall 
 be fet out as Ways for Carriages (hall be Feet wide at leaft 
 
 between the Ditches or Fences, and fuch of the faid Ways as (hall 
 be fet out for private Roads or Ways, or for Driftways, Horfe- 
 ways, or Footways refpe&ively, (hall be of fuch refpective Widths 
 within the Ditches or Fences as the faid Commiffioners, or any 
 of them, (hall by their faid Award direct or appoint.; 
 which public Highways fhall at all Times for ever after the Setting 
 out and Appointment thereof as aforefaid be repaired and kept in 
 Repair in fuch Manner as public Highways are by Law directed to 
 be repaired, and that fuch Driftways, Horfeways, and Footways, 
 Ditches, Fences, Banks, Drains, Sluices, Shuttles, Bridges, Gates, 
 Stiles, and other Works fo to be fet out, appointed, and made as 
 aforefaid, fhall be repaired and kept it Repair by fuch Perfon and 
 Perfons refpe&ively, his, her, and their refpective Heirs, Suc- 
 celfors, and Affigns, and in fuch Manner as the faid Commiffioners, 
 or any of them, fhall by their faid Award or Inltrument in 
 
 Writing direct and appoint; and that after the making fuch public 
 Highways, Driftways, Horfeways, Footways, and fuch private 
 Roads and Ways fo to be fet out, appointed, and made as aforefaid, 
 it (hall not be lawful for any Perfon or Perfons to ufe any other 
 Roads or Ways, cither public or private, over or through the faid 
 
 . Lands
 
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 Lands hereby intended to be inclofed, either on Foot, or with 
 Horfes, Cattle, or Carriages ; and that all the former Roads and 
 Ways in, over, through, and upon the Several open Fields hereby 
 dirccled to be inclofed, which {ball not be fet out and appointed 
 as Roads or Ways by the laid Award fo to be made as aforefaid, 
 fhall be deemed Part of the Lands to be incloled by virtue of this 
 Act, and fhall be divided and allotted as Part of fuch Lands. 
 
 StlD llC it iWCttyCV CfltaCtCt), That if any Difference or Dif- Commifllon- 
 pute fhall arife between the Parties interefted in the laid Divifion, or ^ine'-D"-'" 
 any of them, touching or concerning their refpecYive Shares and Terences. 
 Proportions which they or any of them ought to have upon fuch 
 Divifion, or between any of the faid Proprietors, or his, her, or their 
 Leffees or Tenants refpecfively, touching the Lofs which fuch 
 Leffees or Tenants may hereafter fuftain by reafon of the laid In- 
 clofure, and the determining of fuch L-eafes as aforefaid, it fhall 
 and may be lawful for the faid Commiffioners^, or any of 
 
 them, and they are hereby impowered and required by Examination 
 of Witnefles upon Oath (which Oath the laid Commiffioners, or 
 any One or more of them, is or are. hereby impowered to admi- 
 nister) and upon fuch other proper Enquiry, Evidence, and Proof 
 as fhall be laid before them, to hear and determine the fame; and 
 fuch Determination fhall be binding and conclufive to all Parties. 
 
 3ttD t)C it further Cf ItaSetl, That for the more convenient Power to e^ 
 Situation and Difpofition of the fevenl Lands and Grounds of the = nan g e 
 feveral Proprietors in the faid open Fields and cf the faid ancient 
 Inclofures, it fhall and may be lawful to and for the faid Middle- 
 more Ward and his Succeffors, Rectors as aforefaid, and to and for 
 all or any of the faid Proprietors, to exchange all cr any of his, 
 her, or their Meffuagcs, Tenement?, old Inclofures, or other Lands 
 and Grounds within the faid Parifh of V/oodftone, or within any 
 adjoining Paiifh, Townfhip, or Place for any other Meffuages or 
 Tenements, old Inclofures, or other Lands and Grounds within 
 the faid Parifh of F/ r oodftom, or within any adjoining Parifh, Town- 
 fhip, or Place, fo as all and every fuch Exchange and Exchanges 
 be made by and with the Confcnt and Approbation of the laid 
 Commiffioners and their Succeffors, or any of them, to be 
 afcertained, fpecified, and declared in the laid Award or Inurn- 
 ment herein-after mentioned ; and that all and every fuch Exchange 
 and Exchanges fo to be m^de as aforefaid fhall be good, valid, and 
 effe&ual in the Law to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever. 
 
 Lands.
 
 C 10 ] 
 
 Commiffion- Qfift jj C ft futtllfV (EitattCD, That within the Space of 
 up an Award. Calendar Months next alter the Divifion and Allotments of the 
 laid open Fields fha'l be completed and finished, or fo loon after as 
 conveniently may be, the faid Commiffioners, or any of them, 
 
 ihall form, draw up, and make an Award or Inftrument in Writ- 
 ing under their Hands and Seals, which ihall exprefs the Quantity 
 and Contents in Statute Meafure of the Acres, Roods, and Perches 
 contained in the faid open Fields fo intended to be inclofed as afore- 
 faid, and the Quantity and Contents of each and every Part and 
 Parcel thereof alTigned and allotted to or taken in Exchange by 
 each of the Parties intitled to Lands, Tithes, or other Property 
 within the fame, dillinguilhing the Copyhold Lands from the Free- 
 hold, and a Defcription of the Situation and Boundaries of fuch 
 Allotments refpeclively, and contain proper Orders and Directions 
 for and concerning the laying out and making the public High- 
 ways, and the Breadth thereol, and for and concerning the laying 
 -out, making, maintaining, cleanfing, and keeping in Repair the 
 Drifways, Horfeways, and Footways, and all other private 
 Roads and Ways, and all Ditches, Fences, Banks, Drains, Shuttle?, 
 Bridges, Gates, and Stiles in, upon, and over the faid Lands in- 
 tended to be inclofed, and alio all fuch Orders, Regulations, and 
 Determinations as are in and by this Aft mentioned, dire&ed, re- 
 quired, or authorized to be eftabliihed and made concerning the 
 fame, and fuch other Orders and Regulations as mail be neceflary 
 and proper, conformable to the true Tenor of this Act, for the more 
 eafy, convenient, and effectual Execution thereof, and for prevent- 
 ing all Difficulties and Difputes in relation to the Matters herein 
 contained j which faid Award or Inftrument (hall be fairly ingrofled 
 and written on Parchment, and figned by the faid Commiffioners, 
 or any of them, and mall, within the Space of Calendar 
 
 Months next after the Execution thereof, together with the Com- 
 miihoners and Surveyors Oaths aforefaid (which fhall be thereunto 
 Award to be annexed) be inrolled in One of his Majefty's Courts of Record 
 iaroikd. a t Weftminjler^ or by the Clerk of the Peace for the faid County of 
 Huntingdon, to the end Recourfe may be had to the fame by all 
 Pcrfons interefted in the laid intended Inclofure, for the Infpe&ion 
 whereof the Sum of ihall be paid, and no more ; 
 
 and a true Copy of the Whole or any Part or Parts thereof, when- 
 ever and fo often as the fame (hall be required, fhall be delivered 
 to any Perfon or Perfons interefted in the faid intended Divifion, 
 purporting the fame to be a true Copy (for which no more ihall 
 be paid than per Sheet, each Sheet containing 
 
 Words, and fo in Proportion for any Number of Words or 
 Sheets) which faid Copy, as well as the original Award, fhall from 
 
 time
 
 [ XI ] 
 
 time to time and at all Times thereafter be admitted and allowed 
 in all Courts whatfoever as legal Evidence of the fame. 
 
 9ttt) ht it further CttaCtCfc, That the feveral Allotments and Aw«4 to be 
 
 Divifions, and all Orders, Directions, Regulations, and Determi- ^eP«^e». 
 nations fo to be made as aforefaid, in and by fuch Award or In- 
 it-rument, fnall be binding and conclufive unto and upon all Per- 
 fons intitled to or claiming any Lands, Tithes, Common Right, 
 or other Property in the laid open Fields, and that the feveral Al- 
 lotments to be made as aforefaid to the refpective Proprietors 
 and Peribns interefted as aforefaid, fhall be in full Bar of and 
 Compenfition for all Manner of Tithes, Lands, Intereff, Com- 
 mon Right, and Property whatfoever in the faid open Fields ; and 
 that from and immediately after the Execution of the faid Award 
 •or Inftrument, all Right and Claim of, in, and unto all and any 
 Manner of Great and Small Tithes in, upon, and over the faid 
 open Fields and Lands intended to be inclofed as aforefaid, and of 
 fuch ancient inclofed Lands for which any Allotment fhall be 
 made in lieu of Tithes as aforefaid (except as herein-before men- 
 tioned) and all Right of Common upon the fame, fhall ceafe and 
 be for ever extinguifhed. 
 
 8ttt) fee it further ChtattCtl, That within the Space of Allotments tc 
 
 Calendar Months next after the Execution of the laid Award or befenced » 
 Inftrument, the feveral Lands thereby allotted fhall be inclofed, 
 hedged, ditched, or fenced, and fuch Inclofures, Hedges, Ditches, 
 and Fences fhall at all Times thereafter be repaired and maintained 
 by fuch Perfon or Perfons, and in fuch Manner as the faid Com- 
 miffioners, or any of them, fhall in fuch their Award or In- 
 
 ftrument order and direct ; and that convenient Gaps and Open- 
 ings fhall be left in the faid Fences and Inclofures for the Space of 
 Calendar Months nextenfuing the Execution of the faid Award 
 or Inftrument for the Paffage ot Cattle, Carts, and Carriages through 
 the fame, unlefs the faid Commiffioners, or any of them, fhall 
 order that the fame fhall be lboner made up. 
 
 Satisfaftionto 
 be made for 
 
 ^ofctDea altta?& atiD jbe it further <0nactcU, That if any 
 
 Hedges or Fences now ftanding or growing upon any Part of the ^ ™ ad 
 Lands hereby intended to be inclofed, fhall be affigned, limited, 
 and appointed by the laid Commiffioners, or any of them, as 
 
 and for a Boundary Fence for any of the Inclofures to be made as 
 aforefaid, all fuch Hedges fhall be left for the Benefit of the Per- 
 fon or Perfons to whom fuch new Inclofure fhall belong by virtue 
 of this Act, he, (he, or they making fuch Allowance and Satif- 
 
 facfion
 
 [ " ] 
 
 fci ilion to the former Owners and Proprietors of fuch Hedges and 
 Fences refpeclivclv immediately before fuch Allotments are made, 
 as the faid Commiilioncrs, or any of them, fhall in that Be- 
 
 Trees to be- na ]f order and appoint ; and in cafe there ihall be any Tree or Trees 
 proprietors! 6 growing in the laid Hedges or Fences lb affined as aforefaid, and 
 the former Owners thereof fhall not chufe to fell the fame, then 
 it fha!l and may be lawful for any fuch former Owners, at any 
 Time within Calendar Months after fuch Allotments (hall be 
 
 made, to enter into and upon the Lands and Hedges upon which 
 fuch Tree or Trees mail be Handing and being, and to fell, cut 
 down, and carry away the fame, doing as little Damage as may be. 
 
 Not obliged gfljj fo ft (UVttyV CnattfcD, That where any Parcel of Land 
 againRFiee- f° to t> e allotted as aforefaid fhall abut or adjoin upon any 
 boards, Freeboard belonging to the Proprietors of any Lands next adjoin- 
 
 ing to the Lands hereby intended to be inclofed, the Pclon or 
 Perfons to whom fuch Parcel of Land fhall be allotted, fhall and 
 may and is and are hereby empowered co let up and erecl Gates or 
 any other Kind of Fence in, over, and upon fuch Freeboaid, for 
 preferring the Quickfets, Banks, Wood Plants, and other the 
 Fences to be planted or fet up on fuch Parcel of Land, until 
 fuch Time as the Owner of fuch Freeboard mall fufficiently, and 
 at his own Expence have ditched, fenced, and mounded the 
 fame Freeboard from the faid Parcel of Land adjoining there- 
 unto. 
 
 n or»gainft p^OfolDCD altOat% That nothing in trils Aft contained fhall 
 
 the Boundary ex tend or be conftrued to extend to compel or oblige any of the 
 
 .rences or . ± o j 
 
 otherPariflies. faid Proprietors whofe Allotments or Shares upon the faid Divifion 
 and Inclofure fhall lie and be fituate next and adjoining to any 
 common Fields or inclofed Grounds, the Boundary of which is 
 already fenced, to make or ered any Hedges, Ditches, or Fences 
 next and adjoining to any Part of fuch Boundary Fence already 
 made, for inclofing fuch their Allotments or Shares ; but that the 
 ancient Mound or Fence, Brook or Rivulet, or other fufficient 
 Fences which adjoin to fuch Allotments, fhall for ever be and re- 
 main a Boundary Fence for the Purpoie of fuch Divifion, and 
 ihall from time to time be maintained, kept, cleanfed, fcoured, 
 and repaired by the refpective Owners thereof in the fame Manner 
 as before the Paffing of this Ad j any Thing herein contained to 
 the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 b °k Sh tT ^ ^ e ^ fa*$ er <£iwtteD ana 3©eclareD, That it fhall not 
 
 Lane's? &c. ^> e lawful for any Perfon or Perfons to graze or keep any Sheep or 
 
 Lambs
 
 ■ r «a' ] 
 
 Xambsupon any of the Lands to be divided and allotted by virtue ■ 
 
 of this Ad, or in any Lanes, Ways, or PafTages on either Side 
 
 whereof any new Fences (hall be made, for the Space of 
 
 Years after making the laid Award or Inftrument, unlefs the Party 
 
 or Parties defirous of grazing or keeping fuch Sheep or Lambs (hall un'efsproper- 
 
 firft make a good and fufficient Guard againft the Fence or Fences y guar e " 
 
 of the Allotment adjoining, ib that no Damage may be done 
 
 thereto. 
 
 3ttt> be it ftlttljer CSttaCtCtl, That from and immediately after Commiffion- 
 
 the Palling of this Aft the faid Commi ffioners, or any of \ rs c ° ap P 0,nC , 
 
 i n 1 1 r • • i t r, ■ • / „ r- t " e C-ourie of 
 
 them, mail trom time to time order, direct, and appoint the Courle Hufbandry. 
 of the Hufbandry that fhall be ufed in the Tillage Part of all the 
 faid open Fields, until fuch Time as they (hall hive completed 
 their faid Award ; and that all and every Perfons Eftate in the fame 
 Fields (hall during that Space be liable and fubjed to fuch Direc- 
 tions as the faid Commifficners, or any of rhem, (hall appoint, 
 as well with regard to the flocking as to the ploughing, tilline, 
 fowing, or .laying down the fame. 
 
 Sttt) bC ft fUrtllCt CttatteD, That it (hall and may be lawful The Reflor 
 to and for the faid Middlemore Ward and his Succeffors, Rectors as LeafeT^ 
 aforefaid, by and with the Confent of the Lord Bifhop of Lincoln 
 for the Time being, to grant any Leafe or Leaies to any Perfon or 
 Perfons wbomfoever of the Lands or Grounds to be allotted to the 
 faid Middlt more Ward and his Succeffors, in Ri°ht of the faid 
 Redory, by virtue of i his Ad, or of any Part or Parts thereof, for 
 any Number of Years., not exceeding Years, to be for Years, 
 
 computed from the next after the 
 
 Execution of the faid Award or Inftrument, fo as the heft and moft 
 improved yearly Rent or Rents be thereby referved and made pay- 
 able to the Redor of the faid Parifh of JVvodjiom for .the Time 
 being and fo as the ufual Powers of Re-entry for Non- 
 
 payment of fuch Rent or Rents, and fuch o'her necefLry Cove- 
 nants be inferted therein as is uiual in Cafes of the like Nature, 
 .and fo as the Leffee or Leffees in fuch Leafes to be named do ex- 
 ecute a Counter-part of fuch Leafs or Leaies ; any Lav/, Ulage, 
 or Cuftom to the contrary thereof in any- wife notwithftanding. 
 
 9nS be it further <£nacteD ant! declarer!, That he the faid Reaorex- 
 
 Middkmore Ward and his Succeffors, Rectors of the Parifh of f m ^ d fr ? m u 
 Wocdjlone aforefaid for the Time being, (hall be immediately upon andaloar!" 
 the Execution of the faid Award or Inftrument, and for ever there- 
 after, freed and exempt from finding, providing, 2nd maintaining 
 
 D a Bull
 
 [ '4 ] 
 
 Proprietors 
 required to 
 accept Allot- 
 ments. 
 
 a Bull and Boar, or either of them, Fear the Benefit of the Inha- 
 bitants and Peribns occupying Lands and Grounds within the faid 
 Parifh of H'oodjiom. 
 
 $ttt) bC it ftlrtfyEV (FtiaftCD, That all and every Perfon and 
 Ferions intitled to any Allotment or Allotments to be made as afore- 
 faid, ihall and is and are hereby required to accept fuch Allotment 
 or Allotments within the Space cf Calendar Months after 
 
 the Execution of the faid Award or Inftrument, and public Notice 
 given in the Parifh Church of Woodjione afoiefaid, on a Sunday 
 immediately after Divine Service, and alio Notice in Writing af- 
 fixed on One of the Doors of the faid Church for that Purpofe, 
 figned by the faid Commiffioneis, or any of them, which 
 
 Notice the faid Commiffioneis, or any of them, are hereby 
 
 required to caufe to be fo publifhed and given ; and every Perfon or 
 Perions vho mill neglect or refufe to accept of his, her, or their 
 refpe&ive Allotment or Allotments within the Time herein before 
 limited, (hall be totally excluded from any Eftate or Right of 
 Common in any of the Lands or Grounds to be allotted to any 
 ether Perlon or Peribns as aforefaid. 
 
 Guardians are ^fjfciDCU atiM^, Slltl tt it tUXttyt €iia#C&, That the 
 
 .Sp^ CrCd C ° Guardians, Committees, Hulbands, Truftees, or Attornies, or Per- 
 fons ailing as Guardian?, Committees, Truftees, or Attornies for 
 any Perfon being an Infant, Idcot, Lunatic, Feme-covert, or be- 
 yond the Seas, or otherwife incapable by Law to accept any fuch 
 Allotment, fhall be and they are hereby enabled and required to 
 accept thereof for the Ufe cf every Perfon fo incapacitated, and 
 fuch Acceptance fhall be as valid and effectual as if every fuch Perfon 
 refpe&ively was capable of ailing for himfelf or herfelf, and had 
 in Perfon made fuch Acceptance • any Thing herein contained to 
 the contrary in any- wife notwithstanding. 
 
 but their ^JObi&CtJ H£foC?tIjClCf& That the Non-claim or Non-accep- 
 
 Non '^ C n pt \ tance of anv Guardian, Hufrand, Truftee, Committee, or Attorney 
 
 ance (hall not - ' . * . * » . J 
 
 prcjudicePer- fhall not exclude or prejudice the Claim or Acceptance of any In- 
 fant, Feme-covert, or any other Perfon under fuch Disability or 
 Incapacity as aforefaid, who ihall claim or accept after fuch Dis- 
 ability or Incapacity fhall be removed, or cf any Perfon or Per- 
 ibns intitled as Heir, or in Remainder or Reverfion after the Death 
 of any Perfon dying under fuch Difability or Incapacity who fhall 
 claim or accept within after his, i er, or their Right, 
 
 Title, or Intereft fhall have defcended, vcfte ,1, or accrued. 
 
 fons under 
 any Incapa 
 .city.
 
 I '5 1 
 
 Stub bC it farther (EttattCtl, That nothing in this Ad contained This Aa not 
 ihall revoke, make void, alter, annul, or any-ways affed any ^iiforS^ 
 Settlement, Deed, or Will whatfoever, or prejudice any Perfon or dement. 
 Perfons having any Right or Claim of Dower, Jointure, Portion, 
 Debt, Rent, Incumbrance, or other Demand out of, upon, or af- 
 fecting any Lands fo intended to be inclofed as aforefaid, or any of 
 the Meffuages, Cottages, or prefent inclofed Lands to be exchanged 
 purfuant to this Ad, or any Part thereof (other than and except 
 fuch Leafes or Agreements at Rack-rent as aforefaid) but that the 
 Lands to be allotted, and the Meffuages, Cottages, and prefent in- 
 clofed Lands to be exchanged in purfuance of this Ad, fhall im- 
 mediately after the making l'uch Divifion and Allotments, and the 
 Execution of the faid Award, go,- remain, and enure, and be held 
 and enjoyed, and the feveral Proprietors to whom the fame fhall 
 be allotted, and with whom the fame fhall be exchanged, fhall, from 
 and immediately after the Execution of the faid Award, (land and 
 be feifed and poffeffed thereof refpedively, to fuch and the fame 
 Ufes, and upon fuch and the fame Trufts, and fubjed to fuch and 
 the fame Wills, Settlements, Powers, Provilbes, Limitations, Re- 
 mainders, Trufts, Charges, Rents, Incumbrances, and Demands 
 whatfoever (except as aforefaid) as he, fhe, or they refpedively 
 fhould and would have Hood feifed or poffeffed of and in his, her, 
 or their Lands, Intereff, or Property in the faid open Fields, or 
 in the faid Meffuages, Cottages, or prefent inclofed Lands (in re- 
 fped or in lieu of which fuch Allotments or Exchanges fhall be 
 reflectively made) in cafe this Ad had not been made; any Thing 
 herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. 
 
 8ttt> be it further CtiaftCtJ, That the Charges and Expences Ex P e»c« 
 incident and attending the obtaining of this Ad, and -of making how t0 ^ 
 the faid Survey, and of preparing and inroliing the faid Award cr pa ' 
 Inftrument, and all other the Charges and Expences of the faid 
 •Commiffioners, and other neceffary Expences about and concern- 
 ing the Premifes, and the faid Inclofures and Allotments thereof, 
 fhall be borne and defrayed by the Owners and Proprietors and 
 Perfons interefted as aforefaid in the faid Lands and Grounds fo ap- 
 pointed and intended to be inclofed (except the laid M'lddlemore 
 .fVard and his Succcffors, Redors as aforefaid, in refped to the 
 Lands and Grounds to be allotted and Provifion made to him in lieu 
 of his fiid Glebe and Tithes) by an equal Found Rate, according 
 to the Value of the Lands and Grounds each and every fuch Per- 
 fon and Perfons fhall have allotted, afllgned, or exchanged to or 
 with him, her, or them by virtue of this Ad, to be fettled, ad- 
 jufted, and determined by the laid Commifiioners or their Suc- 
 
 xeffois,
 
 '[ i6 ] 
 
 ceffors, or any of them ; and that in cafe any of the Perfons 
 
 aforefaid fhall refufe or neglect to pay his, her, or their Share or 
 Proportion, Shares or Proportions of fuch Charges and Expences 
 within the Time limited hy the laid Commiffioners or their Suc- 
 ceffors, or any of them, to fuch Perfon or Perfons as they, 
 or any of them, fhall appoint to receive the fame, then 
 the laid Commiffioners or their Succeffors, or any of them, 
 fhall and may and they are hereby authorized and required, by 
 Warrant under their Hands and Seals directed to any Perfon or 
 Perfons vvhomfoever, to caufe the refpective Proportions of fuch 
 Charges and Expences aforefaid, which fhall not be paid according 
 to fuch Directions as aforefaid, to be levied by 
 of the Goods and Chattels of the Perfon or Perfons fo neglect ing or 
 •refilling to pay the fame, rendering the Overplus (if any) on De- 
 mand to the Owner or Owners ot fuch Goods and Chattels, after 
 deducting the Colts of taking fuch 
 
 or otherwife it fhall and may be lawful for the fa id 
 Commiffioners or their Succeffors, or any of them, or any 
 
 Perfon or Perfons authorized by them, to 
 
 of the Premiies fo to be allotted or exchanged to and 
 with fuch Perfon or Perfons refilling or neglecting to pay as afore- 
 faid, and to the Rents and Profits thereof until 
 thereby, therewith, or otherwife the Share or Shares, Proportion 
 or Proportions of the faid Colts and Charges fo ordered and di- 
 rected by the faid Commiffioners or their Succeffors, or any 
 of them, to be paid by fuch Perfon or Perfons as aforefaid, and 
 alfo all Colts, Charges, and Expences occafioned by or attending 
 fuch of the Rents and Profits of the 
 faid Premiies, fhall reflectively be fully paid and fatisfied. 
 
 Powertobor- &ttt) \ttfyCtCES> feveral Perfons who fhall or may be intitled to 
 .row Money. acce pt fuch Allotments as aforefaid may have Occafion to borrow 
 Money to defray their refpective Shares and Proportions of the 
 Charges and Expences incident to and attending the obtaining and 
 executing this Act, and of inclofing their refpective Allotments, 
 and cannot, by reafon of fome Settlement or other Diftbility, make 
 an effectual Secur.ty thereof for the Money neceffiry to be bor- 
 rowed for thofe Purpnfes ; JBt It ti)CVCfO?£ CFnafteD, by the 
 Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for 
 any of the Perlons to whom any Allotment or Allotments fhall be 
 made by virtue of this Act, being Tenants for Life or in Tail, and 
 alfo for the Trultees, Guardians, Committees, orAttornies, or any 
 Perfon or Perfons acting as fuch, of any of the faid Owners and 
 JPioprietors, being under Coverture ; Minors, Ideots, Lunatics, or 
 
 .beyond
 
 [ '7 ] 
 
 beyond the Seas, and to and for any Perfon or Perfons feifed or 
 poffeffed of any of the faid Lands intended to be inclofed for any 
 charitable Ufes, or upon any Truft, by and with the Confent and 
 Approbation of the laid Commiffioners and their Succeffors, or 
 any of them, fignified by Writing under their Hands and 
 
 Seals, to charge the Lands and Grounds to be allotted to fuch 
 Owners and Proprietors refpecfively by virtue of this Act with any 
 Sum or Sums of Money for the Purpofes herein-before mentioned, 
 not exceeding for every Acre of the faid Lands 
 
 and Grounds; and for fecuring the Repayment of the laid Sum or 
 Sums of Money, with Intereft, to grant, mortgage, leafe, or de- 
 mife the Lands and Grounds fo to be charged unto any Perfon or 
 Perfons who fhall advance fuch Money refpectively, for any Term 
 or Number of Years, fo as fuch Grant or Demife be made with a 
 Provifo or Condition to ceafe and be void, or with an exprefs Truft 
 to be furrendered, when fuch Sum or Sums of Money, with the 
 Intereft thereof, and the Charges occafioned by the preparing and 
 executing fuch Security and of borrowing fuch Money reflectively, 
 which fhall be afcertained therein, fhall be fatisfied and paid ; and 
 do alfo contain a Provifo that the Premifes thereby mortgaged fhall 
 not be liable at any particular Interval of Time to the Payment of 
 any further Sum for the Arrears of Intereft than for in 
 
 refpecl: of the Monies fo to be charged upon fuch Lands as afore- 
 faid. 
 
 3ttD it t'0 i)Crel3£ further CttattCtJ, That all and every Perfon Secimtie. 
 or Perfons to whom any Grant, Mortgage, Leafe, or Demife fhall £* r y Jj e tranf " 
 be made by virtue of this Aft as a Security for any Sum or Sums 
 of Money by him, her, or them lent and advanced on the Credit 
 and for the Purpofes in this Act mentioned, or who fhall be in- 
 titled to the Money thereby fecured, fhall and may from time to 
 time by any Deed or Deeds, Writing or Writings, under his, her, 
 or their Hand and Seal or Hands and Seals, to be executed in the 
 Prefence of Two or more credible Witneffes, affign or transfer the 
 fame Security or Securities, or the principal Money and Intereft 
 thereby fecured, and all Benefit thereof, and all his, her, or their 
 Right, Title, and Intereft in and to the fame, unto any Perfon or 
 Perfons whomfoever, who may again in like Manner affign the 
 fame, and fo tcties quotles ; and fuch Mortgagee or Mortgagees, 
 Affignee or Affignees, his, her, and their Executors and Admini- 
 ftrators, and all Perfons claiming under them or any of them, fhall 
 and may ufe, take, and purfue all fuch lawful Methods, Courfcs, 
 and Expedients in Law or Equity for recovering and obtaining 
 Poifeflion of the Premifes fo to be mortgaged, demiled, or ailigned 
 
 E as
 
 Ccmmlfflon- 
 crstoaccoun:. 
 
 •Power of 
 Appeal. 
 
 Saving to 
 Lords of 
 Manors. 
 
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 w.aforefaid, in c.Ue of Nonpayment of riie principal Money and 
 Intcreft ro be thereby fecured, or any Part thereof, as is or are 
 ufed, taken, and purlued in other Cafes of the like Nature. 
 
 Sttt) be it further (SnattCD, That the faid Cojnrmffioners and 
 
 their Succeflors (hall and they are hereby required, at or before the 
 Time of figning the laid Award, to deliver to the Proprietors, or 
 to fuch Perfon or Perfons as they or the m<jjor Part of them iti 
 Value lh a 11 by themlelves, their rclpeclive Agents or Attornies, ap- 
 point to receive the fame, a particular Account in Writing of all 
 Monies by them the faid Commiffioners from time to time laid out 
 and affeffed in, about, or concerning the faid Divifion and Inclo- 
 fure- which Account the faid Proprietors, or the major Part of 
 them in Value, Ihall and may and they are hereby authorized and 
 impowered, if they think proper fo to do, finally to pafs, fettle, 
 and allow. 
 
 &tt& be tt further CEuaCtetJ, by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 if any Perfon or Perfons ihall think him, her, or themfelves ag- 
 grieved by any Thing done in purfuance of this Adt, then and in 
 every fuch Cafe (except the Cafes where the Orders and Determina- 
 tion of the faid Commiffioners arc directed to be final) he, fhe, or 
 they may appeal to the next General Quarter-Seffions of the Peace 
 which (hall be held by Adjournment, or otherwife, in and for the 
 faid County of Huntingdon^ within Months next after the 
 
 Caufe of Complaint Ihall have arifen ; and the Juftices in their faid 
 General Quarter-Seffions, or any Adjournment thereof, are hereby re- 
 quired to hear and determine the Matter of every fuch Appeal, and 
 to make fuch Order therein, and award fuch Cofts as to them in 
 their Difcretion fhall feem reafonable ; which Determination of the 
 faid Juftices fhall be final and conclufive to all Parties concerned, 
 and fhall not be removed or removeable by Certiorari or any other 
 Writ or Procefs whatfoever in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record 
 at Weftminfler or elfewhere. 
 
 $jobtt>e& altoa^g, ana be it cfttatteD attn declared, That 
 
 nothing in this Acl contained Ihall prejudice, leffen, or defeat the 
 Right, Title, or Intereft of the faid Carrier Thompfon, his Heirs 
 and Affigns, of, in, or to the Seigniories or Royalties, incident 
 or belonging to the faid Manor of Woodflone, or any other 
 Manor or Lordfhip, or reputed Manor or Lordfhip, within the 
 Jurifdiclion or Limits whereof the faid Lands, Grounds, and Pre- 
 mifes hereby direded to be inclofed, or any Part or Parts thereof, 
 are lying and being, -, but that he the faid Carrier Thompfon, his 
 
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 Heirs and Affigns, as Lord or Lords thereof, fhall and may from 
 time to time and at all Times hereafter hold and enjoy all Rents, 
 Services, Courts, Perquifites and Profits of Courts, and all other 
 .Royalties and Privileges to the Paid Manors or Lordfhips, reputed 
 Manors or Lordfhips, or to the Paid Lord or Lords thereof, or any 
 claiming under him or them, incident or appendant, belonging or 
 appertaining (other than and except fuch Right cf Common as can 
 or may be claimed by or belonging to him or them refpeclively as 
 Lord or Lords, in, over, and upon the Lands and Grounds lb to 
 be divided and inclofed as aforefaid) in as full, ample, and bene- 
 ficial a Manner to all Intents and Purpofes as he or they ought or 
 might have held and enjoyed the fame before the Patting of this 
 Acf , or in cafe the fame had never been made. 
 
 gating altDat0 to the KING'S moft Excellent Majesty, General Sa- 
 his Heirs and Succeffors, and to all and every other Perfon and Per- vin S- 
 ions, Bodies Politic and Corporate, his, her, or their Heirs, Suc- 
 ceffors, Executors, and Admin iftrators (other than and except fuch 
 Bodies Politic and Corporate, and fuch Perfon and Perfons, his, 
 her, and their Heirs, Succeffors, Executors, Adminiftrators, and 
 Affigns, to whom any Allotment fhall be made by virtue of this 
 Act, and all Perfons claiming by, from, or under them, or any 
 of them refpeclively) all fuch Eftate, Right, Title, and Intereft 
 as they, every or any of them, had and enjoyed of, in, to, or out 
 of the faid Lands and Grounds before the Palling of this Act, or 
 could or ought to have had and enjoyed in cafe the fame had not 
 been made; but no Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politic or Corporate, 
 his, her, or their Heirs, Executors, Adminiftrators, or Succeffors, 
 ihall have Power to difturb any of the Allotments to be made ifi 
 purfuance of this A&, but fhall accept the feveral Allotments which 
 fhall be made, in Lieu of the Tithes, Dues, Payments, Lands, Com- 
 mon Right, and other Intereft in the faid Lands and Grounds 
 which he, fhe, or they would have been intitled to in cafe this 
 Ad had not been made.
 
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 The Payment of Cofts to Parties, and Charges to 
 Conftables, Witneffes, and others, on Complaints 
 determined before Juftices of the Peace out of 
 Seflions ; for making a Conftables Rate ; and for 
 the Payment of Charges to Witneffes and Profecu- 
 tors of any Larceny or other Felony, in certain 
 Cafes. 
 
 Note. — The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of the 
 Folios in the written Copy. 
 
 4N$®$£4$ ft) € E <£ 3 % by the Laws now m being, His i 
 
 # # Majefty's Juftices of the Peace are not fufficiently 
 
 * ® ^ authonfed, on Complaints that come before them 
 Sm>«JI out of Seflions, to award Cofts againft either the 
 ^was-af-aS p erfon or p er f ons complaining, or the Perfon or 
 
 Perfons againft whom any Complaint is made, as to Juftice 
 may appertain 
 
 A May 

 
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 May it therefore pleafe Your M A J E S T Y, 
 
 That it may be Enacted : QllB tt it Ctttftetl by the KING'S 
 
 Molt Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and 
 Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, 
 i;i this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority 
 of the fame, That in all Cafes whatfoever, where any Com- 
 plaint fliall be made before any of His Majefty's Juftices of 
 the Peace, i'-:r any County, City, Riding, Divifion, or Liber- 
 ty, and any Warrant or Summons fliall iffue in confequence 
 of fuch Complaint, that then it fliall and may be lawful to 
 and for any Juftice or Juftices of the Peace, who fliall have 
 heard and determined the Matter of the faid Complaint, to 
 award fuch Cofts, and in Manner and Form, as to him or 
 them fliall feem fit, as well to the Party injured, as alfo a 
 reafonable Satisfaction for the Trouble and Lofs of Time of 
 the Confrable and Perfons fummoned to appear, and appear- 
 ing, to give their Evidence before fuch Juftice or Juftices : 
 And in "cafe any Perfon, fo ordered by the faid Juftice or 
 juftices of the Peace to pay fuch Sum or Sums of Money 
 as aforefaid, fliall refufe or neglect, for the Space of 
 Days, to pay the faid Sum or Sums of Money, it fliall and 
 may he lawful for the faid Juftice or Juftices, by Warrant 
 under his or their Hand and Seal, or Hands and Seals, to 
 levy the laid Sum or Sums by of the 
 
 Goods and Chattels of fuch Perfon fo refufing or neglecting. 
 
 prCyiDCD nC\)Crtf>eiCf0, That upon the Conviction of any 
 Perfon or Perfons upon any Penal Statute or Statutes, the 
 faid Cofts, and Satisfaction for Charges, Trouble, and Lofs 
 of Time, fliall be deducted by the faid Juftice or Juftices, 
 according to his or their Difcretion, out of the faid Penalty 
 or Penalties, and the Remainder of the faid Penalty or Penal- 
 ties fliall be pud to or divided among the Perfon or Perfons, 
 who would have been entitled to the Whole of the Penalty or 
 Penalties, in cafe this Act had not been made. 
 
 SllD tofjCtCasl Conftables, Headboroughs, and Tythingmen, 
 are or may be at great Charge and Lofs of Time in do- 
 in°- the Bufinefs of their Parilh or Townfliip, and in many 
 Cafes are not fufficiently indemnified by the Laws now 
 in being for the fame : T5e it t&etefOtC CnafietJ, That 
 Conftables, Headboroughs, or Tythingmen, may, at going out 
 of Office, produce their Account of all fuch Charges and 
 Recompence for the Lofs of Time, in all fuch Cafes not hitherto 
 
 provided
 
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 provided fur by the Laws heretofore made, or by this Act, 
 to any of His Majefty's Juftices of the Peace in and 
 
 for the faid County, Riding, Divifion, City, or Liberty ; 
 and they, together with the Churchwardens, and Overfeers 
 of the Poor, and other Inhabitants of the faid Parifh or 
 Townfhip, (hall hereby have Power and Authority to make 
 an indifferent Rate, and to tax all the Occupiers of Lands 
 and Inhabitants, and all other Perfons chargeable by the 
 Statute made in the Forty-third Year of Queen Elizabeth, 
 concerning the Office and Duty of Overfeers of the Poor, 
 within the faid Parifh or Townfhip ; which Account and 
 Rate being approved of, and confirmed under the Hands 
 and Seals of any Juftices cf the Peace as aforefaid, 
 
 the faid Conftable, Headborough, or Tythingman,. fhall have 
 Power, by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of One Juftice 
 of the Peace, to levy by of the 
 
 Goods and Chattels of any Perfon or Perfons refufing to pay 
 the fame. 
 
 3nD be it flltt'oCt €nac£CtJ, That in cafe any Perfon 
 or Perfons fhall find him, her, or themfelves, aggrieved by 
 any fuch Account, Rate, or AfTefTment, or any Part thereor, 
 or fhall have any material Objection to any Perfon or Per- 
 fons being put on or left out of fuch Rate, or to the 
 Sum charged on any Perfon or Perfons therein, or to fuch 
 Account, or any Part thereof, or fhall find him, her, or 
 themfelves aggrieved by any Neglect, Act, or Thing done 
 or omitted by the faid Conftables, Headboroughs, or Ty- 
 thingmen, or any of them, or by His Majefty's faid Juftices 
 of the Peace, it fhall and may be lawful for fuch Perfon or 
 Perfons, in any of the Cafes aforefaid, giving reafonable 
 Notice to the faid Conftables, Headboroughs, or Tything- 
 men, to appeal to the next General Quarter Seffions of the 
 Peace for the County, City, Riding, Divifion, or Liberty, • 
 where fuch Parifh, Townfhip, or Place lies ; and the Juftices 
 of the Peace there affembled, are hereby authorifed and re- 
 quired to receive fuch Appeal, and hear and finally deter- 
 mine the fame, and may award and order to the Party for 
 whom the Appeal fhall be determined fuch reafonable Cofts 
 as to the faid Juftices fhall feem proper : PrOfoltSCD Qitua^g, 
 That in all Cities or Liberties which have not Juftices 
 
 of the Peace, it fhall and may be lawful for any Perfon 
 or Perfons, in any of the Cafes aforefaid, where an Appeal 
 is given by this A.ct, to appeal, if he, fhe, or they fhall 
 
 think
 
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 think fit, to the next General Quarter Sefiions of the Peace 
 for the County, Riding, or Divilion, wherein fuch City or 
 Liberty is fituate. 
 
 3nD tUl)CrCa0, by an Act palled in the Twenty-fifth Year 
 of his late Majefty King George the Second, intituled, " An 
 " A<ft for the better preventing Thefts and Robberies, and for 
 " regulating Places of Public Entertainment, and punifhing 
 " Perfons keeping disorderly Ploufes," it was recited, that 
 " Whereas many Perfons are deterred from proiecuting Per- 
 " fons guilty of Felony, upon Account of the Expence attending 
 " fuch Proiecurions, which is a Caufe of the Fncouragement of 
 " Thefts j" aid it was therein, among other Things enadted, 
 that it fhould and might be in the Power of the Court be- 
 fore whom any Perfon has been tried and convicted of any 
 Grand or Petit Larceny, or other Felony, at the Prayer of 
 the Profecutor, and on Confideration of his Circumltances, 
 to order the Treafurer of the County in which the Offence 
 fhall have been committed, to pay unto fuch Profecutor fuch 
 Sum of Monev as to the faid Court (hall fcem realbnable, 
 not exceeding the Expences which it fhall appear to the Court 
 the Profecutor was put unto in carrying on fuch Profecution, 
 making him a reafonable Allowance tor his Time and Trouble 
 therein ; which Order the Clerk of Affize or Clerk of the Peace 
 refpectively was thereby directed and required forthwith to 
 make out, and to deliver unto fuch Profecutor, upon being 
 paid for the fame the Sum of One Shilling, and no more : 
 
 gnu" tnfxrcag, by an Acf paffed in the Twenty-feventh Year 
 of his late Majefty King Gccrge the Second, reciting that 
 the Expence, as well as Lof> of Time, in attending Courts 
 of Juftice, is a Difcouragement to the poorer Sort to appear 
 as Witneffes againft Offenders, who thereby efcape the pub- 
 lic Juftice, and the Punifhment due to their Crimes, it was 
 enacted, That when any poor Perfon fhall appear on Recog- 
 nizance in any Court to give Evidence againft another ac- 
 cuied of i.ny Grand or Petit Larceny or other Felony, it 
 fhould and might be in the Power of the Court, at the 
 Prayer, and on the Oath of fuch Perfon, and on Confidera- 
 tion of his Circumftances, in open Court, to pay unto fuch 
 Perfon fuch Sum of Money, as to the faid Court fhall feem 
 reafonable, fur his Time, Trouble, and Expence; which Or- 
 der the proper Officer of fuch Couit is required to make 
 out and deliver to fuch Perfon, upon being paid for the fame 
 the Sum of Six Pence, and no more : 
 
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 gtlti tofjCteaS the faid recited Acts of the Twenty- fifth 
 and Twenty-feventh Years of his late M-ajefty King George 
 the Second have been a great Encouragement towards bring- 
 ing Offenders to Juftice, in all fuch Cafes as are within the 
 Purview of the laid Statutes; but, neverthelefs, it has been 
 found by Experience, that the faid recited Statute of the 
 Twenty-feventh Year of his faid late Majedy, with regard 
 to Perfons appearing on Recognizance in any Court to give 
 Evidence as afcrefaid, extends only to fuch poor Perfons as 
 fhall make Oath of their Poverty, fuch Court alfo confider- 
 ing their Circumftances : 
 
 9tlQ tCfrCrca.S the faid Aft of the Twenty-fifth Year of his 
 faid late Majefty, with regard to Profecutors, directs the 
 Court to confider the Circumftances of fuch Profecutor, 
 and alfo gives him Relief only where the Offender is con- 
 victed : 
 
 OnD ttlf/CtCaS it is juft and reafonable, and may tend in 
 future to the due Profecution of all Offenders againfr. the 
 Laws, that every Profecutor to Conviction, and every Per- 
 fon (o appearing on Recognizance, fhould be allowed his 
 reafonable Expences, and alfo, in cafe he be poor, a reafon- 
 able Satisfaction for his Trouble and Lofs of T me ; and 
 that fuch Allowance mould be made to Profecutors as afore- 
 faid even though the Perfon fo accufed be acquitted : Pro- 
 vided it fhall appear to fuch Court before whom the faid 
 Prifoner fhall have been tried, that there was a reafonable 
 Ground of Profecution : 
 
 15C it further CtiaftCD by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 from and after the Day of it 
 
 fhall and may be in the Power of the Court before whom 
 any Perfon has been convicted, or in cafe it fhall appear unto 
 the faid Court, that there was a reafonable Ground of Profe- 
 cution, though fuch Perlon fhall be acquitted, of any Grand 
 or Petit Larceny, or other Felony, to grant to the faid Pro- 
 fecutor, upon the Prayer of fuch Profecutor, a Certificate of 
 fuch Profecution, under the Hand of the Clerk of Afhze or 
 his lawful Deputy, or the Clerk of the Peace or his lawful 
 Deputy, as the Cafe may be, he receiving for the fame from 
 the faid Profecutor the Sum of and no more. 
 
 3nD fce it (JBnaftCtJ by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 from and after the Day of when any 
 
 Perfon or Perfons fhall appear on Recognizance to give 
 Evidence upon any Indictment for any Grand or Petit Larcenv, 
 
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 or other Felony, it mall and may be in the Power of the 
 Court, at the Prayer of fuch .Perfon or Perfons, to grant to 
 him, her, or them, a Certificate that fuch Perfon or Perfons 
 .10 has or have appeared on Recognizance in iuch Court to 
 give Evidence, under the Hand of the Clerk of Aflize or 
 his lawful Deputy, or the Clerk of the Peace or his lawful 
 Deputy, as the Cafe may be, he receiving for the fame, from 
 the faid Perfon or Perfons, the Sum of and no 
 
 more. 
 
 SnD b£ It dEna&etJ by the Authority aforefaid, That from 
 and after the Day of His Majefty's 
 
 Juftices of the Peace {hall, at every Quarter Seflions of the 
 Peace wherein fuch Certificate or Certificates dull have been 
 granted, or in cafe the fame (had have been granted at the 
 Afiizes, then at the next Quarter SeiTtons of the Peace to 
 be holden in and for the County, City, Riding, Divifion, 
 or Liberty, either then examine into the faid Certificate or 
 Certificates, in Manner as hereinafter is mentioned, or ap- 
 point a Day or Days for the holding a fpecial Seflions for 
 the Purpofe of examining the faid Certificate or Certificates, 
 within the Space of after fuch General Quarter 
 
 Seflions, at which Time or Times the Perfon or Perfons 
 having fuch Certificate as aforefaid, fhall deliver in to the faid 
 1 1 Quarter SeiTions, or Special Seflions, his, her, or their faid Cer- 
 tificate, together with an Account in Writing of the rea- 
 fonable Expences he, die, or they, fhall have been put unto 
 by Rcafon of the faid Profecution or the fdd Appearance 
 on Recognizance, which faid Account the faid Juftices of 
 the Peace, or any or more of them, fhall examine 
 
 into, upon Oath, cr otherwife, and tax the fame as to 
 them fhall feem meet, allowing to the laid Perfon or Per- 
 fons fuch Sum of Money as they fhall think reafonable, not 
 exceeding the Expences which it fhall appear to them 
 that the (aid Perfon or Perfons was or were, bona fide, put 
 unto by Reafon of the faid Profecution or Appearance on 
 Recognizance ; and in cafe the faid Perfon or Perfons fhall 
 appear to them in poor Circumftances, then it fhall and 
 mav be lawful for the faid Juftices of the Peace to allow 
 to the faid Perfon or Perfons a reafonable Satisfaction for 
 his, her, or their Trouble and Lofs of Time, and the faid 
 Juftices of the Peace may make out an Order, under the 
 Hands and Seals of or more of them, upon the 
 
 Treafurer of the County, Riding, or Divifion, for the Pay- 
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 ment of the faid Sum of Money to the faid Perfon or 12 
 Peribns, upon being paid by him, her, or them, for the 
 fame, the Sum of and no more ; and fuch Trea- 
 
 furer is hereby authorized and required, upon Delivery of 
 fuch Order, forthwith to pay unto fuch Perfon or Perfons 
 authorized to receive the fame, fuch Sum of Money as 
 aforefaid, and he (hall be allowed the fame in his Ac- 
 counts. 
 
 3nD t)C it further <2£na&eD by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That if any Action or Suit (hall be commenced againft any 
 Perfon or Perfons, for any Thing done in Purfuance of this 
 Act, the Defendant or Defendants in any fuch Action or 
 Suit m,-y plead the General Iffue, and give this Act and 
 the Special Matter in Evidence, at any Trial to be had 
 thereupon, and that the fame was done in Purfuance, and 
 bv the Authority of this Act ; and if it mall appear fo to 
 have been done, the Jury {hail find for the Defendant or 
 Defendants ; and if the Plaintiff (hall be nonfuit, or dif- 
 continue his A&ion after the Defendant or Defendants fliall 
 have appeared, or if Judgment fhr.ll be given upon any 
 Verdict or Demurrer againft the Plaintiff, the Defendant and 1-^ 
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 [With the Amendments] 
 
 T O 
 
 Promote the Refidence of the Parochial Clergy, 
 by making Provifion for the more fpeedy and 
 effectual building, re-building, or repairing, 
 Parfbnage Houfes ; and for erecting or repair- 
 ing other neceflary Buildings upon the Glebes 
 belonging thereto. 
 
 N. R. The Words printed in Italics, and between Brackets, 
 thus [ ], iv ere infer ted by the Committee. 
 
 Note. — The Figures in the Margin denote the Numbers of the 
 Folios in the written Copy. 
 
 g>£»>W3 € & <£ 3 §> many of the Parochial Clergy, for 
 5^ ^S Want of proper Habitations, are induced to refide 
 "k ^ M ' at a Pittance from their Benefices ; by which Means 
 5BCJBC the Parishioners lofe the Advantage of their In- 
 kjSQOOStjal ftrucfion and Hofpitality, which were great Ob- 
 jects in the original Diflribution of Tythes and Glebes for 
 the Endowment of Churches : Jfot Remedy whereof, 
 
 A May
 
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 May it pleafe Your MAJEST Y, 
 
 That it may be Enafted ; 9ttD be it <BmSttH by the K ING's 
 
 moil Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Con- 
 lent of the Lords Spiiitual and Temporal, and Commons, in 
 this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of 
 tine fame, That from and after the [Tiventy -fourth] Day of 
 [June One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy -/even,] when- 
 ever the Parfon, Vicar, or other Incumbent, of any Ecclefiaf- 
 tical Living, whereon there is no Parfonage Houfe, or fuch 
 Hou(e is become fo ruinous and decayed that [One Tear] 
 neat Income and Produce of fuch Living will not be fufficient 
 to re-build, or put the fame, with the neceflary Offices belong- 
 ing thereto, in fufficient Repair, fhall think, fit to apply for 
 the Aid and Affiftance intended to be given by this Act, it 
 fhall and may be lawful for every fuch Parfon, Vicar, or In- 
 cumbent (after having procured from fome lkilful and ex- 
 perienced Workman or Surveyor, a Certificate of the State 
 and Condition of the Buildings on fuch Glebe, and of the 
 Value of the Timber and 6ther Materials thereupon, fit to be 
 employed in fuch Buildings or Repairs, and alio a Plan and 
 Eftimate of the Work propofed to be done, and laid the fame, 
 together with a juft and particular Account in Writing, 
 ligned by him, of the annual Profits of fuch Living, before 
 the Ordinary of the Diocefe, and Patron of the Living, and 
 obtained their Confent to fuch propofed new Buildings or Re- 
 pairs, by Writing under their refpedlive Hands, in the Form 
 for that Purpofe contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed) 
 to borrow and take up at Intereft, in the Manner hereafter 
 mentioned, fuch Sum or Sums of Money as the faid Eftimate 
 fhall amount unto, not exceeding \ffuo Tears] neat Income 
 and Produce of fuch Living, after deducting all Rents, Sti- 
 pends, Taxes, and other Outgoings; and, as a Security for the 
 Money fo to be borrowed, to mortgage the Glebe, Tythes, 
 Rents, and other Profits and Emoluments, arifing or to arife 
 from fuch Living, to fuch Perfon or Ferfons who fhall advance 
 the fame, by One or more Deed or Deeds, for the Term of 
 [Twenty-one Tears,] or until the Money fo to be borrowed, 
 with Intereft for the fame, and fuch Cofts and Charges as 
 may attend the Recovery thereof, fhall be fully paid and fa- 
 tisfied, according to the Terms, Conditions, true Intent and 
 Meaning of this Act; which Mortgage Deed or Deeds fliall 
 
 be
 
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 be made in the Form or to the Effect for that Purpofe con- 
 tained in the faid Schedule, and (hall bind every iucceeding 
 Parfiin, Vicar, or Incumbent, of fuch Living, until the Prin- 
 cipal and Intereft, Cofts and Charges, fhall be paid off and 
 difcharged, as fully and effectually as if fuch SuccefTor had 
 executed the fame. 
 
 9ltt) Sc it further CliattcB, That every fuch Mortgagee 
 fliall execute a Counterpart of every fuch refpective Mortgage 
 Deed, to be kept by the Incumbent for the Time being ; and 
 a Copy of every fuch Mortgage Deed (hall be regiftered with 
 the Clerk of the Confiftory Court of the Bifhop of the Diocele 
 for the Time being, after having been fir ft examined by him 
 with the Original, and fliall be referred to upon all neceffary 
 Occafions (the Perfon infpecting the fame paying [Two Shillings 
 and Six Pence] for every Search) and fliall be allowed as legal 
 Evidence in cafe fuch Mortgage Deed (hall happen to be loll 
 or deft roved. 
 
 9nTJ &C it fUttfjCr €naftCD, That the Money fo to be 
 borrowed, fliall be paid into the Hands of fuch Perfon or Per- 
 fons as fliall be nominated and appointed to receive and apply 
 the fame, for the Purpofes aforefaid, by the Ordinary, Patron, 
 and Incumbent, by Writing under their refpective Hands, in 
 the Form for that Purpofe contained in the faid Schedule ; and 
 the Receipt of the Perfon or Perfons fo to be nominated, (hail 
 be a fufheient Difcharge to the Perfon or Perfons who fliall ad- 
 vance and lend the Money upon fuch Mortgage or Mortgages ; 
 and the Perfon or Perfons fo to be nominated fliall enter into 
 Contracts with proper Perfons for fuch Buildings or Repairs 
 as fliall be approved by the Patron, Ordinary, and Incumbent, 
 and fliall be lpecified in an Inftrument wrote upon Parchment, 
 and figned by them, in the Form for that Purpoie contained in 
 the faid Schedule; and fliall infpecf and have the Care of the 
 Execution of fuch Contracts ; and fliall pay the Money for fuch 
 Buildings and Repairs, according to the Terms of luch Agree- 
 ment, and (hall take proper Receipts and \ ouchers for the 
 fame ; and, as foon as fuch Buildings or Repairs fliall be com- 
 pleted, and the Money paid, {hall make out an Account of 
 his Receipts and Payments, and enter them in a Bock, fairly 
 wrote, which (hall be figned by him, and laid before the Pa- 
 tron, Ordinary, and Incumbent, and examined by them ; and 
 when allowed, by Writing under their refpective Hands, ;n the 
 Form for that Purpofe contained in the faid Schedule, fuch 
 
 Allowance
 
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 Allowance {hall be a full Difcharge to the Perfon fo nominated, 
 in refpecl: to the faid Account; and if any Balance fhall re- 
 main in the Hands of fuch Nominee or Nominees, the lame 
 (hall be either laid out in feme further lafling Improvements in 
 Buildings upon fuch Glebe, or fhall be paid and applied in the 
 Difcharge of fo much of the laid Principal Debt as fuch Ba- 
 lance will extend to pay, at the Difcretiori of the faid Ordinary, 
 Patron, and Incumbent, by Order figned by them, in the Form 
 that Purpofe contained in the laid Schedule ; and an Ac- 
 count fhall ; kept, made out, and allowed, of fuch fur- 
 ther Difburfements, in Manner aforefaid ; all which Accounts, 
 when made out, completed, and allowed, fhall be depofited, 
 with the Vouchers, in the Hands of the faid Clerk of the Con- 
 tiftory Court, and kept by him for the Ufe and Benefit of the 
 Incumbents of fuch Living for the Time being; who fhall 
 have a Right to infpedt the fame whenever Occafion fhall re- 
 quire, paying to fuch Clerk the Sum of [Tioo Shillings and Six 
 Pence] for every fuch InfpecTiion. 
 
 IProUinco aitoaps, anO be it further <£naaeu\ That every 
 
 fuch Ordinary, before he fhall fignify his Confent in Manner 
 aforefaid, fhall caufe an Enquiry to be made, and certified to 
 him, by [Two] Clergymen within his Diocefe, living near the 
 Parifh where fuch Buildings are propofed to be made or re- 
 paired, in the Forms for th&t Purpofe fpecified in the faid 
 Schedule, of the State and Condition of fuch Buildings at the 
 Time the Incumbent entered upon fuch Living, how long fuch 
 Incumbent had enjoyed fuch Living, what Money he had re- 
 ceived lay Dilapidations, and how and in what Manner he had 
 laid cut the fame; and if it fhall appear to them that fuch 
 Incumbent had, by wilful Negligence, fuffered fuch Buildings 
 to go out of Repair, then to certify the fame to the faid Ordi- 
 nary, and alfo the Amount of the Damage which fuch Build- 
 ings had fuftained by the wilful Neglect of fuch Incumbent; 
 and fuch Incumbent fhall pay the fame into the Hands of the 
 Nominee or Nominees to be appointed under the Authority of 
 this A£t, t defraying the Expences of fuch Building or 
 
 lirs, before the Ordinary fhall give his Confent as afore- 
 faid. 
 
 Sntl fee it filttfjCr €mll&}, That the Incumbent of 
 every fuch Living, and his SuccefTors for the Time being, 
 fhall, and he and they is and are hereby required to pay 
 the Intereft -anfing upon every fuch Mortgage [Half-yearly,] 
 
 as
 
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 as the fame ibajl become due, or within [One Month] after, 
 and alfb [Six Pounds] per Centum of the Principal remain- 
 ing due, by [Pi u If -yearly] Payments; and that erery fuch In- 
 cumbent who mall not refide [Six Calendar Months] in the 
 Year upon (uch Living (computing fuch Year from the 
 \Fjrft Day of 'January]) fhall, inftead of the faid Sum of 8 
 j Pounds] per Centum per Annum, pay the Sum of 
 
 [Eight Pounds] per Centum per Annum of the Principal re- 
 maining due, by [Half-yearly] Payments (fuch Payments to be 
 dively made at the fame Time fuch Intereft mall be 
 paid) until the whole Principal Money and Intereft thail be 
 fully paid and difcharged ; and that every fuch Incumbent 
 ihall annually, at his Expence, from the Time fuch Buildings 
 authorized to be made by this Act fhall be completed, in- 
 fure, at One of the Public Offices cftablifhed in London or 
 Weftminfler for Infurance of Houies and Buildings, the Houfe 
 and other Buildings upon fuch Glebe, againft. Accidents by 
 Fire, at fuch Sum of Money as fhall be agreed upon by 
 the Patron, Ordinary, and Incumbent. 
 
 SlnB tiC it fUVtljC'C CnaftCD, That at or before the Day 
 or, which the Money fo to be borrowed and fecured as 
 aforefaid fhall be paid, the Incumbent fhall, with One fuf- 
 ikient Suret 1 , become bound to the Ordinary of the Diccefe 
 and his Succeffors in a penal Sum to the Amount of the 
 Sum fo to be borrowed, with Condition that fuch Incum- 
 bent fhall, as foon as fuch Building and Repairs fhall be 
 ' ted, and afterwards annually, fo long as he holds the 
 lid Living, infure the Houfe and Buildings upon fuch Glebe, 9 
 in Manner and a,t the Sum aforefaid, againft Accidents by 
 Fire ; and that every fucceeding Incumbent of fuch Living 
 fhall give a Bond of the like Sort, with fufficient Surety, to 
 the Ordinary of the Diocefe, before he fhall be inftituted 
 ai d inducted thereto, in fuch Penalty, not exceeding the Pe- 
 nalty aforefaid, as the Ordinary fhall think proper ; which 
 Ordinaries are hereby required to take fuch refpective Bonus, 
 and keep them with Safety, that they may be tianimitied 
 to their reipe&ive Succeffors. 
 
 ^SIB &C it ftittker €tiaftcn, That every fuch Parfon, Vi- 
 car, or Incumbent, fhall, at the Time he executes fuch 
 Mortgage 4 Deed or Deeds, alfo execute a Bond or Bonds 
 to the Mortgagee or Mortgagees, in the Penalty of the Sum 
 to be fecured by each reipective Mortgage Deed, condi- 
 
 B tioned
 
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 tioned for the due Payment and Difcharge of the Intereft 
 and Principal [Half-yearly,] during the Time he fhall enjoy 
 fuch Living, according to the Direction and the true Mean- 
 ing of this Act ; and mail alfo, at the fame Time, execute 
 another Bond, with One fufficient Surety, to fuch Mortgagee, 
 in a penal Sum equal to the Double of the Sum to be 
 paid within the Firft Year for fuch Intereft and Princi- 
 i° pal, conditioned for the Payment of fuch Sum or Sums of 
 Money as fuch Parfon, Vicar, or Incumbent, or his Repre- 
 fentatives, in cafe of Avoidance of fuch Living by Death 
 or otherwife, fhall be liable to pay for the growing [Half 
 Tear] in which fuch Death or Avoidance (hall happen, ac- 
 cording to the Direction of this Act. 
 
 dnU, in order that the Payment for fuch [Half Tear] may 
 be juftly and equitably afcertained and adjufted between the 
 Succeffor and fuch Parfon, Vicar, or Incumbent, fo avoiding 
 fuch Living, or his Representatives in cafe of Death or other 
 Avoidance, in fuch Proportions as the Profits of fuch Liv- 
 ing fhall have been received by them refpedtively for the 
 Year in which fuch Death or Avoidance mail happen ; 
 %Z it fUl'thSU (JEnSftCU, That in cafe any Difference 
 fhall arife in adjufting or fettling the Proportions aforefaid, 
 the fame fliall be determined by Two indifferent Perfons, 
 the one to be named by the faid Succeffor, and the other 
 by the Perfon making fuch Avoidance, or his Reprefenta- 
 tives in cafe of his Death ; and in cafe fuch Nominees fhall 
 not be appointed within the Space of [Tivo Calendar Months 
 next after fuch Death or slvoidance,] or if they cannot agree 
 in adjufting fuch Proportions within the Space of [One Ca- 
 lendar Month] after they fliall have been appointed, the fame 
 fhall be determined by fome neighbouring Clergyman, to 
 be nominated by the Ordinary of the Diocefe, whofe De- 
 termination fhall be final and conclufive between the Parties; 
 which Nominations and Determinations {hall be made ac- 
 cording to the Forms for that Purpofe contained in the faid 
 Schedule, as near as conveniently may be. 
 
 3nU be it further CnaftCtl, That where there fhall be no 
 Parfonage Houfe upon any Ecclefiaflical Living fo defcribed 
 as aforelaid, or being one, the fame fhall be in fuch a State of 
 Decay as aforefaid, and the Incumbent fhall not refide in the 
 fame for fuch Time within the Year as aforefaid, it fliall be 
 lawful for the Patron of fuch Living, with the Confent of the 
 
 Ordinary, 
 
 ii
 
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 Ordinary (in cafe the Incumbent (hall not think fit to make 
 fuch Application as aforefaid for building, repairing, or re- 
 building fuch Parfonage Houfe) to procure fuch Plan, Efti- 
 mate, and Certificate, as herein directed, and to proceed in the 
 Execution of the feveral Purpofes of this Act in fuch Man- 
 ner as the Parfon, Vicar, or Incumbent is hereby authorized 
 and directed to proceed, and to make and execute fuch Mort- 12 
 gage as aforefaid, which fhall be binding upon the Incumbent 
 and his Succeffors j and he and they fhall be, and are hereby, 
 made liable to the Payment of the Intereff, Principal, and 
 Colts, and alfo to the Expences of Infuring according to the 
 Directions aforefaid, as fully and effectually as if he and they 
 had refpectively executed fuch Mortgage and Eond ; and 
 every fuch Incumbent and his Repreientatives fhall be, and 
 are hereby, alfo made refpectively liable to the Proportion of 
 the Payments for the [Half. Tear] which fhall be growing at 
 the Time of the Death of fuch Incumbent, or Avoidance 
 of fuch Living, according to the Diredion aforefaid. 
 
 3nD hz It furtfjet CnaSCD, That all Sum and Sums of 
 Money recovered or received by Suit or Compolitions from 
 the Reprefentaiives of any former Incumbent ot fuch Living, 
 and not laid out in the Repairs of fuch Buildings, fhall go 
 and be applied in Part of the Payments under fuch Eftimate 
 as aforefaid ; and that all Money thereafter to be fo recovered 
 or received (in cafe the fame cannot be had before fuch Build- 
 ings are completed, and the Money paid for the fame) fhall be 13 
 applied, as foon as received, in Payment of the Principal then 
 due on fuch Mortgage or Mortgages, as far as the fame will 
 extend. 
 
 JprcfciQCD altoags, anu 6e it further Cnaftcn, That when- 
 ever the Patron of any Living, to which the Provifions of this 
 Act are propofed to be extended, fhall happen to be a Minor, 
 it fhall and may be lawful for the Guardian of every fuch 
 Patron to tranfact the feveral Matters aforefaid for fuch Patron, 
 who fhall be bound thereby in fuch Manner as if he had been 
 of full Age, and had done fuch Act, or given his Confent 
 thereto. 
 
 lpro\)iDcD alfo, ant) be it further <£na8eQ, That all Ads 
 
 hereinbefore required to be done, or contented to, by the 
 Ordinary and Patron, fhall be done by the Ordinary alone, 
 when fuch Ordinary fhall happen to be the Patron of the Liv- 
 ing ;
 
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 ing; and that no Deed, Bond, Transfer, or other Writing, 
 Inftrument, or Proceeding, made, had, or done under the 
 Powers or Authority of this j <ft, fhall be charged or charge- 
 able with any Stamp or Duty hatfoever, any Law or Statute 
 to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 14 Iprotiiueo lifccroife, ana be it further <£nafteo, Th at 
 
 whenever any Controverfy or Difpute fhall arife touching 
 the Refidence of the Incumbent, with refpect to any of the 
 Matters contained in this Adl, the lame fhall be adjufled and 
 determined by the Ordinary of the Diocefe. 
 
 SCHEDULE
 
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 : H E D U L E, 
 
 To which the BILL refers. 
 
 *5 
 
 F O R M of the Consent of the Ordinary and Patron. 
 
 To be wrote on Parchment. 
 
 J B. Rector, Vicar, &c. (as the Cafe (hall be) of the Parifli 
 -*-* • and Parifh Church of in the County 
 
 of within the Diocefe of the Bifhop of 
 
 having produced to us the Right Reverend 
 Ordinary of the faid Diocefe, and Patron of the 
 
 laid Church and Living, a Certificate under the Hand of 
 
 a fkilful and experienced Workman or Surveyor, of the 
 State and Condition of the Buildings upon the Glebe belonging to 
 the faid Church, and of the Value of the Timber and other 
 Materials thereupon fit to be employed about fuch Buildings, 
 and alio a Plan made by the faid of the 
 
 Work propofed to be done by new Buildings and Repairs upon 
 the laid Glebe, and an Eflimate of the Expence attending the 
 fame, after applying the faid Materials, or the Money to arife 
 from the Sale thereof, in fuch Buildings and Repairs ; and alfo 
 a particular Account in Writing, figned by the faid A. B. of j6 
 the annual Profits of fuch Living, and of the Rents, Stipends, 
 Taxes, and other Outgoing, annually iffuing thereout, purfuant 
 to the Directions of an Ait, paffed in the Sixteenth Year of 
 the Reign of His Majefty King George the Third, for promoting 
 the Refidence of the Parochial Clergy, by making Provilion for 
 the more fpeedy and effectual building, re-building, or re- 
 pairing, Parlonage Houfes, and for erecting or repairing other 
 neceffary Buildings upon the Glebes belonging thereto; and 
 having confidered fuch Certificate, Plan, and Account, we do 
 approve thereof, and do confent that fuch Buildings and Re- 
 
 C pairs
 
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 pairs fha!l be made as therein fpeeified, and that the faid A. B. 
 do borrow and take up at Intercft the Sum of 
 being, as appears to us from the faid Account, a Sum not ex- 
 ceeding Two Years neat Income and Produce of the faid 
 Living ; which Money is to be paid to 
 
 (a Perfon nominated by us and the faid A. B.) and applied ac- 
 cording to the Direction of the faid Act. 
 
 lj F O R M of the M o r t g a g 
 
 of 
 
 HP H I S Indenture, made the Day 
 
 •*■ in the Year of the Reign of 
 
 His Majefty and in the Year of our 
 
 Lord between the Re- 
 
 verend Rector or Vicar, &c. of the Parifh 
 
 Church of in the County of 
 
 and Diocefe of the Bifhop of of the One Part, 
 
 and of of the other 
 
 Part. Whereas the faid purfuant to the 
 
 Directions of an Act, pafled in the Sixteenth Year of the Reign 
 of His Majefty King George the Third, intituled " An Act to 
 " promote the Relidence of the Parochial Clergy, by making 
 " Provision for the more fpeedy and effectual building, re- 
 " building, or repairing, Parfonage Houfes ; and for erecting 
 " or repairing other neceffary Buildings upon the Glebes 
 " belonging thereto," hath obtained the Confent of the Or- 
 dinary of the faid Diocefe, and the Patron of the faid Church 
 and Living, to borrow and take up at Intereft the Sum of 
 
 to be laid out and expended in 
 building, re-building, or repairing (as the Cafe fhall be) the 
 1 8 Parfonage Houfe, and other neceffary Offices upon the Glebe 
 belonging to the faid Church, as appears by an Inftrument 
 fjgned by the faid Ordinary and Patron, hereunto annexed : 
 And whereas the faid hath agreed to 
 
 lend and advance the faid Sum of upon 
 
 a Mortgage of the Glebe, Tythes, Rents, and other Profits and 
 Emoluments of the faid Living, purfuant to the Direction and 
 the true Intent and Meaning of the faid Act : Now this In- 
 denture witneffeth, That the faid 
 
 in Confideration of the Sum of Five Shillings to him in Hand 
 paid, and of the faid Sum of paid, 
 
 at
 
 Cm] 
 
 at or before the Sealing and Delivery hereof, into the Hands of 
 
 a Perfon or Perfons (as the Cafe 
 fhall be) nominated by the faid Ordinary, Patron, and Incum- 
 bent, to receive the fame, puriaant to the Direction of the 
 faid Act (which Nomination is alfo hereunto annexed, and 
 which Receipt of the faid Sum of 
 
 the faid have or hath acknowledged by 
 
 an Indorfement on the Back of this Deed) hath granted, bar- I0 
 gained, fold, and demifed, and by theie Prelents doth grant, 
 bargain, fell, and demife, unto the faid 
 
 his Executors, Adminiftrators, and Afiigns, all the Glebe 
 Lands, Tythes, Rents, Modufes, Competitions for Tythe, 
 Salaries, Stipends, Fee?, Gratuities, and other Emoluments and 
 Profits whatfoever, arifing, coming, growing, renewing, or pay- 
 able, to the Rector, Vicar, or Incumbent (as the Cafe fhall be) 
 of the faid Living, in relpect thereof, with all and every their 
 Rights, Privileges, and Appurtenances thereunto belonging, 
 to have, hold, receive, take, and enjoy the faid Premiffes, 
 with their and every of their Appurtenances, unto the faid 
 
 his Executors, Adminiftrators, and 
 Afiigns, from henceforth, for and during the Term of 
 Years, fully to be complete and ended, in as full, smple, and 
 beneficial Manner, and with fuch Remedies and Powers for 
 obtaining and recovering the fame and every Part thereof, to 
 all Intents and Purpofes, as the faid or 20 
 
 his Succeffors, Rectors, Vicars, &c. (as the Cafe fhall be) of 
 the faid Church, could or might, or ought to have held, en- 
 joyed, received, taken, or recovered the fame, if thefe Prelents 
 had not been made: And the faid A. B. for himfelf, his 
 Heirs, Executors, and Adminiftrators, doth hereby covenant, 
 promife, and agree, to and with the (aid 
 
 his Executors, Adminiftrators, and Afiigns, That he the faid 
 A. B. during the Time he fhall continue Rector, Vicar, &c. of 
 the faid Parifh and Parifh Church, fhall and will well and 
 truly pay, or caufe to be paid, unto the faid 
 his Executors, Adminiftrators, or Affigns, Interefr, for the faid 
 Sum of or lb much thereof as fhall 
 
 remain due at the End of every Year, to be comouted from 
 the Day of the Date of thefe Prefents, after the Rate of 
 
 per Centum per Annum, by Two 
 
 equal Half-yearly Payments, the Firft of the faid Payments to 21 
 
 begin and be made on the Day of 
 
 next ; and alfo, at the feveral Times before 
 
 mentioned for Payment of the Intereft as aforefaid, fhall and 
 
 will
 
 [ « ] 
 
 will well and truly pay, or caufe to be paid, the Sum of 
 
 per Centum per Annum of the Principal 
 which remained due at the Beginning of the Year in which 
 every luch Payment is to be paid, in cafe the faid A. B. fhvdl 
 be refident upon the faid Living for the Time, and accoiding to 
 the true Intent and Meaning of the faid Act ; and in cafe the 
 faid A. B. fhall not refide upon the faid Living during the 
 Time, and according to the true Intent and Meaning of the 
 faid Act, he (hall pay, or caufe to be paid, the Sum of 
 
 per Centum per Annum of the faid Prin- 
 cipal Money, by fuch Half-yearly Payments as aforefaid, in- 
 ftead of the faid Sum of per Centum per Annum, 
 
 and fhall and will continue fuch refpeclive Payments of the 
 faid lntereft, and on Account of the laid Principal Money, 
 22 fo long as he (hall continue Rector, Vicar, &c. (as the Cafe 
 mall be) of the faid Parifh and Parifh Church, unlefs all the 
 faid Principal Money, and Inte>eft for the fame, (hall be 
 fooner paid and difcharged. Provided always, and thefe 
 Prefents are upon this Condition, That if the faid A. B. 
 and his SuccefTors fhall well and truly pay, or caufe to be 
 paid, the faid Principal Money, and lntereft for t;,e lame, 
 in Manner and at the Times aforelaid,' according to the 
 true Intent and Meaning of the faid A<fl and ot thefe 
 Prefents, and alfo all Cofts and Charges which fhall have 
 been occafioned by the Non-payment thereof, thefe Prefents 
 and every Thing herein contained (hail ceafe and be void. 
 Provided alfo, That it fhall and may be lawful for the faid 
 A. B. and his Succeffors peaceably and quietly to hold, oc- 
 cupy, poffefs, and enjoy, all and lingolar the faid Glebe 
 Lands, Tythes, Rents, Modules, Compofition for Tythes, 
 Stipends, Fees, Gratuities, and other Emoluments and Pro- 
 fits whatfoever, arifing or to ariie from or in refpedt of the 
 faid Living, until Default fhali be made by him or them 
 refpe&ively in the Payment of the lntereft and Principal, 
 or fome Part thereof, at the Times and in the Manner 
 aforelaid. 
 
 APPOINT-
 
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 [ *3 ] 
 
 APPOINTMENT of the NOMINEE. 
 
 To be wrote on Parchment. 
 
 E whofe Names are fubfcribed, being the Ordinary, 
 Patron, and Incumbent, of the Rectory, Vicarage, &c. 
 cf within the County of 
 
 and Diocefe of the Bifhop of do hereby 
 
 nominate and appoint of 
 
 to receive the Money authorized to be railed, by an Act 
 paffed in Sixteenth Year of the Reign of His Majefty King 
 George the Third, intituled, " An Ad to promote the Re- 
 " iidence of the Parochial Clergy, by making Provilion for 
 ct the more fpeedy and effectual building, re-building, or 
 " repairing, Parfonage Houfes ; and for erecting or repairing 
 " other neceffiry Buildings upon the Glebes belonging there- 
 ** to," for the Purpofe of building, repairing, &c. the Par- 
 fonage Houfe, &c. (as the Cafe ihall be) to the faid Rec- 
 tory, Vic.irage, &c. belonging, and to pay and applv the 
 fame, and to enter into Contracts with proper Perlons for 
 fuch Buildings or Repairs, and to infpect and take Care of 
 the Execution of fuch Contracts, and to take fuch Receipts 
 and Vouchers, keep fuch Accounts, and do and perform 
 all fuch other Matters and Things which Nominees are 
 authorized and required to do and perform in and by the 
 •laid Act. 
 
 2 3 
 
 FOR M of ORDER of the Ordinary, Patron, and In- 2 4 
 cumbent, for laying out or applying the Surplus Money. 
 
 YXJ E whofe Names are fubfcribed, being the Ordinary, 
 * * Patron, and Incumbent, of the Rectory, Vicarage, &c, 
 of in the County of 
 
 and Diocefe of the Bifhop of do hereby 
 
 order, That the Sum of now remaining 
 
 in the Hands or the Perlon nominated 
 
 and appointed to receive and apply the Money railed for 
 building, repairing, &c. the Parfonage Houfe, &c. belonging 
 •to the faid Rectory, Vicarage, &c. under the Act of Parliament 
 
 D palled
 
 [ 1+ ] 
 
 pafTed in the Sixteenth Year of the Reign of His Majefiy 
 King George the Third, intituled, " An Aft to promote the 
 " Refidence of the Parochial Clergy, by making Provifion 
 " for the more fpeedy and effectual building, re-building, or 
 " repairing, Parionage Houfes ; and for erecting or repairing 
 " other necellary Buildings upon the Glebes belonging there- 
 " to," fhall be [paid to being the 
 
 Perfon entitled to receive the Money now remaining due 
 25 on the Mortgage made of the Glebe Lands, Tythes-, and 
 other Profits and Emoluments of the laid Living, and applied 
 in Part of Payment thereof, purfuant to the Direction of the 
 laid Aft,] [or — applied in building or repairing, &c. (deferr- 
 ing the fame) — upon the Glebe belonging to the faid Living. 
 
 U FORM of Certificate from the Two Clergymen. 
 
 V[ 7 E the Reverend A. B. of in the County of 
 
 V Clerk, and C. D. of Clerk, 
 
 being Two Clergymen within the Diocefe of the Bifhop of 
 do hereby certify to the faid Bifhop, purfuant to 
 the Directions and Inftruftions fent by him to us, That we have 
 made Enquiry into the State and Condition of the Buiklings 
 upon the Glebe belonging to the Reftory, Vicarage, &c. of 
 within the faid Diocefe, at the Time the Reve- 
 rend Clerk, the prefent Incumbent thereof, 
 26 entered upon the faid Living, which was in or about the Year 
 of our Lord and do find, [that the fame have 
 been kept in due and common Repair, without any wilful 
 Negleft] [if the Cafe is fo] or [that the fame have, by wilful 
 Negligence, been fuffcred to go to Decay, and that they have 
 fuliained Damage from a want of common and ordinary Re- 
 pair, to the Amount of Pounds; and we 
 have alfo enquired into the Money received by the laid 
 
 for Dilapidations, from the Reprefentatives of the 
 former Incumbent, and do find, that he hath received the Sum 
 of for fuch Dilapidations, and [that he 
 
 hath expended the Whole, or thereof, (as the 
 
 Cale may be) in the necellary Repairs of the Buildings] or 
 [that the fame hath not been laid out or expended in repairing 
 the Buildings] upon the Glebe belonging to the faid Living. 
 
 NOMINATION
 
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 NOMINATION of a Clergyman by the Bifhop, to 
 fettle any Difpute about the Proportion of the Payments 
 within the Year in which any Avoidance (hall happen. 
 
 T The Right Reverend Bifhop of 
 
 -*- purfuant to the Authority of an Act, paiTed in the Sixteenth 27 
 Year of the Reign of His Majefty King George the Third, 
 intituled, " An Act to promote the Relidence of the Parochial 
 " Ciergy, by making Provifion for the more fpeedy and effec- 
 " tual building, re-building, cr repairing, Parlbnage Houfes ; 
 " and for erecting or repairing other neceifary Buildings upon 
 " the Glebes belonging thereto," do heieby nominate the Re- 
 verend Clerk, being a Clergyman within 
 my faid Diocefe, to adjuit and determine the Matter in Difpute 
 between the Reverend Clerk, the 
 prefent incumbent of the Factory, Vicarage, &c. of 
 within my Diocefe, and the Re- 
 prefentatives of the the lair. Incumbent, 
 (in cafe of his Death) or the faid (in cafe 
 of his Refignation or Promotion) concerning the due Proportion 
 to be paid by each of the faid Parties, of the Principal and 
 Intereft which accrued due within the Year in which fuch 
 Death or other Avoidance happened, according to the Direction* 
 true Intent and Meaning: of the faid Act. 
 
 AWARD and DETERMINATION of the Clergy- 28 
 man nominated by the Bifhop. 
 
 T The Reverend A. B. of in the County of 
 
 •■- and Diocefe of the Bifhop of Clerk, 
 
 having been nominated by the faid Bifhop, purfuant to the Power 
 given by an Act, paiTed in the Sixteenth Year of the Reign of 
 His Majefty King George the Third, intituled, " An Act to 
 " promote the Relidence of the Paroch . Clergy, by making 
 " Provifion for the more fpeedy and effectual building, re- 
 " building, or repairing, Parfonage Houfes ; and for erecting or 
 " repairing other neceflary Buildings upon the Glebes belonging 
 " thereto," to adjuft and determine the Matter in Difpute 
 between the Reverend Clerk, the prefent 
 
 Incumbent of the Rectory, Vicarage, &c, of within 
 
 the
 
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 B I L L 
 
 [With the Amendments] 
 FOR 
 
 The better ordering of the Militia Forces in that 
 Part of Great Britain called Scotland. 
 
 "N. B. The Words printed in IBlacIt HettCr, and between Brackets, 
 thus [ ], were left cut by the Committee ; and the Words printed 
 in Italic, between Brackets, and the Claufcs at the End, marked 
 (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), were inferted by the Committee. 
 
 Note. — The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of the 
 Folios in the written Copy. 
 
 3§0^$0§0&(& HEREAS it has been found, from Experi- 
 v* , *s ence, that the well-ordering and difciplining the 
 >3( }& M*lk* a m England and Wales has efientially con- 
 
 §& £& tributed to the Safety, Peace, and Profperity, of 
 A/SQCOOSC t he United Kingdom : 
 
 And whereas it would further contribute to the fame 
 great and good Purpofes, if a well-ordered and well-difciplined 
 Militia was eftablUhed in that Part of the United Kingdom 
 called Scotland ; 
 
 A And
 
 [ 2 ] 
 
 And whereas the Laws for the Regulation of the Militia 
 in Scotland are defective and ineffectual ; Be it therefore 
 Enacted by the KING's Moft Excellent Majesty, by 
 and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual 
 and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament 
 ailembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That all Ails 
 relating to the Militia, in that Part of Great Britain called 
 Scotland, mall, from the parting of this Ac!:, be, and are 
 hereby [repealed.] 
 
 And be it Enacted, That in that Part of Great Britain afore- 
 faid, there (hall be [Six thoufand private] Militia Men [erdU* 
 fiU£ Of SE>fSCCf0] in the Whole, chofen by Lot, who mall be 
 armed and arrayed in fuch Manner, and according to fuch 
 Rules and Regulations as are hereinafter expreffed. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That for the Purpofe of carrying 
 this Act into Execution, His Majefty, His Heirs and Suc- 
 ceffors, may and mall iffue forth Commiflions [to 
 
 Commtffioners of a^ilitia, in each Countp, %tetoarrrp, ana 
 
 IpIaCC] [of Lieutenancy for the feveral Counties and Stewar tries] 
 within that Part of Great Britain aforefaid, and the refpe&ive 
 [CommiffioncrS] [Lieutenants] thereby appointed, [or 
 Of tfjem] fhall appoint [Five or more] Deputy [CoaimitftOn- 
 etg at tljt leaft] [Lieutenants] if fo many Perlons, qualified as 
 is hereinafter directed, can be found in each County [or] 
 Stewartry [Of l^laCC] and if not, then mail appoint fo many 
 Perfons, qualified as [aftltCfaiD] [hereinajter directed] as can be 
 therein found, and fuch Number of other Perfons as fhall be 
 requifite to make up the Number [of Five] who fhall be re- 
 flectively qualified as hereinafter is expreffed ; and fhall slfo, 
 [One Calendar Month] at leaft before the General Quarter Sef- 
 iions to be held on the [Fiijl Tuefday in the Months of May 
 a?td OSlcber] in every Year, caufe Advertifcments to be pub- 
 lished in the Edinburgh Evening Courant [and Caledonian Mer- 
 cury] and in fome other News Paper for fuch County or 
 [Jpiace] [Stewartry] if any fuch there be, that all Gentlemen, 
 willing to ferve as Officers in the Militia of fuch County 
 or [Place] [Stewartry] fhall return their Names and Places 
 of Abode, and Additions, to His Majefty's [Commifltoner* 
 Of Syjllttiaj [Lieutenant of fuch County or Stewartry] fpecifying 
 the Rank in which they are willing to ferve refpectively; 
 
 and His Majefty's [CommifOtoncr or Commifficnerg Of S$U 
 
 HXi&] [Lieutenant] of each of fuch Counties [anD l|21ace0] 
 
 or
 
 [ 3 ] 
 
 or [Stewartries] [of them] out of the Gentlemen fo 
 offering to ferve, fhall appoint a proper Number of Lieute- 
 nant Colonels, Majors, and other Officers, qualified as herein- 
 after directed, to train and difcipline the Perfons fo to be 
 armed and arrayed, according to the Rules, Orders, and Di- 
 rections, hereinafter provided ; and (hall certify to His Ma- 
 jefty the Names and Ranks of fuch Officers within [One Ca- 
 lendar Month] after they (hall be fo appointed ; and in cafe 
 His Majefty (hall, within [One Calendar Month~\ after fuch 
 Certificate, fignify His Difapprobation of any fuch Perfon, 
 His Majefty's^CommiffiOncrS Of 8£iUta] [Lieutenant] (hall 
 not grant a Commiilion to fuch Perfon, but (hall grant Com- 
 miffions to fuch Perfons fo appointed who (hall not be difap- 
 proved of by His Majefty. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That when [tfyt CoiUtllifiJOnCr Of] 
 
 a [Lieutenant oj anf\ County [or] Stewartry [or J^lacc] (hall 
 be abfent out of the Kingdom of Great Britain, or the Office 
 of [Commifft'OnCt] [Lieutenant] (hall be vacant, it (hall be 
 lawful for His Majefty to authorize and appoint under his Sign 
 Manual [Three] Deputy [COttimifiJOncrg] [Lieutenants'] to 
 grant Commiffions to Officers to ferve in the Militia for fuch 
 County [or] Stewartry, [or l^lace] upon any Vacancy that 
 (hall happen during the Abfence of the faid [CottimifllOnerSj 
 [Lieutenant] or the faid Office (hall be vacant, in fuch Manner 
 and fubjeft to fuch Approbation as aforefaid, and to proceed 
 and do every other Aft neceffary or required to be done by 
 His Majefty's [CflnittlifftOnCr] [Lieutenant] of any Ccunty 
 [or] Stewartry, [or Place] for the carrying into Execution the 
 leveral Powers of this Aft. 
 
 Provided always, and be it Enafted, That no Deputation 
 -of any Deputy [Commiffioner] ' [Lieutenant] nor any Com- 
 xniffion of any Officer in the Militia, to be granted in pur- 
 suance of this Aft, (hall be vacated by reafon of the Revo- 
 cation, Expiration, or Difcontinuance, of the Commiffion by 
 which fuch refpeftive [CcmmifllOnerS] [Lieutenant] or De- 
 puty [CommiffionetS] [Lieutenant] (hall be appointed. 
 
 And be it further Enafted, That each Perfon fo to be ap- 
 pointed a Deputy (Comittifli'Otier] [Lieutenant] (hall be Pro- 
 prietor and in PofTeffion of Lands in Scotland [f)0lDCn Cither 
 
 of the Croten or of a %uujca, ano tialiteo in tfje Ccf0 
 
 O5OO&0 Of the COUntg UlhCrC the? lie atj [of tte yearly 
 
 Value
 
 C 4 ] 
 
 Value of Three hundred Pounds Sterling] or fhall be Superior 
 of Lands yielding annually to the Superior net lefs than [Three 
 fomdred Poun.is Steriihg] or fhall be Heir Apparent of fome 
 l'crlon who frail be, in like Manner, Proprietor and in Pof- 
 feflion of a like Eftate as aforefaid [BdUCD in the CcfS 1r300kS 
 Of thC COimtJ? tgiae ft;?? ItC at] [of the yearly Value of Five 
 hundred Pounds Sterling] or (hall be Heir Apparent of a Supe- 
 rior of Lands yielding annually to the Superior not lefs than 
 [Five hundred Pounds Sterling] : And each Perfon fo to be ap- 
 pointed a Lieutenant Colonel fhafl be, in like Manner, Pro- 
 prietor and in Poffeflion of a like Eftate as aforefaid, [tialuefc, 
 aS afOtCfaiQ, at] [of the yearly Value of Three hundred Pounds 
 Sterling] or ill all be Superior of Lands, as aforefaid, yielding 
 annually to the Superior not lefs than [Three hundred Pounds 
 Sterling] or (hall be Heir Apparent of fome Perfon who mail 
 be, in like Manner, Proprietor or in Poffeflion of a like Eflate, 
 [tialueTJ, as afOtCfaitl, at] [of the yearly Value of Six hundred 
 Pounds Sterling] or fliall be Heir Apparent of a Superior of 
 Lands, as aforefaid, yielding annually to the Supeiior not lefs 
 than [Six hundred Pounds Sterling] And each Perfon fo to be 
 appointed a Ma;or, or a Captain, fhall be, in like Manner, 
 Proprietor and in Poffeflion of a like Eftate as aforefaid, 
 [talUCO, ag afcrefaill, atj [of the yearly Value of Two hundred 
 Founds Ste>ting~\ or fhall be Superior of Lands, as aforefaid, 
 yielding annually to the Superior not lefs than [Two hundred 
 Pounds Sterling] or fhall be Heir Apparent of fome Perfon 
 who fliall be, in like Manner, Pfropritstor and in Poffeflion of 
 a like Eftate, [tiaittCD, aS afOWfaiU, at] [of the yearly Value 
 if Four hundred Pounds Sterling] or ihali be Heir Apparent of 
 a Superior of Lands, as aforefaid, \ieluing annually to the Su- 
 perior not lefs than [Four hundred Pounds Sterling] [Of fljall 
 
 fee a younger %on of fome Ipcrfon tu&o fl;ati he, or at 
 the Cime of ins SDeatn teas, in like fanner, Proper* 
 etct ant» in V^offcuson of a lifec €£zte as aforef>:iO, tia* 
 luen, as aforetaio, at dt ftall be a pcunrrer 
 
 %on of fome perfon to r ;o fhall c r , cr at tht Cime of 
 J»s ©eaih teas, in afec fanner, ^uperiot of llanos as 
 aforefaio, ^icirjing annually to the ^uperfof not lefs 
 
 than | And that e.ich Perfon fo to be appointed 
 
 a Lieutenant fhall be, in like Mk'i ner, Proprietor and in Pof- 
 feflion of a like Eftate as aforefaid, p&&$i, a.S afOtefafD, at] 
 [of the yearly Value of One hundred Pounds Sterling] or fhall be 
 Superior of Lands as aforefaid, yielding annually to the Supe- 
 rior not lefs than [One hundred Pounds Sterling] or fhall be 
 
 Heir
 
 [ 5 J 
 
 Heir Apparent of ibme Perfon who (hall be, in like Manner, 
 Proprietor and in Poffeffion of a like Eftate [tialUCB, 30 afOrC= 
 faitl, at] [of the yearly Value cf Two hundred Potmds Sterling] 
 or (hall be Heir Apparent of a Superior of Lands, as afore- 
 faid, yielding annually to the Superior not lefs than [Two 
 hundred Pounds Sterling] or (hall be a [gOUttgcr] Son of ibme 
 Perfon who (hall be, or at the Time of his Death was, in 
 like Manner, Proprietor and in Poffeffion of a like Eftate 
 as aforefaid, [tiaiUCO, as afOrCfaiD, at] [of the yearly Value 
 of Two hundred Pounds Sterling] or (hall be a [gOtWget] 
 Sen of fome Perfon who (hall be, or at the Time of his 
 Death was, in like Manner, Superior of Lands as aforefaid, 
 yielding annually to the Superior not lefs than [Two hundred 
 Pounds Sterling] And that iuch Perfon fo to be appointed an 
 Enfign (hall be, in like Manner, Proprietor and in Poffeffion 
 of a like Eftate as aforefaid, [ttallieO, a0 afCtCfait), at] [of 
 the yearly Value cf Sixty Pounds Sterling] or (hall be Superior of 
 Lands, as aforefaid, yielding annually to the Superior not lefs 
 than [Sixty Pounds Sterling] or ill all be Heir Apparent of fome 
 Perfon who (hall be, in like Manner, Proprietor and in Pof- 
 leffion of a like Eftate [DaiiieD, a0 aforefaiD, at] [of the 
 
 yearly Value cf One hundred Pounds Sterling] or (hall be Heir 
 Apparent of a Superior of Lands, as aforefaid, yielding annually 
 to the Superior not lefs than [One hundred Pounds Sterling] or 
 (hall be a [pOMiger] Son of fome Perfon who (hall be, or at 
 the Time of his Death was, in like Manner, Proprietor and in 
 Poffeffion of a like Eftate as aforefaid, [ttalllCu\ ag afOtCfaiu", 
 at] [of the yearly Value of One hundred Pounds Sterling] or 
 (hall be a [geungCr] Son of fome Perfon who (hall be, or at 
 the Time of his Death was, in like Manner, Superior of 
 Lands, as aforefaid, yielding annually to the Superior not lefs than 
 [One hundred Pounds Sterling : One Moiety] of which laid 
 Eftates, required as Qualifications as aforefaid, (hall be (ituated 
 or arifing within fuch relpective County [or] Stewartrv [fjt 
 Place] in which he (hall be appointed to ferve. 
 
 Provided always, That in fuch Counties [or] Stewartries, 
 [or ^IaCC0] where [Five] Perfons cannot be found, qualified" 
 as aforefaid, to a£t as Deputy [COUimifUCllCrS] [Lieutenants] 
 His Majefty's [GEommiffioncr or CcmUliiSonerS] [Lieutenant] 
 of fuch County [or] Stewartry, [or J^lacej after having ap- 
 pointed fo many Perfons as can be found qualified as 
 aforefaid, (hall appoint fuch Number of Perfons to be De- 
 puty [Commiffi'Cnecg] [Lieutenants] as (hall be requifite to 
 
 B make
 
 4 
 
 [ <? ] 
 
 make up the Number [of Five] who lhall refpc&ively he 
 9 Proprietors and in Poffeffion of a like Eftate [tialUCD at] 
 [of the yearly Value of One hundred Pounds Sterling] or mall be 
 Superior of Lands yielding annually to the Superior not lefs 
 than [One hundred Pounds Sterling] [fitUatCD 30 1 aforefa^d [antl 
 
 ttoztv fuch Iperfon Gjail be Duly dualificu to aft anu ferue 
 miocr fucf) refpeftioc CGmmiflions.] 
 
 [3nD he it Cnaftet), Chat tohen any battalion of Q9i= 
 (itia fljall he Braftn cut anD embooieo. i])i0 &Bajcuy0 Com= 
 miffioner 01* Commiflioncrg, or of them, 
 
 may, upon Sccount of military (pcrit thcton in Cimc of 
 aftual 31nfcafion ot IKe'oellion, promote any Meet therein 
 ftom a lotoct to a higher Commiffion, nottuithaanoing he 
 fljall not haue the Qualification in point of Eftate tcquifitc 
 for W ^omittance unto ftulj higher Eaufe ; prouiocD that no 
 Perfon, not haoing the Qualification hercinheforc oircfteo 
 for a Captain, ftal! he prcmoteo to a higher Hank than 
 that of Captain.] 
 
 And be it Enacted, That His Majefty, from Time to 
 Time, may iignify His Plealure to His [CommifflOncr Or 
 Commi(U'Oner0] [Lieutenant] to difplace any Deputy [Com* 
 mifll5ner0] [Lieutenants] and Commiffioned Officers in the 
 Militia ; and thereupon the [CommiiSonCt Or Commiffioned] 
 {Lieutenant] (hall difplace fuch Deputy [CommiffiOnCr0] 
 [Lieutenants] or Officers, and ffiall appoint others in their 
 Jo Stead, with the like Qualifications in point of Eftate, and 
 according to the Rules and Directions herein prelcribed for 
 the Appointment of Deputy [Commiffioned] \Lieutenants\ 
 and Commiffion Officers refpecYively. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That no Deputy [CcmmifltOnCt] 
 [Lieutenant] or Commiffion Officer in the Militia, lhall act 
 as fuch, until he (hail have left with the Clerk of the Peace 
 of the County [or] Stewartry [ot place] for which he (hall 
 be fo appointed, his Qualification in Writing, figned by him- 
 ielf j and fuch Clerk of the Peace (hall enter the fame upon 
 a Roll to be kept for that Purpofe, and (hall, in the Month 
 of [January] in every Year, tranfmit to One of His Majefty's 
 principal Secretaries of State, an Account of the Qualifications 
 lb left with him ; and the faid Secretaries of State ffiall 
 caufe Copies thereof to be annually laid before both Houfes 
 of Parliament. 
 
 And
 
 [ 7 ] 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That every [COlltmiflionctv 
 [Lieutenant] for [a] [each] County or [IplSCC] [Steivartry] and 
 every Deputy [ComittifilOnCt] [Lieutenant] and Commiffion 
 Officer in the faid Militia, fhall, at fome General Quarter Seffions, 
 or before the Sheriff Depute of the County for which they are 
 appointed to ferve, or his Substitute, within [Six Calendar Months] 
 after he ihall have accepted his Commiffion, take the Oaths in and I * 
 by an Act, palled in the Firft Year of the Reign of His Ma- 
 jefty King George the Firft, intituled, <' An Act for the further 
 " Security of His Majefty's Peiibn and Government, and 
 " the Succeffion of the Crown in the Keirs of the late 
 *' Princefs Sophia, being Proteftants, and for extinguishing 
 " the Hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his 
 " open and fecret Abettors ;" and a!fo the Oath in and 
 by an Aft, paffed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His 
 prefent Majefty, intituled, " An Act for altering the Oath 
 " of Abjuration, and the Affurance, and for amending (o 
 " much of an Ad, made in the Seventh Yea: of the Reign 
 *' of her late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for the 
 " Improvement and Union of the Two Kingdoms, as, after 
 " the Time therein limited, requires the Delivery of certain 
 " Lifts or Copies, therein mentioned, to Perfons indicted of 
 " High Treafon or Mifprifion of Trealbn," appointed to be 
 taken ; and ihall alfo make, repeat, and fubfcribe, the Decla- 
 ration in the faid Ad of the Firft of King George the 
 Firft, directed to be made, repeated, and fubfcribed, by all 
 Officers Civil and Military ; and if any Perfon fhall execute Iz 
 any of the Powers hereby conferred on Deputy [CominifUortCtS] 
 [Lieutenants] Lieutenant Colonels, or Majors (not being qua- 
 lified as aforefaid) or (Shall not deliver in fuch Qualifica- 
 tion, and take the Oaths, and make, repeat, and fubfcribe* 
 the Declaration aforefaid, every fuch Perfon fhall forfeit and 
 pay the Sum of [Tzao hundred Pounds Sterling] and if any Per- 
 fon fhall execute any of the Powers hereby conferred on 
 Captains, Lieutenants, cr Enfigns (not being qualified as afore- 
 faid) and fhall not deliver in fuch Qualification, and take 
 the Oaths, and make, repeat, and fubfcribe, the Declaration, 
 as is hereinbefore required, every fuch Perfon fhall forfeit 
 and pay the Sum of [One hundred Pounds Sterling] to be re- 
 covered by fummary Action before the Court of Seffion at 
 Edinburgh, [One Moiety] whereof ihall go to the Ufe of fuch 
 Perfon or Perfons who fhall fue for the fame, and [the ether 
 Moiety] to the Ufes hereinafter directed ; and in every Action, 
 Suit, or Information, brought againft any Perfon for acting 
 
 as
 
 [ 8 ] 
 
 as a Deputy [CommiCOtOnCV] [Lieutenant] cr as a Com- 
 miffioned Officer, in the laid Militia, not being qualified as 
 13 hereinbefore is directed, the Proof of his Qualification fliall 
 lie upon the Perfon againft whom the fame fliall be brought. 
 
 Provided always, and be it Enacted, That nothing in 
 this Act contained Avail extend to reftrain His Majeffy's 
 [Commiflioner Or CommiffioneCS] [Lieutenant] of any County 
 [or] Stewartry [ot legate] from appointing any Peer or Heir 
 Apparent of fuch Peer to be a Deputy [COItimiffiOUCt] 
 [Lieutenant] or Commiffion Officer in the Militia, within the 
 County [cr] Stewartry |~Qt J0IaCC] wherein fuch Peer or Heir 
 Apparent of fuch Peer fliall re(pecti%'ely have fome Place of 
 Rehdence, or to oblige any Peer or Heir Apparent of fuch 
 Peer (fo appointed) to leave with the Clerk of the Peace 
 for the County [or] Stewartry [or IPlaCC] for which he fliall 
 be appointed, any Qualification in Writing as aforefaid ; but 
 it (hall be lawful for fuch Peer or Heir Apparent, io ap- 
 pointed, and taking the Oaths, and making, repeating, and 
 fabferibing, the Declaration aforefaid, to act as a Deputy 
 [Commiflioner] [Lieutenant] or Commiffion Officer refpec- 
 tively, although he fhall not be feifed or poffeffed of any. 
 fuch Eftate as is required by this Act. 
 
 Provided alfo, and be it Enacted, That the Acceptance of an 
 Appointment to be a Deputy [CommiflJtCMCr] [Lieutenant] or 
 of a Commiffion in the laid Militia, fliall not vacate the Seat of 
 ■ any Member returned to fefve in Parliament. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That His Majeffy's [CommifllOnetS, 
 
 14 in fuel) Counties, %tetoartties, or Places, inhere there are 
 n;ore than £Dnc, or DiS e^ajeftp's Commiflioner, in fucfi 
 Counties, g>tctuartrics, ana places, Inhere there is only 
 
 SDne] [Lieutenant of each County cr Stewartry] with any [Two] 
 Deputy [CommiffiOnerS] [Lieutenants] and on the Death or 
 Removal, or in the Abfence, of His Majefty's [Commiflioner] 
 [Lieutenant] any [Three] Deputy [CommiiUOnCrS] [Lieutenants'] 
 at k the End of every [Four Tears] at their Annual Meeting, 
 in cafe the Militia of fuch County [or] Stewartry [or Plate] 
 fhall not be then embodied, and if they are then embodied, 
 asfoon after they are difembodied as conveniently maybe, [Jhall] 
 difcharge fome One Field Officer of each Battalion [or Corps] 
 and fuch Number of Officers of each inferior Rank as fhall 
 be equal to the Number of Perfons who fliall have given 
 
 Notice
 
 [ 9 ] 
 
 Notice in Writing to His Majefty's [Comnitfuor.Cr OC Bom* 
 miffionCCg] [Lieutenant One Calendar Month] at leaft before 
 luch Meeting, that they are willing to ferve a5 Field Officer?, 
 Captains, Lieutenants, or Enfigns, as ' the Cafe may require ; 
 provided that the Numher of Vacancies to be made mall not 
 exceed [One Third] of luch Officers who (hall have ferced 
 for the Space of [Three Tears] in each Rank refpe&ivcly : 
 Provided that nothing herein contained fhall prevent any 
 Officer, who has lerved [Four Tears] from ottering to ferve \~ 
 in a higher Rank, if he be qualified as this Act requires; 
 to ferve in luch higher Rank. 
 
 'o 
 
 And be it Enafted, That it fhall be lawful for the [Com* - 
 ttlifSonCt] [Lieutenant] of anv County [or] Stevvartry [or 
 
 Place, in tuijicf) there i0 only ffl)ne Cotnmitfconcr, or for 
 the Commifiioncr firff nameD in !t>x0 a^ajcflg'si Commtf* 
 fion, toherc there are more, ant* for amj fitch Commif* 
 fioner firft nameD for the Commifiioncr namcu m the %z* 
 conn Place, ano fo on] to act as [a lieutenant Colonel of 
 
 anp 15attali0n Of] [Commanding Officer of the] Militia, for 
 luch County [or] Stewartry [or PiaCC, tilting UlCh CimC 
 
 a0 there (hall not he ang JTiein SDfficer appointeo for the 
 
 CommanD Of thC fame] according to the Eftablifhment here- 
 inafter mentioned ; but no [Commiffioner] [Lieutenant] fhall, 
 at any One Time, acl as a Lieutenant Colonel to more than One 
 Battalion. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That His Majefly, His Heirs and 
 SuccefTors, may and fhall appoint One proper Peribn, who 
 fhall have ferved for the Space of [Five Tears] in fame of 
 His Majefty's other Forces for in ang Ccrp0 Of tfjiiitia that 
 
 has fceen craton out ano cmhotuets for tht ^pace of ] 
 
 to be an Adjutant to each Battalion [or JnUCpCnDant Com* 
 pang] of Militia ; and fuch Adjutant [if appoint:!) OUt Of 
 JptS a5aieGj)'0 Other jTorCCS] fhall, during his Service in the \6 
 laid Militia, preferve his Rank in the Army in the i'nne 
 Manner as if he had continued in that Service ; and it fhall 
 
 be lawful for His Majefty's [Commifuoncr or Commit 
 
 ftonerg] [Lieutenant] of any County [or] Stewartry [or Place] 
 to grant unto the Adjutant to each Battalion [or ^HDCpen» 
 Oant Company] a Commiflion of Lieutenant, or any inferior 
 Commiffion therein, although fuch Adjutant fhall not have 
 an Eftate to qualify him for fuch Commiffion, as is required 
 by this Ac!:: [Provided always, That no Commiffion Officer upon Full 
 Pay in His Majejiy's Sea or Land Service, fhall be capable of holding a 
 
 C Commiffion
 
 [ IO ] 
 
 CtmmiJJion in the faid Militia, as long as he f:a!l hold Lis Full 
 Pay.] 
 
 And be it Enacted, That any Perfon who {hall quit his 
 Half Pay to ferve as a Commiirioned Officer in any Battalion or 
 Independant Company of the faid Militia (hall, upon his quit- 
 ting the [faiUC] [faid Battalion or Independant Company] or upon 
 the unembodying thereof, be reftored to his Half Pay, to re-com- 
 mence from the laft. Quarter Day or Day of Payment next 
 preceding. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That the [Lieutenant] Colonel, or, 
 • where there is no [Lieutenant] Colonel, the Commanding- 
 Officer, of each Battalion of Militia, (hall appoint a Serjeant 
 Major out of the Serjeants, and a Drum Major out of the 
 Drummers, of fuch Battalion. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That His Majefty, His' Heirs and 
 17 Succeflbrs, may and (hall appoint, according to the Proportion 
 of One Serjeant to [Twenty] Private Men, [Two] or mere 
 proper Perfcns to be Serjeants to every Company in the faid 
 Militia, [who Jhall have Jerved jcr the Space of Three Tears in 
 His Majejly's other Forces] and from Time to Time, till fuch 
 Company ihall have been inrolkd, and formed for the Space of 
 ['Three Tears, or. jhall have been in aSluat Service for the Space cf 
 One Tear] when any Vacancies ffiall happen cf fuch Serjeants, 
 fhall fill up fuch Vacancies, out ot His Majefty's other Forces, 
 with fuch proper Perfons, who fhall have ferved in fuch other 
 Forces for the Space of [Three Tears] next preceding. fuch Ap- 
 pointment, or may appo ; nt fuch other Perfons to be Serjeants 
 as have formerly ferved in that Capacity for the Space of 
 [Six Tears] in His Majefty's other Forces [ot OUt Of. anj? 
 
 Corps of anuria tijat bas oeen craton out ann erafcotJieO 
 
 . for tfjC %paCC Of ] which Serjeants 
 
 lb appointed . ffiall take the following Oath ', (that is to 
 fay) 
 
 " I A. B. do fincerely promife and fwear, That I will 
 " be faithful, and bear true Allegiance, to His Majefty 
 " King George, His Heirs and Succeflbrs ; and I do 
 " fwear that I am a Proteftant, and that I will faith- 
 " fully ferve as a Serjeant in the Militia, within the 
 " Kingdom of Great Britain, for the Defence of the 
 • " fame, untiL I ffiall be legally difcharced," 
 
 .And
 
 [ " J 
 
 And the Service in the Militia o'f fuch Pelfons (o appointed i3 
 cut of" His Majefty 's ether Forces, {hall entitle them to the 
 Benefit of Chellea Hofpital, in the fame Manner as if they had 
 continued to ferve in the laid Forces; and every Perfon ap- 
 pointed to be a Serjeant out of the Per.lioners on the Eftablifh- 
 inent of Chellea Hofpital, fhail be put again upon the laid 
 
 •Eftablifhment alter he fhall be difcharged from the Militia, 
 provided he brings a Ce;tificate of his good Behaviour, under 
 the Hand of the [Lieutenant] Colonel or Commanding Officer 
 
 .of the Corps in which he lhall have ferved. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That after any Corps of Militia fhall have 
 been inrolled, and formed for the Space of [Three Years] or fhall 
 have been embodied, and called out into actual Service, for the 
 Space of [One Tear) the Captain or Commanding Officer of 
 ■ every Company of Militia, with the Approbation of the [Lieute- 
 nant) Colonel or Commanding Officer of each Corps of Militia, 
 mail appoint Serjeants out of the Private Men of fuch Regiment 
 or Corps, to fill up fuch Vacancies of Serjeants as may happen 
 therein, which Serjeants lb appointed lhall take the like Oath 
 . as is hereinbefore required to be taken by Serjeants appointed by 
 His Majefty (which Oath every Deputy Lieutenant, or Juftice 
 •.of the- Peace, is hereby authorized to adminifter) : Provided 19 
 •.that no Perfon who (hall keep anv Houfj of public Entertain- . 
 ment, or who fhall fell any Ale, Wine, Brandy, or other Spiri- 
 tuous Liquors, by Retail, lhall be capable of being appointed or 
 continuing a Serjeant in the Militia. And it lhall be lawful for the 
 -Commanding Officer of any Corps of Militia, on the Application 
 • of the Captain of a Company in fuch Corps, to difplace any 
 Serjeant belonging to fuch Company: Provided that any Per- 
 fon who fhall be appointed from His Majefty 's other Forces to 
 be a Serjeant in the Militia, and fhall be difplaced as aforefaid, 
 or fhall for any Miibehaviour be reduced into the Ranks, and 
 fhall not, in One Month's Time after fuch Difplacing or Re- 
 duction, be reftored, fhall be returned to the Company from 
 which he was taken in His Majefty *s other Forces, and (hall 
 there ferve as a Private Soldier ; and any Perfon who (hall be 
 appointed a Serjeant in the Militia, oat of or from any Company 
 of Militia, who fhall be difplaced as aforefaid, or fhall be reduced 
 into the Ranks, for Miibehaviour, mail ferve, in the Ranks of 
 uch Company wherein he ferved before fuch Appointment, for 
 .fuch farther Time as lhall complete his [Three Tears] Service 2© 
 as a Private Militia Man ; and in cafe there be no Vacancy in 
 
 fuch
 
 [ '2 ] 
 
 fuch Company, he fhall ferve in any other Company in the 
 fame Corps. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That the Captain of every Company 
 (hall appoint Corporals out of the Private Men of his Company, 
 in the Proportion of One Corporal to [Twenty] Private Men, 
 and may dilplace fuch Corporals for Misbehaviour, and appoint 
 others, as he fhall fee Occafion ; and fhall appoint [Troo] 
 Perfons to be Drummers [or Fifers] to his Company, which 
 Drummers or Fifers, when fo appointed, and having received 
 Pay as fuch, fhall be deemed to be engaged, and compellable 
 to ferve in the fame Corps until legally difcharged; and fuch 
 Captain may difplace fuch Drummers or Fifers for Mifbehaviour, 
 and appoint others in their room. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That His Majefty's [COtttmiiSoncr 
 0t CommiCKonerflr] [Lieutenant] for any County [or] Stewar- 
 try [Ot |£laCC] may and fhall appoint a Clerk for the Ge- 
 neral Meeting within fuch County [or] Stewartry [or JpHacc] 
 and may dilplace fuch Clerk, if he fhall think fit, and appoint 
 another in his room ; and the Deputy LComnttffionCr0] [Lieu- 
 tenants] within their refpective Subdivisions, or [the major Part] 
 21 of them prefent, may and fhall appoint a Clerk for their re- 
 fpective Subdivifion, and may difplace fuch Clerk, if they or 
 [the major Part] of them prefent fliall think fit, and appoint 
 another in his room. 
 
 And be it Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That when 
 any Battalion of Militia (hall be unembodied, the [Lieutenant] 
 Colonel, or, where there is no [Lieutenant] Colonel, the 
 Commanding Officer, of each Battalion or Corps of Militia, 
 fhall appoint a Clerk to fuch Battalion or Corps, and may 
 difplace fuch Clerk, if he fhall think fit, and appoint another 
 in his room. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That when any Corps of Militia fliall be 
 drawn out into actual Service, and during the Time they fhall 
 continue in fuch Service, the Commanding Officer of fuch Corps 
 fhall appoint an Agent to fuch Corps, and fliall be accountable 
 for, and make good, all Deficiencies that may happen in refpect 
 of the Pay, Cloathing, or public Stock, which fhall be received 
 by fuch Agent. 
 
 And
 
 [ '3 ] 
 
 'And be it further Enacted, That the Number of Private 
 Men to be raifed, by virtue of this Aft, in that Part of Great 
 Britain calied Scotland, (hall be, 
 
 For the County of Aberdeen [Five hundred and Fifty-one.] 
 For the County of Air [Two hundred and Eighty.] 
 For the County of Argyll [Three hundred and Fourteen.] 
 For the County of Bute [Thirty-four.] 22 
 
 For the County of Banff [One hundred and Eighty -two.] 
 For the County of Berwick [One hundred and Twenty.] 
 For the County of Caithnefs [One hundred and Five.] 
 For the County of Sutherland [One hundred.] 
 For the County of Dumfries [One hundred and Eighty-eighth] 
 For the County of Dumbarton [Sixty-fix.] 
 For the County of Edinburgh [Two hundred and Eighty-fix.] 
 [For the City and County of the City of Edinburgh, One hun- 
 dred and Forty-three.] 
 For the County of Elgin [One hundred and Forty-five I] 
 For the County of Nairn [Twenty -f even.] 
 
 For the County of Fife [Three hundred and Eighty-feven.] \ 
 
 For the County of Kinrcfs [Twenty- three.] 
 For the County of Forfar [Three hundred and Twenty-fix.] 
 For the County of Haddington [One hundred and Forty-one.] 
 For the County of Inverne.'s [Two hundred and Eighty-two.] 
 For the County of Kincardine [One hundred and Nine.] 
 For the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright [One hundred.] 
 For the County of Lanark [Three hundred and Eighty-eight.] 
 For the County of Linlithgow [Eighty.] 
 For the County of Orkney and Zetland [One hundred and 
 
 Eighty-three.] 
 For the County of Peebles [Forty-two.] 
 For the County of Perth [Five hundred and Sixty-four.] 
 For the County of Renfrew [One hundred and Twenty-fix.] 
 For the County of Rofs [Two hundred and Three.] 
 For the County of Cromarty [Twenty-four.] 
 For the County of Roxburgh [One hundred and Sixty-five."] 
 For the County of Selkirk [Nineteen.] 
 
 For the County of Stirling [One hundred and Seventy-fix.] 23 
 
 For the County of Clackmannan [Forty-three.] 
 For the County of Wigton or Galloway [Seventy-eight.] 
 
 And be it Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the 
 Deputy [ComnuifionerS] [Lieutenants] of each County [or] 
 Stewartry [or IpIaCC] or [any Three or more] of them, at the 
 
 D lcaft,
 
 [ 1+ ] 
 
 leaft, fhall hold [as many] General Meetings in [tf)C fit'C] \tBis 
 .and every other~\ Year after [the faffing of this A£l] for e. 
 County [or] Stevvartry [cr Place] aforefaid [anD QnZ fUCfc Ge- 
 neral Meeting etiery j^car aftertoarns, for the purpefes 
 hereinafter mentioneo, anD as many more fuch €>:v. 
 
 Meetings in Cacb ^Car] ss fhall be neceffary for carrying this 
 Act into Execution ; and of the Time and Place for holding 
 each of fuch General Meetings [Twenty-one]' Days Notice, at 
 the leaft, fhall be given in the Edinburgh Evening Coi:: 
 Caledonian Mercury, and Edinburgh Advertiser, and alio in 
 fome other weekly News Paper circulated in fuch County [cr] 
 Stevvartry [or PI^CC] if any fuch there be; and that if it (hall 
 appear to the Deputy [CommifilOnCL'S] [Lieutenants at 
 General Meeting, or the major tart of them] that it will tend 
 to the eafier Execution of this Act that there ihould be Sub- 
 divifion Meetings, it fhall be lawful for them to divide the 
 County [or] Stewartry [or place] into as many Diftricts as they 
 2 4 fhall think proper, for the Purpofe of fuch Subdivifion Meetings^ 
 and in cafe of the County [or] Stewartry [or Place] being fo 
 fubdivided, there fhall be [at Icaft] [as many] Meetings in 
 [each of] fuch Subdiviiions Yearly [anD aS many more fUCh 
 ^UODitiifiOn CgiCeting.3] as fhall be neceffary for carrying this 
 Act into Execution ; and in order to conftitute a [%UuDit)iftCn 
 
 peering a0 afcrefais, tfjerc ftjall he tDeputy €om= 
 
 miffioners, or Deputy <£ommtwcncrs anD SDne 
 
 'lufticc of the ^eace, or £Dne Deputy Commifuoner anD 
 Sufficed of tljc Peace for fuch County or place, at 
 the leaft, prcfent at fuch ©u&5itri0on getting } anD any 
 JDeputy Commtiu'oncr. or 3|uftice of the peace, for fuch 
 County, ^rctoartry, or place, may aft in the execution 
 of this Sft in eDery @>uoDitiifion therein, toith the fame 
 Potoer anD authority as in the %uhDitiifion to tofjich he 
 
 may &C particularly appOinteD] [General or a Subdivifion Meet- 
 ing as aforefaid, Two Deputy Lieutenants and One '^jujlice of 
 the Peace, or One Deputy Lieutenant and Two Ju/lices of the 
 Peace, for fuch County or Stewartry, at the leajl, fhall be 
 prcfent at fuch Meeting ; and the Juflices of the Peace in each 
 County or Stewartry fall have the fame Power, with refpeSl 
 to carrying this Acl into Execution, as is hereby given to De- 
 puty Lieutenants in all Cafes whatfoever, except to conftitute a 
 Meeting, there fhall be One Deputy Lieutenant at the leafl] 
 
 And be it Enacted, That the Firft General Meeting in 
 purfuance of this Act fhall be held on the .[Firft Tuefday m 
 
 . ■
 
 [ i5 1 
 
 the Month of Augujl One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy- 
 fix, and en the Thirtieth of Jlpril] in every [fubfequent] Year, 
 or fo foon after as conveniently may be ; and that the Deputy 
 fComittiflSonetS] [Lteutenants] or [any Three or more] of them, 
 ai the leaft, prefent at fuch Annual Meeting, fhall, if it mail 
 appear neceffary, appoint the Subdivisions, and the Times and 
 •Places of holding the Firft Subdivilion Meeting, in each Diftrict 25 
 or Divifion in fuch County or (" jplacc] [Stewartry] for that Year, 
 and mail require the [%Cffi01T Clerk] \ConJtable] in each 
 Farifh within the County [or] Stewanry [or jj?laC£, Or ftlCf) 
 
 other lpctfon0 as theg Hjail plcafc to appoint] to return to 
 
 the next General Meeting (in cafe there be no Subdivilion 
 made of the County [or] Stewartry [Ot Place] or, in cafe of 
 fuch Subdivifion, to the Deputy [ComimOiQilCrS] [Lieutenants] 
 at their refpedtive Firft Subdivifion Meetings) fair and true 
 Lifts, in Writing, ot the Names of all the Men ufually, and 
 at that Time, dwelling within their reipedtive Parilhes and 
 Places, between the Ages of [Eighteen] and [Thirty] Years 
 complete, diftinguifhing their reipedtive Ranks and Occupa- 
 tions (and, where the true Names of fuch Perfons cannot be 
 procured, the common Appellation of fuch Perfons fhall be 
 fufficient) and which of the Perfons {o returned labour under 
 any Infirmities incapacitating them from ferving as Militia 
 Men, having firft affixed a true Copy of fuch Lift on the Door 
 -of [tl)C] [every] Church [or] Chapel [and Place of public 
 Worfoip] belonging to fuch Parifn [or l^iaCC] on fome Sunday 
 Morning before they fhall make fuch Return, (which Sunday 26 
 fhall be [Ten] Days at the leaft before the laid Meeting) and 
 alfo Notice in Writing, at the Bottom of fuch Lift, of the Day 
 and Place of fuch General or Subdivifion Meeting refpedtively, 
 and fhall then [and there] attend, and verify the Truth of 
 fuch Lifts by them refpedtively returned, upon Oath ; and that 
 all Perfons who fhall think themfelves aggrieved may then 
 • [and there] appeal, and that no Appeal will be afterwards re- 
 ceived. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That no Peer of this Realm, nor any 
 Perfon who fhall ferve as a Commiffion Officer in His Ma- 
 jefty's other Forces, or in any one of His Caftles or Forts, nor 
 any Non-commiffion Officer or Private Man ferving in any of 
 His Majefty's other Forces, nor any Commiffion Officer ferv- 
 ing, or who has ferved [Three Tears] [33 a JpritTCipal] 
 in the Militia, nor any Perlon being a Member of any of the 
 Univerfities, nor any Clergyman, nor any licenfed Teacher of 
 
 any
 
 [ '& ] 
 
 any feparate Congregation, nor any articled Clerk, Apprentice, 
 Seaman, or tieataring Man, nor any Perlbn muttered and 
 doing Duty in any of His Majefty's Docks, nor any 
 [not pojj'ejfcd cf the Qualification ?ieceffary to enable him to be a 
 Deputy Lieutenant or Commiffion Officer in the Militia'] who 
 has a living Child [oi* <£ntlCrcn] born in lawful Wedlock, 
 fhall be compelled to ferve perfonally, or provide a Subftitute 
 to ferve, in the Militia. 
 
 27 And be it Enacted, That if fuch Deputy [COUtlUilSoneriS] 
 [Lieutenants] or Juftices of the Peace fhall, at any General or Sub- 
 divifion Meeting refpectively, receive Information, or mall fufpect, 
 that any Perfon inferted in any Lift, defcribed as an Apprentice, 
 has been fraudulently bound an Apprentice, in order to avoid 
 ' ierving in the Militia, they, or any [Tu'c] of them, thai) in- 
 quire into fuch Binding, and fummon Witneffes, and examine 
 them upen Oath, touching the Matter in Queftion ; and if fuch 
 Fraud fhall appear, they, or any [Tiro] of them, lhall appoint 
 fuch Perfon fo bound Apprentice to ferve immediately in the 
 Militia for the Parifh or Place for which fuch Lift lhall be 
 returned, if there fhall be a Vacancy, and if not, then upon the 
 firft Vacancy that fhall happen therein ; and the Perfon to 
 whom fuch Apprentice fhall be fo bound fhall forfeit and 
 immediately pay the Sum of [Ten Pounds Sterling] to be reco- 
 vered in fuch Manner, and to be applied to fuch Ufes, as are 
 hereinafter directed. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That if any [©CfiiOtl <£lCt&, OX Otbtt 
 ]0CCfOn] [Coiifiable] to be appointed as above to return the 
 28 Lifts for any Parifh or Place, fhall refufe or neglecl to re- 
 turn fuch Lift?, or to comply with fuch Orders and Direc- 
 tions as aforefaid, or fhall, in making fuch Return, be guilty 
 of any Fraud or wilful Partiality, he fhall forfeit and pay any 
 . Sum not exceeding [Twenty Pounds Sterling] to be recovered 
 as hereinafter mentioned. 
 
 And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That any Perfon who fhall, by Gratuity, Gift, or Reward, or by 
 Promife thereof, or [Of] [by] ;;ny urdue Means, or by Menaces, 
 endeavour to prevail on any [^CiJKon Cletfe, Or Otljer IpetfOtl 
 appOintCtl aS SfcCUC] [Ccnjicble] to make a falfe Return of 
 any Lift for any Parilh [0? Plate] or to erafe or leave out of 
 any fuch Lift the Name of any Perfon who ought to be re- 
 turned ; or who fhall refufe to tell his Chriftian and Sirname, 
 
 cr
 
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 or the Chriftian and Sirname of any Man lodging or refid- 
 ing within his or her Koufe, to any Conftable [Of OttlEC 
 
 £D(5tcec fiutf52ri?ei3 bp tfjfei 8ft to Dcmanti t&e fame] every 
 
 fuch Perlon ihail forfeit and pay the Sum of ['Ten Pounds 
 Sterling] to be recovered as hereinafter is exprefled. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That if the Lift of anv Parifh or 
 Place fhall be loft or deftroyed, the Deputy [CommiffiCUCrS] 
 [ Lieutenants ] and Juftices of the Peace in [ tljC ] [ each jj 
 Countv [or] Stewartry [Of place] or in the Subdivision thereof 
 reflectively where fuch Neglect or Accident fliall happen, 
 fhall caufe a new Lift for fuch Parifh (Of p!6CC] to be 29 
 made, and returned to them, in fuch Manner as the Lift loft 
 or deftroyed was caufed to be made, and returned to them, 
 by the Deputy [Commtfft'Onerg] [Lieutenants] at the General 
 Meeting, or as near thereto as may be. 
 
 And be it Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 every Perfon liable to ferve in the Militia, having more than 
 One Place of Relidence, fhall be deemed to refide or inhabit 
 only in fuch Parifh [ot Place] where his Name (hall be firft 
 returned in any Lift as aforefaid ; and the Clerk of the General 
 or Subdivifion Meetings refpe&ively, where his Name fhall be 
 fo returned, fhall grsnt him a Certificate thereof, upon Re- 
 queft, without Fee, and fpecify the Time in which fuch Lift 
 was returned, to enable the Deputy [CCtttltUffionCtfli] 
 [Lieutenants] and Juftices to determine in which Parifh [ot 
 ip>lacc] he fhall be deemed an Inhabitant for the Purpofe afore- 
 faid. 
 
 And be it Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the 
 Deputy [Commiffc'OnCtg] [Lieutenants] and Juftices of the 
 Peace in the refpective Counties [or] Stewartries [Of PlaCCS] 
 or in the Subdivifions thereof, as the Cafe fhall be, after hear- 30 
 ing fuch Perfons who fhall think themfelves aggrieved by their 
 Names being inferted in any fuch Lift, or by any others bein» 
 omitted, fhall order fuch Lift to be amended, as the Cafe 
 fhall require, and the Names of all Perfons by this Act 
 exempted to be ftruck out of the faid Lift ; and after fuch 
 Lifts are fo regulated, a fair Copy thereof fhall be made by 
 the Clerk of each General or Subdivifion Meeting, and 
 figned by the Deputy [CommiffiOllCfS] [Lieutenants] and 
 Juftices, or [any Three or more] of them acting at fuch Meet- 
 ing ; which Lifts, it made up at a Subdivifion Meeting, fliall 
 
 E in
 
 t 18 ] 
 
 in the Firft Year after [the faffing of this AB] forthwith be 
 tranfmitted to the Clerk of the General Meeting for fuch 
 County [or] Stewartry [Ot PlflCC] who fhall give a Receipt 
 for the fame ; and the Clerk of the General Meeting for each 
 County [or] Stewartry [or Place] fhall forthwith tranfmit fuch 
 Lifts, or, in cafe of there being no Subdivifion, the Lifts 
 made up in the fame Manner at the General Meeting of 
 fuch County [or] Stewartry [or place] to His Majefty's 
 
 [Commilfioner or dommilu'oners] [Lieutenant] of fuch 
 
 County or [l£>laCC] [Stewartry] who fhall thereupon forth- 
 with appoint a General Meeting of the Deputy [COltttnif- 
 fiOHCrS] [Lieutenants] in fuch refpedtive County or [Jplace] 
 [Stewartry] giving at leaft [Ten] Days Notice thereof in Manner 
 3 1 aforefaid; and [any Three] or more Deputy [CommiUlOnerS] 
 [Lieutenants] fhall, at fuch General Meeting ib appointed, 
 direct what Number of Private Militia Men mall ferve for 
 each refpective Subdivifion, if any be within fuch County 
 [or] Stewartry [or PlaCC] to which they belong, towards 
 raifing the whole Number directed to be railed by fuch County 
 
 [or] Stewartry [or place > ana ftjall alfa appoint proper 
 Cimes ana places for boloing a ©econa ©ubuitiifion 
 peering; in eaci) Diftrict or Ditiifion in fuel) County, 
 
 ^tetaai'trp, Or place] where any Subdivisions are made as 
 aforefaid; and the Clerk of fuch General Meeting fhall 
 forthwith tranfmit an Account in Writing, figned by the 
 Deputy [ComttlifUOnerS] [Lieutenants] or [any Three or 
 more] of them prefent at fuch General Meeting, • to each 
 Clerk of every Subdivifion Meeting in fuch County [or] 
 Stewartry [ot Place] of the Numbers of Private Militia Men 
 to be railed in fuch Subdivision. 
 
 [ana be it further dEnaftea by tlje authority afotcfaia, 
 Cfjat at ctocry JTtrfl ^ubaiaiuon meeting, tofjere any 
 %ubuittifion0 are in cuecy ^car to be bcia, after tfje 
 jFirft Pear from as foon as all appeals 
 
 3 2 againft tbe iLias are bcara ant> aetcrminca, ana all 
 otber IBuuncfs finiujea, at fucb meeting, as is requirea 
 by tbis aa, tbe 'Deputy Commiuioneriai ana Suffices 
 prefent at fucb Resting frail appoint a @)econa e^ccu 
 ing; in fuel) @>ubaiaifions.J 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That the Deputy [Commff* 
 COtierS'] [Lieutenants], and Juftices of the Peace [or the greater 
 Part of them, as aforefaid, at a General Meeting, or] at their 
 
 [refpefti&e
 
 [. '9 ] 
 
 [tCfpCCttUC ^CCCltO] Subdivifion Meetings [where Subdivifwns 
 (hall be made] as afbrefaid, fhall appoint what Number of Men 
 fhall krve for each Parifh or [Place Ot] Parifhes [or plaCCS] 
 when they (hall think proper to join Two or more together 
 in fuch [County, Steivartry, or] Subdivifion [refpebliveiy] in 
 Proportion to the Number appointed to ferve for the fame 
 as aforefaid, and mall tranfmit an Account thereof, under their 
 Hands, to the Clerk of the Peace, to be inrolled among the 
 Records of [^JCffiOn] [the Quarter Sejjions] and alfo to the 
 Receiver General of the Land Tax ; and fhall fix a Time and 
 Place for holding a [ChirD] Meeting [in ftlCh %UuBiOiU0n] 
 for allotting the Men, and fhall [iflue an £DrO€r] [ghe No- 
 tice] to the [Conftaules, or other Officers] [Con/table] of 
 each Parifh [or place toithin their refpettitie Ditiifions] 
 
 [refpeclhely] of the Number of Men fo appointed to ferve 
 for fuch Parifh or [Plate Or] Parifhes [or Places] and of 
 the Time and Place for holding another [%U0DiBiU0n] Meet- -,% 
 ing, for choofing the Men by Lot. 
 
 [ann be it further CnaftetJ, Chat in fuch Counties, 
 <%tctoamies, or places, touerc there are no ^ubDim* 
 fions, the General sheeting appointco bp IMS sgajeflp's 
 Commifitoner or Commifucners, as afjoue mentioned 
 toith the Suffices of the Peace, (hall proceeo to appoint 
 tohat Bumhsr of Q9en thall ferfcc for each parity or 
 Place, or Parifhes or Places, ant> to a& in all iRe= 
 fpefts in the fame fanner as the Deputy Commif- 
 fioncrs ano 3|uaices of the peace are oirefteo to 00 
 in fuch Counties, ©tetoartries, anD Places, to&ere there 
 are %ubotoiuons.] 
 
 And be it further Ena&ed, That at fuch fubfequent Ge- 
 neral or Subdivifion Meeting refpedtivelv appointed as above, 
 any [Three or more] Deputy [CommiffiOnetS] [Lieutenants] 
 and Juflices of the Peace as aforefaid, fhall caufe the Num- 
 ber of Men appointed to ferve as aforefaid, except as herein- 
 after excepted, to be chofen by Lot out of the Lifts returned 
 for fuch Parifh or [Place or] Parifhes [or Places] and fhall 
 again appoint a General or Subdivifion Meeting, within the 34, 
 Space of [One Calendar Month] for fwearing and inrolling 
 the Men. and fhall iffue an Order to the [ConflaOlCS, Or Other 
 HDSCCrSl [Conjlable] to be appointed for each Parifli [or Place] 
 to give at leaft [Ten] Days Notice to every Man fo chofen, or 
 
 leave
 
 
 [ 2 o ] 
 
 e tlic fame at his Place of Abode, to appear at fuch Meet- 
 ing, and be fworn in and totalled. 
 
 Provided always, and it is hereby Enacted, That it fhall 
 not be lawful for any Perfon to contract or agree with any 
 Perfon, for any Sum or other Conftoeration, to indemnify or 
 inlure any Perfon, liable to ferve in the Militia, againft fer 
 therein, or in like Manner to contrail or agree to provide a 
 Subftitute for any Perfon who may be chofen by Lot to 
 in the Militia, or to pay the Penalty of [Ten Pounds Sterling] by 
 this Act laid on any Perfon chofen by Lot to ferve in the 
 Militia, who fhall refufe or neglect to appear, and take the 
 Oath, and ferve in the Militia, or provide a Subftitute ; and if 
 any Perfon (hall offend herein, fuch Perfon (hall, for every 
 35 fuch Contract, Undertaking, or Agreement, forfeit and pay the 
 Sum of [One hundred Pounds Sterling] to be recovered and dif- 
 pofed of as hereinafter is directed. Provided that nothing herein 
 contained fhall extend to prevent any Perfon, who (hall have 
 been choien by Lot to ferve in the Militia, from procuring, by' 
 himfelf or others, a proper Perfon to ferve as his Subftitute : 
 Provided alio that nothing in this Act fhall extend to 
 prevent Perfon s of the fame Pari(h [fjt plSCC] or of [TW0] 
 or more added together, from entering into Subscriptions 
 amongft themfelves for paying jointly for Subftitutes, who may 
 be provided for fuch of the Subfcribers on whom the Lot 
 may fall. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That at the faid General or 
 Subdivilion PVIeeting refpectively, appointed as above, for 
 [CljOOfing] [ [wearing and enrolling] the Men flip Lot] the 
 Conftable [ot Otftet fUClj IlfeC ©fficec] of each Parifh [or 
 jplaCC] (liail attend, and make a Return upon Oath of the 
 Days when fuch Notice was (erved or left as aforefaid ; and 
 every Perfon fo chofen by Lot fhall, upon fuch Notice, ap- 
 pear at fuch Meeting, and, in cafe of his choofing to ferve 
 •56 in Perfon, there take the following Oath ; (that is to fay) 
 
 " I A. B. do fincerely promife, and fwear, That I will 
 " be faithful, and bear true Allegiance, to His M:i- 
 " jelly King George, His Heirs and Succeffors ; and I 
 " do fwear that I am a Proteftant, and that I will 
 " faithfully ferve in the Militia, within the Kingdom 
 " of Great Britain, for the Defence of the lame, during 
 
 " the
 
 [■ «. ] 
 
 tiro Time for which I am iurolled, unlefs I (hall be 
 
 " fooner difcharged 
 
 (which Oath any One Deputy [CommtCTtOnCr] [Lieutenant] 
 
 or Juftice of the Peace is hereby authorized to adminifter) 
 and fhall be inrolled to krve in the Militia of fuch re- 
 fpe&ive County [or] Stewartry, [C'C JplaCC] as a Private Mi- 
 litia Man, for the Space of [Three Tears] [(toitl) t\)Z (Exception 
 tO bt aftCttO&ttJ0] ['(except as hereinafter is] mentioned) in a 
 Roll to be then and there prepared for that Purpofe, or (hall 
 provide a fit Pcrfon, to be approved by any [Three cr more] 
 Deputy [Commiffionerg] [Lieutenants] or Juftices of the 
 Peace as aforefaid, at fuch Meeting, to ferve as his Subtlitute, 
 which Subflitute, fo provided and approved, (hall take the 
 Oath, and fign on the faid Roll his Confent to ferve as his 
 Subflitute during the faid Term ; and if any Perfon, fo cho- 
 fen by Lot to lerve in the Militia, (hall refufe or neglect to ?j 
 take the faid Oath, and ferve in the Militia, or provide a 
 Subflitute to be approved as aforefaid, who fhall take the faid 
 Oath, and lign his Confent to ferve as his Subflitute, every 
 Perfon fo refufing or neglecting fhall forfeit and pay \Ten 
 Pounds Sterling] and at the Expiration of [Three Tears] be 
 liable to lerve again or provide a Subflitute j and the Clerk 
 of each Subdivifion Meeting [(if ailg 6C)] [{where Subdivi/ions 
 are appointed)] mall make and fend a fair Copy of fuch Roll 
 of the Names of the Men fworn to ferve in fuch Militia, 
 and for what Parifhes [or PlaCC0] refpedtively, fign'ed by the 
 Deputy [CommiftUme'iS] [Lieutenants] or Juftices of the Peace, 
 or [Three] of them at the lead, prefent at fuch Subdivifion 
 Meeting, to the Clerk of the General Meeting. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That all Sums of Money arifing 
 by Forfeitures paid by, or levied upon, Perfons refufing to 
 ferve in the Militia perlonally or by Subflitute, fhall be applied 
 in the Firft Place, by any [T'kree or more] Deputy [COITUTUf* 
 fionCC0] [Lieutenants'] or Juftices of the Peace as aforefaid, within 
 the refpective Counties [or] Stewartries [ot jj9IaC£0] or Subdi- 
 viiions thereof, as the Cafe (hall be, in providing a Subflitute 
 for the Perfon who fhall have paid fuch Penalty ; and if 3^ 
 any Part of fuch Penalty fhall remain after fuch Subflitute 
 fha.l be provided, the fame fhall be paid to the Clerk of the 
 Corps, and be applied as Part of the Stock of fuch Corps. 
 
 F And
 
 [ M ] 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That no Perfon fhall be admitted 
 to ferve as a Subftitute in the Militia for any County [cr] 
 Stewartry [or Jj?IaCC] who fhall not have had his ordinary 
 Refidence in the County [or] Stewartry [or place] for which 
 he fhall offer to ferve, for [Twelve] Calendar Months imme- 
 diately preceding ; nor fhall any Perlon be admitted to ferve as 
 a Subftitute, who fhall before have ferved for [Thee Tears] 
 either for the County [or] Stewartry [OC Iplacc] for which 
 he is propofed as a Subftitute, or for any other in Scotland 
 [until the Expiration of Six Tears from the Time of his former 
 Service.] 
 
 And be it further Enabled, That within [One Calendar Month] 
 after the faid Rolls fhall be made up by the General Meet- 
 ing, in fuch Counties [or] Stewartries [or PlaCCS] where 
 there are no Subdivifions, or fhall be returned from the Clerks 
 of the Subdivifion Meetings (where any are) to the Clerk 
 of the General Meeting for each County [or] Stewartry [or 
 IplaCC] the Deputy [ComttlifflOnCrg] [Lieutenants] therein 
 fhall hold another General Meeting, and fhall at fuch Meet- 
 
 30 ing form and order the Militia of fuch County [or] Stewartry 
 [or Iplace] into Battalions, each confiding, where the Num- 
 ber of Militia Men will admit of it, of [Eight Companies] 
 but in no cafe of lefs than [Five] Companies, of [Eighty] Men 
 at the moil:, and [Sixty] at the leaft, and fhall appoint One Lieu- 
 tenant Colonel and One Major to fuch Battalion ; and where the 
 Number of private Men fhall amount to [Three] Companies, or to 
 any higher Number, under [Five] Companies, fuch Militia 
 fhall alio be formed into a Battalion, with One Major, and 
 no other Field Officer j and fhall appoint Captains to each 
 Company, in every Battalion of Militia to which fuch Field 
 Officer or Officers fhall not adt as Captain, and fhall alfo 
 appoint One Lieutenant and One Eniign to each Company 
 in fuch Battalion (Grenadier Companies excepted) wherein 
 there fhall be One Captain and Two Lieutenants ; and where 
 the Number of Private Militia Men fhall not be fufficient 
 to form a Battalion of [Three] Companies, of the Num- 
 ber of Men above fpecified, fuch Militia fhall be formed 
 into Indcpendart Companies, each Company to confift of 
 [One hundred and Ten] Private Men at the mod, and [&!vrj/] 
 
 40 at the leaft, with One Captain, One Lieutenant, and One 
 Enfign to each Company; and His Majefty, His Heirs and 
 Succeffors, may, in cale of the Militia being called out to 
 
 actual
 
 [ *3 ] 
 
 attual Service, join together any Number of fuch Independant 
 Companies, and therewith form a Battalion, or incorporate 
 them with any Battalion of Militia, but fo as the Number 
 of Companies in fuch Battalion do not exceed, or fall fhort of, 
 the Number of Companies of which a Battalion is hereinbefoie 
 allowed to confift. 
 
 And whereas the Militia Men appointed to ferve as above 
 for the Counties of Selkirk, Peebles, Bute, Clackmannan, Kin- 
 rofs, Nairn, and Cromarty, will be too few to compofe an 
 Independant Company in each of the faid Counties ; Be 
 it therefore Enacted, That, for the Purpofes of this Adt, 
 the following Counties fhall be joined together, fo as to 
 form One joint Body of Militia for the Counties fo joined j 
 (that is to fay) The Counties of Selkirk and Peebles (hall be 
 joined together, the Counties of Bute and Argyll, the Coun- 
 ties of Clackmannan and [Sterling, -and the Counties of] Kin- 
 rofs [and Fife, and] the Counties of Nairn and Elgin, and the 
 Counties of Cromarty and Rofs [anO tfre Commiffioner Ot 
 
 Commifuoners to oe nameo far the refpeftine Counties fo 
 unites fot the Purpofes of this 3ft, ujall hatte the fame 41 
 Ipotocrs, ana proccco in all Befpc&s, Xaitb regaro to 
 both Counties, as if thep toete to all Intents anD ]|put= 
 pofes £>ne.] 
 
 And be it Enacted, That the Deputy [CommifltOnerS] 
 [Lieutenants] for each County, [or] Stewartry, [or Plate] or [any 
 Three or more] of them at the leaft, at a General Meeting, 
 when the Militia of fuch County [or] Stewartry [or Place] 
 js not embodied and in actual Service, fhall appoint the 
 Time, and Place or Places, in every Year, when [the] [and 
 inhere fuch] Militia fhall be trained and exercifed tor [Twen- 
 ty-eight Days] together, as fhall be lead inconvenient to the 
 Public ; during which Time all the Provisions in any A<ft 
 for punifhing Mutiny and Delertion, and for the better Pay- 
 ment of the Army and their Quarters, fhall extend to the 
 Officers and Private Militia Men of every Corps of Militia, 
 but not to extend to Life or Limb ; and the Clerk of fuch 
 General Meeting fhall forthwith fend Notice of the Time 
 and Place of Exercife to the [^jeffion ClCtfe, Or Other ©f- 
 ficet") [Confabk] of the feveral Parifhes [or places] within 
 the County [or] Stewartry [or l^lace] requiring them re- 
 fpedively to caufe fuch Notice to be fixed on the Doors of 42 
 the Churches or [Chapels] [other Places of public Worjhip] 
 
 belonging 
 
 I
 
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 belonging to their refpective Pari Hies [Ot PlaCCg] and all fuch 
 Militia Men fhall duly attend at the Time and Place or Places 
 of Exeroife fo to be appointed ; and if any Militia Man (not 
 labouring under any Infirmity incapacitating him, or not 
 having fome other lawful Caufe or Excufe) fhall not appear 
 at fuch Time, and Place or Places of Exercife, (o appointed, 
 he fhall forfeit and pay the [penalty] [Sum] of [Twenty 
 Pounds Sterling] for every fuch Neglect, to be recovered [in 
 fuch Manner] and applied to fuch Ules as hereinafter are di- 
 rected : Provided that no Officer of the Militia, or Private 
 Militia Man, fhall be liable to any Penalty or Punifhment 
 for or on Account of his Abfence during the Time he fhall be 
 going to vote at any Election cf a Member to ferve in Parlia- 
 ment, or returning from fuch Election. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That if any Militia Man, after having 
 joined his Corps, fhall defeit during the Time of Annual Exer- 
 cife, and not be apprehended till after the Expiration of the 
 Time of fuch Annual Exercife, he fhall incur the like Pe- 
 nalty, and be fubject to the fame Punifhment, hereinbefore 
 directed to be inflicted upon Militia Men not joining their 
 43 Corps; and One Juftice of the Peace in any County [or] Stevv- 
 artry ,[fjt IS'lSCC] wherein fuch Deferter fhall be found, may 
 proceed againft him in the fame Manner, and execute the 
 like Powers, as in the Cafe of Militia Men not appearing at 
 the Time and Place appointed for Annual Exercife. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That when the Militia (hall be called 
 cut to be trained and exercifed, and alio when they ihall 
 be called out to actual Service, the Officers and Private Men 
 ferving in the faid Militia fhall be quartered and billeted, and 
 the Carriages neceffary for them (hall be furnifhed and per- 
 formed, in the fame Manner as His Majefty's other Forces 
 are ordered to be billeted and quartered, and provided with 
 Carriages, in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland [Op 
 
 an 9ft, yafi'eo in tfcte prefent gear of fyis asajcOg'a iRcign, 
 intitules, *' 3n 3ft for puniUmitj sgHiting anD defection; 
 " anD for tfjc better pagment of tfje armg anD tfjeir 
 *' Quarters/'] 
 
 And be it Enacted, That it (hall be lawful for every 
 Captain or Commanding Officer of each Company of Mi- 
 litia, to put the Corporals and Private Men of his Company 
 under Stoppages, not exceeding [Six Pence] a Day, for the Pur- 
 
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 pofe of fupplying them and their Wives with Neceffaries, ^ 
 when called out to Annual Exercife ; provided that fuch Captain 
 or Commanding Officer fhall recount with each Corporal and 
 Private Militia Man for the faid Stoppages before they (hall be 
 difmiffed from the faid Annual Exercife, having firft deducted 
 what fhall have been laid out for them for Necelfaries, and 
 Repair of Arms damaged by their \wilfuf\ Neglect. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That all Mufkets, delivered for the 
 Service of the Militia, fhall be marked diftinctly in fome vifible 
 Place with the Letter M, and the Name of the County [or] 
 Stewartry [OT place] to which they belong; and the Captain 
 of each Company of Militia fhall have the Care and Cuftody 
 of the Arms, Clothes, and Accoutrements, provided for his 
 Company, and fhall keep the fame in fome dry and feenre 
 Place, under Lock and Key, and the Serjeants of each Com- 
 pany are hereby required to take Care, that after the Annual 
 Exercife is completed, every Militia Man fhall return his 
 Arms, Clothes, and Accoutrements, to his Captain, or to fuch 
 Perfon or Perfons as he (hall appoint to receive the fame, well 
 cleaned, and in good Repair, or in Default thereof fhall for- 45 
 feit and pay any Sum not exceeding [Three Pounds Sterling] 
 and the Serjeants and Drummers belonging to each Company 
 fhall be ordered and required, by the Captain or Commanding 
 Officer of fuch Company, to affift in taking Care of the 
 Arms, Clothes, and Accoutrements, thereto belonging, and in 
 keeping the fame clean, free from Ruff, and fit for Ser- 
 vice. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That if any Serjeant, or other Perfon, 
 intruded by the Captain or Commanding Officer of any 
 Company of Militia with the Cuftody of any Arms, Clothes, 
 or Accoutrements, belonging to fuch Company, fhall deliver out 
 any fuch Arms, Clothes, or Accoutrements, unlefs by the Or- 
 der of fuch Captain, or Commanding Officer, he fhall forfeit 
 and pay any Sum not exceeding [Three Pounds Sterling] and if 
 any Serjeant, Drummer, Corporal, or Private Militia Man, fhall 
 fell, pawn, or lofe, any of his Arms, Clothes, or Accoutre- 
 ments, or fhall refufe or neglect to return the fame in good 
 Order to the Captain or Commanding Officer of the Com- 
 pany to which he belongs, or to fuch Perfon as he fhall ap- 
 point to receive the fame, when demanded, fuch Serjeant, 46 
 Drummer, Corporal, or Private Militia Man, fhall for every 
 
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 flich Offence forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding 
 [7,.'.w Pounds Sterling.] 
 
 And be it Enacled, That if any Peifon fhall knowingly buy, 
 take in Exchange, conceal, or otherwife receive, contrary to the 
 true Intent and Meaning of this Act, any Arms, Clothes, or 
 Accoutrements, belonging to the laid Militia, upon any Pre- 
 tence whatsoever, every fuch Perfon fhall forfeit and pay for 
 every fuch Offence any Sum not exceeding \JFive Pounds Ster- 
 ling] 
 
 And be it Enacfed, That the [Lieutenant] Colonel or Com- 
 manding Officer of every Battalion or Corps of unembodied Mi- 
 litia, as often as the lame fhall be called out to Exercife, within 
 ['Thirty] Days after fuch Exercife fhall be finiihed, fhall tranfmit 
 .to One of His Majefiy's principal Secretaries of State a complete 
 Return, figned by him, of the feveral Officers, Non-com- 
 miliioncd Officers, and Private Men, who ferved therein at 
 the Time the feme was fo exercied, in Manner and Form 
 following; the faid Form being fubject to fuch Alterations 
 in nuking the fame as is confifrent with the particular 
 47 Eifihliih-rssnt of Militia in the County [or] Stewartry [or 
 IZCC] frcua whence the Return is made. 
 
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 And that Part of the Return which gives an A-ccount of the 
 •Number of Officers prefent during the Time of Exercife, (hall 
 be in the Form following ; (to wit) 
 
 4° Lieutenant Colonel 
 
 Major 
 
 Firif. Captain 
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 Third Captain 
 Fourth Captain 
 Fifth Captain 
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 Firfl Lieutenant 
 Second Lieutenant 
 Third Lieutenant 
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 40 'And fuch Secretary of State fhali caufe a true Copy of 'fuch 
 Return to be Annually laid before both Houfes of Parliament, 
 and that a like Return .(hail alio be made to His Majefty'; [COltt* 
 miffiOtier or CcmmifliOnerfii] [Lieutenant] of foch County or 
 [Place] [Stewartry] and to the Auditor of His Majeity's Court 
 of Exchequer, and to the Receiver General of the Land Tax, 
 arid to the Clerk of the Peace of fuch County [or] Stewartry, 
 [Or PlaCC] and fuch Clerk of the Peace (hall produce the 
 fame to the Juftices of the Peace, at their next General Quar- 
 ter Sefhons, and (hall afterwards file the fame amongfr. the Re- 
 cords of fuch Sefiions, and hi Default thereof (hall forfeit his 
 
 Office
 
 [ =9 ] 
 
 Office of Clerk of the Peace, and fhall for ever after be disqua- 
 lified frcm holding the fame. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That in cafe of actual Invafion, or upon 
 imminent Danger thereof, or in cafe of Rebellion in the Kingdom 
 of Great Britain, or in any of His Majefty's Dominions, it {hall 
 be lawful for His Mapfiy (the Occaiion being fifft communicated 
 to Parliament, if the Parliament fhall be then fitting, or declared 
 in Council, and notified by Proclamation, if no Parliament (hall 
 be then fitting) to order and direct his [COUimifliCnCt Ot 5° 
 ComtniffiOnCtS] [Lieutenant] or any [Three or more] Deputy 
 [CommifftOnCrS] [Lieutenants] of each County [or] Stewartry, 
 [Ot PUICC] aforelaid, with all convenient Speed to draw out and 
 embody all or any of the Battalions or Corps of Militia of their 
 refpective Counties [or] Stewartries [Qt JpIacC0] and (hall 
 order and direct them to be put under the Command of fuch 
 General Officers, and to be led to fuch Parts of the Kingdom 
 of Great Britain, as His Majefty fhall think proper ; and that 
 the Officers of the Militia, and Private Militia Men, of the 
 Battalions and Independant Companies, during the Time they 
 fhall be embodied, and in actual Service, as aforefaid, fhall re- "*' 
 
 main under the Command of fuch General Officers, and fhali 
 be intitled to the fame Pay, to commence from the Day of the 
 Date of His Majefty's Order by virtue of which they were 
 called out into actual Service, as the Officers and Private Men 
 in His Majefty's other Regiments of Foot receive, and no other; 
 and the Officers of the Militia fhall, during fuch Time as afore- 
 laid, rank with the Officers of His Majefty's other Forces of equal 
 Degree with them, as the youngeft of their Rank; and the 
 Officers, Drummers, Corporals', and Private Men, of fuch Militia, 
 during the Time they fhall be in fuch actual Service, fhall be fub- 
 }ecl: and liable to all fuch Articles of War, Rules, and Regulations, c i 
 as fhall be then by Act of Parliament in Force, for the punifhing 
 Mutiny and Defertion, and for the better Payment of the Army 
 and their Quarters (excepting only as to fuch Particulars as are 
 or fhall be otherwife particularly provided for by this or any 
 Act or Acts of Parliament hereafter to be made, for regulating 
 the M-litia Forces, within that Part of Great Britain aforefaid) 
 and when fuch Militia fhall be difembodied, and returned again 
 to their refpective Parilhes, or Piaces of Abode, they fhall be 
 under the lame Orders and Directions only, as they were before 
 they were drawn out and embodied as aforefaid. 
 
 Provided always, and be it Enacted, That if, at the 
 Time of calling out fuch Militia into actual Service, the Parlia- 
 
 H ment
 
 [ 30 ] 
 
 merit fhall be feparated by Adjournment or Prorogation, and 
 on that Account will not meet within [Fourteen] Days, His 
 Majefty mall forthwith iffue a Proclamation for the Meeting of 
 the Parliament upon fuch Day as he fhall appoint, giving 
 [Fourteen] Days Notice thereof, and the Parliament fhall 
 accordingly meet upon fuch Day, and continue to fit and act in 
 52 like Manner, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if it had ftood ad- 
 journed or prorogued to the fame Day. 
 
 Provided always, and be it Enacted, That no Officer 
 ferving in the Militia mail fit in any Court Martial upon the 
 Trial of any Officer or Soldier ferving in any of His Majefty's 
 other Forces, nor fhall any Officer ferving in any of His 
 Majefty's other Forces fit in any Court Martial upon the 
 Trial of any Officer or Private Man ferving in the Militia. 
 
 And be it further Enaded, That His Majefty's [(£omimf- 
 fioncr or Commiffioner0] [Lieutenant] or any [Ibree] Deputy 
 [ComiTtiffionCt0] [Lieutenants] of every County [or] Stew- 
 artry [ or PlSCC ] fhall iiTue his or their Orders to the 
 Conftables [or Other SDSScer© ] of the feveral Parifhes 
 [ antJ IpIdCCS ] within their refpective Divilions, forth- 
 with to give Notice to the feveral Officers, Serjeants, Cor- 
 porals, Drummers, Fifers, and Private Militia Men, or 
 leave Notice in Writing at the ufual Places of their refpective 
 Abodes, to attend at the Time and Place mentioned in fuch 
 Order for calling out fuch Militia into actual Service j and if 
 any fuch Officer, Serjeant, Corporal, Drummer, Fifer, or Pri- 
 vate Militia Man, not labouring under any Infirmity incapaci- 
 tating him to ferve, nor having fome lawful Excufe, fhall not 
 appear in purfuance of fuch Notice, he fhall be confidered as 
 abfent from'his Corps without Leave, and fhall be proceeded 
 againlt accordingly ; and if any Perfon fhall knowingly har- 
 bour or conceal any iuch Officer, Serjeant, Corporal, Drum- 
 mer, Fifer, cr Private Militia Man, not attending when ordered 
 out into actual Service as aforefaid, fuch Perfon fhall for every 
 fuch Offence forfeit and pay the Sum of [Twenty Pounds Ster- 
 
 ,] 
 
 And be it Enacted, That when the Militia of any 
 County [or] Stewartry [ot JjPIfiCC] mall be ordered out into actual 
 Service, the [CommiffiOnCt Or CommiffiOlierS] [Lieutenant] of 
 fuch County [or] Stewartry [or IPlSCC] fhall draw upon the Re- 
 ceiver General of the Land Tax in Favour of the Captain or 
 
 Com- 
 
 53
 
 [ 3i ] 
 
 Commanding Officer of each Company of Militia fo ordered 
 out, for fuch Sum as will amount io [One Pound One Shilling 
 Sterling] for each Private Militia Man belonging to his Company, 
 to be paid over by fuch Captain, or other Officer, to every fuch 
 private Militia Man who belonged to his Company at the 
 Time fuch Militia was ordered out into actual Service, on or 
 before the Day appointed for marching, and to fuch Militia 
 Man who {hall be afterwards ordered out, when he (hall join 
 his Company then being in actual Service ; and the Receiver Ge- 
 neral of the Land Tax mall be allowed the fame in his Ac- 
 ounts. 54 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That it (hall and may be 
 lawful for any One Deputy [Commiffi'OtlCr] [Lieutenant] at 
 any Place in the County, or Stewartry, or Subdivision thereof, 
 in which he ufually acts, to fwear and inroll any Substitute to 
 ferve for any Place in fuch County or Stewartry, or Subdivision 
 thereof, provided fuch Substitute fliall produce to fuch Deputy 
 [Commtflioncr] [Lieutenant] a Certificate, under the Hands 
 and Seals of any [Two] other Deputy [ComtttifftOnCtS] 
 [Lieutenants] or Juflice of the Peace acting in fuch County 
 or Stewartry, or Subdivision thereof, certifying they have feen, 
 and do approve of fuch Substitute as a proper Perfon to ferve 
 in the Militia ; and fuch Perlbn Shall and may be fworn and 
 inrolled by fuch Deputy [Commiffionet] [Lieutenant] pro- 
 vided the Clerk belonging to fuch County, Stewartry, or Sub- 
 division thereof, Shall attend with the Roll for that Purpofe. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That all fuch Militia Men 
 whofe Time of Service in the Militia Shall be near expiring, 
 and who Shall be then absent from the County [or] Stewartry 
 [Ot JplaCC] to which they belong [on ablual Service] Shall be 
 returned or marched back into the fame, in order that they 55 
 may be near their respective Homes or Places of Abode as 
 poSfible, at the Expiration of their Said Service. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That in every Such County [or] 
 Stewartry [ailtJ J2>laC£] wherein the Militia Shall not be railed, 
 and Such Return as aforefaid Shall not be delivered to the 
 Clerk of the Peace before the General Quarter SeSiions of the 
 Peace to be held for fuch County [or] Stewartry [Ot j_S>IaCCJ 
 next after the [Twent) '-fifth Day of December] in every Year, 
 Such Clerk of the Peace Shall certify, under his Hand, to the 
 Justices of the Peace there affembled, on the Day fuch SeSfions 
 
 (hall
 
 [ f* ] 
 
 fhali he opened, that he hath not received fuch Return, and 
 fijafl file fuch his Certificate amongft the Records of fuch 
 16 ; and the Jufiices of the Peace at their faid Seiiions 
 ihall tranfmit the laid Certificate to the Convenor of the Com- 
 mifii oners of Supply for the faid County, who fhall forthwith 
 call a Meeting of the faid Commiflicners j and the Cozn- 
 miffioners being Co aflembled fhall proceed to raife and levy 
 within fuch County or [Place] [Stewartry] the Sum of 
 
 56 [Five Pounds Sterling] in lieu of every Private Militia Man 
 required to ferve for the fame as aforefaid, in fuch Manner and in 
 fuch Proportions as the Land Tax or Cefs have been ufually levied 
 in fuch County or [j^lacc] [Stewartry] Provided that every 
 Perfon duly qualified, who ihall have ferved as an Officer in 
 the Militia within the Kingdom of Great Britain for [Three Tears] 
 or who (hall be then actually ferving as an Officer, or who 
 ihall have duly offered to ferve as an Officer in fuch Militia 
 in Manner hereinbefore directed, fhall not be liable to pay 
 any Part or Share of fuch Rate or Afleflment, nor fhall 
 his Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, be affeffed or charged 
 thereto; and the Deficiency thereby occasioned, fhall be al- 
 lowed to fuch County [or \ Stewartry [or Plate] by deducting 
 the Sum which otherwife would have been charged on fuch 
 Perfon, from the grofs Amount of the Sums of [Five Powids 
 Sterling] per Man, hereinbefore directed to be raifed in fuch 
 County [or] Stewartry [or Iplace] provided that every Per- 
 fon claiming fuch Exemption fhall file a Certificate of fuch 
 
 57 Service, or of his having offered to ferve, with the Clerk of 
 the Peace for the County or [IplaCCj [Stewartry] wherein 
 fuch Perfon fhall claim to have fuch Exemption, and fhall 
 alfo deliver to him a Lift, under his Hand, of his Tenants 
 and Farmers, and the Places of their Abode, and fuch Clerk 
 of the Peace fhall forthwith file the fame amongft the Re- 
 cords of [^gffion] [the Quarter SeJJions] And when any 
 fuch Afleflment fhall be ordered to be made, fuch Clerk 
 of the Peace fhall certify to the Convenor of the Commif- 
 floners of Supply, and to the Receiver General of the Land 
 Tax, the Names of all Perfons who fhall have filed fuch 
 Lifts, and the Names of their Tenants and Farmers inferred 
 therein, in order that fuch Perfon or Perfons, and his or 
 their Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, may not be 
 charged with fuch Afleflment j and His Majefty's [Commif- 
 fiOner Ot CommiffiOners] [Lieutenant] of every County 
 or [JplaCC] [Stewartry) where any fuch Perfon fhall have 
 ferved as an Officer in the Militia thereof for the Space 
 
 of
 
 [ 33 ] 
 
 of {Three Tears] or who (hall actually ferve as an Officer of, 
 fuch Militia, (hall, on Requeft, grant to him a Certificate 
 thereof; and every fuch [CommtffionSt Ot CommifUOner0] 
 [Lieutenant] Deputy [ComttUffiOtiet] [Lieutenant] or Juftice 
 of the Peace, before whom fuch Perfon fiiall offer to ferve 
 as an Officer in the Militia, (hall, on Requeft, grant him a 58 
 Certificate thereof, in order that he may be exempted as 
 aforefaid ; and the faid AfTeffment (hall be made, levied, col- 
 lected, and kept, diftinct and feparatc from the Cefs or Land 
 Tax; and that every Tenant or Occupier of any Meffuages, 
 Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, who (hall pay any. 
 AiTeffrnent made in purfuance of this Act, for the Purpofes 
 aforefaid, (hall and may deduct and retain the Tame out of his 
 or her Rent, except where there is a Covenant or Agreement 
 to the contrary. 
 
 And be it Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid 
 Sums of [Five Pounds Sterling] directed to be raifed for every Mi- 
 litia Man required to ferve for each County [or] Stewartry [ox 
 JplaCC] where fuch Militia (hall not be railed as aforefaid, fhall 
 be paid to the Receiver General of the Land Tax within [Six Ca~ j 
 
 lendar Months] after the General Quarter SelTions cf the Peace, 
 that (hall be held for fuch County [or] Stewartry [cr l^IaCt] next 
 after the [Twenty-Jifth Day of December] in every Year, who 
 ill all, within [One Calendar Month] after the Receipt there- 
 of, account for and pay the fame into the Receipt of His Ma- 
 jefty's Exchequer at Weftminfter to be accounted for Yearly 59 
 to Parliament, and applied to fuch Ufes as Parlirment ihall di- 
 rect ; and in cafe the faid Sums of Money (hall n-ji be raifed 
 and paid to the Receiver General of the Land Tax as afore- 
 faid, the Receiver General (hall immediately proceed to en- 
 force the Payment thereof in the fame Manner as is ap-^ 
 pointed, with regard to the Cefs or Land Tax in that Part 
 of Great Britain called Scotland, by an Act, palled in this 
 prefent Year of His Majefty's Reign, intituled, " An Act 
 <( for granting an Aid to His Majeity by a Land Tax, to 
 ** be raifed in Great Britain for the Service of the Year 
 " One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-fix:" And the 
 Receiver General of the Land Tax, for his Trouble in re- 
 ceiving fuch Sums of Money, and for his Trouble in giving 
 Receipts for the fame, and accounting for and paying it into 
 His Majefty's faid Exchequer, and doing the Duty in all other 
 Refpects required of him by this Act, fhall be allowed [Two 
 Pence Sterling] in the Pound [Sterling] out of the Money fo re- 
 ceived and paid by him, and no more ; and every Officer ne- 
 
 I cefiarilv
 
 [ 34 ] 
 
 cefTarily employed in collecting the faid Sums of Money in 
 the feveral Panlhes [ant) JpUlCCtf] aforefaid, and in accounting 
 
 60 for and paying the lame to luch Receiver General, and for 
 doing the Duty in all other Reipe&s required of him by this 
 Act, in regard to the levying and collecting fuch Sums of 
 Money refpedtively, (hall be allowed [One Penny Sterling] in 
 the Pound [Sterling] and no more, out of the Money fo 
 received by him. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That no Serjeant, Corporal, Drum- 
 mer, Fifer, or Private Man, ferving in the Militia, {hall, dur- 
 ing the Time of fuch Service, be liable to do any Highway 
 Duty, commonly called Statute Work, or be appointed to 
 ferve as a Peace Officer, or Parifh Officer, or be liable to ferve 
 in Lang Of] His Majefty's [ilantl Ot] Sea Forces, unlefs he 
 (hall confent thereto. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That if any Non-commifiion Officer of 
 the Militia, or Private Militia Man, (hall be maimed or wounded 
 in actual Service, he (hall be equally entitled to the Benefit of 
 Chelfea Hofpital with any Non-commifiion Officer or Private 
 Soldier belonging to His Majefty's other Forces ; and that 
 . every fuch Perfon, having ferved in the Militia when called 
 out into actual Service, and being a married Man, may fet up 
 and exercife any Trade in any Town or Place within the 
 
 61 Kingdoms of Great Britain or Ireland, without any Molefta- 
 tion for or by Reafon of the ufing fuch Trade, in like 
 Manner as any Perfon who has ferved in His Majefty's Navy, 
 or as a Soldier in his regular Land Forces, may do. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That it (hall be optional to any Bat- 
 talion or Independant Company of Militia, within that Part of 
 the United Kingdom called Scotland, to be cloathed in the 
 Highland Drefs, if the Commanding Officer thereof (hall 
 think fit. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That every Private Militia Man who 
 (hall have ferved [Three Tears] without being called out into 
 actual Service, or who (hall have ferved [One Tear] in actual 
 Service, (hall, at the End of fuch Times refpectively, be en- 
 titled to his Military Clothes for his own Ufe, in fuch Man- 
 ner as the Commanding Officer of the Corps in which he 
 ferved (hall judge mod for his Benefit. 
 
 And
 
 [ 35 ] 
 
 And be it Enacted, That if any Servant hired by the 
 Year, or otherwife, (hall ferve in the Militia, it (hall be law- 
 ful for One Juftice of the Peace, upon Complaint made on 
 Oath by fuch Servant, to order fo much of his Wages as 
 (hall appear to fuch Juftice to be due to him, to be immediately 62 
 paid him by his Mafter or Employer, in Proportion to the 
 Service he has performed ; and in Default of Payment the 
 fame fhall be levied by [Dijlrefs and Sale] by Warrant from 
 fuch Juftice. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That no Perfon having ferved 
 perfonally, or by Subftitute, [Three Tears] in the Militia, 
 ihall be obliged to ferve again until by Rotation it comes to 
 his Turn ; and when any Subftitute, after having been ap- 
 proved as aforefaid, before the Expiration of the Term for 
 which he was to ferve, {hall die, or be appointed a Serjeant in 
 the Militia, or be legally difcharged, the Perfon for whom 
 he ferved fhall not be obliged to ferve himfelf, or to find 
 another Subftitute, but fuch Vacancy fhall be filled up as in 
 the Cafe of Vacancies occafioned by the Death or Difcharge 
 of Perfons ferving for themfelves. 
 
 Provided always, That no Militia Man, having ferved as a 
 Subftitute, fhall be thereby excufed from ferving for himfelf 
 when he fhall be chofen by Lot. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That if any Serjeant Major, 
 Drum Major, Drummer, or Fifer, engaged to ferve as aforefaid, 63 
 within that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, who fhall have 
 received Pay therein, fhall, during the Time fuch Corps of 
 Militia to which he belongs is not in actual Service, or out at 
 Annual Exercife, mifbehave, be negligent in his Duty, or be dif- 
 obedient to the Orders of the Adjutant or other his fuperior 
 Officer, he fhall forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding [Thirty 
 Shillings Sterling] for every fuch Offence. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That at the End of the [Firji] 
 Year's Service of any Battalion or Independant Company of 
 Militia [One Third] Part of the Private Men of fuch Battalion or 
 Independant Company fhall be difcharged by Ballot, and the 
 Private Men fo difcharged, and alfo fuch Vacancies as may have 
 happened, fhall be fupplied by Ballot ; and after the [Second] 
 "V ear's Service of any Battalion or Independant Company of 
 Militia, [One other of the Two remaining Third Parts] [j^'ai'tj of 
 
 the
 
 [ 36 ] 
 
 the Private Men {hall be difcharged, and others fuppiied, in 
 like Manner ; and at the End of the [Third] Year's Service 
 of any Battalion or Independant Company of Militia, the re- 
 "4 maining [Third Part] of the Private Men mail be difcharged, 
 and fuppiied, in like Manner ; and from thenceforth a Ballot 
 fhall be regularly made each Year, for fupplying the Private 
 Men fo difcharged in Rotation, and alfo for fupplying fuch Va- 
 cancies as may have happened in any Battalion or Independant 
 Company of Militia. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That if any Militia Man fhall 
 change the Place of his Abode from One Parifh [ot plate] to 
 another, without the Conient in Writing of the Captain or 
 Commanding Officer of the Company to which he belongs, 
 
 [ano alfo of the Conn able of the Ipariu) or place for ferfjfer) 
 
 he ftjall &C inrolICD tO ftrtiC] and without giving Notice thereof 
 [in Writing] to the Clerk of the County or Stewartry, or of the 
 Subdivifion Meeting, if the County or Stewartry be fubdivided 
 [ill tohiCf)] [and alfo to the Conjiable of] the Parifh [or Place] 
 for which he ferves [Ujali t)C UtUatCU] [Specifying the Name 
 of the Pari/Jj from whence, and to which, he jhall remove, and of 
 the Officer of whom he obtained fuch Leave] (which Clerk is 
 hereby required to keep an Account of the fame) he fhall 
 [then] forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding [Ten Pounds Ster- 
 ling.] 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That if any Perfon, who is 
 fworn and inrolled to ferve in the faid Militia, fhall inlift into 
 His Majefty's other Forces, the Colonel or Commanding 
 Officer of fuch Regiment or Corps in which he fhall fo inlift, 
 ihall pay to the Clerk of the Corps of Militia to which fuch 
 65 Militia Man belongs, the Sum of [Three Pounds Three 
 Shillings Sterling] which fhall be accounted for and paid by 
 him to the Commanding Officer of the Corps for which fuch 
 Militia Man was inrolled to ferve, and fhall be applied to- 
 wards finding another Man to ferve in fuch Militia, in the 
 room of the Perfon fo inlifting ; and if fuch Colonel or Com- 
 manding Officer fhall, on Demand, refufe to pay fuch Sum of 
 Money to the Clerk of the Corps of Militia, fuch inlifting 
 fhall be from thenceforth [null and void] And if any 
 Militia Man fhall deny to any Officer, Serjeant, or other Per- 
 fon, recruiting for Men to inlift and ferve in His Majefty's 
 other Forces, that he is f at the Time of his offering to inlift, 
 a Militia Man then actually inrolled and engaged to ferve 
 
 (which
 
 [ 37 ] 
 
 (which the faid Officer, Serjeant, or other Perfon, is hereby 
 required to afk any Man offering to inlift) and {hall inlift in 
 His Majefly's other Forces, inch Perfon fb offending, and who 
 fhall thereof* be convicted before any Jufticc of the Peace for fuch 
 County or [JEHacc] [Steiaartry] fhall be {committed to the Common 
 Gaol of fuch County or Stewartry, there to remain without Bail, for 
 any 'lime not exceeding Six Calendar Months] over and above any 
 Penalty ov Punifhment to which iuch Perfon {o offending 
 Ihall be otherwife liable by Law, and from the Day on 
 which his Engagement to ferve in the Militia fhall end, 
 and not fooner, except on Payment of fuch Sum of Money as ££ 
 aforefaid, he fhall belong as a Soldier to fuch Corps of Plis 
 Majefty's other Forces into which he ihall have been fo in- 
 lifted. 
 
 And be It further Enacted, That no Officer, Serjeant, or 
 Commander of a Recruiting Party, of His Majefty's other Forces, 
 fhall beat up for Recruits in any Place where any Corps of 
 Militia mall be affembled for Exercife, nor (hall inlift any 
 Militia Man within [Ten Days] before, or [Ten Days] after, 
 their being fo affembled : And if any Officer, Serjeant, or Com- 
 mander of a Recruiting Party, ihall beat up for Recruits, or inlift 
 any Militia Man, where any Corps of Militia ie, or within the 
 Time aforefaid, either before or after any Corps of Militia fhall 
 be fo affembled, the Officer, Serjeant, or Commander of fuch 
 Recruiting Party, fo offending, fhall forfeit [Twenty Pounds Ster- 
 ling] for every fuch Offence, and the iniifting fuch Militia 
 Man fhall be [null and void]. 
 
 And it is hereby further Provided and Declared, That in 
 cafe of the Militia being embodied, no Officer, Serjeant, or 
 Commander of a Recruiting Party, of His Majefty's oiher Forces, 
 ihall inlift any Militia Man, under the Penalty aforefaid, and the 
 iniifting fuch Militia Man fhall be likewife [null and void]. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That if any Perfon ferving in any of His 67 
 Majefty's Regular Forces fhall offer to ferve, and be inrolled, as ' 
 a Subftitute, in the Militia, he fhall for every fuch Offence 
 forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding [Ten Pounds Sterling]. 
 
 And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 if any Clerk of the Peace fhall be guilty of any Negl eft of Duty, 
 or fhall not do and perform the feveral A&s, Matters, and 
 Things, herein required of or by him to be done or performed 
 
 K for
 
 [ 38 ] 
 
 for the better and more effectual carrying this Act into Exe- 
 cution, and for which no Penalty or Forfeiture is herein directed 
 to be inflicted or paid, every luch Clerk of the Peace fhall 
 f forft it his OJfce, and be rendered incapable of holding the fame, 
 or any other Ojfce, Civil or Military, under the Government.] 
 
 And be it Enacted, That if any Confhble [fjt OtfjCt ©filCCr] 
 (hall neglect or refute to do any luch Act as is hereby required 
 to he done by him or them, for the better and more effectual 
 carrying this Act into Execution, or fhall ne2lect or refufe to 
 obey the lawful Commands pf the Deputy [COtttnuffionCtS] 
 [Lieutenants] or Juftices of the Peace, or any of them, in the 
 Execution of the Powers hereby placed in them, or any of 
 them, every fuch Conffahle, and other [fueft lifec] Officer, 'fhall 
 63 for every fuch Offence, in like Manner, forfeit and pay [tt)£] 
 [any] Sum [of] [no: exceeding Forty Shillings Sterling]. 
 
 And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 all Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures, by this Act impofed, the 
 Manner of Recovery whereof is not hereby particularly provided 
 for, fhall, on Complaint made before the Sheriff or Stewart 
 [Depute, or their refpctlive Sub ih tides] of fuch County [or] 
 Stewartry [or PlflCC] where the Caufe of fuch Complaint fhall 
 arife, and fulficient Proof produced before fuch Sheriff or 
 Stewart [Depute, or their refpeclive Subftitutes] on examining 
 into the Truth of fuch Complaint, to induce him to adjudge and 
 determine the Offender to be guilty of fuch Offence or Neglect 
 wherewith he is charged, be by the Sheriff or Stewart [Depute, 
 or their refpeSlive Subjlitutes] forthwith ordered to be paid ; and 
 in Default ol fuch Payment the Sheriff or Stewart [Depute, or 
 their refpeclive Subjlitutes] lhall grant a Warrant to levy the fame 
 by [Difirefs and Sale] of the Goods and Chattels of fuch Offen- 
 der, rendering the Overplus (if any) on Demand, after de- 
 ducting the Charges of fuch [Dijircfs and Sale] to fuch Offender; 
 and where the Goods and Chattels of fuch Offender fhall not 
 be fufficient to anfwer fuch Penalty, and the Expenc-s of mak- 
 ing fuch [Dijlrefs and Sale] fuch Sheriff or Stewart [Depute, or 
 their refpeclive Subjlitutes] lhall [commit him to the Common Gaol 
 of the County] where the Offence lhall have been committed, 
 69 for any Time not exceeding [Three Calendar Months] and 
 [One Half] of all Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures, by this Act 
 impofed, the Application whereof is not othervvife particularly 
 provided for, fhall be paid to and to the Ufe of the Perfon 
 or Perfons who lhall inform orprofecute for the fame and [the other 
 
 Half]
 
 [ 39 ] 
 
 Half] (hall be paid to the Clerk of the Corps of Militia ferving for 
 the County or [JSHiHC] \Stewartry\ where fuch Offence (hall be 
 committed, and ihall be made a Common Stock ; and the faid 
 Clerk Ihall every [I'hree Months] account for the fame to the Com- 
 manding Officer of fuch Corps, who ihall apply the Sums thence 
 ariiing to the neceffary Purpofes of the Corps, and if there be 
 any Overplus, (hall, out of fuch Overplus, caufe Putts to be 
 erected in fome convenient Places, and fhall direct the Clerk 
 of fuch Corps to buy and provide, with fome Part of the 
 Money lb ariiing, a proper Quantity of Gunpowder and Ball, 
 to be ufed at proper Times, by the Militia Men of fuch 
 Corps, in ibcoting at Marks ; and to apply and difpofe of 
 fuch other Part or" the Money aforefaid, as he (hall think 
 reafonable, in Prizes to be given to fuch Militia Man or 
 Men who (hall, by the Commanding Officer then prelent, 70 
 be adjudged to be the bell Markfman, or in fuch other Ways, 
 tending to the Encouragement and Improvement of the Corps, 
 as the Commanding Officer Ihall direct. 
 
 Provided always, and it is hereby further Enacted, That if 
 any Perfon Ihall think himfelf aggrieved by the Judgment 
 or Determination of fuch Sheriff or Stewart [Depute, or their 
 refpeclive Subjlitutes] fuch Perfon may bring the laid Determi- 
 nation or Judgment under the Review of the Ccurt of 
 Seffion [or the Circuit Court of Ji/jiiciary, in all Counties or 
 Stewart ries inhere Appeals to the Circuit are competent] in com- 
 mon Form ; and till fuch Appeal fhall be finally heard and 
 determined, all Proceedings upon fuch original Judgment or 
 Determination fhall be lulpended. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That if any Suit or Action 
 fhall be brought cr commenced ag.unll any Perfon for any 
 Thing done in purfuance of this Act, fuch Aciion or Suit 
 ihall be commenced within [Six Calendar Months] alter the Fact 
 committed, and not afterwards. 
 
 And be it hereby Enacted, That this Act fhall continue 
 in Force tor [Seven] Years, and till the End of the then 
 next Seffion of Parliament. 
 
 Clause
 
 C 40 3 
 
 Clause (A.) 
 
 And be it Enabled, That His Majeflfs Lieutenants, <wht> 
 are or Jhall be commijjioned for the Militia of the City of Edin- 
 burgh, may and ftali continue to lijl and levy the 'Train Bands 
 and Guard of the faid City in Manner as heretofore. i 
 
 Clause (B.) 
 
 Provided always, and be it further Enabled, That ivhere 
 any Parifh floall be in more Counties or Stewartries than One, 
 the Inhabitants of fuch Pari/h fl:all Jerve in the Militia of that 
 County or Steivartry wherein the Church belonging to fuch Pari/h 
 isfituated; and that fuch Par if) fall be deemed as Part of that 
 County, and fijall be Jubjecl to the Jurijaiclion and Authority 
 of the Deputy Lieutenants, Ju/lices, and other Officers, of that 
 County or Stcwartry, to all the Intents and Pia pofes of I his 
 Ail. 
 
 Clause (C.) 
 
 And be it Enacted, That His Majejlys Lieutenants, or any 
 Three Deputy Lieutenants, of any County or Stetcartry; is and 
 are hereby authorized, by Warrant under lis Hand and Seal, 
 or their Hands and Seals, to employ fuch Perfin or Perfons as 
 he or they jhall think fit, to feize and remove the Arms, 
 Clothes, and Accoutrements, belonging to the Militia of fitch 
 County or Stewarfry, whenever Bis Majejlys faid Lieutenants, 
 or the Deputy Lieutenants, JJ:all adjudge it neceffary to the 
 Kingdom, and to deliver the faid Arms, Clothes, and Accoutre- 
 ments, into the Cuflody of fuch P erf on or Perfons as His Ma- 
 jejlys faid Lieutenants, or Deputy Lieutenants, jhall appoint to 
 receive the fame, for the Pur poj'es of this Acl. 
 
 Clause
 
 [ 41 ] 
 
 Clause (D). 
 
 Provided always, and it is hereby Enacted, 'That wl 
 Volunteer or Volunteers ft: all, en the Day • 
 Ballot, effer to ferve for . a)iy Par if: or Parijhes, and jf all "be 
 approved cf by the Deputy Lieutenant and Jziflices <ifo, 
 then, and in that Cafe only, fo many Men pall be batlotted for 
 as are fufifcient to make up the Number allotted to that Parjjb 
 or Parijhes, a?id the Volunteer or Volunteers fo offering fhem- 
 felves fall be inrolkd, and deemed Militia Men io all Intents 
 and Purpofes. 
 
 Clause (E.) 
 
 And be it Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Juf- 
 tices of the Peace of every County or St e war try, at their 
 garter Sefihns refpeflively, in that Part of Great Britain 
 ■called Scot/and, fall appoint yearly One or mere Confables, in. 
 every Pari/h within their rejpeclive County or Stewartry, for 
 the Purpofe of carrying this A3 into Execution ; which Ccnfia- 
 ble or Confables fall be vefted with all other Powers given to 
 any Coiiflable or Confables by any former Law. 
 
 Clause (F), 
 
 \^ /• 
 
 And be it Enabled, That if any Perfcn being of the People 
 ■ called Quakers fall be chojen by Lot to ferve in the Militia, 
 and fall refuje or neglect to appear, or to take the Oath and 
 ferve in the Militia, or to provide a Subfitute, to be approved 
 as aforefaid, who fall take the faid Oath, and fubferibe his 
 Confent to ferve as the Subfitute of fuch gUiaker, then, and 
 in every fuch Cafe, any Three Deputy Lieutenants fall, if they 
 think proper, upon as reafonablc Terms as may be, provide and 
 hire a fit Perfon, who fall take the Oath, and Jubfcribe his 
 Confent to ferve in the faid Militia for the Space cf Three 
 Tears, as the Subfitute of fuch Quaker ; and are hereby im- 
 fowered and required to levy, by Difrefs and Sale of the 
 Goods and Chattels of fuch Quaker, by Warrant under their 
 
 L Hands
 
 [ 42 ] 
 
 Hands and Seals, fuch Sum or Sums of Money as Jhall be ne- 
 ceffary, to defray the Expence of providing and hiring fuch 
 Per/on to ferve in the Militia jor the Space of Three Tears, 
 as the Subjlitute of fuch Quaker fo refufmg or negleBing, ren- 
 dering the Overplus, if any, on Demand, after deducing the 
 Charges of fuch Diflrefs and Sale, to fuch Quaker upon whom 
 fuch Diflrefs Jhall have been made as of or ej aid ; and in cafe 
 any Meafures Jhall be ufed, in taking J'uch Dijlrefs, which may 
 be by any fuch Quaker thought opprefjive, it fjall be lawful 
 for fitch Quaker to complain thereof to the Deputy Lieutenants 
 and fujlices of the Peace, at their next Meeting, for fuch 
 County, Stewartry, or Subdivifion, who are hereby ivipowered 
 and required to hear and filially determine the fame, and to order 
 the Parties to make fuch Satisfaction to each other as to them 
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 Reftrain Apprentices, Tradefmen, and other un- 
 qualified Perfbns, from deftroying the Game, in 
 that Part of Great Britain called Scotland; and 
 for granting to Proprietors of Lands in Scotland 
 further Powers with regard to killing of Game. 
 
 Note. — The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of the Folios 
 
 in the written Copy. 
 
 5&&30£30( J]) <£ 1ft <£ 3 S? many Proprietors of Land in 
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 ^ (Dill ^ improperly restrained in the Ufe and Enjoy- 
 )6( )k ment of the Game upon their own Property : 
 
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 3nD tU^crcaS many Tradefmen, Apprentices, and other 
 Perlbns, neglect their Trades and Employments, and fpend 
 °;reat Part of their Time in hunting, mooting, and other- 
 wife deftroying, Game, within that Part of Great Britain 
 
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 •called Scotland, although not qualified by Law fo to do, to 
 the Ruin of theuifelves and Families, and to the Prejudice 
 of the Public : 
 
 JTOV Remedy whereof, 15? it OEnaftCtJ by the KING'S 
 Moft Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and 
 Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com- 
 mons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the 
 Authority of the fame, That, from and after the 
 Day of if any Perfon or Perfons within that 
 
 Part of Groat Britain called Scotland, not being qualified by 
 Law lb to do, mail prefume to fhoot or fowl, hawk, hunt, 
 keep or fet Snares for, or fliall keep or ufe any Dogs, Nets, 
 Snares, or other Engines, to kill or deftroy, the Game, or 
 fliall keep and ufe any Gun or Guns in deftroying the Game, 
 and fhall be convicted of any of the faid Offences, upon 
 the Oath of One or more credible Witnefs or Witneffes, 
 before the Sheriff of the County or Stewart of the Stewartry 
 where the Offence fliall be committed, or where the Offender 
 fliall be found, every fuch Offender fhall, for the Firft 
 Offence, forfeit and pay the Sum of 
 
 One Half to the Perfon or Perfons upon whofe Information 
 fuch Offender fliall be convicted, and the other Half to the 
 Poor of the Parifh where the Offence fhall be committed, 
 to be levied by of the Offender's Goods 
 
 and Chattels, by Warrant under the Hand of the Sheriff or 
 Stewart before whom fuch Offender fliall be convicted ; 
 and in cafe fufficient cannot be found, 
 
 fuch Sheriff or Stewart fliall commit fuch Offender to the 
 Common Gaol of the County or Stewartry where the Offence 
 fliall be committed, or where the Offender fliall be found, 
 there to remain for the Space of unlefs 
 
 fuch Penalty fliall be fooner paid : And if any Perfon, being 
 convicted as aforefaid, fliall again offend in any of the faid 
 Cafes, he fliall forfeit and pay the Sum of 
 to be divided and levied in Manner above mentioned ; and 
 in cafe fufficient cannot be found, the 
 
 Sheriff or Stewart, before whom fuch Perfon fhall be con- 
 victed of fuch Second or fubfequent Offence, fhall commit 
 fuch Perfon in Manner aforefaid for the Space of 
 
 unlefs fuch Penalty fhall be paid before the Expira- 
 tion of that Period. 
 
 3n& iJC it further (ZBnafteD by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 
 every
 
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 every Sheriff of a County, or Stewart of a Stewartry, in Con- 
 fequence of Information upon Oath, fhall and may, by War- 
 rant under their Hands refpectively, caufe Search to be 'made 
 in the Day-time for any Dogs, Nets, or Engines, for deftroy- 
 ing of Game, which (hall be in the Cuftody of any Perfon 
 or Perfons not qualified by Law to kill Game, and likewise 
 to caufe Search to be made for any Gun or Guns kept and 
 ufed by any unqualified or unlicenfed Perfon for killing and 
 deftroying Game ; and, in cafe fuch Dogs, Nets, or Engines, 
 fhall be found in the Cuftody of any Perfon or Perfons not 
 fo qualified, fuch Sheriff or Stewart refpectively fhall and 
 may either caufe fuch Dogs, Nets, or Engines, to be de- 
 flroyed, or to be fold to the belt Bidder, and the Money 
 arifiug by fuch Sale to be given to the Poor of the Parifli 
 where fuch Dogs, Nets, or Engines, fhall be found ; and in 
 cafe any Gun or Guns, kept and ufed for killing and de- 
 ilroying Game, mail be found in the Cuftody of any Perfon 
 not fo qualified or licenfed, fuch Sheriff or Stewart refpec- 
 tively fhail and may either caufe fuch Gun or Guns to be 
 deftroyed, or to be fold to the befl Bidder, and the Money 
 arifing by fuch Sale to be given to the Poor of the Parifli 
 where fuch Gun or Guns fhall be found. 
 
 9tlTJ &C it furtf)Ct CnaftetJ by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That, notwithflanding any Law to the contrary now in Force 
 in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, every Proprietor 
 of Land in that Part of the united Kingdom fhall be entitled 
 to kill Game upon his own Property, and alfo to grant Li- 
 cence under his Hand to any Perfon whatfoever to kill Game 
 on the Property of the Perfon fo granting the Licence : But 
 it is hereby Declared, That no Perfon whatever fhall have 
 Power to grant Licence to any unqualified' Perfon to hunt or 
 kill Game upon the Eftate or Property of another; and, not- 
 withflanding fuch Licence, fuch unqualified Perfon hunting 
 or killing Game upon the Property of" another, fhall be liable 
 in the Penalties to which unqualified Perfons are liable by this 
 or any other Law for Prefervation of the Game in that Part 
 of Great Britain called Scotland. 
 
 3nD foe it furtfitr €nafteD by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That the Conviction and Convictions of all and every Of- 
 fender or Offenders againffc this Act fhall be certified, by the 
 Sheriff or Stewart refpectively by or before whom the Of- 
 fender fhall be convicted, to the Seffion Clerk of the Parifh 
 
 where
 
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 where the Offence was committed, within 
 of fuch Conviction ; and if, within of fuch Con- 
 
 viction being fo certified, the Penalty awarded by the Sheriff 
 or Stewart is not paid, it fhall be competent either for the 
 Original Informer, or the faid SeiTion Clerk, to make Appli- 
 cation to the Sheriff or Stewart, who, upon fuch Application, 
 is hereby required to grant Warrant for in 
 
 Manner before directed. 
 
 SnD 6C it further (£na&CD, That this Act mall be deemed, 
 adjudged, and taken to be, a Public Act ; and fhall be ju- 
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 FOR 
 
 Remedying fbme Defects in the feveral Acts 
 parted for Paving, Cleanfing, Lighting, and 
 Regulating, the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and 
 other Places, within the City and Liberty of 
 JVeftminfter, and Parts adjacent. 
 
 ?gJ|sJP I£> <& E <£ 3 % feveral Ads have been patted Preamble; 
 
 in the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and 
 ■ K\ il^ils! Eleventh Years of His prefent Majefty's Reign, 
 Jte^avreSJ for the Paving, Cleanfing, Lighting, and Regu- 
 ^llfcP^I ^ at i n g» the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and other 
 ^» Places, within the City and Liberty of JVeJi- 
 minjler, and Parts adjacent : 
 
 Sntl tofjCteaS there are fome Defecls in the faid A&s, the 
 remedying whereof would be of great Utility : 
 
 May
 
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 Powers relit 
 ing to the 
 Watei Com 
 
 May it therefore pleafe Your MAJESTY, 
 
 That it may be Enacted ; 3nD be it (JBnafieii by the KING'S 
 
 moll Excellent Maj esty, by and with the Advice and Con- 
 fent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in 
 this prefent Parliament afembled, and by the Authority of 
 the Cane, That from and after 
 
 the feveral Powers, Rules, Regulations, Authorities, Matters, 
 and Things, which, by the faid former Acts, any or either of 
 paniestobe them, arc to be executed, obferved, made, enforced, had, or 
 in Commif- done, by or with the Commiffioners, their Agents or Offi- 
 Committees. cerS > within tne feveral Squares, Streets, Lanes, Alleys, or 
 Places, now paved under their Direction, which may any 
 Ways refpect or relate to the feveral and refpective Companies 
 who furn'fh Water to the Inhabitants of the City and Liberty 
 of IVtjlminjler, and the other Parilhes and Places included in 
 the Provifions of the faid feveral Acts, any or either of them 
 (except as hereinafter is excepted) ill all be, and are hereby 
 veiled in the feveral and refpective Committees, and fhall be 
 executed, obferved, made, enforced, had, and done, by or 
 with them, their Agents and Officers, (within the feveral 
 Squares, Streets, Lanes, Alleys, and Places, which fhall be 
 rated by the refpective Committees, by virtue of the faid Act 
 cf the Eleventh Year of His prefent Majefly) in as full 
 and ample a Manner, to all Intents and Purpofes, as hath 
 been or may be done by or with the faid Commiffioners, 
 within the feveral Squares, Streets, Lanes, Alleys, or Places 
 paved by virtue of the faid former Acts, any or either of 
 them. 
 
 Lift of 
 
 Squares, 
 Streets, &c. 
 liable to be 
 rated by 
 Commifiion- 
 ers, to be 
 tranfmitted to 
 the Water 
 Companies. 
 
 The like by 
 the Com- 
 
 mitce*. 
 
 SnD fee it further <2BnaaeU, That the Clerk to the faid 
 Commiffioners for putting the faid former Acts and this Ad 
 in Execution {hall, within 
 
 tranfmit a true and perfect Lift of 
 the Names of all fuch Squares, Streets, and Places, where the 
 Owners and Occupiers of the Lands, Grounds, Houfes, Shops, 
 Wharfs, Warehoufes, Coach Houfes, Stables, Cellars, Vaults, 
 Buildings, Tenements, or Hereditaments therein, are now, or 
 hereafter may be, liable by Law to be rated and alTeiTed by 
 the laid Commiffioners, to the Secretary or Clerk to the re- 
 fpective Water Companies ; and the refpective Clerks to the 
 feveral Committees fhall alfo, within 
 
 tranfmit to the faid 
 Sere aries or Clerks to the faid Water Companies, a true and 
 
 perfect
 
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 perfed Lift of all fuch Squares, Streets, Lanes, and Places, in 
 their refpedive Parifhes, Precinds, and Liberties, where the 
 Owners and Occupiers as aforefaid are liable by Law to be 
 rated and aliened by the faid Committees refpedively; and every Commifficn- 
 luch refpedive Committee is hereby required to appoint a era and Com- 
 public Place, within their refpedive Parifh, Precinct, or Li- ^p^"/" 
 berty, where Notices required by this Ad to be given to the puolic Place 
 Committees by the Water Companies fhall be brought and ^"f ' (rQm 
 left ; and every fuch Committee fhall alio, from Time to Time, Water Com- 
 tranfmit an Account of fuch public Place to the faid Water panies. 
 Companies, immediately after the Appointment thereof, or as 
 foon after as conveniently may be ; and the refpedive Paviors 
 to the Water Companies, fhall, from Time to Time, give or 
 leave Notice for the Commiffioners for Paving, at the Bridge 
 Office at IVeJiminJler, or to fuch Perlbn or Perfons as the laid 
 Commiffioners mall appoint to receive the fame, when and 
 where any of the Pavements have been broken or taken up, 
 in any of the faid Squares, Streets, Lanes, and Places men- 
 tioned in the Lift to be made by the faid Commiffioners, and 
 the like when they, or either of them, fhall have filled in and 
 rammed down the Ground; and the Paviors to the refpedive paviorsto 
 Water Companies fhall, from Time to Time, give or leave Water Com- j£ 
 
 Notice to and for the feveral and refpedive Committees, at the p^g Notice, 
 public Places to be by them appointed as aforefaid, when and when Pipes 
 where any of the Pavements have been broken or taken up, in are ^paired 
 
 i n o t ini -iii-i and Ground 
 
 any of the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and Places included in the fiu e d in, at 
 faid Lift to be made by the refpedive Committees, and the like fuch P ublic 
 Notice when they, or either oi them, have filled in and ram- 
 med down the Ground. 
 
 Qat! fcC it further (SErtacteB, That the laid Commiffioners, obliging 
 or the feveral and refpedive Committees, lhali, and they are to "' m "" on " 
 
 , , . . , ' , r „,■ „-,. ' ers to acivcr- 
 
 hereby authorized ana required, rrom i ime to i mie, at any t ; le their 
 of their refpective Meetings, as Occaficn fhall reqvrre, to con- Contracts 
 trad with any PeFfon or Perfons lor paving and keeping in ^fvsrater 
 Repair, by a feparate Agreement, the Pavement over the Trenches. 
 Water Trenches belonging to any of the laid Water Companies, 
 within their refpedive Junfiidbns ; but that no fuch Contract 
 fhall be made, unlets* previous to the making thereof, 
 
 Notice at the leaft fhall be given in fome of the 
 public News-papers, expreffing the Intention of fuch Contrad, 
 in order that any Perlbn or Perfons willing to undertake the 
 fame (not being Commiffioners, or Members of the faid Com- 
 mittees) may make Propofals for that Purpofe, at the Time 
 and Place in fuch Notice mentioned. 
 
 ana
 
 Scavengers 
 not to fweep 
 Street Dirt 
 into Common 
 Sewers, cr 
 within 
 Feet of the 
 Grates, or 
 within 
 Feet of the 
 Channel, 
 
 where the 
 Width of the 
 Street will 
 admittliereof. 
 
 Offender may 
 bs appre- 
 hended ; 
 
 and conveyed 
 before a Ma- 
 gittrate; 
 
 and if con- 
 victed upon 
 Oath 
 
 to pay 
 
 or be com- 
 mitted for 
 any Time not 
 
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 3n3 bC it fUrtf)Ct (STnaftCtJ, That the Servants, Labourers, 
 or Perfons employed by the Savenger or Raker contracting with 
 the Commiffioners, or refpeclive Committees, and all other 
 Pcrfons, (hall take Care not to fweep or rake any of the Slop, 
 Slufh, Mud, Dirt, Duff, Rubbifh, Afhes, Filth, or Soil, found 
 in any of the Squares, Streets, Lanes, Courts, Yards, Mewfes, 
 Alleys, Paffages, or Places, within the Limits aforefaid, into 
 any of the Common Sewers, Drains, or Funnels, thereunto be- 
 longing j but fhall fweep or rake the fame together, fo as to 
 lie at the Diftance of Feet at the leaft from each of 
 
 the refpective Grates belonging to or placed over every Com- 
 mon Sewer, Drain, or Funnel, and at the Diftance of 
 Feet at the leaft from every Channel, in every Square, Street, 
 Lane, Court, Yard, Alley, Mews, Paffage, or Place, within 
 the Limits aforefaid, where the Width of the Street, Lane, 
 or Place, will admit thereof; and if any fuch Servant, 
 Labourer, or other Perfon or Perfons, fhall offend in the 
 Premifes, it fhall be lawful for any Perfon or Perfons 
 whatever, who fhall fee any fuch Offence committed, 
 by virtue of this Act, and without any other Warrant, 
 to apprehend the Offender or Offenders, and alfo for any 
 Perfon or Perfons to affift in apprehending fuch Offender 
 or Offenders, and they are hereby authorized and required 
 fo to do, and to convey him, her, or them fo offend- 
 ing before One of His Majefty's Juftices of the Peace 
 for the County of Middle/ex, or Surrey, or City and Liberty 
 of JVeflminjler, as the Cafe fhall be ; and fuch Juftice fhall 
 proceed to examine upon Oath the Perion or Perfons who 
 fhall have apprehended, or affilted in apprehending, the Of- 
 fender or Offenders, (who is and are hereby declared a 
 competent Witnefs or WitnefTes) or upon the Oath of any 
 other Perfin or Pcrfons who fhall appear to give Informa- 
 tion touching any fuch Offeree or Offences, (which Oath 
 or Oaths the faid Juftice is hereby authorized and required 
 to adminiiter;) and if the Party or Parties accufed fhall be 
 ccnvicled of any of the aforefaid Offences, either by his, 
 her, or their own Confeflion, or by fuch Oath as aforefaid, 
 he, fhe, or they f> convicted fhall forfeit and pay the Sum 
 of for every fuch Offence whereof 
 
 fhall be paid to the Perfon or Perfons who fhall apprehend 
 the Offender, and to the Treafurer to the 
 
 Commiffioncrs, to be applied for the Purpofes of the faid 
 former Acts and this Act, in the Parifh, Precincf, or Liberty 
 where the Offence was committed ; and in cafe fuch Offen- 
 der or Offenders fhall not immediately on fuch Conviction pay 
 
 fuch 

 
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 fuch Forfeiture, fuch Juftice is hereby required to exceeding 
 
 him or them to the of the 
 
 faid Counties, or City and Liberty, reflectively, there to be nor lefs than 
 kept to hard Labour for any Space of Time not exceeding 
 
 nor lefs than Days, to be * ys * 
 
 computed from the Day of Commitment ; and any fuch Offen- 
 der or Offenders fhall not be difcharged before the Expira- 
 tion of the Time for which he, {he, or they iball be fo 
 committed, unlefs fuch Forfeiture (hall be fooner paid : And 
 in cafe the Perfon or Perfons fo offending fhall be a Ser- 
 vant to or employed by any Scavenger or Raker, and can- 
 not be apprehended, then and in every fuch Cafe the 
 Scavenger or Raker employing fuch Offender or Offenders 
 fhall forfeit and pay the Sum of to be applied 
 
 as aforeiaid. 
 
 3ntl fje it flitter GEtiactCtJ, That if any Perfon or Per- Forpunithing 
 fons, other than the Scavenger or Raker contracting with ; " fine's" 1 * 
 the faid Commiffioners or refpeitive Committees, or thofe 
 employed under him, fhall prefume to collect or gather, or 
 put in any Cart or other Carriage, or fhall carry away, 
 any Coal Duft or Afhes, from any Houfe or other Premiffes, 
 in any Square, Street, or Place within the Limits aforeiaid, 
 It fhall be lawful for any of the Infpectors appointed either 
 by the faid Commiffioners or refpective Committees, and for 
 the Scavenger or Raker contracting with the faid Commif- 
 fioners or refpective Commitees, and for the Perfons em- 
 ployed under him, by virtue of this Act, and without any 
 other Warrant, to apprehend, or affift in apprehending, all 
 and every the Perfon or Perfons fo offending, and convey 
 him, her, or them before One of His Majefly's Juftices of 
 the Peace for the faid County of Middlefex, or Surrey, or 
 City and Liberty of Wejlminjier, as the Cafe fhall be j and 
 fuch Juftice fhall proceed, with refpect to the faid Offence, 
 in the fame Manner as is hereinbefore directed, with regard 
 to Perfons fweeping or raking Slop, Mud, or other Things, 
 into Sewers or Channels, and the Penalty, on Conviction, 
 fhall be difpofed of, or the Offender in like Man- 
 
 ner, and for the like Time ; and in cafe the Perfon or If Offender 
 Perfons who fhall collect or gather, or put into any Cart ""2 d b e " p " 
 or other Carriage, or fhall carry away, any Coal Duft or penalty to 
 Afhes, without being authorized by the Scavenger or Raker b« laid on 
 contracting with the Commiffioners for putting the faid for- th * cartT&c. 
 mer Acts and this Act in Execution, or with the faid re- 
 fpective Committees, cannot be apprehended, then and in 
 
 B every
 
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 Any Perfon 
 may feize 
 and remove 
 Cart and 
 Horles either 
 to the Grttn 
 Yard or to 
 fome fecure 
 public Place 
 in the Parilh; 
 
 there to be 
 detained till 
 demanded, 
 and the Pe- 
 nalty paid. 
 
 If not de- 
 manded, and 
 Penalty paid, 
 in 
 
 Days, may 
 be 
 
 bv Order of 
 the Commif- 
 iioners. 
 
 Application 
 of Peiuliv. 
 
 Not to pre- 
 vent Inha- 
 bitants ufing 
 their own 
 ■Arties. 
 
 Signs to be 
 placed clofe 
 to Houfes. 
 
 every fuch Cafe the Owner or Owners of the Cart or Car- 
 riage in which fuch Coal Dull or Afhes fhall be placed, (hall 
 forfeit and pay the Sum of Shillings for the Firft Offence, 
 
 and for the Second and every other Offence the Sum of 
 Shillings ; and it fhall be lawful for any Perfon or Perfons 
 whatever, by the Authority of this Act, and without any other 
 Warrant, to feize, or caufe to be feized, any fuch Cart or 
 Carriage, with the Horfe or Horfes, Beaft. or Bcafts, drawing 
 the fame, and the Harnefs, Gears, and Accoutrements there- 
 unto belonging, and drive, remove, or take, or caufe the 
 fame to be driven, removed, or taken to the Green Yard 
 at Wejhninjler, or to fome other convenient public Place to 
 be appointed for that Purpofe by the Commiftloners, there 
 to be kept and detained until the Owner or Owners thereof, 
 or his, her, or their known Servant or Servants, fhall and do 
 pay to the Perfon or Perfons in whofe Cultody the fame 
 fhall be, the faid Penalty, together with the Charges of 
 driving, removing, and taking the fame, and of keeping any 
 fuch Horfe, or other Beaft ; and in cafe the fame fhall not 
 be demanded, and the faid Penalty and Charges paid, within 
 Days, then it fhall be lawful for the faid Commii- 
 fioners, or refpecVive Committees, where the Offence fhall he 
 committed, to order the fame, or a competent Part thereof, 
 to be and the Money ariiing by 
 
 fuch Sale fhall be applied to the Perfon who 
 
 fhall feize, drive, and remove, fuch Cart, Carriage, or Beaft, 
 Harnefs, Gear, or Accoutrements, and 
 
 for the Purpofes of the faid former Acts or this Adt, in the 
 refpedtive Parifh, Precindt, Liberty, or Place where the 
 Often ce was committed, returning the Overplus of the Money 
 (if any) after deducting the Penalty and Charges attending fuch 
 Seizure, Driving, and Removal, and of maintaining fuch Horfe 
 or Horfes, or other Beaft, and of 
 
 fuch Cart, Carriage, Horfe, Beaft, Harnefs, Gear, and Ac- 
 coutrements, and what fhall remain unfold, to the Owner or 
 Owners thereof, upon perfonal Demand : Provided always, 
 That nothing herein contained fhall extend, or be conftrued to 
 extend, to prevent the Inhabitants of any fuch Houfes or 
 Premiffes from ufing their own Coal Duft or Afties, within their 
 refpedtive Houfes, Yards, or Gardens, or elfewhere. 
 
 3rtD trjhctcaS Doubts have arifen as to the Manner how 
 Signs and Sign Boards ought to be placed, within the Limits 
 
 of the faid Adts ; 0£e it therefore furtoer <£nafteD, That 
 
 ijrom and after all Signs 
 
 and
 
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 and Sign Boards, made, provided, or ufed, within the Limits 
 of the faid Acts, (hall be placed and fixed clofe and flat 
 to and againft the Front Walls of the Houfes, Warehoufes, 
 or Buildings of the Perfon or Perfons to whom they re- 
 spectively belong, and not otherwife, on Pain of being Sub- 
 ject to the like Penalties and Forfeitures, for not complying 
 therewith, as are, by the faid Act of the Third Year of His 
 prcient Majefty, to be recovered of Perfons not complying 
 with the faid Act with refpect to Signs. 
 
 3tlU tie it further Cnaftetl, That if any Perfon or Per- Penalty o* 
 fons whatever fhall fet or place, or wittingly caufe, permit, ?*' Goods, 
 or fuffer to be fet or placed, any Goods, Wares, or Mer- &c. in the 
 chandizes, upon either the Foot or Carriage Way, or on Streets - 
 any Parts or Parts thereof, within the Limits of the faid 
 former Acts, every Perfon fo offending fhall for the Firft 
 Offence forfeit and pay the Sum of 
 
 for the Second Offence the Sum of and lor 
 
 the Third and every other Offence the Sum of 
 
 3rtu" be it fttrtijCr (KnaftetJ, That if any Perfon or Perfons No Perfons 
 fhall keep open the Flat Entrance, on the Footway, into any ^"^ °P en » 
 
 Cellar, without having Side Doors to keep off Paffengers, fo as Vaults; 
 to prevent Accidents, or (hall open any Hole or Funnel made 
 in any Footway or Carriageway, within the Limits aforefaid, for 
 the Purpofe of conveying Coals, Wood, or other Things into 
 any Vault or Cellar, for any longer Time than whilft Coals, 
 or Wood, or other Things are actually delivering in or out 
 of fuch Vault or Cellar; or fhall fet or place, or caufe or fet Calks, 
 to be fet or placed, on any of the Carriageways or Foot- f^™ ^j",. 
 ways, any Cafks, Package, Timber, Wood, or Wheels j or ways; 
 fhall fetor place, or caufe to be fet or placed, in, crofs, or or fet any 
 athwart any fuch Carriageways, any Coach, Cart, Common CartorWag- 
 
 r. ,,r ; , ° „/ J r* , r> • gonacrofsor 
 
 Stage Waggon, or other Waggon, Dray, or other Carriage, athwart any : 
 fo as to occafion any Obftruction or Annoyance whatever, Street, 
 and fhall not immediately remove the fame, when required 
 fo to do by any Perfon or Perfons whomfoever ; or if any or draw Butts 
 Brewer or other Perfons fhall draw Butts or Cafks with °f£jSj r J" 
 Horfes, out of any Cellar or Vault adjoining to any Foot 
 Pavement, after the Hour of Eight in the Morning ; or if or upon any 
 any Perfon or Perfons fhall fet or place any fuch Carriage, ?°°* Croff " 
 for the Purpofe of loading or unloading thereof, or for any 
 other Purpofes, upon any Foot Croffing over the Carriageway, 
 in any Square, Street, Way, Lane, or Place, within the Li- 
 mits aforefaid; or if any Perfon or Perfons fhall fet or place orfetCar- 
 
 anv n3 S es ' nthe 
 an y Street;
 
 or any Bricks 
 or Materials 
 for Building, 
 
 (unlefs in- 
 clofed in a 
 Hoard) 
 
 and (hall not 
 remove the 
 fame within 
 
 Hours after 
 Notice, 
 
 forfeit 
 
 and any Per- 
 fon may 
 fcize the 
 
 Goo Js, &c. 
 
 and drive or 
 remove them 
 to the Green 
 Tar J at 
 Wejlminflcr, 
 or .to fome 
 convenient 
 Place ; 
 
 and if not 
 redeemed 
 within 
 
 Days, Com- 
 mifiioners or 
 Committees 
 may caufe 
 the fame to 
 be fold. 
 
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 any Co^ch, Cart, or other Carriage, without any Horfe or 
 Horfes fattened thereto, in any fuch Square, Street, Lane, or 
 Flace, on any Account or Pretence whatever, (except only 
 in the Carriageway, for the Purpofe of wafhing or cleaning 
 the fame, as hereinafter mentioned ;") or if any Perfon or Per- 
 fons fhall let or place, or caufe to be fet or placed, any 
 Stones, Bricks, Lime, Sand, Mortar, Wood, Timber, or any 
 other Materials or Things whatever, for the Purpofe of build- 
 ing any Houfe, Shop, Warehoufes, Coach Houfes, Stables, 
 or Tenements, or for any other Purpofe, (unlefs the fame fliall 
 be inclofed in a Hoard, erected and fet up by and with the 
 Confent of the Commiffioners, as by the laid former Acts 
 or fome or One of them is particularly directed) and fhall 
 not remove fuch Stones, Bricks, Lime, Sand, Mortar, Wood, 
 Timber, or other Materials or Things, within the Space of 
 next after Notice in Writing to him or her given for that 
 Purpofe, or left at the Premiffes where, or before which the 
 fame (hall be, (or if empty, unoccupied, or in building, ftuck 
 or affixed againft the Wall thereof, or againft any Hoard or 
 Pole belonging thereto or placed before the fame) by any 
 One of the faid Commiffioners or refpeclive Committee Men, 
 or by any Perfon or Perfons appointed by the faid Commif- 
 fioners or Committees ; every Perfon fo offending fhall for 
 every or any of the faid Offences forfeit and pay the Sum 
 of and any One of the faid Commiffioners 
 
 or Committee Men refpeitively, or any Perfon or Perfons 
 appointed lor that Purpofe either by the faid Commiffioners 
 or refpcctiv.e Committees, may feize, or caufe to be feized, 
 any luch Cafks, Butts, Packages, Timber, Wood, or Wheels, 
 or any fuch Coach, Cart, Common Stage Waggon, or other 
 Waggon, Dray, or other Carriage, with the Horfe or Horfes, 
 if any fhall be thereunto belonging, together with their Harnefs, 
 Gears, or Accoutrements, and drive or remove, or caufe the 
 fame to be driven or removed, to the Green Tdrd at Wejiminjier, 
 or to fome other convenient public Place or Places to be ap- 
 pointed by the Commiffioners, there to be kept and detained 
 until the Owner or Owners thereof, or his, .or her, or their 
 known Servant or Servants, fhall and do pay to the Perfon 
 or Perfons in whofe Cuftody the fame fliall be, the faid 
 Penalty, together with the -Charges of removing the fame, 
 and of keeping fuch Horfe or Horfes (if any) j and in cafe 
 the fame fhall not be claimed, and the faid Sum of 
 and Charges paid, within the Space of 
 Days next after fuch Seizure thereof, then it fhall be lawful 
 for the faid Commiffioners, or refpective Committees, to caufe 
 
 the
 
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 the fame, or a competent Part thereof, to be 
 
 for the Payment of the faid Penalty and Charges, 
 returning to fuch Owner or Owners, upon perfonal Demand, 
 the Goods or Things not fold, together with the Overplus 
 (if any) of the Monies arifing by fuch 
 
 IprOtHDCQ alttmgSf, That nothing in this Act contained AHowingthe 
 
 fhall extend, or be conftrued to extend, to prevent or hinder ) Vaf} ' in § of 
 <~i i y-i i • /- ii n-i. Coaches, &c. 
 
 Coaches or Carnages being fet or placed, any Time not ex- 
 ceeding in the Carriageway only, to be warned 
 and cleaned, before the Coach Houfe, in any fuch Places 
 where Coaches and Carriages have heretofore been ufually 
 warned and cleaned, in the Street before the Coach Houfe. 
 
 3ntJ, in order to determine what fhall be deemed and For appoint- 
 taken to be a Foot Croffing over the Carriageway, within in g F .°°t 
 the Meaning of this Act, 1BZ it further aBnafteu", 'That the Crofhn £ s - 
 faid Commiflioners fhall caufe to be painted on a Board 
 the following Words, FOOT CROSSING, in large plain 
 Letters, and fhall caufe fuch Board to be hung up or af- 
 fixed againft the Houfe, Wall, or other Buildings, oppofite, 
 or as nearly as may be, to the Places they fhall appoint to 
 be Foot CrofTings ; and the Place oppofite to fuch painted ^. 
 
 Board fhall be deemed and taken to be a Foot Croffing, v 
 
 within the Meaning of the faid former Acts and this Act . 
 and if any Hackney Coach fhall ftand within Fee 
 
 of any fuch Foot Croffing, for a longer Time than is furri- 
 cient to take up or fet down a Fare, the Owner or Driver 
 thereof fhall forfeit and pay the Sum of 
 
 TaiD tohcrcaS Quantities of Earth are frequently dug up, Perfonsdi'g- 
 and large Holes left, in fome of the Squares, Streets, and Places, |»g Earth, or 
 within the Limits aforefaid, for the Purpofes of making Vaults forsaking " 
 to Houfes or Tenements built or in building, or repairing, Vauits, &c. 
 longer than is neceffary, and the Areas before Houfes or Te- £ m ™ clofc lhc 
 nements built or in building, or repairing, are left open, and 
 without any Fence or Rails placed or fixed fo as to prevent 
 Inconvenience or Danger to Paifengers ; 15C it therefore fur= 
 tJjCr (SiiafteD, That if any Perfon or Perlbns whomfoever 
 fhall dig out any Earth, or leave any Hole, in any Street or 
 Place, before any Houfe or Tenement built or in building, or 
 repairing, within the Limits aforefaid, and fhall not inclofe 
 the fame in a good and iufficient Manner (to be approved of by 
 the Commiflioners) and fhall not, when needful, caufe the fame 
 
 C to
 
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 to he duly lighted or watched, or (hall keep up fuch Inclofure 
 longer than the Time limited by the Commiffioners for that 
 Purpofe, or Hull not fence or rail before the Area or Areas 
 fronting to any Street or Place, in fuch Manner that the fame 
 (hall not be inconvenient or dangerous to Paifengers, every 
 Perfpn or Perfons fhall for every fuch Neglect or Offence for- 
 k-it the Sum of and the like Sum of 
 
 for every Week that fuch Nuiance or Inconveni- 
 ence fhall be continued. 
 
 Pena'.tv ™ 2n5 ht it fUtfljet GEnaftCu", That if any Perfon or Perfons 
 
 driving Car- ^ n ,j| , un ^ ^j, ive> draw, or roll, or caufe to be run, driven, drawn, 
 Or rolled, on any of the Foot Pavements within the Limits afore- 
 Paverasms. {&\d, any Wheel or Wheelr, Sledge, or Wheelbarrow, Car- 
 riage, or Cr.fk, or fha!l wilfully lead, ride, or drive any 
 Horfe, Afs, Mule, or Cattle, Coach, or other Carriage what- 
 ever, alo.;g or upon any Part of the faid Foot Pavements ; 
 or if any Farrier mall permit or fuffer any Horfe to ftand 
 from his Shop upon any Part of the Foot Pavement ; or if 
 any Perfon or Perfons whatever fhall caft or throw any Tiles, 
 Bricks, Wood, Rubbifb, Dirt, or any other Matter or Thing 
 (Snow excepted) from the Top or Roof, or out of or 
 irom any Part of any Houie or other Building, or from any 
 Gutter belonging thereto, in any Square, Street, Lane, or Place; 
 or (hall rake or f'weep between the Joints of the Stones, 
 either of the Carriage or Foot Ways, under Pretence or 
 for the Purpofe of finding Nails, old Iron, or other Things ; 
 every Perfon fo offending fhall forfeit and pay the Sum of 
 *"/ P erf ° n _ and it fliall be lawful in any of the faid Cafes, and 
 
 hend the as often as they or any of them fhall happen, for any Perfon or 
 Offender. Perfons whatever, who fhall fee fuch Offence committed, to ap- 
 prehend, and alio for any other Perfon or Perfons to affiff. in 
 apprehending, the Offender or Offenders, and they are hereby 
 authorized and required fo to do, by the Authority of this Act, 
 and without any other Warrant, r.nd to convey him, her, or 
 them before fome Juftice of the Peace for the faid Counties, or 
 City and Liberty of Weftminfter, as the Cafe fliall be ; and the 
 Party or Parties accufed being brought before any fuch Juftice, he 
 fhall proceed to examine, upon Oath the Perfon or Perfons who 
 fhall have apprehended or alfifted in apprehending (and who is 
 and are hereby declared a competent Witnefs or Witneffes) 
 fuch Offender or Offenders, or upon the Oath of any other 
 Witnefs or Witneffes who fliall appear to give Information 
 touching fuch Offence (which Oath or Oaths the faid Juftice 
 
 is
 
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 is hereby authorized and required to adminifter;) and if the Penalty. 
 Party or Parties accufed fhall be convicted of fuch Offence, 
 either by his, her, or their own Confeffion, or upon fuch 
 Oath or Oaths as aforefaid, he, fhe, or they fo convicted of 
 any fuch Offence reflectively, fhall immediately pay the faid 
 Sum of and in cafe fuch Often- Offenders not 
 
 der or Offenders fhall not, upon fuch Conviction, pay fuch For- {"* onConvfc- 
 feiture by him, her, or them incurred as aforefaid, the Juftice tion to be 
 before whom fuch Offender or Offenders {hall be convicted is 
 hereby required to him, her, or them to the 
 
 for the laid Counties, 
 or City and Liberty of Wejltninjier, as the Cafe may be, there 
 to be kept to hard Labour for any Space of Time not exceeding 
 nor lefs than Provided 
 
 always, That it fhall be lawful for any Brewer to roll or flide 
 Calks or Butts upon a Pulley, to their Cellars or Vaults, in Courts 
 or Places where Carriages cannot come, before the Hour of 
 
 3ntJ 6e it furtf}Cr (ZEnaftCO, That the Commiffioners ap- Powcr ve ^ etl 
 pointed, or to be appointed, by virtue of the faid former Adts, (j n one °f t o' re - 
 or any or either of them, fhall have, and they are hereby move Nu- 
 vefted with, all the Powers and Authorities for removing fances » &c * 
 Nufances, Annoyances, and Obftrudtions, and otherwife regu- 
 lating the feveral Squares, Streets, Lanes, and Places within 
 the Limits of the faid recited Acts, or this Act, which have 
 not been already new paved, or completed, by virtue of the faid 
 Acts, or any or either of them, as by the faid Acts, or either 
 of them, they are vefted with, in the Squares, Streets, Lane?, 
 and Places which have been new paved, or begun to be new 
 paved, under their Direction. 
 
 3nt) bC it further CnaftCO, That no Perfon or Perfons Perfons not 
 fhall erect any Bulks or Stalls, or make any Dung Holes '° '' fa 
 or Saw Pits, in any of the Squares, Streets, Lanes, Courts, i n any of the 
 Alleys, or PatTages, within the Jurifdiction of the Commif- Squares, 
 fioners, upon Pain that every Perfon fo offending fhall for 
 every luch Offence forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding 
 nor lefs than over and above 
 
 the Expences of taking down fuch Bulks or Stalls, or filling 
 up fuch Dung Holes or Saw Pits, according to the Direc- 
 tion of fuch Commiffioners. 
 
 9tltJ t)C it flittfrrc CnafteO, That if any Perfon or Per- Perfons not 
 fons fhall, after the paffing of this Act, throw at Oranges, Sm^/ic 
 
 or
 
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 in any of the or any Cock, Pigeon, or Fowl, or fet up Oranges, or any 
 Squares, &c. c oc k Pieeon, or fuch like Fowl, to be thrown at, or fhall 
 
 nor make any . ° rrn •' 1 1 • r» t— i 
 
 Bonfires, or make, or aliilt in the making, any rire or rires commonly 
 let off any called Bonfires, or fhall fet fire to, or let off", or throw 
 or s ' any Squib, Serpent, Rocket, or Fire Works whatfoever, or 
 fire off any Cannon, Gun, or Piftol, in any of the Foot- 
 ways or Carriageways of any of the Squares, Streets, 
 Lanes, Alleys, and Places within the Jurifdiction of the faid 
 Commiflioners, every Perfon fo offending, in any of the faid 
 Cafes, fhall for the Firft Offence forfeit and pay the Sum of 
 and for the Second and every other Of- 
 fence the Sum of over and above fuch Pe- 
 nalties as are inflicted for or upon any or either of the 
 faid Offences by any Law or Statute now in being. 
 
 SmmiLn- 3ntl ^ it fUtt&et €naftCu\ That the Clerk to the Com- 
 ers to give " miffioners for putting the faid former Acts and this Act in 
 Notice to Execution (hall, and he is hereby required, within 
 ers^r'sewers a ^ ter ^ ie Confirmation of any Contract for new paving any 
 when Con- of the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and Places within the Limits 
 traasfomew a f refaid, tranfmit, or caufe to be tranfmitted, to the Clerk 
 confirmed. or Surveyor to the Commifiioners of Sewers, a Lift of the 
 Names of every fuch Square, Street, Lane, or Place, for 
 which a Contract for new paving hath been made and 
 confirmed, to the End the faid Commiffioners of Sewers 
 may caufe the Sewer or Drain, in all or any fuch Squares, 
 Streets, Lanes, or other Places, to be cleanfed, emptied, and 
 repaired, if they mall fee Occafion fo to do, previous to the 
 new paving thereof. 
 
 Houfes and £ntl t)C it fUttf)CC CnactCO, That it mail be lawful for 
 
 Lamp irons t k e Commiflioners for putting this Act in Execution, and for 
 
 to be num- . r e> 
 
 bered; the reipecuve Committees, from Time to Time, to caufe 
 
 every Houfe, Shop, Warehoufe, and Building, or other Te- 
 nement, and alfo every Lamp Iron, or Lamp, fixed or placed 
 up by Order of the faid Commiflioners, or refpeitive Com- 
 mittees, to be marked or numbered, in fuch Manner and 
 in fuch Part thereof as the faid Commifiioners or refpec- 
 tive Committees fhall iudge mod proper for diftineuifhing the 
 
 and Orders cf r , ,,- J j? j r . u a: j f 
 
 Commiffion- f ame > an " al '° ma y order and cauie to be affixed to or 
 
 ers or Com- againft any fuch Houfe, Shop, Warehoufe, Building, or 
 
 be'ftud may ot ^ er Tenement, any written, printed, or painted Order or 
 
 Penalty on' Orders ; and if any Perfon or Perfons fliall wilfully tear, 
 
 derlroyingthe deftroy, pull down, cover, obliterate, or otherwife render 
 
 fame. illegible, or injure any fuch Marks, Numbers, Defcriptions, 
 
 or
 
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 or any Part of them, or caufe or procure the fame to be 
 done, any Perfon fo offending fhall for every fuch Offence 
 forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Shillings, nor 
 
 lets than 
 
 PtCfeiDCB aftoagiS, That when any Houfe, Shop, Ware- labium to 
 houfe, Building, or other Tenement fhall be new painted, to or caufe Num- 
 againft which any fuch Marks or Numbers fliall be painted, £"«."*£" 
 affixed, or defcribed, the Perfon or Perfons owning fuch his Houfe 
 Houfe, Shop, Warehoufe, Building, or Tenement, fliall not "j^ 
 .be liable to pay the Penalty aforeiaid, if, within 
 after finifhing fuch Painting on the Qutfide of fuch Houfe, 
 Shop, Warehoufe, Building, or Tenement, he, fhe, or they 
 fliall caufe every fuch Mark or Number to be reftored or 
 re-painted, where fuch former Mark or Number was originally 
 painted, affixed, or defcribed, 
 
 SIllD tt it fUttber (ZEnaftCD, That it fliall be lawful for 
 the laid refpective Commiffioners, and they are hereby au- 
 thorized and empowered, yearly and every Year, after their 
 Accounts are fettled and adjufted for the preceding Year, to 
 apply and appropriate the Whole or any Part of the Balance 
 (if any) of the Rate levied and collected by virtue of the 
 laid Act of the Eleventh Year of His prefent Majetty, for 
 repairing, cleaning, and lighting the Squares, Streets, 
 and Places in the City and Liberties of IVejlminjler, and 
 Parts adjacent, towards difcharging the Principal Sum bor- 
 rowed on the Credit of the Rate of Six Pence in the Pound, 
 for the Purpofe of new paving the Squares, Streets, and Places 
 within the Limits aforefaid, any thing in the faid Adt of 
 the Eleventh Year of His prefent Majefty to the contrary 
 thereof in anywife notwithstanding, 
 
 SltlO tohcrcaS by the faid recited Adts, or fome of them, Mani , erof 
 it is declared, that no Preference fhall be given to any repaying 
 Perfon or Perfons in the Re-payment of any Principal Sum *f or f y ie * 
 or Sums of Money lent or advanced on the Credit, or by 
 Way of Mortgage of the Tolls, Rates, or Annual Pay- 
 ment, by the faid Adts, fome or One of them, granted or 
 made payable, but that all fuch Perfons fhall be deemed 
 Creditors in equal Degree one with another, on the refpec- 
 tive Tolls, Rates, or Annual Payment, whereon fuch Monies 
 fhall have been refpedtively lent or advanced : 9nD tBljCCCaS 
 fuch Regulations may be attended with Inconveniencies, in 
 paying off fuch Mortgages : IBC it tfjertfOte fUttfjCC SEnaftCtJ, 
 
 D That
 
 Manner of .That it fhall be lawful for the faid Commiffioners or refpedhe 
 Monly bor- Committee.- , as the Cafe may be, when and as often as the 
 towed. Surplus of any Tolls, Rates, or Annual Payment granted 1 y 
 
 the laid former Acfs, any or either of them, (after Payment 
 of all Sums of Money charged thereon, and after all Purpofes 
 for which the fame were refpeSively granted (hall be fatisfied and 
 performed} fhall amount to 
 
 of the Principal Sum borrowed, to caufe the Number of al! the 
 Affigfir&ents or Securities for Money due and owing to the Cre- 
 ditors on the faid refpedive Tolls, Rates, or Annual Pay- 
 ment, to be put feparately into a Box or Glafs, and that fo 
 many Numbers of the faid Affignments or Securities fhall 
 be drawn out of the faid Box or Glafs, by the Clerk to 
 the faid Commiffioners or refpedive Committees, in the Pre- 
 fence of or more Commiffioners or Committee Men, 
 
 as the Cafe may be, at fome or One of their Meetings, as 
 fhall make up the Sum then intended to be paid off; and that 
 Calendar Months Notice in Writing, or printed, and 
 fjgned by the Cleric to the faid Commiffioners or refpedive 
 Committees, fhall he given to the Perfon or Perfons who fhall be 
 ■entitled to fuch Affignment or Affignments, Security or Secu- 
 rities, fo drawn out, or thai! be left at his, her, or their laft or 
 ufual Place of Abode, that his, her, or their Affignment or 
 Affignments, Security or Securities, Principal and Intereff, 
 will be paid off, or fo much thereof as fhall be fo drawn cut 
 as aforefaid ; and that at the Expiration of the faid Ca- 
 
 lendar Months, to be computed from the Day of fuch Notice 
 being given, or left as aforefaid, all Intereff on fuch Affignment 
 or Affignments, Security or Securities, (hall ceale and de- 
 termine. 
 
 Claufe to 
 make it 
 Felony 
 to counter- 
 feit Align- 
 ments or 
 Certificates. 
 
 SntJ bC it further CnafteC, That if any Perfon or Perfons 
 whomfoever (ball forge, counterfeit, or alter any Affignment 
 or Certificate authorized or directed to be made, given, or 
 granted by the faid former Ads, any or either of them, re- 
 lative to the borrowing;, colleding, receiving, or paying of 
 any Money, every fuch Perfon fo offending in any of the Cafes 
 aforeiaid, and being thereof lawfully convicled, fhall be ad- 
 judged guilty of Felony without Benefit of Clergy. 
 
 ^atesmay £flfl t)C it futtljcr CnaftCU, That in order to avoid the Lofs 
 
 befo?e e (>ar- tnat frequently happens from Tenants or Occupiers of Houfes 
 ter Day, and Tenements, who frequently quit and remove from fuch 
 whe:e Perfons Houfes and Tenements before the Quarter Day on which the 
 Rates and Aflefiments charged by virtue of the faid former 
 
 Ads,
 
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 Ads, or fome or One of them, on the faid Houfes or Tene- 
 ments, become due and payable, it ihall be lawful for the Re- 
 ceiver appointed by the CommilTioners, and the Collectors 
 appointed by any of the refpective Committees 
 ' before any fuch Quarter Day, or at any other fubfequent Time 
 (Oath being firft made before One of His Majefty's Juftices 
 of the Peace for the Counties of Middle/ex or Surrey, or City 
 and Liberty of Wejlminjler, as the Cafe may be, (which Oath 
 fuch Jultice is hereby required to adminifter) that there is good 
 Caufe to fufpeel that fuch Tenant or Occupier intends to re- 
 move before the next Quarter Day) to afk, demand, and re- 
 ceive the refpective Rates and Affefiments that would be due 
 and payable on the then next Quarter Day ; and in cafe of 
 Non-payment thereof, to enforce the Payment of iuch Rates 
 and Affeffments in the fame Manner, and with the fame 
 Powers, as they could or might, by virtue of any of the laid 
 former Acts, in cafe of Non-payment of fuch Rates and Affeff- 
 ments upon or after the Quarter Day on which the lame 
 became due and payable. 
 
 3nU VDl)Crca0 in fome Cafes Perfons remove from their juftices to 
 Houfes, bhops, Wharfs, Warehoufes, Coach Houfes, Stables, fe«je P'jgor- 
 Cellars, Vaults, Buildings, Tenements, or Hereditaments, w be paid by 
 without paying the Rates affelTed on them, and other Perfons Perfons going 
 do enter, and occupy the Premises Part of the Year, whereby ™ ■£ com - 
 feveral Sums of Money may be annually loft-, "Be it therefore Houfes, & c . 
 CBnafiCD, That where any Perfon or Perfons (hall come into b "™f a 
 or occupy any Land, Ground, Houfe, Shop, Wharf, Ware- Days/' 
 houfe, Coach Houfe, Stable, Cellar, Vault, Building, Tene- 
 ment, or Hereditament, out of or from which any other 
 Perfon rated or affefied by v'ntue of this Act {hall be removed, 
 or which, at the Time of making fuch Rate, was empty or 
 unoccupied, that then every fuch Perfon fo removing from, and 
 every Perlon fo coming into or occupying the fame, mall be 
 liable to pay fuch Rate or Affeffment, :n Proportion to the 
 Time that fuch Perfon or Perfons occupied the fame refpec- 
 tively, in the fame Manner, and under the like Penalty or 
 Diftrefs, or by Action, as if fuch Perfon fo removing had not 
 removed, or if fuch Perfon Co coming in or occupying had been 
 originally rated and affeffed in fuch Rate ; which faid Propor- 
 tion, in Cafe of Difpute, (hall be afcertained by any 
 of His Majeftv's Juftices of the Peace for the Counties tf 
 Midd/e/l'x or Surrey, or City and Liberty cf Wefr,ninjler t as tl e 
 Cafe may be.
 
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 "OaR-efufal Zf[% for the better and more ffFcflual recovering the 
 
 10 pay Rates, ^ at 3 AftefTments directed to be made by any of the 
 
 now to be 
 
 recovered. faid Acts, JgC it ftirtftCt GBnaftCD, That in cafe any of 
 the Inhabitants or Occupiers, or any Owner or Owners, Pro- 
 prietor or Proprietors, Lcffee or Leflees, of any Land, Ground, 
 Houfe, Shop, Wharf, Warehoufe, Coach Houfe, Stable, Cel- 
 lar, Vault, Building, Tenement, or Hereditament, within the 
 Limits aforefaid, or in ca'e any Church Warden or Chapel 
 Warden for the Time being of any Parifn Church., Church 
 Yard, or Chapel, or any Treafurer, Owner, or Proprietor, 
 of any Meeting Houfe, School, Market, void Space of 
 Ground, Fence Walls or other Walls, Wharfs, Warehoufes, 
 or other public Building whatfoever, made liable to pay any 
 Rate or AffeiTment, made, laid, and afftffed by virtue of the 
 faid Acts, or any of them, fhall refufe or neglect t'j pay 
 the fame, and all Arrears due thereon, it fhall be lawful for 
 "fuch Receiver or Collectors, by Wan ant under the Hand 
 and Seal of any Juftices of the Peace for the faid 
 
 Counties of Middle f ex or Surrey, or City and Liberty of Weji- 
 minfler, as the Cafe fhall be, (which Warrant any fuch 
 Juftices are hereby authorized and required to grant) in any 
 Place within the Jurifdidtion of fuch Juftices, or out of the 
 Limits thereof, f ich Warrant being firft: backed or counter- 
 figned by fome Magiftrate of the County., City, Liberty, or 
 Place, where the Diftrefs is to be made (which Warrants fuch 
 Magiftrate is hereby required to back or counterfign without 
 Fee or Reward) to collect or fuch Rate, and all Ar- 
 
 rears due thereon, by of the Goods and 
 
 Chattels of the Party fo neglecting or refufing to pay, where- 
 foever fuch Goods and Chattels fhall or may be found ; and 
 if, within Days next after fuch fhall be made, 
 
 the faid Rate or Rates, AfTeffment or AfTefTments, together 
 with all Arrears due thereon, fhall not be paid, together 
 with the reafonable Charges of taking and keeping fuch 
 the faid Receiver or Collectors fhall caufe the faid 
 Goods and Chattels to be or fuch Part 
 
 thereof as fhall be fufficient to pay the faid Rate or Rates, 
 Aifefiment or Afleflments, together with all Arrears due 
 thereon, and the reafonable Charges of making fuch 
 
 returning the 
 Overplus (if any be) to the Owner or Owners of fuch Goods 
 and Chattels refpectively, upon Demand thereof made ; and 
 in cafe any Perfon or Perfons liable by the faid Acts, or 
 any of them, to pay any Rate or AffeiTment, fhall be under 
 Comrniflion of Bankruptcy, or if his, her, or their Goods 
 
 and
 
 C *7 1 
 
 and Chattels, or any of them, fhall at the Time any Rate or 
 Afleffment fhall be due and be demanded, be taken in Ex- 
 ecution, or afTigned by any Bill of Sale, or otherwife, in every 
 fuch Cafe, the Rate or Affeffment, and all Arrears thereon, 
 (not exceeding One Year) due from any fuch Perfon or Perfon?, 
 fhall and may be on the Goods and Chattels of the 
 
 AfTignee or Afiignees of any fuch Bankrupt, and on the Goods 
 and Chattels of the feveral and refpective Perfons having Inch 
 Execution or Bill of Sale, in the fame Manner as is herein 
 directed for the Recovery of Rates or Affeffments from any 
 other Perfons ; and the Receipt of the Receiver or Colleclor 
 appointed to recover any fuch Rate or Affeffement fhall kv 
 a legal Difcharge to the AfTignee, or other Perfon or Perfons, 
 paying any fuch Rate or Affeffment, or on whole Goods and 
 Chattels the fame, or any Part thereof, may have been 
 
 IprottiBeo aftoagg, ana it is fjerebg Cna&et? antJ Declared, ^"gjj- 
 
 That the faid Commiffioners or refpective Committees may mhtTesmay 
 
 neverthelefs, if they think proper fo to do, fue, in the Name Cue for Rate 
 
 of the Clerk, Treafurer, or other proper Officer, all and every 
 
 Perfon and Perfons made liable to the Payment of all and every 
 
 fuch Rate and Rates, for all or any of the Rates or Affeffments 
 
 which fhall be made by virtue of the faid Acts, or any of 
 
 them, and all Arrears due thereon and unpaid, either in any 
 
 of His Majefty's Courts of Law at IVeJlmwjler, or in any 
 
 Court for the Recovery of fmall Debts, as the Cafe may be, 
 
 within the refpeclive Parifhes, Precincts, or Liberties, fubject 
 
 to the Powers of the faid former Acts and of this Act. 
 
 3nD fJC it fUttbet (ZEnafteD by the Authority aforefaid, Penalties may 
 That all Penalties and Forfeitures by this Act impofed, (the 
 Manner of recovering whereof is not hereby otherwife parti- 
 cularly directed) fhall be 
 
 of the Offender's Goods and Chattels, by Warrant under the 
 Hands and Seals of any of His Majefty's Juftices of 
 
 the Peace for the faid County of Middkfex, or County of 
 Surrey, or City and Liberty of Wejlminjler, as the Cafe may 
 be ; which Warrant fuch Juftices are hereby empowered and 
 required to grant, upon the ConfefTion of the Party or Parties, 
 or upon the Information of One or more credible Witness 
 or Witneffes upon Oath (which Oath fuch Juftices are 
 hereby empowered and required to adminifter) and the In- Informer 
 former, and alfo any Inhabitant or Inhabitants, is and are here- ^bleW 1 ! Tii" 
 by declared to be a competent Witnefs and Witneffes ; and 
 
 of the Penalties and Forfeitures, when recovered, 
 E (afier
 
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 (after rendering the Overplus (if any be) upon Demand, to the 
 Party or Parties vvhofe Goods and Chattels fliall be fo 
 
 and the Charges of making fuch 
 and the keeping and Sale thereof, being firft deduded, or 
 fuch Part or Parts thereof as is or are not hereinbefore other- 
 vvife difpofed of) fhall, if not otherwife difpofed of, be paid 
 to the Informer or Informers j and to 
 
 the Treafurcr or Treafurers to the laid CommifTioners for the 
 Application Time being, and ihall be applied to and for the Purpofes 
 of Penalties. £ the f aid f ormer Ads and this Ad, in the refpedive Pa- 
 rifh, Frecind, Liberty, or Place where the Offence was com- 
 mitted, and not elfewhere; and in every Cafe where 
 is directed to be taken by the faid former Ads or this Ad, 
 and fufficient fhall not be found, and fuch 
 
 Penalties and Forfeitures fhall not be forthwith paid, it fhall 
 be lawful for fuch Juflice or Juftices of the Peace, and he 
 and they is and are hereby authorized and required, by 
 Warrant under his or their Hand and Seal, or Hands and 
 Seals, to caufe fuch Offender or Offenders to be 
 
 of the 
 County or Place, there to remain without Bail or Main- 
 prize, for any Time not exceeding 
 
 nor lefs than unlefs fuch Penalties and Forfei- 
 
 tures, and all reafonable Charges, fhall be fooner paid and 
 fatisfied. 
 
 Form of 2ntJ for the more eafy and fpeedy Convidion of Offenders 
 
 Conviclion. aga j n ft tne &$ f ormer Ads, or this Ad, TSZ it (EnafteD 
 by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every Juftice and 
 Juftices of the Peace before whom any Perfon or Perfons 
 fhall be convided of any Offence again ft the faid former Ads, 
 any or either of them, or this Ad, fhall and may caufe the 
 Convidion to be drawn up in the following Form of Words, 
 or any other Form of Words to the fame Effed : 
 
 " Be it rememberedj That on the 
 
 " Day of in the 
 
 <c Year of His Majefty's Reign, A. B. is convided be- 
 
 " fore of His Majefty's Juftices of the 
 
 " Peace for the County of 
 
 " or City and Liberty of Wejlminjler" (as the Cafe 
 
 fhall be, fpecifying the Offence, and Time and Place 
 
 when and where the fame was committed.) 
 
 anD
 
 [ 19 ] 
 
 SnO i!C it further (SnaftCc!, That if any Ferfon or Pcrfons Mowing aB 
 fhall think himfelf, herfelf, or themfelves aggrieved by any Appeal 
 Rate or Rates, Affeflment or Affeffments, made either by the R j ^. nftaay 
 Commiffioners or refpedlive Committees, by virtue of the faid 
 former Acts, or any of them, fuch Perfon or Perfons may 
 and (ball firft apply, in Writing urder his, her, or their 
 Hands, by Way of Appeal, for Relief, to the ftid Commif- 
 fioners or refpedlive Committee who made the lame, at their 
 Firft, Second, or Third Meeting next after Demand made of 
 fuch Rate or Rates, Alleffment or Affeffmer.ts, relpe&ively ; 
 and the faid Commiilioners or Committees are hereby au- 
 thorized and impowered to adminifter an Oath to any Perfon 
 or Perfons who thai! attend on fuch Appeal to give Evidence, 
 if the faid Commiilioners or Committees fhall think, it ne- 
 ceffary and proper, and to give fuch Relief, or to make fuch 
 other Order in the Premifes as to them refpedively fhall 
 feem meet ; and in cafe any Perfon or Perfons fo applying 
 to any Committee fhall not be fatisfied with the Order and 
 Determination of fuch Committee, fuch Perfon or Perfons 
 may appeal to the faid Commiffioners, at their Firft, Se- 
 cond, or Third Meeting next after fuch Determination of the 
 faid Committee, giving to fuch Committee, or their Clerk 
 
 Notice in Writing of fuch Appeal ; and 
 the faid Commiffioners fhall and may, and are herebv enabled 
 and impowered thereupon to hear and determine, and make 
 fuch Order therein, as to them mall feem meet; and if any 
 Perfon or Perfons appealing to the faid Commiffioners (with 
 refpect to any Rate made either by the Commiilioners or 
 by any Committee) fhall be difTatisfied with the Order and 
 Determination of the faid Commiffioners, the Perfon or Peribns 
 rated fha!l neverthelefs be obliged to pay the Rate or Af- 
 feffment appealed againft, according to the Order of the 
 faid Commiffioners in the Premiies, and then the Perfon or 
 Perfons may appeal to the Quarter Seffions of the Peace, 
 to be holden in and for the County of Middlefex or Surrey, 
 cr Ciry and Liberty of Weftminfter, as the Cafe may be, 
 within Calendar Months next after fuch De- 
 
 termination of the faid Commiffioners, fuch Appellant giving, 
 or cauiing to be given, Days Notice at leaft, in 
 
 Writing, of his or her Intention to bring fuch Appeal, and of 
 the Matter thereof, to the Cleik to the faid Commiffioners, 
 and alio to the Clerk of the Committee whofe Rate is appealed 
 againft, and, within Days next after fuch Notice, en- 
 
 tering into Recognizance before fome Juftice of the Peace for 
 fuch County, City, and Liberty rcfpecl ively, with 
 
 F fuffie'ent
 
 [ ^o ] 
 
 fufficient Sureties, conditioned to try fuch Appeal, and to abide 
 the Order of, and to pay fuch Cofts as (hall be awarded by the 
 Juftices at fuch Quarter Seffion ; and the Juftices at filth 
 Seffion, upon due Proof of fuch Notice having been given as 
 aforefaid, and the entering into iuch Recognizance, (hall 
 hear and determine the Caufes and Matters of fuch Appeal 
 in a (ummary Way, and award fuch Cofts to the Parties 
 appealing, or appealed againft, as they the laid Juftices mall 
 think proper, not only on Account of the faid Appeal to the 
 faid Quarter Seffions, but alio on Account of the Appeal to 
 the faid Commithoners-; and the Determination of fuch 
 Quarter SeiTion (hall be; final, binding, and conclufive unto 
 and upon all Parties. 
 
 Limitation of 3nD foe it ftitthCt ^na&Ctl, That no Action or Suit 
 Aftions. {hall b e commenced againft any CommifFioner or Commii- 
 fioners, or any Perfon or Perfons acting under them, or 
 againft any Committee Man or Committee Men, or any 
 Perfon or Perfons acting under the refpective Committees, 
 for any Thing done in purfuance of this Act, or by the 
 Direction of the faid Commiffioners or Committees, until 
 after the Expiration of Days next after Notice 
 
 thereof (hall be given in Writing to the Clerk to the faid 
 Ccmmifnoners, or Clerk to the faid Committee, as the Cafe 
 ihall be, or after fufficient Satisfaction, or Tender there- 
 of, hath been made to the Party or Parties aggrieved, or 
 after Calendar Months next after the Fact com- 
 
 mitted for which fuch Action or Actions, Suit or Suits, (hall 
 be brought ; and every fuch Action (hall be brought, laid, 
 and tried in the County of Middlefex or Surrey, as the Cafe 
 (hall be, and not elfewhere ; and that the Defendant or De- 
 fendants, and every of them, in every fuch Action or Suit, 
 may plead the General Iffue, and give the fpecial Matter 
 in Evidence at any Trial or Trials to be had thereupon, 
 and that the Matter or Thing for which fuch Action or 
 Suit (hall be fo brought, was done in purfuance and by the 
 Authority of this Act; and if the faid Matter or Thing (hall 
 appear to have been fo done, or if it (hall appear that fuch 
 Action or Suit was brought without giving fuch Notice, or 
 before the Expiration of Twenty -one Days after Notice thereof 
 given as aforefaid, or that fufficient Satisfaction was made or 
 tendered as aforefaid, or if fuch Action or Suit was not com- 
 menced within the Time before limited for that Purpofe, 
 or mail be laid in any County or Place other than the faid 
 County of Middlefex or Surrey., as the Cafe may be, then 
 
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 the Jury frail find for the Defendant or Defendants there- 
 in ; and if a Verdict or Verdicts ihall be found for fuch 
 Defendant or Defendants, or if the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs in 
 fuch Action or Suit (hall become nonfuited, or fuffer a Dis- 
 continuance of fuch Action or Suit, or if, upon any Demurrer 
 in fuch Action or Suit, Judgment fhall be given for the 
 Defendant or Defendants, then, and in either of the Cafes 
 aforefaid, fuch Defendant or Defendants fhall have Coils. 
 
 Cofts, and fhall have fuch Remedy for recovering the fame 
 as any Defendant or Defendants may have for his, her, or 
 their Cofts in any other Cafes by Law. 
 
 9nU tZ it furtljgr CnafteD, That this Act fhall be deemed Public A&. 
 and taken to be a Public Act, and fhall be judicially taken 
 Notice of as fuch by all Judges, Juftices, and other Perfons 
 whatfoever, without fpecially pleading the fame, or giving 
 the fame in Evidence.
 
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 BILL 
 
 FOR 
 
 The further advancing the Cultivation, Improve- 
 ment, and Regulation, of the Common Arabic 
 Fields, Common Meadows, and Commons of 
 Pafture, in this Kingdom. 
 
 Note. — 'The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of the 
 Folios in the written Copy. 
 
 F::€0£&Jll)€lR<£9g>, by an Aft patted in the Thir- 
 If § teent ^ Year of the Reign of His prefent Ma- 
 
 li m § J e %> intituled, J« An Act for the better Culti- 
 }§C"^ *«*)§( " .-tion, Improvement, and Regulation, of the 
 kM)«(&}e£j* « Common Arable Fields, Waftes, and Com- 
 '* mons of Pailure, in this Kingdom," it is, amongft other 
 Things, Enacted, That Three Fourths in Number and Va- 
 lue of the Occupiers of fuch Common Fields, with fuch 
 Confent and under fuch Reftridtions as are therein mentioned, 
 
 A may
 
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 may come to an Agreement for keeping the fame in a parti- 
 cular Courfe of Hufbandry, and under particular Regulations, 
 for the Term of Six Years, or Two Rounds, according to the 
 ancient and cftablifhed Courfe of each Parifh refpectively : 
 
 3lV0 fcTJhCtCaji the faid Act has been carried into Execution 
 with great Advantage in feveral Places ; but it appears that the 
 Ends of the fame might be greatly advanced, and the Benefits 
 ariiing therefrom increafed, if Encouragement was given to 
 the laying together. of the Lands of the feveral Occupiers, 
 which lie difperfed in different Places in fuch Fields, into 
 more convenient Plots for the Occupation of the fame : 
 
 May it therefore pleafe Your MAJESTY, 
 
 That it may be Enacted; 2lnQ bt it CnaftCD by the KING'S 
 
 Moft Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Con- 
 fent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in 
 this prefent Parliament aiTembled, and by the Authority of the 
 fame, That wherefoever fuch general Agreement fhall be en- 
 tered into for the Cultivation of any Common Field, as is 
 authorized and defcribed by the faid above-recited Act, it mail 
 and may be lawful for any Occupiers of Lands in fuch Com- 
 mon Fields, or their Guardians or Truftees ; with Confent in 
 Writing firft had and obtained from the Owner cr Owners, 
 his or their Guardians and Truftees ; and alfo of each and 
 every Mortgagee, Annuitant, or other Perfon having a Security 
 affefting the fame ; and alfo of the Lord of the Manor, in 
 refpect to any Lands which mall be Copyhold ; to make Ex- 
 changes between themfelves of any Lands, as they ihall find 
 convenient; which Exchanges fhall be good and binding upon 
 all Perfons who fhall come to the Property or Occupation of 
 fuch Lands during the Term of the faid general Agreement, 
 any Difabiiity or Imperfection of the Eftate of fuch Owner or 
 Occupier notwithftanding. 
 
 PrctiiDcn altoags, anti Ijc it CnafteQ, That the Com- 
 
 penfation which may be neceflary to be given for the 
 Difference that may be of Quantity and Value in the faid 
 Lands lb exchanged, fhall be by Payment of a Yearly Sum 
 of Money, and not by any Fine or Foregift ; otherwife 
 fuch Agreement fhall be null and void to all Intents and 
 Purpofes whatfoevec. 
 
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 ProtiiuetJ alfo, ant) be it CnaftcU, That fuch Lands fo 
 
 exchanged fhall be furveyed and planned, and fhall be dis- 
 tinguished by proper Bound Stones ; and a Copy of fuch. 
 Agreement, together with a Copy of fuch Plan, fhall be 
 lodged in the Parifh Cheft, and alfo, if Copyhold, deliver- 
 ed to the Lord's Steward, to be inrolled in the Lord's Court, 
 after the Execution of the fame ; otherwife 
 the fame mall be null and void to all Intents and Purpofes 
 whatsoever. 
 
 3nU bZ it fUCtlJCt CnaftCtl, That every Landlord, Mort- 
 gagee, or other Creditor, or any other Perfon whatfoever, 
 having any Right or Demand affedting any of fuch exchanged 
 Lands, (hall, during the Continuance of fuch Agreement, 
 have the fame Right and Remedy in and againft any fuch 
 Land taken in Exchange, as he would have had againit the 
 Land given in Exchange for it. 
 
 3ntJ tohctCaS it would greatly conduce to the better ma- 
 nuring of fuch Common Fields, efpecially thofe Parts which 
 lie remote from the Dwellings and Homefteads of the Oc- 
 cupiers of the fame, if they were enabled to inclofe, and hold 
 inclofed, a fmall Portion of the fame, for the Purpofe of a 
 Foddering Yard, Sheepcote, or fuch like Convenience ; IBt 
 it CnaSCt! by the Authority aforefaid, That it mall and 
 may be lawful for every fuch Occupier, with Confent of 
 the Owner, to inclofe, and hold inclofed, any Parcel or 
 Parcels of their Lands in fuch Common Fields, not exceed- 
 ing in the Whole the Quantity of 
 
 provided the fame do not interrupt or obftrucl any public 
 • or private Road. 
 
 SnU tahClCaS many fmall Trefpaffes, and Breaches of the 
 Regulations agreed to according to the Act above recited, 
 may be committed, with regard to which the Remedy by 
 Aclion in any of His Majefty's Courts of Record at Wejl- 
 minjier may be thought too troublefome and expenfive ; 
 IBC it CnafteO by the Authority aforefaid, That upon In- 
 formation being made by the Field Mafter or Field Reeve 
 for the Time being, before One Juftice of the Peace for 
 the County, Riding, or Divifion, wherein the Tovvnfhip mall 
 lie, and Proof made thereof by the Oath of One or more i 
 ■credible Witnefles, fuch Juftice may order the Party of- 
 fending to pay a Sum not exceeding which 
 
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 Penalty, in cafe fuch Perfon fhall not pay the fame with- 
 in Days after Demand, (hall, -by virtue of a Warrant 
 under the Hand and Seal of the faid Juftice of the Peace, be 
 levied by of the Goods and Chattels of 
 the Party fo offending, if not redeemed within Days, 
 rendering the Overplus of the Value of the Goods (if any) 
 <to the Owner, after deducting the Charges of taking and 
 making fuch and all the Sums fo recovered, 
 fhall be employed and accounted for according to the Or- 
 ders and Directions of fuch Majority of Owners and Occupiers, 
 as is directed by the faid above recited Act, for and towards 
 the better Cultivation of the faid Common Field Lands, or 
 Improvement of the faid Commons of Paflure, or Waftes. 
 
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 BILL 
 
 [With the Amendments] 
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 Explain and amend the Laws now in being re- 
 lating to Sewers. 
 
 Note. — The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of the Folios 
 
 in the written Copy. 
 
 n^mmyg. It) <& 1R <£ 3 % Commiffions of Sewers have ifTued 
 S^ &*j> anc i been directed into divers Parts of the Realm, 
 w &&{ w in a Manner fjitable to the Circumftances of 
 )&}£ )t<^( Time and Place then and there requifite: 
 
 9nH tOhC'CCaS, by an Act pafTed in the Twenty-third 
 Year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth, intituled 
 •' A Bill of Sewers, with a new Provifo, &c." it was 
 Enacted, That CommiiTions of Sewers, according to One 
 prefcribed Manner, Form, Tenor, and Effect, therein recited, 
 mould be directed into all Parts of the Realm; which Act, 
 at firft temporary, was, by an Act pafled in the Third and 
 Fourth Years of the Reign of King Edward the Sixth, 
 made pemetual : 
 
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 QnU tobCtCaS many of the Provifions, by a Change of 
 divers Circumftances, in the Courfe of a long Period of 
 Years, ceafe to have the Effect prorofed, and are no longer 
 fufricient Remedy to the Reformation of the Premii'es, as 
 therein and thereby intended: 
 
 3llD u3yXrC&Sf, amongft other Things, it was by the faid Bill 
 of Sewers Enacted " That if any Manner of Perfon or Perfons, of 
 " wha,t Eftate or Degree foever he or they be of, that from 
 •' henceforth doth take upon him or them'to" fit, by vir- 
 ** tue of any of the laid Commiflions, not having Lands 
 " and Tenements, or other Hereditaments, in Fee Simple, 
 -" Fee. Tail, or for Term of Life, to the clear yearly Va- 
 " lue of Forty Marks, above all Charges, to his own Ule, 
 •* except he be refiant and free of any City, Borough, 
 " or Town Corporate, and have moveable Subfiance of the 
 " clear Value of One hundred Pounds, or elfe be learned 
 " in the Laws of this Realm in and concerning the fame, 
 " that is to fay, admitted in One of the Four principal 
 " Inns of Court for an Utter Barrifter, mall forfeit Forty 
 " Pounds for everv Time that he fhall attempt fo to 
 " do:" 
 
 jl20to tofrCtcag, from the different Value of Money, 
 Lands, and other Circumftances, the Qualification therein, 
 by the Tenor of the faid Act defcribed, is no longer fuch 
 as the true Meaning thereof requireth, or fuch as in like 
 Cafes is now required: 
 
 May it pleafe Your MAJESTY, 
 
 That it may be Enacted ; aitf) be it CttaftcD by the KING's 
 Moft ExcelientMAjESTY, by and with the Advice and Content 
 of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in this prefent Parliament 
 afiembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from 
 and after the palling of this Act fo much of the faid Act 
 of the Twenty-third Year of the Reign of Henry the Eighth, 
 as relates to the Qualification aforefaid of Perfons acting as 
 Commiffior.ers of Sewers, mall be, and the fame is hereby 
 decbred to be repealed, refpecting all Commiffions of Sewers 
 hereafter, after the paffing of this Act, ifiued, and refpecting 
 all Commilnoners of Sewers hereafter, atte. the pafli:;g of 
 this Act, named and appointed as Commidioners of Sewers. 
 
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 3nB be it further CnattCtl by the Authority aforefaidf 5 ^^"^*^ *^z^+*~^^A2 y^.. 
 That no Perfon (except as hereinafter is excepted) fliall be^j* ^^^r^J^*ZL~> * ""^ ^ ' 
 capable of acting as a Commitfioner of Sewers, under any ^ 0l «v^*/P ) ^T'XXt^4' / ^ 
 million hereafter, after the pafling of this Act, iflaed, unlefs he VU~ ** 
 
 fliall have, (either in Law or Equity, to and for his own 
 Ufe and Benefit, in Pofieffion, a Freehold, Copyhold, or 
 Cuftornary Eftate for Life, or for fome greater Eftate, or an 
 Eftate for fome long Term of Years determinable upon One 
 or more Life or Lives, or for a certain Term originally 
 created for Twenty- one Years or more, in) Lands, Tene- ^^^^ Jf^^^/C^ 
 
 ments, or Hereditaments, [lying or being in that Part ofw/T' . ( * /12s*/ u '* 
 
 Great Britain called England, or the Principality of Waks£^y~~ f '*^^ jf *sj* 
 of the clear yearly Value or fj)ne hundred PoundFJ overy f^^t/ ^ tl .^/A« 
 and above what will fatisfy and difcharge all Incumbran-^/^; ^S 'J££^ 
 ces that affect the fame, and over and above all Rents and 
 Charges payable out of or in refpect of the fame ; or who 
 fliall not be feifed of or entitled unto, in Law or Equity, 
 to and for his own \Jk and Benefit, the immediate Re- 
 verfion or Remainder of and in Lands, Tenements, or He- 
 reditaments, lying or being as aforefaid, which are leafed for 
 One, Two, or Three Lives, or for any Term of Years 
 determinable upon the Death of One, Two, or Three 
 Lives, upon referved Rents, and which are of the clear 
 yearly Value of Three Hundred Pounds, and unlefs One 
 Third Part of fuch (^afificatiof/ afore defcribed and defined 
 lieth and is within the Precincts of the Jurifdiction of the 
 CommiiTion of Sewers for which the Perfon qualifies and 
 acts as a Comtniffionerj and who fhall not at the Time, 
 or before he takes upon himfelf to act as a Commiflioner 
 of Sewers, at fome General or Quarter Seflions, or Court of 
 Sewers, in the Diftrict for which he is commiffioned, and 
 does or fliall intend to act, firft take and fubferibe the Oath 
 following ; videlicet : 
 
 " I A. B. do fwear, That I truly and bona fide have 
 " fuch an Eftate, in Law or Equity, to and for my 
 M own Ufe and Benefit, confiding of 
 " " [fpecifying the Nature of 
 
 fuch Eftate, whether Mefluagc, Land, Rent, Tythe, 
 OHi ^, Benefice, or what elfe] <l as doth qualify mo 
 " to act as a Commiiiioner of Sewers under the 
 " Commiffion ilkied for" [here defcribing the Place 
 or Diftrict to which the Jurifdiction of the Commiflion 
 
 extends.
 
 [ 4 ] 
 
 extends, as defcribed in the Commiflion ; except where 
 it confifts of an Office, Benefice, or Ecclefiaftical Prefer- 
 ment, which it (hall be fufficient to afcertain by their 
 known and ufua.1 Names] " is lying, or being, or ifiuing 
 " out of Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, being 
 " within the Parifh, Townfhip, or Precinct, of 
 " or in the feveral Parifhes, 
 
 '* Townffiips, or Precinct of 
 
 '** in the County of or in the feveral 
 
 " Counties of 
 
 " [as the Cafe may be] 
 
 " and that One Third Part thereof doth lie within 
 
 " the Precincts of the Jurifdiction of the faid Com- 
 
 " miffion." 
 
 'Which Oath, fo taken and fnbfcribed as aforefaid, {hall be kept 
 
 by the Clerk of the Sewers of the faid Diftrict for the Time 
 
 being, among the Records of the Sewers for the faid Parts. 
 
 9ntl fje it further (ZBna&CD by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That every fuch Clerk of the Sewers ihall, upon Demand for 
 that Purpofe made, forthwith deliver a true and attefted Copy 
 of the faid Oath, in Writing, to any Perfon paying for the 
 fame the Sum of Two Shillings and no more ; which 
 being proved to be a true Copy of fuch Oath to be kept amongfl 
 the Records as aforefaid, fhall be admitted to be given in Evi- 
 dence upon any Ifllie, in any Action, Suit, or Information, to 
 be brought upon this Aft. 
 
 Stilt! fje it further dBnafieB by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That from and after the Time at which this Adl fhall 
 take Effect and be in Force, re 1 peeling any Commiliion of 
 Sewers hereafter, after the palling of this Act, ifiued, any 
 Perfon who fhall act as a Commiffioner of Sewers under 
 fuch Commifiion, within that Part of Great Britain called 
 England, or the Principality of IVcles, without H&yifig taken 
 and fnbfcribed the faid Oath r.s aforefaid, or without being 
 qualified according to the true Intent and Meaning of this 
 Acl, fhall for every fuch Offence forfeit the Sum of One 
 hundred Pounds, One Moiety to the life of the Poor of the 
 Parifh in which he mod ufually refides, and the other Moiety 
 to the Ufe of fuch Perfon or Perfons who fhall foe- for the 
 fame, to be recovered, together with full Cofts of Suit, by Action 
 of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of His Majefty's 
 Courts of Record at JVeJlminjlcr, in which no EfToign, Protec- 
 tion,
 
 [ 5 ] 
 
 tion, Wager of Law, or more than One Imparlance, mall be 
 allowed; and in every fuch Action, Suit, or Information, the 
 Proof of his Qualification {hall lie on fuch Pcrfon againft whom 
 the fame is brought. 
 
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 Iproaincti altoaps, ana be it further aEnafteu by the 
 
 Authority aforefaid, That if the Defendant in any fuch Action, 
 Suit, or Information, lhall intend to infill upon any Lands, 
 Tenements, or Hereditaments, not contained in fuch Oath as 
 aforefaid, as his Qualification to act as a Commiflioner of 
 Sewers, in Part or in the Whole (provided always, that One 
 Third Part thereof be and lies within the Precincts of the Jurif- 
 diction of the Com million under which he acted) at the Time of 
 the fuppofed Offence wherewith he is charged, he mall at or be- 
 fore the Time of his Pleading deliver to the PlaintifFor Informer, 
 or his Attorney, a Notice in Writing, fpecifying fuch Lands, Te- 
 nements, and Hereditaments, other than thofe contained in the 
 faid Oath, and the Parifli, Townfhip, Precinct, or Place, or 
 Parifhes, Townfhips, Precincts, or Places, and the County or 
 Counties, wherein the fame are refpectively fituate, lying, or 
 being, (Offices and Benefices excepted, which it mall be fuffi- 
 cient to afcertain by their known and ufual Names) and it the 
 Plaintiff or Informer, in any fuch Action, Suit, or Information, 
 lhall think fit thereupon not to proceed any farther, he may, 
 with the Leave of the Court, difcontinue fuch Action, Suit, or 
 Information, on Payment of fuch Cofts to the Defendant as the 
 Court lhall award. 
 
 Ti)rouiDeD alfo, ann it i& fterebg further <£naftefc by the 
 
 Authority aforefaid, That upon the Trial of the Iflue in a.iy 
 Action, Suit, or Information, to be brought as aforeiaid, no 
 Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, which are not contained 
 in fuch Oath and Notice as aforefaid, or one of them, mail 
 be allowed to be infilled upon by the Defendant as any Part ot 
 his Qualification. 
 
 3nu be it further Cnafteu anD Declarer by the Authority 
 
 aforeiaid, where the Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, 
 contained in the laid Oath, or Notice, are, together with other 
 Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, belonging to the Perfon 
 taking fuch Oath, or delivering fuch Notice, liable to any 
 Charges, Rents, or Incumbrances, That, within the true Intent 
 and Meaning, and for the Purpofes, of this Act, the Lands, 
 Tenements, and Hereditaments, contained in the faid Oath, or 
 
 B Notice,
 
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 Notice, fhall be deemed and taken to be liable and chargeable 
 only fo far as the other Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments 
 fo jointly charged, are not fufficient to pay, fatisfy, or difcharge 
 the fame. 
 
 PrOtUUClJ altoapg, That where the Qualification required 
 by this Act, or any Part thereof, confifts of Rent, it fhall be 
 fufficient to fpecify in ftsch Oath, or Notice, as aforefaid, fo 
 much of the Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, out of 
 which fuch Rent is iffuing, as fhall be of fufficient Value to 
 anfwer fuch Rent. 
 
 JprOUiOCH altnagS, anH &e it 4ZEna&eD by the Authority 
 aforefaid, That in cafe the Plaintiff or Informer in any fuch 
 Action, Suit, or Information, fliall difcontinue the fame other- 
 wife than aforefaid, or be nonfuit, or Judgment be otherwife 
 given againft him, that then, and in any of the faid Cafes, the 
 Perfon againft whom fuch Action fhall have been brought fhall 
 recover Treble Cofts. 
 
 ProuiOcD alluapief, anD bt it further CnaSen by the 
 
 Authority aforefaid, That only One Penalty of One Hundred 
 Pounds fliall be recovered from the fame Perfon, by virtue of this 
 Act, for the fame or any other Offence committed by the fame 
 Perfon, before the bringing of the AcYion, Suit, or Information, 
 upon which One Penalty of One Hundred Pounds fliall have been 
 recovered, and due Notice given to the Defendant of the Com- 
 mencement of fuch Action, Suit, or Information, any Thing 
 in this Act to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 Pro'ciHsU aitoayg, ann be it (JBna&co by the Authority 
 
 aforefaid, That where an Action, Suit, or Information, fliall be 
 brought, and due Notice given thereof as aforefaid, no Proceed- 
 ings fhall be had upon any fubfequent Action, Suit, or Information, 
 againft the fame Perfon, for any Offence committed before the 
 Time of giving fuch Notice as aforefaid ; but the Court where 
 fuch fubfequent Action, Suit, or Information, fhall be brought, 
 may, upon the Defendant's Motion, flay Proceedings upon every 
 fuch fubfequent Action, Suit, or Information ; fo as fuch fh ft 
 Action, Suit, or Information, be profecuted without Fraud, and 
 with Effect; it being hereby declared, that no Action, Suit, 
 or Information, which fhall not be fo profecuted, ihall be 
 6 deemed or conltrued to be an Action, Suit, or Information, 
 within the Intent and Meaning of this Act.
 
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 PtOfciDCU alfoagSi, That every Action, Bill, Plaint, or In- 
 formation, given by this Act, mall be commenced within the 
 Space of Six Calendar Months after the Fact upon which the 
 fame is granted fliall have been committed. 
 
 IPrOttiDCU alftapS, That when any Corporation hath any 
 Eftate in Lands, Tenements, or other Hereditaments, to the 
 clear yearly Value of One Hundred Pounds, as hereinbefore de- 
 fcribed, lying and being within the Precincts of the Jurifdiclion of 
 any Commiffion of Sewers, the chief Magiitrate of fuch Corpora- 
 tion, by whatever Name defcribed or diftinguifbed (in cafe fuch 
 Office be named and appointed in and by fuch Commiffion) 
 (hall and may aft as a Commiffioner under fuch Commiffion, 
 •during his Continuance in fuch Office, any Thing herein con- 
 tained to the contrary notwithstanding. 
 
 JptOtliDeU alfO, That in cafe any Commiffion of Sewers 
 extends, or fliall extend, only to the Sewers within the Pre- 
 cincts of the Jurifdidion of any City, Borough, or Town Cor- 
 porate, then and in every fuch Cafe any Perfon or Perfons 
 named in fuch Commiffion, and having Lands, Tenements, or 
 other Hereditaments, in Fee Simple, Fee Tail, or for Term of 
 Life, lying and being within fuch Precincts refpectively, to the 
 clear yearly Value of Forty Marks, above all Charges, to his 
 own Ufe, or being a Magiftrate having the Power to act as a 
 Juftice of the Peace, and being reliant and. free of fuch City, 
 Borough, or Town Corporate, and having therein moveable 
 Subftance to the Value of One Hundred Pounds, and' being 
 named and appointed in fuch Commiffion, may, being duly 
 iworn, net as a Commiffioner or Commiffioners under fuch 
 ■Commiffion. 
 
 SlnD uX it furtfjCt CnaftCU by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That if any Perfon (hall prefume to act in any Cafe what- 
 foever as a Commiffioner of Sewers, without being duly fworn 
 as by Law directed, every fuch Perfon fball for every fuch 
 Offence forfeit and pay the like Sum of Forty Pounds, 
 to be recovered and applied in Manner as hereinbefore di- 
 rected. 
 
 2jOhCf£a£ by the Continuance of the Term for which 
 the Commiffion of Sewers is now by Law to ftand and 
 endure, great Inequality and many Inconveniences may arife, 
 contrary to the original Intent and Spirit thereof, in the Ad- 
 
 miniftration
 
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 jr, in if! rat ion and Execution of the Powers therein contained, 
 if Provifion be not made for Remedy thereof; IBt it thCrCfOH 
 CnactCtJ by the Authority aforefaid, That, at any Time during 
 the Continuance of any Commiflion of Sewers, if any Perfon 
 not named as a Commiffioner in fuch Commiflion, comes by 
 Devife, Inheritance, or Purchafe, into the Poffeflion of any 
 Lands, Tenements, or other Hereditaments, in Fee Simple, 
 Fee Tail, or for Term of Life, or for fome greater Eftate, or 
 211 Eftate for fome long Term of Years determinable upon One 
 or more Life or Lives, or for a certain Term originally created 
 for Twenty-one Years or more, in Lands, Tenements, or He- 
 reditaments, lying and being within the Precincts of the Jurif- 
 diclion of the faid Commiflion, to the clear Yearly Value of 
 Two Hundred Pounds, above all Charges, to his own 
 Ufe, fi.ould apply by Petition to the Chancellor, together with 
 the other great Officers already by Law impowered to iflue 
 the Ccmmiffion of Sewers, the faid Chancellor, together with 
 the other great Officers, if he or they fhall fee Caufe, and if 
 the Perfons already named in the faid Commiflion, or a 
 Quorum thereof, do not make any juft Caufe of Ob- 
 jection thereto, may order the Name of fuch Perfon or 
 Perfons duly qualified, to be added to and inferted in the 
 Faid Commiflion as aforefaid ; and fuch Perfon or Perfons 
 fo qualified and fo named, and taking the Oath as by 
 the Law of Sewers directed to be taken by a Commiflioner 
 of Sewers, fhall be held and deemed a lawful Commiflioner 
 in the faid Commiflion of Sewers, and may fit and act un- 
 der and by virtue of the fame, as though he or they was 
 or were originally, at the firfi fealing thereof, named as 
 Commiflioner or Commiflioners therein; any Law, Statute, 
 or Cuftom, to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 SnU tPftcre&jS Commiflioners of Sewers are impowered by 
 Law to act in certain Cafes according to their Wifdom and 
 Difcretion ; which Power may be attended with Inconve- 
 niencies, if exercifed without fuch Commiflioners having 
 competent Knowledge or proper Information in the Pre- 
 mises ; 15c it therefore further <£ tafieti by the Authority 
 
 aforefaid, That in Cafes where the Law directs that the 
 faid Commiflioners fhall be govern -d by their Wifdom and 
 Difcretion, no Order fhall be rude as to any Matter or 
 Tb.ing to be done in the Preaiifles, without a View of 
 fuch Premifles by the Comm'.fioners themfeives, or by Sur- 
 vey and Report of fome Surveyor, or other Officer, duly 
 
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 and according to Marfli Law appointed, and fworn to make 
 fuch Survey and Report, fhall precede or accompany fuch 
 Acts and Orders refpectivcly of luch Commifiioners. 
 
 HnU tofjCtCaS Commifiioners of Sewers are by Law au- 
 thorized to depute and affign diligent, faithful, and true- 
 Keepers, Bailiffs, Surveyors, Clerks, Collectors, Expenditors, 
 and other Minifters and Officers, for the Safety, Conferva- 
 tion, Reparation, Reformation, and Making, of the Premifles, 
 and every of them, but frequently do neglect fo to do ; 15c 
 It further <£tiafteD by the Authority aforefaid, That in all 
 Cafes ' (where fuch Officers and Minifters are not, bv the 
 Cuftom of the Marfh or otherwiie, cholen and appointed) 
 ail fuch Commifiioners fhall, and are hereby required to de- 
 pute and aflign diligent, faithful, and true Keepers, Bailiffs, 
 Surveyors, Clerks, Collectors, Expenditors, or other Mini- 
 fters and Officers, and to appoint fuch Officers and Mini- 
 fters, fo afiigned and deputed, fuch reafonable Wages, or 
 fuch Sums of Money or Fees, as by the Dilcretion of the 
 faid Commifiioners, or any Six of them, mall be thought 
 reafonable, as Matters and Things to be done may require, 
 to the Purport, Effect, Words, and true Meaning, of their 
 Commifiion ; and the faid Commifiioners are hereby further 
 required, at every General or Quarter Sefiions, or Court of 
 the Sewers, to give their Charge to the fame Officers and 
 Minifters, and from Time to Time to give Inftructions and 
 iflue their Orders to the faid Minifters and Officers, accord- 
 ing to their Wifdom and Difcretions. 
 
 3nB ts0 it CnaftCD by the Authority aforefaid, That every 
 Clerk, Dykereeve, Keeper, Bailiff, Surveyor, Collector, Expen- 
 ditor, or other Minifter or Officer, whether cliofen according 
 to the Cuftom of the Marfh or appointed by the Commii- 
 fioners, and concerned in and for the Receipt and laying out of 
 Monies, or charged with the Care, Ufe, and Keeping, of any 
 Utenfils, Stores, or other Materials whatfoever, ufed or to be 
 ufed in or belonging to the Premifles, fhall account, and pro- 
 duce his or their Vouchers, for all and every Sum and Sums 
 of Money that he or they fhall receive or pay by virtue of 
 his or their Office or Offices, or committed to his Charge and 
 Cuftody ; and fhall account for the Ufe and Expenditure of the 
 fame to the Commifiioners of Sewers under whom he or they 
 acts or act, when and as often as thereunto required by them 
 fo to do; and fhall, whenever his or their Office or Offices 
 
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 ceafe and determine, pay over the Balance of fuch Accounts, 
 and deliver over all fuch Utenfils, Stores, and other Materials, 
 as do remain in his or their Hand?, to fuch Perfon or Perfons 
 as fhall fucceed him or them in the faid Office or Offices, or as 
 the faid Commiffioners of Sewers fhall direct and appoint to 
 receive the fame ; and all Officers and Minifters fo accounting 
 as aforefaid, (hall verify their Accounts upon Oath, if there- 
 unto required by the faid Commiffioners of Sewers (which 
 Oath the faid Commiffioners, or any Six of them, are hereby 
 empowered to adminifter) and if any fuch Clerk, Dykereeve, 
 Keeper, Bailiff, Surveyor, Collector, Expenditor, or other 
 Officer or Minifter, fhall neglect or refufe to account for any 
 Sum or Sums of Money by him collected or received by virtue 
 of his Office, or to account for fuch Utenfils, Stores, or other 
 Materials, as aforefaid, or to verify fuch Accounts upon Oath, 
 or to produce his or their Vouchers for all and every Sum and 
 Sums of Money which he or they fhall have received or paid 
 ns aforefaid, and for the Charge and Expenditure of all fuch 
 Utenfils, Stores, and Materials, as aforefaid, as often as required 
 fo to do by the faid Commiffioners of Sewers ; or to pay over 
 the Balance remaining in his or their Hands, and to deliver over 
 all fuch Utenfils, Stores, and other Materials, as aforefaid, to 
 fuch Perfon or Perfons as fhall fucceed him or them in his or 
 their faid Offices, or to fuch Perfon or Perfons as the faid 
 Commiffioners fhall appoint to receive the fame ; or fhall not 
 deliver up to the faid Commiffioners, or to their Order, 
 io within Fourteen Days after being required fo to do, all the 
 Books, Papers, and Writings, in his or their Cuftody or Power, 
 relating to his or their Charge in the Execution of his or their 
 Office or Offices ; then, and in each or any or either of the 
 Cafes aforefaid, it fhall and may be lawful to and for the faid 
 Commiffioners of Sewers to commit fuch Clerk, Keeper, 
 Bailiff, Surveyor, Collector, Expenditor, or other Officer or 
 Minifter, fo offending, to the County or Common Gaol, 
 there to remain until he or they fhall have made a full, true, 
 and perfect Account, Payment, and Delivery, as aforefaid, or 
 until he or they fhall have compounded with the faid Com- 
 miffioners of Sewers for the fame, and have paid fuch Com- 
 pofition, or fhall have given Security for the fame, in fuch 
 Manner as they fhall appoint (which Compofition the faid 
 Commiffioners are hereby empowered to make) and until 
 he or they fhall have delivered up all fuch Books, Papers, and 
 Writings, as aforefaid, or fhall have given Satisfaction to the faid 
 Commiffioners of Sewers in refpect thereof. 
 
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 3nU fee it further CnaftCD by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That if any Perfon holding and executing any of the Offices 
 aforefaid fhall die before the Expiration of his Office, or before 
 he fhall have accounted, and difcharged himfelf, as afore required 
 and directed, his Executor or Adminiftrator, Executors or Ad- 
 miniftrators, fhall, within a reafonable Time after his Deceafe, 
 deliver over to his SuccelTor, or to fuch Perfons as the Com- 
 miffioners of Sewers fhall direct, all Books, Papers, and Writ- 
 ings, and Accounts, belonging to and concerning his faid Office, 
 except fuch as are neceffary for the making up his Accounts, 
 and then fuch are to be delivered over with his Accounts, as alfo 
 all Utenfils, Stores, and other Materials whatfoever, remaining 
 in his Charge at the Time of his Deceafe, or which fhall corns 
 into the Cuftody and Power of fuch his Executor or Admini- 
 ftrator, Executors or Adminiftrators ; and fuch Executor or 
 Adminiftrator, Executors or Adminiftrators, fhall be liable to pay, 
 and (ball pay, out of the Afletts of fuch deceafed, all Sums of Money 
 remaining due, which the faid Officer or Minifter collected or 
 received, or for which he was accountable by virtue of his 
 faid Office, before any of his other Debts are paid or fatisfied ; 
 or in cafe any Perfon exercifing any of the Offices aforefaid, 
 fhall, before he hath accounted and difcharged himfelf, as herein- 
 before required, become a Bankrupt, then and in fuch Cafe 
 the Affignees of fuch Bankrupt fhall be in like Manner liable 
 to, and in like Manner required to do and perform all fuch 1 1 
 Matters and Things as the Executors or Adminiftrators herein- 
 before mentioned are liable to, and are required to do and 
 perfo 
 
 rra. 
 
 Sntlj in order to prevent and remedy the many Inconve- 
 niences which do, and the Mifchiefs which may, arife through 
 Delay or Default of Payment of Rates and Affeffments ; and in 
 order to afcertain what may be held and deemed to be an Ar- 
 rearage ; 1BC it fUttfjer. (StiaftCD by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That where the Cuftom of the Country is, or where any fpe- 
 cial Occafion requires, that the Commiffioners of Sewers do, as 
 by Law empowered, of their own Act lay any Rate, Tax, or 
 Affeffment, then and m fuch Cafe they fhall forthwith, after 
 the laying any fuch Rate, Tax, or AffefTment, iffue a Precept 
 to the Dykereeve, Collector, Expenditor, or any other Mi- 
 nifter or Officer, who is empowered and ordered to collect the 
 fame, directing him or them to affix upon the principal Door 
 of the Church, or in fome other public Place in the Town or 
 Diftrict wherein the Lands and Tenements fo rated, taxed, or 
 affeffed, do lie, Notice of fuch Rate, Tax, or Af^ffmenr, fo 
 
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 laid, and of the Times fixed for the Payment thereof; which 
 Precept fo iffued, and fo directing, fhall be held and deemed to 
 be fufficient Notice thereof; and that, where the Cuftom of the 
 Country is, that the Dykereeves or Sewers Rates and AffefT- 
 ments are laid at a Dykereeve's, Sewer, Leet, Town, or other 
 Meetine;, by the Commonalty, or Landowners and Landholders, 
 of that Leet, Town, or Diftridt, then and there previous Notice 
 fhall be, and is hereby required to be given, by the Dykereeve, 
 Expenditor, or other Officer or Minifter, or by his or their 
 Deputy, or Deputies, at the Time of Divine Service, or hi 
 fome other public Place in the Town or Diftricl, at leaft Seven 
 Days before fuch Meeting, that a Leet, Dykereeve or Sewers, 
 Town, or other Meeting, as by the Cuftom of the Country it 
 fhall be named, is to be held for the Purpofe of confidering on 
 the laying a Rate, Tax, or Affeffment, on the Lands and Tene- 
 ments within the Precincts of the Jurifdiclion of the fame ; and 
 that the faid Officer or Officers, or his or their Deputy or 
 Deputies, fhall call upon the Landholders and Landowners, in 
 the faid Notice, to attend him or them on fome One Day, as 
 fuch Officer or Officers aforefaid fhall fix, previous to the Meet- 
 ing, in order to their taking a View and Survey of the Pre- 
 mifies, and in order to examine and advife what Rates, Taxes, 
 or AflefTments, may be neceffary and proper to be laid ; and that 
 1 2 when fuch Rates, Taxes, or ArTelTments, are laid, then and 
 there the Times of Payment of the fame fhall be fixed j and the 
 Dykereeve, Bailiff, Expenditor, or other Officer or Minifter, 
 who is authorized and directed to collect: the fame, is hereby 
 required forthwith to fix upon the principal Door of the Church, 
 or in fome other public Place of the Town or Diftrict, Notice 
 of fuch Rate, Tax, or Afleflment, and of the Time or Times 
 of Payment fo fixed as aforefaid; which fhall be held and 
 deemed to be due and legal Notice thereof: And all fuch Rates, 
 Taxes, or AflefTments, fo laid, and not paid at the Times fo fixed 
 and notified, fhall be held and deemed to be Arrearages, and 
 the Dykereeve, Bailiff, Expenditor, or other Officer or Mi- 
 nifter, or his or their Deputy or Deputies, are hereby autho- 
 rized and required forthwith to diftrain for the fame, and the 
 faid Diftrefs to prize and fell, or caufe to be prized and 
 fold, in cafe the faid Arrears are not paid in Five Days 
 after the making fuch Diftrefs, or to take and ufe fuch other 
 Procefs thereupon, according to the Powers by the Laws and 
 Commiffion of Sewers veiled in him or them by virtue of his 
 or their Office or Offices. 
 
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 JproDitlcn altoapSf, That if, when the Dykereeve, or other 
 Officer or Minifter, Officers or Minifters, or his or their Depu- 
 ties, as aforefaid, fhali, as above directed, have given Notice to 
 the Landowners and Landholders to meet and attend him or 
 them, in order to their taking a View and Survey of the Pre- 
 mifles, fuch Landowners and Landholders fhall neglect fo to 
 do, fuch Rates, Tax, or Affeffment, as afore named, may never- 
 thelefs be laid from the Report of fuch Officer or Minifter, 
 Officers or Minifters, or his or their Deputies, as (hall appear 
 to be requifite, any Thing herein contained to the contrary 
 notwithstanding. 
 
 SnD l*C it further CnafteD by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That if the Landowners, being Inhabitant?, or Landholders, or 
 the moil Part of them, inhabiting within any fuch Town or 
 Diftricl for which Notice of fuch Meeting as aforefaid for the 
 Purpofe of laying fuch Rate, Tax, or Affefiment, as aforefaid, 
 was given, fhall not be at the Place at the Hour and Time by 
 fuch Dykereeve, or other Minifter or Officer, his or their 
 Deputy or Deputies, as aforefaid, fo appointed, every of the 
 faid Landowners, being an Inhabitant, and every Landholder* 
 that fhall fo make Default, fhall forfeit and pay Five Shillings 
 for every Time he or they fhall not, upon fuch Notice as afore- r^ 
 faid, repair, at the Time, to the Place by fuch Dyke- 
 reeve, or Officer or Minifter, his or their Deputy or De- 
 puties, as aforefaid, fo appointed, the faid Default to be pre- 
 iented by the faid Officer or Minifter, his or their Deputy or 
 Deputies, at the next Sefiions or Court of Sewers, upon his or 
 their Oath or Oaths ; and upon fuch Prefentment the Ccm- 
 miffioners, or any Six of them, fitting in fuch Sefiions or Court, 
 are hereby authorized and required to fine the faid Landowners 
 and Landholders in the laid Sum accordingly j the faid Fine to 
 be levied and paid as all other Fin,es are by the Laws of Sewers, 
 or by this Act, directed to be levied and paid. 
 
 3tlu be it Cn&fteH by the Authority aforefaid, That if, by 
 Want of the Appearance of Six of fuch Landowners or Land- 
 holders as aforefaid, at fuch Meeting as aforefaid, for the Pur- 
 pofe aforefaid, or through their not agreeing upon any Rate, 
 Tax, cr Affefiment, the Dykereeve, or other Minifter or 
 Officer, or his or their Deputy or Deputies, who hath or have 
 Charge of the Prefervation of the Defences and Sewers of the 
 Town or DiftricT:, fhall think the Country may be endangered, 
 fuch Dykereeve, or fuch other Officer, his or their Deputy or 
 
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 Deputies, which did give fuch Warning or Notice as 
 aforefaid, fhail refort unto fome Two of the Commiffioners 
 of Sewers acting, as by Law dire&ed, for the Diilrift 
 wherein the Premiffes do lie ; and fuch Commiffioners, 
 if upon the Oath or Oaths of the Officer or Minifter, his or 
 their Deputy or Deputies, prefenting the Matter, they fhall 
 fee Caufe, are hereby authorized to rate and affefs fuch Acre 
 Shott, as they in their Difcretions fhall fee neceffary, for th 
 prefent imminent Cafe fo prefented ; and they fhall deliver the 
 laid Aifeffment, under their Hands, to the faid Dykereeve, or 
 other Officer or Minifter, his or their Deputy or Deputies, as 
 aforefaid, who fhall forthwith publifh or give Notice, in Man- 
 ner as before by this Act directed, of every fuch Acre Shott fo 
 afleffed ; and fuch Officer or Minifter, his or their Deputy or 
 Deputies, are hereby empowered to collecl and gather the fame 
 in the Manner as he or they are empowered to gather and collect 
 all other Rates, Taxes, or Affcffments, of the Sewers. 
 
 H SlnD l)C it CSnactCl) by the Authority aforefaid, That if any 
 Perfon be chofen a Dykereeve by Reafon of his Lands 
 within any Town wherein he doth not inhabit, then it fhall be 
 lawful for anv Two Commiflione'rs of Sewers, with the Con- 
 tent of Four of the Inhabitants of the faid Town, to choofe 
 fome fufficient Man in his P.oom, as fhall fcem good to the 
 faid Commiffioners and Inhabitants, the fiid Commiffioners 
 making him fuch Allowance for his Pains in that Behalf, as 
 lhall feem good in their Difcretion, fo that the Sum of Money 
 allowed unto any of them exceed not the Sum of Forty Shillings, 
 and the laid Deputy, fo appointed, to undergo all fuch Pains and 
 Forfeitures as are before ipecified in any Laws aforefaid ; and 
 the Dykereeve that payeth any fuch Sum to any Deputy fo ap- 
 pointed and allowed as aforefaid, to be thereof difcharged. 
 
 3nD be it fUrttJCr (SnaftCB by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 if any Perfon, duly qualified, [hall duly, according to Marfli 
 Law, be chofen a Keeper, Bailiff", Dykereeve, Surveyor, Colleclor, 
 or any other Officer or Minifter, for the Execution of the Laws 
 of Sewers in the Town wherein he is an Inhabitant, and fliall 
 refufe to take upon him, and to execute, fuch Office, or fliall 
 not well and fufficiently, with his or their belt Diligence and 
 Endeavour, execute the fame, then he or they to forfeit the 
 Sum of Ten Pounds, to be levied by any Six or more Commif- 
 fioners of the Sewers, whereof Three to be of the Quorum, 
 
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 or by any other Perfon or Perfons afiigned by them, under 
 their Hands and Seals, to levy the fame. 
 
 3tlD uT it GBnaftet) by the Authority aforefaid, That every 
 Keeper, Bailiff, Dvkereeve, Surveyor, or other Officer or 
 Minifter, of any Town, having Charge and Care of the 
 Prefervation and Reparation of the Banks and Sewers in and 
 belonging to the faid Town or Diftricl, fhall, as foon as he 
 is elected to the faid Office as aforefaid, with all convenient 
 Speed, and from Time to Time, make a Survey of all the Banks 
 and Sewers within their feveral Towns and Parifhes, and the 
 Wood Shores and Counter Shores thereof, and, as he or they 
 fhall find any Default, from Time to Time, make a Remem- 
 brance thereof in Writing, and thereupon fhall give prefent 
 Warning to the Owner, Farmer, or Occupier, of fuch Lands 
 whole Banks or Shores fhall be found in Default, charging them I f 
 to fee the faid Banks and Wood Shores, without Delay, to be 
 made according to the Form as by Law directed, by a Time to 
 be limited ; and if, after fuch Warning given, the Perfons that 
 ought to repair the fame fhall not endeavour themfelves for 
 the fpeedy repairing, heightening, and amending, as the Cafe 
 may require, of the faid Banks, Wood Shores, and Counter 
 Shores, that then it fhall and may be lawful for the faid 
 Dykereeve or Dykereeves, or other Officers or Minifters, their 
 Deputy or Deputies, within whofe Charge any fuch Default 
 fhall be found, prefently to make the faid Banks and Shores, 
 and to take, for every Penny diiburfed by him or them, Two 
 Pence. 
 
 SllD fcC it SEimftCD by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 if any Perfon or Perfons which fhall make Default in re- 
 pairing, in Heighth or Breadth, or making, any of the faid 
 Banks or Shores, afW Warning given as aforefaid, fhall 
 alio make Default in paying the Monies diiburfed and for- 
 feited, by the Space of Ten Days next after any of the 
 Dykereeves, or other Officers or Minifters, his or their 
 Deputy or Deputies, as aforefaid, of any of the laid feveral 
 Towns fhall have repaired the fame Banks Walls, and 
 Shores, or any of them, immediately before or after Divine 
 Service, in any the faid Parifh Churches or Chapels of the 
 fame Town wherein the Land fo charged to the faid Sea 
 Banks do lie, fhall have demanded the fame, that then it 
 fhall and may be lawful for the faid Dykereeve or Dyke- 
 reeves, Officer or Officers, Minifter or Minifters, as aforefaid, 
 
 his
 
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 his or their Deputy or Deputies, to enter into any of his 
 or their Lands or Tenements lying within the Precincts of 
 this Commiffion, and to diftrain, as well for the Money fo 
 expended and difburfed, as alfo for the Sum or Sums fo 
 forfeited, in Manner and Form as by the Power and Au- 
 thority of this Act is directed in fuch Cafes; and if any 
 of the Dykereeves, or other Officer or Minifter, Officers or 
 Minifters, his or their Deputy or Deputies, as aforefaid, of 
 any of the faid Towns, fhall, for the avoiding of prefenc 
 Danger, and for the Prefervation of any Place within the 
 Precincls aforefaid, before or without Warning thereof given 
 to the Owner or Owners of any fuch Lands as be charged 
 with the repairing, in Breadth, Heighth, or other amend- 
 ing, of fuch Banks or Shores, repair, heighten, or make, or 
 caufe to be repaired, heightened, or made, the faid Banks 
 1 6 or Shores, or any Part thereof, and that the Owners, 
 Farmers, or Occupier, or Townihip, chargeable to the making, 
 heightening, and repairing, of the faid Banks and Shores, 
 fhall not, within Ten Days next after Demand openly 
 made, in the Church or Chapel as is aforefaid, by the 
 Dykereeve or Dykereeves, Minifter or Officer, Minifters or 
 Officers, his or their Deputy or Deputies, as aforefaid, p'ay fuch 
 Sum or Sums of Money as he or they fhall have expen.led or 
 difburfed for the Charge aforefaid, that then it fhall be 
 lawful for the faid Dykereeve or Dykereeves, Minifter or 
 Officer, Minifters or Officers, his or their Deputy or De- 
 puties, as aforefaid, to diftrain, and take for every Penny fo 
 difburfed Two Pence, and the Diftrefs fo taken to caufe 
 to be prized and fold, in Manner and Form as by this Act 
 is directed and provided} and if no Diftrefs fufficient can be 
 found in any of the Lands and Tenements of fuch Perfon and 
 Perfons which ought to pay the fame, then it (ball and may be 
 lawful for Six Commifiioners, whereof Three to be of the 
 Quorum, to demile, fell, and fct over, fuch Lands and Tene- 
 ments, or any Part or Parcel of them, to fuch Perfon or 
 Perfons, and for fuch Term and Terms, as by the Difcretion 
 of the faid Cummiffioners fhall feem good. 
 
 3ni3 tX)hCtCa0 great Loffes have happened, and do daily hap- 
 pen, where Banks have, at the great Coft and Charges of the 
 Owners thereof, been fufficientiy made, by the not making and 
 repairing of the Bank;, next or near adjoining in due and 
 convenient Time ; IBz it flttttCi* <2rtaCteD by the Authority 
 aforefaid, That if any of the Banks or Shores of any Perfon 
 
 or
 
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 or Perfons, within the Prccinds of the Jurifdiftion of any 
 Commiffion of Sewers, ftiall be in Decay, and the Banks or 
 Shores of any other next adjoining (hall be fufficient, and not 
 in Decay, that then it lhall be lawful for the Perfon or Per- 
 fons whofe Banks Avail be {landing, and not in Decay, but in 
 Danger to take Hurt, upon Notice given to, and Default of, him 
 or them, his or their Farmer or Farmers, whofe Banks Avail 
 be fo in Decay, to put forth the faid Banks next or near ad- 
 joining to him, and to caufe the fame to be fufficiently made 
 "and repaired, fo often as Need (hall require, and to levy and take 
 of the Perfon or Perfons who are bound to repair and keep up 
 the fame, by way of Diftrefs or otherwife, for every Groat 
 by him or them difburfed for the making or repairing of the 
 faid Banks fo in Decay, Six Pence of lawful Money, in 
 fuch Manner and Form as the Dykereeves and Surveyors, or 17 
 other Officers or Minifters, his or their Deputy or Deputies, 
 as aforefaid, might take the fame in any Cale before ex- 
 prelTed. 
 
 12>C0t)i0CD, That no private Perfon that (hall make, or ciule 
 to be made, any fuch Banks fo in Decay as aforefaid, (hall 
 take any Diftrefs before he hath delivered a true Account of 
 the Monies lo by him or them difburfed, unto the Owner, or 
 unto Six Commiffioners of Sewers, 2nd have obtained a War- 
 rant under the Hands and Seals of the faid CornmiiTioners, for 
 the taking of fuch Diftrefs; and that every Diftrefs fo taken 
 may be prized and fold as aforefaid ± and every fuch Sale (ball 
 be as good and available, to all Conftrudtions, as if the fame had 
 been made or done by the Dykereeve or Dykereeves, their 
 Deputy or Deputies, or by any other Officer whatfoever. 
 
 ^r0t3itlCD alfoapS, That if the Cattle, Goods, or Things 
 which lhall be at any Time fo taken, diftrained, and fold, as 
 aforefaid, (hall amount unto any more or greater Sum than 
 (hall be by him or them difburfed and forfeited, by virtue and 
 force of this Act, that then every fuch Perfon who (hall take 
 'any fuch Diftrefs, (hall as well pay or caufe to be paid, or 
 fatisfied, to the Owner or Owners of the faid Diftrefs or 
 Diftreffcs, upon Requeft by him or them made, the Surplufage 
 of all (uch Sum and Sums of Money that (hail remain in his 
 or their Hands, as alfo to deliver to the Owner or Owners of 
 the laid Diftrefs or DiftrefTes, upon like Requeft, a true and 
 perfect Bill of all the Money as well expended and d. (burled, 
 as alfo received and taken, by virtue of this Adc. 
 
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 9ttjO tie it *2BnacteU by the Authority aforefaid, That in 
 ■ail Cafes wherein any Officer or Minifter, or other Perlbn, acting 
 under and by Authority of any CommifTion of Sewers, is 
 empowered to make Diftrefs and Sale of the Goods and Chat- 
 tels of any Perfon or Perfons within the Precincts of the Juris- 
 diction of fuch CommifTion aforefaid, for Neglect or Refufal of 
 Payment of the Arrears of any Rate, Tax, or Affeffinent, as 
 by the Laws of Sewers are directed to be made, or for any 
 Forfeit or Penalty incurred, or on Account of any Fine or 
 Amerciament, fuch Officer or Minifter, or fuch other Perfon, 
 may in fuch Cafe make Diftrefs and Sale in like Manner and 
 Form, and under the like Protections, reflecting the Powers 
 of the Commiffion and Commiffioners of Sewers, as by the 
 Powers given and Provifions made in and by the feveral Laws 
 in force, directing the Mode of Diftrefs and Sale for Rent, but 
 more elpecially by an Act paffed in the Eleventh Year of the 
 Reign of King George the Second, intituled, " An Act for the 
 " more effectual fecuring the Payment of Rent, and prevent- 
 '* ing Frauds by Tenants," are enacted. 
 
 ProDitJCB alftmp0, That in the Cafe wherein this laft- 
 mentioned Act directs that Recourfe be had to Two Juftices 
 of the Peace, from whom there may be an Appeal to the 
 Quarter Seffions of the Peace, there fhall, in the like Cafe 
 arifing in any like Manner reflecting the Laws of Sewers, 
 Recourfe be had to Two Commiffioners of Sewers, and 
 in Cafe of an Appeal from them, fuch Appeal fhall lie to the 
 next Seffions or General Court of Sewers ; who are hereby em- 
 powered to receive, hear, and determine upon, fuch Appeal. 
 
 SlnO, in order to prevent all fuch Danger as the Drainage of 
 the Country may be liable to, by Perfons, without being duly 
 authorized, taking upon themfelves wilfully to obftruct any of 
 the Sewers, or Works of Sewers, or in any Manner to pervert 
 or alter the Operations thereof; 18 g it Clltl&CD by the Autho- 
 rity aforefaid, That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall wilfully, to 
 the Annoyance or endangering of the Country, or to obftructing 
 the Drainage thereof, or without being duly and legally autho- 
 rized, open or fhut, pull up or let down, any Door or Doors 
 of any Tunnel, Sluice, Lock, Gole, or Gote, or in like Man- 
 ner, and with like Intent, obftruct, {heighten, or widen, or 
 any ways alter, any Tunnel, Streight, Drain, Run, or Sewer, by 
 whatever Name fuch may be called or defcribed, or fhall in 
 like Manner, and with like Intent, put down or raife, or lower, 
 enlarge, or lefTen, any Wear, Head, or Dam, or any ways da- 
 mage
 
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 mage any inland Bank, not being the Bank of any River cr 
 main Drain, being within and under the Jurifdiclion of the i g 
 Sewers Law, and mall, on the Oath or Oaths of One or more 
 credible Witnefs or Witneffes, be convicted thereof before any 
 Two or more Juftices of the Peace a&ing for the County, 
 Divifion, or Place wherein the Offence mall have been com- 
 mitted, fuch Offender or Offenders mall for every fuch Offence 
 forfeit and pay, according to the Nature of his or their 
 Offence, any Sum not exceeding Fifty Pounds, nor lefs than 
 Five Pounds, at the Difcretion of the laid Juftices, and 
 fuch Offender or Offenders mall moreover be liable 
 to pay, and mall pay, all fuch Expences as the Reparation 
 of the Damages done to any of the Works or Defences of the 
 Sewers, by their Offence, fhall have cofi (the laid Cofts being 
 firft examined and allowed by the Commifnoners of Sewers) to 
 the Perfon or Perfons, Officer or Officers, who by Law ihall 
 be charged with the Care, Prefervation, and Reparation, of the 
 Works of the Sewers in the faid Parts, and who (hall have 
 actually repaired the fame ; and fuch Offender or Offenders 
 neglecting or refuting to pay the fame, mall be committed to 
 the County Gaol, there to remain until the fame fhall be fo 
 paid as herein required. 
 
 PrOfcitieU altoagS, That nothing herein contained mall ex- 
 tend, or be conftrued to extend, to prevent any Perfon or Per- 
 fons, who mall be injured in their private Property by any of 
 the Offenders aforefaid, from fuing for Trefpal's or Damage, 
 or from recovering Damages, in His Majefty's Courts of Law. 
 
 3ntJ bC it further hcrebp (SnafteU, That if any Perfon or 
 Perfons do wilfully and malicioufly break, or anyways demolifh, 
 any Tunnel, Ditch, Gutter, Sewer, Clough, Lock, Sluice, 
 Gole, or Gote ; or cut or break down, burn, or demolifh, any 
 Sea Bank, or any Bank of any River or main Drain, or any 
 other the Works of Defence made, erected, fet up, or that 
 (hall be hereafter made, erected, or fet up, by and under the 
 Jurifdiction of any Commiffion of Sewers ; or fhall Ileal any 
 Timber, Bricks, Deals, or any other Materials, actually em- 
 ployed in, and being Part or Parts of, fuch Works and De- 
 fences i fuch Offender or Offenders mall be judged guilty of 
 Felony, and mall be fubject and liable to the like Pains and 
 Penalties as in the Cafe of Felony ; and the Court by and be- 20 
 fore whom fuch Perfon or Perfons mall be tried and convicted, 
 fhall have full Power and Authority to tranfport fuch Felon 
 or Felons to fome of His Majefty's Plantations, for any Term 
 
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 of Years, ndt more than Seven Years nor lefs than Three 
 Years, in like Manner as other Perfon or Perfons convicted 
 of Felony are directed to be tranfported by the Laws and 
 Statutes of the Realm, or to aflign fuch other Punifhment as 
 any Statute may or mail affign to fuch Perfons convicted of 
 Felony, in lieu of the Punifhment of Tranfportation. 
 
 3ntl i)C it CliaftCD by the Authority aforefaid, That any 
 
 Perfon appointed or to be appointed a Commiflioner, in or by 
 
 virtue of any Commiflion of Sewers, who mall be a Juftice of 
 
 the Peace, may, and is hereby authorized, empowered, and 
 
 required to act as a Juftice of the Peace within the Precincts 
 
 of the JurifJiction of fuch faid Commiflion, in the Execution 
 
 of fuch Powers and Authorities as are by the Laws and Statutes 
 
 of the Realm, and by this Statute, given to any Juftice of the 
 
 Peace, notwithstanding his or their being a Commiflioner or 
 
 Commiflioners of Sewers, provided fuch Juftice be otherwife 
 
 qualified, and not interefted in the Matter in Qneftion, other 
 
 than as a Commiflioner of Sewers. 
 
 3nt) fthcrcag the Commiflioners of Sewers are by the 
 " Bill of Sewers with a new Provifo, &c." afore named, 
 created a Court to hear and determine all and Angular the 
 Premifes fpecified in the faid Act, as well at the Suit of Our 
 Lord the King, as at the Suit of any other whatlbever, com- 
 plaining before them, or Six of them ; T&C It (JtnaftClJ by the 
 Authority aforefaid, That without a Jury of lawful Men, fworn 
 and acting as the Law requiies, the faid Commiflioners fhall 
 «^ not hear, nor without a Verdict or Prefentment of fuch Jury 
 
 en the Matter of Fact, determine, give Judgment, or make 
 any Decree whatfoever in their judicial Capacity. 
 
 &!lU fcC it further (£naftC3 by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 no Perfon whatlbever fhall lit and act as a Commiflioner of i 
 Sewers, to hear and determine in any Cafe whatfeever in which 
 he is (other than as a Commiflioner) perfonallv, ur by Realon of 
 his Property, or of any Property in Right of which he is qua- 
 lified to be a Commiflioner of Sewers, in anv Manner whatfo- 
 21 ever, directly or indirectly, interefted or concerned in the Cale, 
 under the Penalty of forfeiting and paying the Sum of One hun- 
 dred Pounds for every Time that he fhall lb fit and act, One Half 
 thereof to Our Sovereign Lord the King, and the other Half to 
 theUfe of him or them who fhall fue tor the fame, in any of the 
 King's Courts at Wejlmhijler , by Action of Debt, or on the 
 Cafe, Bill, Plaint, or Information* wherein no Eflbign, Pro- 
 tection, 

 
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 teflon, or Wager of Law, nof more than One Imparlance, 
 fliarH be allowed j and any Perfon or Perfons having any Caufe 
 to he heard and determined before the faid Court of Sewers may 
 and ihall have Challenge again;!: any Commiffioner fo concerned 
 and interefted. 
 
 &nD fcC it flirtljer (ZEtiaSteO by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That in all Cafes relative to and concerning the Execution 
 of the Laws of Sewers, any Perfon aggrieved by any Juftice 
 or Juftices of the Peace fhall have Appeal to, and be heard on 
 the Matter cf fuch Complaint at, any General or Quarter 
 Seflions of the Peace to be held within Four Month?, for the 
 County or Precinct wherein fuch Juftice or Juftices of the 
 Peace acted ; and any Perfon aggrieved by any inferior Of- 
 ficer or Minifter of the Sewers, whether deputed and af- 
 figned by the Commiflioners of Sewers, or chofen and ap- 
 pointed according to the Cuftom of the Country, fuch Perfon 
 ib aggrieved mall have Appeal to, and be heard by, the next 
 Seflions or Court of Sewers, on the Matter of fuch Complaint ; 
 and the Juftices of the faid General or Quarter Seflions, and the 
 Commiflioners of the faid Seflions or Court of Sewers, as the 
 Matter fhall come reflectively before them, are hereby refpec- 
 tively authorized and required, if the Appellant mall make good 
 the Matter of his Complaint, to give fuch Relief, and to award 
 fuch Damage and Cofts, as the Nature of the Cafe (hall appear 
 to them to require ; as alfo, where, on fuch Appeal, the Ap- 
 pellant fhall not make good the Matter of his Complaint, 
 or where fuch Appeal mail appear to them to be frivolous 
 or vexatious, to give to the Juftice or Juftices, Officer, or Mini- 
 fter, againft whom fuch Appeal was made, fuch Relief, and to 
 award to him fuch Cofts and Damages, as the Nature of 
 the Cafe fhall appear to them to require. 
 
 IptCtJiDCD aUuapg, That nothing herein contained mall ex- 
 tend, or be conftrued to extend, by fuch Right of Appeal, 
 to fufpend or obftruct any Order, Act, Matter, or Thing, 
 which may be necefTary to be executed or done for the 
 immediate Safety and Defence of the Country, within the 
 PremifTes, or to abfolve any Perfon from obeying fuch Order, 22 
 or from doing fuch Act, Matter, or Thing, in fuch Cafe of 
 immediate Necefhty, however fo much fuch Perfon or Per- 
 fons may think himfelf or themfeives aggrieved thereby, his 
 and their Right of Appeal for Relief and Remedy remain- 
 ing at the fame Time notwithstanding. 
 
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 3nD fae it furtfjec €naftCi3 by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That no Law made or to be made by the faid Commif- 
 fioners of Sewers mall have any Force or EfFedl, unlefs 
 fuch Law be made at a General Quarter SeiTions or Court 
 of Sewers j and unlefs Duplicates thereof, written on Parch- 
 ment, and indented, be figned and fealed by Six or more 
 of the faid Commiflioners then and there prefent, whereof 
 Three mall be of the Quorum j and unlefs, being fo made, 
 figned, and fealed, One Part thereof mall be tranfmitted to 
 His Majefty's Moft Honourable Privy Council, and mail 
 there receive His Majefty's Royal AfTent in Council, certi- 
 fied by One of the Clerks of the faid Council to the faid 
 Commiflioners. 
 
 IprotriBet) alteagg, That nothing herein contained mall 
 extend, or be conftrued to extend, to the retraining the 
 Ccmmimoners of Sewers, in their Court of Sewers, from 
 making Ordinances reflecting any particular Cafe within the 
 Premiffes, upon Authority of Law already in force, nor to 
 abate the Force .and Effect of fuch Ordinances fo made and 
 •ordained accordingly. 
 
 2ntl, to the Intent that any Perfon or Perfons who may think 
 himfelfor themfelves in Danger of being aggrieved or damaged 
 by any fuch Law as aforefaid, made at fuch Seffions or Court 
 or' Sewers, may have Time to petition to be heard at the 
 Council Board againft fuch Law receiving fuch Royal Af- 
 fent; IBt it ftmf)Ct €na&eD by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That whenever the Commilfioners of Sewers mail make any 
 new Law, or repeal any old Law, they mall, by their Clerk, 
 give public Notice of their having made or repealed fuch Law, 
 in fome public News-paper which is moft generally circu- 
 lated and moft in ufe in thofe Parts or County wherein 
 the Premillcs lie and are iituated, One Calendar Month 
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 Oblige the Minifter and Churchwardens, or other 
 proper Officers, in every Parifh and Place within 
 that Part of Great Britain called England, to 
 make Returns upon Oath of all Charitable Do- 
 nations, for the Benefit of Poor Perfons, within 
 fuch refpective Parifhes or Places ; diftinguifhing, 
 as far as may be, by whom, when, and in what 
 Manner, and for what Purpofes, given, likewife 
 whether fuch refpedive Donations were in Land 
 or Money, and in whom now vefted, and what 
 is the Annual Produce thereof, reflectively. 
 
 Note. — The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of the 
 Folios in the written Copy. 
 
 }£)£ftK%&i i^(!EEC3§i it may be proper that the Legif- 
 f| |f l ature > w ho are extending their Enquiries into 
 
 )£ 3x3 jg the State and Condition of the Poor, mould be 
 ££& ;§£>£ informed of the feveral Charitable Donations for 
 &&£060o0$ the Ufe and Benefit of Poor Perfons ; which In- 
 formation cannot be effectually obtained without the Aid and 
 AiTiftance of Parliament : 
 
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 May it therefore pleafe Your MAJESTY, 
 
 That it may be Enaded ; ^ntl t3C it (JEnafteD by the KING'S 
 Moll Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and 
 Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com- 
 mons, in this prefent Parliament aSfembled, and by 
 the Authority of the fame, That a fufficicnt Number of 
 printed Copies of this Act (hall, as foon as conveniently may 
 be after the palling hereof, be tranfmitted by George White, 
 Efquire, One of the Clerks of the Houfe of Commons, to 
 the Clerks of the Peace of every County in England and Wales; 
 and that the laid feveral Clerks of the Peace (hall, and they 
 are hereby required, with all convenient Speed, to caufe the 
 fame to be distributed amongSt the acting JuStices of the 
 Peace within their refpeclive Counties, and alfo within all Ci- 
 ties, Boroughs, and other Places, having feparate Jurifdictions, 
 and Magistrates lituate within their faid refpective Counties ; 
 and alfo to caufe a fufficient Number of the Schedule, to this 
 Act annexed, to be printed, and delivered to the High Con- 
 Stables, or other proper Officers, within every fuch County, 
 and alio to the Town Clerk, or other proper Officer, of every 
 fuch City, Borough, or Place, on or before the 
 
 and alfo to receive the Anfwers and Returns 
 made by the Minister and Churchwardens, purfuant to the 
 Directions hereinafter given, and tranfmit the fame to the 
 Clerk of the Parliaments, with all convenient Speed, in 
 order that the fame may be infpected by the Members of 
 both Koufes of Parliament, upon Pain of forfeiting for every 
 Neglect and Default a Sum not exceeding 
 nor lefs than 
 
 3nD t!C it further (SnaftCD, That the feveral Juftices of 
 the Peace, within their refpective Jurisdictions in England 
 and Wales, (hall, as foon as conveniently may be after the 
 faid appoint a Time and 
 
 Place, or Times and Places (which Time or Times (ball be 
 on or before the then next for the 
 
 Minifter and Churchwardens of the feveral Parishes, Town- 
 Ships, and Places, within their refpective Jurisdictions, to 
 attend them at fuch Meeting or Meetings for the Purpofes of 
 this Act, with Returns and Anfwers to the Questions Stated 
 in the Schedule to this Act annexed, and caufe Notice thereof 
 to be given to fuch Minister and Churchwardens respectively, 
 
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 and alfo to the High Conftable, or, where there are no High 
 Conftables, to fuch other proper Officers who have the Exe- 
 cution of Precepts from Juftices of the Peace to inferior 
 Officers, within fuch refpedtive Jurifdictions, and alfo to the 
 Town Clerks, or other proper Officers, of fuch Cities, Towns, 
 and Places, requiring their Attendance at fuch Meetings for 
 the Purpofes of this Act. 
 
 SntJ bC it further CnaftCtl, That the faid Juftices of the 
 Peace fhall, and they are hereby alfo required, at fuch 
 Meeting or Meetings fo to be appointed by them as afore- 
 faid, to receive and take the Anfwers and Returns to be 
 made by the Minifter and Churchwardens, purfuant to the 
 Directions aforefaid, and then and there adminifter to them 
 reflectively the Oath contained in the faid Schedule ; and 
 fuch Juftices, if they fee Caufe, may examine fuch Minif- 
 ter and Churchwardens upon Oath, touching any of the 
 Matters contained in fuch Queftions and Anfwers ; and the 
 faid Juftices fhall then deliver fuch Anfwers and Returns 
 to the refpective High Conftables, Town Clerks, or other 
 proper Officers, as aforefaid, in order that the fame may 
 be by them tranfmitted to the Clerks of the Peace, as herein 
 is directed. 
 
 3nt> fjC it further CtiafieB, That the feveral High Con- 
 ftables, Town Clerks, or other proper Officers, fo defcribed 
 as aforefaid, within the refpective Jurifdictions aforefaid, 
 fhall receive from the faid Clerks of the Peace the faid 
 printed Schedules, and deliver, or caufe to be delivered, 
 One fuch Schedule to the Minifter, and alfo to the Church- 
 warden or Churchwardens, in every Parifh, Townfhip, or 
 Place within their refpective Limits ; and, when required by 
 the refpeftive Juftices of the Peace as aforefaid, attend the 
 faid refpective Meetings, and then and there receive the feveral 
 Anfwers and Returns made by the Minifter and Churchwardens, 
 and indorfe upon the Back of each of them the Name of 
 the Hundred, Rape, Wapentake, Lathe, Precinct, Soke, 
 Franchife, Liberty, City, Town, or County Corporate, wherein 
 the Parifh, Townfhip, or Place, therein mentioned is lituate, 
 and tranfmit the fame, together with a true and perfect Lift 
 of the Names of the Minifter and Churchwardens of every 
 Parifh, Townfhip, or Place, to whom fuch Schedules had 
 been delivered by them refpectively as aforefaid, to the fe- 
 veral
 
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 ■veral Clerks of the Peace at the then next 
 
 or the Adjournment thereof 
 (which Adjournment the Juftices at fuch 
 are required to make, to fome convenient Day within 
 
 after fuch 
 -in Cafes where any fuch Return's mail not be made at the 
 laid and every fuch High Conftable, 
 
 Town Clerk, or other proper Officer, ihall forfeit for every 
 Default or Neglect, a Sum not exceeding 
 nor lefs than 
 
 3nD bC it flirt&Cr dBnaftCB, That the Minifter and Church- 
 wardens of every fuch Parifh, Townihip, and Place ihall, and 
 are hereby required to attend the Juftices of the Peace at fuch 
 Meeting or Meetings, and then and there deliver to the 
 faid Juftices, in Writing figned by them, a juft and true 
 Anfwer and Return to the faid Queftions, upon Oath, as 
 before directed ; and that every Minifter and Churchwarden 
 making Default in any of the Matters hereby required, 
 fhall for every fuch Neglect or Default forfeit a Sum not 
 exceeding nor lefs than 
 
 at the Difcretion of the Juftice or Juftices before whom 
 Complaint thereof fhall be made : And in order to enable 
 the Minifter and Churchwardens to make Anfwers and 
 Returns as aforefaid, they are hereby authorized and im- 
 powered to infpect any Deed, Inftrument, or other Writing, 
 relating to fuch Charitable Donations, and to take Copies 
 of fuch Part or Parts thereof as (hall be neceffary for the 
 Purpofes of this Act; and every Perfon or Perfons in whofe 
 Cuftody or Power any fuch Deed, Inftrument, or Writing 
 ihall be, mall, and he and they is and are hereby re- 
 quired to produce, or caufe the fame, or a true Copy there- 
 of, in cafe the Original fhall be in the Hands of a Perfon 
 living above from fuch Parifh or 
 
 Place, to be produced to the faid Minifter and Church- 
 wardens for the Purpofes aforefaid, upon Pain of forfeiting 
 for every Default or Neglect in the Premifes a Sum not 
 exceeding nor lefs than 
 
 at the Difcretion of the Juftice or Juftices before whom 
 Complaint thereof fhall be made. 
 
 9ntl fJC it further CnaftCD, That there fhall be paid and 
 allowed for the Trouble and Expences of the feveral Per- 
 fons employed in the Tranfactions aforefaid, for every Re- 
 turn
 
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 turn which fliall be fo made and tranfmitted to the Clerks 
 of the Peace, purfuant to the Directions aforefaid, the Sums 
 following, and no more ; (viz.) To the Clerk of the 
 Peace, for the Return which fhall be made from every 
 Parifh, Townfhip, or Place, the Sum of 
 to the High Conftable, Town Clerk, or other proper Of- 
 ficer, for the like, the Sum of 
 to the Churchwardens, for the like, the Sum of 
 
 to the Clerks of the Juftices of the 
 Peace, for the like, the Sum of 
 
 And that the Juftices of the Peace, at their refpective 
 Quarter Seflions which fliall be held next after 
 fliall, and are hereby required to make an Order upon their 
 refpective Treafurers, to pay the fame out of the Rates 
 to be made and collected for the refpective Counties, 
 Ridings, Divifions, Precincfs, Sokes, Franchifes, Liberties, 
 Cities, Towns, and Counties Corporate. 
 
 SnD 6C it further (EnaftCtl, That the feveral Forfeitures 
 and Penalties inflicted by this Act fliall, if not immedi- 
 ately paid, be of the Offender's 
 Goods and Chattels, by virtue of a Warrant under the 
 Hand and Seal of any Juftice of the Peace having Juris- 
 diction where fuch Offender fliall dwell, rendering to the 
 faid Offender the Overplus (if any) after the Charge of 
 fuch fliall be deducted ; and 
 in cafe fufficient fliall not be found, then it fliall 
 be lawful for fuch Juftice to fuch Offender to 
 
 there to remain without Bail or Mainprize for 
 a Term not exceeding unlefs the faid For- 
 
 feiture and Charges fliall be fooner paid -, and the faid For- 
 feitures, when 
 
 fliall be paid and applied to the Informer, and 10 
 
 the other Half to the faid refpective Treafurers, in Aid 
 of the Rates aforefaid; and any Perfon fliall be deemed a 
 competent Witnefs for the Execution of any of the Pur- 
 pofes of this Act, notwithftanding his paying, or being 
 liable to pay, to fuch Rates. 
 
 B SCHEDULE
 
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 H E D U L E. 
 
 VJJE STIO N~S, Jo which, by virtue of an ASl pafj'ed 
 in the Seventeenth Year of His Majejly King George 
 the Third, intituled, " An Act to oblige the Minijler 
 " and Churchwardens, or other proper Officers, in every 
 " Pari/lj and Place within that Part of Great Britain 
 " called England, to make Returns upon Oath of all Cha- 
 " ritable Donations, for the Beneft of Poor Perfons, within 
 " fuch refpeclive Parijhes or Places; diftinguijlnng, as far as 
 " may be, by whom, when, and in what Manner, and for 
 " what Purpofes, given, likewife whether fuch refpeclive Do- 
 " nations were in Land or Mo?iey, and in whom now vejled, 
 " and what is the Annual Produce thereof, refpeclively," 
 Anfwers are to be returned by the Minijler s and Church- 
 wardens for Churchwarden, where but One) of every Parijh, 
 Townjl.np, and Place, in Writing, upon Oath, and fgned 
 by them ; for which Purpofe the faid Minijler and Church- 
 wardens are to attend the Juflices of the Peace within 
 their refpeclive furifdiflions, at fuch Times and Places as 
 12 they Jhall appoint, on Pain of forfeiting for every Default 
 
 or Neglect a Sum ?tot .exceeding nor 
 
 lefs than 
 
 FIRST QJJ E S T I O N. 
 
 HAT Charitable Donations are there, for the Benefit 
 of Poor Perfons, within your Parifh (or Place) by 
 whom, when, in what Manner, and for what particular Pur- 
 pofe, were they given ? 
 
 W 
 
 SECOND 0_U EST I O N. 
 
 Were the refpeclive Donations in Land or Money j in 
 whom are they now vefted; and what is the Annual Pro- 
 duce thereof, refpeSively .? 
 
 FORM
 
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 FORM of the OATH. 
 
 "\7 O U mall fwear, That the Anfwers and Return now 
 -*• made by you, to the Queftions contained in the Schedule 
 hereunto annexed, is a full and true Anfwer to the faid 
 Queftions, to the beft of your Knowledge, Information, and 
 Belief. 
 
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 Promote the Refidence of the Parochial Clergy, 
 by making Provifion for the more fpeedy and 
 effectual building, re-building, repairing, or 
 purchafing, Houfes, and other neceffary Build- 
 ings and Tenements, for the Ufe of their 
 Benefices. 
 
 Note. — 'The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of the 
 Folios in the written Copy. 
 
 Fy®myO\ \p e 1R <& a % many of the Parochial Clergy, 
 Q-*£ ^-3 for Want of proper Habitations, are induced 
 )6C ^ >5( to ren de at a Diftance from their Benefices, 
 )8C"*\ F& by which Means the Parifhioners lofe the Ad- 
 k^^MMjul vantage of their Inftru&ion and Hofpitality, 
 which were great Objects in the original Diftribution of 
 Tythes and Glebes for the Endowment of Churches : 
 JFor Remedy whereof, 
 
 A May
 
 [ * ] 
 
 May it pleafe Your MAJESTY, 
 
 That it may be Enacted; Snt3 fcC it ^flfiftCS D y the 
 KING'S Moil Excellent Majesty, by and with the 
 Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, 
 and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and 
 by the Authority of the fame, That from and after the 
 Twenty-fourth Day of 'June, One thoufand Seven hun- 
 dred and Sevcnty-feven, whenever the Parfon, Vicar, or other 
 Incumbent, of any Ecclefiaftical Living, Parochial Benefice, 
 Chapelry, or perpetual Curacy, whereon there is .no 
 Houfe of Habitation, or fuch Houfe is become fo ruin- 
 ous and decayed, or fo mean, that One Year's neat Income 
 and Produce of fuch Living will not be fufficient to 
 build, re-build, or put the fame, with the neceflary Offi- 
 ces belonging thereto, in fufficient Repair, fliall think fit 
 to apply for the Aid and Afiiftance intended to be given 
 by this Act, it {hall and may be lawful for every fuch 
 Parfon, Vicar, or Incumbent (after having procured from 
 fome fkilful and experienced Workman or Surveyor, a 
 Certificate, containing a State of the Condition of the 
 Buildings on their refpeciive Glebes, and of the Value of the 
 Timber and other Materials thereupon, fit to be employ- 
 ed in fuch Buildings or Repairs, or to be fold, and al- 
 io a Plan and Eftimate of the Work propofed to be done 
 (fuch State and Eftimate to be verified upon Oath, taken be- 
 fore fome Juftice of the Peace, or Mafter in Chancery, 
 Ordinarv or Extraordinary) and laid the fame, together 
 with a juft and particular Account in Writing, figned 
 by him, and verified upon Oath, taken as aforefaid, of 
 the Annual Profits of fuch Living, before the Ordinary 
 and Patron of the Living, and obtained their Confent 
 to fuch propofed new Buildings or Repairs, by Writing 
 under their refpective Hands, in the Form for that Pur- 
 pofe contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed) to 
 borrow and take up at Intereft, in the Manner here- 
 after mentioned, fuch Sum or Sums of Money as the 
 faid Eftimate fliall amount unto, after deducting the Va- 
 lue of Timber or other Materials which may be thought 
 proper to be fold, not exceeding Two Years neat In- 
 come and Produce of fuch Living, after deducting all 
 Rents, Stipends, Taxes, and other Outgoings, excepting 
 
 only
 
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 only the Salaries to the AfTiftant Curate, where fuch a 
 Curate is neceffary ; and as a Security for the Money fo to 
 be borrowed, to mortgage the Glebe,Tythes, Rents, and other 
 Profits and Emoluments, arifing or to arife from fuch Liv- 
 ing, to fuch Perfon or Perfons who {hall advance the fa 
 by One or more Deed or Deeds, for the Term of Twenty- 
 one Years, or until the Money fo to be borrowed, with 
 Intereft for the fame, and fuch Cofls and Charges as may- 
 attend the Recovery thereof, mail be fully paid and fatis- 
 fied, according to the Terms, Conditions, true Intent and 
 Meaning of this Act; which Mortgage Deed or Deeds 
 fhall be made in the Forms or to the Effect for that 
 Purpofe contained in the faid Schedule, and fhall bind 
 -every fucceeding Parfon, Vicar, or Incumbent, of inch Liv- 
 ing, until the Principal and Intereft, Colts and Charges, 
 fhall be paid off and difcharged, as fully and effectually 
 as if fuch SuccefTor had executed the fame. 
 
 3ffiJ fje it fUCtljCt (£naaeu\ That every fuch Mort- 
 gagee fhall execute a Counterpart of every fuch Mortgage, 
 to be kept by the Incumbent for the Time being ; and 
 a Copy of every fuch Deed of Mortgage fhall be regifter- 
 ed in the Office of the Regiftrar of the Bifhop of the 
 Diocefe where the Parifh lies, or the Ordinary having 
 Epifcopal JurifdicYion therein for the Time being, after 
 having been firft examined by him with the Original, 
 which Officer fhall be entitled to Demand and receive the 
 Sum of Five Shillings, and no more, for regiftering the 
 fame ; and fuch Deed fhall be referred to upon all ne- 
 ceffary Occafions, the Perfon infpecting the fame paying 
 One Shilling for every fuch Search ; and the faid Deed, 
 or a Copy thereof, certified under the Hand of the Re- 
 giftrar, fhall be allowed as legal Evidence, in cafe fuch 
 Mortgage Deed fhall happen to be loft or deftroyed. 
 
 3nS be it fitU'&CC (£naftetl, That the Money fo to be 
 borrowed fhall be naid into the Hands of fuch Perfon 
 or Perfons as fhall be nominated and appointed to re- 
 ceive and apply the fame, for the Purpofes aforefaid, 
 by the Ordinary, Patron, and Incumbent, by Writing 
 under their refpeclive Hands, in the Form for that Pur- 
 pofe contained in the faid Schedule, after fuch Nominee mall 
 have given o. Bond to the Ordinary, with fufficient Surety, 
 in ..Liu * the Sum fo to be borrowed or raifed, with 
 
 Condition
 
 [ 4 ] 
 
 Condition for his duly applying and accounting for the 
 fame according to the Directions of this Act ; and the 
 & Receipt of the Perfon or Perfons fo to be nominated 
 -fhall be a fufHcient Difcharge to the Perfon or Perfons 
 who lhall advance and pay the Money : And the Per- 
 fon or Perfons fo to be nominated, mail enter into 
 Contracts with proper Perfons, for fuch Buildings or Re- 
 pairs a> fliall be approved by the Ordinary, Patron, and 
 Incumbent, and fliall be fpecified in an Inftrument written 
 upon Parchment/ and figned by them, in the Form for 
 that Purpofe contained in the faid Schedule j and fhall in- 
 fpeft and have the Care of the Execution of fuch Con- 
 tracts, and fhall pay the Money for fuch Buildings and 
 Repairs, according to the Terms of fuch Agreements, and 
 fliall take proper Receipts and Vouchers for the fame ; 
 and as foon as fuch Buildings or Repairs fhall be com- 
 pleatcd, and the Money paid, fliall make out an Account 
 of his Receipts and Payments, together with the Vouchers 
 for the fame, and enter them in a Book, fairly written, 
 which fliall be figned by him, and laid before the Ordi- 
 7 nary, Patron, and Incumbent, and examined by them, 
 and when allowed, by Writing under their refpective Hands, 
 in the Form for that Purpofe contained in the faid Schedule, 
 fuch Allowance lhall be a full Difcharge to the Perfon fo 
 nominated, in refpecl to the faid Accounts ; and if any 
 Balance fhall remain in the Hands of fuch Nominee or 
 Nominees, the fame fhall be laid out in fome further 
 lafting Improvements in building upon fuch Glebe, or 
 fhall be paid and applied in Difcharge of fo much of 
 the faid Principal Debt as fuch Balance will extend to 
 pay, at the Dilcretion of the faid Ordinary, Patron, and 
 Incumbent, or Two of them, of which the faid Ordinary 
 to be One, by Order figned by them, in the Form for 
 that Purpofe contained in the laid Schedule ; and an Ac- 
 count lhall alio be kept, made out, and allowed, of fuch 
 further Difburfements, in Manner aforefaid : All which Ac- 
 counts, when made out, completed, and allowed, lhall be 
 depofited, with the Vouchers, in the Hands of the faid 
 RegiPcrar, and kept by him, for the Ufe and Benefit of 
 S the Incumbents of fuch Living for the Time being, who 
 fliall have a Right to infpect the fame, whenever Occa- 
 fion lhall require, paying to fuch Regiftrar, or Deputy 
 Regiftrar, the Sum of One Shilling for every fuch In- 
 flection .
 
 [ 5 ] 
 li>rou:Dc? always, miu be it furt&e? GEnaftztr, That even/ 
 
 fuch Ordinary, before lie or they mall fignify his or their 
 Confent, in Manner aforefaid, fhall caufe an Enquiry to be 
 made, and certified to him or them by the Archdeacon, 
 Chancellor of the Diocefe, or other proper Perfons living 
 in or near the Pariih where fuch Buildings are propofed to 
 be made or repaired, in the Forms for that Purpofe fpe- 
 cified in the faid Schedule, of the State and Condition of 
 fuch Buildings at the Time the Incumbent entered upon 
 fuch Living or Benefice, how long fuch Incumbent had 
 enjoved fuch Living or Benefice, what Money he had re- 
 ceived, or may be entitled to receive, for Dilapidations, 
 and how and in what Manner he had laid out what he 
 had fo received ; and if it fhall appear to them that fuch 
 Incumbent had, by wilful Negligence, fuffered fuch Build- 
 ings to go out of Repair, then to certify the fame to the 
 faid Ordinary, and alfo the Amount of the Damage which. 9 
 fuch Buildings had fuftained by the wilful Neglect of fuch 
 Incumbent ; and fuch Incumbent, if the Ordinary require 
 it, fhall pay the fame into the Hands of the Nominee or 
 Nominees to be appointed under the Authority of this 
 Act, towards defraying the Expences of Building or Re- 
 pairs, before the Ordinary fhall give his Confent as afore- 
 faid. 
 
 8nQ bC it further (JnaSCD, That the Incumbent of every 
 fuch Living or Benefice, in Cafes where fuch Mortgage or. 
 Mortgages ihall be made, as aforefaid, and his Succeffors 
 for the Time being, fhall, and he and they, is and are 
 hereby required to pay the Intereft arifmg upon every fuch 
 Mortgage, Half Yearly, as the fame fhall become due, or 
 within One Month after, and alio Five Pounds per Centum 
 per Annum of the Principal remaining due, by Half Yearly 
 Payments ; and that every fuch Incumbent who fhall not 
 refide Six Calendar Months in the Year upon fuch Living, 
 computing fuch \<xc from the Firft Day of "January, 
 fhall, initcad of the faid Sum of Five Pounds per Centum 10 
 per Annum, pay the Sum of Ten Pounds per Centum per 
 ylnnum, of the Principal remaining due, by Half Yearly 
 Payments, fuch Payments to be refpeetively made at the 
 fame Time fuch Intereft fhall be paid, until the whole 
 Principal Money and Intereft fhall be fully paid and dif- 
 charged ; and that every fuch Incumbent ihall, Annually, at 
 his own Expence, from the Time fuch Buildings autho- 
 
 B rlzed
 
 [ 6 ] 
 
 rizeif to be made by this Acl fhall be completed, infure, at 
 One'oF the public Offices eftablifhed in London or Wejl- 
 mhftcr for Infii ranee of 'Houfes and Buildings, the Houfe and 
 other Buildings upon fuch Glebe, againft Accidents by Fire r 
 si fuch Sum of Money as fhall be agreed upon by the Ordi- 
 n uy, Patron, and Incumbent; and in Default of the Payment 
 of either the Principal or Intereir, in Manner aforefaid, or 
 Neglect of the Incumbent to make fuch Inlurance, the 
 Ordinary mail have Power to fequefter the Profits of the 
 Living till fuch Payment or Infurance mail be made. 
 
 SnO, in order that the Payment of fuch Half Year may be 
 1 1 juflly and equitably afcertained and adjufted, between the Suc- 
 ceflbr, and fuch Parfon, Vicar, or Incumbent, fo avoiding fuch 
 Living or Benefice, or his Reprefentatives, in cafe of Death 
 or other Avoidance, in fuch Proportions as the Profits of 
 i'uch Living fhall have been received by them refpeclively, 
 for the Year in which Death or Avoidance fhall happen ; 
 lot It fur til GL* ClluttCD, That in cafe any Difference fhall 
 arife in adjufting or fettling the Proportions aforefaid, the 
 v '" fame fhall be determined by Two indifferent Perfons, the 
 
 one to be named by the faid Succeffor, and the other by 
 the Perfon making fuch Avoidance, or his Reprefentatives, 
 in cafe of his Death ; and in cafe fuch Nominees fhall not 
 be appointed within the Space of Two Calendar Months 
 next after fuch Death or Avoidance, or if they cannot 
 agree in adjufting fuch Proportions within the Space of One 
 Calendar Month after they fhall have been appointed, the 
 fame fhall be determined by fome neighbouring Clergyman, 
 to be nominated by the Ordinary, whole Determination 
 fhall be final and conclufivc between the Parties ; which 
 12 Nominations and Determinations lhall be made according to 
 the Forms for that Purpofe contained in the faid Schedule, 
 as near as conveniently may be. 
 
 2nt! i)C it fUVtOtT CHilclftcD, That where there fliall be no 
 Houfe of Habitation upon any Eeclefiaftical Living or 
 Benefice, fo defcribed as aforefaid, exceeding in clear Yearly 
 Value One hundred Pounds per Annum, or being one, the 
 fame fhall be fo mean, or in fuch a State of Decay as 
 aforefaid, and the Incumbent fliall not refide in the Parifh 
 for fuch Time within the Year as aforefaid, it lhall be 
 lawful for the Ordinary of fuch Living or Benefice, with 
 the Conicnt of the Patron (in cafe the Incumbent fliall not 
 
 think
 
 [ 7 j 
 
 think fit to lay out One Year's Income, where die fame 
 may be diffident, to put the Houfe and Buildings in proper 
 and fufficient Repair, or to make fuch Application as afore- 
 faid for building, repairing, or re-building fuch Parfonage 
 Houfe) to procure fuch Plan, Eftimate, and Certificate, as 
 herein directed, and to proceed in the Execution of the 
 feveral Purpofes of this Ad: in fuch Manner as the Par- 
 fon, Vicar, or Incumbent, is hereby authorized and directed 
 to proceed, and to make and execute fuch Mortgage as 13 
 aforefaid, which fhall be binding upon the Incumbent 
 and his Succefibrs, and he and they mall be, and are hereby 
 made liable to the Payment of the Intefeft, Principal, and 
 Cofts ; and every fuch Incumbent, and his Representatives, 
 ihall be, and are hereby, alio made refpecfivelv liable to the 
 Proportion of the Payments for the Half Year whiclv 
 lhall be growing at the Time of the Death of fuch Incum- 
 bent, or Avoidance of fuch Living, according to the Di- 
 rections aforefaid; which laid Interelt, Principal, and Colts, 
 and Proportion of Payments growing at the Time of the 
 Death of fuch Incumbent or Avoidance, fhall and may be 
 recovered againft fuch Incumbent, his Succefibrs, or Re- 
 prefentatives, refpectively, by Action of Debt, in any Court 
 of Record. 
 
 9nU be it further. CnaotrD, That all Sum and Sums 
 of Money recovered, or received by Suit or Compofitions 
 from the Reprefentatives of any former Incumbent of fuch 
 Living or Benefice, and not laid out in the Repairs of 
 fuch Buildings, fhall go and be applied in Part of the 
 Payments under fuch Eftimate as aforefaid ; and that all x ± 
 Money thereafter to be recovered or received, in cafe 
 the fame cannot be had before fuch Buildings arc 
 completed, and the Money paid for the fame, fhall he 
 applied, as foon as received, in Payment of the Principal 
 then due, as far as the fame will extend ; or in cafe the 
 laid Mortgage Money fhall have been difcharged, all fuch 
 Money arifing from Dilapidations fhall be paid into the 
 Hands of the Nominee to be appointed as aforefaid, or 
 of fome other Perfon or Pcrfons to be nominated by the 
 Ordinary, Patron, and Incumbent, in cafe fuch Nominee 
 lhail be dead, or fhall decline to act therein, to be laid 
 out and expended in making fome additional Buildings or 
 Improvements upon the Glebe of fuch Living or Bene- 
 fice, to be approved by the Ordinary, Patron, and Incum- 
 bent ;
 
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 henl ; and ia the mean Tin-?, or in cafe fuch Buildings 
 ilia.ll not • be neceflary, then in Truft,- to lay out the lame 
 in Government or other good Securities, and pay the In- 
 tcreft thereof to the Incumbent for the Time being:'. 
 
 a' 
 
 ipiouitico altoajaf, ana be it further <£na8efc. That 
 
 1 5 where new Buildings are neceiiary to be provided or 
 erected for the Habitation and Reiidence of the Reelor, 
 Vicar, or other Incumbent, purfuant to the Authority 
 hereby given, it mall and may be lawful for the Ordi- 
 nary, Patron, and Incumbent, of every fuch Living or 
 Benefice to contract, or to authorize, if they fhall think fit, 
 the Perfon fo to be nominated by them as aforefaid to 
 contracl, for the abfolute Purchafe of any Houfe or Build- 
 ings, in a Situation convenient for the Habitation and 
 Reiidence of the Reelor or Vicar of fuch Living or Be- 
 nefice, and not at a greater Diftance than One Mile 
 from the Church belonging to fuch Living, Benefice, or 
 Chapelry, and alfo to contracl for any Land adjoining or 
 lying convenient to fuch Houfe or Building, or to the 
 Houfe or Building belonging to any Parochial Living or 
 Benefice, having no Glebe lying near or convenient to 
 the fame, not exceeding Two Acres, if the Annual Va- 
 lue of fuch Living fhall be lefs than One Hundred 
 Pounds per yhinum, nor Two Acres for every One Hundred 
 Pounds per Annum, if of greater Value, and to caufe the 
 1 6 Purchafe Money for fuch Houfe or Buildings to be paid 
 out of the Money to arife under the Powers and Au- 
 thorities of this Act; in all which Cafes the faid Buildings 
 and Lands fhall be conveyed to the Patron of fuch Liv- 
 ing or Benefice, and his Heirs, in Truft, for the fole 
 Uie and Benefit of the Reelor, Vicar, or other Incum- 
 bent, of fuch Living or Benefice, for the Time being, and 
 their Suceeffors, and lhall bt annexed to fuch Church 
 or Chapel, and be enjoyed and go in Succeflion with the 
 fame for ever j but no Contracl fo made by the Nominee 
 lhall be valid, until confirmed by the Ordinary, Patron, 
 and Incumbent, bv Writing under their Hands ; and every 
 fuch Purchafe Deed fhall be in the Form or to the Ef- 
 fect contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed, and 
 lhall be regiftered in fuch Manner, and in fuch Of- 
 fice, as the other Deeds are hereby directed to be re- 
 
 giftered. 
 
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 ProuiBcti al&), ant! Oc it furt&et (EnafttB, That when 
 
 any Land lying near to the Parfonage Houfe and Buildings 
 fhall be thought fit to be taken and ufed as a Conve- 
 nience for the fame, the Purchafe Money or Equivalent 
 for fuch Land fhall be raifed and had by Sale or Exchange 
 of fome Part of the Glebe or Tythes of fuch Living or 
 Benefice, which fhall appear to the laid Ordinary, Patron, 
 and Incumbent, moft convenient for that Purpofe ; and , 
 every fuch Sale or Exchange fhall be by Deed, in the 
 Form or to the Effect contained in the Schedule here- 
 unto annexed, and regiftered as hereinbefore directed. 
 
 3n0 lie it fUttljCr <£naft0t>, That it fhall and may be 
 lawful for the Governors authorized or appointed to re- 
 gulate and fuperintend the Bounty given by her late Ma- 
 jefty Queen Anne, for the Augmentation of the Mainte- 17 
 nance of the Poor Clergy, to advance and lend any Sum 
 or Sums of Money, not exceeding the Sum of One Hun- 
 dred Pounds, out of the Money which has arifen, or fhall 
 from Time to Time arife, from that Bounty, for pro- 
 moting and aflifting the feveral Purpoi'es of this Act, with 
 refpect to any fuch Livings or Benefices as fhall not ex- 
 ceed the clear annual improved Value of Fifty Pounds ; 
 and fuch Mortgage and Security fhall be made for the 
 Re-payment of the Principal Sums fo to be advanced, as 
 are hereinbefore mentioned, but no Intereft fhall be paid for 
 the fame. 
 
 3ffiJ be it fiirtRCr dtnaftCU, That it fhall and may be 
 lawful for the Mafter and Fellows of any College or 
 Hall, within the Univerfities of Oxford and Cambridge, or 
 for any other Corporate Bodies pollefl'ed of the Patronage 
 of Ecclefiaftical Livings or Benefices, to advance and lend 
 any Sum or Sums of Money, of which they have the 
 Power of difpoiing, in order to aid and affift the feveral 
 Purpofes of. this Act, for the building, re-building, re- 
 pairing, or purchafing, of any Houfes or Buildings for 
 the Habitation and Convenience of the Clergy, upon Liv- iS 
 mgs or Benefices under the Patronage of fuch College or 
 Hall, upon the Mortgage and Security directed by this 
 Act for the Re-payment of the Principal, without taking 
 any Intereft for the fame. 
 
 C ' 3nil
 
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 SntJ &C it furtfjCt "CnactCQ, That whenever the Patron 
 of any Living or Benefice, to which the Provifions of 
 this Act are propofed to be extended, fhall happen to be a 
 Minor, Idiot, or Lunatic, it mall and may be lawful for 
 the Guardian or Committee of every fuch Patron, to 
 tranfact the feveral Matters aforefaid for fuch Patron, who 
 fhall be bound thereby, in fuch Manner as if he had 
 been of full Age, of found Mind, and had done fuch A 61, 
 or given his Confent thereto. 
 
 IgrotiiBefl alfo, anB be it further Cnactcu, That all 
 
 Acts hereinbefore requip^d to be done or confented to 
 by the Ordinary and Patron, (hall be done by the Ordi- 
 nary alone, when fuch Ordinary fhall happen to be the 
 Patron of the Living ; and that no Deed, Bond, Tranf- 
 fer, or other Writing, Inftrument, or Proceeding, made, 
 had, or done, under the Powers or Authority of this Act, 
 fhall be charged or chargeable with any Stamp Duty, or 
 Fee of Office, except as herein mentioned, any Law or 
 19 Statute to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 ProuiocD altoapg, aim it is ftercbp further €nactcu, 
 
 That in all Cafes where any Act is required to be done 
 by the Ordinary, in the Execution of any of the Pur- 
 pofes of this Act, and fuch Ordinary fhall be a Body 
 Corporate Aggregate, every fuch Act fhall be done and 
 fignified under the Seal of fuch Body Corporate. 
 
 lp?otuucQ altoaps, anu be it further CnactcD, That 
 
 where the Incumbent of any Chapelry or perpetual Cure 
 fhall be nominated -by the Rector or Vicar of the Parifh 
 wherein the fame is fituated, in every fuch Cafe the Con- 
 fent of fuch Rector or Vicar, together with the Confent 
 of the Patron of fuch Rectory, fhall be neceffary, in all 
 fuch Matters wherein the Confent of the Patron is re- 
 quired by the former Provifions of this Act. 
 
 JprovnuxB Ufcctoifc, anD be it furt&cr GEnacteD, That 
 
 whenever any Controverfy or Difpute fhall arife, touch- 
 ing the Refidence of the Incumbent, with refpect to any 
 of the Matters contained in this Act, the fame fhall be 
 adjufted and determined by the Ordinary of the Diocefe. 
 
 IprouiOco
 
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 protiiucti alfo, anu be it ftittber Cnactec, That it 
 
 mall and may be lawful for the Patron, Ordinary, and 
 Incumbent, of any fuch Living or Benefice as aforefaid, 
 by Writing under their Hands, to make fuch Allowance 
 to the Perfon or Perfons to be nominated by them, for 
 the Purpofe of paying a:id applying the Money fo to be 
 raifed as aforefaid, as they fhall think fit, not exceeding 
 the Sum of Five Pounds for every One hundred Pounds 20 
 io to be laid out and expended as aforefaid. 
 
 SCHEDULE
 
 12 
 
 SCHEDULE 
 
 To which the Bill refers. 
 
 FORM of the CONSENT of the Ordinary and Patron, 
 to be written on Parchment. 
 
 /t B. Re&or, Vicar, &c. (as the Cafe fliall be) of the 
 •^-*" Parim, Chapelry, or perpetual Curacy (as the Cafe 
 fliall be) of in the County of 
 
 under the Jurifdi£tion of the Ordinary, having produced 
 to us the laid Ordinary and Patron of 
 
 the laid Church and Living, a Certificate under the Hand 
 of a fkilful and experienced Work- 
 
 man, or Surveyor, of the State and Condition of the 
 Buildings upon the Glebe belonging to the faid Church, 
 Chapelry, or perpetual Curacy (as the Cafe mall be) and 
 of the Value of the Timber, and other Materials, there- 
 upon, fit to be fold, or employed about fuch Buildings : 
 and alfo a Plan, made by the faid 
 
 of the Work propofed to be done by new Buildings and 
 Repairs upon the faid Glebe, and an Eftimate of the 
 21 Expence attending the fame, after applying the faid Ma- 
 terials, or the Money to arife from the Sale thereof, in 
 fuch Buildings and Repairs ; and alfo a particular Ac- 
 count in Writing, figned by the faid A. B. of the An- 
 nual Profits of fuch Living, and of the Rents, Stipends, 
 Taxes, and other Outgoing, Annually iffuing thereout, 
 verified upon Oath, purfuant to the Directions of an 
 Act, palled in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of His 
 Majefty King George the Third, to promote the Refidence 
 of the Parochial Clergy, by .making Provifion for the 
 
 more
 
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 more fpeedy and effectual building, re-building, repair- 
 ing, or purchafmg, Houfes, and other neceflary Buildings 
 and Tenements, for the Ufe of their Benefices ; and having 
 conlidered fuch Certificate, Plan, and Account : Now, we 
 do approve thereof ; and do confent, that fuch Buildings 
 and Repairs fliall be made as therein fpecified ; and that 
 the faid A. B. do borrow and take up at Intereft the 
 Sum of being the Eftimate of 
 
 the Expences, after deducting the Value of the Timber, and 
 other Materials, thought proper to be fold, and which 
 appears to us, from the faid Account, a Sum not ex- 22 
 ceeding Two Years neat Income and Produce of the faid 
 Living ; which Money is to be paid to 
 (a Perfon nominated by us and the faid A. B.J and 
 applied , according to the Direction of the faid Act. 
 
 FORM of the M O R T G A G E. 
 
 '"pHIS Indenture, made the Day of 
 
 •^ in the Year of the 
 
 Reign of His Majefty and in the 
 
 Year of our Lord between the Reverend 
 
 Rector or Vicar, &c. of the Parifh 
 Church, Curacy, or Chapelry, of in the 
 
 County of and the Diocefe of 
 
 the Bifhop of of the one Part, and 
 
 of of the other 
 
 Part. Whereas the faid purfuant 
 
 to the Directions of an Act, paffed in the Seventeenth Year 
 of the Reign of His Majefty King George the Third, inti- 
 tuled, " An A<5t to promote the Refidence of the Paro- 23 
 " chial Clergy, by making Provifion for the more fpeedy 
 " and effectual building, re-building, repairing, or pur- 
 " chafing, Houfes, and other neceflary Buildings and Tene- 
 " ments, for the Ufe of their Benefices," hath obtained the 
 Confent of the Ordinary of the faid Diocefe, and the Pa- 
 tron of the faid Church and Living, to borrow and take up 
 at Intereft the Sum of to be laid 
 
 out and expended in building, re-building, or repairing 
 (as the Cafe fhall be) the Parfohage Houfe, and other nj- 
 ceffary Offices, upon the Glebe belonging to the faid 
 Church, Chapel, or Curacv, as appears by an Inftrument 
 
 D figned
 
 [ 14 ] 
 
 figned by the faid Ordinary and Patron, hereunto annexed i 
 And whereas the faid hath agreed to 
 
 lend and advance the Sum of upon 
 
 a Mortgage of the Glebe, Tythes, Rents, and other Pro- 
 fits and Emoluments, of the faid Living, purfuant to the 
 Direction and the true Intent and Meaning of the faid 
 A<5t : Now this Indenture witnefTeth, That the fai i 
 24. in Confidera >n of the Sum of Five 
 
 Shillings to him in Hand paid, and of the Sum of 
 
 paid at or before the Sealing and 
 Delivery hereof, into the Hands of 
 
 a Perfon, or Perfons, (as the Cafe mail be) nominated 
 by the faid Ordinary, Patron, and Incumbent, to recer. 
 the fame, purfuant to the Direction of the faid Act 
 (which Nomination is alio hereunto annexed, and which 
 Receipt of the faid Sum of 
 
 the faid have, or hath, acknow- 
 
 ledged, by an Indorfement on the Back of this Deed) 
 hath granted, bargained, fold, and demifed, and by thefe 
 Prefents doth grant, bargain, fell, and demife, unto the 
 faid his Executors, Adminiitrators, and 
 
 AfTigns, all the Glebe Lands, Tythes, Rents, Modufes, 
 Compofitions for Tythe, Salaries, Stipends, Fees, Gratuities, 
 and other Emoluments and Profits whatfoever, arifing, com- 
 ing, growing, renewing, or payable, to the Rector, Vicar, or 
 Incumbent (as the Cafe mall be) of the faid Living in refpect 
 thereof, with all and every their Rights, Privileges, and 
 .25 Appurtenances thereunto belonging, to have, hold, receive, 
 take, and enjoy the faid Premiffes, with their and every 
 of their Appurtenances, unto the faid 
 his Executors, Adminiitrators, and AfTigns, from hence- 
 forth, for and during the Term of Years, 
 fully to be compleat and ended, in as full, ample, and 
 beneficial Manner, and with fuch Remedies and Powers 
 for obtaining and recovering the fame, and every Part 
 thereof, to all Intents and Purpofes, as the faid 
 
 his Succeffors, Rectors, Vicars, &i\ (as the 
 Cafe fhall be) of the faid Church, could, or might, or 
 ought to have held, enjoyed, received, taken, or recovered 
 the fame, if thefe Prefents had not been made. And the 
 laid yl. B. for himfelf, his Heirs, Executors, and Ad- 
 miniftratorc, doth hereby covenant, promife, and agree, to 
 and with the laid his Executors, Ad- 
 
 miniitrators, and AfTigns, That he the faid A. B. during 
 
 the
 
 [ '5 ] 
 
 the Time he fhall continue Redtor, Vicar, &c. of the 
 faid Parifh and Parifti Church, (hall and will well and 
 truly pay, or caufe to be paid, unto the faid 
 
 his Executors, Adminiftrators, or Afligns, 26 
 Intereft for the faid Sum of or fo 
 
 much thereof as fhall remain due at the End of every Year, 
 to be computed from the Day _>f the Date of thefe Prefents, 
 after the Rate of per Centum per 
 
 Annum, by Two equal Half Yearly Payments, the Firft of 
 the faid Payments to begin and be made on the 
 
 Day of next ; and alfo, 
 
 at the feveral Times before mentioned for Payment of the 
 Intereft, as aforefaid, (hall and will well and truly pay, or 
 caufe to be paid, the Sum of per Centum 
 
 per Annum of the Principal which remained due at the Be- 
 ginning of the Year in which every fuch Payment is to be 
 paid, in cafe the faid A. B. mail be refkLnt upon the faid 
 Living for the Time mentioned in, and according to the 
 true Intent and Meaning of, the faid Act ; and in cafe the 
 faid A. B. fhall not refide upon the faid Living during the 
 Time mentioned in, and according to the true Intent and 
 Meaning of, the faid Act, he fhall pay, or caufe to be paid, 2 y 
 the Sum of per Centum per Annum of 
 
 the faid Principal Money, by fuch Half Yearly Payments 
 as aforefaid, inftead of the faid Sum of 
 
 per Centum per Annum, and lliall and will continue fuch 
 refpeclive Payments of the faid Intereft, and on Account 
 of the faid Principal Money, fo long as he fhall continue 
 Rector, Vicar, &c. (as the Cafe fhall be) of the faid Parifh 
 and Parifh Church, unlefs all the faid Principal Money, 
 and Intereft for the fame, fhall be fooner paid and dif- 
 charged. Provided always, and thefe Prefents are upon 
 this Condition, That if the faid A. B. and his Succeffors, 
 fhall well and truly pay, or caufe to be paid, the faid Prin- 
 cipal Money, and Intereft for the fame, in Manner and at 
 the Times aforefaid, according to -the true Intent and 
 Meaning of the faid Act, and of thefe Prefents, and alfo 
 all Cofts and Charges which fhall have been occafioned by 
 the Non-payment thereof, thefe Prefents, and every Thing 
 herein contained, fhall ceafe and be void. Provided alfo, 
 That it fhall and may be lawful for the faid A. B. and fib 
 Micceffors, peaceably and quietly to hold, occupy, poffefs, 
 ov.d enjoy, all and fingular the faid Glebe Lands, Tythes, 
 
 Rents,
 
 [ * ] 
 
 Rents, Moclufes, Compofition for Tythes, Stipends, Fees, 
 Gratuities, and other Emoluments and Profits whatfoever, 
 arifing, or to ariie, from or in refpe6f. of the laid Living, 
 until Default fhall be made by him or them refpeftively in 
 the Payment of the Intereft and Principal, or fome Part 
 thereof, at the Times and in the Manner aforefaid. 
 
 28 NOMINATION of a Clergyman by the Bifiop, to fettle 
 
 any Difpute about the Proportion of the Payments within 
 the Tear in which any Avoidance flmll happen. 
 
 I The Right Reverend Bifhop of 
 
 purfuant to the Authority of an A 61, palled in the 
 Seventeenth Year of the Reign of His Majefty King George 
 the Third, intituled, " An Act to promote the Refidence 
 " of the Parochial Clergy, by making Provifion for the 
 ■*'* more fpeedy and effectual building, re-building, re- 
 " pairing, or purchafing, Houfes, and other neceflary 
 " Buildings and Tenements, for the Ufe of their Benefices," 
 do hereby nominate the Reverend being a 
 
 Clergyman within my faid Diocefe, to adjuft and determine 
 the Matter in Difpute between the Reverend 
 Clerk, the prefent Incumbent of the Rectory, Vicarage, £fr, 
 of within my Diocefe, and 
 
 the Reprefentatives of the the laft Incumbent 
 
 29 (in cafe of his Death) or the faid 
 
 (in cafe of his Refignation or Promotion) concerning 
 the due Proportion to be paid by each of the faid Parties 
 of the Principal and Intereft which accrued due wi 
 the Year in which fuch Death or other Avoidance hap- 
 pened, according to the Direction, true Intent, and Mean- 
 ing of the faid A6L 
 
 AWARD W DETERMINATION of the Clergy man 
 nominated by the Bijhop. 
 
 T The Reverend A. B. of in the County 
 
 * of and Diocefe of the Bifhop of 
 
 Clerk, having been nominated by the faid Bifhop, pur- 
 fuant to the ; faid -Power given by an Act, pafied in the 
 
 Seventeenth
 
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 ■Seventeenth Year of the Reign of His Majefly King 
 George the Third, intituled, " An Act to promote the 
 " Refidence of the Parochial Clergy, by making Provi- 
 " fion for the more fpeedy and effectual building, re- . 
 " building, repairing, or purchanng, Houfes, and other 30 
 *" neceiTary Buildings and Tenements, for the Ufe of their 
 ** Benefices," to adjuft and determine the Matter in 
 Difpute between the Reverend 
 
 Clerk, the prefent Incumbent of the Rectory, Vicarage., 
 &c. of within the laid Diocefe, and 
 
 the Reprefentatives of the lait In- 
 cumbent (in cafe of his Death) or the laid 
 
 (in cafe of his Refignation or Promotion) 
 concerning the due Proportion to be paid by each of 
 the faid Parties, of the Principal and Intercit which ac- 
 crued due within the Year in which fuch (Death or 
 Avoidance) happened, according to the Direction and 
 true Intent and Meaning of the faid Act ; and having 
 heard and duly confidered the faid Matters f'o referred 
 to me as aforefaid, do award, adjudge, and determine, 
 That the faid lhall pay, in refpect 
 
 of the Interefl and Principal which became due within 
 the Year aforefaid, the Sum of 
 
 and that the faid fiiall pay, in 
 
 refpeel: of the fame, the Sum of 
 
 being the Remainder thereof, according to the Provifion 
 and Direction of the faid Act. 
 
 APPOINTMENT of the NOMINEE, %\ 
 
 to be vvrote on Parchment. 
 
 W 
 
 E whofe Names are fubferibed, being the Ordinary, 
 Patron, and Incumbent, of the Rectory, Vicarage., 
 £ff. of within the County of 
 
 and Diocefe of the Bifhop of do hereby 
 
 nominate and appoint of 
 
 to receive the Money authorized to be raifed by an Act, 
 paffed in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of His Ma- 
 jefly King George the Third, intituled, " An Act to pro- 
 " mote the Refidence of the Parochial Clergy, by making 
 ** Provifion for the more fpeedy and effectual building,. 
 *' re-building, repairing, or purchafing, Houfes, and other 
 
 E *' neceftary 

 
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 " neceflary Buildings and Tenements, for the Ufe of their 
 " Benefices," for the Purpofe of building, re-building, 
 repairing, or purchafing, the Parfonage Houfe, &c. (as 
 the Cafe fhall be) to the faid Rectory, Vicarage, &c. be r 
 longing, and to pay and apply the fame, and to enter 
 into Contracts with proper Perfons for fuch Buildings 
 or Repairs, and to infpect and take Care of the Execu- 
 32 tion of fuch Contracts, and to take fuch Receipts and 
 Vouchers, keep fuch Accounts, and do and perform all 
 fuch other Matters and Things, which Nominees are au- 
 thorized and required to do and perform in and by the 
 faid Act, the faid having given Se- 
 
 curity for the due Application thereof, according to the 
 Direction of the faid AcL 
 
 F OR M of ORDER of the Ordinary, Patron, and In- 
 cumbent, for laying out or applying the Surplus Money. 
 
 \XJ E whofe Names, are fubfcribed, being the Ordinary, 
 * T Patron, and Incumbent, of the Rectory, Vicarage, 
 
 . --.GSV. of in the County of 
 
 ib and Diocefe of the Bimop of do hereby 
 
 order, That the Sum of now re- 
 
 maining in the Hands of the Perfon 
 
 nominated and appointed to receive and apply the Money 
 raifed for building, repairing, &c. the Parfonage Houfe ; 
 &c. belonging to the faid Rectory, Vicarage, &c. under 
 
 33 the Act of Parliament, pafled in the Seventeenth Year of 
 the Reign of His Majefty King George the Third, inti- 
 tuled, " An Act to promote the Refidence of the Pa- 
 " rochial Clergv, by making Provifion for the more fpeedy 
 " and efFecfim building, re-building, repairing, or pur- 
 " chafing, Houfes, and other neceflary Buildings and Te- 
 " nements, for the Ufe of their Benefices," fhall be 
 [paid to being the Perfon entitled 
 
 to receive the Money now remaining due on the Mort- 
 gage made of the Glebe Lands, Tythes, and other Profits 
 and Emoluments of the laid Living, and applied in Part 
 of Payment thereof, purfuant to the Direction of the faid 
 Act] or [applied in building or repairing, &c. (de- 
 fcribing the fame) upon the Glebe belonging to the faid 
 Liring.J 
 
 FORM
 
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 FORM of CERTIFICATE from the Two 
 
 Clergymen. 
 
 W 
 
 E the Reverend A. B. of in the 
 
 County of Clerk, and C. D. of 
 
 Clerk, being Two Clergymen within the 
 Dioccfe of the Bifhop of 
 
 do hereby certify to the faid Bifhop, purfuant to the 34 
 Directions and Inftru&ions fent by him to us, That 
 we have made Enquiry into the State and Condition of the 
 Buildings upon the Glebe belonging to the Rectory, Vi- 
 carage, &c. of within the faid Diocefe, 
 at the Time the Reverend Clerk, the pre- 
 fent Incumbent thereof, entered upon the laid Living, 
 which was in or about the Year of our Lord 
 
 and do find [That the fame have been kept 
 in due and common Repair, without any wilful Negleft: 
 (if the Cafe is fo)] or [That the fame have, by wilful Neg- 
 ligence, been fuffered to go to Decay, and that they have 
 fuftained Damage from a Want of common and ordinary 
 Repair, to the Amount of Pounds] and we 
 
 have alfo enquired into the Money received by the faid 
 
 for Dilapidations, from the Repre- 
 fentatives of the former Incumbent, and do find, That he 
 hath received the Sum of for fuch Dila- 
 
 pidations ; and [that he hath expended the Whole, or 
 
 thereof (as the Cafe may be) in the neceflary Re- 
 pairs of the Buildings] or [that the fame hath not been 
 laid out or expended in repairing the Buildings] upon the 
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 [With the Amendments] 
 
 FOR 
 
 Further retraining the Negotiation of Promifory 
 Notes, and Inland Bills of Exchange, under a 
 limited Sum, within that Part of Great Bri- 
 tain called England. 
 
 &&&«&& ^ c£ 1R <£ 3 §> by a certain Ad of Parliament, 
 
 5 vf pafled in the Fifteenth Year of the Reign of 
 
 6 221 H His prefent Majefty, intituled, "An Adt to re- 
 >' 3©C " ftrain the Negotiation of Promifory Notes, 
 w x^W^afw^ " anc ^ Inland Bills of Exchange, under a li- 
 
 *.&&**&&.* ie mited Suni) within that Part of Grmt 
 
 " Britain called Eng/and," all negotiable Promifory or other 
 Notes, Bills of Exchange, or Draughts, or Undertakings in 
 Writing, for any Sum of Money lefs than the Sum of 
 Twenty Shillings in the Whole, and iffued after the Twen- 
 ty-fourth Day of June, One thou fan d Seven hundred and 
 
 A Seventy-
 
 [ * ] 
 
 Seventy-five, were made void, and the publifhing or utter- 
 ing, and negotiating, of any fuch Notes, Bills, Draughts, 
 or Undertakings, for a lefs Sum than Twenty Shillings, 
 or on which lefs than that Sum fhould be '•due, was by 
 the laid Act retrained, under certain Penalties or Forfeitures 
 therein mentioned ; and all fuch Notes, Bills of Exchange, 
 Draughts, or Undertakings in Writing, as had iffued be- 
 fore the faid Twenty- fourth Day of June, were made pay- 
 able upon Demand, and were directed to be recovered in 
 fuch Manner as is therein alfo mentioned: 
 
 3n0 tobCrcag the faid Act hath been attended with very 
 falutary Effects, and in cafe the Provisions therein contained 
 were extended to a further Sum, but yet without Preju- 
 dice to the Convenience ariling to the Public from the Ne- 
 gotiation of Promilbry Notes and Inland Bills of Ex- 
 change for the -Remittance of Money in Difcharge of any 
 Balance of Account or other Debt, the good Purpofes of 
 the faid Act would be further advanced : 
 
 TBe it thCltifore €lia&et) by the KING'S Moft Excel- 
 lent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Confent of 
 the Lords . Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this 
 prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the 
 fame, That. all Promilbry or other Notes, Bills of Exchange, 
 or Draughts, or Undertakings in Writing, being negotiable 
 or transferable. for the Payment of Twenty Shillings, or any 
 Sum of Money above that Sum, and lefs than Five Pounds, or 
 , on which Twenty Shillings, or above that Sum, and lefs than 
 Five Pounds, fhall remain undifcharged, and which lhall be 
 ilfued in that Part of Great Britain ca.\\ed'Eng/and, at any Time 
 after the Firft Day of January, One thoufand Seven hundred 
 and Seventy-eight, fhall fpecify the Names and Places of 
 Abode of the Ferfons . relpcctively to whom or to whofe 
 Order the fame mall be made payable, and mall bear Date 
 before or at the Time of drawing or iffuing thereof, and 
 .not on any Day fubfequent thereto, and fhall be made pay- 
 able within the Space of Twenty-one Days next after the 
 Day of the. Date thereof, and fhall not be transferrable or 
 ■negotiable after the Time thereby limited for Payment 
 thereof; and that every Indorfement to be made thereon 
 fhall be made before the Expiration of that Time, and to 
 bear Date at or not before the Time of making thereof, 
 and fhall fpecify the Name and Place of Abode of the Per- 
 
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 fon or Perfons to whom or to whofe Order the Money 
 contained in every fuch Note, Bill, Draught, or Under- 
 taking, is to be paid ; and that the figning of every fuch 
 Note, Bill, Draught, or Undertaking, and alio of every 
 fuch Indorfement, mall be attefted by One fubfcribing Wit- 
 nefs at the leaft ; and which faid Notes, Bills of Exchange, 
 or Draughts, or Undertakings in Writing, may be made or 
 drawn in Words to the Purport or Effect as fet out in 
 the Schedule hereunto annexed, No. i and 2 ; and that 
 all Promifory or other Notes, Bills of Exchange, or Draughts, 
 or Undertakings in Writing, being negotiable or transfer- 
 able for the Payment of Twenty Shillings, or any Sum of 
 Money above that Sum, and lets than Five Pounds, or 
 on which Twenty Shillings, or above that Sum, and lefs than 
 Five Pounds, ihall remain undifcharged, and which fiial'l 
 be iflued within that Part of Great Britain called England, 
 at any Time after the faid Firft Day of January, One 
 thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-eight, in any other 
 Manner than as aforefaid, and alfo every Indorfement on 
 any fuch Note, Bill, Draught, or Undertaking, to be ne- 
 gotiated under this Aci, other than as aforefaid, Ihall, and 
 the fame are hereby declared to be abfolutely Void, any 
 Law, Statute, Ufage, or Cuftom, to the contrary thereof 
 in any wife notwithstanding. 
 
 3nD bZ It further ©naftCD by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That the Publifhing, Uttering, or Negotiating, within that 
 Part of Great Britain called England, of any Promifory or 
 other Note, Bill of Exchange, Draught, or Undertaking in 
 Writing, being negotiable or transferrabie for Twenty Shil- 
 lings, or above that Sum, and lefs than Five Pounds, or on 
 which Twenty Shillings, or above that Sum, and lefs than 
 Five Pounds, mall remain undifcharged, and iifued or made in 
 any other Manner than Notes, Bills, Draughts, or Under- 
 takings hereby permitted to be publimed or negotiated as 
 aforefaid; and alio the Negotiating of any of fuch laft-men- 
 tioned Notes, Bills, Draughts, or Undertakings, after the 
 Time appointed for Payment thereof, or before that Time in 
 any other Mariner than as aforefaid, by any Art, Contrivance, 
 or Means whatfoever; from and after the faid Firft Day of 
 January, One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-eight, 
 ihall be, and the fame is hereby declared to be, prohibited or 
 reftrained, under the like Penalties or Forfeitures, and to be 
 recovered and applied in like Manner, as by the faid Act is di- 
 rected
 
 [ 4 ] 
 
 redted with refpect to the Uttering or Publishing, or Nego- 
 tiating, of Notes, Bills of Exchange, Draughts, or Under- 
 takings in Writing, for any Sum of Money lefs than the Sum 
 of Twenty Shillings, or on which lefs than that Sum mould 
 be due. 
 
 3nD fJC It further CnaftCU by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 from and immediately after the paffing of this Act, all Pro- 
 mifory or other Notes, Bills of Exchange, Draughts, or Un- 
 dertakings in Writing, for the Payment of any greater Sum of 
 Money than Twenty Shillings, and lefs than the Sum of Five 
 Pounds, or on which Twenty Shillings, and lefs than the Sum 
 of Five Pounds, mail remain undifcharged, and being negoti- 
 able or transferrable, as fhall be iffued before the faid Firft Day 
 of January, One thoufand Seven hundred and Seventy-eight, 
 fhall be, and the fame are hereby declared and adjudged 
 payable, within that Part of Great Britain called 'England, 
 on Demand, any Terms, Reftridtions, or Conditions, therein 
 contained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding, and mall 
 be recoverable in fuch Manner, or by the like Means, as 
 is or are directed in or by the faid Act, with refpect to 
 Notes, Bills of Exchange, or Draughts, or Undertakings in 
 Writing, therein mentioned to have iffued previous to the 
 faid Twenty-fourth Day of June, One thoufand Seven hundred 
 and Seventy- five ; and that all and every other the Powers, 
 Provifoes, Limitations, Ileflrictions, Penalties, Claufes, Mat- 
 ters, and Things whatfoever, in the faid former Act contained, 
 with refpect thereto, and alfo with refpect to all fuch Notes, 
 Bills of Exchange, Draughts, or Undertakings in Writing, 
 iffued after the faid Twenty-fourth Day of June, One thoufand 
 Seven hundred and Seventy-five, fhall be, and the fame are 
 hereby, declared to be in force, within that Part of Great 
 Britain called England, as to all Notes, Bills of Exchange, or 
 Draughts or Undertakings in Writing, for Twenty Shillings 
 or any greater Sum, and lefs than the Sum of Five Pounds, or 
 on which Twenty Shillings or above that Sum, and lefs 
 than Five Pounds, fhall remain undifcharged, iffued after 
 the faid Firft Day of January, One thoufand Seven hundred 
 and Seventy-eight, and previous thereto, reflectively, and in 
 like Manner as if the fame reflectively had been the Object 
 of the faid Act at the Time of making thereof, five fo far 
 as the fame, or any of them, are altered or varied by this 
 prefent Act.
 
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 8nO he it ftirtfjet CnaftCD by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That the faid former, and alfo this prefent Acl, mall continue 
 in force, not only for the Reiidue of the Term of Five 
 Years, in the faid former Act mentioned, and from thence 
 to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, but alfo 
 for the further Term of Five Years, and from thence to the 
 End of the then next Sellion of Parliament. 
 
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 Corps, or Parts of Regiments and Corps, will happen between 
 the Months of May and November next enfuing, whereby fuch 
 Regiments and Corps will, during that Period, be very much 
 weakened, and rendered unfit for Service : 
 
 3lltJ toherCaS the Provifions in Two Acts of Parliament, One 
 made in the Eighteenth Year of His prefent Majefty, intituled, 
 " An Act to amend and render more effectual the Laws relating 
 '*' to the railing and training the Militia within that Part of Great 
 ■" Britain called England, and to eltablifh certain Regulations 
 
 ct with
 
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 " with refpect to Officers ferving in the Corps of Fencible Men, 
 <c directed to be railed in that Part of Great Britain called Scot- 
 " land, and certain other Corps therein mentioned;" and the 
 other, made in the Nineteenth Year of His prefent Majefty, 
 intituled, " An Aft to explain, amend, and render more effectual, 
 " the feveral Laws now in being relative to the Militia Forces 
 " of this Kingdom, and for making certain Provisions relative to 
 " the Fencible Men in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland;" 
 which were intended to prevent this Inconvenience, have been 
 found infufficient for that Purpofe : 
 
 jTOt Remedy thereof, 75z it (SnaftCO by the KING'S Moft 
 Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Content of the 
 Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent 
 Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That 
 from and immediately after 
 
 the Colonels and 
 Commandants of the feveral Regiments and Corps of Militia, in 
 which Regiments or Corps the Time of Service of any private 
 Militia Man will expire between the Day of 
 
 and the Day of next enfuing, mall, and 
 
 they are hereby reflectively required forthwith to apply in the 
 Manner directed by the laid Act of the Eighteenth Year of His 
 prefent Majefty, to every fuch private Man, and to enquire if 
 he is willing to continue his Service for a further Term of Three 
 Years, and for what Sum or Price he fhall be fo willing to con- 
 tinue it, if required. 
 
 OnD be it further (gnafteU by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 every fuch Colonel and Commandant of every fuch Rt-gimcnt 
 and Corps of Militia fhall, and he is hereby required forth- 
 with to return a Lift, as well of fuch private Militia Men as 
 are willing to continue fo to ferve, as of all others whofe 
 Times of Service will expire between the Day of 
 
 and the Day of next 
 
 enfuing to the Clerk of the General Meeting of the County or 
 Riding to which fuch Regiment or Corps {hall reflectively be- 
 long, in like Manner as is directed by the faid recited Acts, or 
 either of them : And all Clerks of General Meetings, Clerks of 
 Subdivilion Meetings, Deputy Lieutenants, Juftices of the Peace, 
 and all other Perfons concerned, are hereby refpectively autho- 
 rized and required, upon the Receipt of fuch Lilts, forthwith to 
 proceed to ballot for proper Men to ferve in the Militia, in the 
 Place of thole whofe Times will expire as aforefaid, and for that 
 
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 Purpofe to execute all the Powers and Directions given by the 
 find recited Acts, or any other Act or Acts of Parliament, refpecting 
 the Militia Forces of this Kingdom, as if all the Claufes, Provi- 
 iions, Powers, Matters, and Things contained in any of the faid 
 Acts, relating to the Premifes, were repeated and re-enacted in the 
 13ody of this prefent Act. 
 
 3nl3 t)C it further CBna&Ct) by the Authority aforefaid. That 
 when and as often as any Militia Men (hall be ballotted tor and 
 fworn in, in the Manner hereinbefore directed, the Clerks of the 
 Subdivifion Meetings, refpectively, ihall forthwith give Notice 
 thereof, and tranfmit a Lift of the Names and Places of Abode of 
 fuch Militia Men, to the Colonel or Commandant of the Regiment 
 or Corps of Militia to which they fhall belong ; and every Colonel 
 or Commandant of fnch Regiment or Corps of Militia is and are 
 hereby authorized and required, from Time to Time, to difcharge, 
 or thofe Men whofe Times will fooneft. expire, a Number equal to 
 thofe who are ballotted for and fworn in, and in Readinefs to join 
 his Regiment or Corps, fo as to keep his Regiment or Corps as 
 complete as may be, during the Period before mentioned.
 
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 Finally regulating the Intercourfe and Commerce be- 
 tween Great Britain and Ireland, on permanent 
 and equitable Principles, for the mutual Benefit of 
 
 both Kingdoms. 
 
 Note. — The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of the Folios 
 
 in the written Copy. 
 
 *G89eG!Oip8(J£><2ElR<£9@ it is highly important to the general 
 
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 }&)$00()&>J( table Principles, for the mutual Benefit of both 
 Countries : 
 
 3nD tohcrcag, for that Purpofe, it is expedient that the T>rde 
 between the faid Countries, as well in Articles of the Growth, 
 Produce, or Manufacture of either of them, as in thofe of Foreign 
 
 A Countries,
 
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 Countries, fliould be encouraged and extended as much as pof- 
 fible, and that a full Participation of the Commercial Advan- 
 tages which this Kingdom may derive from any of its Foreign 
 Settlements, Colonies, or Plantations, and from the exclufive 
 Privileges enjoyed by the Ships and Seamen thereof, fhould be 
 fecured to Ireland on the fame Terms as the faid Advantages 
 are, or (hall be, from Time to Time, enjoyed by the Inha- 
 bitants of this Kingdom : 
 
 1BC it therefore DcclarcD by the KIN G's Moft Excellent 
 Majesty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords 
 Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parlia- 
 ment afiembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That it fliall 
 be held and adjudged to be a fundamental and eflential Condi- 
 tion of the prelent Settlement, that no Prohibitions fhall exift, 
 in either of the Kingdoms of Great Britain or Ireland, againft 
 the Importation, Ufe, or Sale of any Article of the Growth, 
 Produce, or Manufacture of the other of the faid Kingdoms, 
 except fuch as are hereinafter excepted : 
 
 3n0 t)C it therefore (JBnaftCD by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 no Prohibition fhall exift in this Kingdom, after the 
 
 on the Importation, Ufe, or Sale of any Article, the 
 Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of Ireland, except fuch as 
 now exift, or may hereafter exift, againft the Importation of 
 Corn, Meal, Malt, Flour, and Bifcuit, and alfo except fuch qua- 
 lified Prohibitions which are now, or may hereafter be, in Force, 
 as do not abfolutely prevent the Importation of Goods or Ma- 
 nufactures, or the Materials of Manufactures, but only regu- 
 late or prefcribe the Tonnage, or Dimenfions, or Built, or Coun- 
 try of the Ships or Veffels in which the fame may be imported, 
 or regulate or prefcribe the Weight, Size, or Quantity of the Ar- 
 ticle to be therein imported, or the Packages in which the 
 fame may be contained, or regulate or prefcribe other Cir- 
 cumftances relative thereto ; and alfo except Prohibitions re- 
 ftraining the Importation, for Sale, of Ammunition, Arms, Gun- 
 powder, and other Utenfils of War, unlefs by virtue of His Ma- 
 jefty's Licence; and alfo except fuch Prohibitions as maybe necef- 
 fary for protecting the Copy Rights of Authors and Bookfellers, 
 the engraved Property of Engravers, and of the Venders of 
 Prints and Maps, and all other exclufive Rights and Privileges 
 which are or may be fecured in this Kingdom, for the Encou- 
 ragement of new Inventions, to Bodies Corporate or Individuals, 
 by Acts of Parliament, Grants from the Crown, or otherwife.
 
 [ 3 ] 
 
 8nD b£ it further iDeClarcU by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 it fhall be held and adjudged to be a fundamental and effential 
 Condition of the prefent Settlement, that in all Cafes in which 
 there is a Difference between the Duties on Articles of the 
 Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of Great Britain, when im- 
 ported into Ireland, and the Duties on the fame Articles, of the 
 Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of Ireland, when imported 
 into Great Britain, the Duties on fuch Articles fhould be re- 
 duced, in the Kingdom where they are higheft, to an Amount not 
 exceeding the Duties which were payable in the other on the 
 Seventeenth Day of May One thoufand Seven hundred and 
 Eighty-two; fo that in every Cafe in which any Article was 
 charged with a Duty on Importation into Ireland of Ten Pounds 
 Ten Shillings per Centum, or upwards, on the Seventeenth Day of 
 May One thoufand Seven hundred and Eighty-two, the Amount 
 of the faid Duties fo reduced fliall not be lefs than the faid Duty 
 of Ten Pounds Ten Shillings per Centum ; and that all Articles 
 which are now importable Duty-free into either Kingdom from 
 the other, fliall hereafter be imported Duty-free into each King- 
 dom from the other, refpectively : 130 it therefore GrtiaftCO by 
 the Authority aforefaid, That it (hall be lawful to import into this 
 Kingdom, all Goods of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture 
 of Ireland (except as herein excepted) fubject to fuch Rates and 
 Duties as aforefaid, to be fixed and afcertained in the Manner 
 to be hereinafter directed. 
 
 3ntJ be it Declared by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall 
 be held and adjudged to be a fundamental and effential Condition 
 of the prefent Settlement, that in all Cafes in which the Articles 
 of the Confumption of either Kingdom fhall be charged with an 
 internal Duty on the Manufacture, fuch Manufacture, when 
 imported from the other, may be charged with a further Duty 
 on the Importation, adequate to countervail the Duty on the 
 Manufacture ; and that in all Cafes in which there fhall be a 
 Duty in either Kingdom on the Raw Material of any Manufac- 
 ture, fuch Manufacture may, on its Importation from the other 
 Kingdom, be charged with fuch a countervailing Duty as may 
 be lufficient to fubject the fame to Burthens adequate to thofe to 
 which fuch Manufacture is fubject, in confequence of fuch Du- 
 ties on fuch Raw Materials, in the Kingdom into which fuch 
 Manufacture may be fo imported ; and that in all Cafes in which 
 a Bounty fhall be given, in either Kingdom, on any Articles ma- 
 nufactured therein, which fliall remain on fuch Articles when 
 exported to the other, fuch Articles may be charged with a fur- 
 ther
 
 [ 4 ] 
 
 ther Duty, in the Kingdom into which they mall be im- 
 ported, fufficient to countervail fuch Bounty remaining thereon : 
 Provided always, That the Duty to be impofed upon manu- 
 factured Salt, imported into any Fart of Great Britain, in order 
 to countervail the internal Duty thereon, mail be computed ac- 
 cording to the Rate of the internal Duty payable thereon in 
 England. 
 
 o SnB be it sDecIaveB by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall 
 be held and adjudged to be a fundamental and effential Condition 
 of the prefent Settlement, that no new or additional Duty or 
 Duties fhall be hereafter impoled, in either Kingdom, on the Im- 
 portation of any Article of the Growth, Produce, or Manufac- 
 ture of the other, except fuch countervailing Duties as may from 
 Time to Time be impofed, as hereinbefore provided, in confe- 
 quence of any internal Duty on the Manufacture, or of any 
 Duty on the Raw Material of which fuch Manufacture is com- 
 
 io pofed, or of any Bounty given on any Goods manufactured in 
 the other Kingdom, and remaining on fuch Goods when exported 
 therefrom j and that fuch countervailing Duties to be impofed 
 as aforefaid, mall continue fo long only as the internal Con- 
 fumption fhall be charged wich the Du*y or Duties on the Ma- 
 nufacture or Raw Material which fuch Duty fo impofed mall 
 have been intended to countervail, or as fuch Article fhall retain, 
 on Exportation from the other Kingdom, the Bounty which 
 fuch Duty fo impofed fhall have been intended to counter- 
 vail. 
 
 ii 
 
 12 
 
 3nQ bC if jDcclarCU by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall 
 be held and adjudged to be a fundamental and effential Con- 
 dition of the prefent Settlement, that no new Prohibition, or 
 new or additional Duties, fhall hereafter be impofed, in either 
 Kingdom, on the Exportation of any Article of Native Growth, 
 Produce, or Manufacture, from one Kingdom to the other, 
 except fuch as either Kingdom may deem expedient, from lime 
 to Time, upon Corn, Meal, Malt, Flour, and Bifcuit. 
 
 Iprcroinerj altoaps, ann it is herebp DectaD by the Authority 
 
 aforefaid, to be a fundamental and effential Condition of the 
 prefent Settlement, that when any Article of the Growth, Pro- 
 duce, or Manufacture of either Kingdom, fhall be prohibited by 
 the Laws of the faid Kingdom to be exported to Foreign Coun- 
 tries, the fame Articles, when exported to the other Kingdom, 
 
 mail
 
 [ 5 ] 
 
 £hall be prohibited to be re-exported from thence to any Foreign 
 Country. 
 
 3rit) bC it IDCClatCtJ by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall 1 3 
 be held and adjudged to be a fundamental and efiential Condition 
 of the prefent Settlement, that no Bounties whatever fhould be 
 paid or payable, in either Kingdom, on the Exportation of any 
 Article to the other, except fuch as relate to Corn, Malt, Meal, 
 Flour, and Bifcuit ; and except alfo the Bounties at prefent given 
 on Beer, and Spirits diftilled from Corn ; and fuch as are in the 14 
 Nature of Drawbacks or Compenfations for Duties paid : ISt it 
 therefore (JBnaftetS by the Authority aforefaid, That all Bounties 
 now payable in Great Britain, by virtue of any Act or Acts of 
 Parliament, on the Exportation of any Articles to Ireland, Ihall 
 ceafe and determine, and be no longer paid or payable, from and 
 after except the Bounties now payable 
 
 on Beer, and Spirits diftilled from Corn ; and except any Bounties 
 winch relate to Corn, Meal, Malt, Flour, and Bifcuits ; and ex- 
 cept fuch as are in the Nature of Drawbacks or Compeniations 
 for Duties paid. 
 
 Silo tC it Declared by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall j£ 
 be held and adjudged to be a fundamental and efiential Condition 
 of the prefent Settlement, that all Articles of the Growth, Pro- 
 duce, or Manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland lhould be ex- 
 portable, from the Kingdom into which they {hall be imported 
 from the other, as free from Duties as fimilar Commodities of 
 the fame Kingdom ; and that all Manufactures of either King- 
 dom, imported into the other, ihall be entitled to fuch Drawbacks 
 or Bounties, on Exportation from the Kingdom into which they 
 fhall have been fo imported, as may leave the fame fubject to no 
 heavier Burthens than the Home-made Manufactures of fuch 
 Kingdom ; and that when any fuch Articles fhall be liable, in 
 either Kingdom, to any Duty on being exported to any Foreign 
 Countrv, the fame Articles, if they ihall have been imported from 
 fuch Kingdom into the other, fhall, on Exportation from fuch 
 ngdfcm to any Foreign Countries, pay the fame Duties as 
 they would have been liable to on Exportation from the King- 
 dom of their Growth, Produce, or Manufacture, to fuch Foreign 
 Country or Countries : 
 
 SnC 'fee it therefore GEnaften by the Authority aforefaid, 16 
 That ail Articles of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture 
 of Inland, imported into Great Britain, ihall be entitled to 
 fuch Freedom or Exemption from Duty, and to fuch Draw- 
 backs, or Bcrnr.es in the Nature of Drawbacks, on Exporta- 
 tion from Great Britain to any Place or Country whatever, as 
 
 B may 

 
 [ 6 ] 
 
 may render them fubjecl, on fuch Exportation, to no heavier 
 Burthen than the like Articles, of the Growth, Produce, or 
 Manufacture of Great Britain, are or may be fubjecl to on Ex- 
 portation therefrom to the fame Countries or Places refpectively; 
 : J that all Articles of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture 
 of Ireland fhall, on being exported from this Kingdom to any 
 Foreign Country, be fubjecl: to the fame Duty or Duties to which 
 they would have been fubjecl: on being exported directly from Ire- 
 land to fuch Foreign Country. 
 
 SnD tofectcag, in order to afcertain the Duties, Bounties, and 
 Drawbacks, which may take place as aforefaid, on the Importa- 
 tion of the Articles of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of 
 either Kingdom into the other, or on the Exportation of the 
 Articles of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of either 
 Kingdom from thence to the other, or on the Exportation of the 
 Articles of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of either 
 Kingdom from the other to any Foreign Countries, it is expe- 
 dient that proper Perfons be appointed, in each Kingdom, to 
 prepare a Schedule or Schedules thereof, to be laid before the 
 Parliaments of both Kingdoms, for their Confideration and Ap- 
 probation ; 15 e it CnaftCD by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 
 mail, and they are hereby authorized and impowered to meet, 
 confer, and confult touching the Formation of fuch Schedule or 
 Schedules as aforefaid, or any Particulars relative thereto, with 
 any Perfon or Perfons who may be appointed for the like Pur- 
 pofe by virtue of any Act of the Parliament of Ireland, 
 
 x 8 Snfi fee it CBna&eO by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid 
 
 mall, and they are hereby required to lay, with all convenient 
 Speed, fuch Schedule or Schedules, and a Report of their Pro- 
 ceedings relative to the Formation thereof, before .{he Houfe of 
 Commons of Great Britain. 
 
 3nB fee it Cna&eO by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid 
 
 fhall, and they are hereby authorized and impowered to examine 
 upon Oath any Perfons whatever, who fhall be willing to be fo 
 examined, touching any Matters relative to the Formation of 
 the faid Schedules. 
 
 ano
 
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 ann Oe it oirt&er dBnaften, That the fakl 19 
 
 fhall, on or before 
 the take and fubferibe 
 
 the following Oath, before the Chancellor of His Majefty's Ex- 
 chequer, or before any One of the Barons of the Court of Ex- 
 chequer : 
 
 " I A. B. do fwear, That, as a Commiflloner appointed 
 " by virtue of an Act, intituled 
 
 <c I will, to the beft of my 
 
 •" Judgment and Ability, faithfully and impartially dif- 
 " charge the Truft thereby repofed in me, without Fa- 
 " vour or Affection to any Perfon or Perfons whatever, ■ 
 
 " So help me G O D." , 2 o 
 
 3nD be it DedareQ by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall 
 be held and adjudged to be a fundamental and efTential Condi- 
 tion of the prefent Settlement, that all Articles, not the Growth, 
 Produce, or Manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland (except 
 thofe of the Grow.th, Produce, or Manufacture of any Coun- 
 tries beyond the Cape of Good Hope to the Streigbts of Magellan, 
 during fuch Time as the Trade to the faid Countries mall con- 
 tinue to be carried on by an exclufive Company, having Liberty 
 to import into the Port of London only) fhall be imported into 
 each Kingdom from the other, reciprocally, under the fame Re- 
 gulations, and at the fame Duties (if fubjecl to Duties) to which 
 they would be liable when imported directly from the Country 
 or Place from whence the fame may have been imported into 21 
 Great Britain or Ireland reflectively, as the Cafe may be : 
 Q5C it therefore CnafteD by the Authority aforefaid, That it 
 fhall and may be lawful to import from Ireland into Great Bri- 
 tain, in Ships navigated according to Law, all Goods, not the 
 Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland 
 (except thofe of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of the 
 Countries beyond the Cape of Good Hope to the Streigbts of Ma- 
 gellan, during fuch Time as the Trade fhall continue to be car- 
 ried on. by an exclufive Company, having Liberty to import 
 into the Port of London only) under the fame Regulations, and 
 at the fame Duties, to which fuch Goods would be liable when 
 imported directly from the Country or Place from whence the 
 ■fame may have been imported into Ireland. 
 
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 22 SnTJ bC it DCClatCU by the Authority aforefaid, That it fliall 
 he held and adjudged to be a fundamental and ellential Condi- 
 tion of the prefent Settlement, that all Duties originally paid 
 on the Importation of fuch Goods into either Kingdom refpec- 
 tively, ihall be fully drawn back, within a Time to be limited, 
 on the Exportation thereof from one Kingdom to the other, ex- 
 cept on the Exportation to Ireland from Great Britain of Ar- 
 rack, Foreign Brandy, and Foreign Rum, and all Sorts of 
 Strong Waters not imported from the Britijh Colonies in the 
 Wcji Indies, and except the Duties to be retained, as hereinafter 
 directed, on Articles exported to Ireland, being the Growth, 
 
 23 Produce, or Manufacture of Countries beyond the Cape of Good 
 Hope to the Streigbts of Magellan : IcC it tfjCrCfOtC €nattCu by 
 the Authority aforefaid, That all Duties originally paid or fe- 
 cured, on the Importation into this Kingdom of any Goods or 
 Commodities, not being the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture 
 of Ireland, except Arrack, Foreign Brandy, Foreign Rum, and 
 all Sorts of Strong Waters not imported from the Britijh Co- 
 lonies in the U'ejl Indies, and except the Duties to be retained, 
 as hereinafter directed, on Articles exported to Ireland, being the 
 Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of Countries beyond the 
 Cape of Good Hope to the Streigbts of Magellan, mall be fully 
 drawn back, or the Security for the fame diicharged, on Expor- 
 tation thereof to Ireland, within Years after the Im- 
 portation thereof into this Kingdom. 
 
 jPrOtois3£3 ai&agSf, an3 hi it Cnaften by the Authority afore- 
 ^4 faid, That no fuch Drawback lhall be paid, or Security diicharged, 
 until a Certificate from the proper Officer of the Revenue in Ire- 
 land, Hating the due Entry and Landing of iuch Articles, lhall 
 be returned and delivered to the proper Officer of the Port from 
 whence the fame lhall have been exported, and until the feveral 
 other Particulars by Law required in the Cafe of Drawbacks 
 lhall have been duly obferved. 
 
 SlitO frhrrea.S it is highly and equally important to the In- 
 terelts both of Greet Britain and Lelard, and eflentia! to the Ob- 
 jects of the prefent Scrdernent, that the Laws for regulating 
 Trade and Navigation, fo far as relates to the fecuring exciuhve 
 Privileges to the Ships and Mariners of Great Britain and Ireland, 
 and the Britijh Colonies and Plantations, and fo far as relates to 
 25 the regulating and reftraining the Trade of the Briti/lj Colonies 
 and Plantations, fhoukl be the fame in Great. Britain and Ireland^ 
 .and that all fuch Laws in both Kingdoms fhould impofe the 
 
 fame
 
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 fame Reflraints, and confer the fame Benefits, on the Subjects of 
 both, which can only be effected by Laws to be paffed in the 
 Parliaments of both Kingdoms (the Parliament of Great Britain 
 being alone competent to bind the People of Great Britain in any 
 Cafe whatever, and the Parliament of Ireland being alone com- 
 petent to bind the People of Ireland in any Cafe whatever) ; 
 ChCtCfOte t)C it IDCClatCu by the Authority aforefaid, That it 
 fhall be held and adjudged to be a fundamental and effential 
 Condition of the prefent Settlement, that the Laws for regu- 
 lating Trade and Navigation, fo far as the faid Laws relate to 
 the fecuring exclufive Privileges to the Ships and Mariners of 
 Great Britain, Ireland, and the Britijh Colonies and Plantations, 
 and to the regulating and reftraining the Trade of the Britifo 
 Colonies and Plantations, fhall be the lame in Great Britain and 
 Ireland, and fhall impofe the fame Reftraints, and confer the 
 fame Benefits, on the Subjects of both Kingdoms : 
 
 3nD tic it therefore Declared anD €naaeu by the Authority 2 s 
 
 aforefaid, That all Privileges, Advantages, and Immunities, which, 
 are now granted, or fhall, by any Law to be paffed by the Par- 
 liament of Great Britain, be hereafter granted, to Ships built in 
 Great Britain, or to Ships belonging to any of His Majefly's 
 Subjeels reiiding in Great Britain, or to Ships manned by Britijlj 
 Seamen, or to Ships manned by certain Proportions of Britijlj 
 Seamen, fhall, to all Intents and Purpofes whatever, be en- 
 joyed in the fame Manner, and under the fame Regulations and 
 Reftrictions, reflectively, by Ships built in Ireland, or by Ships 
 belonging to any of His Majefly's Subjects refiding in Ireland, 
 or by Ships manned by Irijh Seamen, or by Ships manned by 
 certain Proportions of Irijlj Seamen. 
 
 IPrOuiueU altoapS, ana t)C it Declare!) by the Authority afore- 27 
 faid, That it fhall be held and adjudged to be a fundamental and 
 effential Condition of the prefent Settlement, that fuch Regu- 
 lations as are now, or hereafter fhall be, in Force, by Laws 
 paffed or to be paffed in the Parliament of Great Britain, for fe- 
 curing exclufive Privileges, Advantages, and Immunities as afore- 
 faid to the Ships and Mariners of Great Britain, Ireland, and 
 the Britijh Colonies and Plantations, fhall be eftablifhed in Ire- 
 land, for the fame Time and in the fame Manner as in Great 
 Britain, by Laws to be paffed in the Parliament of Ireland 
 within Months, if the Parliament of Ireland fhall 
 
 be then fitting, and fhall continue to fit for Months 
 
 next enfuing without being prorogued or diffolved, or, in cafe 
 
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 the Parliament of Ireland mall not be then fitting, or fhall not 
 continue to lit for Months without being proro- 
 
 gued or diilblved, then within Months after the Com- 
 
 mencement of the next enfuing Seffion of Parliament : Provided 
 neverthelefs, That the Laws lb to be patted in the Parliament 
 of Great Britain, for the Purpofes aforefaid, mall impofe the fame 
 Reftraints, and confer the fame Benefits, on the Subjects of Great 
 Britain and Ireland. 
 
 28 3nD &C it JDcclarCtl by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall 
 be held and adjudged to be a fundamental and effential Con- 
 dition of the prefent Settlement, that Iri/h Sail Cloth fhall be 
 deemed Britijh Sail Cloth, within the Meaning of an Acl: of the 
 Nineteenth Year of his late Majefty King George the Second, 
 or any other Acl: or Acts of the Parliament of this Kingdom re- 
 fpecting the furnifhing of Ships with BritiJJi Sail Cloth ; and 
 that Irijl} Sail Cloth fhall be entitled to equal Preference and 
 Advantage as Britijh for the Ufe of the Britijh Navy. 
 
 20 3nB t)C it further IDccIaretl by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 it fhall be held and adjudged to be a fundamental and effential 
 Condition of the prefent Settlement, that the People of Ireland 
 now, and at all Times to come, fhall have the Benefit of trad- 
 ing to and from the Briti/lj Colonies and Plantations in the 
 Wejl Indies and America, and to and from the Britifi Settlements 
 on the Coaft. of Africa, and in all Articles of their Growth, 
 Produce, or Manufacture, in as full and ample Manner as the 
 People of this Kingdom, and fhall likewife have the Benefit of 
 trading in the like ample Manner to and from all fuch Colonies, 
 Settlements, and Plantations, which this Kingdom may hereafter 
 acquire or eflablifh, and to and from fuch Britifi Settlements as 
 may exift in the Countries beyond the Cape of Good Hope to the 
 Streights of Magellan, whenever the Trade with thofe Countries 
 fhall ceafe to be carried on by an exclufive Company having 
 Liberty to import into the Port of London only. 
 
 30 
 
 3nU £)C It GEliaftetl. by the Authority aforefaid, That all 
 Goods and Commodities whatever, which may at any Time be 
 legally imported from Great Britain into any Britijh Colonies or 
 Plantations in the Weft Indies or America, or into an) Britijh Set- 
 tlements on the Coaft of Africa, or into any fuch Colonics, Set- 
 tlements, or Plantations, which this Kingdom may hereafter ac- 
 quire or eflablifh, or into any Britijh Settlements which may exift 
 in the Countries beyond the Cape of Good Hope to the Streights of 
 
 Magellan,
 
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 Magellan, whenever the Commerce to the faid Countries fhall 
 ceafe to be carried on by an exclufive Company having Liberty to 
 import into the Port of London only, may in like Manner be im- 
 ported into the faid Colonies, Settlements, or Plantations, from 
 Irela?id, fubjecl only to the fame Duties and Regulations as the 
 like Goods mail be fubject to on Importation into any of the faid 
 Colonies, Settlements, or Plantations reflectively from Great 
 Britain. 
 
 PrrjuitJCB aUtJapS, ann be it Declares by the Authority afore- 3 1 
 faid, That it (hall be held and adjudged to be a fundamental and 
 efTential Condition of the prefent Settlement, that all fuch Regu- 
 lations or Reftrictions as relate to the Trade with the Briti/b 
 Colonies or Plantations, which are now, or fhall hereafter be, in 
 Force by Laws palled by the Parliament of this Kingdom, fhall 
 be from Time to Time eftablifhed in Ire/and, by Laws to be paffed 
 in the Parliament of Ireland within Months, if the 
 
 Parliament of Ireland fhall be then fitting, and fhall continue to 
 fit for Months next enfuing without being prorogued 
 
 or diffolved ; or, in cafe the Parliament of Ireland (hall not be 
 then fitting, or ihall not continue to fit for Months 
 
 without being prorogued or diffolved, then within Months 
 
 after the Commencement of the next enfuing Sellion of Parlia- 
 ment : Provided neverthelefs, That the Laws fo to be paffed in the 
 Parliament of this Kingdom, for the Purpoies aforefaid, ihall im- 
 pofe the fame ReftraintSj and confer the fame Benefits, on the 
 Subjects of Great Britain and Ireland. 
 
 IPrOuitJCtl alfO, ailu be it DcclateO by the Authority afore- 32 
 faid, That it fhall be held and adjudged to be a fundamental and 
 effential Condition of the prefent Settlement, that all Goods of 
 the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of any Britifli, or of any 
 Foreign Colony, in America or in the Weft Indies, or of any of the 
 Briti/lj or Foreign Settlements on the Coaft of Africa, and all 
 Peltry, Rum, Train Oil, and Whale Fins, being the Growth, 
 Produce, or Manufacture of the Countries belonging to the 
 United States of America, or being the Produce of the Fifheries 
 •carried on by the Subjects of the faid United States, fhall, on Im- 
 portation into Ireland, be made fubjecl: to the fame Duties and 
 Regulations as the like Goods are, or from Time to Time fhall 
 be, fubjecl to on Importation into Great Britain ; or if prohibited 33 
 from- being imported into Great Britain, Ihall in like Manner be 
 prohibited from being imported into Ireland. 
 
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 iProttiDClJ alfoapS, antl be it ©EClarcn, That Rum, being of 
 the Produce or Manufacture of the Britifi Plantations in the 
 Weft Indies, may be importable into Ireland at no higher Duties 
 than are now payable thereon ; and alfo, that all Goods exported 
 from Ireland to the Britijh Colonies or Plantations in the Weft 
 Indies, or in America, or to the Briti/h Settlements on the 
 Coaft of Africa, or to any of the Countries beyond the Cape 
 of Good Hope to the Streights of Magellan, fo long as the 
 Commerce to the faid Countries fliall continue to be car- 
 ried on by an exclufive Company, having Liberty to import 
 into the Port of London only, or to any of the Britijh Settlements 
 
 34 in the Eaft Indies, whenever fuch Commerce fhall ceafe to be 
 carried on by fuch exclufive Company, fhall from Time to Time 
 be made liable to fuch Duties, and be entitled to fuch Draw- 
 backs, only, and be put under fuch Regulations as may be necef- 
 fary, in order that the fame may not be exported with lefs Duties 
 or Impofitions than the like Goods mail be burthened with when 
 exported from Great Britain : Provided always, That Linen and 
 Provifions may continue to be exported from Ireland to any 
 Britijli Colony, Plantation, or Settlement, Duty free. 
 
 35 PrOpiBeB alfO, ant) OC it fUttljer pcclareU by the Authority 
 aforefaid, That it fhall be held and adjudged to be a fundamental 
 and effential Condition of the prefent Settlement, that no Boun- 
 ties fhould be payable in Ireland on the Exportation of any Ar- 
 ticle to any Britijh Colonies or Plantations in America, or in the 
 Weft Indies, or to the Britijh Settlements on the Coaft of Africa, 
 or in the Eaft Indies, or on the Exportation of any Article im- 
 ported from the Briti/h Colonies or Plantations in America, or 
 in the Weft Indies, or from the Britijh Settlements on the Coaft 
 of Africa, or in the Eaft Indies, or of any Manufacture made of 
 fuch Article, unlefs in Cafes where a fimilar Bounty is payable 
 in Great Britain on Exportation from thence, or where fuch 
 Bounty is merely in the Nature of a Drawback or Compenfation 
 of or for Duties paid, over and above any Duties paid in Great 
 Britain. 
 
 36 3nt) bZ it Declare!) by the Authority aforefaid, That it mail 
 be held and adjudged to be a fundamental and effential Condi- 
 tion of the prefent Settlement, that when any Goods of the 
 Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of the Britijh Weft India 
 Iflands, or any other of the Britijh Colonies or Plantations, fliall 
 be fhipped from Ireland for Great Britain, they fhall be accom- 
 panied with fuch original Certificates of the Revenue Officers of 
 the faid Colonies, as fhall be required by Law on Importation 
 
 into
 
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 into Great Britain ; and that, when the whole Quantity included 
 in One Certificate (hall not be fhipped at any One Time, the 
 original Certificate, properly indorfed as to Quantity, fhall be 37 
 fent with the Firft Parcel, and to identify the Remainder, if 
 fhipped within new Certificates fhall be 
 
 granted by the proper Officers of the Ports in Ireland, extracted 
 from a Regifter of the original Documents, fpecifying the Quan- 
 tities before fhipped from thence, by what Veflels, and to what 
 Ports ; 115c it tljL'CCfO'CC ^BnaftCB by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 when any Ship or Veffel fhall arrive from any Port or Place in 
 Ireland, at any Port in this Kingdom ', laden with any Goods the 
 Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of the Britijh Weft India 
 Iflands, or any other of the Britijlo Colonies or Plantations, no 38 
 fuch Goods fhall be admitted to be imported into this King- 
 dom, unlefs accompanied with fuch original Certificates of the 
 Revenue Officers in the faid Colonies, as fhall be required by 
 Law on Importation into Great Britain from the faid Colonies 
 or Plantations reflectively, under fuch Regulations, Reftrictions, 
 Penalties, and Forfeitures, as the like Goods are fubject to on 
 Importation into Great Britain from the faid Colonies and Plan- 
 tations refpectively, or unlefs, when the whole Quantity included 
 in One Certificate fhall not be fhipped at any One Time, the 
 original Certificate, properly indorfed as to Quantity, fhall have 
 been fent with the Firft Parcel, and the Remainder fhall have 
 been fhipped within and fhall be accompa- 
 
 nied with new Certificates, granted by the proper Officers of the 
 Ports in Ireland, extracted from a Regifter of the original Docu- 
 ments, fpecifying the Quantities before fhipped from thence, by 
 what Veffel, and to what Port. 
 
 9nTJ i3C it SDCdaretl by the Authority aforefaid, to be a funda- 39 
 mental and effential Condition of the prefent Settlement, Thar 
 fo long as the Commerce to the Countries beyond the Cape of 
 Good Hope to the Str -eights of Magellan fhall continue to be car- 
 ried on by an exclufive Company having Liberty to import into 
 the Port of London only, all Ships freighted by the faid Company, 
 and which fhall have cleared out from the Port of London for any 
 of the faid Countries, fhall be at Liberty to touch at any of the 
 Ports of Ireland, and to take on board there any Goods which 
 they might take on board in Great Britain, any Act or Acts to 
 the contrary notwithftanding ; and that any Goods of the 
 Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of Ireland, exported by the 
 Eajl India Company to any of the faid Countries beyond the 
 Cape of Good Hope, fhall be confidered as Britijh Goods within the 
 
 D Meaning 

 
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 Meaning of any Obligation which may at any Time exift upon 
 jp the laid Company to lend out to thole Countries certain Quan- 
 tities of the Goods of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of 
 Great Britain i and that no Ships fhall be allowed to clear out 
 from any Port in Ire/and for any of the faid Countries, except 
 fuch as ihall be freighted by the faid Company, and fhall have 
 failed from the Port of London, and except fuch Foreign Ships as 
 might, by any Law now or hereafter to be in force, clear out 
 for foreign Settlements in the faid Countries, from Great 
 Britain, which Ships fhall be allowed to clear out from Ire/and 
 41 in the fame Manner as from Great Britain ; and that whenever 
 the Commerce to the faid Countries fhall ceafe to be carried on 
 by an exclufive Company having Liberty to import into the Port 
 of London only, the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of the 
 faid Countries beyond the Cape of Good Hope to the Streights of 
 Magellan, fhall be importable into Ireland from the Britifr or 
 Foreign Settlements in the Eaji Indies, fubject to the fame Duties 
 and Regulations as the like Goods fhall from Time to Time be 
 fubjecl: to on Importation into Great Britain, and if prohibited 
 to be imported into Great Britain, fhall in like Manner be pro- 
 hibited from being imported into Ireland. 
 
 a 2 'SrfO bC it ipCCUttCU by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall 
 be held and adjudged to be a fundamental and effential Condi- 
 tion of the prefent Settlement, that fo long as the Commerce to> 
 the Countries beyond the Cape of Good Hope to the Streights of 
 Magellan fhall be carried on folely by an exclufive Company 
 having Liberty to import into the Port of London only, no 
 Goods of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of the faid 
 Countries mail be allowed to be imported into Ireland but 
 through Great Britain, except Dye Stuffs, Drugs, Cotton or 
 other Wool, and Spiceries, and fuch other Articles as are or 
 hereafter may be importable into Great Britain from Foreign 
 European Countries ; which Articles may be imported into Ireland 
 
 43 from Foreign European Countries, fo long as the fame are im- 
 portable from Foreign European Countries into Great Britain ; 
 and that it lhall be lawful to export any Goods of the Growth, 
 Produce, or Manufacture of any of the faid Countries, from 
 Great Britain to Ireland ; and that fuch Duties as may now by 
 Law be retained thereon on fuch Exportation fhall continue tc* 
 be fo retained, but that an Account fhall be kept thereof, and 
 ■that the Amount thereof fhall be remitted, by the Receiver Ge- 
 neral of His Majefty's Cuftoms in Great Britain, to the proper 
 Officer of His Majefty's Revenue in Ireland, to be placed to the 
 
 Account
 
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 Account of His Majefty's Revenue there, fubjecl to the Diipofat 
 ■of the Parliament of that Kingdom. 
 
 3ntJ be it Declared by the Authority aforefaid, That it mail 44 
 be held and adjudged to be a fundamental and effential Con- 
 dition of the prefent Settlement, that all Goods and Commo- 
 dities whatever, which mail hereafter be imported into this 
 Kingdom from Ireland, or into Ireland from Great Britain, 
 mould be put, by Laws to be paffed in the Parliaments of the 
 Two Kingdoms, under the fame Regulations, with refpect to 
 Bonds, Cockets, and other Inftruments, to which the like 
 Goods are fubject in paffing from one Port of this Kingdom to 
 another: IBje it tDCtCfOtC £nafteO by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That all Goods, which mail be fhipped or put on board in any 
 Port, Creek, or Member of any Port, in this Kingdom, to be 
 carried to any Port or Place in the Kingdom ot Ireland, mail 
 be accompanied with the like Sufferance and Cocket, and fub- 
 jeil to the like Bond and Security, as are required by any Law 45 
 in Great Britain for the like Goods paffing from one Port in 
 Great Britain to another ; and that no Goods brought from any 
 Port or Place in the Kingdom of Ireland mall be permitted to be 
 imported into any Port, Creek, or Member of any Port, in this King- 
 dom, without a Sufferance and Cocket figned by the proper Officer 
 or Officers of the Revenue in Ireland, nor fliall be landed in this 
 Kingdom, until the Sufferance and Cocket mall have been produ- 
 ced to the proper Officer of the Cuftoms here, and a Sufferance 
 granted for landing the fame, under the like Reftrictions, Regu- 
 lations, Penalties, and Forfeitures, to which Goods carried from 
 one Port of Great Britain to another are liable. 
 
 0nH t-C it iDCClareQ by the Authority aforefaid, That it mail 46 
 be held and adjudged to be a fundamental and effential Condition 
 of the prefent Settlement, that the Inhabitants of both Kingdoms 
 mall have an equal Right to carry on Fifheries on every Part of 
 the Coafts of the Briti/h Dominions : 15c it tljeteforc (EnaftcU 
 by the Authority aforefaid, That the Subjects of His Majefty 
 refiding in Ireland fliall have equal Privileges and Advantages 
 with His Majefty's Subjects refiding in Great Britain, in nfliing 
 on the Coafts of Great Britain, and the Territories belonging 
 thereto. 
 
 3nD OC it sDccIatCtJ by the Authority aforefaid, That it fliall 
 be held and adjudged to be a fundamental and effential Condition 
 • of the prefent Settlement, that the Importation of Articles from 
 
 F Foreign
 
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 Toreign Countries fhall be regulated from Time to Time, in 
 (each Kingdom, on fuch Terms as may effectually favour the Im- 
 portation of limilar Articles of the Growth, Produce, or Ma- 
 nufacture of the other, except in the Cafe of Materials of Ma- 
 nufacture which are, or hereafter may be, allowed to be im- 
 ported from Foreign Countries Duty free. 
 
 47 9n5 i)C it Declared nnB CnactcD by the Authority aforefaid, 
 That this Act, and every Part thereof, fhall commence and be in 
 Force on the provided that before the faid 
 
 an Ac! fhall have been paffed in the Parlia- 
 ment of Ireland, which fhall appropriate whatever Sum the 
 Grofs Produce of the Hereditary Revenue fhall amount to, after 
 deducting all Drawbacks, Re-payments, and Bounties in the 
 Nature of Drawbacks, over and above the Sum of Six hundred 
 and Fifty-fix Thoufand Pounds in each Year, towards the Sup- 
 port of the Naval Force of the Empire, to be applied in fuch 
 Manner as the Parliament of that Kingdom fhall direct in the 
 faid Act, and which fhall alfo provide that it fhall be held and 
 adjudged to be a fundamental and effential Condition of the pre- 
 
 48 fent Settlement, that the due Collection of the Duties com- 
 pofing the faid Hereditary Revenue fhall be at all Times effec- 
 tually fecured ; and provided that before the faid 
 
 an Act or Acts fhall have been palled in the Parliament of Ire- 
 land, for carrying into Effect, on the Part of that Kingdom, the 
 prefent Settlement, and all Matters, Provifions, and Regulations 
 herein declared to be fundamental and effential Conditions there- 
 of; and provided alfo, that before the faid 
 
 an Act fhall have been paffed in the Parliament of Great Britain, 
 declaring fuch Act or Acts of the Parliament of Ireland to contain 
 fatisfactory Provifions for carrying into Effect the prefent Settle- 
 ment. 
 
 9nU tJC it BifO Declares, That the Continuance of the prefent 
 Settlement, and the Duration of this Act, and of every Thing 
 herein contained, fhall depend on the due Obfervance, in the 
 
 49 Kingdom of Ireland, of the feveral Matters herein declared to be 
 fundamental and effential Conditions of the faid Settlement, ac- 
 cording to the true Intent, Meaning, and Spirit thereof. 
 
 JPrOuiteD n€tJect&eIef0, That all the faid fundamental and 
 effential Conditions fhall, in all Times, be held and deemed to 
 be, and to have been, duly obferved in the Kingdom of Ireland, 
 unlefs it fhall have been exprefsly declared, by an Act of the Par- 
 liament of this Kingdom, that the fame have not been duly 
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 Authorizing the Prize Agents, appointed by the Of- 
 ficers of the Garrifon of Gibraltar ', to pay to the 
 Agents of the Corps compofmg the faid Garriion, 
 all fitch Sums as fhall remain or come to their 
 Hands, of the Bounty allowed for the Deftru&ion of 
 certain Spanifh Ships of War. 
 
 N. B. The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of the Folios in 
 
 the written Copy. 
 
 t$$$$t " t0 pay t0 the Gariifon and Nav al Department at 
 " Gibraltar, the like Bounty for deftroying certain 
 " Spani/h Ships of War, as is allowed to the Officers and Men 
 " on board any of His Majefty's Ships of War, taking or de- 
 *« ftroying Ships of War belonging to the Enemy," it is among 
 other Things Ena&ed, That the Commiifioners of His Ma- 
 jefty's Navy fhall, and they are thereby authorized and required 
 (upon Proof made, to the Satisfaction of the faid Commiifioners, 
 
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 by Certificates, or otherwife, of the Number of Men living on 
 'board the faici Spanifh Ships of War, at the Time of the Attack 
 and Surrender of them reflectively) to make out Bills for the 
 Amount of the faid Bounty, directed to the Treafurer of His 
 Majefty's Navy, to be divided amongft the Officers, Soldiers, 
 Seamen, and Marines, within and belonging to the faid Garrifon 
 and Naval Department, at the refpeclive Times aforefaid, in 
 fuch Manner, and in fuch Proportions, as His Majefty fhould 
 gracioufly pleafe to order, direct, and appoint ; and the Treafurer 
 ■of the Navy was thereby authorized and required to pay all fuch 
 Bills, according to the Courfe of the Navy, to the faid Officers, 
 Soldiers, Seamen, and Marines, or to fuch Agent or Agents as 
 they fliould authorize or appoint to receive the fame : 
 
 Silt) trjfjCtcaS great Inconveniences and Difficulties have arifen 
 in the Mode of Payment of the Bounty Money directed to be 
 paid by the faid Act to the Officers, Soldiers, Seamen, and Ma- 
 rines, within and belonging to the faid Garrifon of Gibraltar, 
 by the Prize Agents, on Account of their limiting their Attend- 
 ance to the Firft Friday in every Month ; which Inconveniences 
 and Difficulties might be obviated, if the laid Bounty Money and 
 Prize Money was to be paid by the Regimental or other Agents 
 to the different Corps belonging to the faid Garrifon, who are or 
 may be in conftant Attendance : 
 
 May it therefore pleafe Your MAJESTY, 
 
 That it may be Enacted ; 3nB be it £na&eu by the KING'S 
 Moft Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Con- 
 fent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this 
 prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, 
 That 
 
 fhall be, and they are hereby appointed Commiffioners for the 
 examining, ftating, and fettling all Accounts of fuch Bounty 
 Money and Prize Money, with the Prize Agents who have re- 
 ceived, or fhall hereafter receive, all or any Part of the faid 
 Bounty Money and Prize Money, or any other Sums which fhall 
 be remitted to them from Gibraltar, in confequence of the De- 
 ftruction of the Floating Batteries, or otherwife. 
 
 ant),
 
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 3nU, for the better enabling the fald Commiffioners to ex- 
 amine, ftate, and fettle fuch Accounts, 1BC it further (JBnaftCB 
 by the Authority aforefaid, That it (hall and may be lawful to 
 and for the faid Commiffioners, or any or more of them, 
 
 by Writing under their Hands, to fummon before them, at fuch 
 Time and Place as in and by the faid Writing fhall be expreffcd, 
 any Agent or Agents, or other Perfon concerned in the Receipt 
 of fuch Prize Money, and other Monies as aforefaid, and to order 
 fuch refpective Agents to produce upon Oath all Books, Ac- 
 counts, and Vouchers, neceffary for the Information of the faid 
 Commiffioners ; and if any Agent, or other Perfon, fliall refufe 
 to comply with fuch Summons, or to produce fuch refpective 
 Books, Accounts, or Vouchers as aforefaid, and to give the Com- 
 miffioners fuch Information upon Oath as he is able, every fuch 
 Agent, or fuch other Perfon, fliall for every fuch Offence forfeit 
 and pay the Sum of to be recovered and applied 
 
 in Manner hereinafter mentioned. 
 
 3nH fee it further €nafteU by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 the faid Commiffioners, on fettling the faid Accounts, lhall allow 
 to the faid Agents Five Pounds per Centum upon all fuch Sums 
 as they fhall have received and paid by virtue of the faid Act : 
 And the faid Prize Agents are hereby directed and required to pay 
 over fuch remaining Balance, and liich Sums as they may here- 
 after receive, into the Hands of the faid Commiffioners, or fuch 
 other Perfon or Perfons required fo to do, as they, or any 
 or more of them, fhall order and direct ; and alfo to produce and 
 deliver over, when required, all Books of Accounts and Vouchers 
 in their Hands reflecting the fame ; and the faid Prize Agents 
 fhall be, and are hereby acquitted, exonerated, and difcharged 
 from all Claims and Demands whatfoever, that hereafter fhall be 
 made upon them, or any of them, for all fuch Sums as they 
 fhall fo pay by virtue of or in purfuance of this Act. 
 
 3nu bt it further Cnafteu by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 the faid Commiffioners, or any or more of them, fhall 
 
 and may, upon Application being made to them for that Purpofe, 
 appoint the Regimental Agents, or other Agent or Agents, who 
 fhall diftribute the faid Balance to the refpective Claimants of the 
 refpective Corps fo entitled, in their due and proper Proportions, 
 as fettled by a Board of General Officers, if they have not already 
 received the fame. 
 
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 SllD toljCtCa.S it appears, by the Distribution made by the Board 
 of General Officers, that there is a Surplus of Four hundred 
 Twenty-three Pounds Eleven Shillings and Four Pence ; 13 e it 
 further CnaSetJ, That the faid Commiflioners may direct, that 
 all the Expences attending the palling this Act, and fuch other 
 contingent Expences as may arife in the carrying the fame into 
 Execution, may be paid out of that Sum, if not already difpofed 
 of, otherwife fuch Expences to be defrayed from the Monies now 
 in the Prize Agents Hands, over and above the Thirty thoufand 
 Pounds already allotted for Diftribution. 
 
 3110 fee it further <£naften, That at the Expiration of 
 Years from the palling of this Act, all the unclaimed Shares fliall 
 be difpofed of in fuch Manner as His Majefty fliall gracioufly 
 pleafe to direct. 
 
 3tlH fjC it further CnaftetJ by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 all Penalties and Forfeitures incurred by this Ac~t, may be fued 
 for and recovered in any of His Majefty's Courts of Record at 
 Wejlminfter, wherein no Effoign, Privilege, Protection, or Wager 
 of Law, nor more than One Imparlance, fhall be allowed -, and 
 fuch Penalties and Forfeitures, when recovered, fliall be applied 
 to the life of His Majefty, His Heirs and Succellors, 
 and to be difpofed of as His Majefty fliall be gra- 
 
 cioufly pleafed to direct. 
 
 3nD bC it further dtnafteO by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 no fuch Claim of any Prize Money fliall be admitted or allowed 
 after the or fuch further Day as the faid Com- 
 
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 Explain, Amend, and Reduce into One Act of Par- 
 liament, all the Laws now in being for preventing 
 Bribery and Expence in Elections of Members to 
 ferve in Parliament. 
 
 Note. — The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of the Folios 
 
 in the written Copy. 
 
 fy <£ E <& 9 %• Bribery in Elections of Members 
 to ferve in Parliament may be deftruclive to th» 
 'tg£ Conititution: 
 
 3nQ toftfreaS all Elections mould be made freely, 
 without Charge or Expence : 
 
 9nu tohctca0 the Practices hereinafter mentioned have been 
 productive of various bad Effects : 
 
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 T£z it therefore CBnaftcu, ant) it 1$ hcrcfcp CnaftcU, by the 
 
 KING'S Moft Excellent Majesty, by and with the Ad- 
 vice and Confent -of the Lords Spiritual aiKl Temporal, and 
 Commons, in this preient Parliament affembled, and by the 
 Authority of the lame, That from and after the 
 Day of One thoufand Seven hundred and 
 
 Eighty- it ^hall not be lawful for any Perfon, by 
 
 himfelf or herfelf, or by any Perfon or Perfons employed by him 
 or her, to give or to offer, or to caufe to be given or offered, 
 or to make any Agreement, Engagement, or Promife to give, 
 or to caufe to be given, to any Perfon (or to any one whomfo- 
 ever for his Ufe, Benefit, Profit, or Advantage) any Money, 
 or any Bond, Note, Draft, Order, Bill, or Ticket for Money, 
 or any Place, Penfion, Contract, Office, or Appointment, or 
 any Reward by way of Gratuity, Purchafe, Employment, Loan, 
 or other Device, to corrupt, or to procure fuch Perfon to vote, 
 or to forbear to give his Vote, at any Election of any Member 
 or Members to ferve in Parliament for any County, City, 
 Borough, or Place, or for having voted, or for having forborn 
 to give his Vote, at fuch Election ; and it fhall not be lawful 
 for any Perfon, by himfelf or herfelf, or by any Perfon or 
 Perfons employed by him or her, to give or to offer, or to 
 caufe to be given or offered, or to make any Agreement, En- 
 gagement, or promife to give, or to caufe to be given, to 
 any Perfon who fhall have, or claim to have, a Right to vote at 
 any fuch Election as aforefaid (or to any one whomfoever for 
 his Ufe, Benefit, Profit, or Advantage) any Money, or any 
 Bond, Note, Draft, Order, Bill, or Ticket for Money, or any 
 Place, Penfion, Contract, Office, or Appointment, or any Com- 
 penfation or Reward, by way of Gratuity, Purchafe, Employ- 
 ment, Loan, or other Device, for or under Pretence or Colour 
 of any Lofs of Time, or any Expence or Expences incurred, 
 or to be incurred, at or for fuch Election, by fuch Perfon in or 
 by his travelling or going to or from the Place of Election or the 
 Place of Polling, or in or by his fiaying at fuch Place of Elec- 
 tion or fuch Place of Polling, or anywife incurred, or to be 
 incurred, by fuch Perfon on Account of his voting at fuch 
 Election ; and every Perfon who fhall be found guilty of any 
 of the faid Offences fhall, for .each and every fuch Offence, 
 forfeit the Sum of of lawful Money 
 
 of Great Britain, to any Perfon or Perfons who fhall fue for the 
 fame. 
 
 ana
 
 [ 3 ] 
 
 3»ltJ bC it fUttfjCt GEnaftCH by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 it fhall not be lawful for any Perfon, directly or indirectly, or 
 by any Ways or Means on his Behalf, to give or to offer, or to 5 
 caufe to be given or offered, or to make any Agreement, En- 
 gagement, or Promife to give, or to caufe to be given, any 
 Prefent, Gift, or Reward whatfoever, to or for the Ufe, Benefit, 
 Profit, or Advantage of any County, City, Borough, or Place, 
 in order to be elected, or for being or having been elected to 
 ferve in Parliament for fuch County, City, Borough, or Place, 
 or in order that any Perfon whomsoever be elected, or for his 
 being or his having been elected to ferve in Parliament for fuch 
 .County, City, Borough, or Place ; and every Perfon who fhall 
 be found guilty of any fuch Offence fhall, for each and every 
 fuch Offence, forfeit the Sum of of lawful 
 
 Money of Great Britain, to any Perfon or Perfons who fhall fue 6 
 for the fame. 
 
 3nD ut it further CBnaclCD by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 if a Petition be duly prefented to the Houfe of Commons, on 
 the Merits of any fuch Election as aforefaid, and if any Perfon 
 who fhall have been returned at any fuch Election to ferve in 
 Parliament, or who fhall have been a Candidate at any fuch 
 Election, fhall have been guilty of any of the Offences afore- 
 faid, every fuch Perfon (fhall not only be liable to be fued in due 
 Courfe of Law for fuch refpective Offence or Offences, but) 
 fhall be, and fhall-, by the Select Committee of the Houfe of 
 Commons duly appointed to try and determine the Merits of 
 fuch Election, be declared to be incapable to ferve in Parliament 
 for fuch County, City, Borough, or Place upon fuch Election, h 
 or upon any Vacancy which fhall or may be occafioned by any 
 Determination of fuch Select Committee on the Merits of fuch 
 Election, if fuch Select Committee fhall find that fuch Perfon 
 fhall have been guilty of any of the faid Offences for or at fuch 
 Election, or for or at any former Election of any Member or 
 Members to ferve in that fame Parliament for fuch County, 
 City, Borough, or Place, or fhall find that fuch Perfon fhall 
 bave been guilty of any of the faid Offences for or at any Elec- 
 tion of any Member or Members to ferve in any former Parlia- 
 ment for fuch County, City, Borough, or Place, and that fuch 
 illegal Act or Acts committed or done during any fuch former 
 Parliament has or have had any Effect, or Operation at or in S 
 the Election the Merits of which are to be tried by fuch Select 
 Committee ; and the Determination of fuch Select Committee 
 upon fuch Incapacity fhall, in each and every of the Cafes afore- 
 faid.
 
 [ 4 3 
 
 faid, be final and conclufive to all Intents and Purpofes -, and 
 fuch Select Committee (hall annex the Declaration of fuch Guilt 
 and Incapacity to the Report which they fhall make to the 
 Houfe of Commons on the Merits of fuch Election. 
 
 SJnD iiC It fUttfjCt CnaftCtl by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 it {hall not be lawful for any Perfon to agree or contract for, or 
 to aik for or demand, or to accept, take, or receive any Money, 
 or any Bond, Note, Draft, Order, Bill, or Ticket for Money, 
 or any Place, Penfion, Contract, Office, or Appointment, or any 
 o Reward, by way of Gratuity, Purchafe, Employment, Loan, or 
 other Device, to vote, or to forbear to give his Vote, at any 
 Election of any Member or Members to ferve in Parliament 
 for any County, City, Borough, or Place ; and it fhall not 
 be lawful for any Perfon to accept, take, or receive any 
 Money, or any Bond, Note, Draft, Order, Bill, or Ticket 
 for Money, or any Place, Penfion, Contract, Office, or Ap- 
 pointment, or any Reward by way of Gratuity, Purchafe, 
 Employment, Loan, or other Device, for having voted, or for 
 having forborn to give his Vote at any fuch Election ; and 
 it fhall not be lawful for any Perfon who fhall have, or claim 
 to have, a Right to vote at any fuch Election, to accept, take, 
 or receive any Money, or any Bond, Note, Draft, Order, Bill, 
 or Ticket for Money, or any Place, Penfion, Contract; Office, 
 10 or Appointment, or any Compenfation or Reward, by way of 
 Gratuity, Purchafe, Employment, Loan, or other Device, for or 
 under Pretence or Colour of any Lofs of Time, or any Ex- 
 pence or Expences incurred or to be incurred at or for fuch 
 Election, by fuch Perfon, in or by his travelling or going to or 
 from the Place of Election, or the Place of Polling, or in or 
 by his (laying at fuch Place of Election or fuch Place of Poll- 
 ing, or anywife incurred or to be incurred on Account of his 
 voting at fuch Election ; and every Perfon who mail be found 
 guilty of any of the faid Offences fhall, for each and every fuch 
 Offence, forfeit the Sum of of lawful 
 
 Money of Great Britain* to any Perfon or Perfons who fhall fue 
 for the fame. 
 
 1 1 SnD *M it further CttaftCU by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 if a Petition be duly prcfented to the Houfe of Commons 
 upon the Merits of any fuch Election as aforefaid, the Select 
 Committee of the Houfe of Commons which (hall be appoint- 
 ed to try and determine the Merits of fuch Election, (hall deem 
 and confider as null and void all and every. Vote or Votes which 
 
 fhall
 
 12 
 
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 i'liall or may have been given at fuch Election, by any Perfou or 
 PeiTons who ihall, by fuch Select Committee, be found to have 
 been guilty of any of the Offences aforefaid, for or at fuch 
 Election. 
 
 SllS be U further (SimccCQ by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 every Perfon who ihall (on being fued in due Courfe of Law) 
 be found guilty of any of the Offences aforefaid, fnail be for 
 ever difabled to vote at any Election of any Member or Mem- 
 . bers to ferve in Parliament for any County, City, Borough, or 
 Place. 
 
 SllD bC it further (JBnaftCO by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 every Perfon who fhall (on being fued in due Courfe of Law) 
 be found guilty of any of the Offences aforefaid, ihall be for 
 ever difabled to hold, execute, or enjoy any Office or Franchife 
 to which he fhall, or at any lime afterwards may be entitled, as 
 a Member of any City, Borough, Town Corporate, or Cinque 
 Port, as if fuch Perfon were naturally dead. 
 
 3nu be it further CnaftCO by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 if any Perfon ihall have been guilty of any of the aforefaid Of- 
 fences, for or at any fuch Election as aforefaid, and (not having 
 been convicted in due Courfe of Law of any of the faid Of- 
 fences) fhall, within Calendar Months next after fuch 
 Offence committed, difcover any other Perfon or Perfons who 13 
 fhall have been guilty of any of the Offences aforefaid for or at 
 fuch Election, fo that any fuch Perfon fo difcovered be there- 
 upon convicted, the Perfon fo difcovering fhall be indemnified 
 from all Penalties and Difabilities which fuch Perfon ihall then 
 have incurred by having been guilty of fuch Offence for or at fuch 
 Election : Provided always, That no Perfon ihall be fo indemnified 
 who ihall have been guilty of having given or offered, or of hav- 
 ing cauied to be given or offered, or of having made any Agree- 
 ment, Engagement, or Promife to give, or to caufe to be given, 
 any Money, or any Bond, Note, Draft, Order, Bill, or Ticket 
 for Money, or any Place, Penfion, Contract, Office, or Appoint- 
 ment, or any Compenfation or Reward, by way of Gratuity, 
 Purchafe, Employment, Loan, or other Device, in Manner 14 
 aforefaid, or any other Prefent or Gift in Manner aforefaid, 
 contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act, unlefs 
 the Perfon claiming fuch Indemnity fhall be or fhall have been 
 employed to commit or do anyTuch Act or Acts, and fhall dif- 
 
 B rover,
 
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 cover, in the Manner aforefaid, the Perfon or Pcrfons by whom. 
 ke or Ihe (hall be or ihall have been ib employed. 
 
 3nfi UC it ftirtljCt GnactCO by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 it (hall not be lawful for any Perfon, at any Time, to pay or 
 defray, or to caufe to be paid or defrayed, or to agree, engage, 
 or promife to pay or defray, or to cauie to be paid or defrayed, 
 or by any Device whatfoever to pay or defray, or to cauie to 
 be paid or defrayed, any Expence incurred or to be incurred 
 
 Ij5 at or for any fuch Election as aforefaid, for or by any Perfon 
 who fliall have, or claim to have, a Right to vote at fuch Elec- 
 tion, in or by fuch Perfon's travelling or going to or from the 
 Place of Election, or the Place of Polling, or any Expence in- 
 curred or to be incurred by the Hire, Keep, or Reception of 
 any Horfe or Carriage, or other Conveyance, carrying or con- 
 veying fuch Perfon to or from fuch Place of Election, or fuch 
 Place of Polling (whether fuch Perfon be fo carried or conveyed 
 lingly, or together with any other Perfon or Pcrfons)-; and every 
 Perfon who lhall be found guilty of any One or more of the faid 
 Offences fliall, for each and every fuch Offence, forfeit the Sum 
 of of lawful Money of Great Britain, to any 
 
 Perfon or Perfons who fliall fue for the fame : Provided always, 
 
 16 That nothing herein contained fliall extend, or be conftrued to 
 extend, to prohibit any Perfon from paying or defraying any 
 fuch Expence or Expences incurred or to be incurred at or for 
 anv fuch Election as aforefaid, for anv Voter who fliall be the 
 Son or menial Servant of fuch Perfon. 
 
 3nU 1)C it further €naftCu by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 at any Time after any County, City, Borough, or Place ihall 
 hereafter have 'become vacant by any Diflblution of Parliament, 
 or otherwife, and before the Day after the Elec- 
 
 tion of any Member or Members to reprefent fuch County, 
 City, Borough, or Place in Parliament, it ihall not be lawful 
 for any Perfon to give, or to caufe to be given, or to agree, 
 engage, or promife to give, or to caufe to be given, or by any 
 Device whatfoever to give, or to caufe to be given, any Meat, 
 Drink, Treat, Provifion, or Entertainment, to any Perfon hav- 
 ly .ing, or claiming to have, a Right to vote at fuch Election, for 
 fuch Perfon to vote, or for having voted at fuch Ele&ion, or 
 in order to be elected, or for being or having been elected to 
 ferve in Parliament for fuch County, City, Borough, or Place, 
 or in order that any Perfon whomsoever be elected, or for his 
 
 hei)
 
 I)] 
 
 ; heinsr or having been elected to ferve in Parliament for fir< I 
 County, City, Borough, or Place; and it fhall not be lawful 
 for any Perfon at any Time to pay or defray, or to caufe to be 
 paid or defrayed, or to agree, engage, or promife to pay or 
 defray, or to caufe to be paid or defrayed, or by any Device 
 whattbever to pay or defray, or to caufe to be paid or defrayed, 
 any Expence incurred or to be incurred by the giving of any 
 fuch Meat, Drink, Treat, Provifion, or Entertainment ; and 
 every Perfon who fhaii be found guilty of any One or more of 
 the laid Offences fhall, for each and every fuch Offence, forfeit 
 the Sum of of lawful Money of 
 
 Great Britain, to any Perfon or Perfons who fhall fue for the 
 .fame. 
 
 HnO UC it ftlCtfrcr €nafteD by the Authority aforefaid, That i£ 
 if a Petition be duly prefented to the Houfe of Commons on 
 the Merits of any fuch Election as aforefaid, and if any Perfon 
 who fhall have been returned at any Rich Election to ferve in 
 Parliament, or who fhall have been a Candidate at any fuch 
 Election, fhall have been guilty of any of the Offences aforefaid, 
 every fuch Perfon (fhall not only be liable to be fued in due 
 Courfe of Law for fuch refpective Offence or Offences, but) 
 upon being found guilty of any of the faid Offences by the Se- 
 lect Committee of the Houfe of Commons duly appointed to 
 try and determine the Merits of fuch Election, fhall be, and 
 fhall by fuch Select Committee be declared to be, incapable to 
 ferve in Parliament for fuch County, City, Borough, or Place, 
 upon fuch Election, or upon any Vacancy which fhall or may 
 be occafioned by any Determination of fuch Select Committee 
 on the Merits of fuch Election; and the Determination of 19 
 fuch Select Committee upon fuch Incapacity fhall, in each and 
 everv of the Cafes aforefaid, be final and conclufive to all In- 
 tents and Purpofes ; and fuch Select Committee fhall annex 
 the Declaration of fuch Guilt and Incapacity to the Report 
 which they fhall. make to the Houfe of Commons on the Merits 
 of fuch Election. 
 
 3nB 6C it further Cnactcn by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 if any Perfon who fhall be or fhall have been licenfed to keep 
 any Inn, Tavern, Victualling Houfe, or Ale Houfe, or to fell 
 any Spirituous Liquors, fhali be convicted in due Courfe of 
 Law of having, during the Time of fuch Perfon's being fo 
 licenfedj wilfully committed any of the Offences aforefaid, fuch 
 
 Perfon
 
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 Perfon (fliall not only' be liable to the Penalties and DifibihY 
 aforefaid, but) {hall, from the Time of fuch Conviction, and 
 during the Continuance of the then Parliament, and for the 
 Space of Calendar Months afterwards, be dii- 
 
 20 abled to have any fuch Licence as aforefaid, and if at the Time 
 of fuch Conviction fuch Pcrfoiv fhall have any fuch Licence, the 
 fame lhall be null and void. 
 
 StlD be it further. CnaftcD by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 if any Perfon fhall, for or at any fuch Election as aforefaid, give 
 or caufe to be given, to any' Perfon whomfoever, any Cockade, 
 or other Mark of Diftinction, or fhall at any Time pay or 
 defray, or caufe to be paid or defrayed, or fhall by any Device 
 whatfoever pav or defray, or caufe to be paid or defrayed, the 
 Expence of the fame, fuch Perfon lhall forfeit, for every fuch 
 Mark of Diftinction fo given or paid for, the Sum of 
 
 of lawful Money of Great Britain, to any Perfon or 
 Perfons who fhall fue for the fame. 
 
 3nD bC it further CnaftCD by the Authority aforefaid, That if 
 any Perfon (hall be or fhall have been employed to pay or de- 
 fray, or to caufe to be paid or defrayed, or to agree, engage, or 
 promife to pay or defray, or to caufe to be paid or defrayed, or 
 
 21 by any Device whatfoever to pay or defray, or to caufe to be paid 
 or defrayed, any Expence incurred or to be incurred at or for any 
 fuch Election as aforefaid, for or by any Perfon who fhall have, 
 or claim to have, a Right to vote at fuch Election, in or by fuch 
 Perfon 's travelling or going to or from the Place of Election, or 
 the Place of Polling, or any Expence incurred or to be in- 
 curred by the Hire, Keep, or Reception of any Horfe or Car- 
 riage, or other Conveyance, contrary to the true Intent and 
 Meaning of this Act 5 or fhall be or fhall have been employed 
 to give, or to caufe to be given, or to agree, engage, or pro- 
 mife to give, or to caufe to be given, or by any Device what- 
 foever to give, cr to caufe to be given, any Meat, Drink, Treat, 
 Provifion, or Entertainment, contrary to the true Intent and 
 Meaning of this Act, or to pay or defray, or to caufe to be paid 
 or defrayed, or to agree, engage, or promife to pay or defray, 
 or to caufe to be paid or defrayed, or by any Device whatfoever 
 to pay or defray, or to caufe to be paid or defrayed, any Ex- 
 
 *2 pence incurred or to be incurred by the giving of any fuch 
 Meat, Drink, Treat, Provifion, or Entertainment, contrary to 
 the true Intent and Meaning of this Act , or fhall be or lhall 
 
 have
 
 [ 9 3 
 
 have been employed to give, or to caufe to be given, any Cockade, 
 or other Mark of Diftinction, or to pay or defray, or to caufe to 
 be paid or defrayed, or by any Device whatfoever to pay or de- 
 fray, or to caufe to be paid or defrayed, the Expence of the fame, 
 contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act ; and if fuch 
 Perfon fhall difcover the Perfon or Perlbns by whom lie or fhe 
 fhall be or {hall have been employed to commit any One or 
 more of the faid Offences, fo that any fuch Perfon or Perfons, fo 
 difcovered, be thereupon convicted, the Perfon making fuch Dif- 
 covery fhall be indemnified from all Penalties and Difabiliti.es 
 which fuch Perfon fhall then have incurred by having been 
 guilty of the refpective Offence or refpecYive Offences concern- 
 ing which fuch Difcovery lhall have been made as aforefaid : 
 Provided always, That no Perfon fhall be indemnified, as here- 23 
 in laft mentioned, who fliall have been convicted in due Courfe 
 of Law of any Offence whatfoever again ft this Act. 
 
 9MJ bC it ftU'tfoCt CliaftCU by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 all Forfeitures by this Act to be incurred (hall and may be fued 
 for and recovered, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Informa- 
 tion, in any of His Majefty's Courts of Record at Weft" 
 minjier, wherein no Effoign, Protection, Wager of Law, or more 
 than One Imparlance, fliall be allowed* or lhall and may be re- 
 covered by fummary Action or Complaint before the Court of 
 Seflion, in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, if the 
 Offence fliall have been committed in that Part of Great Britain 
 called Scotland; and in every fuch Action the Party againft 
 whom Judgment fhall be given (whether Plaintiff or Defendant) 
 lhall pay the of Suit. 
 
 IProuiucu aitnapsf, anu be it further Cnaftes by the Au- 
 thority aforefaid, That every fuch Action or Profecution fliall 
 be brought or commenced within after the Offence 
 
 committed, and not afterwards ; and the Perfon againft whom 24 
 any fuch Action or Profecution (hall be brought or commenced, 
 in any of His Majefty's Courts of Record at Wefimtnfier as afore- 
 faid, fhall be legally ferved, within the Time aforefaid, with the 
 Writ or Procefs by which fuch Action or Profecution fliall be 
 intended to be commenced, unlefs the Service of fuch Writ or 
 Procefs fhall have been prevented by fuch Perfon's abfeonding or 
 withdrawing out of this Kingdom ; and with refpect to that 
 Part of Great Britain called Scotland, the Petition fliall be ferved 
 within the Time aforefaid, and not after : And provided alfo, 
 that every Action or Profecution which fliall be brought or com- 
 
 C menced
 
 [ io ] 
 
 menced as aforefaid mall be carried on without wilful De- 
 lay. 
 
 3tltl bC it further CnafteO by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 from and after the faid Day of One 
 
 thoufand Seven hundred and Eighty the Act of Parlia- 
 
 ment made in the Seventh and Eighth Year of the Reign of King 
 25 William the Third, intituled, " An Act for preventing Charge and 
 " Expence in Elections of Members to ferve in Parliament," and 
 alfo the A 61 of Parliament made in the Second Year of the Reign 
 of King George the Second, intituled, '■« An A6t for the more 
 " effectual preventing Bribery and Corruption in the Elections 
 " of Members to ferve in Parliament," mail be and are hereby 
 fave and except fuch Part of the faid laft-recited Act, 
 which enacts, " That fuch Votes fliall be deemed to be legal 
 " which have been fo declared by the laft Determination in the 
 " Houfe of Commons ; which laft Determination, concerning 
 " any County, Shire, City, Borough, Cinque Port, or Place, 
 " fhall be final to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever, any 
 " Ufage to the contrary notwithstanding." 
 
 8nt) OC it further (JBnaftCD by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 this prefent Act fliall be publicly read at every Election for any 
 Member or Members to ferve in Parliament for any County, 
 City, Borough, or Place, previous to fuch Election ; and every 
 Sheriff, Under Sheriff, Mayor, Bailiff, or other Officer prefiding 
 at any fuch Election, who fliall neglect to read this Act, or to 
 caufe the fame to be read, fhall forfeit the Sum of 
 of lawful Money of Great Britain, to any Perfon or Perfons who 
 fhall fue for the fame.

 
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 of Members to ferve in Parliament, for Cities and 
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 5) <2E iR C 3 % it frequently happens, in Cities and 
 jf||L Boroughs where the Right of Election of Members 
 . to ferve in Parliament is in the Inhabitants Houfe- 
 fb^S&Z holders, Houfekeepers, or Pot- wallers, that much 
 Trouble, Expence, and Litigation, is created by Occafional 
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 jTot iRcmcQj) thereof, TBe it enafteu by the king's Moft 
 
 Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Confent of 
 the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefcnt 
 Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That 
 from and after the Day of 
 
 no Perfon (hall vote at any Election of a Member or Members 
 to ferve in Parliament for any City or Borough of that Part 
 of Great Britain called England, or the Dominion of Wales, 
 as an Inhabitant Houfeholder, Houfekeeper, or Pot-waller 
 of fuch City or Borough, whether there be or be not any 
 other fuperadded Qualification, unlefs he fhall have been ac- 
 tually and bona fide refident, and a Houfeholder, Houfekeeper, 
 or Pot-waller, within fuch City or Borough Calendar 
 
 Months previous to the Day of the Election at which he 
 fhall tender his Vote ; and if any Perfon fhall vote at any fuch 
 Election, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of this Aft, 
 he mail forfeit, to any Perfon who fhall fue for the fame, the 
 Sum of 
 
 to be recovered by him or her, by Action of Debt, in any of 
 His Majefty's Courts of Record at Wefiminjler, wherein no Ef- 
 foin, Protection, Wager of Law, Privilege, or Imparlance, fhall 
 be admitted or allowed -, and in every fuch Action the Proof 
 fhall lie upon the Perfon againft whom the fame mail be 
 brought : Provided neverthelefs, That fuch Action be com- 
 menced within Calendar Months after the Caufe of 
 Action accrued : Provided alfo, That nothing in this Act con- 
 tained fhall extend, or be conftrued to extend, to any Perfon 
 acquiring the PofTeflion of any Houfe, in any City or Borough, 
 by Defcent, Devife, Marriage, or Marriage Settlement, or Pro- 
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 depending partly upon Inhabitancy, this Act fhall relate only 
 to that Clafs of Voters who claim to exercife the Franchife of 
 voting as Inhabitants, and fhall not extend to any other De- 
 fcription of Perfons, who may have an equal Right to vote in 
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 Repeal fo much of an Act, made in the lad Seflion of 
 Parliament, intituled, " An Act for granting to His 
 lt Majefty additional Duties on Hawkers, Pedlars, and 
 " Petty Chapmen, and for regulating their Trade," as 
 reftrains Hawkers and Pedlars from exoofins to Sale 
 Goods in Market Towns, and as enables Juftices of 
 the Peace of any County to prohibit fuch Hawkers and 
 Pedlars from vending their Goods within the fame; and 
 for further regulating their Trade. 
 
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 in the written Copy. 
 
 ra*&*«£>(£]R(£3£>, by an Aft patted in the laft Seffion of 
 3? ^jjjf Parliament, intituled, " An Act for granting to His 
 
 ^ 2J2J ^ " Majefty additional Duties on Hawkers, Pedlars, 
 )£ )& " and Petty Chapman, and for regulating their 
 
 k.&*3$*&J* « Trade," it was amongft other Things Enacled, 
 that no Hawker, Pedlar, Petty Chapman, or any other trad- 
 ing Perfon or Perfons, going from Town to Town, or to 
 other Men's Houfes, or travelling, either on Foot, or with Horfe 
 
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 or Holies, or opening a Room or Shop, and expofing to Sale 
 any Goods, Wares, or Merchandizes by Retail, in any Town, 
 Farifh, or Place, iuch Perfon not being a Houfeholder there, or 
 the fame not being an ufual Place of his or her Abode, or of his 
 or her carrying on Bufinefs, Should vend, fell, or expofe to Sale, 
 any Goods, Wares, or Merchandizes whatfoevcr, in any City 
 or Market Town in England, Wales, or the Town of Berwick 
 upon Tweed, or within the Diftancc of Two Miles from the 
 Middle of the moft central Market Place, by the ufual or moft 
 common Road, of any fuch City or Market Town; and in cafe 
 any fuch Perfon or Perfons fliould vend, fell, or expofe to Sale, 
 any Goods, Wares, or Merchandizes whatfoever, in any City or 
 Market Town in England, Wales, or the Town of Berwick upon 
 Tweed (except as before excepted) every fuch Perfon mould 
 forfeit and pay for every fuch Offence the Sum of Ten Pounds, 
 to be recovered and applied as thereinafter is mentioned : And 
 it was by the laid Act further Enacted, that it mould not be 
 lawful for any Hawker, Pedlar, Petty Chapman, or other 
 trading Perfon travelling as aforefaid, to vend his or her Goods 
 or Wares in any County, or City being a County of itfelf, or 
 Town being a County of itfelf, in England or Wales, by virtue of 
 any fuch Licence as aforefaid, in caie the Juftices afigmbled at 
 the General Quarter Seiiions of the Peace hSould have made a n 
 Order that Hawkers, Pedlars, Petty Chapmen, and other trad- 
 ing Perfons as aforefaid, fliould not have Liberty to vend their 
 Goods and Wares in fuch County, City, or Town, upon Pain 
 of forfeiting for every fuch Offence the Sum of Ten Pounds ; 
 and that no fuch Order ihould at any Time be made, except at 
 the Quarter Seiiions next after Michaelmas, to be holden for fuch 
 County, City, or Town, and mould not be in Force until Nine 
 Months after Notice fliould have been given of the fame in fome 
 public News-paper published or circulated in fuch County, 
 City, or Town, reflectively : 
 
 3ni) tolKrcag it is deemed expedient to repeal the above-recited 
 Claufes, contained in the Act above mentioned : 
 
 1BC it therefore (EnaftCB by the KING'S Moft Excellent 
 Majesty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords 
 Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parlia- 
 ment affembled, and by the Authority of the lame, That from 
 and after the the above- recited Claufes, con- 
 
 tained in the faid Act of the Twenty -fifth Year of His prefent 
 Majeity's Reign, (hall be, and. the fame arc hereby repealed. 
 
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 Ont) fjC it CnafteH by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 every Perfon or Perfons applying for a Licence to trade as 
 a Hawker, Pedlar, or Petty Chapman, fhall, at the Time of 
 his making fuch Application, and before fuch Licence is grant- 
 ed to him, deliver to the Commifiioners appointed for li- 
 cencing Hawkers, Pedlars, and Petty Chapmen, or to their 
 Riding Surveyor of the Diftrici, or to his Deputy, a Certificate, 
 figned by reputable Houfeholders of the Place where 
 
 the Perfon making fuch Application ufually refides, to the Satif- 
 fadtion of the faid Commifiioners, or their Riding Surveyor, 
 cr his Deputy, certifying that he or fhe are of good Character, 
 and fit to be licenced as a Hawker, Pedlar, or Petty Chapman ; 
 and the Words of fuch Certificate fhall be indorfed on the faid 
 Licence, together with the Names of the Perfons who fubferibe 
 the faid Certificate; and no Licence whatfoever fhall be granted 
 but upon Delivery of fuch Certificate, and the Indoifement 
 of the faid Certificate on fuch Licence in Manner above- 
 mentioned. 
 
 9n0 \st it ftitthct dEnafiCu" by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 no Hawker, Pedlar, or Petty Chapman, or any other trading 
 Perfon or Perfons going from Town to Town, or to other 
 Men's Houfes, or travelling, either on Foot or with Horfe or 
 Horfes, or opening a Room or Shop, and expofing to Sale any 
 Goods, Wares, or Merchandizes by Retail, in any Town, Farifh, 
 or Place, fuch Perfon not being a Houfeholder there or the 
 fame not being the chief Place of his or her Abode, or of 
 his or her carrying on Bufinefs, fhall vend, fell, or expofe to Sale 
 any Goods, Wares, or Merchandizes whatfoever, in any City, 
 Borough, or Corporate Town in England, TV ales, or the Town 
 of Berwick upon Tweed, or within the Suburbs thereof, except 
 upon Market or Fair Days, every fuch Perfon offending herein 
 fhall forfeit and pay for every fuch Offence the Sum of 
 
 to be recovered before or more of His Ma- 
 
 jefty's Juftices of the Peace of the County, City, Town, or 
 Place wherein the Offence fhall be committed, on Proof thereof, 
 either by the voluntary Confeffion of the Party or Parties ac- 
 cufed, or by the Oath of or more credible WitnefTes; and 
 
 of every fuch Penalty fhall belong to His Majefty, His 
 Heirs and Succeffors, and to the Informer or Informers 
 
 profecuting for the fame ; and in cafe of Non-payment fhall be 
 levied by of the Offender's Goods and Chattels, by War- 
 
 rant under the Hands and Seals of fuch Juftices -, and the Over- 
 plus of the Money raifed, after deducting the Penalty, and the 
 
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 Expence of the fliall be rendered to the 
 
 Owner; and for want of fufficlent the Offender fliall 
 
 he fent by fuch Juftices to the Prifon of fuch County, City, 
 Borough, Town, or Place, for fuch Time, not exceeding 
 nor lei's than as fuch Juftices ihall think 
 
 moft proper. 
 
 SrtTJ bC it fUttfjet CliaScD by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 if any Hawker, Pedlar, or Petty Chapman ihall be found or 
 detected in trading, vending, or expofing to Sale any fmug- 
 gled or contraband Goods, and fliall be found guilty of the 
 lame, on the Oath of or more credible Witnefies, before 
 
 or more of His Majefty's Juftices of the Peace of the 
 County, City, Town, or Place where fuch Offence or Offences 
 fliall be committed, fuch Perfon or Perfons fliall for ever there- 
 after be rendered incapable of being licenced to trade as a 
 Hawker and Pedlar ; and the faid Juftices are hereby directed 
 and required to tranfmit forthwith to the Office of the Com- 
 miffioners for licencing Hawkers and Pedlars, the Name or 
 Names of fuch Hawker, Pedlar, or Petty Chapman as fliall 
 be found guilty of fuch Offence or Offences ; and if any Hawker, 
 Pedlar, or Petty Chapman, after being fo convicted, fliall change 
 his or her Name, and apply for a Licence under a new or dif- 
 ferent Name ; or if any Hawker, Pedlar, or Petty Chapman 
 fliall change, erafe, or deface, or caufe to be changed, erafed, 
 or defaced, his or her Name, or the Name of any Perfons 
 whatfoever, in any Licence, or ufe and trade under fuch 
 Licence knowing the fame to be changed, erafed, or defaced, 
 every fuch Hawker, Pedlar, or Petty Chapman fliall be deemed 
 and adjudged to be 
 
 OnQ uC It CnattEtJ by the Authority aforefaid, That from 
 and after it fliall not be lawful 
 
 to or for any Perfon or Perfons, not being a Hawker or Pedlar, 
 to open any Room or Shop, or Place of Sale, or to fell or 
 expole to Sale in any Manner of Way whatfoever, any Goods, 
 Wares, or Merchandizes by Retail, except the Manufacturer 
 of fuch Goods, Wares, or Merchandizes, in any Town, Parifli, 
 or Place, fucli Perfon not being a Houfeholder there, or the 
 fame not being the ufual Place of his or her Abode, or of his 
 or her carrying on Bufmefs, except at any public Market or 
 Fair, under the Penalty of to be re- 
 
 covered before One of His Majefty's Juftices of the Peace of 
 the County, Riding, Shire, Divifion, City, Liberty, Town, 
 or Place wherein the Offence fliall be committed, on Proof of 
 
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 the Offence, either by voluntary Confeflion of the Party or 
 Parties accufed, or by the Oath of One or more credible Wit- 
 nefs or Witneffes ; and of every fuch Penalty fliall 
 
 belong to His Majefty, His Heirs and Succeffors, and 
 to the Informer or Informers profecuting for the fame, and in 
 Cafe of Non-payment ihall be levied by of the Of- 1° 
 
 fender's Goods and Chattels, by Warrant under the Hands and 
 Seals of fuch Juftice; and the Overplus of the Money railed, 
 after deducting the Penalty, and the Expence of the 
 fliall be rendered to the Owner ; and for want of fufficient 
 the Offender fhall be fent by fuch Juftice to the Prifon 
 of fuch County, Shire, Divifion, Liberty, Town, or Place, for 
 fuch Time, not exceeding nor lefs than 
 
 as fuch Juftice fhall think moft proper. 
 
 Hilt) bt it further CnattCD, That if any Perfon or Perfons 
 fhall find himfelf or themfelves aggrieved by the Judgment of 
 any fuch Juftice or Juftices, then he and they fhall and may, 
 upon giving Security to the Amount of the Value of fuch Pe- 
 nalty and Forfeiture, together with fuch Cofts as fhall be 
 awarded in cafe fuch Judgment fliall be affirmed, appeal to the 
 Juftices of the Peace at the next General Quarter Seffions for the 
 County, Riding, or Place ; who are hereby impowered to fumnion ; j 
 and examine Witneffes upon Oath, and finally to hear and de- 
 termine the fame; and in cafe the Judgment of fuch Juftice or 
 Juftices fhall be affirmed, it fhall be lawful for fuch Juftices to 
 award the Perfon or Perfons appealing to pay fuch Cofts, occa-y 
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 More effectual Relief of the Poor, and afcertaining 
 the Settlement of Baftard Children. 
 
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 were inferted by the Committee ; and the Words- printed in IBlQCk 
 ILCttCt, at the Bottom of the Pages, were left out by the Com- 
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 in the written Copy. 
 
 f 4-Hr-f-| H E R E A S the Laws now in being relating to the f 
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 4-@ ®4- are found to be ineffe&ual to anfwer the good Pur- 
 
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 pofes for which they were enacted : 
 
 And whereas it might tend greatly toward the Comfort of, the 
 Poor, as well as leflen the prefent Burthen on the Rich, if One 
 General Fund were to be eftablimed, to which the Rich mould 
 be obliged to become Contributors, for the Benefit of the Poor/ 
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 be obliged by fmall Savings to contribute towards their own 
 Support, when diiabled by Sicknefs, Accident, or Age : 
 
 May it therefore pleafe Your M A J E S T Y, 
 
 Tbat it may be Enacted ; And be it Enacted by the KING'S 
 Moft Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Con- 
 fent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this 
 prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, 
 That from and after the Twenty -ninth Day of September One thou- 
 fand Seven hundred and E ; ghty-fevcn, there be eftablifhed within 
 every Parifh throughout England, Wales, and the Town of Ber- 
 wick upon Tweed, One General Club, or Society, for the Pur- 
 pofe of entitling the Members thereof, on Payment of a certain 
 Sum or Sums Weekly, to a certain Weekly Receipt, under fuch 
 Provifoes, Limitations, and Conditions as are hereinafter men- 
 tioned, fpecified, and declared, of and concerning the fame, and 
 that every Perfon within England, Wales, and the Town of 
 Berwick upon Tweed (excepting fuch as are hereinafter excepted) 
 ihall be obliged to enter himfelf or herfelf a Member of fuch 
 General Club or Society, and pay into the Hands of fuch Perfon 
 or Perfons as fliall be lawfully appointed to receive the fame, all 
 fuch Sum and Sums Weekly and every Week as lhall be herein- 
 after fpecified ; that is to fay, every Male Perfon on his attaining 
 the Age of Twenty-one Years, or who fliall receive to and for his 
 own Ufe and Benefit, the Daily Hire of or more than Ten Pence 
 bv the Day, or being a domeftic Servant, fhall receive the clear 
 Wages of One Shilling and Six Pence by the Week, or Four 
 Pounds by the Year, (hall pay, or caufe to be paid, into the 
 common Fund of the laid Club or Society the Sum of Tuo 
 Pence Weekly, and every Female Perfon on her attaining the Age 
 of Twenty-one Years, or who fliall receive to and for her own 
 Ufe and Benefit the Daily Hire of or more than ' Five Pence by 
 the Day, or being a domeftic Servant, fhall receive the clear 
 Wages of One Shilling and Three Pence by the Week, or the 
 Sum of Three Pounds by the Year, fhall pay, or caufe to be 
 paid, into the common Fund of the laid Club or Society, the 
 Sum of Three Halfpence Weekly, under ' 'fuch Penalty 3 or Penalties 
 as hereinafter n ent,oned: Provided always, That fuch Perfons, 
 whether Male or Female, as lhall through Sicknefs or Accident 
 
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 be incapable of maintaining themfelves, and fuch as fhall be 
 above the Age of 'Thirty, or being married, fhall have One or 
 more Children, fhall not be compellable to become Subfcribers 
 to the faid Fund : Provided neverthelefs, That fuch married Per- 
 fons as fhall have a Child or Children may become voluntary Sub- 
 fcribers to the faid Fund, but fhall not be entitled to any Allowance 
 in refpect of their Child or Children, in Manner as hereinafter 
 mentioned, excepting for fuch Child or Children, as (hall have been 
 born in lawful Wedlock Nine Months at leaft after the Com- 
 mencement of his or her Subfcription : Provided alfo, that every 
 Perfon, whether Male or Female, who fhall be of the Age of 
 Thirty Tears, and under Fifty Tears, and in a found and perfect 
 State of Health, may and fhall be permitted to become a volun- 
 tary Subfcriber to the faid Club or Society upon the Payment of 
 One Tears Subfcription by Way of Entrance Money, together 
 with an additional Shilling for every Year which fuch Perfon fhall 
 have attained beyond the Age of Thirty Tears at the Time of 
 fuch Entrance. 
 
 And, in order to guard as much as may be againft the Admif- 
 fion of improper Perfon s into the faid Club or Society, as fuch 
 voluntary Subfcribers as aforefaid, Be it Enacted by the Authority 
 aforefaid, That all Perfjns who mall be defirous of becoming fuch 
 voluntary Subfcribers fhall apply for fuch Admifhon to the Mi- 
 nifter, Churchwardens, and C3verfeers of their refpective Pa- 
 rifhes, who fhall and may, and are hereby impowered and au- 
 thorized to admit, or to refufe to admit, all fuch Perfons fo ap- 
 plying, as they in their Difcretion and Judgment fhall think 
 right and fit, the faid Minifters, Churchwardens, and Ovcrfeers 
 reflectively, having been firff. duly fworn (and which Oath any 
 neighbouring Juftice of the Peace is hereby impowered to admi- 
 nifter) " to act in the Difcharge of this public Trull according 
 " to the bed of their Skill and Judgment, without Favour or 
 " Affection, Prejudice or Malice :" Provided always, That no 
 Perfon fhall be admitted as fuch voluntary Subfcriber as afore- 
 faid, unlefs with the unanimous Approbation and Confent of 
 the faid Minifter and Parifh Officers. 
 
 And be it alfo Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That ail 
 Perfons whether Male, or Female, who jhall be fifed or pollened of 
 any Freehold or Leafehold Ejlate of or above the Value of Ten Pounds 
 a Tear, or who fall be pojfejj'ed oj Property of the Value of One 
 thoufand Pounds Sterling or upwards, fhall be compellable to 
 
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 contribute the Sum of Three Pence per Week, and to increafe 
 that Contribution by One Penny by the Week for every Thoufand 
 Pounds Sterling of which he or file fhall be poffeffed, provided 
 that the Whole of fuch Contribution or Subfcription do not 
 amount to more than the Sum of One Shilling by the Week ; 
 and alfo, that no Pariih Officer whofe proper Bufmefs it may be 
 to make a Valuation of fuch Perfonal Property, fhall rate any 
 Perfon or Perfons any higher, in refpect of the fame, than fuch 
 Officer fhall b? ready to declare (upon Oath, if required) he in 
 his Confcience and bona fide beheves them to be worth. 
 
 And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in 
 Coniideration of the feveral and refpective Subfcriptions hereby 
 made payable, the feveral and refpective Subfcribers fhall be en- 
 titled to receive, and fhall be paid, the feveral and refpective Al- 
 lowances hereinafter mentioned, according to the Table marked 
 (N° i.) in the Schedule hereto annexed, which Schedule is 
 hereby declared to be a Part of this Act (that is to fay) every 
 Female Subfcriber of Three : Halfpence by the Week, for and 
 during fo long a Time as fhe fhall by Sicknefs or Accident, not 
 brought on by any unlawful Action, be confined to her Room, 
 and be incapable of Labour, fhall be entitled to, and be paid the 
 Weekly Sum of Three Shillings ; and for and during any fubfe- 
 quent Time that fhe fhall, through the fame, or any other Sick- 
 nefs, Accident, or Infirmity, be rendered incapable of earning the 
 Sum of Three Pence by the Day, in the Opinion of the Minifter, 
 Churchwardens, and Overfeers, or the Majority of them (and 
 who, afiifted by the Advice and Opinion of the Pariih Apothe- 
 cary hereinafter mentioned, fhall, in thefe, and in all Cafes of the 
 like Nature, judge of and determine the fame) be entitled to the 
 Weekly Allowance of Tvo Shillings, fo long as that Incapacity 
 fhall continue ; and alfo immediately from and after fhe fhall 
 have arrived at the Age of Sixty- five Years, fhall be entitled to 
 the Weekly Sum of Ten Pence Halfpenny ; and from and after the 
 Age of Seventy (or at any Time before, when fhe fhall, in the 
 Opinion of the Perfons before mentioned, be rendered incapable, 
 through any Accident or Infirmity, of earning more than Three 
 Pence by the Day) be entitled to the Weekly Sum of One Shi/ling 
 and Four Pence Halfpenny ; and from and after the Age of Se- 
 venty-five, fhall be entitled to the Weekly Sum of Three Shillings 
 during Life, and alfo to the like Sum of Three Shillings by the 
 Week, at any Time before the Age of Seventy-five, in cafe fhe 
 fhall, through Sicknefs or Infirmity, be deemed and adjudged, by 
 
 the
 
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 the Perfons before mentioned, io be wholly incapable of Labour 7 
 and fuch Subfcriber, under the Rcftriclions before mentioned, 
 lhall alfo be entitled to receive, for every Child more than 'Two, 
 who mail be living at the fame Time, and (hall have been born 
 in lawful Wedlock, and be under Eight Years of Age, the 
 Weekly Sum of One Shilling in her own Right. 
 
 And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 every Subfcriber of Two Pence by the Week, whether Male 01 
 Female, (hall be entitled to receive in the Firft Inftance, as 
 above mentioned, the Weekly Sum of Six Shillings, and in the 
 Second Inftance, during fuch Male Subfcriber's Incapacity of 
 earning by his Labour the Daily Sum of Six Pence, or during 
 fuch Female Subfcriber's Incapacity of earning by her Labour 
 the Daily Sum of Three Pence, fuch Male and Female Subfcriber^ 
 ihall be refpectively entitled to receive the Weekly Sum of Three 10 
 Shillings, and for every Child more than Two, who fhall be living 
 at the fame Time, fuch refpective Subfcriber fhall be entitled, 
 under the Reftrictions before mentioned, to One S/jilling and Four 
 Pence Halfpenny by the Week, in his or her own Right ; and from 
 and after the Age of Sixty-five, fuch Subfcriber, whether Male 
 or Female, fhall be entitled to receive One Shilling a Week j and 
 from and after the Age of Seventy, One Shilling and Seven Pence 
 Halfpenny by the Week, or at any earlier Period of Life during 
 fuch Male Subfcriber's Inability to earn the Weekly Sum of Six 
 Pence, and during fuch Female Subfcriber's Incapacity to earn 
 the Weekly Sum of Three Pence ; and from and after the Age of 
 Seventy-five, or at any earlier Period, upon fuch Male or Fe- 
 male Subfcriber's becoming, in the Judgment of the Perfons be- 
 fore mentioned, incapable of any Labour, fuch Male or Female 
 Subfcriber fhall be entitled to Three Shillings and Six Pence by the 
 Week during Life. 
 
 o 
 
 And be it Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe of 11 
 the Death of either of the Parents of fuch Children as aforefaid, 
 the Survivor, whether Father or Mother, fhall be entitled to re- 
 ceive the Allowance allotted for and in refpect of Children, in 
 like Manner as if both the Parents were ftill living -, and in cafe 
 of the Death of both Parents, all Orphan Children of fuch fub- 
 fcribing Parents, as fhall be left unprovided for, mail be enti- 
 tled to the Pay allotted to their Parents Subfcription, until they 
 fhall have attained the Age of Eight Years refpectively, deducting, 
 in each of the Two next before-mentioned Cafes, fuch Sum or 
 Sums as the Parent or Parents muft have continued to fubferibe 
 
 B Weeklv,
 
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 Weekly, had fuch Parent or Parents been frill living; and if it 
 fhall fo happen that the faid Allowances fhall be more than fuf- 
 ficient for the Purpofes of Nurture of the faid Orphan Chil- 
 dren, the fame fhall be applied for the Benefit of fuch Orphan 
 
 12 Children, in fuch Manner as the Minifter, Churchwardens, and 
 Overfeers for the Time being of each Parifh reflectively, with the 
 Confent and Allowance of One or more neighbouring Juftice or 
 Juftices of the Peace mail think fit, to order and di reel: : Pro- 
 vided always, That no Perfon or Perfons fhall be entitled to any 
 Allowance in any of the above-mentioned Inftances, excepting in 
 the Third relating to Children, unlefs fuch Perfon or Perfons 
 fhall make it appear, to the Satisfaction of the Minifter, Church- 
 wardens, and Overfeers of the Parifh where he or fhe may re- 
 fide, that he or fhe is not worth the S-um of One thoufand Pouno 's t 
 nor has an Income, arifing from any other Source whatever, 
 amounting in the Whole to the Sum of Fifty Pounds a Year ; nor 
 fhall any Perfon or Perfons in the Fourth and Fifth Inftances 
 be entitled to any Allowance on Account of Age, who fhall not 
 
 13 in like Manner make it appear, to the Satisfaction of the Per- 
 fons above-mentioned, that he or fhe is not pofTeffed of the Sum 
 of Five hundred Pounds, nor has an Income, arifing from any 
 Source whatever, of Twenty-five Pounds a Year : Provided ne- 
 verthelefs, That it fhall and may be lawful for the Juftices of 
 the Peace aifembled at any Quarter Seffions, on the unanimous 
 Application of the Minifter, Churchwardens, and Overfeers 
 of the Parifh where any Perfon or Perfons of either of the De- 
 fcriptions above mentioned may refide, to order fuch Payment 
 or Payments to be made out of the Funds as fuch Perfon or 
 Perfons Weekly Subfcriptions would otherwife have entitled 
 him, her, or them to receive : Provided alfo, That no Man, ex- 
 cept he fhall have Two Children to maintain, and that no Wo- 
 man, except fhe fhall have One Child to maintain, fhall, in the 
 Firft Inftance above mentioned, receive full Pay for any longer 
 Time than Four Months on Account of any One Fit of Sick- 
 
 14 nefs, but from and after the Expiration of the faid Four Months 
 fhall receive fuch Pay only as is provided in the Second Inftance, 
 and denominated Walking Pay. 
 
 And he it further Enacted, That in cafe any Man, having 
 Two Children to maintain, or any Woman, having One Child to 
 maintain, fhall become or be made an In Patient of any Hofpital 
 or Infirmary, he or fhe fhall be ftill entitled to receive his or her 
 full Pay during fuch Confinement; but in cafe any Man hav- 
 ing
 
 I 7 1 
 
 ing One Child only to maintain, or any Woman having no 
 Child to maintain, fhould become or be made fuch In Patient 
 of any Hofpital or Infirmary as aforefaid, then he or {lie {hall 
 be entitled to receive, during his or her Confinement, fuch Pay 
 only as is denominated Walking Pay. 
 
 And be it Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe 
 the Widow of any Subfcriber, being herfelf a Subfcriber, fhould 
 be left with any Number of Children lefs than Three, fuch Wi- 
 dow mall be entitled to receive One Shilling by the Week for One i ^ 
 Child, and Two Shillings by the Week for Two Children, and if 
 fuch Widow fhall be left with the Number of Three or more 
 Children, me fhall be entitled to Six Pence by the Week for each 
 of Two Children out of that Number, and tor each Child above 
 Two fhe fhall be entitled to the Allowance appropriated to the 
 Parents Subfcription, that is to fay, where both Parents (hall 
 have been Subfcribers of Two Pence by the Week each, the Widow 
 fhall be entitled to receive Three Shillings and Nine Pence by the 
 Week for Three Children, Six Shillings and Six Pence by the Week 
 for Four Children, and a proportionate Increafe of Two Shillings 
 and Nine Pence by the Week for every Child ; but in cafe One 
 of the Parents fhould have been a Subfcriber of Two Pence, and 
 the other only Three Halfpence by the Week, then fuch Widow 
 fhall be entitled to receive only Three Shillings and Four Pence 16 
 Halfpenny by the Week for Three Children, Five Shillings and 
 Nine Pence for Four Children, and a proportionate Increafe of 
 Two Shillings and Four Pence Half-penny for every Child, as long 
 as fuch Child or Children fhall refpedtively be under Eight Years 
 of Age. 
 
 And be it alfo Enacted, That it fhall and may be lawful for the 
 feveral Parifh Officers, in their refpeclive Parifhes, to lay out and 
 expend, from the Stock of the faid Club or Society, the Sum of 
 Twenty Shillings, for and towards the Expence of the Funeral of 
 every Subfcriber, whether Male or Female, who fhall be entitled 
 to receive any Allowance by virtue of his or her Subfcription. 
 
 And whereas it may tend greatly to the public Advantage to 
 have able and proper Perfons appointed to take Care of the Sick 
 Poor, and fupply them with fuch Medicines as may be necellary ; 
 Be it alfo Ena&ed by the Authority aforefaid, That from and 
 after the Twenty-ninth Day of September One thoufand Seven hun- 
 dred and Eighty -feven it fhall and may be lawful for the Minifter, 
 Churchwardens, and Overfeers of each refpeclive Parifh, to a°ree 1 7 
 
 with
 
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 with fome Apothecary, upon fuch Terms as may be thought fit 
 and realbnable, who fhall, in purfuance of fuch Agreement be 
 always obliged, upon proper Notice, to attend, take Care of, and 
 fupply with neceffary Medicines and Drefiings, all fuch Poor of 
 his refpective Parifh as fhall require his Aiiifbance, and alio all 
 fuch Subfcribers to the faid Club or Society, who, in the Opinion 
 of the Minifter, Churchwardens, and Overfeers, or a Majority of 
 them, fliall be deemed to be not well able to pay for fuch Affiit- 
 ance ■, and that One Moiety of the Annual Salary of the faid Apo- 
 thecary fliall be difcharged out of the Poor Rate of the Paridi 
 where fuch Agreement fhall be made, and the other Moiety out of 
 the Fund ariiing from the Weekly Subfcriptions of the Members 
 of the faid Club or Society. 
 
 And be it Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That upon any 
 Subfcriber's being taken ill, or meeting with any Accident whatfo- 
 
 18 ever, and notifying the fame to the Minifter, or, in his Abfencc, 
 to one of the Parifh Officers of the Parifh to which fuch Sub- 
 fcriber fliall belong, One of fuch Parifh Officers, on fuch Notice 
 being given, fliall, as loon as conveniently may be 4 after re- 
 ceiving fuch Notice (under the Penalty of any Sum not exceeding 
 Ten Shillings, to be forfeited to the Ufe of the Poor of the faid 
 Parifh) be obliged to attend, or to find fome proper Perfon to 
 attend for him, and examine the Situation and Condition of fuch 
 Subfcriber, and give fuch Directions for his or her Relief as the 
 Cafe may require ; and, if Need be, the faid Minifter or Parifh 
 Officer, or fuch proper Perfon appointed by the Minifter and 
 Parifh Officer as above-mentioned, fhall and may, and is hereby 
 authorized to fend for and require the Attendance and Affiltance 
 of the Parifh Apothecary, in taking Care of and providing proper 
 
 19 Medicines and Drefiings for fuch Subfcriber, the Expence of 
 fending for which Parifh Apothecary fliall be defrayed out of the 
 Fund belonging to the faid Club or Society. 
 
 And, for the Purpofe of making effectual Provifion for the re- 
 gular and fucceffive Receipts and Payments of all fuch Subfcrip- 
 tions and Allowances as are by this Act appointed to be received 
 and paid, Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 on every Sunday immediately after Evening Service, the feveral 
 Parifh Officers who by virtue of their faid Office fhall be con- 
 fidered as, and are hereby appointed to be, Treafurers of the faid 
 
 but toitftin the %pace of , 
 
 Club
 
 [ 9 ] 
 
 Club or Society, fhall attend at their refpeclive Parifh. Churches 
 for the Purpofe of receiving all fuch Subfcriptions and Contribu- 
 tions as aforefaid (which the Subfcribers and Contributors above 
 mentioned (hall be and are hereby accordingly obliged to pay to 
 the faid Treafurers) which (hall be due, and of paying all Al- 
 lowances, and difcharging all Claims that fhall be due from the 
 faid Club or Society, and fhall then and there enter into a Folio 20 
 Parchment Book or Books, to be purehafed at the Expence of 
 each Pari ill refpectively, and marked and ruled in fuch Manner 
 as is defcribed in the Table marked (N° 2) in the Schedule here- 
 unto annexed, which Schedule is hereby declared to be a Part of 
 this Act, all fuch Sums as ihall have been received or paid, with 
 the Names of the feveral Subfcribers fo paying or receiving the 
 fame. 
 
 And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 in cafe any or either of the faid Parifh Officers fhall be called 
 out of his or their refpedtive Parifh or Parifhes upon any ne- 
 ceflary Bufmefs to be done for or on Account of the faid Club 
 or Society, he or they fhall receive fuch reafonable Compenfation 
 for the Trouble and Expence attending the fame, as One or 
 more neighbouring Juflice or Juftices ihall order and direct, the 
 laid Compenfation to be made out of the Money collected for the 
 Poor Rate of fuch Parifh or Parifhes refpectively, at fuch Times 21 
 and by fuch Perfons as are hereinafter mentioned. 
 
 And forafmuch as it may happen that the Perfon or Per- 
 fons appointed to be Parifh Officers may be unfit and not qua- 
 lified to difcharge the Duties of the Truft hereby intended to be 
 repofed in them ; Be it Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 the Parishioners of every Parifh refpectively, in Veflry duly ailem- 
 bled, may and are hereby required to judge and determine of 
 the proper Capacity or Incapacity of any Churchwarden or Over- 
 leer of the faid Parifh to difcharge the Duties of the Office 
 hereby created ; and in cafe of fuch Veflry having determined 
 that any or all of fuch Parifh Officers is or are incapable, it 
 fhall and may be lawful for the faid Veifry to nominate and 
 appoint fome other fit and proper Perfon or Perfons to execute 
 the faid Office, and to make him or them fuch Compenfation 
 for the fame, out of the Poor Rates of the faid Parifh, as any One 22 
 or more Jultice or juftices fhall order and direct: Provided al- 
 ways, That fubfequent to the Nomination of fuch Veflry, and 
 previous to the Appointment of fuch Officers, the Minifler 
 
 C fhall
 
 [ "> ] 
 
 {hall declare his Approbation or Difapprobation of fuch Ap- 
 pointment, in Writing under his Hand, in the Words following, 
 or to the like Effedt : 
 
 " I Minifter of the Parifh of 
 
 " do declare, That I fincerely believe that A. B. is 
 
 " [or is not, as the Cafe may be] a fit Perfon to difcharge 
 
 " the Office of Treafurer of the Fund for the Ufe of the 
 
 " Poor." 
 
 And in cafe of his Difapprobation, the Matter fhall be enquired 
 into, and the Propriety of his Conduct determined, by any Two 
 or more neighbouring Juftices of the Peace. 
 
 And whereas it is juft and reafonable that fome Compenfation 
 fhould be made for the Execution of a new and troublefome 
 
 23 Office ; Be it Enacted, That every Perfon who fhall be duly ap- 
 pointed to, and faithfully difcharge, the Office of Treafurer as 
 aforefaid (excepting fuch Perfon or Perfons as fhall execute the 
 fame for Hire, and in that Cafe then the Perfon hiring) fhall be 
 entitled to an Exemption from a certain Portion of Statute La- 
 bour for the Repair of the Highways in the Parifh where fuch 
 Officer fhall refide, according to the Number of Subfcribers within 
 fuch Parifh; that is to fay, where the Number of Subfcribers 
 fhall not amount to Two hundred, the Parifh Officer or Officers at- 
 tending and executing the Duty of the faid Office fhall not 
 be entitled to any Exemption, but where the Subfcribers fhall 
 amount to the Number of Two hundred or more, and be lcfs than 
 Four hundred, the faid Attendance and Performance fhall exempt 
 the faid Officer or Officers from One Year's Statute Labour on 
 the Highways of the faid Parifh for One Plough Land, and where 
 the faid Subfcribers fhall amount to or exceed Four hundred, and 
 
 2.4 be fewer than Six Hundred, fuch Officer or Officers fhall be ex- 
 empt from One Year's Statute Labour on the Highways for Two 
 Plough Lands for fuch Attendance and Performance, and where 
 the faid Subfcribers fhall amount to or exceed Six hundred, and 
 be fewer than Eight hundred, fuch Officer or Officers fhall be ex- 
 empt from One Year's Statute Labour on the Highways of the 
 faid Parifh for Three Plough Lands, and fhall be entitled to a 
 proportionate Exemption of One Year's Statute Labour on the 
 Highways of the faid Parifh, for every additional Number of 
 Two hundred Subfcribers therein ; and in cafe One Parifh Officer 
 fhall perform the Whole of the Duty, fuch Parifh Officer fhall 
 he entitled to the Whole of the faid Exemption, and where Two 
 
 Officers
 
 [ « ] 
 
 Officers or more (hall perform the Duty, the Benefit of the Ex- 
 emption fhall be equally divided between them. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That any Perfon not above the 
 Condition of a Day Labourer, who, under the Provifions of this 
 Act, lhall become a Subfcriber to the faid Club or Society of a 
 Weekly Sum not exceeding Two Pence, lhall be wholly exempt 
 from the Performance of Statute Labour on the Highways in 
 any Parifh whatfoever, and from any Compofition in lieu 
 thereof, (o long as fuch Perfon lhall continue to be fuch Sub- 
 fcriber of a Weekly Sum not exceeding Two Pence. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That Yearly and every Year, at 
 the Petty Seffions of the Juftices of the Peace, which fhall be 
 held in Eafter Week for the Purpofe of granting Nomination 
 Warrants to the feveral Parifh Officers then newly appointed and 2 $ 
 chofen, the feveral Parifh Officers who fhall have difcharged the 
 Office of Treafurer or Treafurers of the Fund of the faid So- 
 ciety (hall exhibit their refpective Accounts, and fhall then and 
 there, before the faid Juftices, be feverally fworn to their re- 
 fpective Receipts, Allowances, and Payments, and the faid Ac- 
 counts, being duly examined, and found by the faid Juftices to 
 be true and juff, lhall be figned and allowed by them accord- 
 ingly. 
 
 And whereas it is probable that, for fome confiderable Time 
 from and after the pafling of this A6t, the Weekly Receipts of 
 the feveral Sums fubfcribed will greatly exceed the feveral Al- 
 lowances to be made in Confideration of fuch Subfcriptions ; Be 
 it further Enacted, That the feveral Pariih Officers, whofe Bufi- 
 nefs it may be as Treafurers to receive the Weekly Contribu- 
 tions of the feveral Subfcribers, lhall pay into the Hands of the 
 Parochial Collectors of the Land Tax, at leaft Four Times in the 
 Year, or as often as the faid Collectors (hall be called upon to 
 pay in their refpective Collections, all fuch Sums as fhall be in 
 their Hands refpectively, over and above the Subfcriptions and 
 Contributions for and in refpect of One Month, which Sum fhall 
 always be and remain in the Hands of the faid Treafurers, as 
 and for a Proviuon for accidental and contingent Expences. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That the faid Collectors of the 
 Land Tax, or any One or more of them, whom the faid Parifh, 
 Officers may think fit to intruft with the fame, fhall pay over 
 thg faid Surplus, without Fee or Reward, into^the Hands of the 
 
 Treafurer 
 
 26
 
 t 12 ] 
 
 Treafurer of each refpective County, and take his Receipt for the 
 fame, which Receipt (hall be put into and kept in the Cheft be 
 longing to each refpective Parifh. 
 
 And be it further Ena&ed by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 the laid County Treafurer ihall, within Twenty Days after the 
 Receipt of the faid Surplus Money as aforefaid, caufe the fame 
 to be inverted in and paid into the Hands of the Governor and 
 27 Company of the Bank of Engla«d, in the Name or Names of the 
 Reprefentative or Reprefentatives in Parliament of each refpec- 
 tive County for the Time being, and the laid County Treafurer 
 fhall, and he is hereby likewife required forthwith to publilh in 
 fome One or more of the public News-papers within the faid 
 County, a true and juft Account of all fuch Surplus Monies fo 
 by him received and paid as aforefaid, and as foon as it may be 
 conveniently done, after each Quarter Day, the feveral aggre- 
 gate Sums of the refpective Counties throughout England lhall 
 be publifhed, by the Treafurers of each refpective County, in the 
 London Gazette. 
 
 And, forafmuch as it is probable, that for a confiderable 
 Time from and after the palling of this Act there will be a con- 
 tinual Accumulation of fuch Surplus Monies as are above men- 
 tioned ; for the better Security and improving the faid Surplus- 
 Monies, Be it Enacted, That the feveral Perfons who fhall be 
 Reprefentatives in Parliament for the feveral Counties in England 
 
 2$ and Wales, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed, fhall be, and 
 they are hereby appointed to be Commiifionei s for the Purpofe 
 of receiving the faid Surplus Monies, and the Intercft which lhall 
 from Time to Time accrue from the fame and of laying out and 
 inverting the fame, or fo much of the fame as fhall not be re- 
 quired by their refpective Counties for the Support of the Sub- 
 fcribers thereunto belonging, in fuch one or more of the public 
 Funds as may appear no them to be moft proper and advan- 
 tageous, and the faid Commiffioners are hereby required to lay 
 out and invert in fuch one or more of the public Funds as afore r 
 faid the Produce of fuch Accumulation as aforefaid, Once at 
 leaft in every Quarter of the Year ; and the faid Commiffioners 
 are hereby further impewered and required, as often as Need lhall 
 be, to draw out from the faid Bank or public Funds fuch Sums 
 of Money as fhall from Time to Time be neceffary for the Pur- 
 pofes of fuuplying the Exigencies of the faid Clubs within their 
 refpecdive Counties ; and in cafe it fnall at any Time happen, 
 
 29 that the Dilburfements of the Parifh Officers fliall exceed their 
 
 Receipts,
 
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 Receipts, it fiiall and may be lawful to and for any Two or more 
 juftices of tlie Peace of the Divifion, at any Petty Seffions to be 
 held within any County, upon a Reprefentation made by any 
 Parochial Treafurer or Treafurers of each reipective Pariih 
 within the faid Divifion, to order the Treafurer of the County 
 wherein fuch Divifion fhall lie to advance and pay unto the faid 
 Parochial Treafurer or Treafurers fuch Sum or Sums of Money 
 as fhall be wanting to fupply the Deficiency of the laid Subfcrip- 
 tion Fund within the faid Pariih, and the faid County Treafurer 
 is hereby impowered and required to apply to the relpeclive Re- 
 prefentative or Reprefentatives of the faid County for Monies 
 fuitable to fuch Exigencies, which Reprefentative and Reprefen- 
 tatives is and are hereby impowered and required to iflue the 
 fame accordingly. ' 
 
 And 
 
 5 ana tohereas, in ftc QLitizti of lonoon ann (EOcfimmflcr, 
 ano alfo in fcneral orf)cc Cities ana great Craning Coton0, 30 
 namely 
 
 lt)0Ufe IRent, ann aimoft all the jSeeeflrarics of life, are at a 
 mueh higher IRate than in ofhet Parts of the Sfongnom > for 
 the better ant) more efie&uai Eclicf of ti;e Poor belonging 
 to fuch Cities anD Coftms, IBz it ^naften by the authority 
 aforcfain, Chat etiery jTcmalc ^ubferiber belongina to the 
 City of iLonuon or O&cflminfier, or to any Pariilj \nfthin the 
 SDiflance of smiles from the fame, Ojall, 
 
 in iRight of h:r (Hackly %nbfcviption of 
 
 be cntitlcn to^reeciue, ooer ann abofec the allots 
 antes hereinbefore mentioned, the fcttzckty anMtion in the 
 iftrfl 3in3ance of in the Second 
 
 linfiance of in the Chita of 
 
 in the JFourth of 
 
 in the jTifth of in the 
 
 %ixtb of anD alfo coery ©tt&fcribcr 
 
 of by the ffllzck {hall bz entitled to 
 
 receive the fame annitional ®ums '.icicchlp, in each of tfce tm-~ 
 
 O ral 
 
 3 1
 
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 And be it Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe 
 any Subfcriber fhall refufe, or wilfully neglect to pay his or her 
 Subfcription, for any longer Time than Two Months after the 
 fame fhall become due, fiich Subfcriber fhall not, under any 
 Sicknefs or Accident, be entitled to any Allowance or Benefit out 
 of the faid Fund for that Time, nor at any Time after, until he 
 or fhe fhall have firft paid up and difcharged all the Arrears of 
 his or her Subfcription ; and in cafe any Subfcriber fhall wil- 
 fully neglect or refufe to pay his or her Subfcription or Arrears 
 as aforefaid, for more than 'Twelve Months, fuch Subfcriber fhall 
 be forthwith confidered and put on a Footing with a Non Sub- 
 fcriber. 6 
 
 And 
 
 ral jnflanccs ; anD eucry other CMS of Subfcribcrs (tinner, 
 fuch as fyali fubfciibc tftc Sum of Seucn Ipcnce bg tbe Ulcck) 
 ftjall be cntitlcD to reccirjc tbe fame aODitional Sums (Kleltlg in 
 each of tbe federal jnflances as abouc mentioned ; anD encry 
 Subfcriber belonging to anp or either of tbe otber Cities or 
 {Treat CraDing Cotons aboue fpecifico limit, in IRigbt of her 
 cuEieckly Subfcription of be cntitlcD to 
 
 receme, ooer anD abooc tbcSUotoanccs hereinbefore mentioneD, 
 tbe CClccfcly SDDition, in tU Jfirfl JnOance, of 
 in the ScconD Jnaancc of 
 in tbe C&itti of in the 
 
 jrourtf) anD Jriftb of each, ano in 
 
 the Sirtb of anD fo alfo e&erj? 
 
 other Clafs of Subfcribers (bcloto fucb as fljal! fubfecibe tij; 
 ©urn of Sroen pence bp the faUccfe) ujall be cntitlcD to xc- 
 ceioe the fame aoaitianal Sums Ultzkly in each of tbe federal 
 3inftances a? abcuc mcntiencD. 
 
 '" ano moreover it fhall ann map be latoful for the Jparift 
 £Dffi.:er, or fucb IPerfon as may be property ano Duty appointen 
 co rcceirje tJ;e iHSeefcty Subfcriptions, anD he is jjeteby auioa? 
 53 ri^co anD requires to call upon tbe c-mploper of any fucb Sub* 
 fcribcr for any Sum ffjat be or fijc map be in arreat as 
 .afcrcfaiD, anD from anD immeoiatety after tr: miking, of fucb 
 sDemanD the f a D Cmpl?ger foall be anftueraole for tjje fame, 
 prcoScn |e or fbc fluil be inocbrcD fo much to fucb Subfcriber; 
 anD upon Complaint to £Dne or more 31ufiic2 or 3[ unices of 
 the Ipcacc, of tbe toilful JBegleft or Ecfufal of any jpcrfon 
 hereby maDe compellable to fuburibe to the faio j?uno, to pay 
 Jbis faio Subfcription tyoncp, or of hid or Ijcr Cmplorer to 

 
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 Ami be it further Enabled, That no Perfon, whether Male or 
 Female, who fhall refufe or neglect to fubfcribe as foon as he or 
 fhe fhall become competent thereto, fhall be admitted afterwards 
 into the faid Club or Society, until he or (lie fliall firft have paid, by- 
 way of Entrance Money, 7 One Half of his or her Annual Sub- 
 fcription for every Year that he or fhe fhall have refilled or neg- 
 lected to fubfcribe, from the Time of his or her Competency to 35 
 become a Subfcriber; but as it may often happen that idle and 
 improvident Perfons may not have Money fufficient to difcharge 
 at once the Whole of the Sum required for their Entrance Mo- 
 ney as above mentioned, though willing to become Subicribers, 
 it fhall and may be lawful for the Minifter, Churchwardens, and 
 Overfeers of the faid Pariib, to admit any fuch Perfon to become 
 a Subfcriber, on his or her advancing the Sum of One Penny by 
 the Week over and above their Weekly Subfcriptions, until fuch 
 Entrance Money fhall be paid up. 
 
 And forafmuch as nothing but s: an improper Reliance on 
 Parifh Pay can render any Perfons (not exempted as before 
 mentioned)* obftinate in refuting or neglecting to fubfcribe ; 
 Be it Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all fuch Per- 
 fons as fliall obftinately refufe or neglect to fubfcribe, being com- 
 petent thereto, fhall be excluded from all Parochial Relief, and 
 
 pay tfjc fame, on the TEc&alf of fiuh ipetfon, the %um fo 
 negleftco or refufco to be paio as afortfato ftaii be rccote:aLl2 
 of "the party fo neglecting or refufing, by Warrant of sDifitefe-, 
 miner the l^ano ano %eal, or ipanos ano %eals, of tl;e faio 
 ^ufiice or 5iufiicc0, to be itmcD for that purpofe, ano iihzlm e 
 for the ipurpcfe of rccoucr.ng the amount of trje 
 
 %um fo ncglcrteo or rcfufeo to be pain, a 3 a Penalty for fuel; 
 jBegtea or Eefufal, together With tee Cofls procures, by ^eans 34 
 of preferring, bearing, av.o uctirmimng the faio Complaint, 
 ano of creating the faio Warrant of iPiftrcfs ; a:iO the faio 
 3iiiflice or 3iuft cc0 10 ano are hereby at:tbou?eo ano reguireD to 
 atiminificr the £>atb0 tfjat map be requiute fcr the attainment 
 of 3iuface between the j£artie0 to the proree. inc, ttJithcut 
 fee or Revoaro : IptorUD.n aliuays, that it tfmU ano may be 
 iatoful to ano for fact) (Smploter aj aforcfaiD to Oetm& out of 
 the triages Due to the perfon employee the ®oncy rahiib 
 fliall fjatsc been paio on &i* or per loefjalf, by fuch (Employer, 
 on iDcmano a$ afotefaio. 
 
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 either
 
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 either be left to the caiiial Support of voluntary Beneficence, or 
 >° {ball, on the iirll Application for Relief, be fent to the Work- 
 houl'e of the Parifh or Diftricl (if there be any) and if not, then 
 to the Workhoufe of fome neighbouring Pariih or Diftricl where 
 he or file can be received, the Matter or Miftrefs of which is 
 hereby required to admit him or her on fuch Terms as any 
 neighbouring Juftice of the Peace, on Application made to him 
 lor alcertaining the fame, may think reafonable, and the Perfon 
 fo to be placed in fuch Workhoufe fhall not be permitted -to de- 
 part thence until, by the Profits of his or her Labour, he or fhe 
 lhall have reimburfed his or her refpeclive Pariih for the Expence 
 and Charges that may have been incurred by placing and keep- 
 ing him or her in fuch Workhoufe as aforefaid. 
 
 And whereas it may tend to promote the general Good of the 
 Community, and to encourage Perfons to become Subfcribers to 
 the Fund of the laid Club or Society, to permit all fuch Perfons as 
 ihall be Subfcribers to the faid Fund to refide in fuch Parilhes as 
 
 37 they may think proper, under certain Reftric'lions -, Be it Enacted, 
 That from and after the Twenty- ninth Day of September One thou- 
 /'and Seven hundred and Eigbty-J'cven, it fhall and may be lawful 
 for every fuch Subfcriber to go to and refide in any Pariih where 
 it may be moft convenient to fuch Subfcriber fo to -do, and fuch 
 Subfcriber fhall be irremoveable therefrom by any Order of 
 juftices, fo long as he or fhe lhall continue to pay his or her 
 laid Subfcription Money in fuch Parifli or Place, according to the 
 Regulations herein contained : Provided always, that fuch Sub- 
 fcriber, on changing his or her Refidence, fhall take with him or 
 her a Certificate, fignifying that he or fhe is a Subfcriber to the 
 laid Fund, in the faid Pariih from whence he or (he fhall fo 
 remove, and fpecifying the Amount of his or her Subfcription, 
 and the lateft Period at which it fliall have been paid, to the 
 Intent that from the Date thereof fuch Subfcriber may continue 
 his or her Subfcription in the Pariih to which he or (lie may go 
 
 38 to refide, and may there have the fame Benefit, in Confequence 
 thereof, as Occafion may require, that he or fhe would have de- 
 rived from a Continuance of Subfcription in the Pariih from 
 whence he or the came. 
 
 And, in order to prevent all Fraud and Imposition in the 
 
 granting fuch Certificates as aforefaid, Be it further Enacted., 
 
 That all fuch Certificates fhall be iigned by the Mjnifter and 
 
 Two of the Pariih Officers of each Pariih rfpedively, with all 
 
 ■.convenient .Difpatch, after Requclt made by fuch Subfcriber as 
 
 aforefaid,
 
 I *7 ] 
 
 aforefaid, for the Purpofe of enabling him or her to change his 
 or her Refidence as aforefaid, and that all and every Pcrfon who 
 ihall wilfully and fraudulently grant fuch Certificate, or who 
 -(hall wilfully forge the Signature or Signatures of the Minifter 
 or Parifli Officer or Officers to any fuch Certificate, (hall be 
 'deemed and adjudged to be an incorrigible Rogue, and fhall be 
 •puni (liable as fuch by virtue of any Law now in being, or which 
 •ihall hereafter be in Force for the Reftraint of Vagrancy, and 
 that any Perfon who is hereby required to obtain fuch Certificate 39 
 as aforefaid fhall be compellable to produce the fame to the Con- 
 ; ftable of any Place where fuch Perfon (hall happen to be, on 
 •reafonable Demand made thereof by fuch Conft able ; and in cafe 
 fuch Perfon as aforefaid fhall refufe to produce to the faid Con- 
 ftable fuch Certificate as aforefaid, on reafonable Demand by him 
 made for that Purpofe, the Party fo refufing fhall be deemed, 
 and is hereby declared to be, in the firft Inftance, an idle and 
 diforderly Perfon, and fhall for every fuccefilve Refufal be deemed 
 to be guilty of a repeated A6t of Vagrancy, and fhall be pu- 
 nifhable accordingly by virtue of any Law now in being, or fhall 
 hereafter be in Force for the Reftraint of Vagrancy. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That in cafe fuch Certificate as 
 aforefaid ihall not be granted with all convenient Difpatch, after 
 Requeft made as aforefaid, it fhall and may be lawful for fuch 
 Subfcriber, whofe faid Requeft fhall not have been complied with, 
 to apply to One or more neighbouring Juftice or Juftices, who is 40 
 and are hereby impowered and required to order the Perfon with- 
 holding fuch Certificate forthwith to grant the fame. 
 
 And, to guard as much as poflible againft Impofitions on the 
 Fund belonging to the faid Club or Society, from fuch Subfcribers 
 as might claim fuch Allowance, as is termed Walking Pay, with- 
 out any Neceflity for their fo doing, Be it Enacted by the Authority 
 aforefaid, That all fuch Subfcribers as fhall refufe to work at any 
 fuch Employments as they fhall be deemed capable of without 
 Injury to their Health, in the Judgment of the Parifii Officers of 
 the Parifhes where they may reflectively refide, or to which they 
 Ihall refpec~tively belong, fhall be liable to have 9 One Half of 
 what they may be offered by the Day for their Labour in fuch 
 Employments as they fhall, without fufficient Reafon, refufe to 
 
 the ©tun of 
 
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 be employed in, deducted from their Weekly Allowance of 
 Walking Pay : Provided always, That it fhall and may be 
 
 4 1 lawful for every Subfcriber who fhall think himfelf or her- 
 felf aggrieved by the Offer of '° any or of any improper Employ- 
 ment, to apply to any One or more neighbouring Juftice or 
 Juftices of the Peace, who is and are hereby authorized and 
 impowered to hear and determine all fuch Differences and Dis- 
 putes as may arife between the feveral and refpeclive Parifli Offi- 
 cers, and the Subfcribers to the laid Club or Society. 
 
 Clause (A) Provided always, and be it Enabled, 'That no Relief to be given to 
 any fuch Subfcriber as aforefaid fiall be deemed or taken to be Alms, 
 for the Purpofe of difqualifymg Juch P erf on from voting at any Elec- 
 tion of Members toferve in Parliament. 
 
 And, forafmuch as it may tend to prevent much Fraud and 
 Injuftice, if Ballard Children were to follow the Settlement of 
 their refpective Mothers, and not be fettled in the Parifh where 
 they may happen to be born j Be it further Enacted by the Au- 
 thority aforefaid, That every Baftard Child which fhall be born 
 from and after the Twenty -ninth Day of September One thoufand 
 Seven hundred and Eighty-feven fhall be deemed and adjudged to 
 be fettled in that Pariih where the Mother of fuch Baftard Child 
 fhall have gained her laft legal Settlement. 
 
 And, for making a more effectual Provifion for the proper 
 Employment of the Poor, Be it Enacted, That from and after 
 the Twenty -ninth Day of September 0?te thoufand Seven hundred and 
 
 42 Eighty-feven, when and as often as any Poor Perfon, whether 
 Male or Female, fhall apply to the faid Churchwardens, Over- 
 feers, or any of them, for Employment, they fhall be, and are 
 hereby required to provide fuch Employment as may be fitting 
 and proper for fuch Poor Perfon, upon the Terms and in the 
 Manner hereinafter mentioned ; that is to fay, That in cafe any 
 Poor Man or Woman, who is accuftomed to earn the Sum of 
 One Shilling or more by the Day (over and above the ufual Al- 
 lowance for Liquor) fhall apply to a Churchwarden or Over- 
 feer at a feafonable Hour on the Evening, and declare that he 
 or Jhe is in Want of Employment for the fucceeding Day, and 
 that he or floe is willing and ready to work at any Employment, 
 
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 according to the Direction of the faid Parilli Officer, for the 
 Confideration of fuch Daily or Weekly Pay as his or her ordinary 
 Labour and Indujlry were wont to earn, and as he orjhe is able at 
 the -Time of fucb Application to earn by the Day, then and in fuch 
 Cafe the faid Parifh Officer is hereby authorized and required 
 to procure him or her fuch Employment, or for Want thereof 
 to pay him or her a certain Daily or Weekly Subf fence, ei- 
 ther in Provifons or in Money, not to exceed Six Pence per 
 Diem, until fuch Employment can be procured " ; and al- 
 fo, in cafe any Poor Man ufually earning lefs than One 
 Shilling by the Day, or any poor Woman ufually earning lefs 
 than Six Pence by the Day, fhall apply in Manner as above 
 mentioned, and mail declare his or her Readinefs to work for 
 the Confideration of Two Thirds of the Sum which they ufually 
 earn, in fuch Cafe the faid Parifh Officer fhall be, and hereby 
 is required to provide proper Employment for him or her, or 
 pay him or her a Sum daily, which fhall be equal to One Half 
 of their ufual Earnings, the feveral Sums fo to be paid on the 44 
 Occafions aforefaid to be taken out of the Monies which fhall be 
 raifed in each Parifh refpectively for the Ufe of the Poor : Pro- 
 vided always, That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall find himfelf, 
 herfelf, or themfelves aggrieved, by any Matter or Thing done or 
 omitted to be done in the Execution of this Acf, it fhall and 
 may be lawful for the Party fo aggrieved to appeal to the next 
 General Quarter Seffions of the Peace to be held for the County, 
 City, or Place where fuch Grievance fhall have arifen, giving 
 reasonable Notice to the Party or Parties to be appealed againft 
 of his, her, or their Intention to appeal, fpecifying in the faid 
 Notice the Caufe of fuch Appeal ; and the Juftices at the faid 
 General Quarter Sefiions fhali have full Power to hear and de- 
 termine the fame, and to award fuch Cofts to the Party or Par- 
 ties appealing, or appealed againft, as the faid Juftices fhall think 
 
 ' in like fanner alfo, in cafe anp l£>oor C&oman toho is 43 
 accuSomcu to cam the %um of or more 
 
 op the Dap flmll applp for employment in scanner as acouc 
 mentioned, ana Declare that Gje is teaop anD milling to be em* 
 plopeo for the (£onuueration of op the Dap, 
 
 in fucb Cafe the faiB IpatiOj ©Seer is fierefcp authornco ano re- 
 quireu to procute her. fame proper OEmplopment, oc in Default 
 thereof to pap her Dailp, until heujall haoe 
 
 procures her fuch proper £mplopmcnt, 
 
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 fit ; and the Determination of the faid Juftices fliall "be final and 
 
 45 conclufive to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever, and the Order 
 made therein fliall not be removeable by Writ of Certiorari. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That where any Diftrefs fliall be 
 made for any Sum or Sums of Money to be levied by virtue of 
 this Act, the Diftrefs itfelf fliall not be deemed unlawful, nor 
 the Party or Parties making the fame be deemed a TrefpaiTer or 
 TrefpaiTers, on Account of any Default or Want of Form in 
 any Proceedings relating thereto; nor fliall the Party or Parties 
 diftraining be deemed a Trefpaffer or Trefpaflers, ab initio, on 
 Account of any Irregularity which fliall be afterwards done by 
 the Party or Parties diftraining ; but the Perfon or Perlbns ag- 
 grieved by fuch Irregularity may recover full Satisfaction for the 
 fpecial Damage in an Action on the Cafe : Provided always, 
 that no Plaintiff or Plaintiffs fliall recover in any Aclion for 
 fuch Irregularity, if fufficient Tender of Amends fliall have been 
 made to him, her, or them, by or on Behalf of the Defendant 
 or Defendants, before fuch Action brought. 
 
 46 And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That 
 if any Action or Suit fhall be commenced or profecuted againft 
 any Perfon or Perfons, for any Matter or Thing to be done in 
 purfuance of this Act, every fuch Action or Suit fliall be com- 
 menced within Six Calendar Months next after the Caufc of Ac- 
 tion fhall have arifen, and not afterwards, and fliall be laid and 
 tried in the County, City, or Place where the fame fhall arife, and 
 not elfewhere, and the Defendant or Defendants in fuch Action 
 or Suit may plead the General Iffue, and give this Act and the 
 fpecial Matter in Evidence at any Trial to be had thereupon, and 
 that the Matter or Thing for which fuch Action or Suit fhall 
 be commenced was done in purfuance and by the Authority of 
 this Act ; and if the fame fliall appear to have been fo done, or 
 if any fuch Aclion or Suit fliall be brought or commenced after 
 the Time before limited for bringing the lame, or fhall be laid in 
 any other County or Place than as aforefaid, then and in every 
 
 < 7 fuch Cafe the jury fliall find for the Defendant or Defendants, 
 ;/ and upon fuch Verdict, or if the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs fliall be 
 nonfuited, cr Puffer a Difcontinuance of his, her, or their Ac- 
 tion or Suit, after the Defendants or Defendants fliall have ap- 
 peared, or if upon Demurrer Judgment fhall be given againft 
 the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, the Defendant or Defendants lhall 
 have Tnble Cofts, and fhall have fuch Remedy for the fame as 
 any Defendant or Defendants hath or have for Cofts of Suit in 
 any other Cafes by Law. 
 
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 ( I ) 
 
 BILL 
 
 INTITULED 
 
 An A61 to regulate The General Penitentiary for 
 Convicts, at Millbank, in the County of Middlefex. 
 
 Note. — The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of Preffes in the 
 
 Ingrojfment. 
 
 THEREAS under and by virtue of an Act patted in the Fifty, 
 fecond Year of His prefent Majefty, for the Erection of a Peni- 
 tentiary Houfe for the Confinement of Offenders convicted 
 within the City of London and County of Middlefex, and which Act, by 
 the Provifions thereof, was extended alfo to Offenders convicted in other 
 Parts of England and Wales, a Penitentiary has been erected at Millbank, 
 in the County of Middlefex, for the Confinement and Employment of Male 
 and Female Convidts ; and the fame is now completed for the Reception 
 of a Part of the Number intended to be confined therein : And whereas 
 under and by virtue of the Powers contained in the faid Act, His Majefty 
 in Council has been pleafed to appoint a Committee to fuperintend the 
 faid Penitentiary : And whereas the Number of Convicts who may be con- 
 fined in the faid Penitentiary may conveniently be increafed, without any 
 Enlargement of the Building ; and it is therefore expedient that Provifion 
 fliould be made for that Purpofe : And whereas it is alfo expedient that 
 other and further Provifions fhould be made, for the due Regulation of 
 the faid Penitentiary, and of the Convicts to be confined therein ; be it 
 (75-) A therefore
 
 ( 2 ) 
 
 therefore enacted by the King's molt Excellent Majefty, by and with the 
 
 Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, 
 
 in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, 
 
 Repeal of '['hat all the Provifions in the faid Act contained, fo far as they relate to 
 
 t'lTt'iiii Pro* 
 
 vilions of Ad the Number of Convicts who may be confined in the faid Penitentiary, 
 5 2 G - 3- and to the Confinement, Employment, and Management of the Convicts 
 in the faid Penitentiary, and the Eftablifhment and Duties of Officers 
 belonging to the fame, mall be and the fame are hereby repealed. 
 
 Supervifo" And be further enacted, That it fliall be lawful for the Supervifors 
 Accommoda- un der the faid recited Act, and they are hereby empowered, to make Ac- 
 tion for 400 commodation in the faid Penitentiary for the Confinement and Employ- 
 Female Con- ment of Four Hundred Male and a like Number of Female Convict?, 
 vids, who making in the whole Eight Hundred Convicts, any Thing in the faid Act 
 fined in the to tne contrary notwithstanding ; and that any Number of Convicts, not 
 faid Pemten- exceeding Four Hundred Male and Four Hundred Female Convicts, may, 
 
 tiarv at the 
 
 fame Time, with the Approbation of His Majefty's Principal Secretary of State for 
 the Home Department for the Time being, be imprifoned at one and the 
 fame Time in the faid Prifon or Penitentiary, and confined, employed, and 
 managed therein, under the Provifions of this Act. , 
 
 Committee to And be it further enacted, That the Committee which has been 
 
 any other nominated and appointed by His Majefty in His Privy Council to fuper- 
 appomted. intend the faid Penitentiary, fhall remain and continue the Committee 
 for thatPurpofe until anew Nomination or Appointment fhall take place; 
 and that it fhall be lawful for His Majefty in His Privy Council from 
 Time to Time to remove all or any of the Perfons compofing the faid 
 Committee, and to appoint others in their Stead, or in the Stead of any 
 fuch as fhall die or refign : Provided always, that fuch Committee fhall 
 not at any Time confift of lefs than Ten nor more than Twenty Perfons 
 in Number at the fame Time. 
 
 Committee to And be it further enacted, That it fhall and may be lawful for fuch 
 
 Law! Rules Committee, or any Three of them, to hold Meetings, and to make Bye 
 •&c Laws, Rules, Orders, and Regulations, for the afTembling of the faid 
 
 Committee, and for all Matters relating to the Meetings of the fame, as 
 well as for the Government of the faid Penitentiary, and for receiving, 
 feparating, claffing, dieting, clothing, maintaining, employing, reform- 
 ing, managing, treating, and watching the Convicts during their refpec- 
 tive Confinement therein, as to the faid Committee fhall feem juft and 
 proper ; provided however that fuch Bye Laws, Rules and Orders, fhall 4 
 
 not
 
 ( 3 ) 
 
 not have force until they fhall have been fubmitted to the Juftices of the 
 Court of King's Bench, and until fuch Juftices fhall have fubfcribed a 
 Declaration, that they do not fee any Thing contrary to Law in the faid 
 Bye Laws, Rules and Orders, fo to be made as aforefaid ; and all fuch 
 Bye Laws, Rules and Orders, fhall be afterwards added to or altered, from 
 Time to Time, as often as the faid Committee fhall think neceflary ; and 
 fuch Additions and Alterations, fo far as the fame relate to the employ- 
 ing, reforming, managing, treating, and watching the Convicts in the 
 faid Penitentiary, fhall alfo in like Manner ba fubmitted to the Juftices of 
 the Court of King's Bench, and confirmed in Manner aforefaid. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That it fhall and may be lawful for fuch Appointment 
 Committee, or any Three of them, at any of their faid Meetings, of Vifitors. 
 to appoint any One or more of their faid Members to vifit the faid Peni- 
 5 tentiary, during the Intervals between the Meetings of the faid Committee, 
 and to delegate, if they fhall think fit, Power to fuch Vifitors, or any of 
 them, to make any Order or give any Directions in Cafes of preffing 
 Emergency within the faid Penitentiary, which might be made or given 
 by the faid Committee if they were fitting ; provided that every fuch 
 Order or Direction, together with the Circumftances by which the fame 
 was occafioned, fhall be reported to the faid Committee at their next 
 Meeting. 
 
 • And be it further enacted, That for the Regulation and Management Appointment 
 of fuch Penitentiary, and previoufly to the Opening thereof for the Re- of ° fficei " s > 
 ception of Convicts, there fhall be elected and appointed by the faid 
 Committee, a Governor, a Chaplain, a Secretary and Examiner of Ac- 
 counts, a Surgeon or Apothecary, a Mafter Manufacturer, a Steward, and 
 alfo for that Portion of the Penitentiary fet apart for Female Convicts, a 
 Matron, together with fuch Tafkmafters and other Officers and Servants, 
 as the faid Committee, with the Approbation of the faid Principal Secre- 
 tary of State for the Home Department, mail judge neceffary ; and every 
 Perfon elected and appointed by the faid Committee to any of fuch 
 Offices, fhall from Time to Time be removable by any Order of the faid 
 Committee, and when any Vacancies fhall happen in any of the faid 
 Offices other Perfons fhall be elected thereto by the fame Authority ; and 
 *) fuch Salaries and other Allowances fhall be annexed to the faid Offices, as 
 the faid Committee, with fuch Approbation as aforefaid, fhall direct. 
 
 Provided neverthelefs, and be it further enacted, That it fhall be Committee 
 lawful for the faid Committee from Time to Time, with fuch Approbation ^mbeTof* 
 as aforefaid, to increafe, diminilh, difconunue, or vary the Number of Officers. 
 
 Officers
 
 ( 4 ) 
 
 Officers and Servants to be appointed by the faid Penitentiary in purfuance 
 of the Directions aforefaid ; except by taking away or difcontinuing any 
 of the Offices of Governor, Matron, Chaplain, and Surgeon or Apothecary, 
 to the fame. 
 
 Committee 
 may require 
 Security from 
 any Officer, 
 &c. and in 
 cafe of any 
 Officer, &c. 
 refufing to 
 quit Poffef- 
 fion, a Juftice 
 of Peace for 
 the County of 
 Middlefex 
 may by War- 
 rant direct 
 Sheriff to re- 
 move him. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That it fhall be lawful for the faid Com- 
 mittee, if they fhall deem it neceffary, to require any Officers or Perfons 
 employed in the faid Penitentiary to give fuch Security to the Governor of 
 the faid Penitentiary, for the due Performance of their refpective Duties, 
 in fuch Sums, and with fuch Sureties, and in fuch Form or Forms as they 
 fhall direct ; and if any Perfon appointed to any Office or Duty in the 
 faid Penitentiary, who fhall be removed by the faid Committee from fuch 
 his Office or Employment, fhall refufe or neglect to quit the faid Peniten- 
 tiary, or to give up the Poffeflion of any Houfe, Building, Premifes, or 
 Apartment therein or belonging thereto, within fuch Period as fhall be 
 fixed by the Committee in any Order or Notice in Writing given for 
 that Purpofe, n®t being lefs than Forty-eight Hours after the Delivery to 
 fuch Perfon of any fuch Order or Notice, then and in fuch Cafe it fhall 
 be lawful for any Juftice of the Peace acting for the County of Middlefex, 
 on Application from any Three or more of the faid Committee by any 
 Warrant under his Hand and Seal, to direct the Sheriff of the County 
 to remove fuch Officer or Perfon out of the faid Penitentiary, and the 
 faid Sheriff fhall thereupon clear the Poffeflion thereof, fo far as relates 
 to any Part of the Penitentiary, or any Houfe, Building, Premifes, or 
 Apartments therein or belonging thereto, occupied by or in Pof- 
 feflion of fuch Officer, in like Manner as upon a Writ of Habere facias 
 pojjefflonem. 
 
 Governor to And be it further enacted, That the Governor of fuch Penitentiary 
 
 Cor Sate fta11 be 3 B ° d y Col 'P orate > and {na11 fue and be fued h Y the Name ° f 
 
 " The Governor of the General Penitentiary at Mil/bank, in the County 
 *t Middlefex? 
 
 Governor 
 empowered 
 to contract 
 for Clothing, 
 Diet, &c. ne- 
 ceffary for 
 the Convicts, 
 with the Ap- 
 probation of 
 the Commit- 
 tee. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That the faid Governor fhall have Power 
 to make Contracts with any Perfons whomfoever, for the Clothing, Diet, 
 and all other Neceffaries for the Maintenance and Support of the Convicts q 
 confined in fuch Penitentiary, and for Implements or Materials of any Kind 
 of Manufacture, Trade, or Myftery, in which Convicts confined in fuch 
 Penitentiary {hall be employed, fuch Contracts being previoufly approved 
 by the Committee ; and alfo to carry on fuch Manufacture and Myftery in 
 fuch Penitentiary, and to fell fuch Goods, Wares, and Merchandize as 
 fhall be there wrought and manufactured. 
 
 And
 
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 And be it further enabled, That all Books and Accounts (hall be kept Committee to 
 by the Governor or other Officers in fuch Manner as the faid Committee Books (haU 
 may direct from Time to Time ; and the feveral Entries therein {hall be be ke P l > Scc - 
 examined by the faid Committee, or by fuch of their Members as may be 
 appointed a Sub-Committee for that Purpofe, and fhall be by them com- 
 pared with the feveral Receipts and other Vouchers relating thereto, and 
 (hall be verified by fuch Governor and Officers upon Oath, if required) 
 before fuch Committee, and fhall, if approved of by fuch Committee, be 
 allowed and figned by any Three of them ; and if fuch Committee fhall 
 difapprove of any Articles in fuch Accounts, they fhall difallow the fame. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That if the faid Committee fhall fufpect Committee 
 2 any fraudulent or improper Charges in any Accounts of the faid Governor, oAcer am "d 
 or other Officer, or Servant, or any Omiffion therein, they may examine Servants, &c. 
 upon Oath the faid Governor, or any other Officer or Servant belonging to "nd m? at dif 
 fuch Penitentiary, or any of the Perfons employed about the fame, or any mifsandpro- 
 Perfons of whom any NecefTaries, Stock, Materials, or other Things, have Fra'do'T 
 been purchafed for the Ufe of fuch Penitentiary, or any Perfons to whom Collufion. 
 any Stock or Materials wrought, or manufactured therein, have been 
 fold, or any of the Convicts confined in fuch Penitentiary, or any other 
 Perfons, touching any of the Articles contained in fuch Accounts, or any 
 Omiffion therein, or any Thing relative thereto ; and in cafe there fhall 
 
 10 appear in any fuch Accounts, any falfe Entry knowingly or wilfully made, 
 or any fraudulent Omiffion therein, or any other Fraud whatfoever, or 
 any Collufion between any Officer or Officers, Servant or Servants, be- 
 longing to fuch Penitentiary, or between any fuch Officer or Officers, 
 Servant or Servants, and any other Perfon or Perfons, in any Matter 
 relative thereto, then befides the private Satisfaction in Damages which 
 the Parties or Party injured may be entitled to recover by Law, the faid 
 Committee may difmifs any fuch Officer or Officers, Servant or Servants, 
 who fhall to them appear to have been guilty of any fuch falfe Entry, 
 Omiffion, Fraud, or Collufion, and appoint another or others in his, her, 
 cr their ftead-; and if the faid Committee fhall fee .fit, they fhall caufe an 
 Indictment or Indictments to be preferred againft the Officer or Officers, 
 
 11 Servant or Servants, or other Perfon or Perfons, fo offending, at 
 the next Quarter or other General Seffion of the Peace to be holden for 
 the County wherein the faid Penitentiary is fituated, or for any other 
 adjoining County ; and in cafe fuch Perfon or Perfons fo indicted fhall be 
 found guilty of fuch Offence or Offences, he, fhe, or they fhali bepunifhtd 
 by Fine and Imprifonment, or either of them, at the Difcretion of the 
 Court. 
 
 (JS-) B ■ And
 
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 Committee to Arid be it further enacted, That when the faid Penitentiary, or a 
 
 Principal fufficient Part thereof fhall be fitted and completed for the Reception of 
 Secretary of Convicts, and proper Officers fhall be appointed for the Care and Manage- 
 Home De- nient thereof, the faid Committee fhall certify, under their Hands and 
 partment Seals, to His Majefty, through the faid Principal Secretary of State for 
 nitentiary the Home Department, that fuch Penitentiary is fo fitted and completed, 
 (hall be in for anc j lna t; r uc j 1 officers have been appointed ; and after the making of fuch 
 
 the Recep- rr . 
 
 tionof Certificate, it fhall and may be lawful for His Majefty, by an Order in 12 
 
 Convicts. Writing, to be notified by the faid Secretary of State, to direct, that any 
 Perfon who may be under Sentence or Order of Tranfportation, for any 
 Offence committed within that Part of the United Kingdom called England 
 and Wales, and who, having been examined by an experienced Surgeon 
 or Apothecary, fhall appear to be free from any putrid or infectious Dif- 
 temper, and fit to be removed from the Gaol or Prifon in which fuch 
 Perfon may be confined, fhall be removed to the faid Penitentiary 
 there to remain and continue for and during the Term of Five Years, in 
 cafe fuch Convict fhall be under Sentence or Order of Tranfportation for 
 Seven Years only, for and during the Term of Seven Years, in cafe fuch 
 Convict, fhall be under fuch Sentence or Order for Fourteen Years ; and 
 for and during the Term of Ten Years, in cafe fuch Convict fhall be 
 under fuch Sentence or Order for Life, or fhall have been capitally con- 
 victed and pardoned as aforefaid. 
 
 Regulations Provided always, and be it further enacted, That in cafe any Convict 13 
 
 ™. to 'J'p fhall be removed to the faid Penitentiary, who, having been under Sentence 
 
 finement of or Order of Tranfportation for the Term of Seven Years, fhall previoufly 
 
 Convifts fen- to j^g or ^ eY being removed to the faid Penitentiary, have been kept con- 
 
 tenced to ° _ , 
 
 Tranfporta- fined in fome other Gaol or Prifon, during a Part of fuch Term, fuch 
 tion, and re- c onv ;£j; fh a u be confined in the faid Penitentiary under this Act, for Five 
 
 moved to the . ' - 
 
 Penitentiary, Seventh Parts of the Refidue of his or her Term of Seven Years Tranf- 
 portation, remaining unexpired, when he or fhe fhall be received into 
 the faid Penitentiary ; and in cafe any Convict fhall be removed to the 
 faid Penitentiary, who, having been under Sentence or Order of Tranf- 
 portation for the Term of Fourteen Years, fhall, previoufly to his or her 
 being fo removed, have been kept confined in fome other Gaol or Prifon 
 during a Part of fuch Term, fuch Convict fhall be confined in the faid 
 Penitentiary under this Act for One Half of the Refidue of his or her 14 
 Term of Fourteen Years Tranfportation remaining unexpired, when he 
 or fhe fhall be received into the faid Penitentiary ; and in the Cafe of any 
 Convict who, having been under Sentence or Order of Tranfportation 
 for Life, or having been capitally convidted, fhall be removed to the faid 
 Penitentiary for the Term of Ten Years as aforefaid, fuch Term of Ten 
 
 Years
 
 ( 7 ) 
 
 Years fhall be computed from the Time of his or her being received into 
 the faid Penitentiary. 
 
 And be it further enafted, That the Sheriff or Gaoler having the sheriffs or 
 Cuftody of any Convict, whofe Removal fhall be ordered in Manner afore- Gaolers to 
 faid, fhall, with all convenient Speed after the Receipt of the Notification via'stothe 
 of any fuch Order, convey or caufe to be conveyed every fuch Convict to P™js«rti«y 
 the faid Penitentiary, and there deliver him to the Governor thereof, Delay, 
 together with a true Copy, attefted by fuch Sheriff or Gaoler, of the 
 i$ Caption and Order of the Court before which fuch Convict was tried, con- 
 taining the Sentence of Tranfportation of fuch Convict, by virtue whereof 
 he fhall be in the Cuftody of fuch Sheriff or Gaoler, and alfo a Certificate 
 containing his or her Age, and an Account of his or her Behaviour in 
 Prifon, before and after Trial, and the Gaoler's Obfervations on his or her 
 Temper and Difpofition, and fuch Information concerning his or her Con- 
 nections and former Courfe of Life, as may have come to the Knowledge 
 of fuch Gaoler ; and the Governor of the faid Penitentiary fhall give a 
 proper Receipt in Writing to the Sheriff or Gaoler, for the Difcharge of 
 fuch Sheriff or Gaoler. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That all reafonable Expences which Expences of 
 the Sheriff or Gaoler lhall incur in every fuch Removal, fhall be paid by [^e^aTdif 
 the County, Riding, Divifion, City, Borough, Liberty, or Place, for the County, 
 which the Court in which the Party was convicted fhall have been held ; c * 
 iS and the Sheriff or Gaoler fhall receive the Money due for fuch Expences 
 from the Treafurer of fuch County, Riding, Divifion, City, Borough, 
 Liberty, or Place, fuch Expences being firft allowed by the Order of the 
 Juflices of the Peace at their Quarter or other General Seflions of the 
 Peace, who are hereby required to make fuch Order as fhall be juft in that 
 Behalf. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That after Delivery of any fuch Convict Governor to 
 as aforefaid into the Cuftody to which he or flue fhall be fo ordered as '^ ivetne i am e 
 
 ' , rower over 
 
 aforefaid, fuch Governor, or other Perfon having the Cuftody of Convicts Conviftsinhis 
 under his Direction, fhall, during- the Term for which fuch Convict fhall ?, uft °i y asa 
 
 ' ° ijherin or 
 
 be ordered to remain in his Cuftody, have the fame Powers over fuch Gaoler. 
 Convict as are incident to the Office of a Sheriff or Gaoler ; and in cafe 
 of any Abufe of fuch Cuftody, or other Mifbehaviour or Negligence in 
 the Difcharge of his Office, fhall be liable to the fame Punifhment as a 
 Gaoler is now liable to by Law. 
 
 And
 
 ( 8 ) 
 
 3nfane Con- 
 vifts may be 
 removed from 
 and returned 
 to Peniten- 
 tiary after 
 Recovery, as 
 in cafes of 
 other Prifon- 
 ers in Gaols. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That if any Convict confined in the faid 
 Penitentiary fliall become infane during fuch Confinement, and be fo 
 reported by the Committee to His Majefty's Principal Secretary of State 
 for the Home Department, it fhall be lawful for fuch Secretary of State 
 to order and caufe fuch infane Convict to be immediately removed to 
 fome proper Place of Confinement ; and upon Recovery to be returned to 
 fuch Penitentiary, in the fame Manner as in the Cafe of any Prifoner be- 
 coming infane, after and while under Sentence, in any other Gaol or 
 Prifon. 
 
 *7 
 
 ConviftSj 
 vhenbrought, 
 o be fepa- 
 . ately lodged 
 and wafhed, 
 and examined 
 by the Sur- 
 geon. 
 
 When dif- 
 charged to be 
 furnifhed 
 with decent 
 Clothing. 
 
 .Allowances. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That when any Convid who fhall be 
 ordered to be confined in the faid Penitentiary fhall be brought thither 
 in purfuance of the Powers contained in this Aft, he or fhe fliall be 
 feparately lodged and wafhed, cleanfed and purified, and fliall then be 
 examined by the Surgeon or Apothecary, and fhall continue in fuch 
 feparate Lodging until it be certified, by fuch Surgeon or Apothecary, 
 that he or fhe is fit to be received among the other Convicts, or until 
 he or (lie fliall be removed to the Infirmary ; and the Clothes in which he i§ 
 or fhe fhall then be clothed fliall be burnt, if necefiary, or otherwife 
 fliall be fold and difpofed of, at the Difcretion of the Governor, and the 
 Produce thereof fhall be accounted for to the Committee aforefaid, and 
 fliall be by them directed to be carried by the faid Governor to the Ac- 
 count of the faid Convict in the Books of the faid Penitentiary ; and fuch 
 Convict fliall not be difmiffed at the End or other Determination of his 
 or her Term, if he or (lie fliall then labour under any acute or dangerous 
 Diftemper, unlefs at his or her Requefl ; and when fuch Convict fliall be 
 finally difcharged, fuch other decent Clothing, as fhall be judged necef- 
 fary and proper by the Committee aforefaid, fhall be delivered to fuch 
 Convict ; and alfo fuch Sum of Money for his or her immediate Subfif. 
 tence, as the faid Committee fhall think proper, fo as fuch Sum fhall not 
 exceed Three Pounds ; and if fuch Convict, at the End or other Deter- 
 mination of his or her Term, fliall procure any fubftantial Houfekeeper 
 or other refpectable Perfon, to take him or her into Service, or provide 
 him or her with proper Employment for One Year then next enfuing, 
 the fame to be approved by the Committee aforefaid, he or fhe, having i^ 
 ferved accordingly, fliall be entitled at the End of the Year to fuch other 
 Sum of Money, not exceeding the like Sum of Three Pounds, as the faid 
 Committee fhall think fit. 
 
 Keeping And be it further enacted, That every fuch Governor of the faid 
 
 Convicts to p en ;tentiary fliall, during the Term for which fuch Convict fliall remain 
 in fuch Cuftody, keep him or her to Labour of fuch Kind as the Com- 
 mittee
 
 ( 9 ) 
 
 mittee before mentioned {hall direft and appoint ; and if the Work to be 
 performed by any fiieh Convi&s mail be of fuch a Nature as may require 
 previous Initruction, proper Pe*fons fhall be provided to give the fame, 
 by Order of the faid Committee, to whom a fuitable Allowance fhall be 
 made. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That fuch Convicts as fhall be fent to the Convids, 
 faid Penitentiary fhall, during the Hours of Labour, be feparated from ^X^.^ 
 each ether, or fnall work together in Companies compofed of more or 
 fewer Perfons in Number, in fuch Manner as the Bye Laws, eftablifhed 
 as aforefaid by the Committee, fhall prefcribe; and that all Convi&s, 
 not confined in the Infirmary, fhall during their Hours cf Reft be kept 
 
 20 entirely feparate and apart from each other, and be lodged in feparate 
 Rooms or Cells ; except in Cafes in which it may be deemed expedient 
 to place Two or more Prifoners together on account of the Health or 
 State of Mind of One of fuch Prifoners. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That fuch Convicts fhall be employed in Hours of 
 Work at the faid Penitentiary, every Day in the Year, except Sundays, 
 Chri/tmas Day, Good Friday, Afccnfton Day, and any Day appointed 
 for a General Faft or Thankfgiving, and alio except fuch Days when ill 
 Health will not allow of their working ; and the Hours of work in each 
 Day fhall not exceed Eight Hours in the Months of November , December, 
 and January, Nine Hours in the Months of February and Oclober, and 
 Ten Hours and a Half in the Reft of the Year (exclufive of the Hours 
 provided for Meals) : Provided always, that it fhall and may be lawful 
 for the faid Committee, by a written Order, to permit any Convict to 
 labour voluntarily for a longer Time than is herein mentioned, upon fuch 
 Conditions as fhall in the faid Order be exprefled. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That it fhall be lawful for the faid Com- Granting 
 
 P - A 
 
 2 1 mittee to allow to any of the Convicts confined in the faid Penitentiary, 
 as a Reward and Encouragement, any Part or Portion of the Profits 
 arifing from their Labour, not exceeding fuch Proportion thereof as fhall 
 be approved of and allowed by the faid Principal Secretary of State for 
 the Home Department ; fubject to fuch Conditions and Regulations as 
 the faid Committee fhall direct and appoint. 
 
 Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the feveral Convicts Dividing^ 
 to be fent to the faid Penitentiary fhall be divided into Two Claues, which ciafTes. S 
 fhall be called the Ffrft and Second ClafTes^ for which Purpofe, the Time 
 for which fuch Convicts fhall be feverally ordered to be confined, fhall be 
 
 (75-) C divided
 
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 divided into Two equal Parts, and during the firft Part of the lime of the 
 Imprifonment, he or fhe fhall be ranked in the Firft Clafs, and during 21 
 the Second Part of fuch Time, he or fhe (hall be ranked in the Second 
 Clafs ; and the Confinement of fuch Convicts as fhall from Time to Time 
 be ranked in the Firft Clafs fhall be more ftrict, and the Confinement of 
 the Convicts in the Second Clafs fhall be more moderate ; which feveral 
 Degrees or Confinement for each Clafs fhall be fettled by the faid Com- 
 mittee, by Orders of Regulation to be approved of in Manner aforefaid : 
 Provided always, that if the faid Committee fhall at any Time obferve, 
 or be fatisfactorily informed of any extraordinary Diligence or Merit in 
 any of the faid Convicts who are ranked in the faid Firfl Clafs, it fhall 
 be lawful for the faid Committee to order fuch Convict to be transferred 
 to the Second Clafs, for the Remainder of the Term for which he or fhe 
 was ordered to be confined in the faid Penitentiary, akhough fuch Convict 
 may not have completed the Period of his or her Imprifonment in the faid 
 Firfl Clafs. 
 
 •■Committee to And be it further enacted, That if the faid Committee fhall at any 
 
 vt&s who"" Time obferve or be fatisfactorily informed of any extraordinary Diligence 
 
 Ihall manifeft or Merit in any of the Convicts under their Inflection, who fhall be ranked 23 
 
 Diligence 1 ^ ™ t ^ ie ^ a "^ Second Clafs of Convicts, the Committee fhall report the fame 
 
 in Writing to the Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, 
 
 in order that he may recommend fuch Convict to His Majefty as an Object 
 
 cf the Royal Mercy, on fuch Conditions as to Him fhall feem meet. 
 
 How the And be it further enacted, That every Convict who fhall be 
 
 be fecfand ordered to fuch Penitentiary, fhall, during the Time of his or her Confine- 
 clcthed. ment therein, be fed and fuftained with a fufficient Quantity of coarfe but 
 
 wholefome Food, and alfo be clothed with a coarfe and uniform Apparel, 
 with any diflinguifhing Marks which may be deemed ufeful to facilitate 
 Difcovery in cafe of Efcape, the Whole to be ordered in fuch Manner as 
 the Committee aforefaid fhall from Time to Time appoint ; and no fuch 
 Convict fhall during the Time of his or her Confinement be permitted to 
 have any other Food, Drink, or Clothing, than fuch as fhall be fo 
 appointed. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That no Perfon except the Officers, or 
 f Servants of the Penitentiary, or fuch Perfon or Perfons as fhall be autho- 
 rized according to the Regulations eflablifhed by the faid Committee, fhall 
 be permitted at any Time to enter any of the Apartments or Court Yards 24 
 allotted to the Convicts, or to hold Converfation or Communication with 
 
 any of them. 
 
 Provided
 
 ( « ) 
 
 Provided alfo, and be it enabled, That it (hall and may be lawful to And Go- 
 and for the Governor of the faid Penitentiary to employ, with the Confent of ^ rn ^ r may 
 the faid Committee, any of the Convicts aforefaid, who (hall be ranked in Convifts as 
 the Second Clafs, as Overfeers, or Affiftants, in the Management of the Servants. 
 Works, and the Care of their Fellow Convicts, inftead of their being con- 
 fined to fuch their Daily Labour as aforefaid. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That no Officer or Servant of fuch Punifhing 
 Penitentiary mall fupply any of the Convicts therein with any Money, SereMtsfap- 
 ■Clothing, Provifions, or Diet, or with any Spirituous or other Lihqors plying any 
 whatfoever, except fuch Money, Clothing, Provifions, or Diet, or fuch M oney) p ro _ 
 Water and Milk, as the Governor of the Penitentiary {hall from Time to "lions, or 
 Time permit or direct, and except fuch Diet and Liquors as the Surgeon traryTo' this" 
 or Apothecary attending fuch Penitentiary fhall think proper to order for Aft. 
 any fuch Convicl,in cafe of Iilnefs ; and in cafe any fuch Officer or Servant 
 35 fhall be found guilty of carrying to any fuch Convict, or of knowingly per- 
 mitting to be carried to any fuch Convict, any Money, Clothing, Provi- 
 fions, or Diet, or Liquors whatfoever, contrary to the Intent of this Act, 
 fuch Officer or Servant fhall immediately be fufpended by the faid Governor, 
 who fhall report the fame to the Committee at their next Meeting ; and 
 •fuch Committee fhall inquire thereof upon Oath, and fhall punifh fuch 
 Officer or Servant by Forfeiture of Office, and by any Fine not exceeding 
 Ten Pounds, or by either of fuch Punifhments, as the faid Committee fhall 
 in their Difcretion think proper ; and if any other Perfon or Perfons fhall 
 wilfully fupply any fuch Convict, at any Time during the Term of his or 
 her Confinement with any Food, Drink, or Clothing, other than fuch as 
 fhall have been appointed by the Committee as aforefaid, cr with any 
 Money, he or fhe fo fupplying fuch Convict fhall, for every fuch Offence, 
 forfeit a Sum net exceeding Five Pounds, nor lefs than Forty Shillings, at 
 the Difcretion of the faid Committee. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That the Chaplain fhall read Prayers chaplain to 
 •26 and preach a Sermon both Morning and Evening, in the Chapel of fuch read Morning 
 
 r. • • • n » • ■ i_ tt 1 1 r /-■ 7 . /■> and Evening 
 
 Penitentiary, on every biinday m the Year, and alio on every Chnjtmas p raV ers, and 
 Day, Good Friday, and Afcenfion Day, and on every Day appointed for a preach Two 
 General Fait or Thankfgiving; and all the Convicts confined in fuchPeni- Sundays, && 
 tentiary, who fhall not be difabled by Iilnefs, or whofe Attendance fhall 
 not be difpenfed with by the Committee, fhall attend the faid Prayers and 
 Sermons, which fhall alfo be attended by the Refident Officers and by the 
 Servants of fuch Penitentiary, or fuch of them as can befpared from their 
 feveral Employments, and fhall not be prevented by Iilnefs ; and the faid 
 Chaplain fhall vifit fuch Convicts, under fuch Regulations as may here- 
 • < after
 
 ( » -) 
 
 after be prefcribed by the faid Committee, for their moral and religious 
 Education. 
 
 Chaplain may And be it further enabled, That it fhall be lawful for the Chaplain 27 
 
 burvln the °f tnc faid Penitentiary, or fuch other Ptrfon as fhall aft for or aflift him, 
 Penitentiary, and no other, to baptize all Children born, and bury all Peifons who fhall 
 Remitters and ^ le therein, or in any Buildings or Premifes belonging to or making Part 
 tranfmit of the faid Penitentiary, and to perform Divine Service and adminifter 
 
 ly uj\he°hi-~ l ^ e Sacrament according to the Liturgy of the Church of England, within 
 cumbent of the laid Penitentiary ; and fuch Chaplain fhall keep an accurate Regifter 
 who is to' °f a ^ f ucn Chriftenings and of all fuch Burials, and fhall Once in each 
 enter the Month tranfmit a Copy thereof to the Incumbent of the Church of Saint 
 lifter, and J°^ n *&* Evangeliji in ll'eftminjler, or his Curate, in the Abfence of fuch 
 may have Al- Incumbent, who fhall, as foon after the Receipt thereof as can conveniently 
 fodoinB. 01 be, enter the fame in the Regifter of the faid Parifh ; and it fhall be lawful 
 for the faid Committee to order and direct that an Allowance fhall be made 
 to fuch Incumbent for making each fuch Entry, according to the Cuftom 
 in like Cafes in the faid Parifh. 
 
 Convifts to -And be it further enacted, That the Convicts ordered to be confined 2 & 
 
 walk and air jn fuch Penitentiary fhall be permitted to walk and air themfelves in the 
 airing Yards or Grounds belonging thereto, for fuch Mated Time as 
 their Health may require, and the Regulations of fuch Penitentiary fhall 
 permit. 
 
 Convifts, A™* be It further enacted, That hi cafe any fuch Convict fhall 
 
 when tick, to appear to be fick, he or fhe fhall be vifited by the Surgeon or Apothecary 
 thVsurUon ; attending fuch Penitentiary, and if the Sicknefs be found to be real, the 
 and if necef- faid Surgeon or Apothecary fhall report the fame to the Governor, who 
 toThe Infir- fhall, if the Sicknefs be of fuch a Nature as to require it, order fuch 
 mary. Convict to be fent to the Infirmary belonging to fuch Penitentiary, and 
 
 his or her Name to be entered in a Book, to be kept for that Purpofe j 
 and when fuch Convict fhall have fo far recovered his or her Health as 
 that the faid Surgeon or Apothecary fhall judge him or her to be in a 
 proper Condition to quit the Infirmary, and to return to his or her Em- 
 ployment, and the faid Surgeon or Apothecary fhall fo report, the faid 29 
 Governor fhall order fuch Convict to be brought back to his or her Cell, 
 and to be again employed in labour, fo far as fhall be confiftent with the 
 Health of fuch Convict. 
 
 Committee to ^ n j fe j t f urt her enacted, That the faid Committee, at every 
 
 examine into . • 
 
 the State of Meeting at which Three of them at the leaft fhall be prefent, fhall inquire 
 
 .into
 
 ( «3 ) 
 
 into the State of fuch Penitentiary, and occafionally fee every Convict thePeniten- 
 confined therein; and (hall infpect the Accounts of the Governor and infpeftthe 
 other Officers, and alfo examine into their Conduct, into the Manage- Account*. 
 1 # ment of fuch Penitentiary, and into the Behaviour of the Convicts confined 
 therein. 
 
 And be it further enabled, That the Governor of fuch Penitentiary Governor em- 
 fhall have Power to hear all Complaints touching any of the following h ear Com- 
 Offences committed by any of the Convicts confined therein ; (that is to P la i nts " 
 fay), Difobedience of any of the Orders eftablifhed for the faid Peniten- 
 tiary ; Affauhs by one Perfon confined in fuch Penitentiary upon another, 
 when no dangerous Wound or Bruile is given ; profane Curfing and 
 30 Swearing, or indecent Behaviour ; Abfence from Chapel, or irreverent 
 Behaviour there ; and Idlenefs or Negligence in Work, or wilful Mif- 
 management of it, or wanton Damage or Injury to the Prifon or Fur- 
 niture thereof; all which are declared to be Offences by this Aft ; and 
 the faid Governor may examine any Perfons touching fuch Offences, and 
 may determine thereupon, and may punifh fuch Offences by ordering the 
 Offender or Offenders to clofe Confinement in a dark Cell, or by keeping 
 him or her upon Bread and Water only, or by both fuch Punifhments, 
 for any Term not exceeding Three Days. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That if any Convict who fhall be confined Enormous 
 in any fuch Penitentiary fhall, during the Term for which he fhall be fo £e confined* 
 confined, be guilty of any Offence which the Governor of fuch Penitentiary by the Go- 
 is not hereby authorized to punifh, or for which the Punifhment which ,-eportedto 
 fuch Governor is hereby authorized to inflict, fhall by fuch Governor be theCom- 
 deemed not fufficient, by reafon of the Enormity of the Offence, or the 
 Repetition thereof, fuch Governor may confine fuch Offender either in his 
 or her own Cell, or in a dark Cell belonging to fuch Penitentiary, till 
 the next Meeting of the faid Committee, and fhall in fuch Cafe report 
 -j 1 fuch Offence, with the Time and particular Circumftances thereof, and the 
 Name of the Offender, to the faid Committee ; and fuch Committee fhall 
 have Power to inquire of, upon Oath, and determine, concerning all fuch 
 Offences fo reported to them as aforefaid, and may order any fuch Offender 
 to be punifhed by clofe Confinement in a dark Cell, with Bread and Water 
 only for Suftenance, for any Term not exceeding One Month, or by remov- 
 ing fuch Offenders, if ranked in the Second Clafs, into the Firft Clafs, 
 or by both fuch Punifhments ; and in cafe of Removal into the Firft Clafs, 
 the Offender fhall, from the Time of making fuch Order of Removal, 
 remain in fuch Firft Clafs, unlefs he or fhe be reftored to the Second Clafs 
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 by Order of the Committee, or until the Term of his or her Confinement 
 (hall be completed. 
 
 Committee And be it further enacted, That whenever by this Act the faid Com- 
 
 „ift^r Oaths. m i ttee » or any Three of them, are empowered or directed to make any 
 Inquiry or receive any Proof upon Oath, any One of the faid Committee 
 is hereby authorized to tender and adminifter fuch Oath ; and any 
 Three of the faid Committee may fummon or caufe to be fummoned 
 fuch Witneffcs, as they {hall think meet, to appear and give Evidence 
 before them ; and if any Perfon, being duly fummoned, fhall refufe or 
 neglect to appear, or being prefent and competent to be a Witnefs (hall 
 refufe to be fwom, or being fworn fhall refufe to give Evidence, fuch 
 Perfon fhall forfeit any Sum not lefs than Twenty Shillings, nor more than 
 Ten Pounds, at the Difcretion of the faid Committee. 
 
 Governor to And be it further enabled, That the Governor of the faid Peniten- 
 
 B^oksTand t ' ai T ma ^ keep a re g u ' ar Book or Books, in which fhall be entered the 
 Returns to be Names of all and every the Perfon or Perfons who fhall be in his Cuftody. 
 from. tne Offences of which they fhall have been guilty, the Court before which 
 
 each Perfon was convicted, the Sentence of the Court, the Age, Bodily 
 Eftate, and Behaviour of every fuch Convict while in Cuftody ; and alfo 
 the Names of all and every the Perfon or Perfons who fhall have died 
 under fuch Cuftody, or fhall have efcaped from fuch Place of Confine- 
 ment, or fhall have been difcharged from thence by Order from One of 
 His Majefty's Principal Secretaries of State, or otherwife ; from which 
 Books Returns fhall be made of the Particulars mentioned above, on the 
 Firft Day of every Term, to His Majefty's Court of King's Bench, and 
 fhall be verified on the Oath of the Perfon making the fame. 
 
 Reportstobe And be it further enacted, That the faid Committee fhall at the 
 
 laid before Beginning of every Seffion make a faithful Report to the King in Council, 
 Council, and and to both Houfes of Parliament, fpecifying the State of the Buildings, 
 both Houfes (he B eriav i our an d Conduct of the refpective Officers, the Treatment and 
 
 of Parliament. r , . 
 
 Condition of the Convicts, the Amount of their Earnings, and the Ex- 
 pences of fuch Penitentiary, and alfo in Matters of extreme or prefling 
 Neceffity, fhall and may make a Special Report thereof to the Juftices of 
 His Majefty's Court of King's Bench. 
 
 Bye Laws, And be it further enacted, That the faid Committee fhall report to 
 
 Rules, &c. to xiis Maiefty in Council, and to both Houfes of Parliament, all Bye Laws, 
 
 bereportedto ,. . 
 
 the King in Rules, or Regulations, made under the Authority of this Act, and all 
 
 Council, and Aterations therein or Additions thereto, within Thirty-one Days after the 
 to both ' J J 
 
 Commencement 
 
 1 1 
 
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 Commencement of the next Seflion of Parliament after fuch Bye Law?, Houfes of 
 Rules, and Regulations, or Alterations or Additions,, mail have been Parliament, 
 confirmed by the Juftices of the Court of King's Bench, as herein-before is 
 directed. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That the faid Penitentiary, and all the Penitentiary 
 Buildings and inclofed Area and Appurtenances belonging thereto and j-° be ^ xe , mpl 
 making Part thereof, (hall be and they are hereby declared to be wholly and Parochial 
 freed and exempt from all Public and Parochial Taxes, Rates, Afieflments, laxes - 
 34 and Charges whatfoever, any Thing in any Ad or Acts of Parliament now 
 in force, or which may hereafter be pafled in relation to any Public or 
 Parochial Taxes, Rates, or Affefiments, to the contrary notwithftanding : 
 Provided always, that no Perfon belonging to or employed in the faid 
 Penitentiary, and no Child born therein, {hall thereby gain a Settlement 
 in the Parifli in which the faid Penitentiary is fituate. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That an Account of the Expences 0f Expencesof 
 carrying this Act into Execution mail be annually laid before the Houfe executing the 
 of Commons, and after deducting therefrom fuch Profit as may have laidbeforethe 
 arifen from the Earnings of the Convicts, over and above the Expences Houfe of 
 occafioned by their Labour, and any Allowances which fliall have been 
 made to fuch Convicts, or to the Officers fuperintending fuch Labour, 
 by Order of the Committee, the Remainder fliall be provided for in 
 the next Supplies to be granted to His Majefty by Parliament. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That if any Convict who fliall be ordered PunifiWnt 
 to be confined in the faid Penitentiary fliall at any Time during the ? C °J 1VI " S 
 Term of fuch Confinement break Priibn, or efcape from the Place of his Prifon or 
 o r or her Confinement, or in his or her Conveyance to fuch Place of Con- e ca P in £- 
 finement, or from the Perfon or Perfons having the lawful Cuftody of 
 fuch Convict, he or flie fo breaking Prifon or efcaping fliall be punifhed 
 by an Addition of Three Years to the Term for which he or flie at the 
 Time cf his or her Breach of Prifon or Efcape was fubject to be con- 
 fined ; and if fuch Convict fo punifhed by fuch Addition to the Term of 
 Confinement fliall afterwards be convicted of a Second Efcape or Breach 
 of Prifon, he or flie fliall be adjudged guilty of Felony, without Benefit 
 of Clergy. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That if any Perfon fliall refcue any Con- Puniflring 
 vict who fliall be ordered to be confined within the faid Penitentiary, either c „; r °'o r re 
 during the Time of his or her Conveyance to the faid Penitentiary, or attempting 
 whilft fuch Convict fliall be in the Cuftody of the Perfon or Perfons under rj on vufb 
 
 whofe
 
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 whofe Care and Charge he or {hall be fo confined ; or if any Pcrfon mall 
 be aiding or aflifting in any fuch Refcue, every fuch Perfon fo refcuing, 36 
 aiding, or aflifting, fhall be guilty of Felony, and may be ordered to be 
 confined to the laid Penitentiary for any Term not lefs than One Year, 
 nor exceeding Five Years; and if any Perfon having the Cuftocly of any 
 fuch Convict as aforefaid, or being employed by the Perfon having fuch 
 Cuftody as a Keeper, Underkeeper, Turnkey, Affiftant, or Guard, fhall 
 voluntarily permit fuch Convict, to efcape ; or if any Perfon whatfoever 
 fhall, by fupplying Arms, Tools, or Inftruments of Difguife, or other- 
 wife be in any Manner aiding and affifting to any fuch Convict in any 
 Efcape, or in any Attempt to make an Efcape, though no Efcape be 
 actually made, or fhall attempt to refcue any fuch Convict, or be aiding 
 and aflifting in any fuch Attempt, though no Refcue be actually made, 
 every fuch Perfon fo permitting, attempting, aiding, or aflifting, fhall be 
 guilty of Felony j and if any Perfon having fuch Cuftody, or being fo 
 employed by the Perfon having fuch Cuftody as aforefaid, fhall negligently 
 permit any fuch Convict to efcape, fuch Perfon fo permitting fhall be 
 guilty of a Mifdemeanor, and being lawfully convicted of the fame, fhall 37 
 be liable to Fine or Imprifonment, or to both, at the Discretion of the 
 Court. 
 
 Mode of 
 Trial and 
 Conviction. 
 
 The Com- 
 mittee or 
 Vifitors may 
 direft any 
 Perfon not 
 being Oflj- 
 
 And to the Intent that the Profecutions for Efcapes, Breaches of 
 Prifon, and Refcues, may be carried on with as little Trouble and Ex- 
 pence as poflible, be it further enacted, That any Convict efcaping, 
 breaking Prifon, or being refcued in Manner aforefaid, may and fhall be 
 tried before the Juftices of Oyer and Terminer or Gaol Delivery, or at 
 the Great Seflions, either for the County where he or the fhall be appre- 
 hended and retaken, or for the County in which the faid Offence fhall 
 have been committed ; and in cafe of any Profecution for any fuch Efcape, 
 Attempt to Efcape, Breach of Prifon, or Refcue, either againft the Con- 
 vict efcaping or attempting to efcape, or having broke Prifon, or being 
 refcued, or againft any other Perfon or Perfons concerned therein, or 
 aiding, abetting, or aflifting the fame, a Copy properly attefted, of the 
 Order of Commitment to fuch Penitentiary fhall, after Proof made that 
 the Perfon then in queftion before the Court is the fame that was delivered 
 with fuch Order, be fufEcient Evidence to the Court and Jury that the 38 
 Perfon then in queftion was fo ordered to fuch Confinement. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That in cafe it fhall appear to the faid 
 Committee, or to any Member thereof, who fhall be appointed a Vifitor 
 as aforefaid, that the Continuance within the faid Penitentiary, of any 
 Perfon, not being an Officer or Servant of the faid Penitentiary or a 
 
 Convict
 
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 Convict confined therein, is inexpedient or objectionable, it fhall and mav cers ' Ser 
 
 vants, or 
 
 be lawful for fuch Committee or Vifitor, by an Order in Writing to direct Convias, to 
 
 fuch Perfon to quit fuch Penitentiary; and in cafe fuch Perfon fhall refufe 3! nt . the . 
 
 . . . ■■ «_"■'«'• r Pemtentiarv. 
 
 or neglect fo to do within Six Hours after the Rec . pt of fuch Order, 
 
 it fhall and may be lawful for any One of His Majefty's Juftices of the 
 
 Peace, acting in and for the County of Middlcfex, on Application from 
 
 fuch Committee or fuch Vifitor, by Warrant under his Hand and Seal, 
 
 to authorize and empower any Perfon to whom fuch Warrant fhall be 
 
 directed, forthwith to remove fuch Perfon from and cut of the faid 
 
 Penitentiary. 
 
 ■jq And be it further enacted, That the faid Penitentiary fhall be regu- Other Afts 
 
 lated by the Provifions in this Act contained ; and no other Act or Acts Gaols,\-c. 
 of Parliament relating to Gaols, Prifons, or Houfes of Correction, or any not to apply 
 
 *-.l r -ri" •/• r» i • ti t • -n c ' .,.tO the Peni- 
 
 Claufes, Provifions, Regulations, Penalties, or Forfeitures, contained in tentiary. 
 any fuch Act or Acts, fhall extend or be conftrued to extend to the faid 
 Penitentiary, except fo far as any fuch Acts, Claufes, Provifions, or Re- 
 gulations are by this Act referred to and made applicable to the Puipofes 
 of this Act, or to the faid Penitentiary, or to any Perfons belonging to or 
 confined as Convicts therein. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That any pecuniary Penalties created by Recovery of 
 
 Pt* n3ltl£*S 
 
 this Act, for the Recovery of which no Mode is herein-before prefcribed, 
 fhall be recoverable before Two or more Juftices of the Peace in the County 
 in which the Offence fhall be committed, on Proof of the Offence by the 
 Oath or Oaths of One or more credible Witnefs or WitnefTes, or on Con- 
 feffion of the Offender ; and One Moiety thereof fhall be paid to the Ufe 
 of the Penitentiary, and the other Moiety to the Informer or Informers 
 profecuting for the fame, and in cafe of Non-payment, the fame fhall be 
 40 levied by Diftrefs and Sale of the Offender's Goods and Chattels, by War- 
 rant under the Hands and Seals of fuch Juftices ; and the Overplus of the 
 Money raifed, after deducting the Penalty and Expences of the Diftrefs 
 and Sale, fhall be rendered to the Owner; and for want offufHcient 
 Diftrefs, the Offender fhall be fent by fuch Juftices to the Prifon of fuch 
 County, for fuch Term not exceeding Six Months, nor lefs than One 
 Month, as fuch Juftices fhall think moft proper. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That the Provifions of an Act of Par- General Iflue 
 liament paffed in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of His prefent tobe P leaded - 
 Majefty, and of all other Acts of Parliament for the rendering Juftices of 
 Peace more fafe in the Execution of their Offices, fhall extend and be con. 
 ftrued to extend to all Perfons nominated to form Part of the faid Com- 
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 mittee for fuperintending the faid Penitentiary, and to the Governor thereof, 
 fo as that no Action fhall be brought againft any fuch Perfon or Per- 
 fons for any Thing done under this Act, without Notice, to enable him 41 
 or them to tender Amends ; and if any Suit or Action (hall be profecuted 
 againft any Perfon or Perfons for any Thing done in purfuance of this 
 Act, fuch Perfon or Perfons may plead the General Iffue, and give this 
 Act or the Special Matter in Evidence at any Trial to be had there- 
 upon, and that the fame was done by the Authority of this Act ; and if a 
 Verdict fhall pafs for the Defendant or Defendants, or the Plaintiff or 
 Plaintiffs fhall become Nonfuit, or difcontinue his, her, or their Action or 
 Actions after Iffue joined, or if on Demurrer or otherwife, Judgment fhall 
 be given againft the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, the Defendant or Defendants 
 Treble Cofts. fhall recover Treble Cofts, and have the like Remedy for the fame as any 
 Defendants have by Law in other Cafes ; and though a Verdict fhall be 
 given for any Plaintiff in any fuch Action or Suit as aforefaid, fuch Plain- 
 tiff fhall not have Cofts againft the Defendant, unlefs the Judge, before 
 whom the Trial fhall be, fhall certify his .Approbation of the Verdict. 4 2 
 
 Limitation of And be it further enacted, That all Actions, Suits, and Profecu- 
 
 Aftions. tions to be commenced againft any Perfon or Perfons for any Thing done 
 
 in purfuance of this Act, mall be laid and tried in the County or Place 
 
 where the Fact was committed, and fhall be commenced within Six Months 
 
 after the Fact committed, and not otherwife. 
 
 Aft may be And be it further enacted, That this Act may be altered or amended 
 
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 BILL 
 
 For the more effectual Prevention of Frauds and Abuses in 
 the Manufacture, Exportation, and Importation of sundry 
 Wares, and for the Relief of distressed Workmen brought up 
 to practise the Manufacture of Clocks and Watches. 
 
 Note. — The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of the Folios in 
 
 the writtefi Copy. 
 
 ^ (£ 1R C£ 3 »> the Arts, Manufactures, and Trades, of making Preamble 
 exporting, importing and dealing in divers wares of Gold and 
 Silver, as also Watches, Clocks, Timepieces, Clock and Watchwork, 
 Mathematical Instruments, and Engraving, have been and are of con- 
 siderable extent and importance ; and very few persons, having occasion 
 to purchase such wares and manufactures, being able to detect any im- 
 position or deficiency therein, until it is too late to obtain any remedy, 
 although there remain and stand in force a great number of Acts and 
 Statutes on this behalf, yet partly for the variety and number of them, 
 and chiefly that many of the said Laws are not answerable to this time, 
 and cannot conveniently be put in due execution for the prevention of 
 forgeries, frauds and abuses, committed by evil disposed persons carrying 
 on or using the said arts, manufactures and trades, especially in secret 
 places, it is expedient that some more adequate provision should be 
 enacted, for the protection of His Majesty's subjects, and other persons 
 having occasion at home or abroad to purchase use or depend upon such 
 wares and manufactures, particularly in and for the navigation of Ships 
 at Sea : AN D to the end that poor labouring Workmen and other Persons 
 using the same arts, manufactures and trades, as their avocation hereafter 
 may, by their labour therein, obtain, both in the time of scarcity and in 
 the time of plenty, a portion of Wages meet and convenient for the 
 sustenance ot themselves and their families, and neither depend upon 
 Parochial Hates or Charities, nor on the labour of other Persons to 
 make up any deficiency thereof; 
 
 282. 
 
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 Frauds in the manu- 
 facture and decep- 
 tive worki and prac- 
 tices in the arts and 
 trades prohibited. 
 
 No Clock or Watch 
 or Mathematical In- 
 »trument to be made 
 without its bearing 
 the names and place 
 of abode of the 
 Maker ; 
 
 and no other name 
 or place whatsoever. 
 
 Names, &c. not to 
 be put upon move- 
 able peices, but on 
 some permanent part 
 of the work or ware. 
 
 Name, &c. not to be 
 changed, altered, or 
 obliterated. 
 
 Name, &c of Makers 
 not to be forged. 
 
 Nor any Maker's 
 Name used without 
 liis order. 
 
 Unfinished work not 
 to he exported } 
 
 W<& it therefore (£nattet), by The K I N G's Most Excellent Majesty. 
 by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, 
 and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority 
 of the same, THAT from and after the day of 
 
 no Person or Persons whatsoever shall make 
 up, or cause to be made up, any Clock, Watch or Mathematical Instru- 
 ment or other production of the said arts or manufactures, or either of 
 them, in which there shall be any false jewelling of the pivot holes, or 
 external appearance of jewelling, the same not being really jewelled, or 
 external appearance of shewing seconds, or the day of the month, or of the 
 moon's age, or any object or motion exhibited or to be exhibited by or 
 in the said art, manufacture or otherwise, nor in which there shall be any 
 deficiency of the several appropriate parts, internal mechanism, work and 
 works, duly to give motion and otherwise unto and for all such works, 
 motions and objects whatsoever, apparently or pretended, or purporting 
 to be shewn exhibited or set forth by such Clock, Watch, Mathematical 
 Instrument and Production respectively ; nor shall any Person whatsoever 
 make up any Clock or Watch or Mathematical Instrument, without 
 engraving or putting on one or more principal and permanent part or 
 parts of the main Frame, Plate or Plates, and in a conspicuous manner and 
 visible situation upon every such Clock and Watch, and in an equally 
 permanent, conspicuous and visible manner and situation, upon every 
 such Mathematical Instrument, his or her and each of their own proper 
 christian and surnames and place of abode, in words at full length, 
 and a distinct number in numerical figures upon each, by which each 
 and every such Clock, Watch and Mathematical Instrument may be 
 described and identified, and no other name or place whatsoever; 
 nor shall the names or place of abode of the maker of any Clock or 
 Watch or Mathematical Instrument, be placed upon any moveable Name- 
 piece, .Barrel -piece or Dial, only thereon, but shall be in all cases so 
 permanently engraven and affixed on some principal part of the body of 
 such work ware or manufacture, and in the manner aforesaid, that such 
 name and place of abode may not be easily removed therefrom, or 
 admit the substitution of any other name or place instead of those of the 
 Person who made the same work or ware; nor shall any Person change, 
 alter, obliterate, conceal or take away, the inscription of the name or 
 place of abode of the maker, upon off or from any Clock, Watch, 
 Mathematical Instrument or Engraving, nor cause nor procure such 
 offence to be done or committed by any other Person ; nor shall any 
 Person forge, engrave, enamel, paint or put, nor cause nor procure to be 
 forged, engraven, enamelled, painted or put, the name or place of abode 
 of any Clockmaker, Watchmaker, Mathematical Instrument Maker, or 
 Engraver who made it not, upon any Clock, Watch, Mathematical 
 Instrument, or Engraving ; nor shall any Person put use or apply the 
 name or place of abode of any such Clock, Watch, or Mathematical 
 Instrument Maker or Engraver, upon any work ware or manufacture, 
 without his or her express order respectively, whose name shall be so put 
 used or applied ; nor shall any Person or Persons export or send, or 
 endeavour to export or send out of this United Kingdom, any outward 
 
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 or inward box, case, dialplate, movement, or other prepared material, of 
 any nature or kind whatsoever, for Clock, Watch or Mathematical 
 Instrument, without the movement and proper parts and appurtenances 
 
 8 in and with every such box, case, dialplate, movement and prepared 
 
 material, made up complete and fit for use, and with the names and nor finished wares 
 
 11 . without the names, 
 
 place of abode of the certified Clock Watch or Mathematical Instrument & c . of the Maker 
 Maker, and a distinct number engraven on each and every of them as thereo 
 aforesaid, and no other name or place, upon the penalty of forfeiting 
 
 to the Penalty 
 proper use of the Person or Persons who will seize and convey the same 
 before any one or more of His Majesty's Justice or Justices of the Peace 
 
 9 acting in or for the County City or Place wherein any such Offence as 
 aforesaid shall be done or committed, and also the further Penalty of 
 forfeiting the sum of of lawful money for each and 
 every such Offence. 
 
 Provided always, and be it Enacted, That nothing in this Act, or All Clocks, Watches, 
 in any other Act contained or expressed, shall be taken or construed certain day, to be 
 to extend to prohibit or prevent the free sale and exportation, without fr ( ^ (j sol<1 and ex " 
 penalty or forfeiture, of any Clock, Watch, or Mathematical Instrument 
 whatsoever, which shall have been made or engraven on or before the 
 day of 
 
 And provided always, and be it Enacted, That all and every the indemnity for Per- 
 forfeitures and penalties in and by a certain Act made in the Ninth and fended °sainst the 
 
 Tenth years of the Rei<m of his late Majestv Kino; William the Third, ^,.9 an ^'° 
 
 , °. i -n < William III. c. 28. 
 
 • o chapter twenty-eight, intituled "An Act for the Exportation of Watches, 
 " Sword-Hilts, &c." directed and appointed, shall cease and determine, 
 as to all and every offence before the day of 
 
 done or committed ; and all and every the said forfeiture and penalties 
 are hereby repealed, made void, and of no effect, and the persons who 
 have so offended, indemnified from and against the same. 
 
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 And provided always, and be it Enacted, That nothing in this Act One certified Work- 
 contained shall be taken or construed to extend to prevent any Clock, wo^iTfoTanwher " P 
 Watch or Mathematical Instrument maker, who is duly registered and certified w °rk- 
 
 . . jo master. 
 
 certified in the manner and iorm as 111 this present Act is required and 
 1 1 mentioned, from ordering or procuring to be made up any Clock, Watch, 
 or Mathematical Instrument, and causing to be engraven or otherwise 
 lawfully placed thereon, his or her own proper names and place of abode, 
 in manner aforesaid. 
 
 AND for the more effectual prevention of such Forgeries, Frauds and au Persons who me 
 Abuses as aforesaid, BE it further Enacted, That from and after the said the A rts aml Trades 
 
 mentioned, to be 
 
 day of no person whatsoever engaged in reg'utereJ, 
 
 or carrying on the art trade and mystery of a Clockmaker, Watchmaker, 
 Mathematical Instrument maker, or Engraver, shall exercise, use, follow 
 or practice the said art, trade or mystery, or either of them, except as 
 an Apprentice lawfully bound unto some known workmaster, until his or 
 her proper christian and surnames, place of abode, and particular profes- 
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 and to take out a 
 Certificate of such 
 
 Registry. 
 
 No Person to use the 
 Trades, &c. that is 
 not registered, nor 
 any Alien. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 sion or avocation as aforesaid, shall first have heen truly registered and 12 
 enrolled in the puhlic register hereinafter in that behalf mentioned and 
 appointed ; nor until he or she shall have taken out and obtained a Cer- 
 tificate of such enrollment and registry, in the manner and form as in this 
 Act hereinafter is mentioned ; nor shall any person whatsoever, that has 
 not lawfully obtained such Certificate as aforesaid, or that is not a natural 
 free-born subject, or having been naturalized, employ or set to work any 
 journeyman, workman, or other person, in the manufactoring of any 
 Watch or Clock, Mathematical Instrument or Engraving, upon the 
 penalty of 
 
 contrary to the true intent and meaning of this Act, and the sum of 13 
 of lawful money for each and every such offence. 
 
 Puhlic Register, by 
 wh m and where to 
 be kept. 
 
 All Persons now 
 using any part or 
 branch of' the Arts 
 or Trades, may be 
 registered as Clock, 
 Watch and Mathe- 
 matical Instrument 
 Makers, or as En- 
 gravers, except. 
 Aliens. 
 
 Persons registered 
 hereafter must first 
 have served as Ap- 
 prentice in the arts 
 mentioned, or some 
 of the branches set 
 forth. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That the said public Register of the names, 
 qualifications, and place of abode of persons using or practising the said 
 arts, manufactures and trade of Clockmaking, Watchmaking, Mathematical 
 Instrument making and engraving respectively, shall be kept by the 
 Company of the Master, Wardens, and Fellowship of the art and mystery 
 of Clockmaking, at their Common Hall or Office by them for that purpose 
 from time to time to be appointed within the City of London; and in the 
 said Register by the proper officer of the said Company in that behalf to 
 be appointed, shall be enrolled the proper christian and surnames and 
 place of residence and particular profession of all such persons, being 
 natural free-born subjects, or having been naturalized as at this day are 
 engaged in or practise the said art, manufacture and trades of making 
 Clocks, W'atches, Mathematical Instruments, and Engraving respectively, 
 or any part or branch thereof, and who shall on or before the 
 day of a PPty or desire to practise and be registered as 
 
 Clockinakers, Watchmakers, Mathematical Instrument makers or En- 
 gravers respectively as aforesaid ; and in like manner henceforth shall 
 be enrolled in the said register the proper christian and surnames, place 
 of abode, and professions of all such person and persons, being natural 
 free-born subjects, or having been naturalized, who shall apply and desire 
 to be so registered as aforesaid, having first duly served as apprentice to 
 a Clock, Watch or Mathematical Instrument maker, or to an Engraver 
 respectively, or in or to some one or more of the parts or branches of the 
 said arts or trades hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, a Clock-movement 
 maker, or a Watch-movement maker, or a Clock finisher, or a Watch 
 finisher, or a Watch-escapement maker, or a Repeating-motion maker, 
 and no other person or persons whatsoever. 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 Retaining! and cove- Provided always, and be it also Enacted, That this Act or any thing 
 "wiS&tutt-ptod^id therein contained, shall not extend to invalidate any lawful Retainings, 
 sffectual fjrallpur- Covenants or Indentures of Apprenticeship, had made or entered into 
 before the passing of this Act, but all and every the Parties to such 
 indentures, retainings or covenants, shall and may have the full advantages' jfj 
 of such indentures, retainings and covenants; and every such person shall 
 by virtue of the same indentures, retainings and covenants, when the 
 terms thereof shall have been duly performed, be admitted, enrolled and 
 
 certified
 
 ( 5 ) 
 
 certified as a Clock or Watch or Mathematical Instrument maker, or as 
 an Engraver in manner aforesaid. 
 
 And Provided always, and be it Enacted, That every Person what- Pessous now using 
 soever now using the said arts or trades, or any part thereof, and who who^onot a^Iphr to 
 before the said day of shall not apply to be be registered a;-.d 
 
 i i -r i r-\ i i t T r i i mi • , t certified as Master 
 
 registered and certified as a Llockmaker, Watchmaker, Mathematical In- Tradesmen, may 
 strument maker, or Engraver, in manner and foiin as aforessid, mav orWorkman! 1 ^" 1 ** 
 nevertheless work as a journeyman or workman to with and for any law- 
 '7 fully registered and certified Workmaster in the said arts, manufactures 
 and trades, or either of them. 
 
 And Provided always, and be it Enacted, That it shall and may be widows may use the 
 lawful to and for the Widow and Widows of any and every such lawfully E£d hS^iS? 
 enrolled and certified Clock or Watchmaker, Mathematical Instrument being first duly re- 
 
 gistered and certified. 
 
 maker, or Engraver, deceased, to produce the Certificate oi registry of her 
 deceased husband to the Registrar of the said Company ; and upon the 
 surrender of the said certificate, the said widow shall by virtue thereof, 
 be enrolled and certified as of and in her own proper names and place 
 18 of residence, and may thenceforth continue, use, practice and carry on 
 the art or trade which her deceased husband did use; any thing in this 
 Act contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That the said Certificates of registry and By whom the Cerfi- 
 qualification to use and practice the art and trade of a Clock and Watch- 
 maker, Mathematical Instrument maker, or Engraver respectively, 
 hereinbefore directed to be taken out and obtained by all Persons pre- 
 vious to their practising the said arts or trades, or either of them, shall 
 be issued by the said Company of the Master, Wardens and Fellowship 
 of the art and mystery of Clockmaking, who are hereby empowered and 
 '9 required to issue the same, under the hands and seals of the Master 
 and Wardens of the said Company of Clockmakers, and countersign of 
 their Clerk, on the day of 
 
 and afterwards to all such Persons duly qualified To whom Certificate* 
 and registered as aforesaid, being natural free-born Subjects, or having ! l e§rai 
 been naturalized, and being at this day engaged in using or practising 
 the said arts and trades, or any part or branch thereof, or who shsfll 
 have served as apprentice in the manner aforesaid, as shall apply for the 
 same Certificate, being first duly registered and inrolled as aforesaid. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That every Person who shall desire or Proofc to be ex- 
 apply to be registered and certified as such Clock ami 1 £ ^[^ris- 
 20 Mathematical Instrument maker, or Engraver as aforesaid, shall ■ ! certified. 
 and exhibit to the said Company of Clockmakers, or to th- 
 in that behalf appointed, his or her indenture of apprenti; and 
 reasonable proof of his or her having served and fulfilled the same 
 accordingly; or the testimony to be given before one or mov His indenture of Ap- 
 Majesty's Justice or Justices of Peace acting in or for the County, P^jceship, or m 
 
 •> 4 J' dsjiault, proof upon 
 
 City or Place nearest unto and in which such Applicant resided at the oath, stating the 
 time of such using the said arts or trades or servitude of apprentice- t he Trades. 
 282. . I> ship,
 
 ( 6 ) 
 
 ship, whereupon the said Person claims to be registered, inrolled, ad- 21 
 mitted and certified as aforesaid; suc"h testimony being given upon the 
 oath of such Applicant, and of Two competent Witnesses, having 
 knowledge of the Facts alledged, and that BflcH Applicant has used or 
 been employed in, ui has duly served as apprentice in the said arts and 
 trades, or in the said branches thereof; and in the manner aforesaid, 
 and thereby is entitled to such Registry or Inrolment and Certificate as 
 
 Sunt to be paid for aforesaid, every such Applicant payitig the safil of 
 
 for each and every such Inrolment or Certificate; and 
 every Person so inrolled and certified shall thenceforth be entitled and 
 at full liberty to exercise and follow the art and trade of a Clock and 
 Watchmaker, Mathematical Instrument maker, or Engraver, as his or 22 
 
 •nd'obe.v her case shall respectively be, or be certified as aforesaid; and which 
 
 lowa ilsi-fieEi crises ■ , r , ,, , .. . , . , 
 
 of executing tnisAct. saK ' smn °' sna '' ' l( ' taken and 
 
 applied by the said Company of Clockmakers, in aid of or towards the 
 expenses of executing the provisions of this Act. 
 
 Lists of the registered And be it also Enacted, That on or before the day of 
 
 pared annuafjy^™" m ever y . vear tne sa ' c ' Company of Clockmakers shall 
 
 cause to be printed or otherwise prepared a true and corrected List, in 
 alphabetical order, of the surnames arranged, and which List shall 
 contain the christian and surname and place of abode of all and every 
 Person and Persons registered in the books of the said Company, and 
 admitted and certified as qualified in the manner aforesaid, to practise, 23 
 use, follow and carry on the said art and trade of a Clock and Watch- 
 maker, a Mathematical Instrument maker, or Engraver respectively as 
 Removais of resis- aforesaid, any or either of them; and in case of any such Person re- 
 tered Persons to be m0 vins; his or her place of residence, he and she shall, within one month 
 
 notified to the - r 
 
 Registrar. thereafter, notify such removal, by or in writing to the Clerk of the 
 
 same Company, that the Register may be corrected accordingly, upon 
 Penalty. pain that he or she shall forfeit and pay the sum of 
 
 for every such offence. 
 
 Copies of the lists Provided always, and be it Enacted, That the Clerk of the said Com- 
 
 t£*££tejfi£* pany shall, in all usual hours of business, furnish a copy of the said 
 the Registrar. con ected list of registered Persons, upon the application of any Person 
 
 desiring the same, such Person .paying to the said Clerk a reasonable 24 
 Registers and Books price or compensation for the said List; and provided also, that upon 
 to be viewed, and th paymen t f the sum of to the said Clerk, 
 
 Copies or Extracts ' J 
 
 nken b. p rsons, on he shall exhibit or cause to be exhibited, in the office of the said Corn- 
 starch 5 . ° panv, to all such Person and Persons having reasonable cause in I hat 
 behalf, all and every book and books, register and registers, enrolment 
 and enrolments, touching or in anywise concerning this Act, and the pro- 
 Penalty on the clerk visions thereof; and also the said Clerk shall suffer and permit such 
 ismg, &c. Person and Persons to view and examine, copy and make copies or 
 extracts of and from the same, in writing, upon pain that for every 
 refusal and time of refusing, act and default by the said Clerk refused, 25 
 omitted, done or committed, contrary to the true intent and meaning of 
 this Act, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of 
 ot lawful money. 
 
 And
 
 ( 7 ) 
 
 And be it also Enacted, That no Clockmaker, Watchmaker or Mathe- 
 matical Instrument maker, being duly registered and certified as aforesaid, 
 shall, by reason or on account of making or selling Clocks or Watches, 
 Watch Chains, Seals or Keys, or Mathematical Instruments, of any 
 metal or material whatsoever, be construed or deemed to be a manu- 
 facturer of or dealer in wrought Gold or Silver Plate; nor shall any 
 such Person as aforesaid be deemed liable or required to take out the 
 Licence required to be annually taken out by workers of and dealers in 
 26 Gold and Silver Plate, under or by virtue of an Act passed in the thirty- 
 first year of King George the Second, chapter the thirty-second, or any 
 other or subsequent Act to enforce or increase the said Plate Licence 
 Duty ; nor shall any Stamp Duty whatsoever be paid or payable on the 
 enrolling, certifying or admission of any Person to be a Clock or Watch- 
 maker, Mathematical Instrument maker or Engraver as aforesaid, the 
 said Act of the Thirty-first year of King George the Second, chapter the 
 thirty-second, or any other Act, Law or Usage to the contrary hereof 
 in anywise notwithstanding. 
 
 Persons making or 
 selling Clocks, 
 Watches, &c. are not 
 workers of nor dealeri 
 in Gold or Silver 
 Plate, 
 
 tre not liable to 
 take out a Plate 
 Licence. 
 
 No Stamp Duty pay- 
 able on enrolling or 
 registering any Per- 
 son pursuant to this 
 Act. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That from and after the 
 
 day 
 
 of no Person or Persons whatsoever, that is not at this day 
 
 lj a professed workman in the said several arts or trades of Clockmaking, 
 Watchmaking, Mathematical Instrument making or Engraving respec- 
 tively, shall set to work entertain or retain any Person whatsoever as Ap- 
 prentice, or by any other name whatsoever, in the said arts or trades, or 
 in any part or branch thereof; nor shall any Clock and Watchmaker, 
 Mathematical Instrument maker or Engraver, take entertain or retain any 
 Apprentice in the said arts or trades respectively, or in any part or branch 
 thereof whatsoever, for less term and time than Seven whole years, to be 
 fully compleat and ended, and according to the custom of apprentices in 
 the City of London ; and provided also, that every such Apprentice shall 
 28 be bound and retained upon and according to the form of Indenture in 
 the Schedule to this Act hereinafter mentioned and set forth, and not 
 otherwise nor contrary thereto; nor shall any person whatsoever take 
 unto him or herself as Apprentice in the said arts or trades or either 
 of them, any person that is not a natural free-born subject, or who has 
 not been naturalized ; nor shall any Person who is not a natural free-born 
 subject, or having been naturalized, take any apprentice whatsoever in the 
 said arts or trades or either of them; nor shall any Person or Persons 
 take have or retain any Apprentice whatsoever in the said arts or trades 
 or either of them, without enrolling or causing to be enrolled each and 
 2q every such apprentice and apprentices in the registry to be kept by the 
 Company of the art and mystery of Clockmaking in the City of London 
 the indenture of such apprenticeship, within twelve calendar months from 
 the date of every such indenture, and the time of retaining such ap- 
 prentice ; nor shall any Person or Partnership of Persons jointly trading 
 in or using the same aits or trades or either of them, take have or enter- 
 tain any greater number than One Apprentice at one and the same time, 
 other than his or her own child or children, in the said arts or trades, 
 unless such Person or Partnership of Persons shall have given full and 
 entire employ for Two whole years then next preceding to one able 
 282. journeyman 
 
 ;rson that is 
 not a professed 
 Workmaster to take 
 any Apprentice. 
 
 No Apprentice to be 
 taken for less term 
 than Seven years. 
 
 Form of the Inden- 
 ture < r Apprentici - 
 ships in these Arts 
 and Trades. 
 
 No Alien to be taken 
 as Apprentice 
 therein. 
 
 No Alien to take .-.'.1 
 ttice. 
 
 All Apprentices to 
 be enrolled in the 
 Register of the 
 ( ng Com- 
 
 pany. 
 
 . to nave 
 I 1 One Ap- 
 prentice, unless they 
 1I03 la 
 neyman, and 
 then only Two Ap-. 
 t one time.
 
 ( 8 ) 
 
 journeyman at the least in the said arts or trades, and in the house or 
 u urkshop of such Person or Partnership ; and in such case such Person 
 or Partnership may lawfully take entertain and retain a second apprentice 
 and no more at one and the same time in his or their service, upon any 
 Personscomin^upon p] ea r pretence whatsoever: nor shall any person have take or retain 
 
 approval, to be bound ' r . . . . 
 
 Apprentice witinn upon approbation any person who is desirous or willing to become an 
 apprentice in the said arts or trades, or cither of them, for any period of 
 approval exceeding Three calendar months, but such person shall within 
 the said period of Three months be bound as apprentice as aforesaid, or 
 absolutely and for ever dismissed by such his said master or mistress ; nor 
 shall any person take or entertain in the said arts or trades or either of 
 them any apprentice without teaching such apprentice or causing him or 
 her to be taught the whole art of making the several parts and interior 
 pieces of mechanism of Clocks Watches and Mathematical Instruments, 
 or of Engraving, which his said master practises respectively as the case 
 shall be, whereby every such Person having duly served as apprentice 
 henceforth on the expiration of his or her term of servitude, shall nothing 
 lack of a sufficiency of knowledge and mechanical skill to execute and 
 fulfil such work and wares, productions of the said arts and trades, to his 
 and her own credit and the profit of the Nation at large, and no deficiency 
 or fraud therein upon the penalty of forfeiting and paying 
 of lawful money for each and every such offence. 
 
 30 
 
 Thee months, or 
 dismissed 
 
 Masters to teach, or 
 cause to be taught, 
 their Art to their 
 Apprentices 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 Pawnbrokers not to 
 take in pledge nor 
 purchase unfinished 
 Woik or Wares, nor 
 Tools. 
 
 Mathematical 
 Instrument makers. 
 
 Workmen to return, 
 upon demand, all 
 Work, Materials and 
 Tools to them en- 
 trusted. 
 
 32 
 
 And be it also Enacted, That from and after the 
 day of no Pawnbroker shall receive in pledge nor purchase 
 
 any unfinished Clock or Watch or Mathematical Instrument, or part or 
 prepared Material for the same, nor any Tool nor Implements used or for 
 the use of or in the arts manufactures or trades aforesaid, or any part 
 Pawnbrokers not to thereof; nor shall any Person whatsoever carry on the trade avocation or 
 Watchmakers, nor business of a Pawnbroker and of a Clockmaker or a Watchmaker, or a 
 Mathematical Instrument maker, and vice versa, at one and the same 
 time ; nor shall any Workman or other Person whatsoever to whom any 
 Clock or Watch, Mathematical Instrument or Engraving, or any Work, 
 Materials, Tool or Tools, used in or for the same arts or trades or either 
 of them, shall be entrusted to work upon or with, or to repair or other- 
 wise detain the same or any part or portion thereof, but he she and they 
 shall forthwith upon demand made, and without covin or fraud, return 
 the same Clock, Watch, Mathematical Instrument, Engraving, Work, 
 Material, Tool and Tools, and every part thereof, to the Owner thereof, 
 or to the Person who so intrusted the same to him or her respectively ; 
 and if any Pawnbroker or other Person shall be found and adjudged to 
 have acted or done otherwise, every such Pawnbroker and other Person so 
 offending shall forfeit 
 
 contrary to the true intent and meaning of this Act, and the sum of 
 
 of lawful Money for each and every such ofirfence, 
 refusal and time of offending as aforesaid. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 34 
 
 workmen, &c. may Provided always, and be it further Enacted, That it shall and may be 
 
 until Work and C ' lawful tor any Workman or Person employed as aforesaid to retain pos- 
 
 Repur done thereon se ssion of such Clock, Watch, Mathematical Instrument, Engraving, 
 
 artP * 1 ' ° r " Work,
 
 ( 9 ) 
 
 Work, Material, Tool and Tools, entrusted to him or her to work upon 
 or repair as aforesaid, until the work done thereon or therewith by such 
 Workman or other Person shall be duly paid for and lawfully discharged 
 in the current Coin of the Realm ; and if any person shall pay or offer Workmen not to i 
 
 "'d in Commodit 
 Money onlv. 
 
 to pay to any Workman, or for anv work done or to be done or executed h* u ' t l -" 
 
 in the said art or trades of Clockmaking, Watchmaking, Mathematical 
 35 Instrument making, or Engraving, or in any part or branch thereof, in any 
 commodity, or in any other manner or way whatsoever than in the current 
 Coin ot the Realm only, and not otherwise, every Person so offending, 
 and for each and every time he and she shall so offend shall forfeit 
 and pay the sum of of lawful Penalty, 
 
 money. 
 
 How Clocks, 
 Watches, &c. shall 
 be entered for ex- 
 portation. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 Ship Masters, &c. 
 not to receive any 
 such on board with- 
 out due entry, &c. 
 
 And be it also Enacted, That from and after the 
 day of no person or persons whatsoever shall export 
 
 or endeavour to export, any Clock or Watch without first making true 
 entry thereof at His Majesty's Custom House, and previous to shipping 
 the same endorsing on the cocket of the said entry a specific declaration 
 of the description, mark and number of every package in which any such 
 
 36 Clock or Watch shall be contained, together with a particular account of 
 the number and description of the Clock and Watches therein con- 
 tained, upon the Penalty of forfeiting 
 
 and the sum of of lawful money for every offence 
 
 to the contrary thereof; nor shall any Shipmaster or Owner or other 
 person, at any time after the passing of this Act, take or receive on board 
 any ship or vessel, by the way of trade or for sale, or upon freight or for 
 exportation to parts or places beyond the seas, any Clock or Watch, 
 until a distinct and true entry of every such Clock and Watch, and the 
 description thereof, and of the mark and number of the package, if any 
 such there be, in which the same is contained, shall first have been duly 
 made at His Majesty's Custom House as aforesaid, upon the penalty of 
 
 37 forfeiting for each and every such offence and time 
 of offending; and the like Penalties and Forfeitures shall also be paid and 
 borne by the Shipmaster or Owner of every vessel in which any Clock 
 or Watch shall have been clandestinely exported, or in which any such 
 Clock or Watch shall be found, not having been, previous to the shipping 
 thereof, duly entered for exportation as aforesaid. 
 
 Provided always, and be it Enacted, That any Shipowner or Master Remedy for the Shi 
 
 q J ' J ; ' Master. &r. snflWm 
 
 3° against whom any such Penalties shall have been levied tor such clan- 
 destine shipping of such Clock or Watch, not having been privy to the 
 contents of the Package in which the same shall be or have been contained 
 as aforesaid, shall have his or her remedy against the proprietor or other 
 shipper of such Clock or Watch, Clocks or Watches, so clandestinely 
 exported or endeavoured so to be as aforesaid, and shall recover his or her 
 damages and full costs of suit in the recovery thereof. 
 
 And be it also Enacted, That all and every the Penalties, Punish- Penalties on Persons 
 ments and Forfeitures, in and by the several Acts and Laws now in force, ^^H^Goid 
 touching and concerning the manufacture working and making of wares and silver Wares, re- 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 Master, &c. suffering 
 any penalty, and not 
 being party to such 
 contraband Shipping. 
 
 282. 
 
 c 
 
 of 
 
 pealed.
 
 ( io ) 
 
 Wrought Gold 
 Wares to be assayed 
 nnd marked in 
 London, Edinburgh, 
 or Dublin only. 
 
 Against transposing 
 the Marks on or from 
 one ware or piece of 
 work to another. 
 
 of wrought Gold and Silver, directed to be inflicted upon Persons adjudged 
 to have been guilty of removing the Goldsmith's Hall Mark or Marks 
 from one piece or ware of wrought Gold or Silver that has been lawfully 
 assayed and marked, and transposing or attaching the same to any other 
 piece of Gold or Silver work or ware that has not been so lawfully assayed 39 
 and marked, shall cease and determine, and all such Penalties Punish- 
 ments and Forfeitures are hereby repealed, made void, and of no effect. 
 
 And be it also Enacted, That from and after the day of 
 
 bo Manufacture, Work or Ware of wrought Gold, 
 which by any Act or Law now in force shall, previous to the sale or 
 exchange of the same by the maker thereof, be required to be touched, 
 assayed and marked, shall not be so touched, assayed, or marked, but at 
 one or other the Assay Office of the respective Companies of Goldsmiths 
 or Wardens of the Touch in London, Edinburgh or Dublin respectively, 
 where the same Manufactures, Works and Wares shall be tried and 
 assayed, touched and marked, with the Marks, and by, under, and subject 40 
 to such rules and regulations as by the Acts and Laws now in force 
 are appointed ; nor shall any such Wares as aforesaid be assayed for 
 the purpose of being marked, nor any such Hall-marked, in any other 
 Assay Office, City, Town or Place whatsoever, any law, usage or custom 
 to the contrary hereof in anywise notwithstanding. 
 
 And be it also Enacted, That from and after the day of 
 
 no person or persons whatsoever shall exchange or 
 remove the marks of any Goldsmith's Hall or Assay Office, on, off or 
 from any piece of work or ware, or from any part of any such piece of 
 work or ware of wrought Gold or Silver, that has been lawfully assayed 
 and marked, nor transpose, put or attach the same marks or marked 
 piece of Gold or Silver work or ware, to any other piece of Gold or Silver 
 work or ware, that has not been so lawfully assayed and marked as 
 aforesaid ; nor shall any person or persons put or attach the same marks, 41 
 or Hall-marked piece of work or ware, to any other piece of work or 
 ware of Gold or Silver than the proper work and ware which was or shall 
 have been lawfully assayed and Hall-marked, as and for part of the same 
 work, ware and manufacture, other than and excepting only needful 
 repairs to any old or worn work, ware or manufacture ; nor shall any 
 person or persons increase the weight of any piece of work or ware of 
 wrought Gold or Silver, at any time after the same shall have been as- 
 sayed and Hall-marked as aforesaid, by adding or attaching thereto any 
 other Gold and Silver that has not been so assayed and hall-marked, other 
 than and excepting any needful repairs to any old or worn work, ware 
 or manufacture as aforesaid ; upon pain that each and every such person 
 being upon the oath or oaths of any one or more competent witness or 
 witnesses, before any one of His Majesty's justices of the peace as aforesaid, 
 lawfully convicted of any such offence, lie or she shall forfeit and pay 
 the sum of for each and every such piece of 
 
 work and ware, in or upon which or in respect whereof any such trans- 
 position or offence as aforesaid shall have been done or committed ; and 
 
 also 
 
 42
 
 ( 11 ) 
 
 also shall by such justice of peace, by warrant under his hand and seal, 
 be committed to the common gaol of the same county, city or place, 
 there to remain the full space and time of 
 
 44 
 
 And be it also Enacted, That from and after the day of 
 
 no person or persons what- 
 soever shall add, put or attach any solder or stuffing to any such plate 
 43 work or ware of Gold or Silver, after the same shall have been pro- 
 duced at the Assay Office, and examined, assayed and hall-marked, and 
 previous to the sale or exchange thereof; nor shall any person make 
 up or cause to be made up or wrought, any work or ware whatsoever of 
 Gold or Silver inferior to one or other the standards for wrought Gold 
 and Silver respectively, as by the laws now in force are appointed ; nor 
 shall any person make up or cause to be wrought, any work or ware, or 
 part or piece of or for any work or ware of Gold or Silver, that by 
 reason of the smallness or delicacy of the workmanship thereof, cannot 
 without damage be assayed and receive the touch and the hall-marks 
 thereon, but he or she shall duly put therein and in every piece and part 
 thereof, a full and lawful proportion of fine Gold or of fine Silver respec- 
 tively, as the said ware or manufacture shall purport to be, and according 
 to one or other of the standards respectively by law appointed and 
 required to be used in manufactures of wrought Gold and Silver respec- 
 tively; nor omit to put or stamp upon each and every such piece of work 
 or small Gold and Silver wares as aforesaid, a proper distinguishing mark 
 of the initial letters of the christian and surnames of the maker of such 
 small wares and work, and which distinguishing mark shall be duly en- 
 tered at and in the Assay Office or Goldsmith's Hall nearest unto the 
 place of residence of such maker or worker of small wares as aforesaid ; 
 
 45 nor shall any person use any fraud or deceit, nor conceal in the internal 
 or other part or parts of any ware of Gold or Silver, any Gold or Silver 
 inferior to the lawful standard for such work or ware ; nor any base 
 metal, nor any stuffing, nor more than a proper quantity of solder to 
 attach together the pieces and parts of such work or ware ; and which 
 proper quantity of solder shall be judged of and determined by the 
 Wardens of the Company of Goldsmiths respectively nearest unto 
 whose Assay Office any dispute or cause of dispute touching the pre- 
 mises shall be or arise, such Wardens respectively at all times hereafter 
 previous to taking upon them or either of them the said office of Warden, 
 
 46 being or having been practical working Goldsmiths or Silversmiths, and 
 being duly elected, appointed and sworn to the lawful exercise of his and 
 their said office and offices respectively, upon the Penalty of forfeiting 
 
 to and for the proper use of 
 the person who will seize, convey and sue for the same, before any one 
 or more of His Majesty's Justice or Justices of the Peace acting in or 
 for the County, City or Place where such Offence shall have been com- 
 mitted, and the sum of of lawful Money for 
 each and every such Offence. 
 
 And be it also Enacted, That from and after the twenty-ninth day of 
 
 May next ensuing, no person whatsoever shall work or make or cause to be 
 
 282. made 
 
 No Gold or Silver In 
 ferior to the Standard 
 to be wrought into 
 any ware. 
 
 Small wares to be 
 wrought of the law - 
 ful Standards. 
 
 Makers Mark to be 
 put upon all small 
 wares. 
 
 Against concealed 
 frauds in Gold and 
 Silver wares. 
 
 Wardens to deter- 
 mine the quantity of 
 solder. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 To prevent the 
 making of Pendants 
 in quality inferior t» 
 the- Standards ap- 
 pointed for Gold and 
 Silver.
 
 ( 12 ) 
 
 And to prevent the 
 same from being 
 used to Watch cases 
 until duly Hall 
 marked. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 All Pendants made 
 before the 29th day 
 of May next, to be 
 freely sold or ex- 
 ported, whether 
 marked or not. 
 
 made or wrought, any Gold or Silver Pendant, or pendant Bow for a Watch- 47 
 case, less in fineness than one of the standards by the laws now in force 
 appointed for wrought plate, or sell exchange or expose to sale any such 
 Gold or Silver Pendant, or export the same out of this United Kingdom, 
 or solder or otherwise attach the same to any Watchcase of Gold or Silver 
 (such Watchcase Pendant and pendant Bow respectively having been made 
 after the said twenty-ninth day of May) until such Pendant and Bow shall 
 have been lawfully marked with the mark of the worker or maker thereof, 
 together with some one or more of the marks by the laws now in force 
 required to be used for the marking of Watchcases of Gold and Silver re- 
 spectively, upon pain that every such person or persons for every such 48 
 offence shall forfeit and pay the sum of 
 
 Provided always, and be it Enacted, That nothing in this Act contained 
 shall be construed or taken to prohibit the free sale or exportation of any 
 Watch with a Pendant attached thereto, the cases of which Watch and 
 which Pendant respectively shall have been made before the said twenty- 
 ninth day of May, notwithstanding such Pendant may not have received 
 any of the marks by this Act or any other law now in force directed to be 
 impressed on Pendants of Gold or Silver for Watchcases. 
 
 Work found upon And provided always, and be it further Enacted, That whensoever any 
 
 Standard, to be work, ware or manufacture of wrought Gold or Silver shall be sent to or 
 deHvered"o the delivered at any Goldsmith's Hall or Assay Office by law established for 
 
 Owner without other the purpose of such ware being assayed and touched, and upon assay 
 p and trial thereof upon three succeeding working days duly made, the said 
 
 work, ware or manufacture shall be found and adjudged worse in fineness 
 than one or other of the standards for work and wares of wrought Gold 
 and Silver respectively lawfully appointed, every such insufficient work, 
 ware and manufacture shall be broken cut or otherwise utterly defaced, 
 and the materials thereof shall by the warden or officer of such Assay 
 Office be re-delivered to the Owner or Owners thereof, or the person by 
 him her or them, by writing under his her or their hand or hands, 
 authorized to demand and receive the same ; and such delivery shall be 
 made without any further or other pain penalty let or hinderance what- 
 soever, to or upon the maker or proprietor thereof, other than such 
 breaking and defacing of the workmanship as aforesaid. 
 
 49 
 
 50 
 
 Gold and Silver in 
 which any concealed 
 fraud is suspected 
 may be cut and 
 assayed. 
 
 Provided also, and be it Enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to 
 and for the Assayer or other chief officer of the several Companies of 
 Goldsmiths, Wardens of the Touch, and Assayers respectively, at the 
 several Assay offices by law appointed and established for the purpose 
 of assaying and marking of wares and manufactures of wrought Gold 
 and Silver respectively, to cut and examine, or cause to be cut and exa- 
 mined, any piece or parcel of work, ware and manufacture, brought to be 
 assayed as aforesaid, wherein or in the construction whereof such Assayer 
 or other officer shall suspect any concealed fraud, covin or deceit, either 
 in the interior or other parts or construction of such work, ware or manu- 
 if any fraud is found facture ; and if upon trial and assay lawfully made, any concealed fraud 
 shall be found or discovered in such work, ware or manufacture, the 
 
 maker 
 
 therein 
 
 51
 
 ( 13 ) 
 
 maker thereof shall forfeit and pay the sum of for Penalty, 
 
 every such piece of work, ware or manufacture, so found to be fraudulently 
 or deceitfully wrought. 
 
 Provided always, and be it Enacted, That if no fraud or deception be 
 found in such work, ware or manufacture, so cut and examined as afore- 
 
 52 said, the Assayer or other Officer as aforesaid shall, out of the public 
 funds and monies received in the said Assay Office, immediately pay 
 unto the Workman aggrieved, the full value of the workmanship, and all 
 loss and damage by such Workman sustained from and by reason of the 
 cuttins and defacing of his said work, ware or manufacture as aforesaid. 
 
 And provided always, and be it Enacted, That if any Assayer or other 
 Officer or Person shall act or do contrary to the true intent and meaning 
 of this Act, or shall unlawfully spoil or unnecessarily deface or injure any 
 work, ware or manufacture brought to be assayed at the public Assay 
 Office as aforesaid, there being no fraud or deficiency in the Gold or 
 
 53 Silver thereof, such Assay Officer or other Person shall pay to the Person 
 or Workman thereby aggrieved, his or her especial damage sustained, and 
 all Costs of Suits in recovering the same, before any one or more of His 
 Majesty's Justice or Justices of Peace acting in or for the County, City or 
 Place wherein such offence shall have been committed. 
 
 If no fraud is found 
 in such work or 
 ware, the Workman 
 to be paid his damage 
 and costs. 
 
 Assay officers doing 
 unnecessaiy damage 
 to woik sent to be 
 assayed, shall pay 
 the especial damage 
 to the Person injured 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That if any Person or Persons whatsoever To prevent frauds i« 
 from and after the dav of shall enter at h!™" 6 h ™ k ,*}« . 
 
 duties on Gold and 
 
 His Majesty's Custom House, for the purpose of exporting to Foreign Silver Plate exported, 
 
 , , ,. , r i< 1 an d re-importins 
 
 parts, by way ot merchandize, any work, ware or manufacture of wrought and selling the same 
 Gold or Silver made within this realm, and upon the making whereof wlthout dut y- 
 the several duties by law appointed have been duly paid and satisfied, 
 34 and such Person shall desire to draw back and have repaid to him or her 
 such portions of the said duties on such work or wares as by law are 
 allowed to be drawn back on the exportation thereof, that in every such 
 case the Customer, Searcher or other chief Officer of His Majesty's 
 Customs, at the Port in which such Gold or Silver wares shall be so en- 
 tered for exportation, shall put his seal upon every Package containing 
 such Gold or Silver ware, and shall, at the expense and risk of the 
 
 55 intending exporter, transmit such package to the Goldsmiths Hall or 
 Assay Office wherein the said work or ware was marked, and paid the 
 duty on the manufacture thereof, where the same work or ware being ca- 
 pable to receive a mark, shall be again marked with a mark by the 
 Wardens of the Company of Goldsmiths in London, to be from time to 
 time appointed and ordained, to testify by such mark that the same work 
 and ware has been entered and marked for exportation ; and the drawing 
 back of the duties thereon as aforesaid, and being so marked, the same 
 work and wares shall in like manner be sealed up in a package by the 
 
 56 Assay officer, and by him at the cost, expense and risk of the intending 
 exporter, re-conveyed to His Majesty's warehouse of the Custom House 
 from whence the package so came to be marked as aforesaid, and such 
 work and ware of wrought Gold and Silver may then law fully be exported, 
 and the duties thereon drawn back and repaid, subject tc such provisions 
 
 282. D as
 
 ( 14 ) 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 as by the laws in force are shall or may be appointed, touching or con- 
 cerning the exportation of and drawing back the duties on wrought Gold 
 and Silver plate; and if any plate, work or ware of wrought Gold or 
 Silver, that has been so marked for exportation as aforesaid, shall after- 
 wards be found in the possession of any Person or Persons whatsoever, 
 and shall not have been previously re-entered, and the duties thereon 
 repaid and satisfied, and re-marked on the importation thereof, he or she 
 shall forfeit and the sum of 
 
 for every piece thereof. 
 
 Wardens, together 
 with the Chief 
 Assayer, may search 
 for fraudulent wares. 
 
 3d of Edward IV, 
 cap. 4. re enacted for 
 Gold and Silver 
 
 Fraudulent or deceit- 
 ful wares, work, &c. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 Refusing the 
 wardens, &c. en- 
 trance to search for 
 
 frauds. 
 
 AND for the more effectual suppression of frauds and abuses in the 
 manufacture, working alteration, trading, dealing in and sale of Gold 
 and Silver wares, committed in secret places and shops ; BE it also 
 Enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the 
 day of it shall and may be lawful to and for the Wardens, 58 
 
 together with the Chief or Head Assay-master of the several Companies 
 of Goldsmiths and Guardians of the Touch respectively, or of either of 
 them, (such Wardens respectively at all times hereafter, and previous to 
 taking upon either of them the said office of Warden, being or bavins been 
 practical working Goldsmiths or Silversmiths, and being duly elected, 
 appointed and sworn to the lawful exercise of his and their said Office 
 and Offices respectively) with whom or in whose public Assay Office, 
 lawfully appointed, the mark of any maker or worker for dealer in Gold 
 or Silver wares shall be entered, or nearest unto whose public Assay rn 
 Office as aforesaid, any dealer in Gold or Silver wares shall be dwelling, 
 or any two of such Wardens, together with their chief Assayer as afore- 
 said, at any and all working time and times, as to the said Wardens shall 
 seem meet, to enter into the several and respective workshops, shops, 
 warehouses, place and places of business, of every such Gold or Silver 
 worker and dealer in Gold or Silver wares, and there to search and 
 search for, inspect and take view of, and if the said Wardens shall see it 
 fitting, to touch, assay, and by their best means and ability, try and 
 ascertain the lawful quality and sufficiency of any or every the work, 60 
 wares and materials of Gold and Silver, there found and wrought or in 
 progress to be wrought, by or for any such workmaster or dealer as afore- 
 said ; or, if the said Wardens shall so think fit, to convey the same wares, 
 works and prepared materials of Gold and Silver, to the public Assay 
 Office of the said Company of Goldsmiths, or Guardians of the Touch, 
 and there to touch, try and assay the same ; and if any fraud or deceit 
 shall be found therein, such of the said wares, works and prepared 
 materials, so unlawfully wrought, shall be and broken, and 
 
 the sale price or value of the broken materials thereof, shall be appro- g. 
 priated to and in aid of a fund, by the same Company of Goldsmiths to 
 be applied and used in, to and towards the prosecution of Offenders 
 against the provisions of this Act ; and if any Person or Persons what- 
 soever shall refuse admittance to, or shall impede the said Wardens and 
 Assayer, or either of them, in the execution or performance of the duties 
 so assigned to them as aforesaid, he she and every of them so offending, 
 and so often and for every time that he she or they shall so refuse or 
 
 impede
 
 ( 15 ) 
 
 impede the said Wardens and Assayer as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay 
 
 the Sum of Penalty. 
 
 62 Provided always, and be it Enacted, That such work, ware and Time for returning 
 materials, in which no fraud or deceit shall be found, shall be returned work. 
 
 to the owner thereof, within one working day from the day on which 
 the same was so conveyed to the Assay Office to be examined as 
 aforesaid. 
 
 Provided always, and be it Enacted, That if any Shopkeeper or Dealer Remedy for Shop- 
 in Plate or wares of wrought Gold or Silver, or other Person not being persons aggrieved 
 privy or party to the working or making of any such unlawful or deceitful l 
 wares or manufactures as aforesaid, shall suffer or sustain any penalty 
 loss or damage by reason of any such fraud or deceit, such Shopkeeper 
 
 63 Dealer and other Person shall recover double Damages and Costs of Suit 
 and recovery from the Workman, Worker or Maker who wrought or sold 
 such deceitful work or ware ; and which damages and costs shall be de- 
 termined awarded, and the payment thereof enforced, by such Justice or 
 Justices of Peace as aforesaid. 
 
 or Silver wares 
 
 And be it also Enacted, That so much and such part of a certain Act Part of the Act i2tk 
 made in the Twelfth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George repealcd." P ' Z ^' 
 the Second, chapter the twenty-sixth, as enacts, "that no Action or Suit 
 at Law shall be had commenced or prosecuted, against any of the 
 
 64 Wardens or other Officers of the several Companies of Goldsmiths or 
 Guardians of the Touch, and the respective Assay Officers, for any act 
 matter or thing by hiin or them in their said Offices done, in the touching 
 assaying or marking of work or wares of wrought Gold or Silver, or 
 otherwise touching the premises, unless such Action or Suit shall be 
 brought or commenced before the end of the next term after the fact 
 committed, and not afterwards," shall be and it is hereby repealed. 
 
 Provided always, and be it Enacted, That such Action or Suits as Time for com. 
 aforesaid, touching or concerning the premises aforesaid, shall and may and Suits against 
 be had brought and commenced at any time within one year next Ass *y offi «rs, &c. 
 
 65 ensuing the expiration of the usage or change of the variable Mark or 
 Letter of the said Company of Goldsmiths or Assay Office for the year 
 within which cause of Action or Suit shall be discovered by the Person 
 aggrieved, and not afterwards. 
 
 And be it Enacted, That from and after the The importation of 
 
 day of no unfinished Clock or Watch, nor pre- clocked SS 
 
 pared material of or for a Clock or Watch, or of or for a Musical Piece, work, &c. prohibited. 
 Snuff Box or Machine, to be moved by Clock or Watchwork, nor any 
 Musical Box, Snuff Box or other Box or Jewellery, Clock or Watch, in 
 or upon which is represented placed or attached any print, painting or 
 
 66 figure, movement or motion, of an immoral or obscene description or 
 tendency whatsoever, shall be imported into these Realms from foreign 
 
 parts or places, under any plea or pretence whatsoever; and all such unfi- Seizable wheresoever 
 nished foreign made Clocks and Watches, prepared Materials, Musical c1 °s t n ' ™_ t0 e 
 282. Pieces,
 
 ( 16 ) 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 Pieces, Snuff Boxes, Clock and Watchwork and Jewellery as aforesaid, 
 which after the said day of 
 
 shall be found or discovered, shall and may be seized by the Person who 
 shall discover and will convey the same before any one or more of His 
 Majesty's Justice or Justices of the Peace acting in or for the County 
 City or Place where such prohibited articles goods and wares as afore- 67 
 said shall be found or discovered ; and upon proof being made on the 
 oath of one or more credible Witness or Witnesses, that the same are 
 such prohibited articles goods and wares as aforesaid, they and every of 
 them shall be 
 
 for the proper use of the Person who seized the same articles goods and 
 wares as aforesaid ; and the Person or Persons in whose possession any 
 such prohibited articles goods or wares as aforesaid shall be found or 
 discovered, shall also feifeit and pay the Sum of g» 
 
 for each and every time that any such prohibited articles goods or wares 
 shall be found or discovered in his or her possession. 
 
 Foreign-made 
 Clocks, Watches, 
 &c. to be allowed to 
 entry in the Port of 
 London only ; 
 
 and none to be ad- 
 mitted, unless they 
 bear the names, &c. 
 or the maker thereon. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 No British name, 
 either ot Person or 
 Place, to be put upon 
 foreign work. 
 
 And be it also Enacted, That from and after the said 
 
 day of no finished and complete Clock or 
 
 Watch, Musical Snuff Box or other Box or Jewellery, in which any 
 motion, sound or music is produced on bells, wires, musical springs or 
 organ pipes, operated upon by Clock or Watchwork, wheels, springs 69 
 or other machinery, shall be imported from foreign parts, and allowed 
 to entry but at His Majesty's Custom-house in the port of London only, 
 where such foreign-made wares shall be liable to, and the owner or 
 owners thereof shall pay and satisfy such duties of customs thereon which 
 by any law now in force, or which hereafter shall be enacted, may and 
 lawfully ought to be levied and paid on the importation of such foreign- 
 made goods and wares as aforesaid ; nor shall any such foreign-made 
 goods or ware as aforesaid be entered or admitted at or in any other port 
 or place than the said port of London ; nor unless every such foreign-made 
 Clock and Watch, Musical Box or Piece as aforesaid, shall be compleat 70 
 and fit for use, and shall have thereon engraven, or otherwise permanently 
 put placed and affixed, the christian and surnames and place of abode 
 of the maker, together with a distinct number upon each, by which such 
 Clock and Watch, Musical Box and Piece, may be known, described and 
 identified, upon the penalty of forfeiting 
 
 upon which the christian and surnames and place of abode 
 of the maker, and a distinct number on each and every thereof, shall not 
 be duly engraven, or otherwise permanently and conspicuously put or 
 placed, or which shall not have been entered in the port of London for -j 
 the payment of the duties thereon as aforesaid ; and the same penalty and 
 forfeiture shall be to the proper use of the Person who will seize and convey 
 such Clock and Watch ware, Musical Box and Piece, to His Majesty's 
 warehouse of the Customs in the said port of London. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That from and after the 
 
 day of no person whatsoever shall engrave, 
 
 paint or otherwise place put or attach, upon any foreign-made Clock or 
 Watch, any name or names, being or purporting to be the name or 
 
 names
 
 ( 17 ) 
 
 names of any British person or place; nor by any other way or means Foreign-made work 
 "2 whatsoever, alter or dis«uise the name or apoearance of any Clock or J}?' r ? ^ e alter f d or 
 
 o rr J disguised so as to 
 
 Watch of foreign make, so that the same may appear, or be mistaken appear as British. 
 or sold as or for British manufacture ; nor shall any person sell, exchange Foreign-made work 
 or expose to sale, or exchange as or for British manufacture, any Clock or 'l^ *°, be sold as 
 
 r a 'J British manufacture. 
 
 Watch of foreign make or any Clock or Watch whereof the movements 
 
 or internal parts are of foreign make and the cases British, or whereof A ;j clocks and 
 
 the movements or internal parts are British and the cases foreign made ; ) Va t clies > partly of 
 
 r . foreign and partly 
 
 but all such Clocks and Watches shall be sold as and for the mixed British manufacture, 
 
 workmanship, as the fact shall be, and not otherwise; nor shall any foreign ^xedwork! SUC 
 
 made Clock or Watch, or any Clock or Watch having thereon any forged Foreign-made work 
 
 73 name, or imitation of a name of a British person or place, or any forged a ! ld a1 ' clocks and 
 
 T r . J n Watches, having or 
 
 imitation of marks impressed on Watches or Watchcases, in at or by bearing thereon any 
 any public Office or otherwise in Great Britain, be imported, sold, malks^not to be § re- 
 exchanged, repaired, altered or exported by any person whatsoever, P aired > sold, &c. 
 upon the penalty of forfeiting and P enaltv ' 
 
 the sum of of lawful money, for 
 
 each and every of such Clocks and Watches as aforesaid, to the use of 
 the Person who will seize and convey the same Clocks and Watches 
 before any one or more of His Majesty's Justices of Peace as aforesaid, 
 and upon proof upon the oath of any one or more competent witness 
 
 74 or witnesses, every such unlawful Clock and Watch shall be broken and 
 utterly destroyed, and the broken materials thereof shall be to the use of 
 
 the Person who seized the same as aforesaid ; nor shall any Person None to import or 
 
 whatsoever, after the day of import, purchase, clock" &£! until 
 
 deal in, or vend or expose to sale as a dealer in, any Clock or Watch, dui r licensed. 
 
 or any piece of Clock or Watchwork, Mechanism or Machinery, or 
 
 Jewellery wares, of foreign make, until he and she shall, in the manner 
 
 hereinafter mentioned, be duly authorized and licensed to trade or deal in 
 
 the said foreign made wares and manufactures, upon the penalty of Penalty. 
 
 75 forfeiting and the sum of 
 
 for each and every such foreign Clock and Watch, piece of Clock 
 or Watchwork, Mechanism, and Machinery, and Jewellery ware, 
 which shall be found in the possession of any Person so importing, pur- 
 chasing, vending or exposing to sale the same goods or wares, such 
 person not having been previously thereto duly licensed to import and 
 deal in such goods and wares as aforesaid ; and which forfeitures and 
 penalties shall be to the use of the Person who will seize the said goods 
 and wares, and will sue for the same before any one of His Majesty's 
 Justices of the Peace as aforesaid. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That such license and licenses to import and Foreign Clock and 
 
 j— • W^itcli u tilers 
 
 deal in foreign-made Clocks and Watches, Clock and Watchwork, Licence to be an- 
 -g Mechanism or Machinery and Jewellery of foreign make, shall be granted nin,ly renewed - 
 issued and distributed on or before the day of 
 
 next ensuing, and afterwards on or before the day of 
 
 in every year, by the Commissioners for mana^inc the By wnom and in 
 
 . ... ,, . , , i . — . ,., , -^ ^ what manner such 
 
 receipt 01 His Majesty s duties ot Excise, at their head office in London, Licences shall be 
 who are hereby empowered and required to enroll and issue such licenses, S ranted- 
 under the hands and seals of the said Commissioners, or of any two of 
 282. E them
 
 ( 13 ) 
 
 sum to be paid for them, upon the payment of the sum of 
 
 each Licence. ^ v the Person requiring such license, for each and every such license to 
 
 import and deal in such foreign-made goods and wares as aforesaid. 
 
 Foreign Clocks, 
 W itches, &c. im- 
 ported a:ter paying 
 the duties, are, pre- 
 vious to sale, to be 
 marked by the 
 Clcckmakeis Com- 
 pany, pursuant to 
 patent granted 2zd 
 August 163 1. 
 
 Price to be taken by 
 the Company for 
 marking. 
 
 And be it also Enacted, That each and every foreign-made Clock and 77 
 Watch, and all other the productions of the said arts and manufactures of 
 Clock and Watchmaking, already imported, and which hereafter shall or may 
 be imported from parts and places beyond the seas, shall, after the duties 
 payable on the importation thereof shall have been paid and satisfied, be 
 delivered by the Officer and Officers of His Majesty's Customs, or other 
 Persons having the custody thereof, unto the proper Officer in that behalf 
 appointed of the Company of the Master, Wardens and Fellowship of the 
 art and mystery of Clockmaking of the City of London, taking his receipt 
 for the same ; and each and every the foreign-made Clocks and Watches, 
 works and productions aforesaid, shall, by the said Company or their "^ 
 proper Officer, be properly and sufficiently marked according to the pro- 
 visions in the Charter granted to the said Company on the twenty-second 
 day of August in the year one thousand six hundred and thirty-one, 
 for that purpose mentioned and expressed, and by the marks so impressed 
 or otherwise put thereon by the said Company, to notify that each and 
 every the same Clock and Watchwork and production has been duly 
 examined, and also that the duties thereon as by law is required have 
 been duly paid, before the same is or shall be permitted or allowed to 
 pass into the possession of the importer or owner thereof ; and the said 
 Master, Wardens and Fellowship, or their proper Officer, shall and may jg 
 lawfully ask demand and receive, for the marking and allowing of such 
 foreign-made Clocks and Watches, works productions and wares of the 
 arts and trades aforesaid, as lawful fit and proper to be imported and 
 sold, such sum of Money as to the said Company of Clockmakers shall 
 appear reasonable to defray the expense of examining and marking the 
 same as aforesaid, not exceeding in the whole pence in the pound 
 
 sterling of the value of the Clocks, Watches, works and productions so 
 imported and brought to the office of the said Company to be examined 
 and marked as aforesaid. 
 
 No Person shall work 
 upon or finish any 
 foreign Clock or 
 Watchwork, 
 
 nor repair any such, 
 that is not duly- 
 marked. 
 
 Penalty, 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That from and after the 80 
 
 day of no Clockmak. r or Watchmaker, or other 
 
 Person, shall make up or complete, or employ any workman to make up, 
 work upon or complete any unfinished foreign work, or part or prepared 
 material of or for a Clock or Watch ; nor shall any person work upon or 
 repair any foreign-made Clock or Watch, that is not duly marked with the 
 marks hereinbefore directed to be impressed or put thereon by the Com- 
 pany of Clockmakers as aforesaid, without first sending every such Clock 81 
 or Watch to the proper officer of the said Company to be marked, ami 
 the duties thereon duly paid and satisfied, upon the penalty of 
 
 for every such offence, and upon pain of forfeiting 
 to the use of the person who will seize 
 and sue for the same as aforesaid. 
 
 Provided
 
 ( is ) 
 
 Provided always, and be it Enacted, That nothing in this Act contained Not to prevent die 
 
 shall be taken or construed to extend, to prevent any person from repair- ^Wafcfces law-* 
 
 ing any Clock or Watch of foreign make, that has been lawfully marked full >' marked. 
 in pursuance of the provisions of this Act. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That on or before the day of 
 
 all and every such foreign-made Clocks and Watches 
 
 82 as shall be in the possession of any person whatsoever, whether as a 
 dealer therein or otherwise, shall be brought to His Majesty's Custom 
 House in the port of London, for the purpose of being examined, and 
 the duties payable on the importation thereof satisfied, or proof given 
 that the said duties have already been answered and paid, and then to be 
 delivered to or at the office of the said Company of Clockmakers in 
 London, to be examined and marked as aforesaid ; and every such 
 foreign made Clock and Watch, which after the said day of 
 
 shall be exposed to sale by or which shall be found in 
 possession of any person \\ hatsoever, which shall not have been entered at 
 
 •S3 the Custom House, and marked as aforesaid, or on which the duties 
 payable on the importation thereof shall not have been duly answered and 
 satisfied, shall be and conveyed to His Majesty's Custom 
 
 House, and being first duly marked by the said Company of Clockmakers, 
 as aforesaid, shall be delivered thence to and for the proper use of the person 
 who did so seize and convey the same to the Custom House as aforesaid ; 
 and the proof, if any, to the contrary of sucli forfeiture, shall be upon the 
 owner of or person claiming restitution of the said goods before the 
 nearest Justice or Justices of the Peace, as aforesaid. 
 
 Foreign Clocks and 
 Watches now im- 
 ported to be brought 
 to the Custom-house, 
 to ascertain the pay- 
 merit of duties 
 thereon ; 
 
 and then to be de- 
 livered to the Com- 
 pany of Clockmakers 
 to be marked. 
 
 Foreign Clocks and 
 Watches not marked 
 conformable to this 
 Act, to be seized,&c. 
 
 Proof to the contrary 
 to lie upon the 
 owner. 
 
 Provided always, and be it Enacted, That all and every the finished Foreign Clocks 
 Clocks and Watches of foreign make, which shall be seized or taken by ^ffe SJSriS 
 84 the officers of His Majesty's Customs, for under valuation bv the im- onl y- 
 porter thereof, and condemned, shall be sold for exportation only, in 
 the same manner as prohibited goods. 
 
 ^ And provided always, and be it Enacted, That all such foreign-made All foreign-made 
 Clocks and Watches as aforesaid, which at this day are in the Dossession cloc ^ s and W3 . tche * 
 
 c -rt a {• , •-,, " ^otr»vrii now m possession of 
 
 01 any Ferson bona fide using the same Clocks and Watches, and not Pe . rsons bo "a fide 
 being dealer therein, shall be brought to the Custom House in London, 3dduty-frS. be 
 and shall be marked as aforesaid, and delivered to the Owner, without 
 any duty, charge, or expense whatsoever thereon. 
 
 AXD, for the better execution of the provisions of this Act, BE it 
 further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the 
 day of every 
 
 Person whatsoever who shall use as his or her calling or avocation the 
 g 5 art, trade or mystery of Clockmaking, Watchmaking, Mathematical 
 Instrument-making, or Engraving, or any part or branch thereof, shall 
 and may become a Freeman and Member of the said Company of the 
 Master, Wardens and Fellowship of the art and mystery of Clockmaking 
 of the City of London, and shall not be refused to be admitted accord- 
 ingly ; upon pain that every Person that shall be found offending to the 
 contrary hereof, shall forfeit and pay the sum of 
 
 282 - Provided 
 
 For the prevention 
 of frauds and abuses, 
 all persons who use 
 the arts and trades 
 shall or may become 
 freemen of the Com- 
 pany of Clockmakers. 
 
 Penalty.
 
 All Persons now 
 using the arts and 
 trades to be <dmitted 
 to the freedom of the 
 Company, on paying; 
 the usual duties and 
 fees, as by appren- 
 ticeship. 
 
 Persons residing in 
 the country, how to 
 lie admitted and 
 enrolled. 
 
 ( 20 ) 
 
 Provided always, and be it further Enacted, That every such Person 
 as aforesaid, who shall make application to be admitted as Freemen and 
 Members of the said Company, shall be so admitted, upon paying the 
 same Stamp to His Majesty, and also the like Fees and Charges to the 
 said Company for such their admission, as shall from time to time be 
 paid and payable by Persons entitled to be admitted to the Freedom of 
 the said Company by apprenticeship, such Person and Persons first 
 taking and subscribing such Oath and Oaths as shall be usually and 
 lawfully administered, taken and subscribed by Persons admitted to the 
 Freedom of the said Company ; and in case such Person shall dwell or 
 reside at any distance more than ten miles from the City of London, such 
 Applicant shall be sworn by and before any one of His Majesty's Jus- 
 tices of the Peace acting in or for the County City or Place wherein 
 such Applicant shall reside or be dwelling ; and the said Applicant and 
 the said Justice of Peace shall sign the same upon the form of Oath, to 
 be previously for that purpose furnished by the Clerk of the said Com- 
 pany, and which said Subscription and Oath being transmitted to the 
 said Clerk, shall be inrolled in the Registers of the said Company, and 
 the said Applicant shall from thenceforth be admitted free and a Freeman 
 of the said Company, to all intents and purposes whatsoever. 
 
 Company to stand And be it f urther Enacted, That the said Company of the Master 
 
 and be incorporated r J 
 
 as in the Charter is Wardens and Fellowship of the art and mystery of Clockmaking, shall 
 stand and be incorporated in such sort and with the Powers and Autho- 
 rities, as in the Charter for the Incorporation of the said Company is 
 mentioned. 
 
 80 
 
 87 
 
 Of whom the Com- 
 pany shall consist. 
 
 Master and Wardens 
 named. 
 
 Assistants named. 
 
 Provided always, and be it also Enacted, That there shall henceforth 
 be one Master and three Wardens and twenty-four Assistants, three 
 Auditors of Accounts, one Clerk and Registrar, and so many Persons as 
 shall be and become Free and Freemen of the said Company ; and that 
 
 shall be the said Master, and 
 shall be the said Wardens of the said Company, to hold and 
 exercise the said Offices of Master and Wardens respectively until the 
 first Monday which shall be in the month of January next ensuing, and 
 from thence until such time as they and each of them respectively shall 
 be succeeded by some other Person and Persons lawfully elected and 
 sworn, in his their and each of their said office and offices respectively ; 
 and that 
 
 88 
 
 Auditors named. 
 
 shall be the present Assistants gg 
 of the said Company, to continue and hold the said office and offices as 
 Assistants, for and during their and each of their natural lives, unless they 
 or either of them shall for any good cause be removed by four parts in 
 five in number upon the ballott, in any General Assembly of the said 
 Company for such purpose duly convened ; and that after the death or 
 removal as aforesaid of any one or more of the said Assistants, that then 
 there shall be, in the manner and form hereinafter mentioned and appointed, 
 an election of one other Person in the place and stead of each and every 
 of the said Assistants so dying or being removed as aforesaid ; and that go 
 
 shall be the Auditors of 
 the
 
 ( 21 ) 
 
 the said Company, to hold and exercise the said office and offices respec- 
 tively, as to one Auditor, until the first Monday which shall be in the 
 month of January now next ensuing, and as to one other Auditor until 
 the like day following one year from the day last mentioned, and as to 
 the remaining one Auditor, to continue in his said office until the like 
 day following two whole years from the day last mentioned ; and for 
 avoiding disputes amongst the said Auditors respectively, they shall de- 
 termine by the ballot amongst themselves which of them respectively 
 qi shall go out of office on the three several days aforesaid. 
 
 And provided always, and be it Enacted, That all future Masters Wardens Masters, Wardens 
 
 • . • i 11 i i i i /-ii i i iij I , and Assistants to be 
 
 and Assistants shall be or have been practical Llockmakers, \V atchmakers, composed of Persons 
 Mathematical Instrument- makers or Mathematicians, and Engravers, at p'o^da^^d'to 
 all times composing the whole number of persons, by seven persons of be duly sworn, 
 each of the said four branches of the said incorporation respectively, and 
 also being or becoming Freemen of the said Company, and of the Livery 
 of the City of London, and being duly sworn to a just impartial and 
 lawful exercise of the duties of the said offices respectively, previous to 
 taking upon themselves or either of them the said offices or either of them; 
 and that shall be the Clerk and Registrar of clerk and Registrar 
 
 92 the said Company of Clockmakers, to hold the said office, and exercise & c . 
 the duties of the same from henceforth during the good will and pleasure 
 of the said Company, and subject to be removed by and by the order of 
 any especial general Assembly of the said Master Wardens Assistants 
 and Freemen of the same Company, and so on as to any and every 
 future Clerk and Registrar, Clerks and Registrars of the same Company ; 
 and so often as any vacancy shall be occasioned or happen by the death 
 or removal of the Clerk and Registrar for the time being, the said office 
 shall, within thirty days thereafter, be filled up by a new election of a fit 
 and proper person, to be determined by the ballot in an especial general 
 Assembly of the Master Wardens Assistants and Freemen of the said 
 Company, for that purpose to be convened and holden. 
 
 And provided always, and be it also Enacted, That at the hour of General assembly of 
 eleven of the clock before noon, on the first Monday in the month of nually forelectioiw. 
 93 October in every year, there shall be, at the Common Hall or usual 
 place of meeting of the said Company, a General Court and Assembly 
 of the said Master, Wardens, Assistants and Fellowship, to nominate 
 and elect four fit and proper persons, from among the Freemen of the said 
 Company, * ho at the time being are not any of the Assistants of the 
 said Company, to fill and exercise the office and offices of Master and 
 Wardens respectively for one year, and one fit and able person to be 
 one of the Auditors of Accounts of the said Company for three years ; 
 and after the death or removal of the present Assistants, to elect ei<*ht res P ective cffice 
 other fit and able persons, or such other part of the said number, to re- 
 place vacancies occasioned by death, removal or resignation in the said 
 number of Twenty-four Assistants, to hold the said office of Assistants, 
 for three years next following the first Monday in the month of January 
 then next ensuing such election as aforesaid. 
 
 How long ttie Per- 
 suns newly elected 
 are to serve in their 
 
 2S; 
 
 And
 
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 All elections to be 
 determined by the 
 ballot. 
 
 What Persons must 
 be present to form a 
 Court able for busi- 
 pess, and to prevent 
 adjournment. 
 
 Notice to be given of 
 adjourned General 
 Courts. 
 
 And provided also, and be it Enacted, That all and every Election and 04 
 Elections of Officers shall be by Ballot, which Ballot shall be taken 
 between the hours of twelve of the clock at noon and five of the clock 
 in the afternoon of the same day : Provided always, That if the Master 
 and the more part of the Wardens and Assistants, and at least thirty 
 Freemen of the said Company, shall not be in attendance at and within 
 one hour of the time appointed for the assembling of anv General Court 
 of or for Elections or otherwise as aforesaid, or that the said number 
 having been present, any of them shall have departed, so that the 
 quorum as aforesaid be not present during the whole of the business of 
 such Assembly, that in every such case the said Court shall be adjourned 
 until the Monday then next ensuing, and so on from Monday to Monday, 
 until the election and acceptation of Office, by writing under the hand 
 and hands respectively of the persons who shall be or have been chosen 95 
 to be such Officers as aforesaid, due notice of every such adjournment, 
 when any such shall happen or take place, being given at their places of 
 residence to the Freemen of the said Company residing within three miles 
 of the said Common Hall, and to all others by advertisement in the 
 London Gazette and one public daily newspaper, stating the object and 
 business of such adjourned Court, so to be holden as aforesaid. 
 
 In case of the death, 
 removal or resigna- 
 tion of the Master or 
 Wardens, what shall 
 be done to replace 
 the Head of the 
 Company. 
 
 New election, in case 
 of the death or re- 
 signation of 
 Assistants. 
 
 How long to serve 
 in office. 
 
 After the death or 
 resignation of the 
 present Assistants, 
 one-third of the 
 Assistants for the 
 time being to go out 
 of office every year. 
 
 And provided always, and be it Enacted, That in case of the death, 
 removal or resignation, with consent of any General Assembly, of the 
 Master for the time being of the said Company, then the senior Warden 
 for the time being shall immediately thereupon become ipso facto Master 
 of the said Company in his place or stead, who so died, was removed, or 
 resigned as aforesaid, and the Wardens remaining shall also advance in 
 their offices, and so on as to either of the Wardens of the said Company : 96 
 and within thirty days after any such death, removal or resignation, there 
 shall be a General Assembly of the said Company as aforesaid, to elect 
 by the ballot a fit and proper person to be junior Warden of the said 
 Company for the remainder of the then current year of service ; and in 
 case of the death or resignation of any Assistant of the said Company, 
 the vacancy thereby occasioned shall be filled up by a new election of 
 one or other fit person as aforesaid in his place or stead, and so on, so 
 often as and for so many as shall have died or been removed from the 
 said office of .Assistant, such election to be decided by the ballot as 
 aforesaid, in the Quarterly Court and General Assembly next ensuing 
 the death, removal or resignation of such Assistant respectively ; and the 97 
 person and persons so elected shall have and hold the said office of 
 Assistant until the first Monday in the month of January next ensuing 
 such election : Provided always, That after the death or resignation re- 
 spectively of the Assistants hereinbefore named, one third part in number 
 of the Assistants for the time being shall yearly and every year quit and 
 go out of the office of Assistant on the first Monday in the month of 
 January, and shall be replaced in the said office of Assistant, by eight fit 
 and proper persons to be for that purpose elected at the General Court 
 for elections then next preceding, as aforesaid. 
 
 And
 
 ( 23 ) 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That on tiie first Monday in the months of 
 January, April and July, and the third Monday in October, yearly and 
 
 fjS every year, and oftcner, when the Master and Wardens shall cause the 
 same to be convened, and so often as the holding of such General 
 Assembly shall be demanded on the requisition of thirty Freemen of 
 the said Company, by writing under their hands addressed to the Master, 
 or to the Clerk for the time being of the said Company, as to the requircrs 
 shall seem fitting, there shall be held at their Common Hall or usual 
 place of meeting, a General Assembly of the said Company, for the 
 dispatch and ordering of such business and affairs of the said Company, 
 and touching or concerning the arts and manufactures aforesaid, as shall 
 then and there be, by any Freeman whatsoever, produced, proposed and 
 submitted to the decision and order of the same General Assembly, 
 wherein every Freeman of the said Company shall and may attend, and 
 
 Q9 freely express his sentiments, and assent or dissent, vote and ballot, to 
 and upon all and every such propositions, matters, affairs and business 
 whatsoever; and further, that any Freeman whatsoever shall and may 
 be at full liberty to orignate and propose the enactment or repeal of any 
 bye law, order, business or question as aforesaid ; and every question in 
 the said General Assembly, and in every General Assembly of the said 
 Company, shall be decided by the ballots of three parts in four in 
 number of the ballots of the Freemen present at or in such General 
 Assembly and balloting as aforesaid. 
 
 General assemblies 
 
 of the Company to 
 
 be held four times in 
 
 every year, 
 
 and oftener, when 
 
 the Master and 
 
 Wardens shall think 
 
 fit; 
 
 and upon requisition 
 
 of thirty freemen. 
 
 Every freeman may 
 originate any busi- 
 ness and vote thereon 
 in such Courts. 
 
 All questions to be 
 decided by the ballot 
 of three parts in four 
 of the number of 
 freemen balloting. 
 
 J 00 
 
 101 
 
 Provided always, and be it further Enacted, That it shall and may be 
 lawful to and for the said Company of the Master Wardens and Fellow- 
 ship of the art and mystery of Clockmaking, in General Court, by and 
 upon seven days previous notice and advertisement in the London 
 Gazette, and in one public daily newspaper, for that purpose especially 
 assembled, to make such good and wholesome Laws, Orders and Ordi- 
 nances, as to the same General Assembly, and which being confirmed by 
 a subsequent General Assembly, to be in like manner convened as afore- 
 said, shall appear fitting and proper for the good rule and government of 
 all person and persons using and employed in the said arts, manufactures 
 and trades of Clockmaking, Watchmaking, Mathematical Instrument- 
 making, and Engraving, and the several parts, branches, works and wares 
 thereof whatsoever, and for the prevention of Frauds and Abuses therein; 
 and for apportioning, raising and collecting from the several Persons 
 using or employed in the said arts, manufactures and trades as aforesaid, 
 as well Freemen as others, such reasonable and rateable contributions in 
 money, from time to time, as may be and be deemed necessary for and 
 to defray the expenses attendant on the due execution of this Act, 
 and the several provisions herein mentioned ; and in every such law, 
 order and ordinance, shall assign such penalties and forfeitures to enforce 
 obedience to the same laws, orders and ordinances, as to the said General 
 Assemblies shall seem meet and reasonable : Provided always, That no 
 such penalty or forfeiture shall exceed the sum of 
 
 for any one offence, or any one time of offending ; and that the same 
 shall be sued for, prosecuted and recovered, in such and the like manner 
 
 282. and 
 
 General assemblies 
 to make lawt for 
 touching and con- 
 cerning the arts, 
 manufactures and 
 trades, and for pre- 
 vention of frauds and 
 abuses therein. 
 
 How the Monies 
 shall be raised to de- 
 fray the Expenses of 
 executing this Act. 
 
 Penalties to be as- 
 signed for breach of 
 any law made by the 
 Company in pur- 
 suance of this Act, 
 not to exceed £. 
 for any one offence. 
 
 How such penalties 
 ihall be prosecuted 
 for and recovered.
 
 ( 24 ) 
 
 and form as for the forfeitures and penalties in this Act hereinafter is 
 mentioned, directed and appointed. 
 
 General assemblies And provided always, and be it also Enacted, That such General Assem- 1 02 
 
 «rea'i U nnV a such d law bly duly convened and holden as aforesaid, shall and may from time to 
 
 as aforesaid. t ; me; anc ] at a |] t j mes hereafter, alter, amend, repeal and make anew, all 
 
 any and every Law and Order, Laws and Orders of the said Company 
 
 whatsoever, any law usage or custom to the contrary hereof in anywise 
 
 notwithstanding. 
 
 Forgery of certifi- And be it further Enacted, That if any Person whatsoever shall forge, 
 
 perjuVywuching'thl alter, transpose or falsely use any Certificate, or any Stamp, Mark, or 
 Device, or the Signature, or any writing purporting to be the Signature 
 or Certificate of or by any Justice of the Peace, Clerk or Registrar, or 
 other Officer by this Act appointed, allowed or required to be used, 
 applied, issued or given, or shall falsely swear or give false testimony or 
 evidence touching or concerning the provisions or directions of this Act, 103 
 by any manner or means, he or she for each and every such offence shall 
 forfeit and pay and shall be committed 
 
 to and suffer imprisonment for the space and time of 
 in the common Gaol of the County, City or Place, wherein such offence 
 shall have been done or committed. 
 
 perjury 
 premises 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 Workmen and other 
 Persons concerned 
 may give evidence 
 against offenders, 
 and be themselves 
 indemnified from 
 penalties. 
 
 Provided always, and be it alsoEnacted, That if any workman employed 
 upon or in the manufactures aforesaid, or either of them, or any other 
 person being party to or concerned in thedoing or committing of any 
 offence contrary to the true intent and meaning of this Act, or any part 
 thereof, and shall give information thereof, so that any one or more such 
 offender or offenders shall be lawfully convicted of such offence, such 
 workman and other person shall be for ever released from all and every 
 pain, penalty and forfeiture whatsoever, for touching and consequent to 
 the said offence, had such information as aforesaid not been given ; and 
 his or her testimony shall be good and valid, and shall be received as 
 such in the adjudication and determination of the offence charged to 
 have been done or committed. 
 
 104 
 
 Application of the 
 penalties, and where 
 they may be sued 
 fur, and offenders 
 prosecuted. 
 
 Justices may deter- 
 mine offences, &c. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That all Forfeitures and pecuniary Penalties 
 hereby imposed, shall (if sued for within from the 
 
 time of the discovery of the offence committed, for which any such for- 
 feiture or penalty shall have been incurred) be to the use of the person 
 that shall seize such unlawful and prohibited Clocks, Watches and wares 
 as aforesaid, or who will sue for the same; and the same forfeitures and 
 penalties, together with all costs of suing for and recovering the same, 
 shall be delivered and paid accordingly. 
 
 Provided always, and be it further Enacted, That it shall and may be 
 lawful to and for any Justice of Peace residing near the place where the 
 offence shall be committed, to hear and determine any offence against this 
 Act, which subjects the offender to any pain penalty or forfeiture, 
 pecuniary or otherwise, which said Justice of Peace is hereby authorized 
 
 and 
 
 io;>
 
 ( 25 ) 
 
 to6 and required upon any information exhibited, or complaint made in that 
 behalf, within one year after the time of the discovery of the offence com- 
 mitted, to summon the party accused, giving to each party three days 
 notice, to appear before such Justice of Peace, and also the witnesses on 
 either side, and to examine into the matter of fact; and upon proof made 
 thereof either by voluntary confession of the party accused, or by the oath 
 of one or more competent witness or witnesses, to give judgment or 
 sentence accordingly, and for the forfeiture and penalty as in and by this 
 Act is directed to be delivered and paid to the informer, and to award Application of the 
 
 1 07 and issue out his Warrant, under his hand and seal, for committing to prison JJ, e "y bTWfedby 
 such offenders, and for the time and times aforesaid, and for the levying Stress, &c. 
 
 the said forfeitures and penalties so adjudged on the goods of the of- 
 fender, and to cause sale to be made thereof in case they shall not be 
 redeemed within six days, rendering to the party the overplus, (if any,) 
 and where the goods of such offender cannot be found sufficient to answer 
 the penalty, to commit such offender to prison, there to remain for any 
 space of time not exceeding nor less than 
 
 unless such pecuniary penalty shall be sooner paid and satisfied ; and if Persons aggrieved by 
 any party shall find himself or themselves aggrieved by the judgment of appeal to the Quarter 
 
 108 any such Justice, then he or they shall and may, upon giving security to Sessi0ns - 
 the. satisfaction of such Justice, and to the amount and value of such 
 forfeiture and penalty, together with such costs as shall be awarded in 
 
 case such judgment shall be affirmed, appeal to the Justices of the Peace 
 at the next General or Quarter Sessions for the County, Riding, Division, 
 Shire, City or Place, which shall happen after fourteen days next after 
 such Conviction shall have been made, and of « Inch Appeal reasonable 
 notice shall be given, who are hereby empowered to summon and 
 examine witnesses upon oath, and finally to hear and determine the same ; 
 and in case judgment shall be affirmed, it shall be lawful for such Justices 
 to award the Person or Persons appealing to pay such costs occasioned 
 lOQ ky such Appeal as to them shall seem meet. 
 
 And be it further Enacted, That if any Person or Persons shall be witnesses not ap- 
 summoned as a witness or witnesses to t>ive evidence before such Justice P e . ann e> or n° t g lvin s 
 
 evidence. 
 or Justices, touching any of the matters relative to this Act, and shall 
 
 neglect or refuse to appear at the time and place to be for that purpose 
 
 appointed, without reasonable excuse for such neglect or refusal, to be 
 
 allowed of by such Justice or Justices of Peace, or appearing shall refuse 
 
 to be examined en oath (or being of the people called Quakers, upon 
 
 solemn affirmation) and give evidence before whom the prosecution shall 
 
 be depending, that then every such Person shall forfeit for any and every 
 
 110 such offence the sum of to be levied, paid recovered Penalty. 
 
 and appropriated in such manner as is hereinbefore directed, and so on so 
 
 often as he or she shall offend as aforesaid. 
 
 And be it further Enactfd, That the Justice or Justices of the Peace Form of Conviction, 
 before w horn any offender shall be convicted as atoresaid, shall cause the 
 said Conviction to be made out in the manner and form following, or in 
 
 282. G any 

 
 ( 26 ) 
 
 any other form of words to the same effect, mutatis mutandis ; that is 
 to say : — 
 
 " BE it Remembered, That on the day of 
 
 in the year of our Lord in the 
 
 County of # of was convicted 
 
 before me [or, us] [one or, two] of His 1 1 1 
 
 Majesty's Justices of Peace for 
 
 residing near the Place where the offence was committed ; for 
 that the said since the 
 
 day of one thousand eight hundred and 
 
 now past, did, contrary to the form of the Statute in that case 
 made and provided [here state the Offence against the Jet,] 
 and I [or, we] do declare and adjudge, That 
 the said hath [here state the pain or 
 
 :c penalty incurred, and the goods a?/d wares forfeited, if any,] and 
 the sum of lawful money of Great Britain, 
 
 for the offence aforesaid, to be applied to such uses as the 
 Law directs. Given under [my or, our] hand 1 1 2 
 
 and seal the day of one thousand eight 
 
 hundred and 
 
 Convictions to be Which Conviction the said Justice or Justices shall cause to be wrote fairly 
 Coum™ Records, u P on parchment, and returned to the next General or Quarter Sessions 
 and not removable f the p eace f or t [ le County, Riding, Division, Shire, City or Place where 
 
 into any Court. *' °' ' 'J 
 
 # such Conviction was made, to be filed by the proper Officer there, and 
 there to remain and be kept among the Records of the same County, 
 Riding, Division, Shire, City or Place ; and no such Conviction shall be 
 removed by Certiorari or other Process, into any Court whatsoever, any 
 thing herein contained, or any Law or Statute to the contrary thereof in 
 anywise notwithstanding. 
 
 SCHEDULE
 
 ( 27 ) 
 
 SCHEDULE. 
 
 113 The Covenants of INDENTURE of APPRENTICESHIP, 
 in this Act before mentioned and directed to be used. 
 
 T 
 
 <HIS INDENTURE Witnesseth, That 
 son of late of doth put himself 
 
 Apprentice to of citizen and 
 
 of to learn his art of 
 
 and with him (after the manner of an Apprentice,) to serve from the 
 day of the date hereof, until the full end and term of Seven Years 
 from thence next following, to be fully compleat and ended ; during 
 which term the said Apprentice his said Master faithfully shall serve; 
 his secrets keep ; his lawful commands every where gladly do. He 
 shall do no damage to his said Master, nor see it to be done of others; 
 114 but that he to his power shall let or forthwith give warning to his said 
 Master of the same. He shall not waste the goods of his said Master, 
 nor lend them unlawfully to any. He shall not commit fornication, 
 nor contract matrimony, within the said term. He shall not play at 
 cards, dice, tables, or any other unlawful games, whereby his said 
 Master may have any loss. With his own goods or others, during the 
 said term, without license of his said Master, he shall neither buy nor 
 sell. He shall not haunt taverns nor playhouses, nor absent himself 
 from his said Master's house and service, day or night unlawfully, but 
 in all things, as a faithful Apprentice, he shall behave himself towards 
 his said Master, and all his, during the said term. And the said 
 Master in consideration of his said Apprentice, in 
 
 the same art which he useth, by the best means that he can, shall 
 teach and instruct, or cause to be taught and instructed, finding unto 
 the said Apprentice (in the dwelling house of his said Master,) meat, 
 drink, apparel, lodging, and all other necessaries, according to the custom 
 of the City of London, during the said term. And for the true per- 
 formance of all and every the said Covenants and Agreements, either 
 of the said Parties bindeth himself unto the other by these Presents. 
 In witness whereof the Parties above named to these Indentures inter- 
 changeably have set their hands and seals, the day of 
 in the year of the reign of our Sovereign 
 Lord by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of 
 Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and in tht 
 year of our Lord one thousand hundred and
 
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