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 704 C. 2. Anno xliii Regius Elizabeths, A.D. i6oi. The Juftices ^forfeiture for ftiat naming of CXysifeers. Kow the for- feiture (hall be levied and im- ployed. The Juftices fhali rate every Parifh to a weekly Sum. z Bullir. 353. The Penalty for refilling to pay Money taxed. Relief for the -Prifoners of the King's Bench, Marfhalfea, Hofpitals. Farther Prov:J: ,ci: relating 19 Car. 2. c. 4. . realurers. ■Lord Chief Ju- fiice of F.nei:ind Knight Marfiial, "he Forfeiture oi the Church- wardens or Higr. sjonirablcs of- fending. Churchwardens and Overfeers, and the committing to Prifon fuch as refufe to account, or deny to pay the Arrearages due upon their Accounts ; (3) and yet neverthelefs, the faid Churchwardens and Over- feers, or the moft Part of them, of the faid Parifhes that do extend into fuch feveral Limits and Jurifdic- tions, fhall, without dividing themfelves, duly execute their Office in all Places within the faid Parifh, in all Things to them belonging, and fhall duly exhibit and make one Account before the faid Head Of- ficer of the Town or Place Corporate, and one other before the faid j uft ices of Peace, or any fuch two of them, as is aforefaid. X. And further be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if in any Place within this Realm there happen to be hereafter no fuch Nomination of Overfeers yearly, as is before appointed, That then every Juftice of Peace of the County^ dwelling within the Divifion where fuch Default of Nomination fhall happen, and every Mayor, Alderman and Head Officer of City, Town or Place Corporate where fuch Default fhall happen, fhall lofe and forfeit for every fuch Default five Pounds, to be imployed towards the Relief of the Poor of the faid Pariffi or Place Corporate, and to be levied, as aforefaid, of their Goods, by Warrant from the General Seflions of the Peace of the faid County, or of the fame City, Town or Place Corporate, if they keep Seflions. XI. And be it alfo enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Penalties and Forfeitures before-men- tioned in this Act. to be forfeited by any Perfon or Perfons,- fhall go and be employed to the Ufe of the Poor of the fame Parifh, and towards a Stock and Habitation for them, and other neceffary Ufes and Relief, as before in this Aft are mentioned and expreffed ; (2) and fhall be levied by the faid Church- wardens and Overfeers, or one of them, by Warrant from any two fuch Juftices of Peace, or Mayor, Alderman, or Head Officer of City, Town or Place^ Corporate refpedtively within their feveral Limits, by Diftrefs and Sale thereof, as aforefaid ; (3 ) or in Defect, thereof, it fhall be lawful for any two fuch Juftices of Peace, and the faid Aldermen and Head Officers within their feveral Limits, to commit the Offender to the faid Prifon, there to remain without Bail or Mainprife till the faid Forfeitures fhall be fatisfied and paid. XII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Juftices of Peace of every County or Place Corporate, or the more Part of them, in their General Seflions to be holden next after the Feaft of Eq/ier next, and fo yearly as often as they fhall think meet, fhall rate every Parifh to fuch a weekly Sum of Money as they fhall think convenient; (2) fo as no Parifh be rated above the Sum of Six-pence, nor under the Sum of a Half-pcny, weekly to be paid, and fo as the total Sum of fuch Taxation of the Parifhes in every County amount not above the Rate of Two-pence for every Parifh within the faid County: (3) V/hich Sums fo taxed fhall be yearly affeffed by the Agreement of the Parifhioners within themfelves, or in Default thereof, by the Churchwardens and Petty Conftables of the fame Parifhy or the more Part of them : Or in Default ofi their Agreement, by the Order of fuch Juftice or Juftices of Peace as fhall dwell in the fame Parifh, or (if none be there dwelling) in the Parts next adjoining. XIII. And if any Perfon fhall refufe or neglect to pay any fuch Portion of Money fo taxed, it fhall be lawful for the faid Churchwardens and Conftables, or any of them, or in their Default, for any Juftice of Peace of the faid Limit, to levy the fame by Diftrefs and Sale of the Goods of the Party fo refuting or neglecting, rendring to the Party the Overplus : (2) And in Default of fuch Diftrefs, it fhall be lawful to any Juftice of that Limit to commit fuch Perfon to the faid Prifon, there to abide without Bail or Mainprize till he have paid the fame. XIV. And be it alfo enacted, That the faid Juftices of Peace at their General Quarter-Seflions to be holden at the Time of fuch taxation, fhall let down what competent Sums of Money {hall be Cent quar- terly out of every County or Place Corporate, for the Relief of the poor Prifoners of the King's Bench and Marfhalfea, and alfo of fuch Hofpitals and Alms-houfes as fhall be in the faid County, and what Sums of Money fhall be fent to every one of the faid Hofpitals and Alms-houfes, fo as there be fent out of every County yearly twenty Shillings at the leaft, to each of the faid Prifons of the King's Bench and Marfhalfea ; (2) which Sums ratably to be affeffed upon every Parifh, the Churchwardens of every Parifh fhall truly collect and pay over to the High Conftables in whofe Divifion fuch Parifh fhall be fitu- ate, from Time to Time, quarterly, ten Days before the End of every Quarter; (3) and every fuch Conftable at every fuch Quarter-Seffions in fuch County, fhall pay over the fame to two fuch Treafurers, or to one of them, as. fhall by the more Part of the Juftices of Peace of the County be elected to be the faid Treafurers, to be chofen by the Juftices of Peace of the faid County, City or Town, or Place Cor- porate, or of others which were felled and taxed at five Pounds Lands, or ten Pounds Goods at the leaft, at the Tax or Subfidy next before the Time of the faid Election to be made ; (4) and the faid Treafurers fo elected to continue for the Space of one whole Year in their Office, and then to give up their Charge, with a due Account of their Receipts and Difburfements, at the Quarter-Seffions to be holden next after the Feaft of Eafter in every Year, to fuch others as fhall from Year to Year, in Form aforefaid, fuccef- ftv.ely be elected Treafurers for the faid County, City, Town or Place Corporate ; (5) which faid Trea- furers, or one of them, fhall pay over the fame to the Lord Chief Juftice oi England, and Knight Marfhal for the Time being, equally to be divided to the Ufe aforefaid, taking their Acquittance for the fame, or in Defatlt of the faid Chief Juftice, to the next antienteft Juftice of the King's Bench, as aforefaid : (6) And if any Churchwarden or High Conftable, or his Executors or Adminiftrators, fhall fail to make Pay- ment in Form above fpecified, then every Churchwarden, his Executors or Adminiftrators, fo offending, fhall forfeit for every Time the Sum of ten Shillings ; (7) and every High Conftable, his Executors or Adminiftrators, fhall forfeit for every Time the Sum of twenty Shillings ; (8) the fame Forfeitures, toge- ther with the Sums behind, to be levied by the faid Treafurer and Treafurers by Way of Diftrefs and Sale of the Goods, as aforefaid, in Form aforefaid, and by them to be employed towards the charitable Ufes compriftd in this Act. 1 XV. 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