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 364 C. 16, 17. Anno vicefimo fecundo 8c tertio C A R L I II, A. D. 1670 refpe£tive Parifh at any Time before the faid late Fire, and the fame fhall be efleemed and computed a Part of the Maintenance of fuch Incumbent ; notwithftanding this Act or any Claufe or Matter or Thin' therein contained. Upon Refufal of XI. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any the Inhabitants in any the refpec- Payment, hgw tivc PaHfli or Parifhes as aforefaid fhall or do refufe or negleft to pay to the refpeilive Incumbents aforefaic to levy it. Qf aj^y Qf ti^e faid refpedtive Parifhes, any Sum or Sums of Money to him refpe£tively payable or appointee to be by this A6t or any Part thereof, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of this Aft, (being law- fully demanded at the Houfe or Houfes, Wharf, Key, Crane, Cellar or other Premiffes whereout the fame . is payable) That then it fhall and may be lawful to and for the Lord Mayor of the City of London for thi Time being, upon Oath to be made before him of fuch Refufal or Negled:, to give and grant out War- rants for the OiScer or Perfon appointed to collect the fame, with the AlTiflance of a Conflable in the Day-time, to levy the fame Tithes or Sums of Money fo due and in arrear and unpaid, by Uiftrefs anc Sale of the Goods of the Party or Parties fo refufing or negledling to pay, refloring to the Owner or Owner; the Overplus of fuch Goods, over and above the faid Arrears of the laid Monies fo due and unpaid, anc the reafonable Charges of making fuch Dillrefs, which he is to deduft out of the Monies raifed by Sale ol fuch Goods. If the Lord XII. Provided always, and be it enafted. That in Cafe the Lord Mayor or Court of Aldermen fhall Mjyor refufe refufe or negledt to execute any of the refpe£i:ive Powers to them by this Act granted, or to perform all Aa^"hen'who ^"'^ every fuch Thing relating eicher to the AfTeffing or Levying of the refpedive Sums aforefaid, as they a« appointed are by this A£t authorized and required to perform. That then it fhall and may be lawful for th; Lord to execute it. Chancellor or Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England for the Time being, or any tv/o or more of the Barons of his Majeily's Court of Exchequer, by Warrant or Warrants under his or their refpeftive Hands and Seals, to do and perform what the faid Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, according to the true In- tent or Meaning of this prefent AcSl, might or ought to have done, and by fuch Warrant, either to im- power any Perion or Peifons to make the refpeflive AfTeflments, as aforefaid, or to authorize the refpedtive Officers or Perfons appointed to colleft the Sums aforefaid, to levy the fame by Diftrefs and Sale of the Goods of any Perfon or Perfons that fhall refufe or negleft to pay the fame in Manner and Form afore- faid. ., 1 XI!I. Provided always, and be it enafted. That where any of the Parifhes within the faid City have ' fince the late Fire, by Death or otherwife, become vacant, the furviving or remaining Incumbent of the other Parifli thereto united, or therewith confolidated, fhall have and enjoy, and have like Remedy to re- cover the Tithes hereby fettled to be paid, as if he had been actually preiented, admitted, inflituted aiidf indu6ted into both the faid Parifnes, fince the Union and Confolidation thereof. No Court wkat- XIV. Provided always. That no Court or Judge Ecclefiaftical or Temporal fliall hold Plea of or for a!>y loever flinll hold ^j^g ^im or Sums of MoHcy due and owing, or to be paid by Virtue of this A£t, or any Part thereof, other X)My7r^! ^ than the Perfons hereby authorized to have Cognizance thereof: Nor fhall it be lawful to or for any Par-i upon this ka. fon? Vicar, Curate, or Incumbent, to convent or fue any Perfon or Perfons aflefied as aforefaid, and re- fufing or negle-fting to pay the fame, in any Court or Courts, or before any Judge or Judges, other than what are authorized and appointed by this A6t, for the Hearing and Determining of the fame, in Manner aforefaid. An Exception ^ XV. Provided always, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for the V/arden and Minor Canons of r>! ^"^ tP"^^°7'^ St. Paul's Church, London, Parfon and Proprietors of the Reiftory of St. Gregoiy aforefaid, to receive and this'la!"' ° enjoy all Tithes, Oblations, and Duties arifing or growing due within the faid Parifh, in as large and beneficial Manner as formerly they have or lawfully might have done ; any Thing herein to the contrary F^riherPr..,. notwithftanding. Tiib.Sy J & Z JF* 3. c. 6. ami 11 & 32 U^. 3. c. 16. ivhlch Jafi h made perpetual by i Geo. T. c. 26. ' CAP. XVL (12.) EXP, An Aft for the Difcovery of fuch as have defrauded the Poor of the City of London, of the Monies given for their Relief, at the Times of the late Plague and Fire, and for Recovery of the Arrears thereof. All Monies received upon Charity for the Poor of the City of London, to be paid in. If the Receivers are dead, their Executors or Adminiftiators to pay it. Forfeiture. All Bifhops and Officials, &c. fhall in their Vifitations give it in Charge to the Churchwardens, &c. So likewife fhall Juftices of Aflize, and Juftices of the Peace. Juftices of the Peace may hear and. determine this Matter at the Sefficns. Diftrefs of Goods. .No Appeal from their Judgment. Diftinft Accounts to be returned by the Colleftors. That the Bifnops fhall certify what Money hath been expended out of publick Stocks, or lent towards the • Support of Perfons iick of the Plague, within their Diocefes. How to be repaid again, l^o whom jt mult be paid. How the Surplufage to be difpofed of. A Saving to the Ordinary's Jurifdiftion. Upon any Suit brought for the Execution of this Aft, the Defendant to plead Not guilty, and recover double Colts. CAP. XVII. (13.) An A(5t for the better Paving and Cleanfing the Streets and Sewers in and about the City oi' London. That the Num- * WJ HERE AS by a late Aft of this prefent Parliainent, intituled, Jn ASi for the Rebuilding the Citv of ber of Sewers, ' YV London, It is enafted (amongft other Things) that the Numbers and Places for all Common pavTng'thT' '""^ ' Sewers, Dreins and Vaiilts, and the Order and Manner of Paving and Pitching the Streets and Lanes ' within