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 A. D.I 676. Anno vlcelimo nono Caroli II. C. 8. 389 •or any Juftice of the Peace of or withjn any City., Borough or Town Corporate, where the faid Offences fn whatM=nnPr ifhall be committed, upon his or their View, or Confefllon of the Party, or Proof of any one or more Wit- ""■- '•'"■•'iflion nefl'is by Oath (which the hd Juftices, Chief Ofiicer or Officeis is by this Act auihoriwd to adminiiler) """ '^"• the faid Juftice, or Chief Olficer or OlHcers ihall give Warrant under his or their Hand and Seal, to the The Penalty, ' Conlfables or Church-wardens of the Parifh or PariHics where fuch OfFence (hall be committed, to feize tlie o* tobele/.cd. iaid Cjoods cried, fnewed forth or put to Sale as aforefaid, and to fell the fame, and to levy the faid other l-or;ei:ures orPenahies, by Way of Uiflrefs and Sale of the CJoods of every furh Offender diifrained, ren- di'in^ to the faid Offenders the Overplus of the Monies raifed thereby; (5) and in Default of fuch Di- In Cafcof rni>f. {hefs, or i;i Cafe of InfufHciency or Inability of the faid Offender to pay the faid Forfeitures or Penalties, ciency. 'he Of. that th-rn the Party offending be fat publickly in the Stocks by the Space of tv/o Hours. (6) And all and fe^i'.i'tifrv'i'Dck iingular the Forfeitures or Penalties afoicfaid fliall be imployed and converted to the Ule of the Poor of the Ti-rrorrcit''u <s'. P^riih where the faid Offences fliall be committed, faving ojily that it fhall and may be lav,ful to and for hcvv to be Ai- ' any fuch Juilice, Mayor or Head Officer or Ofiicers, out of the faid Forfeitures or Penalties to reward any pofsJ of. Ferfon or Perfons that fnall inform of any OfFence againft this A£l, according to their Difcretions, fo as fuch Reward exceed not the third Part of the Forfeitures or Penalties. FlI. Provided, That nothing in this Acf contained fhall extend to the Prohibiting of Dreffing of Meat a Pr vlilnn f^r in Families, or DrefTmg or Selling of Meat in Tntis, Cooks Shops or Viifiualling-houfes, for fuch as other- rnv.iteFimMiti-, wife cannot he provided, nor to the crying or felling of Milk before nine of the Clock in the Morning or Vutii:iiing- after j'"our of' the Clock in the Afternoon. - hmnes, &c. IV. Provided alfo, That no Perfon or Perfons fnall be impeached, profecuted or molcfled for any Of- Thel'rofecuii'ort fence before-mentioned in this A&, unlefs he or they be profecuted for the fame within ten Days after ilie *" '"= wiihin u;; Offence committed. ^'•'i^- V. Provided, and be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon or Perfons what- The Hundred foever which fliall travel upon the Lord's Day ihall be then robbed, 7 hat no Hundred or the Inhabitants n^^t relponfiblc thereof fliall be charged with or anfwerable for any Robbery fo committed, but the Perfon or Perfons fo '"jp'^''"'"l'*" robbed fhall be barred from bringing any Action for the faid Robbery; any Law to the conti'ary notvvith- Lord^s Dav. " Handing : (2) Neverthelefs, the Inhabitants of the Counties and Hundreds (after Notice of any fuch Rob- Bm th-M mal.-e bery to them or fome of them given, or after Hue and Cry for the fame to be brought) fhall make or caufe 'r<;li Suit after to be made frefh Suit and Purfuit after the Offenders, with Horfemen and Footmen, according to the Sta- ''^"^ OS'enders. tute made in the twenty-feventh Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, upon Pain of forfeiting to the ijEliz. e. 13. King's Majeffy, his Heirs and Succeilbrs, as much Money as might have been recoC'ered againft the Hun- dred by the Party robbed if this Law had not been made. VI. Provided alfo. That no Perfon or Perlons upon the Lord's Day fhall ferve or execute, or caufe to be Service cf Pro- ferved or executed, any V/rit, Procefs, Warrant, Order, judginent or Decree (except in Cales of Trea- "'^ '=," •'"'= fun. Felony or Breach of the Peace) but that the Service of every fuch Writ, Procefs, Warrant, Order, Ji',°ff"t,'^e'^7d Judgment or Decree, Ihall be void to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever: (2) And the Perfon or Perfons Carthew't'ol. fo fciving or executing the fame, fliall be as liable to the Suit of the Party grieved, and to anfwer Damages 9^.^ f,,,.,^,.,. ,oSf to him for doing thereof, as if he or they had done the fame without any Writ, Procefs, V/arrant, Order,, jj rv 3." c. z^. Judgment or Decree at all. fia. 14. CAP. VIII. An Aifl: for confirming and perpetuating Augmentations made by Ecclefiaftical Perfons to unal! Vicarages and Curacies. ' "^7f^ERE AS divers Archbifliops, Bifliops, Deans and Chapters, and other FccIefsaRica! Perfons, in ' V Obedience to his Maiefty's Letters, bearing Date the firft Day of 'June in the twelfth Year of ' his faid Majefty's Reign, and out of a pious Caie to improve poor Vicarages and Curacies, where the En- ' dowment thereof was found too fmall to afFord a competent Maintenance to tlioie that ferve the Cure, ' have fmce his Majefty's happy Return, upon their renewing of L.eafes of Redfories, or Tithes impropriaie 'or appropriate, made or may hereafter make divers Kefervations beyond the ancient Rent, to the latent ' ments, which have been for the moft part enjoyed accordingly : (z) But in Regard that fuch Refervations ' were not made to the V icars or Curates ; or if they were, no convenient Remedy could be had by fuch ' Vicars or Curates for the Recovery thereof, and they were not at the Time thereof capable of taking any ' Intereft to their own Ufe, v/hereby the faid Provifions will depend upon the good Pleafure of the Succef- ' fors, and may in Time be difappointed :' II. For the Eftablifhment thereof, be it enaded by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament- afiembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That all and every Augmentation of what Nature foever, granted, referved or agreed to be made payable, or interided to be granted, referved or made payable, fince 'the faid firft'Day of June in the twelfth Year of his faid Majefty's Reign, or which fliall at any Time here- after be granted, referved or made payable to any Vicar or Curate, or leferved by Way of Increafe of Rent - to the LefTors, but intended to be to or for the Ufe or Benefit of any Vicar or Curate, by any Archbifliop, Bifhop, Dean, Provoft, Dean and Chapter, Archdeacon, Prebendary, or other Ecclefiaftical Coi poration, Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, fo making the faid Refervation out of any RecStory impropriate, or Portion of Tithes, belonging to any Archbifliop, Bifliop, Dean, Provoft, Dean and Chapter, or other Ecck-fiafti- cal Corporation, Perfon or Perfons, fhall be deemed and adjudged to continue and he, ajid fhall for ever Augmcr.tatinna hereafter continue and remain, as well during the Continuance of the Eftate or Term upon which the faid iluH continue Augmentations were granted, referved or agreed to be made payable, as afterwards, in whofe Hands ibever <!"" ■£ thcE.Tr/e the faid P-edlories or Portion of Tithes fhall be or come ; which Redtories or Portion of Tithes fhall be "I'e I'Jervrf 'and chargeable therewith, whether the fame be referved again, or not ; (2) and the faid Vicars and Curates re- af-crwinis.' " fpeitively are heieby adjudged to be in the a£lual Poll'effion thereof, for the Ufe of themfelves and thrir SuccelFors, J
 * 'the fame fiiould or might become payable to the faid Vicars or Curates, in Augmentation of their Endow-