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 492 C. T. Or any Reader, Officer or Mini- fler in the Univerfuies Crlleges or I-bllf, or the Maftcrs or Ufhers of Scliroh ior ihcir Stipenns, or the Hoiifcs or Lan.ls of Chrifl's Xiolpital, &c. or of any Hofpltal or Almfhoufe, in refpeifi only of the Rents to be received for the immediate Relief of the Poor therein. Tenants of Hofpitals to be rated for v hat the Lands are worth above the Rents rcferved. Inliabitants in Cities and Towns- corporate, dwelling in one Paiifh or Ward, and having Goods in an®- thcr, to be a(ie(i'cd where they dwell. All Placs to be affefTed in fuch County, Divifion or Place where ufualiy alTcfled, Where Lands or Houfes are unoc- cupied, and no Diftrefs nor the Per- fon of the Owner to be found, the Name of the Owner to be certified into the Exchequer : Which Certificate is to be a Charge, and Procefs to ilTue againft the Bo- dy, Lands and Goods. Commiflioners to examine touch- ing the full Payment of the Sums, If any Aftion be profccuted for any Tiling done in purfuance of this A&, the Defendant may plead the general Iflbe, and give this AO, ajjd the fpecial Matter in Evidence. If the Plaintiff be nonfuit, orVcr- d-ift pafs againft him, the Defen- dant Ih^I recover treble CoHs, Anno quarto Gulielmi & Marine. A. D. 1692. v^rfities, Colleges or Halls, or any Mafter or Uiher of any School, for or in refpect of any Stipend, Wages, or Profits whatfoever ariftng or growing due to them in refpeiSl of the f.ij feveral Places and Imployments in the faid Univerfitres, Colleges, or Schools, or to charge any of the Houfes or Lands belonging to Chrijf's Hofpital., St. Bartholonew's, BridetveU, 6V. Thornus, and Bethlehem Hofpital in the City of London^ and Borough of Southward, or any of them, or the faid Corporation of the Governors of the Charity for Relief of poor Widows and Children of Clergymen, or the College of Bromlty, nor to extend to charge any other Hofpital or Almfhoul'es, for or in refpect only of any Rents or Revenues payable to the faid Hofpit: Is or Almfhoufes, being to be received and difburfcd for the irrimediate Ufe and Relief of the Poor in the faid Hofpitals or Almfhoufes only. XXVI. Provided, That no Tenants of any Lands or Houfes by Leafe or Grant from the faid Corporation or any of the faid Hofpitals or Almfhoufes do claim or enjoy any Free- dom or Exemption by this Aft, but that all the Houfes and Lands which they fo hold, fhall be rated and aflefled tor fo much as they are yearly worth over and above the Rents referved and payable to the fard Corporation, or to the faid Hofpitals or Almfhoufes, to be received and difburfed for the immediate Support and Relief of the Poor in the faid Hofpitals and Almfhoufes. XXV n. Provided alfo, That where any Perfon inhabiting within the City of London., or any other City, or Town-corporate hath his dwelling Houfe in one of the Parifhes and Wards therein, and hath any Goods, Wares, or Merchandifes chargeable by this Act, in one or more of the other Parifhes or Wards in the fame City, that then fuch l-'erfon fhall b; charged, taxed and aflefled for fuch his Goods and Merchandifes in the Parifh or Ward where he dwelleth, and not elfewhere in the faid City. XXVin. Provided always, and be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That for the avoiding all Obftruftions and Delays in alTefling and coUeiSting the Sums which by this ASt are to be rated and aflTefled, all Places, Conilablewicks, Divifions and Allotments, which have ufed to be rated and affefTed, fhall pay and be affelTed in fuch Countj', Hundred, Rape, Wapentake, Conftablewick, Divifion, Place, and Allotment, as the fame hath heretofore ufualiy been aflefled in, and not elfewhere. XXIX. Provided always, and be it further enabled. That in cafe any Lands or Houfes in any Parifh or Conftablewick fhall lie unoccupied, and no Diflrefs can be found on the fame, nor the Perfon of the true Owner or Proprietor can be found within the County wherein fuch Houfe or Land lieth, by reafon whereof the Rate and AffefTment upon fuch unoccupied Houfe and Lands cannot be levied, that then upon Complaint made thereof to the CommifRoners for the County, where fuch Cafe fhall happen to be, the faid Commif- ftoners, or any two or more of them, fhall certify into their Majefties Court of Exchequer, the Name of the Perfon whofe Lands or Houfe fo lieth unoccupied, together with the Sum thereupon afTeffed, and the Parifh or Place where fuch Land or Houfe Ijeth ; which Certi- ficate is hereby declared to be a fufficient Charge upon the Perfon and Land or Houfe there- in named, and fhall make the Perfon Debtor to their Majeflies for the Sum fo afleffed. And the Court of Exchequer fhall iflTue out Procefs thereupon againft the Body, Goods and all other the Lands of fuch Debtor, until the Sum fo afTeffed be fully and aftually levied and paid to their Majefties. XXX. And it is hereby further enafted and declared. That at the Expiration of the re- fpedlive Times in this ASt prefcribed for the full Payment of the feveral and refpeftive Rates and AfTcfTments herein before granted, the feveral and refpeftive CommiiTioners, or any two or more of them within their Divifion and Hundred, fhall and are hereby required to call before them the Chief-colleftors and Sub-colle<Sors within each refpedtive Divifion and Hundred, to examine and afTure themfelves of the full and whole Payment of the par- ticular Sum and Sums of Money charged within and upon the faid Divifion and Hundred, and every Parifh and Place therein, and of the due Return of the fame into the Hands of the Receiver General of the faid County, City, Town and Place refpetSively ; and by fuch Receiver General, to the Receipt of their Majefl-ies Exchequer, to the End there may be no Failure in the Payment of any Part of the Rates and Afleffments which by this A&. ought to be levied and paid. And in cafe of any Failure in the Premiffes, the Cona- miflioners, or any two of them, are to caufe the fame forthwith to be levied and paid according to the true Intent and Meaning of this Aft. XXXI. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Aftion, Suit, Plaint, or Information, fhall be commenced or profecuted againft any Perfon or Perfons for -. v/hatfocver he or they fhall do in purfuance or in Execution of this Aft, fuch Perfon or i Perfons fo fued in any Court whatfoever, fhall and may plead the general Iffue, Not guilty ; i and upon any llTue joined, may give this Aft, and the fpecial Matter in Evidence. And i if the Plaintiff or Profecutor fhall become nonfuit, or forbear further Profecution, or fuf- fer Difcontinuance, or if a Verdift fhall pafs againft him, the Defendants fhall recover their treble Cofts, for which they fhall have the like Remedy as in cafe where Cofts by Law are given to the Defendants. XXXII.