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 A.D.I704' Anno tertio & quarto Ann^e Reginje. C. i8. 185 ' vifwxis relating to the returningof Jurors, which Claufes ajid Provifipns were by the faiJ Aft to con- ' tinue in force for feven Years after the firft of i^a^ one thoufand fix hundred ninety-three, and to ' the End of the next Seflion of Parhanjent : And whereas the faid Claufes and Provifions relating to the ' returxiing of Jurors were, by an Aft made in the feventh and eighth Years of the late King William ' theThird, intituled, Jn ASi for the Eafe of Jurors, and better regulating of Juries, continued for feven 7&SW.3.C. 31. ' Years, from the firll of May one thoufand fix hundred ninety and fix, and from thence to the End ' but for the faid Term of feven Years, from the firfl: of May one thoufand fix hundred ninety and ^ix, ' Parliament held in the feventh and eighth Years of the late King William the Third, was by an A£t ' made in the firlt Year of the Reign of her prefent Majefty,^ intituled. An Act for continuing former A£fs i Annar, ftat. %. ' for exporting Leather, and for Eafi of Jurors, and for reviving and uiaking more effectual an ASi relating c 13. ' fion of Parliament : And whereas the faid Claufes, Provifions, and Afl: have not proved effe£i:ual, by ' reafon of fome Defects in tjie faid Acl ;' For Remedy whereof be it enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Sheriff of the faid County oiYork fliall, after the firli: Day oi May one thoufand feven hun- Penalty on She- drtd and five, during the Continuance of the faid Act, refufe or negledt to provide and keep fuch Book riffof York not cr Regifter, as in the faid recited Aft is direfted, or fiiall refufe or negleft to enter therein the Names of |"^"^^ ^^f the Perfons who ferved as Jurors in any the Affizes or penerjil Qyarter-Seffions of the Peace, to he held ^^"5 Names s" in or for the faid County, or any the Ridings therein, in or during the Time he (hall be Sheriff of the faid County, with the Additions and Places of Abode, and Time and Places of fuch their Services, in fuch Manner as in and by the faid recited Aft is direfted, or fliall refufe or negleft, within ten Days after the next fucceeding Sheriff of the faid County ihall be fworn into his Office, to deliver over to fuch fuc- ceeding Sheriff', as well all and every the Books and Regifters that iliall be made or prepared in the Year wherein he Ihall have ferved Sheriff, as alfo all fuch other Books or Regifters as were prepared in the SheTiffVick of any of his PredecefFors, Sheriffs of the faid County, within four Years then next before, and which were delivered over to him by any of his faid Predeceffoi;;, or fhall refufe or negleft to make and deliver, by himfelf or his Under-SherifF, fuch Certificate ^rafjV, as in the faid recited Aft is mention- ed, that then every fuch Sheriff of the faid County of York, fo refufing or neglefting in all or any the faid Cafes aforefaid, fliall for every fuch Offence forfeit the Sum of one hundred Pounds ; one Moiety whereof fliall be to the Ufe of her Majefty, her Pleirs or Succellbrs, and the other Moiety to fuch Perfon or Perfons as {hall fue for the fame, in any of her Majefty's Courts of Record at WeJlminJler, by Aftion of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, wherein no Eifoin, Proteftion, or Wager of Law, nor more than one Imparlance Ihall be allowed. IV. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any jlich Sheriff of the faid County, Or retarniog ons for the Time being, his or their Under-Sheriif, Deputy, or Bailiff, during the Continuance of the faid Perfon oftner Aft, fhall knowingly fummon or return any Perfon or Perfons to ferve on any Jury or Juries, at any ■''^° °"" '" the faid Aflizes or Sefiions of the Peace, who fliall, within four Years before fucfi Summons or Return, ^°" »'*"< have ferved on any Jury at any the faid Affizes or Sefllons held within the faid County, or any the Ridings therein, and ihall not, upon producing of fuch Certificate or Certificates, as aforefaid, to the Oflicer or Perfon fo iummoning, or to the faid Sheriff, or his Under-Sheriff or Deputy, difcharge the faid Summons or Return, and thereof give Notice to the Party fummoned, fix Days before fuch Afllzes or Sefllons of the Peace, at the which fuch Perfon fliall be fummoned or returned to appear, that then the faid Sheriff, Under-Sheriff, Bailiff, or Perfon fo fuminoning or refufing to difcharge, as aforefaid, fhall forfeit and lofe to the Party fo fummoned the Sum of twenty Pounds, to be recovered in Manner and Form as is laft herein before-mentioned, together with his full Cofts of Suit. ' V. And whereas many Conftables, Tythingmen, and Headboroughs of Towns, have rcfufed ,or negleft-- ' ed to return, or give to the Jullices of the Peace at the General Qiiarter-Seflions, a true lift in Writing ' of the Names and Places of Abode of all Perfons within the refpcctive Places for which they ferve, qua- ' lified to ferve upon Juries, as in. and by the faid Aft made in the feventh and eighth Years of the late ' Aft has been eluded, and great Inconvenientes have thereupon enfued :' For Remedy whereof be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Jullices of the Peace for all Counties or Ridings, penalty on Con- within the Kingdom of England, or Dominion o'i IVales, fhall yearly and every Year, during the Con- ftables not re- tiiiuante of the laid' Aft, at the General Qi^iarter-SeiHons to be liolden next after the four and twentieth tumingaLiftof Day of June, ilfue forth their Warrant cr Warrants, under the Hands and Seals of tv/o or more of them, P'^'''""^ *"" ^°'^ to the Head or Chief Conftable and Conftables of every flundred. Lathe, or Wapentake, requiring him <Continuedb or ihem to ifTue forth his or their Precept or Precepts to the rtfpedtive ConflrabJes Tythingmen, and □ Geo. i. c. 8. Headboroughs within his and their Hundred, Lathe, or Wapentake, thereby direfting and requiring f.z.foryYears.* them, and all and every of them, to convene and meet together with the faid Head Conftables of the ' The Conftable, Hundred, Lathe, or Wapentake, within fourteen Days next after the Date of fuch Receipt, at fome ^/^■f"^'?''^'"^ ufual or convenient Place in the Hundred, Lathe, or Wapentake, vi'hen and where the Conftables, Ty- luftjce is^Aiffid- thingmen, and Headboroughs, fhall prepare and make a true Lift fair written and figned by them, of the ent by'3 Geo. z. Names and Plf.ces of Abode of all the Perfons within the refpeftive Places for which they ferve, qualified to c. 15. f. 7.' ferve on Juries, accordijig to the Direftion of the faid Att made in the fourth and fifth Years of King 'See 10 Anns, William and Queen Mary, with their Titles and Additions, between the Age of one and twenty "^^ '*■ Years and the Age of ie-venty Years, as by the faid Aft of the feventh and eighth Years of the faidKi.ig William is difeft>e4. -^aod-R^jpoiatetl : Wiiioh Lift the fiid Conftabje, Tythingman, and Headborcugh, Vox. IV~. ■ B b or
 * of the next Seflion of Parliament, and no longer; which faid lafl:-mentioned Adl was alfo to continue
 * and to the End of the next Seflion of Parliament : And whereas the faid ASt made in the faid Seflion of
 * to Vagrants, continued for feven Years from the Expiration thereof, and to the End of the next Sef-
 * King William it is enafted ajid provided ; by reafon of which Negleft, the good Intent of the faid