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 A. D. 1708, Anno feptimo Ann^ Reginae. C. 16, 17. 365 II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That all ProcefTes of the fald Court oi Exche- All ProcefTes re* que7- which are returnable upon the firft Day of Whitfunt'ide Term next eiifuing, fliall be returned into the turnabie the firft faid Court upon the firft Day of y««i? next enfuing, and all Perfons obliged to appear or aivfvver in the Dayof Whitfun- faid Court upon the firft Day of the faid Term, fliall be obliged to appear and anfwer there upon the faid ^j,^^,! i^™ "^^d firft Day oi June, as fully to all Intents and Purpofes, as fuch Returns, Appearances, Oi' Anfwers ought the firft of June,' to have been upon the five and twentieth Day of May next, if fuch Alteration of the faid Term, as is above, had not been made. CAP. XVI. An A(5l to prevent the laying of Wagers relating to the Publick. ' "ITT HERE AS feveral Perfons have of late Years laid Wagers, aid executed feveral Policies for ' W Payment of great Sums of Money, upon feveral Contingencies r !.iting to the prefent War, and ': other Matters relating to the Government; which PraiSice hath been found to be inconvenient to the ' Publick ; for preventing whereof for the future,' Be it enadted, isc. EXP. CAP. XVII. An A£b for making more eflfeflnal an Aft made in the fixth Year of her Majefty's Reign, for the better preventing of Mifchiefs that may happen by Fire ' Wl HE RE AS by an Aft made in the laft Seffion of Parliament, holden in the fixth Year of her ' VV Majefty's Reign, intituled. An J Si for the better preventing Mifchiefs that happen by Fire, it was 6 Anna, c. jr. ' amongft other Things enafted. That each and every Parifti within the Cities of London and Wejhninjier^ iiGeo. i.e. aS. ' and weekly Bills of Mortality, {hall from time to time, and at all Times, have and keep in good Order ' and Repair, in fome known and publick Place within each Parilh, a large Engine, and alfo a Hand En- ' ther Pipe and Socket of the fame Size as the Plug or Fire Cock, to the Intent the Socket may be put ' into the Pipe to convey the Water clean, and without Lofs, or Help of the Bucket, into the Engine; ' and for as much as feveral of the Pariflies within the faid City of London were, after the great Fire which ' happened in the Year one thoufand fix hundred fixty and fix, united together, or to each other, and for ' that iome Doubt hath arifen, whether each of the faid Parifhes fo united is not obliged to have and keep _, „ .«. ' two fuch Engines ;' Therefore for explaining the fame, and avoiding of any Difpute or Queftion that ,o^^nnSi.t2 may arife touching the Conftruftion thereof. Be it declared and enadled by the Queen's moft Excellent aner the Fire, Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in ftallbetaken as this prefent Parliament afTembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That the faid Parifties fo united one Parilh fonhe were intended to be, and Ihall (for the Purpofes in the faid Aft mentioned) be efteemed and taken as one "^"^P"/" '" ''"^ ■fa -n 1 Aa, 6AnniE, c. rarilh only. 51. ' II. And whereas by the faid Aft a Reward often Shillings is to be paid to the Turn Cock belonging The Rewards to ' to any Water Work, whofe Water /hall be found on, or firft come into the Main or Pipe where the firft the Tom Code ' Plug fhall be opened at any Fire; thirty Shillings to the firft Engine Keeper which brings in a Pariih and others, how ' Engine to help to extinguifli any Fire ; twenty Shillings to the Keeper of the fecond Parilh Engine that w b=paid. ' ftiall be next brought to a Fire ; and to the third ten Shillings ; by the Churchwardens of each Parifh .' where fuch Fire fhall happen ;' Be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That inall Cafes wheie the faid Rewards are claimed, by Reafon of any Fire happening within the faid City of Londo;^, or the Liberties thereof, the Churchwardens of the Parifti where fuch Fire fliall happen, fliall not pay the faid Rewards, or any of them, without the Approbation and Direftion of the Alderman of the Ward wherein fuch Parifti is fituate, or his Deputy, or two of the Common Councilmen of the fame Ward for the Time being; and that the faid feveral Rewards fliall likewife be paid and payable in like Proportion, and in the fame Manner, to the Keeper of any other large Engine, (though not a Parifti Engine) who fhall brinvj in fuch large Engine to help to extinguifli any Fire, in good Order, and compltat. III. Provided neverthelefs, and it is further enafted, '1 hat in Cafe the Veftries of any of the faid united TheVeflriesmay Parifties, or of any other Pariflies within the weekly Bills of Mortality, fliall at any Time conceive it ne- order more En- celfary for the faid Parifli, in Refpeft of the Largenefs thereof, to have more than one great Engine or yn^than one to Hand Engines, it fliall and may be lawful for them to provide more great Engine or Engines, Hand En- '".y^^P"" a Pa- gine or Hand Engines, at the Charge of the Parifti, by an AflelTnent to be made, as by the faid former and this prefent Aft is prefcribed and provided ; and that the fame fhall be under the like Regul,itions and Encouragements as the Engine or Engines refpeftively to be provided by the faid former Aft were and are to be. IV. And to the End the faid Aft may be made more effeftual for the Purpofes the fame was intended, A Key and Pipe ■ Jt is further epafted. That there fliall be left at the Houfe, upon which there is a Notice of a Fire Plug, to be left at the a Key to open the Stop Cock, and alfo a Pipe for the Water to come thereout^ to be made Ufe of as ^°^^' where Occafion fliall require. i^ere^s Notice
 * ginc, to throw up Water for the extinguifhing of Fires, and alfo provide, keep, and maintain one Lea-