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 5 20 C. II. Anno decimo A N N .E Reginse, A. D. 1711, 5 ofiheCom- Church; and the faid Officers fo eleiSlcd, fhnll be invcfted with the like Powers and Authorities, and fub- ™'(°"'^"' j"""* jetS to the Laws now in force in that Behalf, as any other like OiEcers in any other Parifh within the Ci- 1 ike Powers ° ties oi London ■nn.A TPeJl)ninJier^ or the Suburbs thereof ; and all the fucceeding Church-wardens, Overfeers &c. as the I'ike for the Poor, Scavengers, and Surveyors of the Highways, and other Parifh Officers, fliall be nominated Officers in Lon- chofen, ,and appointed, fworn, conflituted, and admitted annually within every fuch Parifh, according to den, &c. the Laws now in force. feedin'^cwch- "^•^" •^"'^ ^^ ''^ further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That it fhall and may be lawful to and for wardens &c^. ' *"^ ^'^^ Commiffioners, or any five or more of them, with the Confent of the Bifhop or Ordinary of the {hM be choi'en Place, by [nftrument under their Hands and Seals, to be inrolled in the High Court of Chancery, to name a annually. convenient number of fufficient Inhabitants in each fuch new Parifh refpeftively, to be the Veflrymen of „, .^ fuch new Parifii, who fliall have and exercife the like Powers and Authorities for ordering and regulating the fioners°may ' -^ffiiirs of fuch new Parifli, as the Veftrymen of the prefent Parifh, out of which fuch new Parifh, or the name a Veftry, greater Part thereof fliall be taken, now have or exercife ; and if there be no feleft Veftry in fuch prefent ■whoftall have Parifh, then as the Veftrymen of the Parifh of Saint Aiartin in the Fields within the Liberty of the City of the fame Pow- JVeJiminJier in tt Connty oi Middlefex, now have or exercife; and from time to time, upon the Death, eis as '*"=^=- Removal, or other Voidance of any fuch Veflryman, the refl or the Majority of them may eledl a fit Per- Eati'ni'oMt c/ f°"' being an Inhabitant and Houfholder in the faid Parifli, to fupply the fame. vhich fuck new PariOi fhall be taken ; and upon the Death, &c. of any Veftryman, the Majority ihall chufe another. XXI. Provided always, and it is hereby enafled and declared, That all parochial Cufloms, Ufages, By- clft''^™'^'& Laws, and Privileges, as are now in Force or Ufe within any prefent Parifli which fhall be divided by vir- ftall con'tinue ^ue ot in purfuance of this Ai3:, fhall and may at all Times after, and notwithftanding fuch Divifion, con- in both Pa- tinue and be in Force, as well in and for every new Parifli, of which the Whole or the greater Part fliall be riihes. taken out of fuch prefent Parifh, as in and for fuch Parifli as fhall remain to the prefent parochial Church, andbeufed, enjoyed, and obferved by the Inhabitants thereof refpeftively, fo far as the lame fhall not be repugnant to, or inconfiflent with the Laws of this Realm, and the Intent of this prefent ASi. TheCommif- XXII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That it fhall and may be lawful to and for fioneiE, &c. the faid Commiffioners, or any five or more of them, with the Confent of the refpeftive RecSlors, Vicars, or with' Confent Miniflers, Church-wardens, and Overfeers of the Poor, and of the Veflry, or twenty of the principal In- rf the prrfent habitants of any prefent Parifh in which there fhall be no felect Veftry, from which any Part or Diilrict ^!'^°'!|,f '^' fhall, by virtue and in purfuance of this AiSt, be taken, and of fuch Parifh or Parifhes to which any fuch pc°pctJi"al'D^ivi- Diftridt or Divifion fo taken, fliall be appointed or belong, or elfe to or for fuch refpedtive Rectors, Vicars, fwn of fuch Miniflers, Church-wardens, Overfeers of the Poor, and Veftrymen, or principal Inhabitants, with Con- I'arifheE, &c. fent of their refpeclive Ordinary or Ordinaries, at any Time or Times hereafter, by Inftrument in Writing as to church under their Hands and Seals, to be inrolled in the High Court of Chancery, to make an efFeftual and per- Ratef, &c. petiial Divifion of fuch Parifhes or Diftri£ls fo divided, as to the Church Rates, Relief of the Poor, and Rates for the Highv/ays, and other Parifli Rates within the fame refpe£tively, and to limit and fettle any and fuch Divi- certain annual Sum or Confideration for or in refpe£): thereof, or for Equality of fuch Divifion, where there fun, &c. ihall flja]] j^g Occafion ; and fuch Divifion and Settlement fo made, fhall be for ever after binding, effeftual, and bebmding. conclufive, to all Perfons, Intents and Purpofes whatfoever. Till fuch XXIII. Provided always, and be it enatSted and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That in the mean ^h^' rh"'"''' Time, and until, fuch Agreement foi- fuch Rates refpeftively fhall be made and take Place, the Church Rates, Ra'^tds'&c^'fhall P"0 Rates, and Rates for the Highways, and other Parifh Rates, fhall be afiTelled and levied within and I'e levied,' through all Parts and Diftrifts which do now belong to fuch prefent Parifh. through all XXIV. And for the better ordering, dividing, collefting, and diflributing, from time to time, fuch Rates Parts of tlw -within the prefent Limits of every Parifh which fliall be divided, purfuant to this Aft, in the mean Time, prefent Panlh.^ gild until fuch further and perpetual Divifions fhall be made, it fhall and may be lawful to and for tle c-'lr T^^ft'n Church-wardens and Overfeers of the Poor, with the Veitry or principal Inhabitants of each Parifh re- n'eet'yeaiVy en fpcftively, as aforefaid, to which any Part or Diftrift of fuch prefent Parifh, after any Divifion thereof to Tncfday in be made, purfuant to this Aft, fliall remain or belong, to alTemble and meet together in the prefent Parifh, lafter Week, Church or Veilry Room, annually, upon Tucjday in Eafter Week in the Forenoon, or oftner, from time to and adefs the time, as Occafion fhall require ; and Notice thereof fhall be given on the Lord's Day next before in the Rates ror the c^^rch of each fuch Parifh immediately after the Morning Service ; and to and for them, or the major Part ' ' of them fo aifembled, to agree upon orafcertain the Monies or Rates to be aflTtfred within the Limits of fuch prefent Parifli, for the Relief of the Poor, or Repair of the Highways, and other Parifh Rates within fuch Limits, cr the Repair of any Church to which any Part or Diflrift of fuch prefent Parifh fhall, when di- vided, belong ; and to divide, afcertain, and apportion fuch Monies and Rates to and upon every Part or Diftriftof fuch prefent Parifli fo divided refpeftively, with Regard to the Value of the Lands and Eftatcs •which R ai-es, therein aflefTable to the fame ; v^'hich Monies or Rates fo to be divided or apportioned, fliall be afleHed, le- &c. (hall be vied, and collcfted in each fuch Diftrift accordingly, by the proper Officers ot the refpeftive Parifli to which levied by the fuch Difltift fnall remain or belong, and by fuch Ways and Means as tlie Officers of the prefent Parilii proper Of. might have afTefTed, collefted, or levied the lame, if fuch Divifion or this Aft had not been made ; and alio ticers, -c. to divide, afcertain, and diftribute fuch Monies and Rates fo affcffed and collefted through the prefent Li- mits of fuch Parifh, in jufl: and rcafonable Proportions, to and for every fuch Part and Dil'crift refpeftively, as the fame fhall be divided, feparatcly and apart, for the Relief of the Poor, and Repair of the Plighway,';, and other Parifh Rates within fuch Part or Diftrift, and for the Repair of the refpeftive Church to v-'hich fuch Part or Diftrift fliall remain or belong, with Regard to the Wants and Occafions of each ffch Part cr ! Diftrift, for the Ufes and Purpofes aforefaid refpeftively; and all fuch Proportions lb to be diftributed, fliall he employed and applied to the proper Ufes and Purpofes for which the fame was aflTefTed, and ihall be diftinftly