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 III. And for the greater ease of justices of the peace, who his Majesty or his successor hath or shall comission authorise to act as a justice of the peace for any county of this realm; be it enactwed by the authority aforesaid, That for any such justice of peace shall happen to dwell in any city, or other precinct that (is) a county of itself, situate within the county at large, for which (they) shall be appointed justice of the peace, although not within the county, it shall and may be lawful for any such justice of peace to grant warrants, take examinations, and make orders for (such) matters, which any one or more justice or justices of the peace may act in, at his own dwelling house, altho' such dwelling house may be out of the county where he is authorized to act as justice of the peace, and in some city or other precinct adjoining, (which) is a county of itself; and that all such warrants, orders and (other) act or acts of any justice of peace, and the act or acts of any (?table),tithingman,headborough, overseer of the poor, (fur?) of the highways or other officer, in obedience to an such (warrant) or order, shall be as valid, good and effectual in law, though it happen to be out of the limits of the proper precinct or authority : provided always, That nothing in this act (contended) shall extend to give power to the justices of peace for the counties at large, to hold thier general quarter-sessions of the peace in the cites or towns which are counties of themselves, or to impower the justices of peace, sheriffs,baliffs,constables, headboroughs,tithingmen, borsholders or any other peace officers of the counties at large, to act of intermeddle in any matter or thing arising within the cites or tons which are counties of themselves, but that all such actings and doings shall be of the same force and effect in law and none other, as if this act had never been made.

IV. And for the greater ease or parishes in the relief of the poor, be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for the curchwardens and overseers of the poor in any parish, town,township or place with the consent of the major part of the parishoners or inhabitants of the the same parish town,township or place in vestry or other parish or publick meetinf for that purpose assembled, or of so many of them as shall be assembled, upon usual notice thereof first given, to purchase or hire any house or houses in the same parish, township or place, and to contract with any person or persons for the lodging, keeping, maintaining and employing of any or all such poor in thier respective parishes, townships or places, as shall desire to recive relief or collection from the same parish and there to keep,maintain and employ all such poor persons and take the benefit of the work,labour and service of any such poor person or persons, who shall be kept and maintained in any such house or houses, for the better maintenance and relief of such poor person, who shall be there kept or maintained.;and in case any poor person or persons or any parish, town or township or place, shall refuse to be lodged, kept or maintained in such house or houses, such poor person or person so refusing, shall be put out of the book or books where he the names of the persons, who ought to recive collection in the said parish,town,township or place, are to be registered, and shall not be entitled to ask or recive collection or relief from the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the same parish, town or township;  and where any parish,town or township shall be too small to purchase or hire such houses for the poor of their own parish only, it shall be and may be lawful for two of more such parishes,towns or townships or place, with the consent of the major part of the parishioners or inhabitants of thier respective parishes, town, townships or places, in vestry of other parish or publick meeting for that purpose assembled, or of so many of them shall be assembled, upon usual notice thereof first given, and with the approbation of any justice of peace dwelling in or near any such parish,town or place, signified under his hand and seal, to unite in purchasing,hiring, or taking such houses for the lodging, keeping and maintaing of the poor of the several parishes, townships or places so uniting, and there to keep, maintain and employ the poor of the respective parishes so uniting, and to take and have benefit of the work,labour or service of any poor there kept, maintained and employed; and that if any poor person or persons in the respective parishes, townships or places so uniting shall refuse to be lodged, kept and maintained in the house, hired or taken for such uniting parishes,townships or places he,she or they refusing, shall be put out of the collection book where his or her or thier names were reigstered and shall not be entitled to ask or demand relief or collection from the churchwardens and overssers of the poor in thier respective parishes; and that it shall be and may be lawful for the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of any parish,township or place, with the consent of the major part of the parishioners or inhabitants of the said parish, township or place where such house ot houses is,are, or  shall be purchased or hired for the purposes aforesaid, in vestry or other parish or publick meeting, for that purpose assembled, or of so many of them as shall be assembled, upon the usual notice thereof first given. to contract eith the churchwardens and overseers of any other parish,township or place for the lodging, maintaining or employing of any poor person or persons of such other parish, township or place as to them shall seem meet; and in case any poor person or persons of such other parish, township or place, shall resufe to be lodged,maintained and employed in such house or houses, he,she or they refusing, shall be put out of the collection-book of such other parish, township or place, where his,her or thier names were registered and shall not be entitled to ask, demand or receive any relief or collection from the church-wardens and overseers of the poor of his,her or thier respective parish, toenship or place: provided always that no poor persons, his, her or thier apprectince, child or children shall acquire a settlement in the parish, town or place to which me,she or they are removed by virtue of this act, but that his,her or thier settlement, shall be and remain in any parish,town or place, as it was before such removal;anything in this act to the contrary nothwithstanding.