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 142 C. 31. Anno fexto Georgii II. A. D. 1733. " Tar and Timber excepted) zs. And for every Tun of Pitch, Tar or Timber in every Ship com- " ing from or going to any foreign Farts, i s. And for every Tun of Goods to be carried from or " brought to Chefler in or from any Ship at Park-Gate, Flint or other Place within the Port of Cbeftcr " and below the new Cut, 6d. 6 a. per Tun only to be paid by Veffels imployed by London Cheefe- " mongers not lading at Chejler. Duties on Skins or Wool to be paid by Weight. If Veffels laden with " Cheefe, and drawing 14 Foot Water, cannot fafely pafs down the laid River, the Commiffioners, on 14 Days Notice, are to inquire thereinto, and may order N. Kinderley, Sec. to make a Wet Dock " capable of holding zo Ships at leaft. Commiffioners for adjufting Differences. Commiffioners De- " termination to be final, unlefs Application be made for a Jury within a Month. If the Juftices of " Great Seffion certify, in 10 Days after Affeffment, that the Damages affeffed are too great or too " to depofit 10,000/. as a Fund for anfwering Damages. No Works prejudicial to Lands, &c. to be " begun till the Depofit be made. After three Years the Duties liable to anfwer Damages, zo/. Penalty " on emptying Ballad to prejudice the River. Royalties and Liberties of fifhing not to be prejudiced. ByuGeo.t. r.S. " If the River be not fordable on Horfeback, Commiffioners may order two free ferry-boats. Perfons the Undertakers ' damaging the Banks or Works guilty of Felony. The Navigation not fubject to a Commiffion of en incorporated. " Sewers. [Amended, and other Duties granted, by 17 Geo. z. c. z8.] And fee z6 Geo. z. c. 35. CAP. XXXI. An Aft for the Relief of Parifhes and other Places from fuch Charges as may arife from Ba- llard Children born within the fame. t'nm'ninlEa-" ' K7 H E R E A S the Laws now in Being are not fuffkient to provide for the fecuring and indemnify- /l„J.,5ft. . ' W inrr PirWIioo „ n A „kl D! C-- 2u .. /"il C »!.. r. C f"l,:ij 1 ^' fiardsiiMx. c.3. V V mg Parifhes and other Places from the great Charges frequently arifing from Children begotten I Car' I' c'f ' and b ? rn out of lawful Matrimony:' For Remedy thereof, be it enacted by the King's moll Excel- 3 . . c. 4. j ent Majefty^ by and wit j 1 { j le Advice anc j Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, f 73 "thep U erfon^ thls P refent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from and after the charged on Oath twenty-fourth Day of June in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-three, if 01 being the Fa- any fingle Woman (hall be delivered of a Baftard Child, which (hall be chargeable or likely to be- Chiid, come chargeableto any Parifh or extraparochial Place, or (hall declare herfelf to be with Child, and that fuch Child is likely to be born a Baftard and to be chargeable to any Parifh or extraparochial Place, and (hall in either of fuch Cafes, in an Examination to be taken in Writing, upon Oath, before any one^ or more Juftice or Juftices of the Peace of any County, Riding, Divifion, City, Liberty or Town Corporate, wherein fuch Parifh or Place (hall lie, charge any Perfon with having gotten her with Child, it (hall and may be lawful to and for fuch Juftice or Juftices, upon Application made to him or them by the Overfeers of the Poor of fuch Parifh, or by any one of them, or by any fubftantial Houfe- £eiy Ippre- holder oi f uch extraparochial Place, to iffue out his or their Warrant or Warrants for the immediate hended, apprehending fuch Perfon fo charged as aforefaid, and for bringing him before fuch Juftice or Juftices, or before any other of his Majeftv's Juftices of the Peace of fuch County, Riding, Divifion, City, Liberty toPrifoTu 1 "i e efe? rTownCor P orate ' and the juftice or Juftices before whom fuch Perfon (hall be brought, is and are he give Security, hereby authorized and required to commit the Perfon fo charged as aforefaid to the common Gaol or Houfe of Correction of fuch County, Riding, Divifion, City, Liberty or Town Corporate, unlefs he (hall give Security to indemnify fuch Parifh or Place, or (hall enter into a Recognizance with fufficient Surety, upon Condition to appear at the next General Quarter-Seffions or General Seffions of the Peace to be holden for fuch County, Riding, Divifion, City, Liberty or Town Corporate, and to abide is ub. c. 3. ^d perform fuch Order or Orders as (hall be made in purfuance of an Act paffed in the eighteenth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Elizabeth, concerning Baftards begotten and born out of law- ful Matrimony. tte'womanV", IL Provid ed neverthelefs, and be it enatfed by the Authority aforefaid, That if the Woman fo -viifcarriase, &c. charging any Perfon as aforefaid (hall happen to die, or be married before fhe (hall be delivered, or if fnaii be difchar- (lie (hall mifcarry of fuch Child, or (hall appear not to have been with Child at the Time of her Exami- nation, then and in any of the faid Cafes fuch Perfon (hall be difcharged from his Recognizance at the next General Quarter-Sefiions or General Seffions of the Peace to be holden for fuch County, Riding, Divifion, City, Liberty, or Town Corporate, or immediately releafed out of Cuftody, by Warrant under the Hand and Seal or Hands and Seals of any one or more Juftice or Juftices of the Peace redding in or ti t a- near the Limits where fuc h Parifh or Place (hall lie. Prifo J ner ; s e Re°- n ll h, Provid ed alfo, and be it enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That upon Application made by quell, may (um-^Y Perfon who fhall be committed to any Gaol or Houfe of Correction bvvirtue of this Acft, or by any fce°rs t &c° Ver " Perfo " on his Be half, to any Juftice or Juftices redding in or near the Limits where fuch Parifh or Place fhall lie, fuch Juftice or Juftices is and are hereby authorized and required to fummon the Overfeer or Overfeers of the Poor of fuch Parifh, or one or more of the fubftantial Houfeholders of fuch extraparo- , chizl Place, to appear before him or them at a Time and Place to be mentioned in fuch Summons, to be madewithfn ^ lew Caufe wh X fuch Perfon fliould not be difcharged ; and if no Order fhall appear to have been made iix Weeks after ln purfuance ot the faid Aft of the eighteenth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Eliza- the w om an;s beth, within fix Weeks after fuch Woman (hall have been delivered, fuch Juftice or Tuftices (hall roner e to y be fet ? nd ™Y dif charge him from his Imprifonment in fuch Goal or Houfe of Correction to which he (hall at Liberty. have been committed. 8 IV. 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 * ' little, either Party, on Payment of 50 /. for Charges, may have the Damage re-affeffed. N. Kinderley