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 A. D. 1743. Anno decimo fexto Georgii II. C. 16 — 21. 501 III. And for the Encouragement of fuch as fhall profecute to Conviction any of the Offenders afore- R «w"d on Con- fiiid ; Be it further enacted by the Authority aforcfaid, That whoever fhall difcovcr, apprehend and pro- viaion o{ 0| - fecute to Conviction of Felony without Benefit of Clergy, any fuch Offender or Offenders fa found at fmim ' large within the Kingdom of Great Britain, fhall baintitled to a Reward of the Sum of twenty Pounds lor every fuch Offender fo convicted as aforcfiid, and fhal! have the like Certificate and like Payments made without Fee or Reward, as any Perfon or Perfons may be intitled unto for the apprehending, pro- secuting, and convicting of Highwaymen, by any Law or Laws for that Purpofe. CAP. XVI. An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act pallid in the fixtli Year of the Reign of his prcfent Majcfty, intituled, An Ail for the more ejfetlual repairing the Roads leading from Wade's Mill in the County of Hertford, to Barley and Royfton in the faid County. P R. The Act 6 Geo. 2. c. 2.4. continued for 21 Years. C A P. XVII. An Act for the Relief of Infolvent Debtors. E X P. CAP. XVIII. An Act to empower Juftices of the Peace to act: in certain Cafes relating to Parifhes and Places, to the Rates and Taxes of which they are rated or chargeable. ' W Majefty's Juftices of the Peace may lawfully act in any Cafe relating to the Parifhes or Places to Creat Cfiirte et ' the Rates and Taxes of which fuch Juftices refpectively are rated or chargeable :' May it pleafe your K fi e p"' n8 ' on ' „ I# Majcfty that it may be enacted, And be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majcfty, by and with .Ga>,z fa ' the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament " affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for all and every juftices may en- Juftice or Juftices of the Peace for any County, Riding, City, Liberty, Franchife, Borough, or Town f'" r c= the Laws Corporate within their refpective Jurifdidtions, to make, do and execute all and every Act or Acts, Mat- r ?k tin B to Pa- ter or Matters, Thing or Things appertaining to their Office as Juftice or Juftices of the Peace, fo far Jl^. 1 ? x s ' &c " as the fame relates to the Laws for the Relief, Maintenance and Settlement of poor Perfons ; for palling chargeable them- and punifhing Vagrants ; for Repair of the Highways ; or to any other Laws concerning Parochial fclves. Taxes, Levies, or Rates ; notwithftanding any fuch Juftice or Juftices of the Peace is or are rated to or chargeable with the Taxes, Levies, or Rates within any fuch Parifh, Townfhip or Place affected by any fuch Act or Acts of fuch Juftice or Juftices as aforefaid. ■ II. And be it further enacted' by the Authority aforefaid, That no Act or Acts, Matter or Matters, No Aft of juf- Thing or Things, which hath or have been before the making this Act done, made or executed by * ices h "etofore any fuch Juftice or Juftices of the Peace, fhall hereafter be quafhed or declared void, becaufe the fame ^^ *? d " £*_ hath or have been fo made, done or executed by any fuch Juftice or Juftices fo rated or chargeable as caufe themiilvea aforefaid; any Law, Ufage or Cuftom whatfoever to the contrary notwithftanding. are rated. III. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That this Act, or any „ ., thing therein contained, fhall not authorize or impower any Juftice or Juftices of the Peace for any Omenim TV"- County or Riding at large, to act in the Determination of any Appeal to the Quarter-Sefhons for any tlca of Peace fuch County or Riding, from any Order, Matter or Thing relating to any fuch Parifh, Townfhip or fee farther Place, where fuch Juftice or Juftices of the Peace is or are fo charged, taxed, or chargeable as aforcfaid ; l8 Gc0 - *• c - 2°. any Thing herein contained to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. ^ **"' z 'Jf£f a 2. c. 14 & 27. 27 Geo. 2. c. 16 & 20. 1 Geo, 3. c. 13. CAP. XIX. An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act palled in the tenth Year of the^Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, intituled, An Atl for repairing and amending the Highways from the North Part of Harlow-bufh Common, in the Parifh of Harlow, "to Woedford in the County of Effex. P R. The Act 10 Geo. 1. c. 9. continued for 21 Years. CAP. XX. An Act to explain and amend an Act paffed in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, for repairing the Road from the Dun Cow in Dunchurch, to Hillmirton in the County of Warwick, and from thence to Saint James's End in the Town of Northampton . P R. The Act 12 Geo. 2. c. 18. amended. CAP. XXI. An Act for continuing and making "more effectual an Act paffed in the ninth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, For repairing the Highways from the City of Glouccfter to the Top of
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