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 K.V. 1744- Anno declmo feptimo Georgii II. C. 5. 519 luks and Directions fhall from time to lime be obferved and fubmitted to by all Juftices of t!v. Peace, "onftabks, Officers and other Ferfons within the fame Limits and Jurifdictions rcfpectively. XVII. And be it further enacted, That in cafe any Petty Conftable, or other fuch Officer of any Pa* Th* rtJgti C., n - i(h or Place, fhall bring to any High or Chief Conftable any fuch Certificate as aforefaid, as (hall be ' wen bim by any Juftice or Juftices of the Peace for the proper County or Place, afcertaining how and ?:,„ "; l '' ay •at what Rates or Allowances he (hall be required to convey any Rogues, Vagabonds or incorrigible f^'^iw' v^.' logues as aforefaid, together with a Receipt or Note from any Conftable or other Officer or Perfon to trant*. vhom the Perfon or Perfons fo to be conveyed was or were delivered, the faid High or Chief Conftable hall and may pay unto fuch Petty Conftable or other Officer, the Rates or Allowances afcertained in ,nd by fuch Certificate, and no more, taking from fuch Petty Conftable or other Officer fuch Certificate, .nd his Receipt for the fame ; and the faid High or Chief Conftable fhall be allowed the fame by the freafurer of the County, Riding, Liberty, Divifion, Corporation or Franchifc, on his paffing his Ac- ounts, upon his producing and delivering up fuch Certificate and Receipt, and giving his own Receipt or the fame to fuch Treafurer ; and the juftices at the General or Quarter Seffions fliall allow the fame fuch Treafurer in his Accounts, upon his producing and delivering up the Vouchers aforefaid : And in Penalty on the •aft any High or Chief Conftable fhall refufe or neglect to pay the faid Petty Conftable, or other Officer High Conftable > >r Perfon, the Rates or Allowances afcertained in and by fuch Certificate and Receipt, on Demand ; it ^ dir"a'd b^* hall and may be lawful for any Juftice or Juftices of the Peace, by Warrant under Hand and Seal to tn( . juftieej evy double the Sum afcertained by fuch Certificate, by Diftrefa and Sale of the Goods of fuch High or Warrant. Jhief Conftable, and thereout to allow the faid Petty Conftable, or other Officer or Perfon, the Sum filtered lyiSGtu- ifcertained in and by fuch Certificate and Receipt, and fuch other Recompence for his Trouble, Lofs of z - '• 34- /• *• Time and Expences, as the faid Juftice or Juftices fhall think fit ; and the Overplus (if any) fhall be re- lumed to fuch High or Chief Conftable upon Demand y and in Cities, Towns Corporate and other Places where there is no High or Chief Conftable, fuch Petty Conftables or other Officers fhall be al- lowed what they fliall fo pay purfuant to the Directions of fuch Certificate in their refpective Accounts, ipon their producing and delivering up fuch Vouchers ; or in cafe any Governor or Mafter of a Houfe of ijorrettion fhall deliver fuch Certificate and Receipt to any Treafurer as. aforefaid, fuch Treafurer fhali jay the Rates therein afcertained to fuch Governor or Mafter of a Houfe of Correction, taking his Re- rcipt for the fame, which fhall be allowed to fuch Treafurer in his Accounts on his producing and deli^- /ering up fuch Vouchers. 1 XVIII. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe any fuch Penalty on cwm>- Petty Conftable, or other Office| or Governor or Mafter of any Houfe of Correction, fhall counterfeit testing or al- iny fuch Certificate, Receipt or Note, or make, or knowingly permit to be made any Alteration in any £ e " ng £ ertl l . >ch Certificate, Receipt or Note, he fhall forfeit the Sum of fifty Pounds > and in cafe he fhall not con- H Notes!" 11 " $ ' /ey or caufe to be conveyed, the Perfons to the Place where they ought to be conveyed, or (hall not de- Penalty on the ' iver them to the proper Perfon ; or if any Conftable, or other Officer or Perfon, fliall refufe to receive Officer not pal- my fuch Perfons feat to them, or to give a Receipt or Note as before directed - r that in any of the faid *!"S accm<Jm g W Cafes, the Conftable or other Officer or Perfon fhall forfeit the Sum of twenty Pounds ;. which faid re- th r e o^ c a e n r . s ° n n ot "peftive Forfeitures fhall be levied by Diftrefs and Sale of the Offender's Goods, by Warrant or Order receiving the sf the Juftices of the Peace where fuch Offence fhall be committed, at their General or Qttarter-Sef- Pafs. ions ; one Moiety to be paid to the Perfon or Perfons who fhall firft make Information againft any fuch Manner of levy- Offender, and the other Moiety to be paid to the Treafurer of the County or Place, to be applied by him m & ^Penalty. is Part of the publick Stock,; and the Overplus (if any) after fuch Forfeitures levied, and the Charges of Diftrefs fatisfied, fhall be returned to fuch Conftable or other Officer or Perfon upon Demand. XIX. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Parifh or Place to which any Rogue, Vagabonds, sc. Vagabond or incorrigible Rogue fhall be conveyed by Pafs as aforefaid, fhall take Care to employ in *° kef" to work,- Work, or place in fome Workhoufe or Almfhoufe, the Perfon or Perfons fo conveyed to them, until he, (he or they fhall betake themfelves to fome Service or other Employment : And in cafe any fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall refufe to work, or fhall not betake themfelves- to fome Service or Employment, the Over- feers of the Poor of the fame Parifh or Place, or the major Part of them, may caufe fuch Perfon or Per- fons to be carried before fome Juftice of the Peace in order to be fent to the Houfe of Correction, there to be kept to hard Labour. ' XX. And whereas there are fometimes Perfons, who by Lunacy, or otherwife, are furioufly mad, or Lunaticks to bj ' are fo far difordered in their Senfes that they may be dangerous to be permitted to go abroad ;' Be it ™ nfined b J therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be lawful for any two or more Ju- i^™^ oi ftices of the Peace where fuch Lunatick or mad Perfon fhall be found, by Warrant under their Hands and Seals, directed to the Conftables, Churchwardens and Overfeers of the Poor of the Parifh, Town or Place,, or fome of them, to caufe fuch Perfon fo to be apprehended, and kept fafely locked up in fome fecure Place, within the County or Precinct where fuch Parifh, Town or Place fhall lie, as fuch Juftices fliall under their Hands and Seals direct and appoint ; and (if fuch Juftices find it neceffary) to be there chained, if the laft legal Settlement of fuch Perfon fhall be in any Parifh, Town or Place within fuch County or Precinct ; and if fuch Settlement fhall not be there, then fuch perfon fhall be fent to the Place ef bis or her laft legal Settlement by a Pafs, mutatis mutandis, as aforefaid, and fhall be locked up or Good.* and chained, by Warrant' of two Juftices of the County or PrecincT: to which fuch Perfon is fo fent, in Eftates of 1.™ Manner aforefaid ; and the reafonable Charges of removing, and of keeping, maintaining and curing "'j 11 '!" t0 be fuch Perfon during fuch Reftraint (which fhall be for and during fuch Time only as fuclvLunacy or ^"charge T %- Madnefs fhall continue) fliall be fatisfied and paid (fuch Charges being firft proved upon Oath) by their Main:*..! Order ef two ©i more Juftices. of the Peace,., directing the Churchwardens or Overfeexs where any Good3, paste; Chattels,