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 A. D. 1750. Anno viceiimo tertio G E o R G 1 1 IT. C. 27. 257 Cumeiit Danes, and Sahit Mary le Strand, on every Thurfday every Week, or oftn8r, ^_ ntctKAvy, Repeahd as to the 311 fome convenient Part of the (aid Parifii of Saint P-c-al' C^ivent Gcrdrn and fuch Commiflioners, fo 'hiccDimjir,,:!, to be nominated and appointed as aforefaid, for the time being, or any three or more of them', fhall have ^"-'^.^^°'^ ^- '• Power and Authority, by virtue of this Aft, to hear and determine, in their rofpe£tive' Divifions, ^"^^'^'^"^X'^iZmonmnct; Caufes as are herein after-mentioned, and to pronounce fuch Judgment, and mafc'e fuch Decree, and to fudgmer.t, s.-c. ' award Execution thereupon, with Cofts, againft the Eodies^ or aga;nil: the Goods and Chatties of all and None to be im- ble of afting as a Commiffioner, in the Execution of the Powers given by this Aft, unlefs fuch Perfon, at Commiirioiiers. the Time of his Nomination, and alfo during the Time he fhall fo aift as a Commiffioner, in the Execution of the Powers given by this Aft, fhall be feifed of Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, of the yearly Va- lue of tv/enty Pounds, clear of all Incumbrances, or be poileffed of a Perfonal Eftate of the Value of five hundred Pounds. III. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon or Perfons fummoned by Pcrfons fum- virtue of this Aft, fhall not perform fuch Order as the faid Commiflioners, or any three or more of them moned, notcon- Ihall make and fet down for or concerning fuch Debts as aforefaid, then it fhall and may be lawful to and forramE. way be for the faid Commiffioners, or any five or more of them, after perfonal Service of the faid Order, and due "™"""^ '. Proof thereof made, to commit fuch Perfon or Perfons to one of his Majefty's Gaols within the City and Liberty of Wejtminjler, there to remain until he, file or they fliall perform fuch .Order, fo as no Perfon fo- imprifoned fhall remain in Prifon for a longer Space of Time than forty Days. •/ ' ' IV. And for the more orderly and regular Proceeding in the faid Court, and to prevent any iindue Pre-';TheHigliBa!i;(r ference or Delay, in fummoning the faid Commiffioners to attend the Bufinefsof the faid Court, Be it fur- to fummon a cer- ther enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid High BailifF, who is hereby impowered and requi-.'^'" ^^™"°f red from time to time fo to do, {hall, within two Days next after fuch feveral Lifis fhall be returned to him' ^^""^"r'^'^" as aforefaid, fummon, or caufe to be fummoned, the fijrfl feven Perfons named in each Lift containing forty- two and forty, the firft five in each Lift containing thirty, the firfl four in each Lift containing twenty- four and twenty, and the firft two in each Lift containing twelve, to attend ^s-Cbmiriiffio'ners'of the (f.id Court, in their refpcftive Divifions, for the Month oi May, and fo the like Number of Perfons out of every Lift, as they fnall ftand in Order and Rotation therein relpeftively, to ferve as Co m.nli doners in their re- fpcftive Divifions, from Month to J'Ionth, during the' Term for which they are chofen Commiffioners. v.; Pi'ovided always. That nothing herein before -contained ftiall extend, or be conftrued to extend, to Sudi Commif. exclude or debar any of' the Perfons who fhall be nominated and returned for Commiffioners as aforefaid (al- fion=rs as are though they be not jn Rotation) from fitting in the f^iid Court, in each refpeftive Divifion, but that all fuch ""' '" Rotation, Commiffioners fhall and may, as often as they fhall refpeftively think fit, fit. and give Judgment therein} ™^^ ' ' anything herein before contained to the contrary thereof- notwitliftranding. VI. And be it further, enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid firft Day of y^Ttf)- Power given to one.thoufand feven hundred and fifty, it ftiall and may be lawful to and for every Refiant and Inhabitant R^fiaiits to fue . within the faid City and Liberty, or the faid Part of the faid Dutchy aforefaid, arid to and for all and every ^° °'^'^'- "-^ Perfon and Perfons renting or keeping any Shop, Sited, Stall or Stand, or feeking a Livelihood within the ''■°^' faid City and Liberty of //V/?w?'y?fr, or in the faid Part of the faid. Diitchy aforefaid, who now have, or hereafter fhall have, any Debt or Debts due or owing unto him, her or them, not amounting to the Sum of forty Shillings, by any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, inhabiting or feeking a Livelihood within the faid City and Liberty of JVeftmhifter, or in that Part of the faid Dutchy aforefaid, to apply to the faid Clerks' of. . the faid Court, or one of them, who fliail caufc fuch Debtor or Debtors fo inhabiting Or feeking a Liveli- Clerks to fira- ■hood as aforefaid^ to be warned or fummoned by the Dad- High Bailiff,. or his Officer or Officers (who are-^™"*^^^" Iherehy appointed, authorized and.requircd, to execute all Wfirrants, Precepts and Procefs of the faid Court 6f Rcquefts) by Writing left at the Dwe)Iing-houfe^ or. Place, of Abode, Shop, Shed, Stall, 'Stand or any 6ther Place of Deahng of fuch -Debtor or Debtors, to- appear before'the Commiffioners of the faid 'Court, to be held in and for fuch Divifion, where i'uch Debtor or Debtors Paail inhabit or refide as aforefaid ; and ^P"" Return of fliat'the faid Commiflioners, or any three or more of -them, fhall, after 'the R.eturn of fuch Summons as 'l'^^,"™"":' •aforefaid, have full Power and Authority by virtue of this Aft, to make', "or caufe to be made, fuch Aft'S, ^^''^j ^^T^^ '"" Order or Orders, Decrees, Judgments and Proceedings, ^ between fuch Party or Parties, 'Plaintiffs, and his, judgment. keror their Deb:or or Debtors, Defendants,- touching fuch Debts, not'amounting to tHe-Sum of forty Shil- lings, as they fliall find to ftand with Equity and good Cbnfcience ; and all fu'clv Afts, Decrees, Judgments Orders^ &c. to and Prbceedin,a;.s Order' or Orders, fliall be entered and regiftered-in a 'Book to be kept for that Purpofe by be reji/^ercd and the Clerk or Clerks of the faid Court; and fliall be obfervedj performed and kept in all Parts, as well by "'"'" "c- Plaintiff as by the Debtor or Defendant. ■ ■ ■ -'i- vr ■ ■ - '■ Cour for 1 dant, and to fuch Vv^itnefs or Vv^irneffes, as fliall be produced by each Party ; .._. . _. the faid Court, for or concerning any Bufinefs relative thereunto, if the fame Commiffioner..;■-■■ ..; y VIII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Aftiofi' of Debt, or Aftion on In an AfJior for «ie_^Cafe upon an Affunipfit for the PCtcovery of any Debt to be fiied or profecuted againft any .Perfon or a Debt under Perfons aforefaid, in any of tlie King's Courts at JVcJI-iinftcr, or elfewhcre, out of the faid Court of ■!° ^- '^"'-' '^^ '" Requ.;fts, the Plaintiff fnall declare for any Sum of Money, n- 1 amounting to the Sum of forty Shillings, "1"^' ^ 'JanV'' the Dei'cndant mav plead generally in Bar of fuch Aftion, That ;it the Time of eimtr.cncing fuch Aftion, m^v cl-id t'hi's- Vol. VII. ■ •VA',!; Li • the--Uti„Bar,i-c,- oblervcd,