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 A. D. i75r' Anno vicefimo quarto Georgii II. C. 40. 371 Work-houfe or Houfc of Entertainment for Parifli Poor; and in cafe any fucli Spirituous Liquors orand feize and Strong Waters fhall be found therein (except fuch as are direiSied to be ufed medicinally as aforefaidj itla»e the fame, ihall and may be lawful for fuch Conftable, Headbprough or Overfeer of the Poor, to feize fuch Spirituous Liquors or Strong Waters, and to caufe the fame to be forthwith ftaved and deftroyed. XV. And be it enacSed by the Authority aforefaid, That no Perfon fliall carry or bring, or attempt drperfons carrying endeavour to carry or bring any diftilled Spirituous Liquors (except to be ufed in the way of Medicine as^'c- Liquors into herein before-mentionedj into any Gaol, Prifon, Houfe of Corre(£l:ion, Work-houfe or Houfe of Enter- '"'^'^ ^°"'^^> tainment for Parifh Poor ; and if any Perfon or Perfons fliall offend therein, it fhall be lawful for the Gaoler, Keeper, Mafter or Chief OfHcer of fuch Gaol, Prifon, Houfe of Correftion, Work-houfe or Houfe of Entertainmefit for Parifh Poor, or his or their Servants, to apprehend fuch Perfon or Perfons^ and to carrjfJiim, her or them before a Juftice of the Peace of the County, Divifion, City, Town Cor- to be taken be- porate or Liberty, where fuch Gaol, Prifon, Houfe of Correftion, Work-houfe or Houfe of Entertain- fore a jufticc ,- nient for Parifh Poor is fituate (who is hereby impowcred to hear and determine fuch Offence in a fum- mary Way, and to adminifter an Oath to the Witnefies); and if by the Oath of one credible Witnefs or^nd on Convic-: otherwife, he fhall convi£t fuch Perfon or Perfons of fuch Offence, he fliall forthwith com.mit fuch Offen-°"' '" be com> der or Offenders to Prifon, or to the Houfe of Correiflion, there to be kept in Cuftody for any Time not^JJ^^^yj"^.^!'^/ exceeding three Months, without Bail or Mainprize, unlefs fuch Offenders refpecSively fhall immediately ;„,! 20 1. norkfs pay down fuch Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding twenty Pounds, and not lefs than ten Pounds, asthan lol. the Jullice fhall impofe upon fuch Offenders feverally, as their Fines ; to be paid, one Moiety to the In- Application of former, and the other Moiety to the Ufe of the Poor of fuch Gaol, Prifoii, Houfe of CoFreaionj Work-"^^"'^^'™'"' houfe or Houfe of Entertainment for Parifli Poor, ■ -■ ' ' ■ v XVL And be it further enadied by the Authority aforefaid, That every Gaoler, Keeper, Mafter and Chief Officer of eyery Gaol, Prifon, Houle of Correflion, Work-houfe and Houfe of Entertainment for any Parifh Poor, fball on or before the firft Day of Atigiift one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-one, A Copy of the procure one or more Copy or Copies of the three precedirio; Claufes, to be printed or fairly written, and *'" P''^"'iii:s. and hung up in one of the moft publick Places of his Gaol, Prifon, Houfe of Correclion, Work-houfe or? P' '" '"^. Houfe of Entertainment for Parifh Poor, and renew the fame from Time to Time, fothat it may be ai- q^^Az "&c." '" ways kept fair and legible ; on pain of forfeiting the Sum of forty Shillings for eveiy wilful Default, to be under Penalty- levied by Warrant of any Juftice of the Peace of the County, Divifion, City, Town Corporate or Liberty of 4° '. where fuch Gaol, Prifon, Houfe of Correction, Work-houfe or Houfe of Entertainment for Parifh Poor, fliall be fituate, to be granted on Conviction of fuch Default, in a fummary Way, before fuch Juftice, by the Oath of one or more credible Witnefs or Witneffes (which Oath fuch Juftice is hereby impowered to adminifter); and it fhall and may be lawful for every Juftice of Peace, to enter into any Gaol, Prifon, Juflice may de.. Houfe of Correction, Work-houfe or Houfe of Entertainment for Parifh Poor, within the Limits of his'"^'" ^ Sight Jurifdidlion, and demand a Sight of fuch Copy fo hung up as aforefaid; and if the fame flrall not be^^":° ', , forthwith fhewn to him fo hung up in fome publick Place, fair and legible as aforefaid, fuch Juftice fhall ij^ n^t fjjr ^^„ and may immediately convidt fuch Gaoler, Keeper, Mafter or Officer of fuch Default, and ib, from Timeconvift tire to Time, as often as he fhall think fit; one Moiety of the faid Penalty to be paid to the Informer, and Gaoler, &c. the other Moiety (or th; whole if there be no Informer) to the Ufe of the Poor of fuch Gaol, Prifon, ^"^PPp'"""" ""^ Houfe of Correftion, Work-houfe or Houfe of Entertainment for Parifli Poor. ' ^ "^"^ ■'■ XVII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every his A-lajefty's Juftices 1'^.^^= totranf- of the Peace within the Cities of London and Wvftminjier^ and Borough of Sotitlnvark, or within the Li- '7"^°"^'^.' " mits of the Head Office of Excife in London, fhall once in every Month tranlmit to the Clerk of the Peace p^^^'^ ^ Cenifi- for the County where they a£t, a Certificate of all Perfons conviiSted before them refpetStively, for any cate of Perfons Offences committed againft this or any former A£t or Adts of Parliament, relating to Spirituous Liquors conviaed, or Strong Waters, or for licenfing the Retailers thereof ; who is hereby authorized and required to keep'" '"= '="'^"^'' and enter the fame among the publick Records of the Court of the Quarter-Seffions of the Counties refpec-^™^"^^^'^ " dvely, where fuch Convidtion fhall be fo certified ; which Certificates fhall be Evidence upon any Infor- ' mation direfled by this or any other Aft relating to Spirituous Liquors. ' XVin. And whereas by an AiSt of Parliament made and pafl'ed in the eighth and ninth Years of the^^gW. 3. ' Reign of his Majefty King IVilliam the Third, (intituled. An ASl for repealing a Claufe in a former Act'^' '^" ' relating to Party Guiles, and for the better preventing Frauds and Abifes of Brewers, a>id others charge- ' able with the Duties of Excife ;) it was (amongft other 1 hings) ena6ted, That no common Diftiller or ' Maker of Low V/ines, Spirits or Strong Waters for Sale or Exportation, fhould at any Time after the ' tenth Day oi April one. thoufand fix hundred and ninety- feven, eretft or fet up any Tun, Cafk, Wafh- ' batch, Copper, Still or other Vefl'el for the brewing, inaking or keeping any Worts, V/afh, Low Wines, ' Spirits or Strong Waters, nor alter or enlarge any Tun, Cafk, Wafhbatch, Copper, Still or other ' Veffel already eredted or fet up, nor fhould have or keep any private or concealed Tun, Cafk, Wafh- ' batch, Copper, Still or other Veffel, nor any private or concealed Warehoufe, Storchoufe, Cellar or ' other Place for the brewing, making, laying or keeping any Worts, Wafli, Low V''ines, Spirits or ' Jurifdl£tion whereof he or they did or fliould inhabit ; upon pain of forfeiting for every Tun, Cafk, ' where any fuch Private or concealed Tun, Caflc, Wafhbatch, Copper, Still, Warehoufe, Storehoufe 3 B 2 - ■ ■ ■ ■ _ ' whereas ■ /
 * . Strong V/ater?, v/ithout firft giving Notice thereof at the next Office of Excife, within the Limits or
 * , Wafhbatch, Copper, Still, Warehoufe, Storehoufe, Cellar or other Place, fo ere£ted or fet up, altered
 * or enlarged, kept private or concealed, the Sum of twenty Pounds ; and that all and every Perfon or
 * Perfons in whofe Occupation any Houfe, Out-houfe or other Place whatfoever, was or fhould be,
 * or Cellar fliould be difcovered or found, fhould alfo forfeit and lofe the Sum of fifty Pounds : And