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 A. D. 1754. Anno vicefimo fcptinio Georgii IF. _ . C. 17. 559 <3ence in any Court whatfoever; and the Clerk, Apprentice or Servant therein nr.mcJ, fiiall be capable of following and exercifing their refpeftive intended Trades or Employments, as fully as if the faid Rates and Duties fo omitted had been duly paid, and the full Sum or Sums received or agreed for as afore- faid, had been inferted ; and the Perfons who have incurred any P< nalties by the OmilTions aforefaid, fhall' be acquitted and difcharged of and from tlie faid Penalties ; any Thing in the faid former Ads to the con- trary notwithftanding. ' VI. And whereas divers Perfons throus^h Miftake, Abfence, or fome unavoidable Accident, to the ' Prejudice of Infants and others, have ortiitted to caufe Affidavits to be made and fded in the proper Of- ' fices, of theaftual Execution of fcvera! Contrails in Writing, to ferve as Clerks to Attornies and Soli- ' citors, within the Times limited and expreiled by certain Aits palled in the tvventy-fecond and tweiity- ' fourth Years of his prefent A^ajcfty's Reign, whereby many Perfons may be in Danger of incurring the ' Difabilities in the faid A6l of the twcnty-fecond Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign fpecified;' Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every Perfon or Perfons v/ho have omitted to F,jrther Time caufe fuch Affidavit or Affidavits to be made and filed as aforefaid, and who fnall, on or before the firfl allowed to Per-. Day of iML/W/7/;(7j Term iiext, caufe one or more Affidavit or Affidavits, to he made and filed in fuchfcns, who have Manner as direfted by the faid la'l- recited Acts, or either of them, fliall be, and are hereby indemnified, °™"^.f" j= freed and difcharged, from and againfi: all Penalties, Forfeitures, Incapacities and Difabilities in the faid Contra" tf Aft of the twenty-fecond Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign m.entioned, incurred or to be incurred, foriirve as clerks or by reafon of any Ncgle^S or Omiffion, in caufing fuch Affidavit or Affidavits fo to be made and filed asm Atfornies ac- aforefaip, according to the Directions of the faid lait recited A(Ss, or either of them ; and fuch Affidavit or<^°'J',"S ^ Affi.daits fo to be made and filed as aforefaid, fnall be as effectual to all Intents and Purpofes, as if thg^^i tJ^O' ^••<:46- fame had been made and filed v/ithin the rcfpeclive Times limited by the faid feveral laft recited Afts, or either of them. ' VII. And whereas many bad Accidents happen, and great Mifchiefs are frequently done upon the Be it therefore further enaiSted, That if the Driv.r of any Cart, Car, Dray or Waggon, fliall ride upon The Driver of any fuch Carriage, not having fome othr-r Perfon on Foot or on Horfeback to guide the fame (fuch Carts .'.ny Cair,. &c.. as are.refpeftively drawn by one Horfe only, or by two Horfes abreafl:, and are conducted by fome Perfon "l^o Aaii riiie holding the Reins of fuch Horfe or Horfes excepted) or if the Driver of any Carriage whatfoever, on aiiy^^^™"^ "pfo'T Part of any Street or H^ighway, fhall by Nrgligence or wilful Mifbehaviour caufe any Hurt or Damage t0(,n Foot to Buide- any Perfon paffing or being upon fuch Stre:t or Highway; every fuch Driver offending in any of the Cafes ihc fame, aforefaid, and being convifled of fuch Offence, cither by his own Confeffion, or by the Oath of one oror who ftall by more credible Witnefs or Witneffes, before any Juftice of the Peace of the County, Riding, Diviffon Negligence hurt or Place, where fuch Offence {hall be committed, iliall for every fuch Offence foifeit any Sum not ex- J!.">' "■!" P^'" ceeding ten Shillings-, or fhall he committed to the Houf; of Corredlion for any Time not exceeding one '"° 'I'; '^''"■*'» Monih, at th,- Difcretion of fucli Juftice; and every fuch Drl'er offending in either of the faid Oafes, J^° ^°''^*^'^^°^j^^ Ihall and may by Authority of this A£t, and without any other Warrant, be apprehended by any Perfon offciider mav ba or Perfons ■■•ho ftiall fee fuch Offence committed, and fhall be immediately conveyed or delivered to a apprehended' Conftable or other Peace Officer, in order to be conveyed before fome Juftice of the Peace, to be dealt"'''"'"': Wais-. with according to Law. '^"'^ CAP. XVI I. An Act for revelling in the Crov/n the Power of appointing the MarfTial of lz Marftmlfea of tht Court of King's Bench ; and for the better Regulation of that Office, and of the In- ferior Offices thereto belonging ; and for rebuilding the King's Bench Prifon. ' ^/' H E RE A S his Majefty King Jaturs the Firft, by his Letters Patent bearing Date at TVeJiminfter _ ' W the fifteenth Day ofAv^y in the fourteenth Year of his Reign, did give and grant to Sir WU- ' Unm Smith Knight, his Heirs and Affigns, the Office of Marlhal of the Marjhalfen of the Court of ' King's Bc7'.ch, to have, hold, enjoy, exercife and occupy t'^e faid Office by himfelf or themf Ives, or his ' or their fufficient Depjty or Deputies, for ever; and did alfo thereby grant to the faid Sir JFillidm S'niiib, ' his Heirs and Affigns, all Fees and Profits belonging to the faid Office, together v^dth the Cuflody of the ' Prifon and Frifoners thereto committed, as by the Bid Letters Patent, Relation thereunto being had, ' may' more at large appear: And whereas the Fee Simple and Inheritance of the fatd Office, by virtue ' Leutha'lWtt of Great HazeLj in the County or Oxon, Efquire, deceafed : And whfreas the faid JViUiani ' Lenthall, by Indenture bearing Date on or about the twenty-fourth Day of February one thoufand fix. ' hundred and eighty-four, in confideration of the Sum often ihoufand Pounds therein mentioned to be ' advanced and lent by Sir John Cutler oi Wejlmi^Jier, in the County oi Middl.-fex, Kin'ght^ and Baronet, ' did, amongfl- other Things, covenant that he and his Heirs fliould ftand feifed of the Fee Sim.pk and ■'* Inheritance of the faid OtEce for fecuring the Payment of the faid Sum of ten thoufand Pounds, with ■f Intereit for the fame after the Rate of five Pounds and ten Shillings per Centum per Annum to the faid Sir ' his late Majefty King JVil'iam the Third, intituled. An ASt for the more eff; it ual Relief of Creditors in'^- -7- ' Cnfes of Efcapes; and for preventing Ahufes in Prlfons and pretended privileged Places y it uas amongft othei: 2 ' ' Jvliicfhal
 * Streets and Highways by the Negligence or wilful Mifbehaviour of Perfons driving Carrijges thereon ;'
 * of feveral mefne'Conveyances and Affurances in the Lay,, did afterwards become vefted in IViUiain.
 * John Cutler, or his Truflees therein named, at certain Days and Times therein mentioned, and long-
 * fince paft- : And v/hereas by an A£l of Parliament made in the eighth and ninth Years of the Reign ofa Sr-g Will. 3;,.
 * Things provided. That nothing in the faid A6l contained (hould extend to prejudice, impeach, or leflea
 * any Security or Securities for any Sum or §um£ of Money made or giver} by or. out of til; faid Ofnce of