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 A. D. 1757.' Anno tricefimo Georgii II. C. 24. 77 withua..a- » - Juhjea neverthelefs to account for the Overplus, if any (hall be, of the Produce of all Overplus to Sc j"^^ a^ --^^els which have been pledged for two Pounds and upwards, as by this Aa i, ^""""ted for. directed. . '., , , i j j XII. Provided always, and^be u .. fons to whom any Goods or ^' a Book or Books to be kept tels pawned to him, her or , , ^ , . . r u v r or Perfons, expreffiiig the Day when, the Money for which, and the N.; me and Place of'AbiWl C?i'Pf' Perfon to whom fuch Goods or Effc61:s pawned were fold ; and in cafe any fuch Goods or Eliects fliall be Overplus ariAng fold for more than the Principal Money, with Interelt, and the Charge of Warehoufe-room as aforefaid, fiom theSaif; to due thereon at the Time of fuch Sale, the Overplus (hall by every fuch Perfon or Perfons be paid on '^^ f^'^ "" ^'; " Demand 'to the Perfon by or on whofe Account fuch Goods or Chattels were pawned, his, her or their q^J,,;,, ? * "^ Executors, Adminiflrators or Afligns ; and fuch Perfon or Perfons who pawned or pledged fuch Goods or Chattels, his, her or their Executors, Adminiftrators or Affigns, fhall for his, her or their Satisfadlion in this Matter, be permitted to infpeit the Entry to be made as aforefaid of every fuch Sale, paying for fuch Infpection the Sum of one Penny, and no more; and in cafe any Perfon or Perfons ftiall refui'c to On Refuf^! of permit any fuch Perfon or Perfons who pawned or pledged fuch Goods or Chattels, to infpect fuch Entry inU-'^ct'cn, as aforefaid in any fuch Book or Books, fuch Perfon or Perfons, if an Executor or Executors, Admini- ftrator or Adminiflrators, or Aflignee or Affignees, at fuch Time producing his, her or their Letters Teftamentary, Letters of Adminiltration or Afllgnment; or in cafe the Goods or Effects were fold for o'J^|e Goods be- more than the Sum entered in any fuch Book or Books ; or if any fuch Perfon or Perfons (liall not make 'thlnenterL' ' '/ fuch Entrv, or {hall not have bona fide fold the Goods or Chattels pawned fof the beft Price that he, fhe ''' or they might have reafonably had or got for the fame, without his, her or their wilful Default ; or ihall refufe to pay fuch Overplus, upon Demand, to the Pawner or Pawners, liis, her or their Executors, Adminiflrators or AfTigns ; he or they producing fuch their Letters Teflamentary, Letters of Adminiftra- tion or AfTignment ; every fuch Perfon or Perlbns fo offending fhall for every fuch Ofrence forfeit treble Pawnbroker to the Value of fuch Goods and Chattels to the Perfon or Perfons by whom, or on whofe Account fuch forfeit tnbie Goods or Chattels were pawned, his, her or their Executors, Adminiftrators or AlTigns, to be recovered '^^^ Value. by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of his Majelly's Courts of Record at lVe/1- tninjier. XIII. Provided always, and be it further ena£led by the Authority aforefaid, That no Fee or Summonfcs and Gratuity whatfoever fhall be had, taken or received, for any Summons or Summonfes, Warrant War ants to ! e or Warrants, granted by any Juflice or Juflices of the Peace, in purfuance of this AcSt, fo far as '^"'^'^ without the fame relates to Goods and Chattels pawned, pledged, taken in Exchange, or unlawfully dif- *^* pofed of. • Wines and Liquors are fold, frequently fuffer Gaming therein, and Journeymen, Labourers, Servants 2. c. 34. ' duced to Poverty and great Diftrefs ;' Be it therefore further enaded by the Authoritv aforefaid, That Publicans per- from and after the faid twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand kwcn hundred and fifty-feven, if any auttmg Joumry- Perfon or Perfons licenfed to fell any Sorts of Liquors, or who fhall fell, or fufFer the fame to be fold, "'""' ^'^- ^^ in his, her or their Houfe or Houfes, or in any Outhoufes, Ground or Apartments thereto belonging, 1^^^';^^" ^ fhall knowingly fuffer any Gaming with Cards, Dice, Draughts, Shuffle Boards, Mifliffippi or Billiard ' ' Tables, Skittles, Nine Pins, or with any other Implement of Gaming, in his, her or their Houfes, Outhoufes, Ground or Apartments thereto belonging, by any fuch Journeymen, Labourers, Servants or Apprentices; and fliall be conviiSted of the faid Orfciice on their own ConfefTion, or on the Oaths of one forfeit 409, or more credible Witnefs or Vv^itnefTes, before any Juftice or Juflices of the Peace for the County, Ri- ding, Divifion, City, Liberty or Place wherein the Offence fhall be committed, within fix Days after any fuch Offence fhall be committed, he, fhe or they fo offending fhall for every fuch Offence forfeit and pay the Sum of forty Shillings ; and for every like Offence which he, fhe or they fhall afterwards a^d for every be convicted of, before any fuch Juftice or Juftices of the Peace, he, fhe or they fo offending fhall for- f"bfequent Of- feit the Sum of ten Pounds ; all which Sums of Money fo forfeited, fhall be levied by Diftrefs and Sale ^^'^^^ jg°|.j t, of the Offenders Goods and Chattels, by Warrant from the juftice or Juilices before whom luch Of- Diftrefs and SajL fender or Offenders fhall be conv idled ; and which Warrant every fuch juftice or Juftices is and are hereby required and authorifed to grant; and three Fourths of all Sums which fhall be fo forfeited fliall, on the Recovery thereof, be paid to the Churchwardens of the Parifh in which the OfFence fhall he committed, for the Ufe of the Poor of fuch Parifh ; and the other fourth thereof fhall be paid to the Perfon or Perfons on whofe Information the Party or Parties offending fhall have been convicted of the Offence. . XV. And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid twenty-ninth On Complaint of Day oi September one. thoufand kvtn hundred and fifty-feven, if any Jounieyman, Labourer, /Apprentice J°"'"'^3""^"^'^- or Servant, fhall game in any Houfe, Out-houfe, Ground or Apartments thereto belonging, wherein any fiekHoufes^lu^- Liquors fhall be fold, and Complaint thereof fhall be -made on Oath before any Juftice or Juilices of the tice to iiiue his Peace for the County, Riding, Divifion, City, Liberty or Place, where the Offence fhall have been Warrant for ap- committed, every fuch Juftice or Juftices fhall thereupon iffue his or their Warrant to fome Conftable, prehending Tythingman, Headborough or other Peace Officer of the Parifli, Precindt or Place wherein the OfFence ^'"^"' ■ Ihall be charged to have been committed, or where the Offender fhall refide, to apprehend and carry every
 * XIV. And whereas the Occupiers of many licenfed Publick Houfes, and of other Houfes wherein R^f^r to iS Geo.
 * and Apprentices, by Means of fuch Gaming therein, not only mif-fpend their Time, but are often re-