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 300 C. 39. Anno tricefimo primo Georgii II. A. D. 1757; Dufm"'^'Tth^p ^}^^^^'y ^"^ h'S Baalliffs and Officers, or any or either of them; and in cafe the faid Sheriff or She- mifles"^*"^ ° ^ '^' ^'^^ of the faid Counties, or any or either of them, fhall negle£l or refufe, being duly fcr^d with fuch Warrant or Warrants of the faid Commiffioners fourteen Days before the Return thereof, to impanel, fummon and return fuch Jury of good and lawful Men as aforefaid, or (hall not attend the faid Commiiiioncrs with his Bailiffs and Officers, who fhall fummon the faid Jurors at the Return of fuch tobs pfoceeJed againft in Warrant or Warrants as aforefaid ; then, and in either of the faid Cafes, upon Complaint made utjon a fummary Way, upon Qath, in hisMajefty's High Court of Chancery, it fhall and may be lawful to and for the faid Lord o°Sn«r^ &!- tm'he ^igh Chancellor, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Gre^t Britain, or Lords Commiffioncrs for ex- fnali have made'satisfac ecuting the Office of Keeper of the Great Seal of Great Britain, or for the Mafter of the Rolls for ticn, the time being, to proceed in a fummary Way, by Motion made in the faid Court againfl the faid Sheriff, as for a Contempt of that Court, until the faid Sheriff or Sheriffs fhall have made Satibfac- tion to his Majeffy, and all other Perfon and Perfons that fhall receive any Injury by fuch Ne-rleft and comp'.ied with fuch or Rtfufal of the faid Sheriff or Sheriffs refpedtively to comply with fuch Warrant or Warrants as Warrant. aforefaid ; and in cafe the faid Jurors fo to be impanelled, fummoned and returned, or any or ei- jjror negleaing his thcr of them, fliall neglefl or refufe to appear at the Return of fuch Warrant or Warrants, .-rid to E^Se'maTefintd ina ^^ ^^'°'"'^ ^^^ ^^^^ Purpofes aforefaid ; then, and in fuch Cafe, it fhall and may be lawful to and for Sy^m not"excee*ding ici. ^^^^ ^'^^^ Commiffioncrs then aflembled and met, to fet a f'ine upon each and every of the Jurors fb impanelled, fummoned and returned, and without lawful Excufe (to be allowed of by the faid Fines to be eftreat'cd into Commiflioners then fitting, or the major Part of them) making Default, or refufing to be fworn ihe Exchequer, ^jct exceeding the Sum of twenty Pounds of lawful Money oi Great Britain; which Fine and Fines fo to be fer, the faid Commifiioners are hereby authorized and required to effreat into his Majefl-y's Court of Exchequer, to be levied to the Ufe of his Majefly. Ir.quti> to be adjourned V. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That in cafe a fufficient Jurv fliall not appear forvvantofafufScient ^p^j^ ^.j^g Return of the fuid Warrant or Warrants to take the Liquef!:, it fhall and may be lawful "'"*^' ' to and for the faid Commiffioners, or any five or more of them, to adjourn the faid Inquefl to any future Day, not exceeding fourteen Days, nor lefs than four Days from the Adjournment thereof- and Warrants to be itTued and to iffue out their Warrant or Warrants for impanelling, fummoning and returning an equal for returning a proper Number of Jurors with the faid Jurors fo making Default, who, together with the Jurors before re- Number of Jurors. turned by the Sheriffs of the refpe6five Counties, upon fuch fecond Warrant or Warrants, after- wards to be iffued, or upon any future Warrant or Warrants, Adjournment or Adjournments which the faid Commiffioners are hereby authorized to iffue and make, from Time to Time, until a fufficient Jury can be had, fhall inquire as aforefaid. Twelve to be a Jury ; VL Provided always. That twelve good and lawful Men fhall be fufficient to take the Inquefl and upon the Jurors be- aforefaid, and that in Cafe twelve or more (not exceeding twenty-three in the whole) fliall appear Ifefs^w ccnSreTmin' ^^^ ^^ ^^^''^ ^" ^^^^ ^^^^ Inqueft, then and in fuch Cafe, the faid Commiffioners fhall continue tiirthe Inqueft e' taken, ^"^ ^'^ from Day to Day, until the faid Inquefl fhall be taken, and the Judgments and Decrees and Judgment be given thereon made. theicon. VII. And, to the Intent that no Perfon or Perfons may have any Excufe or Pretence for not ap- pearing to make out their Claim or Title to the faid ?v^effuages. Lands, Tenements or Heredita- 30 Days previous No- ments, or any Part or Parcel thereof; Be it further ena£led by the Authority aforefaid. That five or tice to be given of Com- more of the faid Commiffioners, fhall give Notice in Writing thirty Days at leafl before their Meet- miflioners Meeting for j^g gj g^ch Place ; which Writing fliall be affixed at the Gates of the refpe^ive Docks of Portf- the Purpofes aforefaid; ^^^^^^^ Chatham, and P/ymonih ; and on the Door of the refpedive Town Halls of Port/mouth, Ro^ and where Perfons refufe chejler and Plymouth ; and fhall likev/ife caufe it to be publifhed in the London Gazette: And if any Per- to appear, or produce the fon or Perfons fhall neglcifl or refufe to appear; or when he or they fhall appear, fliall wilfully re- Evidences of theirClaims, {y^{f^ to fhew his or their Deeds or Writings relating to the Premiffes, that then the faid Commiffio- aforefaid, fhall be final and conclufive. Upon Payment of the VIII. And be it further enafled by the Authority aforefaid. That from ajid after the Time that iCrietw.*^'*' '° *'"' Payment fliall be made of the Sum and Sums of Money fo to be agreed for or alfefTcd by the fhid ' Jury, and decreed and adjudged by the faid Commiffioners, or any five or more of them, to the faid Owners and Proprietors of the faid Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, herein before mentioned, • or to any or cither of them, the faid Ti uflees, herein before m.entioned, fhall be deemed and ad- Lf7'fr'p"*°<r judged to fland feized of fuch Part or Parcel of the faid Premiffes as fliall be fo paid for, to and for liciffd of the FreBiifles, J, S-i/- ri-»,i-n i-tt- c rr c r i i i-/-i t r. !■ '•"'"'7 "■■'* divcftedof al Right and trie Ufe of his Majefly, his Heirs and Succellors for ever, freed and dilcharged of and from all and ciaim. all Manner of Right, Title, Claim and Demand whatfocver, that can or may be made by any Per- fon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, Ecclefiaftical or Civil. No private Building' to JX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That no private Building or Build- ke eretied on the faid ing?, fliall be made or creded upon any of the Lands vcfled in his Majefly as aforefaid; and ^^" that the whole Profits arifmg, or that fliall hereafter arife from the faid Lands, be, and are 'h)*ef'*'*"*^'b**a ^.td^^'^^^y appropriated and applietl for and towards the Ercdfion and Reparation of the rcfpedtive For- i*nR'parT'Rno*ihe * tifications of each Place, and to no other Ufe or Purpofe whatfocver; and all and Angular the Pre- loitifiwiions. niifles, fhall be, and are hereby ena»Sled and declared to be, unalienable from the Crown, neither fliall any Part of the Fremiil'cs be demifcd or demifcablc, othcrwifc than during Plcafure only. X. And