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 20 C. 9. Anno tricefimo fecundo G e o r g 1 1 11. A. D. 1 7 5 8^ « f»M th«- M irine Forces 01. tlicif March. RatcJ for Carriages. jnftire? to order Confti- XXV. Aiid be it further ena£ted by the Authority aforefaid. That for the better and more regu- ^' ' L* iTJ^^^^'"^^" ^^ ^'^°^''^'°" of Carriages for his Majefty's Marine forces in their R'larches, or for their Arms, u.n* c Clothes or Accoutrements in England, JVules and the Town of Berwick upon Tweed, ail Juftices of the Peace, within their feveral Counties, Ridings, ^Divifions, Shires, Liberties and Precincts, being duly required thereunto by the faid Lord High Admiral, or three or more of the Commiflioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral for the Time being, by an Order in Writing under his or their refpedlive Hand or Hands, fhall, as often as fuch Order fhall be brought and (hewn unto one or more fuch Juftices by the Officer or Officers of the Company or Companies of Marines fo ordered to march, iHue out his or their Warrant or Warrants to the High Conttables or Petty Con- llables of the Divifion, Riding, City, Liberty, Hundred or Precin6t, from, through, near or to which fuch Company or Companies {hall be ordered to march ; requiring them to make fuch Pro- vifion for Carriages, with able Men to drive the fame, as fnall be mentioned in the faid Warrant, allowing them fufficient Time to do the fame, that the neighbouring Parts may not always bear the Burthen: And in cafe fufficient Carriages cannot be provided within any fuch Riding, City, Li- berty, Hundred, Divifion or Precinil; then the next Juftice or Juftices of the Peace of the County, Riding or Divifion, fhall upon fuch Order as aforefaid being brought or fhewn to one or more of them, by any of the Marine Officers aforefiid, iffue his or their Warrant or Warrants to the High Conftables or Petty Conftables of fuch next County, Riding, Liberty, Divifion or Precinct, for the Purpofes aforefaid, to make up fuch Deficiency ; and the aforefaid Officer or Officers, who by vir- tue of the aforefaid Warrant or Warrants from fuch Juftice or Juftices of the Peace, is or are to de- mand the Carriage or Carriages therein mentioned, of the High Conftable or Petty Conftable to whom the Warrant is dire(^ed, is and are hereby required at the fame Time to pay down in Hand to the faid Conftable or Petty Conftable, for the Ufe of the Perfon who ftiall provide fuch Carriages . and Men, the Sum of one Shilling for every Mile any Waggon with five Horfes fliall travel ; and the Sum of one Shilling for every Mile any Wain with fix Oxen, or four Oxen with two Horfes, fhall travel; and the Sum of nine Pence for every Mile any Cart with four Horfes fliall travel; and fo in Proportion for lefs Carriages ; for which refpetStive Sums fo received, the faid Conftable or Petty Conftable is hereby required to give a Receipt in Writing to the Perfon or Perfons paying the fame: And fuch Conftable or Petty Conftable fliall order and appoint fuch Perfon or Perfons, having Car- riages within their refpedtive Liberties, as they fhall think proper, to provide and furnifh fuch Car- riages and Men, according to the Warrant aforefaid, who are hereby required to provide and fur- Penalty on Officer* for- nilh the fame accordingly : And if any Marine Officer or Officers, for the Ufe of whofe Company eing Waggons to travel ^j. Companies the Carriage was provided, fhall force and conftrain any Waggon, Wain, Cart or Carriage, to travel more than one Day's Journey, or fhall not difcharge the fame in due Time for their Return Home, or fhall fufFer any Marine or Servant (except fuch as are fick) or any Woman, to ride in the Waggon, Wain, Cart or Cairiage aforefaid, or fhall force any Conftable or Petty Conftable, by Threatenings or menacing Words, to provide Saddle Horfes tor themfelves or Ser- vants, or fhall force Horfes from the Owners by themfelves. Servants or private Men; every fuch Of!cer, for every fuch Offence, fhall forfeit the Sum of five Pounds; Proof thereof being made upon Oath before two of his Majefty's Juftices of the Peace of the fame County or Riding, who are to certify the fame to the proper Paymafter of his Majefty's Marine Forces, who is hereby re- quired to pay the aforefaid Sum of five Pounds accordingly to the Order and Appointment under the Hands and Seals of fuch Juftices of the Peace, and is alio hereby impowered to dedudt the fame out of fuch Officer's Pay. XXVL And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any High Conftable or Petty Con- ftable fhall wilfully neglect or refufe to execute any fuch Warrant of the faid Juftice or Juftices of the Peace, as fhall be directed unto fuch Conftable or Petty Conftable for providing Carriages as aforefaid ; or if any Perfon or Perfons, appointed by fuch Conftable or Petty Conftable to provide or furnifh any Carriage and Man, fhall refufe or negledt to provide the fame; or any other Perfon or Perfons whatfoever fhall wilfully do any A6t or Thing, whereby the Execution of any fuch Warrant or Warrants fhall be hindered or fruftrated ; every fuch Conftable, or other Perfon or Per- fons fo offending, fhall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit any Sum not exceeding forty Shillings, nor lefs than twenty Shillings, to the Ufe of the Poor of the Parifh where any fuch Offence fhall be committed : And all and every fuch Offence and Offences fliall and may be enquired of, heard, and fully determined, by two of his Majefty's Juftices of the Peace, dwelling in or near the Place where fuch Offence fhall be committed, who have hereby Power to caufe the faid Penalty to be levied by Diftrefs ajid Sale of the Offender's Goods and Chattels, rendering the Overplus (if any) to the Owner. ' qucntly at great Charges, over and above what is received by them of the faid Officers, to the ' Charge may be borne by each County or Riding, at the general Charge of fuch County or Riding,' TreafurcT" of tht County Bc it further enacSted by the Authority aforefaid, I'hat the Treafurcr or Treafurers of each rcfpcc- o rcpsy tfw Conft-blc's tivc County or Ridinj» fhall, without Fee or Reward, pay unto fuch Conftable all and every fuch reafonable Sum or bums of Money, fo by him paid or laid out for fuch Carriages, over and above what I more than one Day's Journey, &c. Penalty on Conftables, tci, NegUdt. atraordtnary Cbargu,
 * XXVIL And whereas the refpe^tive Sums of Money by this A6t appointed to be paid to the
 * Conftable by the Officers demanding fuch Carriages, may not, in many Cafes, be fufficient to
 * anfwer the Charge and Expence of providing the fame, whereby the faid Conftables may be fre-
 * great Burthen of the Townfhip of which they are refpedtively Conftables, or elfe the Perfons fur-
 * nifhing fuch Carriages may be crievoufly oppreffed : To prevent which, and that fuch Overplus