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 372 C. 2 8. Anno tricefimo fecundo Georgii 11. A. D. 1758. J'^ Wees upon Applica- VI. And it is hereby further enadted, That fuch Juftice or Juftices as aforefaid, upon every fuch t.on acd Compkint m Complaint (o to him or them made in the Cafes afore-mentioned, is and are hereby authorifed and hi6°[o[ummon A^' required to call and funimon the Parties before him or them, and to hear and examine every fuch examine the Parties} Complaint upoH Oath, or upon Affirmation of fuch Witnefs or Witnefles as fhall be of the People called fakers (and which Oath or Affirmation fuch Juftice or Juftices is and are hereby refpecflively and upon Proof cf the impowercd and required to adminifter and take) and upon due Proof of fuch Offence as aforefaid to OfTence, CO commit the his or their Satisfaition, to grant a Warrant or Warrants under his or their Hand and Seal or there to remain and be dealt with as aforefaid. Provifions relating to the Vil. Provided always, and it is hereby further enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That from F.e^for^tn^^Admeafure- ^^^ ^^^^^ ^j^^ Commencement of this A61:, none of the Provifions made by the faid former A£t of J!!oiment of* Dealers or the nineteenth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, or by this prefent A-^t, relating to the Carters,, to take Pl^ce in Payment of any Sum or Sums of Money for or on Account of the Admeafurement or Infpcdion of ftich Cafes oniv, whtre the.Admeafurement of Coals, or to the Punifliment of any Dealer in Coals, or Carter, on account a Me er fhall have at- ^f fending. Carrying or leading Coals from anv Wharf or Place within the Limits aforeiaid, fliali ment^J^hfw"^ ^ake Place and be in Force, except in fuch Cafes only where the Buyer of fuch Coals fliall have D^^^, fignified, by Notice in Writing, to one of the Principal Coal Meters, or one of the Labouring Coal Meters, his or her Defne to have the Attendance of a Coal Meter to infpedt the Admeafurement of his or her Coals, and where a Coal Meter Ihall purfuant to fuch Notice, attend and actually infpcCt the Admeafurement of the whole Quantity of fuch Coals ; any Thing contained in the faid recited Act, or this Adt, to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithifanding. The Powers, &c. of VIIL And it is hereby further enaded and declared. That the faid Act made in the nineteenth ^'i ^^°' ^' Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, and continued by the fubfequent A(Sts herein before mentioned and referred to, and all the Powers, Penalties, Forfeitures, Remedies, Provifions, Rules» Orders, Directions, Claufes, Matters and Things, given, granted, ordered, appointed, prefcribed, inferted and contained in and by the faid A6ts rcfpe6tively, or any of them, which are now in except where altered Force (other than fo far forth as the fame, or any of them refpe6tively, are varied, altered, ex- by this AcV, plained, rendered unneceffary, or otherwife provided for by the Force of this prefent At^) fhall be Continuanceof this Act! ^^^'^'^'^> pracftifed, ufed, inforced and put in Execution, during the Continuance, and for the Pur- pofes of this prefent Adt, in as full, extenfive and beneficial Manner, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the faid Powers, Penalties, Forfeitures, Remedies, Provifions, Rules, Orders, Diredtions, Claufes, Matters and Things were particularly expreffed, and again enadted in the Body of this^ Commencement and prefent Act: And alfo that this Adt fliall take Effedt, continue and be in Force from the faid Continuanccof this Act. twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand fevcn hundred and fifty-nine, for and during the further Term of fcven Years then next infuing, and from thence to the End of the then next Seflion ot PuWick A£U Parliament ; and fliall be deemed, adjudged, and taken to be a Publick Adt, and be judicially taken Notice of 23 fuch by all Judges, Juftices and other Perfons whatfoever.
 * ^^^^^"- Hands and Seals, for the Commitment of fuch Offender or Offenders to the Floufe of Correction,

CAP. XXVIII.

An act for Relief of Debtors with respect to the Imprisonment of their Persons; and to oblige Debtors, who shall continue in Execution in Prison beyond a certain Time, and for Sums not exceeding what are mentioned in the at, to make Discovery of, and deliver upon Oath, their Estates for their Creditors Benefit. Preamble. * WHEREAS many Perfons fufFer by the Oppreflion of inferior OfHccrs in the Exccutioa Tor fornur La-m relating'' VV '^^^ Procefs for Debt, and the Exaction of Gaolers to whom fuch Debtors are committed: h.-rit) refir to 1 Ed. 3. ' For Remedy whereof, it may be reafonable not only to inforce the Execution of the Laws now ia fi 1. cj. ^lEl.c.z. t Being a^ainft fuch OpprcfTions and Exadtions, more efpecially feveral Claufes in a Statute made 19 C^r. 2.^,^. ^2^ eo.7.. t 2t a Parliament held in the twcnty-fccond and twenty-third Years of the Reign of King CwASLEa i 6"w. a? c. 44.. ' H ^"- ' ^'^^ Second (intituled, An JH for the Relief and Re I e (if e of poor d'ljir e (fed Prif oners for Debt) butlike- %.t 34. ii6Vo. 2. f. 33. ' wife to make fome further Provifions for the Eafe and Relief of Debtois who fhall be willing to Act 22 & 23 Car. 2. ** fatisfy their Creditors to the utmoft of their Power ;' Be it therefore enadtcd by the King's rnofl OfT.cer may nor tarry his and Cotnir.ons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That na Prifon^r (oany Tave.n Sheriff, Under Sheriff, Bailiff, Serjeant at Mace, or other Officer or Minifter v/hatfoever, fluill «r otJHrr Purdick Houfe, .^^ .^^^ Tintc or Timcs hereafter convey or carry, or caufe to be conveyed or carried any Perfon or wn V. ii« II tn Perfons by him or them arrefted, or being in his or their Cuftody by virtue or colour of any Adtion, Writ, Procefs or Attachment, to any Tavern, Alc-houfe, or other Publick Vidtualiing or Drink- ing Houfe, or to the Private Houfe of any fuch Officer or Minifter, or of any Tenant or Relation of his, without the free and voluntary Confent of the Perfon or Perfon fo arrefted or in Cuftody j nor chifjrc Jilm for Li- iior charge any fuch Perfon or Perfons with any Sum of Money for any Wine, Beer, Ale, Vic- ^Bor or oti>*r Thiif", tuah, Tobacco, or any other Liquor or Things whatfoever, fave what he, (lie or they fhall call ft*lVfrtrr a"n(l pir!lc.i- '" °^ '^'^» ^^ °' ^^^" ^^" ^'^'-"*^ Accord ; noT fhall caufo or procure him, her or them, to call oi' iJ^u caUe.l tui ; nor de- P^V for any fuch Liquor or Things, except what he, {w^:. or they Ihall particularly and freely alk Biand f"rC»piiin or At- for ; HOt fliall dcmnJ, take or receive, or caufe to be iicmanded, taken or received, dircdily or in- ».Mj,nce. »ny other iL»n dircdUy, any other or greater Sum or Sums of Money than is or ihall be by Law allov/cd to be taken
 * • JO- Excellent Majcily, by and with tlie Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,

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