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 376 -C. 28. Anno triccfimo fecundo Georgii If. A. D. 1758. Delay, receive the full Benefit of all fuch Gifts, Legacies jvnd Bequefts, according to the true Intent of the refpeftive Donors thereof. TaMe of Benefaaions to X. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That a Lift or Table of fuch Gifts, ie tranfmitted to, and Legacies and Bequefts, for the Benefit of the Prifoners in every Gaol or Prifon refpedively as afore- oFthe Peace ^^''^» ^^^'» ^^^^'^ ^""'^^V Settling thereof, be tranfmitted by the Perfons hereby authorized to fettle the fame, unto the Clerks of the Peace of the refpe£tive Counties or Places, and fhall be regiftered by them refpedively, in the Manner Tables of Fees and Orders are herein before directed to be regi- and alfo to the Gaolers ftered by them refpettively, without any Fee to be' paid for the fame ; and that a Lift or Table of ' of the Prifons to which fuch Gifts, Legacies and Bequefts, fhall be fairly written and tranfmitted, by order of fuch Perfons ' the fame relate, .jg aforefaid, to the Gaoler or Keeper of every Gaol or Prifon to which the Gifts, Charities or Be- I ^"bi-'k'p'"^ "''■'" f"""* q^si^s therein contained relate, and forthwith after the Receipt thereof fti all be hung up by the I Prjions '^*^*"'*" Gaoler or Keeper, v/ho fhall receive the fame, in a confpiciious Manner in fome publick Place in his Gaol or Prifon, and where the Prifoners in fuch Gaol or Prifon may have free and eafy Refort thereto, as Occafion may require, without Fee; and it fliall be the Duty of every fuch Gaoler or Keeper, to take Care that every fuch Lifts or Table of Gifts which fhall be tranfmitted to any fuch Gaol or Prifon, or a true Copy thereof, fhall, from Time to Time thereafter, be kept hung up as .aforefaid in his refpe£live Gaol or Prifon. XL And, for the more fpeedy punifhing Gaolers, Bailiffs and others employed in the Execu- tion of Procefs, for Extortion, or other Abufes in their refpeclive Offices and Places, Be it fur- Where Gaolers, Bailiffs ther enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That upon the Petition, in Term Time, of any Prifoner or others, fhall be guilty or Perfon being, or having been, under Arreft or in Cuftody, complaining of any ExadHon or Ex- >f(^r»°"'b" ^ °^^^ tortion by any Gaoler, Bailiff or other Officer or Perfon, in or employed in the keeping or taking tiptwi Pehion o^thc^Pri- ^^'^^ °^^"y ^^°^ '^'^ ^'"'^'^'^ O"" c-ther Place, where any fuch Prifoner or Perfon under, or having ibners, istoexntnineinto ^^^" Under, Arreft or in Cuftody, by any Procefs or Aitlion, is or fhall have been carried, or in re- i the fame b a fuQ>£na/y fpect of the arrefting or apprehending any Perfon or Perfons, by virtue of any Procefs, Adlion or ' ^'*;'i Warrant, or of any other Abufe whatfoever committed or done in their refpeilive Offices or Places, unto any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at JVefiminJier^ from whence the Procefs iffued, by which any Perfon who fliall fo petition was arrefted, or under whofe Power or Jurifdidtion any fuch Gaol, Prifon or Place is ; or in Vacation Time, to any Judge of any fuch Courts at Wejiminfter^ from whence any fuch Procefs fo iffued ; or to the Judges of Affize, or Juftices of Great Seifions, in their refpec- tive Circuits ; or to the Judge or Judges of any other Court of Record, where any Prifoner or Per- fon being, or having been, under Arreft or in Cuftody, was arrefted or in Cuftody by Procefs iffued out of, or Adion entered in, any fuch other Court of Record within that Part of Great Britain cMed Englafid; and if within the Principality of /i^/fy, or County Palatine of C*i6^/?^r, then to the Juftices at fome Great Seftions to be holden for the County in the Principality oi Wales, or for the County Palatine oi CheJIer, where any fuch Prifoner or Perfon being, or having been under Arrefl of in Cuftody, was arrefted or in Cuflody, in the faid Principality oi JValcs, or County Palatine of CheJIer; every fuch Court, Judges of Affize, and Juftices of Great SefTions, and Judge and Judges of all inferior Courts of Record, are hereby authorized and required refped^ively, within their (eve- ^t^malcefiicli Order ral Jurifdi(5tions, to hear and determine the fame in a fummary Way, and to make fuch Order thereupon, for redrefTing thereupon for rcdeffing the Abufcs which ftiall, by any fuch Petition, be complained of, and for pu- theoSer"l3''the "-^"'^'"S ^""^^ Officer or Perfon complained againft, and for making Reparation to the Party or Pat*. ftallthmk^u^i ^^ ties injured, as they fhall think juft, together with the full Cofts of every fuch Complaint ; and alL and irayinforce'obedi- O^dcrs and Determinations which fhall be thereupon made by any of the faid Courts, or any of the cnce to fuch Oideis. f^id Judges, Juftices of Afiize, Juftices of Great Scffions, Judge or Judges of any fuch inferior Court as aforefaid refpe<Slivcly, in fuch fummary Way as is herein prefcribed, fhall have the fame Effedl, Force and Virtue, and Obedience thereunto maybe inforced by the refpe<Stive Courty, Judges, Juftices of Affize, Juftices of Great Serfions, Judge or Judges of any fuch inferior Court, by Attachment, or in any other Manner, as other Orders of' the faid refpective Courts, Judges, Juftices of Aftizc and Great Scffions, Judge or Judges of inferior Courts of Record, may be inforced. Caolcr tc take no other XIL And be it further enaiSlie.d by the Authority aforefaid. That no Gaoler .or Keeper of anr Fees than what fhal! be Gaol or Prifon, or Other Pci fen thereto belonging, fhall demand, take or. receive, direilly or indi- ticatldTablc'ofFecI,"' ^^^^V'' ^^ '"^"Y Prifoner or Prifoners, for Debt, Damages, Cofts or Contempt,^ any other or greatet Fee or Fees whatfoever for his, her or their Commitment, or coming into Gaol, Chamber Rent there, Releafe or Difcharge, than what ftiall be mentioned or allowed in the Lift or Table of Fe^s ^ anif^herifTs and other which is cr fhall be fettled, inroHed and regiftered as aforefaid ; and ihat every Sheriff, Under She- Ofncersoffcndng againft riff^ Bailiff" of any Liberty, Bailiff", Serjeant at Mace, Gaoler and other (.)flicer and Perfon as ?'--"' this A£>,tofo'teit 50I. f.jj^ ^ho fhall. in anvwife offend againft this Ac^t, ftiall, for every fuch Off'cnce ;!gainft this p,- SSVo°the'l'ttrty ac- A£t (over and abbvc fuch Penalties or Puniftiments as he or they ftiall be liable unto by the Laws £rxvrd. ° "O"''"' '" Force) forfeit and pay to the Party thereby aggrieved the Sum of fifty Pounds, to be reco- vered with treble Cofts of Suit, by A6lion of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of his Ma- jefty's Courts of Record at /K//wm//fr; wherein no Efibin, Protection or Wager of Law, or more than one Imparlance f^a1l he allov/ed. Xlll. And for the Eafe and Relief of Prifoners who fhall be charged in Fxecutloh for any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding in the whole the Sum of one hundred Pounds, and who fhall be willing to fatisfy their ircfpcdlive Creditors fo far as they arc able; Be it further enacted by the I Authority