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 A. D. 1757* Anno tricefimo Georgii II. . C. 8. 13 VII. And it is hereby further enacted, That the Warrants by this Ad dlre£l:ed to be ifTued by the Warrants for fiiid CommifTioners for the Encouragement of Volunteers as aforefaid, (hall be fatisfied by fuch Rectiverb 1^"^^^^^^^°*^ or Collcdlors as aforefaid, to whom fuch Warrants fhall be dire6led, without any Abatement for Fees, o^lit any Drduc- Gratuities, Charges, Poundage, or any other Pretence whatfoever, and fhall be allowed ui^on their Ac- tion. ig . ... as they will anfwer at their Pen! any Delay or Obftrudtion to his Majefty's Service which may happen pay the Bounty. by their Defaults. VIII. Provided always, and it is hereby enaclcd. That it fliall be lawful for the Lord High Treafurer, 40 s. of every or CommilJioners of the Treai'ury for the "i'inic being, to caufe forty Shillings of every Pound of the '^("^i",^^'^^''^ Money which {hall be fupplied out of the Land Tax Money for the Year one thoufand i^vftw hundred ^o be'^repai' -■'- inco and hfty-fix, and one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-fcven, or either of them, for Payment of the En- the Exchequer couragements aforefaid, to be repaid into his Majefty's Exchequer by the refpedtive Paymafters of his by the Fdyniaf- Majeity's Forces, put of fuch Money as they fliall receive for the faid Forces, to make good the refpec- ters of the Forces. live Credits on the faid Land Taxes, and to be applied to the Satisfadion of fuch Principal and Intereil ' ^^"lended by a (jf any) as fhall be remammg thereupon. ^^P this Seflion.' 30 Geo. s. c. 13, IX. And it' is hereby further cnaifled by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Commiffioners, or any Three Commii- thrce or more of them, in their refpedlive Places or Stations, fhall be, and are hereby authorized and im- fioncrs impower- powered to raife and levy, and to caufe to be raifed and levied, at any Time or Times during the Con- Meras'^Ife her'e- tinuance of this A6t, within their feveral Lim.its and Jurifdictions, all able-bodied idle, and diforderly [^^ oeicribei • Perfons, who cannot, upon Examination, prove themfelves to exercife and induftriouny follow fom.e lawful Trade or Employment, or to have fome Subftance fuificient for their Support and Maintenance, to ferve his Majefty as soldiers; and to require and coirimand all and every the High Conftables, Church- am', to call in the wardens, Overfeers of the Poor, Petty Conftables, Headboroughs and Tythingmen, and other Pmifh Aaiftance of Fa- and Town Officers, or any of them, within their refpedive Limits and Jurifdictions, to be aiding and ^ift and Town afTifting to them the faid Commiffioners, or any three or more of them, in the Performance of this his '" Majefty's Service; and for that Purpofe the faid Commillioners, or any three of them, are to meet in and to meet in their refpeirtive Sub-uivifions, according to the Appointment of the Juftices and Commiffioners as afore- ^^» Sub-divi- f.iid, and to ift'ue out their Warrants, under their Hands and Seals, thereby requiring and commanding ^°"®' ^^ '^* fuch Churchwardens, Overfeers of the Poor, Petty Conftable, Headboroughs, Tythingmen, or other -y^T^jl^^j^^j ^''Jj- j, Parith or Town Officers, or eife requiring and commanding the faid High Conftables to ifllie their Pre- bringing Perfons cepts to fuch Churchwardens, Overfeers, Petty Conftables, Headboroughs, Tythingmen, and other Pa- withi.o the De- riih and Town Officers as aforefaid, every or any of them, to make or caufe to be made a General Search f':''P'i«n of this within their refpecfive Pariihes, Townftiips, Conftablewicks, or other Places, for all fuch Perfons 2- f '^'(h'^f°7 ^^d" they can find, who are or fhall appear to them to be within the Defcription of this A<St, and to bring all Mi.ctlng/'^" fuch Perfons before the Commilnoners, who have Power to execute this A<St, in and for fuch County, Shire, Stewartry, Riding or Divifion, at fuch Time and Place as fhall have been appointed by the Juf- tices and Commiffioners as aforefaid, for the fecond Meeting of the faid Commiiiioners, in their refpec- tive Sub-divifions, which Time and Place fiiall be prefixed in the faid Warrants and Precepts refpec- tively ; and afterwards the faid Comrniifioneri^ within their refpedfiive Limits and Divifions, fhall meet at fuch convenient Time or Times as they fhall think fit, in order to illue their like Warrants or Pre- cepts, for making General Searches for Perfons within the faid Defcription, and for bringing them be- fore the Commiffioners at any future Times and Places appointed by the Jui^ices and Commiffioners as aforefaid, during the Continuance of this Adf. X. Provided always, That in cafe the fecond Meeting appointed to be held in any Sub-divilion, fhall ^f 'f'* TeconJ be at fo great a Diftance of Time, as may render it inconvenient to ifTue Warrants for bringing Perf6ns ^0^*^'"^^^ ^°'^ .before fuch Commilnoners at the fecond i^^Ieeting, then the Commiffioners of fuch Sub-divifion refpec- n,^lnf^j^^' tively may adjourn them.felves to fome convenient Day, previous to fuch fecond Meeting, in order to their Sub divi- ifTue their Vv'arrants as aforefaid. fions may ad- journ to a prc- XI. Provided always, and it is hereby enabled. That it fnall and may be lawful to and for the Church- ^'""^^ P'^i'f - wardens, Overfeers of the Poor, Conitabies, Headboroughs, Tytliingmen, and other Officers of any corid^MeetinV Pariih or Townfliip, or any of them, at any Time after the faid fecond Meeting of the faid Commil- the Panfh and' fioners, without tarrying for any fuch Warrant or Precept as aforefaid. to fearch for, and apprehend all, Town Officers County, Town or Place, where fuch Perfons fhall be apprehended, and the Keeper of fuch Gaol, fcripti^n of this Ho.ufe of Correifion or Prifon, fhall receive fuch Perfons without Fee or Rev/ard, and the Pari ill Offi- -At^:, and con- ccrs fhall allov/ fuch Keeper fix Pence by the Day for each Perfon, during the Time that they fhall re- Tf^ '^^: =^"''« main there, and fliall convey them before the Commiffioners, at their ntxt Meeting for lifting of Sol- to^^'^j-illi' "' diers, to be examined, and (if judged within the Defcription of this Ai5t} to be lifted and delivered into his Majefty's Service, according to the true Intent and Meaning hereof. XII. And be !t further enaifed by the Authority aforefaid. That the Commiffioners for executing thij Commiinonera Adt, who fliall attend this Service at the Place or Places for lifting Soldiers as aforefaid, Ihall jtriaiy '"f .»/"'"= '^« " ' „• fa4d rerionj, examine '