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 A. D. 1759.' Anno tricefimo tertio Ge org 11 11. C. 22. 461 ' quired :' For Remedy whereof; Be it enabled by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Par- liament afTembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That if any Militia Man v/ho fhall have Overfeers to pay out of been accepted and inrolled as a SublHtutc, or as a hired Man, or as a Volunteer, before the pailing the Poor Rates, by Order of this A6i; or if any Militia Man who /liall have been chofen by Lot, whether before or after fJ^J^^J"^*^^^^^^^^^^ the pafling of this Acl, fliall, when inibodied and called out into adlual Service, and ordered to ft^^ffed Families oi Mi- march, leave a Family unable to fupport themfelves, the Overfeer or Overfeers of the Poor of th^ litia Men u.ibodied and Parifh, Tything or Townfhip where the Family of fuch Militia Man (hall'dwell, (hail by Order of «al«;d out into af>ual fome one Juftice of the Peace, out of the Rates for the Relief of the Poor of fuch Pariili, Tything Sefvite,proporti nate or Townfhip, pay to fuch Family a Weekly Allowance according to the ufual and ordinary Price of k° ; " " n," 'V kt' Labour m Husbandry, withm the County, Ridmg, Divifion, Diitndt or Place wncre fuch t amily ;„ the County, and ihe fhall dwell, by the following Rule; that is to fay. For one Child under the Age of ten Years, the Number and Age of the Price of one Day's Labour; for two Children under the Age aforefaid, the Price of two D^yb Children ; Lal)our ; for three or four Children under the Age aforefaid, the Price of three Days Labour ; for five or more Children under the Age aforefaid, the Price of four Days Labour ; and for the Wife of fuch Militia Man, the Price of one Day's Labour: And in every Parifh, Tything or Townfhip and where the faid Rates where the Money arifmg by fuch Rates fhall not be fufHcient for the Purpofe aforefaid, a new Rate ftaii be infuffi lenr, a or Rates fhall be made for raifmg a Sum fuflicient for that Purpofe; and every fuch Weekly Allow- new Rat- is to be made; ance fliall be forthwith reimburfed to the Overfeer or Overfeers of fuch Parifh, Tvthing or Town- """^ ^^^ Overfeers are to fnip, by the Treafurer of the County, Riding or Place where fuch Parifh, Tything or Townfhip outofTh^^c^un^'slo'c? fhall be fituate, out of the publick Stock. " e ou y oc . II. Provided always. That no Family of any Militia Man, who fhall not have been chofen by The Families only of Lot (except the Families of fuch Subl^itutes, hired Men or Volunteers, who fhall have been ac- fuch Men as ftaii be tepted and inrolled before the pafling of this A<ft) fhall after the palTing of this Ad: be intitled chofen bv Lot, and of to or receive any fuch Weekly Allowance. ^}^ Subftitu es, hired •* Men, and Volunteers, already inrolled, are intitled to fuch Allowance. III. And be it enabled. That the Treafurer of every County, Riding and Divifion fhall and is Treafurer of the County hereby required to keep exad and diflinft Accounts of all the Monies that fhall have been fo by cou„?orthrMonie"1c- him reimburfed to fuch Overfeer or Overfeers as aforefaid, in purfuance of the Dire(Stions of this j^burfed by him 'or'^ " Acl; and fhall at the End of every feven Calendar Months return the faid Accounts, together with other Treafurers,' to the the Accounts which he fhall have received from the feveral Trealurers of the Cities, Tov/ns, Li- Overfeers, into the Ex- berties or Places, to the OfHce of the Treafurer's Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer. chequer every feven ^ Months. I IV. Provided always, and be it enabled. That in all Cities, Towns, Liberties, Diviftons and where any City or Placs I Places, which are not liable to contribute to County Rates by virtue of an A61 made in the twelfth fhall not be liable by A£l Year of his Majefty 's Reign, intituled, Jn Aci for the more cafy afj'cjjing^ collcEiing^ and levying of '^^^^°- '^- ^- *9- to County Plates ; the Juflices of the Peace for every fuch City, Town, Liberty, Divifion and i^lacc, g'^^*;^'^J^^^*^°^"Jy^ at any Seffions or Meeting, or the greater Part of them then and there alfembled, may and fhall ^pofnt g treafurer, Tnd appoint a Treafurer, and fhall afTefs upon every Parifh, Tything, Tov/nfhip, Hamlet or Vill, aifefs each Parifli, &c. ' within the Limits of their refpedive Jurifdiclions, in fuch Proportions as the Rates heretofore made proportionate to their for the Relief of the Poor have been ufually afieflTed, and fliall caufe to be paid out of the Money "^"^^ Poors Rate, collefted and levied for the Relief of the Poor of every fuch Parifh, Tything, Townfliip, Hamlet or Vill, into the Hands of fuch Treafurer, fuch Sum or Sums of Money as they in their Difcre- ;„ aSum fufficienttore- tion fhall think fufficient for reimburfmg to the Overfeer or Overfeers of the feveral Pariflies, imburfe to the Overfeers Tythings, Townfhips, Hamlets or Vills, within the Limits of their refpedive Jurifdiclions, the "^^e Weekly Allowances Amount of the Weekly Allowances paid by fuch Overfeer or Overfeers to the Families of the Mi- P^'*^ ^^ ^^^^' litia Men refiding within their refpedtive Jurifdiclions as aforefaid ; and every fuch Treafurer fhall forthwith reimburfe the fame to every fuch Overfeer or Overfeers accordingly : And fuch IVeafurer is hereby required to keep exaft and diftin6t Accounts of all the Monies that fhall have been fo paid into his Hands, and fo by him reimburfed to fuch Overfeer or Overfeers as aforefaid ; and fhail at The Treafurer to keep the End of every fix Calendar Months, tranfmit the faid Accounts to the Treafurer of the County and tranfmit an Account or Riding which fuch City, Town, Liberty, Divifion and Place, is, by an A(5l made in the thir- o''^"^ Monies fo received tieth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, Jn JM for the Letter Ordering of the Mi- *f "^f^ by him, to the litia Forces in the feveral Counties of that Part of Great Britain called England, united with, and made ij" r-'raLrh. """"'^ Ujd^artof, forthcPurpofesof the faid Aa. evay i>x Months. I^^V. Provided, That the Treafurer of the City of Lincoln^ and County of the faid City, Treafurer of the City, IBball tranfmit his Accounts to the Treafurer of the Divifion oi Lindfey within the Couiuy o'i&:<:-ofUnco ,touin(- ^Lincoln '^'^ ^'' Accounts to the T:eafurer of Lindfey ^ Divifion, VI. Provided
 * (hall be allowed the fame in his Accounts : And whereas under the Authority of the faid A<^,
 * fundry Payments have been made to fuch Families exceeding the Sums neceflary for their Sup-
 * port: And whereas many Perfons having large Families, have been accepted and inrolled as Sub-
 * ftitutes, hired Men, or Volunteers in the Militia, and are now in adlual Service : in Confequence
 * whereof, larger Sums have been raifed and paid for the Purpofe aforelaid, than NecefTity re-