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A.D. 1547] elections for the electing of the said Burgesses, at such time and place lawful and reasonable as shall be assigned for the same intent by the said Mayors Bailiffs and other head officers of the said Shire towns, or by one of them; in which elections the Burgesses shall have like voice and authority to elect, name and choose the Burgesses of every the said Shire towns, like and in such manner as the Burgesses of the said Shire towns have or use.

4. Provided always that two Justices of the Peace in every the Shires in and in the said County of Monmouth by force of this Act shall have full power and authority indifferently to allot and tax every City Borough and town within the Shires in  wherein they do inhabit and in the said County of Monmouth for the portions and rates that every of the said cities and Boroughs shall bear and pay towards the said Burgesses within the said Shire towns of every of the said Shires in  and the County of Monmouth; which rates so rated and taxed in gross by the said two Justices of the Peace as aforesaid shall be again rated and taxed on the inhabitants of every the said Cities and Boroughs by four or six discreet and substantial Burgesses of every the said cities and boroughs in  thereunto named and assigned by the Mayor Bailiffs or other head officers of the said cities towns and boroughs for the time being; and thereupon the Mayors Bailiffs and other head officers of every such City, Borough and town to collect and gather the same and thereof to make payment in manner and form as is aforesaid to the Burgesses of the Parliament for the time being within like time and upon the like pains and forfeitures as is above mentioned.

A.D. 1547]

Where in the High Court of Parliament holden at Westminster in the seven and twentieth Year of the most prosperous Reign of the late famous King the Eighth, by the Assent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, assembled in the said High Court of Parliament, it was enacted and established by Authority of the same Parliament,