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A. D. 1 75^* Anno tricefimo fecundo Georgii II. C. 6, 313 ■ • fons inhabiting within the faid Limits, and indebted to Perfons who do not live within the fame, 4 are fubjc^l to the Jurifdidion of the faid Court : And whereas it would be of great Advantage to

  • the feveral Tradefmen, Artificers, Manufailurers, and other Perfons, living and refiding within

t the feveral Parifhes of Streatham, Clapham^ and CamherwelU and the Manor of Hatcham^ in the

  • Parifh of '^aint Paul Deptford in the County of Surrey y being the remaining Part of the Eaftern
  • Half of the Hundred of Brixton, which is not included in the faid A61, if the faid A61 was ex-

' tended to the faid Parifhes and Manor j' May it therefore pleafe your Majefty that it may be Inhabitants within the enacted and declared, And be it enabled and declared by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by Limitsotthejjnfdiaiou and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this pre- °^ 'J' p°"'I'. //; /t'f fent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That from and after the fifth Day of Jirn'i "eoft il^lu Jpril one thoufand kven hundred and fifty-nme, all rerlons whatloever mhabiting w^ithm the Li- Debts. mits of the Jurifdiclion of the faid Court of Requefts, (hall be and are hereby declared to be, fub-

  • le£l to the Procefs and Jurifdi6tion of the faid Court, for any Debt or Debts by them or any of

them then or at any Time or Times thereafter, owing to any Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick ihi Corporate, not exceeding the Sum of forty Shillings, although the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs fuing •out fuch Procefs ftiall not inhabit or refide within the faid Borough of Southwark^ or any of t"he Tarifties mentioned in the faid recited Ad, or the Liberties or Precincls thereof j any Thing in the ■ faid former A61 contained to the contrary notwithftanding. IL And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid fifth Day of April one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, the faid AcSl made in the twenty-fecond Year ^(Jary -- , ... , , , with the Explanation and Amendment thereof herein before ena<5ted, and all the Powers, Direc- Camberweii, and Maaor tions Puniftiments, Penalties, Forfeitures, Provifoes, Matters and Things in the faid A£t con- of Hatcham, fee, tained fhall extend, and are hereby extended to, and fhall take Effed, operate, and be executed, with refpcd to the feveral Parifhes of Streatharn, Clapham, and Camberweii, and the Manor of Hatcham in the Parifh of Saint Paul Deptford, in the County of Surrey, being the remaining Part of the Eafiern Half of the Hundred of Brixton, which is not included in the faid Ad, and to all the Refiants, Inhabitants, and Perfons, renting or keeping any Shop, Shed, Stall or Stand, or feek- ing a Livelihood within the faid Pariilies, and Manor, and to all other Perfons, in fuch and the fame Manner, and as fully and effedually to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever, as if the faid Pa- rifhes and Manor were Part of the faid I'own or Borough of Southwark, or as if the faid Powers, Diredions, Punifhments, Penalties, Forfeitures, Provifions, Matters and Things, were herein re- enaded with refped and in relation to the faid Parifhes and Manor. IIL And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That it fhall and may be lawful to and ^o Commi/Tioners to be for fuch of the Parifhioners of the faid refpedive Parifhes of Streatham, Claphayn, and Camberweii, ""'"J"*'^'* annually on and of fuch Part of the faid Parifh of Saint Paul Deptford, as lies within the faid Manor of Hatcham, bVtheYnhabitTnTsTf the as have a Right to affemble in their feveral and relpedive Veflries, and they are hereby refpedively faid Parifhes in Vcflry impowered and required on Tucfday next after the Feafl of Eajler, which fhall be in the Year of our aflembled. Lord one. thoufand feven hundred and fifty-nine, and io on. qvqxy Tuef day next after the Feaft of Eajler, in every fucceeding Year, to nominate and afTign in the Whole, the Number of twenty of the mofl fubftantial and difcreet Perfons refiding within the faid Parifhes of Streatham, Clapham, and Camberweii, and fuch Part of the Parifh of Saint Paul Deptford as aforefaid, who, together with the Perfons to be from time to time nominated and appointed in the Manner direded by the faid Ad, are to be CommifTioners for putting the faid Ad and this Ad in Execution ; which Perfons '*'!'" ^'■«-**^i°'"f 9°""- ihall be nominated in the Manner following; that is to fay, Such Parifhioners of the Parifli of ""^^"^ ^;^^^^^^^^^^ Streatham to nominate and afTign fix of the faid Perfons, of the Parifh of Clapham fix of the faid Per- the recited Aa" fons, of the Parifh of Camberweii fix of the faid Perfons, and fuch Part of the faid Parifh of Saiyit viz. Streatham to no- Paul Deptford as lies within the faid Mdinor of Hatcham, two of the faid Perfons ; and the Church- minate 6; wardens of each refpedive Parifli for the Time being, or one of fuch Churchwardens, fhall within ^^^||^'" ^5 two Days next after every fuch Nomination, caufe two Lifts to be made out of the Perfons fo no- st^."pa"rDeptford in minated and appointed ; and fhall caufe one of the faid Lifts, or a true Copy thereof, to be fixed or Hatcham Maner z. fiuck up on the Church Door of each refpedive Parifh ; and fhall deliver, or caufe to be delivered. Lifts of the Commflio- the other to the Chief Bailiff of the faid Town and Borough of Southwark, a his Deputy, who "«" *» ^se ""at^e ""t = fhall forthvvith caufe a Copy of fuch Lifts to be made and ftuck in fome convenient Part of the ^"^ *^ J^ ^**«^ on ^^«  Town Hall of the faid Town and Borough of Southwark ; and the Pp^fons fo to be from time to p^^^*^ anTthrothS time nominated and appointed by the Pariftiioners of the faid Parifhes of Streatham, Clapham, Cam- to be delivered to the ierwell, znd Saint Paul Deptford refpedively, as aforef?id, (hall, together with the Perfons ap- Chief Bailiff of South- pointed or to be appointed by virtue of the faid former Act, be Commiflioners for putting the faid ^^» *'* ^^ ^"^ "P in former Ad and this prefent Ad in Execution ; and the CommifTioners fo to be from time to time *p^ ^^^" ^*^^* . . nominated and appointed by virtue of the faid former Ad and this prefent Ad, or any three or wltVthTcommiTionm^ more of them, fhall be and are hereby fully authorifed and impovvered to put the faid Ad, and all under the former Aa, to the Powers and Authorities therein contained, and alfo this Ad in Execution; except only as to put this and the faid the Sufpenfion, Removal, or Eledion of any Clerk or Clerks of the faid Court ; and which Suf- ^ft >n Execution, penfion, Removal, or Eledion, may and are hereby authorifed to be, from time to time, made by su*'(>enfl'on'l 'ifemwll.'or Vol. VIII. 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