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A. D. 1761. Anno fecundo Georgii III. C. 20. 62^ Townfliips, Hamlet or Place, taken at a Veftry, or at any other Meeting for fach Parifh, Tov/n- fhip, Hamlet, or Place, to be holden for tha Purpofe, provide and produce to the faid De- puty Lieutenants, or any three or more of them, or to any two Deputy Lieutenants, together with any one Juftice of the Peace, or to any one Deputy Lieutenant together with any two Juftices of the Peace, at their Meetings within their refpe6tive Subdivifions for choofing the A^ilitia Men by Lot, any Voluntier or Volunticrs, and fuch Voluntier or Voluntiers fliall be approved by the faid anti^uch oft'iem asftall Deputy Lieutenants and Juftices fo met as aforefaid, they, or fuch of them as fhall be approved, fhall f.^m ^n^^'a '^f'"'^!!'"'" be then and there fworn in and enrolled ; and the faid Deputy Lieutenants and Juftices, within their a^i^^ rnany"perfonson- refpeitive Subdivifions, fhall caufe only fuch a Number of Perfons to be chofen by Lot out of the Jy {h.'.li be chofen out of Lift or Lifts returned for fuch Parifti, Tytl^i^S oi* Place, or Pariflies, Tychings, or Places, as afore- the Lifts, as iTiall be then faid, as (hall be then wanted to make up the v.hole Number to f.Tve for fuch Parifli, Tything or J^f "^f^ ^° compleat the Place, or Parifhes, Tythings, or Places as aforefaid : And if fuch Churchwarden or Overfeer, or p^,-^^"'" '^^'^"'■^"^^' Churchwardens or Overf.ers, fhall give to fuch Voluntieior Voluntiers any Sum or Sums of Money Money paid to Vohm- to ferve in the Militia for fuch Parifli, Tything, or Place, or Parillies, Tythings, or Places, tiers for fen-ing, to be it may and fhall be lawful for fuch Churchwarden or Overfeer, or Churchwardens or Overfeers, to '■<^^^'""«^ the Ch.^rch. make a Rate upon the Lihabitants of fuch Parifh, Tything, or Place, or Parifhes, Tythings, or ]^^^'^^^."' ^^ a parochial Places, by the Rate they now ufe in making the Rates for the Relief of the Poor; which Rate being approved by two Juftices of the Peace, it may and fhall be lav/ful for fuch Church- warden or 0erfecr, or Churchv/ardens or Overfeers, to colle6l fuch Rate, and reimburfe themfelves fuch Sum and Sums of Money as they fhall have paid with the Confent of the Lihabitants of fuch Parifh or Parifhes, Townfhips or Places, ailembled as aforefaid, to fuch Volun- Overplus of the Rate ta tier or Voluntiers as aforefaid ; and the Overplus, if any, fhall be applied as Part of the Poors Rate ; be applied to the Poor's- And if any Perfon fhall refufe to pay the Sum of Money he fhall be fo rated, it may and fhall be ^fte. lawful for any one Juftice of the Peace, upon Complaint thereof made by fuch Churchwarden or /cvied^^il dV r"^^ "^^ Overfeer, or Churchwardens or Overfeers, by Warrant under his Hand and Seal, to levy the fame s'a'k . bit balloted l"et- by Diftrefs and Sale of the Offenders Goods and Chatties, rendering the Overplus, if any, after fons who have fewed, or the faid Rate, and the Charges of fuch Diftrefs and Sale, fhall be paid; but no balloted Perfon who 'hailbcferving, bythe'm- fhall have ferved himfelf, or by Subftitute, three Years, or who fhall be then ferving himfelf, or by ^" ^"^ by Subftitutes» Subftitute, in the Militia, fhall be liable to pay to fuch Rates. ^§'1^0"^ °'" ^* XLVL Provided always. That it fhall be lawful for any Perfon who fhall think himfelf or her- perfo^s ^ggjigygj (,y ^^,.j^ felf aggrieved by any fuch Rate as aforefaid, to appeal to the next General Qtjarter Seflions, in like Rates may appeal.' Manner as is provided in the C afe of Appeals againft Rates for the .Relief of the Poor. XLVn. Provided always, and be it enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That in cafe any Perfon fhall The Churchwardens are be chofen by Lot to ferve in the Militia for any Parifh, Tything, or Place, or Parifhes, Tythings, to pay within a Month or Places, and fuch Perfon fhall be fworn and inrolled, or fhall provide a fit Perfon to ferve as his Sub- ^°/^'^ k^^fh^L^^" d"-^^^ ftitute who ihall be fworn and inrolled, the Churchwarden or Overfeer, or Churchwardens or Over- j^^Ugj *^"^ ^^3]° provide feers, of fuch Parifh, Tything, or Place, or Parifhes, l^ythin^s, or Places, fhall, within one fit Si'bftitutes, (if the Month after the Time of fuch fwearing or inrolling of the Man (o chofen by Lot, or of the Subfti- Regiment be then embo- tute refpeitively, pay to every fuch Perfon fo chofen by Lot, if the Regiment or Battalion in v/hich '^'■^^j! ^^'^^ ^""^ "°^ «*- he, or his Subftitute, fliall ferve, fhall be ihen embodied, any fuch Sura of Money not exceeding"^ ^"^ ^ five Pounds, as three Deputy Lieutenants, or two Deputy Lieuten;;nt3 and one Juftice, or one Deputy Lieutenant and two Juftices, in whofe Prefence fuch Perfon fhall be chofen by Lot, fhall adjudge to be, as near as maybe, one half of te current Price th?n paid for a Voluntier in as /Rail be adjudged one- the County or Riding where fuch Perfon fliall be fo chofen by Lot; which faid Sum of Money fhall^^."' of the current Pricar be taken out of the Rate to be made as aforefaid for providing and producing Voluntiers ; or, in cafe['^g j^^^^ To^be' '^'^id no Voluntiers fhall be provided or produced b/ the Churchwardens ar Overfeers, or Churchwarden out of the Vclun^tie'l-*' or Overfeer, of any Parifh, Tything, or Place, or Pariflies, Tythings, or Places,^ then out of a Rate, or a Rate made Rate to be made by the Rule aforefaid. *'or that Purpofe. XLVIIL Provided neverthelefs. That if fuch Man fo chofen by Lot, and ferving for himfelf, fhall if tiie Perfon chofen by within one Month after his Inrolment, be difapproved of and difcharged by the Officer conmandmg ^""^^""^ mroiled, fhall be the Regiment or Battalion, no fuch Sum fhall be paid to the Perfon fo chofen by Loir, but fhall be ^^i^^'f/J'^j^^J; ^^^^^ ^ paid, in manner abovefaid, to the next Perfon chofen bv Lot in his Stead ; and if the Subftitute he Month, the Money ffiall fhall have found be difapproved in manner abovefaid, then no fuch Sum to be paid to the '/lan fo not be piid to him, but chofen bv Lot, in manner abovefaid, unlefs he fhall ferve himfelf, or fhall find another Subftitute. to the next Perfon chofea XLIX'. Provided always, That no Perfon fo chofen by Lot as aforefaid, ftiall be intitled to one ^;^^^'^^^,';^'^^ '^^^nd ^the half of the faid current Prrce of a Voluntier, without the Order of the Perfons aforefaid, before felled in t^he'cafe of Sub' whom the faid Perfon was chofen by Lor, exprefTed under their Hands. ftitutes j and no Money is to be paid on that Head, but by an Order cf the Dep, Lieutenants before whom the Perfons were chofen^ L. And be it enacted. That if any Servant hired by the Year or othewife, fliall ferve in the Mi- Hired Servants ferving litia, it fhall and may be lawful for one Juftice of the Peace, upon Complaint made to him on Oath in the Militia, upon Ap- by fuch Servant, to order fo much of his V/ages, as fhall appear to fuch Juftice to be due to fuch P'^^"" '° ^ Juftice, Servant, to be immediat Jy paid him by his Mafter or Employer, in proportion to the Service he has ^^^j^ due°to"th^rn ^^^^ performed, under the Contract or Agreement made betv/een them at the Time fuch Servant was * ■ hired ; and the faid Juftice fKall proceed therein in the fame manner as is directed by an A61: pafled in J"^'!^* ^° Tk""* '^'*'" the Twentieth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, intituled, Jn A£l for the better adjujling and'^Q^^'^^^^ ^ ^^ "-"^ more eafy Recovery of the fVagei of certain Servants ; and for the better Regulation of fuch Servants^ and of certain Apprentices^ 4 LL