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A. D. 1761. Anno fecimdo Georgii III. C. 20. 6*29 Relief of the Poor of focli Pari/li, Tything orTowilfhip, pay to fuch Family a Weekly Allowance, M^n and v.-iunticrf as according to the ufual and ordinary Price of Labour in Hufbar.dry v/ithin the laid County, Riding, ^'^'c inrollcd bifore.jz Divifion, Diftria or Place where fuch Family fliall dwell, by the following Rule ; that is to fay, For J^'">;^^°' .^'"T!'"^ '" ,,, -1 ] J ^u A r tr i< 1- 1 T-i ■ I- 7->w ) T 1 r tJis ulniil I'ricc or Labour one ChiJci under the Age or ten Years, any bum not exceeding the Price or one J Jay s Labour ; ror,^ Hmb.incirv within the two Children under the Age aforefaid, any Sum not exceeding the Price of two Days Labour ; for County, and 'the Number three or four Children under the Age aforefaid, any Sum not exceeding the Price of three Days^nd Ageof theChildienj Labour ; for five or more Children under the Age aforefaid, any Sum not exceeding the Price of four^'^- *criChild under lo Days Labour ;_ and for the Wife of fuch MUitiaMan, any Sum not exceeding the Price of one Days ]jJ^f^';^;'//Labom'-'^ Labour; and in every Parifn, Tything or 'i ownfliip, where the Money ariling by fuch Rates fhaIloi-4dltto,3'D3ysLaboui'*i not be fufficient for the Purpofe aforefaid, a new Rate or Rates fhall be made for raifmg a Sum fuffi- 5 or move'dtto, 4 Days cient for that Purpofe : And every fuch Vv'eekly Allowance Tnall be forthwith reimburfed to the Over- L^ibour : For the WiU, feer or Overfeers of fuch Parift, Tything or Townfhip by the Treafurer of the County, Riding or^g'^-f^j,^',^";^;^^^;;^^^ Place where fuch Parifh, Tything or Townfhip Ihall be fituatc, out of the publick Stock of luch be infufficient, anew' County, Riding or Place. Kate is to be made ; and the Overfeers are to be rcimbiirfeJ forthwith out of the County Stock. LXXXIL And be it ena£ted,That theTreafurer of every County, Riding, Divifion and Place, fhallTreafurer of the County and is hereby required to keep exa»£l and diftinft Accounts of ail the Monies that fhall have been fo by 'v^';";^'^^ *" Accoimtof him reimburfed, to fuch Overfeer or Overfeers as aforefaid, in purfuance of theDiredicns of this AcSl ; b^,j.j-^j 'Jll^j^^ Q^^^y^^.^^ and fhall at the End of feven Calendar Months from the palling of this A6t, and afterwards at thcand return half-veariv' End of every fix Calendar Months, return the faid Accounts, together with the Accounts which hethe faid Accounts wiih fhall have received from the feveral Treafnrers of the Cities, Towns, Liberties or Places to the Office ^o'^ received from the of the Treafurer's Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer. _ .... Jh^Elw'r? ^ '"'*' LXXXIIL Provided always, and be it enacted, 'Fhat in all Cities, Towns, Liberties, Divifions,,,, '^'""* , rii 1 • 1 1- 1 1 -1 /^ Tt 1 • /• A o 1 • 1 VVhfrc any City or Place and Places, which are not liable to contribute to County Kates by virtue or an Act made in thefhaii not beiiabJeby Aft twelfth Year of his late Majelly's Reign, intituled, Jn jh for the fnore eafy ojjeffing^ colleSilng and i.G&o. -2. . e. 29. to levying of County Rates, the Jufi:ices of "the Peace for every fuch City, Town, Liberty, Divifion and <^ontribute to County Place, at any Seffions or Meeting, or the major Part of them then and there airembled, may and ^^^"' thejufticesmay ihall appoint a Treafurer, and fhall afiefs upon every Parifh, Tything, Townfhip, Hamlet or Vill, g^j^^^-g^^ each Pariih within the Limits of their refpe£tive Jurifdidlions, in fuch Proportions as the Rates heretofore made proportionate to their for the Relief of the Poor have been ufually aflefled ; and fhall caufe to be paid out of the Money uCuai Poors Rate, collected and levied for the Relief of the Poor of every fuch Parifh, Tything, Townfhip, Hamlet orl"^^"'""^^'^"' f"fe- Vill, into the Hands of fuch Treafurer, fuch Sum or Sums of Money as they in their Di^retion l™*;^^' o^^^^^^^^^^^^ fhall think fufficient for reimburfing to the Overfeer or Overfeers of the feveral Parifhes, Tythings, paid by them; °"'^"'^ Townfliips, Hamlets or Vills, within theLimits of their refpedlive Jurifdi6tions, the Amount of the and fuch Treafurer is to Weekly Allowances paid by fuch Overfeer or Overfeers to the Families of the Militia Aden reliding^'^'niburfe the faid Over- within their refpecSlive Jurifdictions as aforefaid; and every fuch Treafurer fhall forthwith reimburfe^^*J^'^^^"|! J^^P^I^-'^'^- the fame to every fuch Overfeer or Overfeers accordingly : And fuch Treafurer is hereby required to by him and tranfmk^the keep exaft and diftindl: Accounts of all the Monies that fhall have been fo paid into his Hands, and fame half-yearly to the {o by him reimbmfed to fuch Overfeer or Overfeers as aforefaid ; and fhall, at the End of every fix County Treafurer. Calendar Months, tranfmit the faid Accounts to the Treafurer of the County or Riding which fuch City, Town, Liberty, Divifion and Place is by this Ad united with and made Part of for the Pur- &c"of'Li„°o]J,*j^^* pofes of this Act : Provided that the Treafurer of the City oi Lincoln and County of the faid City, tj-^nf^j^ h^s' Accoun;° to Ihall tranfmit his Accounts to the Treafurer of the Divifion oi Linfey^ withia the County oftheTrcaimerof Linfey Lincoln. Divifion. LXXXIV. Provided always, and be it enabled, That within the City and County of the City of Allowances made wlthia Exeter^ all Allowances to be made by virtue of this A61 to the Families of Perfons ferving in the Mi- ^J^^^'^J' an" County of litia, fhall be paid by the Treafurer or Treafurers of the Corporation of the Governor, ^^"P"^}' to^e paid bv^'eT.er- Governor, Afiiftants and Guardians of the Poor of the City and County oi Exeter and that the turer of the Guardianrot* fame fhall be afcertained, aflefled, raifed, colleited and levied by fuch and the fame Ways and Means the Poor, and toheaf- as the Money raifed for the Relief of the Poor within the faid City and County is, by virtue of two'"^ »"d levied as thiir Acts of Parliament, the one of them made in the ninth and tenth Years of King fVilUam the Third, ^^^^^ ^^^^^J'^' ^Ic^^'^ and the other of them in the thirty-firfl Year of his late Majefly King George the Second, dlreited^^i^.g^^j'j . a„/tobe"ad-' to be raifed : And it fhall and may be lawful for the feveral Perfons authorized to put the faid A6ts in ditionai to what they are Execution, to caufe to be raifed and levied fuch Sum or Sums as fhall be neceflary for that Purpofe, at-thorized to rai.^'e for over and above what they are already authorized to raife for the Relief of the Poor of the faid City'^"' l'oorKa:e3 and County ; and all and every Perfon and Perfons who are by the faid Afts, or either of them, required to do any Act, Matter or Thing, for the afcertaining, afTeffing, confirming or altering of Aiteflments, collecting and levying the Sums thereby dire<5led to be raifed for the Relief of the Poor, and to be raifed and !<■. are hereby required and authorized to do all fuch and the like A6ts, Matters and Things for the afcer- ^ed under liktPenditits^ taining, afleffing, confirming or altering Afleflmcnts, colledting and levying the Money hereby directed to be raifed, and fhall be fubjedl to all fuch Forfeitures and Penalties, in cafe of their Negle6t or Re- fufal to perform the fame, as are impofed upon Offences of the like Nature by the above mentioned Afts, or either of them ; and alfo in the fame Manner, and by the fame Ways and Means, to raife and the Money alre.u'y and levy, or caufe to be raifed and levied, fuch further Sum and Sums of Money as fhall have^/^.'^^nced andpaid bythe been advanced and jK-iid by the Treafurer of the Corporation of the Poor for the Maintenance of'Jjje Jij AHowanr-Tf^^^ fuch Wives and Families, and Tnall caufe the fame to be repaid to the Treafitrtir of the faid Cor- be .aifcd and levied ia poration. ^ like Jr-innci. 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