A.D.i6oi. Anno xliii Rcginuc Elizabeth. i -.. C XV. And he it further enacted, Iii.it all the Surpbftagi ol Mane; wh'u h (hall be rematnin ■ in the • Stock of any County, Dull by I )ilci<tiun of the more Part of the Jufti lions, 1) e ordered, diftributed and bellowed foi the Relicl of the poor Hofpitals ol rti u ' that (hall fufhiin [>iiills by. Fire, Water, theSeaoroth , ana to fuch , for the Relief of the Poor, as to the mure Part of the (aid Jniti' XVI. And be it further emuSed, That if any Treafurci clefl Mi. the faid Oflice of Treafurerfhip, or refu(c to diftribute and give ; Form as (hall be appointed by the more Pan of the (aid Juftii the juftices of Peace in their Quarter-Seflions, pr in their Default, I to I), holden in the fame County, to fine the lame Treafurer by tl. be under three Pounds, and to be levied by Sale of his * »oo !>, and to f Juftices of Peace whom they (hall authorize. (3) Provided alwa . until the Feaft of Etijler next. XVII. And be it enacted, That the Statute made in the nin ■ and thirl intituled, ' An Act for the Relief of the Poor,' (hall continue and (I next; (2) and tint all Taxations heretofore impofed and not paid, noi that (hall b i'V.iil .)i Eajier next, and that all Taxes hereafter before the faid Feaft to be taxed by V mer Act, which lhall not be paid before the laid Feaft otEdJitr. (hall and he levied by the. Ovcrfecrs and other Perfons in this A&.reipe£tively appointed to ] y I ■ Dif- treffj and by fuch Warrant in every Rcfpect, as if they had been taxed and impofed by Virtue ol thu and were not paid. XVIII. Provided always, That whereas the Ifland of Fawlnefs in the County of Efffx, being t; nth the Sea, and having a Chapel of Kale for the Inhabitants thereof, and yet tl ut the Lands in the fame are htuated within divers Parifhcs far diltant from the laid ifland the fame Pains and Forfeitures, and likewife that the Inhabitants and Occupiers of Lands th< 1 liable and chargeable to the fame Payments, Charges, Expences and Orders, in fuch .M as if the fame Ifland were a Parifh ; (3) In Conftderation whereof, neither the f.iid Inl piers of Land within the faid Ifland, fhall not be compelled to contribute towards the Relief thofc Parifhes wherein their Houfes or Lands which they occupy within the faid Ifland are fltuatcd, for or by reafon of their faid Habitations or Occupyings, other than for the Relief of the pool People wi laid Ifland, neithcryet fhall the other Inhabitants of the Parifhes wherein fuch Houfes or Lands are . be compelled, by reafon of their Refiancy or Dwelling, to contribute to the Relief of the poor Inha- bitants within the faid Ifland. XIX. And be it further enacted, That if any Action of Trefpafs or other Suit fhall happen to be at- 1' 1 "? 11 upted and brought againft any Perfon or Perfons, for taking of any Diftrefs, making of any Sale, 1 r any VU >thcr Thing doing, by Authority of this prefent Act, the Defendant or Defendants in any fuch A suit fhall and may either plead Not guilty, or otherwife make Avowry, Cognifance or Juftirication for the '.['. • T ..king of the fr.id Diftrefles, making of Sale, or other Thing doing by Virtue of this Act, alledging i temp other S "..king of the fr.id Diftrefles, making of Sale, orothcrThing doing by Virtue of this Act, alledging fuch Avowry, Cognifance or Juftification, That the faid Diftrefs, Sale, Trefpafs or other Thing, iv ere I the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs complained, was done by Authority of this Act, and according to the Ten. ir, Purport and Effect of this Act, without any Exprefling or Rchearfal pfany other Matter or Circumftance contained in this prefent Act : (2) To which Avowry, Cognifance or Juftification, the Plaintiff (hall admitted to reply, That the Defendant did take the laid Diltrcfs, made the faid Sale, ordid any oth.; or Trefpafs fuppofed in his Declaration, of his own Wrong, without any fuch Caule alledged by the (aid Defendant ; (3) whereupon the IfTue in every fuch Action fhall he joined, to be tried by Verdict of twelve Men, and not otherwife, as is accultomed in other Perfonal Actions : (4) And upon tlnr Trial of that Iffue the whole Matter to be given on both Parties in Evidence, according to the very '1 ruth of the fame ; fjj and T rt ' after fuch Iffue tried for the Defendant, orNonfuit of the Plaintiff after Appearance, the fame Defendant 'i'! n ) to recover treble Damages, by reafon of his wrongful Vexation in that Behalf, with his Colts alfo in that Cofu.*"' Part fuftained, and that to he aliened by the fame Jury, or Writ to enquire of the Damages, as the fame (hall require. XX. Provided always. That this Act fhall endure no longer than to the End of the next Seflion of Par- r '"' 1 liament. [3 Car. 1. c. 4. continued until the End of the full Setlion of the next Parliament, and farthei ,. continued by 16 Car. 1. c. 4.] 2Z& T-^Car. 2. c. IS. 1 Jac. 2. r. 17. 3 & 4 IV. & M. c. 1 1. 8 & .9 V. 3. A.30. 9 fif 10 W. 3 f, it, 12 Ann. Stct. 1 ... 1 f. i Geo. I. c. 7. z Geo. 2. c. it. 3 Gei. 2. c. 29. 17 Geo. 2. c. 3, 37 £f 3S. .;■?</ 3 1 Get, 2. c.ll, CAP. III. An A£t for the necefiary Relief of Soldiers and Mariners. ' XT7TIEREAS in the thirty-fifth Year of the Queen's Majefty's Reign that now is, an Act vn ma le, ThcSumti of ' VV intituled, An Ail for the neceffary Relief of Soldiers and Mariners : And whereas in the thirty-Dint 1 " ;r .
- Year of her Majefty's Reign, there "was alfo made another Act, intituled, An Art pr tbt further t
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