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A. D. 1670. Anno vicefimo fecundo & tertio Carol i II. C. 15. 363 IV. And that the faid fcvcral Sums of Money for Tithes may be more equally aflefled upon (he feveral Whotomiitr Houfes, ]?uildings, and all other Hereditaments whatfocvcr, within all the (aid refpe.flive Parifhes ; (z) '*" Affiflmcnt:, Be it cnadcd by the Authority aforciaid, That the Aldermen of fuch iefpc6ive Ward or Wards, within the "'" *^" faid City, wherein any of the faid Pariilies refpcftively lie, and his or their Deputy or Deputies, and the Common-Couneil-Men of fuch rcfpciSlive Ward or Wards, with the Church-wardens, and one or more of the Parilhioncrs of fuch refpedlive Parifh, wherein the Maintenance aforefiiid i:; rcfpeftivcly to be adefTcd, to be nominated by fuch refpc£l:ive Alderman, Deputy, Common-Councii-Mcn and Church-wardens, or any five of them, whereof the Alderman or his Deputy to be one, flrall at fomc convenient and feafonable Time before the twentieth Day of Afay in the Year of our Lord God one thoufand fix hundred and fevcnty- one, afl'emble and meet together in fome convenient Place within every of tiie refpedlive Pr.rifties, in fuch refpedtive Ward wherein the Maintenance aforefaid is to be afiefled ; (-j) and they or the major Part of them, fo allembled, fhail proportionably affefs upon all Houfes, Shops, Warc-houfes and Cellars, Wharfs, Keys, Cranes, Water-houfes, (which Water-houfes fhall pay in their refpedlive Parifhes where they {land, and not ellev/herc) and Tofts of Ground, remaining unljuilt) and all other Hereditaments Mrhatfoever, (except Parfonage and Vicarage-houfes) the whole rel'pedtive Sum by tiiis Adl appointed, or fo much of it as is more than what each Impropriator is by this Adt enjoined refpcdlively to allow, in the mod equal Way that the faid AfTeflbrs according to the beft of their Judgments can make it; which faid AficfirnentJ fhall be made and finifhcd before the four and twentieth Day of yulj then next enfuing. V. And be it further enadled by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Variance or Doubt fhall happen to If any Variance arife fboutany Sum fo afiefied as aforefaid, or that any Parifhioner or Parifhioners, or Ov/ner or Owners of •'"'^ up..nthc any Houfe, Shop, Ware-houfe or Cellar, Wharf, Key, Crane, Water-houfe, Toft of Ground or other ^^'^'.'["'^•^f;^' Hereditament within any of the faid Pariflies, fhall find himfelf or thcmfelves aggrieved by the afleffing of any Sum or Sums of Money in Manner and Form aforefaid ; That then upon Complaint made by the Party or Parties aggrieved to the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen of the faid City, within fourteen Days after Notice given to the Party or Parties airefled of fuch Aflefiment made, the faid Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, fummoning as well the Party or Parties aggrieved, as the Alderman a'nd fuch others as made the faid Afleffment, (hall hear and determine the fame in a fummary Way, and the Judgment by them given fhall be final and without Appeal. VL Provided always, and be is enadled. That any Afleflment or Rate to be made or laid by Virtue of A Review, if ■ this Adl, fhall or may in all or any the Parifhes aforefaid, in like Manner be reviewed or altered or laid '^"^5'^"^'"^' "^ again within three Months after the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand fix hundred and feventy-four, °"^ ^ '"'" according to the aforefaid Rules, and any fuch Afieffment or Rate flial! or may be again reviewed or re- afleffed within three Months after the twenty-fourth Day of June in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred eighty-one ; and that all and every fuch new Affeifinent and Rate fhall be liable to the like Ap- peals as aforefaid, and fliall be colledled, levied and paid as any other Afleffment or Rate mentioned in this Adl, may or ought to be. Vn. And if the faid Alderman, Deputy, Common-Council-Men and Paiifhioner or Parifliioners (o ap- if the Prrfnns pointed as aforefaid, (hall after Summons and Requefl made in that Behalf unto them by the Lord Mayor appointed by aiis and Court of Aldermen, or the Incumbent or Incumbents of any of the faid refpedlive Pariih or Parifhes, ^-^ -^^^ "? refufe and negledl to meet and make fiich Afleflments as aforefaid ; then it fhall and may be lawful to and ^ u'J"r~^Cy^ for fuch Perfon or Perfons as fhall be thereunto authorized and required by the faid Lord Mayor and Court ii,c Loni Major, of Aldermen, to make fuch Afleffinent as by the faid Aldermen, Deputy, Common-Council-Men, Church- &c. wardens, Parifhioner or Parifhioners aforefaid, fliould or ought to have been made. every the PremifTes within fuch refpedlive Parifh, and fubfcribe the fame under their Hands, and within twenty Days after fuch Subfcription as aforefaid ; one of the faid Tranfcripts fhall be returned to the Lord O'l^ 'o '-"^re- Mayorof the City of London to be kept and preferved by the faid Lord Mayor, in and among the Re- ""'"'^'1^'° ^^ cords of the faid City, for a perpetual Memorial thereof; and another of the faid Tranfcripts {Ball be re- AnotheMc'che turned into the Regifiry of the Lord Bifhop of London, to be kept and prefen'ed as aforefaid ; and the other Bifhcp of Lon- ©f the faid Tranfcripts fliall remain and be kept in the Veflry of fuch refpedlive Parifh for a perpetual Me- (Iju's Regiflry. morial as aforefaid. Th= ether to re. IX. And for the furer and better Payment of the faid refpeftive Sums of Money fo to be aUciVcd and yl^.'" ^'^ taxed towards the Raifing of the faid Maintenance of the reipedlive Parfons, Vicars and Curates of the faid refpedlive Parifhes as aforefaid ; (2) Be it further enadled by the Authority aforefaid, That all and when the Ome every fuch refpedlive Sum and Sums of Money fo to be aflcfied and taxed as aforefaid, towards the Raifing l^^'.'"" '^- '"^ of the faid Maintenance of the faid reipedlive Paifons, Vicars and Curates of the faid refpedlive Parifhes, ^'j'^^j^,'"' '° fliall be paid to the faid refpedlive Farlbns, Vicars and Curates and their Succeffors refpedlively, at the four ttiofl ufual Feafls, (that is to fay) at the Annunciation of the ElefTcd Virgin Mtny, the Nativity of Saint '^ohn Baptiji, the Feafl of Saint Michael the Archangel and the Nativity of our Blelled Saviour, or withi;i fourteen Days after each of the Feafi:s aforefaid, by equal Payments ; the refpedlive Payir.ents thereof to begin and commence only from fuch Time and Times as the Incumbent or Incumbents of fuch refpedlive 'Parifli fhall begin to officiate or preach as Incumbent or Parlbn in the refpedli'.'e Church belonging to fuch refpedlive Parifh, or in fome other convenient Place or Places in furh refpedlive ParifB or Pariflics to be no- minated or appointed by the Lord Bifhop of London for the Time being, or by the Archbiflwp of Canter- Itiry in any Place within his Peculiars. . " X. And in any Parifh or Parifhes where any Impropriations be. Be it enacted by the Authority afore- jo^rkl'-he ' faid, That all and every the Impropriator or Impropriators of any of the faid Parifhes fhall pay and allow i,i„v;°Ailow9n. what really and bona fide they have ufed and ought to pay and fatisfy to the refpedlive Incumbent of fuch c^i tiiey did bsl Aaa 2 refpedlive fore the fire.