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UW 476 C. II. Anno tertio GuLiELMi & Mari^. A. D. 1691 before any Jiiftice of the Peace for the fame County, Riding, or Divifion, City, or Town-corporate where Complaint v/hereof fhall be made) fliall forfeit the Surn of forty Shillings to the Ufe of the Part grieved, to he levied by Diftrefs and Sale of the Offender or Offenders Goods, by Warrant under the Han find Seal of any Jullice of the Peace within the faid Jiirifdidtions refpedtively, to the Conftable of the Pa jilh or To-A'n where fuch Offender or Offenders dwell, the Overplus, if any be, to be returned to th Owner or Ov/ncrs ; and for want of fuch fufficicnt Dilirefs, the faid Jullice fhall commit him or them t the comTion Gaoi of the fiid Coun.y, City, or Town Corporate, there to remain without Bail or Main p:iz- i'or the Space of one Month ; and if any Churchwarden or Overfeer of the Poor fliall refufe or ne gleet to regiller, or caiife to be rec;!ilered, fuch Notice in Writing as aforefaid, he or they fo offending, up on the. like ConvicPcion, fliall forfeit the Sum of forty Shillings to the Ufe of the Poor of the Parifh c Tov/n where fuch Offender or Offenders dwell, to be levied as aforefaid, the Overplus, if any be, to b returned to the Owner or Owners ; and for Want of fuch fuificient Dillrefs, then the faid Juftice (ha commit fuch Offender or Offenders as aforefaid, for the Time aforefaid. i Serving as Of- YI. Provided always, and be it enacled. That if any Perfon, v/ho fhall come to inhabit in any Town c iicer,. or paying Pariib, fhall for himlelf and on his own Account execute any publick annual Office or Charge in tli Panih Duties, f y Town or Parifh, during one whole Year, or fhall be charged with and pay his Share towards the pub a Sett emtrit. j;^j. Taxes or Levies of the faid Town or Parilh, then he fhall be adjudged and deemed to have a leg: Settlement in the fame, though no fuch Notice in Writing be delivered and publiffied, as is hereby befoi required. Service for a V II. And it is hereby further enacled. That if any unmarried Perfon, not having Child or Childrer Year, of Perfon f^jjl be lawfully hired into any Parifh or Town for one Year, fuch Service fhall be adjudged and deeme widioiitWiie .j_ o-QQcj Settlement therein, thouo-h no fuch Notice in Writinff be delivered and publifhed, as is herein be or Child, a^-^-i -'o »3 I ■> Setilt-ment. lof^ required. >iy.prfntictfliipa VIII. And it IS hereby further enafted. That if any Perfon (hall be bound an Apprentice by Indenturi S^tilement. rjid inhabit in any Town or Parifh, fuch Binding and Inhabitation fhall be adjudged a good Settle. neni though no fuch Notice in Writing be delivered and publiiLed as aforefaid. Appeal from JX. Provided always, and be it hereby enaftcd. That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall find him, her, < Jiiftice of Peace j.Vj^j.pj-^j,,gg aggrieved by any Determination, which any Juftice or Juftices of the Peace fhall make in an fioii^ wi" fe Or- <^ ^'^^ Cafes abovefaid, the faid Perfon or Perfons fhall have JLiberty to appeal to the next General Quai dir fhallbcfinal.ter-'Seffi.ons of the Peace, to be held for the faid County, Riding, or Divifion, City, or Town Corporati who. upon full Hearing of the faid Appeal fhall have full Power finally to determine the faxe. Churchwarden .X- And be it further enafted, That if any Perfon be removed by virtue of this Aft from one Counti muft receive a Riding, City, Town-corporate, or Liberty to another, by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of tvi b"w"iTan°of J'^fl^'-'^s of the Peace, the Churchwardens or Overfeers of the Poor of the faid Parifli or Town, to whic two jrakTs of ^^^ f'^^ Peifon fhall be fo removed, are hereby required to receive the faid Perfon, and if he or they fha Peace, upon 5!. refufe fo to do, he or they fo refufmg or neglefting (upon Proof thei'eof by two credible Witnefli S?enalty. upon Oath before any Juftice of the Peace of the County, Riding, City, or Town-corporate, to whic the faid Perfon fhall be fo removed) fhall forfeit for each Offence the Sum of five Pounds, to the Ufe ( the Poor of the Parifh or Town from which the faid Perfon was removed, to be levied by Diftrefs and Sa of the Offender or Offenders Goods, by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of any Juftice of the Peac of the County, Riding, City, or Town-corporate, to v/hich fuch Perfon was removed, to the Conft; ble of the Parifh or Town where fuch Offender or Offenders dwell ; which Warrant the faid Juftice hereby impowered and required to ir.ake ; the Overplus, if any be, to be returned to the Owner or Ovvr ers ; and for want of fuch fufficient Diftrefs, then the faid Juftice fhall commit the faid Offender or fenders to the common Gaol of the faid County, Riding, City, or Town-corporate, or Liberty, thei to remain without Bail or Mainprize for the Space of forty Days : Provided always, and be it her( '■ where the Inhabitants are very numerous, by reafon of the unlimited Power of the Churchwardens an '■ Overfeers of the Poor, who do frequently upon frivolous Pretences (but chiefly for their own privai ' Ends) give Relief to what Perfons and Number they think fit, and fuch Perfons, being entered into tl ' Collection Sill, do become after that a great Charge' to the Parifh, notwithftanding the Occafion or Pr ' tence of their receiving Collection oftentimes ceafes, by which Means the Rates for the Poor are dail ' Increafed, contrary to the true Intent of a Statute made in the forty-third Year of the Reign of her M: 4.3H.c;a»- * ie&y Queen Elizabeth, intituhd, J n A6i for the Relief of the Poor •' For remedying of which, and pr( ■*• f-^sjft" '° venting the like Abufes for the future. Be it further enabled. That from and after the firft Day of Mar^ A^arni^cances^^ there fhall be provided and kept in ever/ Parifh (at the Charge of the fame Parifh) a Book or Book.' 0/ the Poor. whereiii the Names of all fuch Perfons who do or may receive ColleiSIion ihall be regiftered, with the Da. and Year when they were firft admitted to have Relief, and the Occafion which brought them under th; ParlAioners Ncceffity : And that yearly in Eafler'SiVcek (or as often as it fhall be thought convenient) the Parifhione: yearly in Eafter of every Parifh flaall meet in their Veftry or other ufual Place of Meeting in the fame Parilh, befoi Week, fiiall whom the faid Book fhall be produced, and all Perfons receiving Colleilion to be called over, and th shelr Poor. Reafons of their taking Relief examined, and a new Lift made and entred, of fuch Perfons as they fha think fit and allow to receive Colleflion, and that no other Perfon be allowed to have or receive CoUec tic