I A. D. 1696. Anno feptimo & odavo Gu LiELM I 111. C. 5, 6. 595 ' England in Parliament, to the great Scandal of the Kingdom, diflionourable, and may be deftruiflive to 1 ' the Conflitution of Parliaments :' Wherefore for Remedy therein, and that all Llc6lions of Members ! to Parliament may be hereafter freely and indifferently made without Charge or Expence ; be it enaiSled and declared by our Sovereign Lord the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Con- fent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prcfnt Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That no Perfon or Perfons hereafter to be elected to ferve in Parliament for any CandMates after County, City, Town, Borough, Port or Place within the Kingdom o^ England, Dominion of /Frt/«, or the Tcrte ot the' Town of Beriv'uk upon Tweed, after the Tejle of the Writ of Summons to Parliament, or after the Writ, or after Ttjh or the iffuing out or ordering of the Writ or Writs, of Eleflion upon the calling or fummoning of any ^^1 ^'^^^ ^" Parliament hereafter, or after any fuch Place becomes vacant hereafter in the l^iiiie of this prefent or of ^'^^™" vacant, any other Parliament, fhall or do hereafter, by himfelf or themfelves, or by any other Ways or Means on mifi"gany H";-. his or their Behalf, or at his or their Charge, before his or their EleiSlion to ierve in Parliament for any fent or Rcwari County, City, Town, Borough, Port or Place within the Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, or ' any Perfon
- Town of Berivkk upon Tweed, direftly or indire£Uy give, prefent or allov^ o any Perfon or Perfons, hav- {;a^'"gVote,
ing Voice or Vote in fuch EleiStion, any Money, Meat, Drink, Entertainment or Provifion, or make any j"^^^'"^ *" ^" Prefent, Gift, Reward or Entertainment, or (hall, at any Time hereafter, make any Promife, Agreement, zCeo'i. r. 24. Obligation or Engigemhnt, to give or allov/ any_ Money, Meat, Drink, Provifion, Prefent, Reward or 16 Geo. z.c.n. Entertainment, to or for any fuch Perfon or Perfons in particular, or to any fuch County, City, Town, Borough, Port or Place in general, or to or for the Ufe, Advantage, Benefit, Employment, PjofitorPre- 1 ferment of any fuch Perfon or Perfons, Place or Places, in order to be elected, or for being eleiSled, to ferve in Parliament for fuch County, City, Borough, Town, Port or Place. IL And it is hereby further enafted and declared. That every Perfon and Perfons fo giving, prefenting incapable fo or allowing, making, promifing or engaging, doing, aifting or proceeding, fnall be and are hereby dechLi-ed rerveinParlia- and enacted difabled and incapacitated, upon fuch hleftion, to ferve in Failiament for fuch County, City, '"'"'• Town, Borough, Port or Place ; and that fuch Perfon or Perfons iliall be deemed and taken, and are here- by declared and enadled to be deemed and taken, no Members in Parliament, and iliall not ail, fit, or have any Vote or Place in Parliament, but fhall be and are hereby declared and enacted to be to all Intents, Con- i ftruc'iions and Purpofes, as if they had been never returned or elefted Members for the Parliament. [See I Z Geo. 2. cap. 24. which provides thai Perfons faking Money, t^c. Jlmll forfeit 500/. and be difabled to vote,
isfc. and which ASi is extended to Election of Delegates in Scotland by 16" Geo. z. c. 11. And jee farther con- arnirig Parliaments, ■/ is' S IT. 3. c. 7, i;, & 25. 10 & 11 W. l- cj. 11 ^ 12 W. 3. c. 2. 12 ds" 13
'-, W. 3. c. 3 y io. 2 £3° 3 Ann. c. 1%. 6 Ann. c. j & 23. 9 Ann. c. 5. 10 Ann. c. ig O* 23. i Geo. i. c. 355 b! 56. 2 Geo. 2. c. 24. 6 Geo. 2. c. 23. 8 Geo. 2. c^ 30. 9 Geo. 2. c. 38. ii Geo, 2. c. 24. 13 Geo. 2. c. 20. ij Geo. 2. c. 22. 19 Geo. 2. c. 28. 31 Geo. 2. c. 14. 33 Geo. 2. c. 2o,J C A P. V. I An KSt for granting to His Majefty an Aid of four Shillings in the Pound for one Year, for carrying on E X P. the War againft France. C A P. VL An A&. for the more eafy Recovery of Small Tithes. FOR the more eafy and effectual Recovery of fmall Tithes, and the Value of them, where the fnme Continued fur- fliall be unduly fubftracted and detained ; where the famedo not amount to above the yearly Value of therfor 7 Years forty Shilliiigs from any one Perfon ; Be it enadted by the King's moft Excellent R'lajefty, by and with 3"° '^ " ^'^• . the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament pe/^tuat d'b' '
- aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That all and every Perfon and Perfons fhall henceforth well 3'^&4AnnE ^
'. and truly fet out and pay all and fingiilar the Tithes, commonly called Synall Tithes, and Compofitions and c. i?. §. i, Agreements for the fame, with all Offerings, Oblations and Obventions, to. the fevera! Rectors, Vicars,
- and other Perfons, to whom they are or fhall be due, in their feveral Pariflies within this Kingdom of Erg- Vm. v. 8. 564.
1 land. Dominion of l-Vales, and Town oi Berwick upon Tvjeed, according to the Rights, Cuftoms, and Pre- Burn,V.i..^!)%. fcriptlons commonly ufed within the faid Parifhes refpeftively ; and if any Perfon or Pen'ons fliall hereafter Stnall Tithes not fiibftraiin or withdraw, or anyways fail in the true Payment oi fuch fmall Tithes, OiTerings, Oblations, paid inzoDaji , Obventions, or Conipofitions as aforefaid, by the Space of twenty Days at m(jil after Demand thereof, after Demand, then it rtiall and may be lawful for the Perfon or Perfons, to whom the fame fliall be i!ue, to make his or '^""' '° "*"' their Complaint in Vriting unto two or more of His Pvl^jcPty's Juftices of the Peace within that County, l^^^^^ "^notin-
- Riding, Ci y. Town Corporate, Place or Divifion v/here the Ome fliall grow due ; iieither of which Tutrices tcrcded,'
I of Pfiice is to he Patron of the Church or Chapel whence the faid Tithes do or fhall aiife, nor any ways ■ ■ ; ' fmerefled in fuch Tithes, OfFerings, Oblations, Obv:-'ntions or Compofitions aforefaid. IL And be ic further enaftc-d by the Authority aforefaid. That if hereafter any Suit or Complaint fliall 18 £y. j./^r 3. te brought to two or more JufHces of the Peace as aforefaid, concerning fmall Tithes, Offerings, Obla- '• 7- , tions, Obventions or Compofr.ions as aforefaid, the faid Jullires aie hereby authorized and required to fum- V'^'". ^'
- mon in Writing under their Hands and Seals, by reafonable Warning, every fuch Perfon or Perfon-s againft ^
whom any Complaint fliall be made as aforefaid; and after his or their Ajipearance, or upon Defaitlt oF ^^'-^ '"'i^ ""y".
- their App^rarance, the faid Warning or Summons being proved before them upon Oath, the faid Juflices complained"of,"'
j of Peace, or any two or more of them, ffaall proceed to hear and determine the faid Complaint, and upon a^id on Default ' the Proofs, Evidences and Teifiinonies, produced before them, fhall, in VViiiirig under their Hands and ofAppearanse I Seals,' adjudge the Cafe, and give fuch reafonable Allowance and Compenfatioa for fuch Tithes, Oblations 'ietermine the
- '■ •• « 4G.2 " j^n^l Complaint, and
