2 86 C 9. Anno quinto Georgii Regis. A. D. 1718, 1 jac. i. c. 17. Majefty therefore that it may be ena&ed, and be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and 3?r.£f/i-/.c.ii. w i t h t ne Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parlia- ■ S % U- ,f,3 °' i ment affembkd, and by the Authority of the fame, That it fhall and may be lawful for the Church-war- f. ir!° 12 Ijm.'dens or Gver-feers of the Poor of fuch Parifh or Place where any fuch Wife, or Child or Children fhall be Jl. 1. c, is: fo left, upon Application to, and by Warrant or Order from any two Juftices of the Peace, to take and •Church-war- feize fo much of the Goods and Chattels, and receive fo much of the annual Rents and Profits of the dens, sic. may L anc i s anc ] Tenements of fuch Hufband, Father or Mother, as fuch two Juftices of the Peace, as aforefaid, fmm tw'oTufti- ^ la '^ order or direct, for or towards the Difcharge of the Parilh or Place where fuch Wife, Child or Chil- ces, feize the dxen are left, for the bringing up and providing for fuch Wife, Child or Children; which Warrant -or Or- Goods, &c. of der being confirmed at the next Quarter-fefiions, it fhall be lawful for the Juftices of fuch Quarter -feffions Hulbands and to make an Order for the Church-wardens or Overfeers for the Poor of fuch Parifh or Place, to difpofe of kavTthVrWi«es'^ ucri Goods and Chattels by Sale, -or otherwife, or fo mech of them, for the Purpofes aforefaid, as the .inc Children Court fhall think fit, and to reeeivethe Rents and Profits, -or fo much of them as fhall be ordered by the •upon the i>mlh- Seflions, as afor-efaid, of his or her .Lands and Tenements, for .the Purpofes .aforefaid. "Such Warrant to be confirmed at Quattsr-feflions, who may make an Order for Sale, &c to U s r&c W to"be Ji - And beIt ena&ed by the Authority aforefaid, That the Church-wardens and Overfeers aforefaid fhall accountable to le accountable to the Juftices at the Quarter-feffions for all fuch Money as they, or any of them, fliall is- juftices in Sef- -ceive by virtue of this Ar3u fions. Farther Prov'if.om relatingierelo, ^Geo.i. c.j, jfit, 1. c iS, 3 Geo, 2. c..2£). 17 Geo. 2. c. 3, 37 6i 3S. ar.d'^1 Geo. 3.. .c. ii, € A P. IX. An A& for continuing certain Duties upon Coals and Culm, and for eftablifhjng certaia Funds to raife Money, as well to proceed in the building .of -new Churches, as alfo to compleat the Supply granted to his Majefty-; and to referve the Overplus Monies of the faid Duties for the Dilpofition of Parliament; and for more effe.ct.ual fuppreffing private Lotteries. 9 arm. c.T.1. * I. 7/f" O S T gracious Sovereign; Whereas by an Act! of Parliament made and palled in the ninth Year 10 Ann. c. 11. >* i.VJL of her late Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Ad for .rrantingto her .Majejly feveral Duties upon Coals, and 1 Geo. 7. * for building fifty new Churches in and about the Cities 0/" London and Weftminfter, and Suburbs thereof S^'*- g'.q * and other -Purpofes therein mentioned, it was enacled, That for all Sorts of Coals and Culm, which from ftat.2.c.~s! $,.'3. ' an< l after the fourteenth Day of May one -thoufand feven hundred and fixteen, and before the nine and Provifions are * twentieth Day of 5^to«for one thoufand ieven hundred and twenty-four, fhould be imported and made for the •< brought into the Port of the City of London, or the .River of Thames within the Liberty of the faid City, Surplus aniing ■*, UDOn t ] le ,f am e JR.iver, there fnould be paid to her Majefty, her Heirs and Succeflbrs, by way of Impo- by rGfo. 1. * fition thereupon (over and befides all other Tmpofitions and Duties) according to the Rates therein after c tg. *,>. 42. & mentioned, *hat is to fay, from and after the faid fourteenth Day of May one thoufand feven hundred 13 Geo. j. 'c.2.1. ' .and -fixteen, and before the nine and twentieth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and fixteen, a Geo. s. c..8. * for. all fuch Sorts of Coals and Culm as are ufually fold by the Chalder, for every Chalder thereof,
- . containing thirty-fix Bufhels Winchefter Meafure, the Suih of two Shillings; and for fuch Sort of Coals
"* as are fold by the Tun, for every Tun thereof, containing twenty hundred Weight, die Sum of two 4 Shillings,; and from and after the eight and twentieth Day of September one thoufand i'even hundred and
- fixteen, and before the eight and twentieth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-
'* four, there fhould be paid for every fuch faid Chalder of Coals and Culm and Tun of Coals, the Sum of "* three Shillings.; and that all the Monies which fhould be >raifed by virtue of that Acl (theneceffary Char- ' ges of raifing, managing and accounting for the fame excepted) ihculd be brought into the Receipt of 4 the Exchequer, -and fnould be appropriated and difpofed for the building of fifty new Churches .of
- Stone, and other proper Materials, with Towers or Steeples to each of them, and for purchafing Scites
"' of Churches and Church-yards, and Burying-places, in or near the Cities of London and JVefimin/icr,
- or the Suburbs thereof.; and for making'fuch Chapels Churches as were already built, and capable there-
"* of, Parifh Churches-; and for purchafing Houfes for the Habitations of the Miirlfters of the faid Church-
- es ■.; and for applying the Sum of four thoufand Pounds per Annum out of the faid Duties and Impofiti-
'* ons towards the repairing and finifhing the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, JVefiminfter, and the Chapels
- of the fame.; and alfo for applying the Sum of fix thoufand Pounds per Annum out of the {aid Duties
e and Impofitions arifing-by that Ac!, towards the finifhing Grccnvjich Hofpiial y and the 'Chapel thereun- " 4 to belonging.; and to and for none other Ufe, Intent or. Purpofe whatfoever-. And it was thereby de- '* clared and enacled. That there fhould be erected and built of Stone, and other Materials, fifty Churches, "* -with Towers or Steeples to each of them, whereof one fhould be erected in the Parilh of Eaft-Green- -20 Arm, c.n. ' ivicb, an the County of Kent. And whereas in the tenth Year of her faid late Maje-fty's Reign, another '*. Aft was made. and pafied.in Parliament for enlarging the Time given to the Commmiffioners appointed "*" .by her Majefty, purfuant to the faid former Acl for granting the faid Duties for building the faid new ■* Churches^ ajid other Purpofes therein mentioned, and for giving to the faid Commiiuqiiers further J'ow- 4 •** exs
