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A. D. 1739. Anno duodecimo Georgii II.* C. 29. 363 ' And whereas by an Act parted in the feventh Year of the Reign of King James the Firft, for the i J^- >■ >•••• ' due Execution of divers Laws and Statutes heretofore made againft Rogues, Vagabonds and fturdy ' Beggars, and other lewd and idle Perfons, it is (amongft other Things) enacted, That there (hall ' be erefted, built or otherwife provided, within every County of this Realm of England and Wales, ' where there is not one Houfe of Correction already built, provided or continued, one or more fit and ' convenient Houfe or Houfes of Correction, by the Juftices of the Peace, or the more Part of them, ' at their refpective Quarter-Seffions ; and that the Mafter or Governors of the faid Houles of Cor- ' rection fhall have fuch Sums of Money yearly as (hall be thought meet by the faid Juftices ; the fame ' to be paid quarterly beforehand, by the Treafurers appointed by an Adt made in the three and for- ' tieth Year of the late Queen Elizabeth, intituled, An Att for the Relief of the Poor ; which faid Aft 43 uiiz. c. 2. ' was to continue for feven Years, and till the End of the next SefTion of Parliament, and was further ' continued by an Act parted in the third Year of the Reign of King Charles the Firft, intituled, An Aft '■for the Continuance and Repeal of divers Statutes, unto the End of the firft Seffion of the next Parlia- ' ment ; and by an Act parted in the fixteenth Year of the lame Reign continued in Force, until re- ' pealed by fome other Act of Parliament : And whereas by an Act palled in the forty-third Year of ' the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, intituled. An Aft for the Relief of the Poor, it is (amongft other ' Things) enacted, That the Juftices of the Peace of every County or Place Corporate, or the more ' Part of them, in their General Seffions to be holden next after the Feaft of Eajler, and fo yearly, ' as often as they (hall think meet, (hall rate every Parifh to fuch a weekly Sum of Money as they ' (hall think convenient, fo as no Parifh be rated above the Sum of fix Pence, nor under the Sum of ' an Halfpenny, weekly to be paid, and fo as the total Sum of each Taxation of the Parifhes in every ' County amount not to above the Rate of two Pence for every Parifh within the faid County ; and ' it is thereby likewife enacted, That the Juftices of the Peace at their General Quarter-Seffions to be ' holden at the Time of fuch Taxation (hall fet down what competent Sums ofMoney (hall be fent ' quarterly out of every County or Place Corporate, for the Relief of the poor Prifoners of the King's ' Bench and Marjhalfea ; and alfo of fuch Hofpitals and Alms -Houfes as (hall be in the faid ' County, and what Sums of Money (hall be fent to every one of the faid Hofpitals and Alms- ' houfes ; fo as there be fent out of every County yearly twenty Shillings at the leaft to each of the ' (aid Prifons of the King's Bench and Marfjalfea ; which Sums are rateably to be aflefled upon every ' Pariih, and to be levied and collected as in and by the faid Act is directed : And whereas by an ' Act parted in the fourteenth Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, intituled, An Ail how Va- I4 ei;z. c . 5. ' gabonds foall he puni/hed, and the Poor relieved ; it is enacted, That the Juftices of the Peace of every 4 County, or the more Part of them, in their General Quarter-Seffions, (hall rate every Parifh at fuch ' reafonable Sums of Money, for the Relief of Prifoners, as they (hall think convenient, fo as no Pariih ' be rated above fix Pence or eight Pence weekly ; and the Churchwardens of every Pariih fhall levy the ' fame every Sunday, and once in every Quarter pay the faid Sums to the high Conftables or other head 4 Officers ; and the faid high Conftables and head Officers fhall pay the Money received of the faid ' Churchwardens to fuch Perfons as fhall be appointed by the faid Juftices in Seffions, to be by them di- ' flributed weekly for the Relief of Prifoners ; fo much of which faid Act as relates to the taxing, levy- ' ing, receiving and employing of Gaol Money, was revived and continued to the End of the then next 4 Selfion of Parliament, by an Act parted in the firft Year of the Reign of King James the Firft, intitu- ' led, An Ail for continuing and reviving of divers Statutes, and for repealing of fome others ; and was further ' continued by an Act parted in the twenty-firft Year of the Reign of the faid King James, intituled, 4 An Acl for continuing and reviving of divers Statutes, and repeal of divers others ; and was further conti- ' nued to the End of the next Seffion of Parliament, by an Act parted in the third Year of the Reign of 4 King Charles the Firft, intituled, An Acl for the Repeal and Continuance of divers Statutes ; and by an ' Act parted in the fixteenth Year of the fame Reign, was continued in Force, until repealed by fome ' other Act of Parliament : And whereas by an Act parted in the nineteenth Year of the Reign of King 19 car. 2. 04. ' Charles the Second, intituled, An Acl for Relief of poor Prifoners, and fetting them on JVoik, it is ' (amongft other Things) enacted, That the Juftices of the Peace at their Genera-l Seffions, or the major ' Part of them, if they think fit, may provide a Stock of Materials for fetting poor Prifoners on Work, ' in fuch Manner and by fuch Ways as other County Charges are levied and railed, and provide and pay ' fit Perfons to overfee fuch Work, and make fuch Orders concerning the Premifles, as they from time ' to time (hall think fit, provided that no Parifh be rated above fix Pence by the Week towards the Pre- ' mines : And whereas an Act parted in the twelfth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, 12 Anns, flat. 1 for reducing the Laws relating to Rogues, Sturdy Beggars and Vagrants, into one Act of Parliament, 2. c. 23. ' and for the more effectual punifhing fuch Rogues, Vagabonds, Sturdy Beggars and Vagrants, and fend- ' ing them whither they ought to be fent ; it is (amongft other Things) enacted, That the Juftices of 4 the Peace at their Quarter-Seffions may from time to time, when need fhall be, by fuch Ways and ' Means as Monies for County Gaols or Bridges may be raifed, caufe fuch Sums of Money to be raifed ' within their refpective Precin6ts and Jurifdictions, for the parting and conveying or maintaining of ' Rogues and Vagabonds, as fhall be necefiary for thofe Purpofes ; which faid feveral Rates, when col- ' lected, are to be paid, by virtue of the faid feveral Acts, into the Hands of Treafurers or Receivers to ' be appointed by the Juftices at their refpective General or Quarter-Seffions of the Peace, and to be ac- 4 counted for, as in and by the faid feveral refpective Acts are recited : And whereas it is apparent that ' the Manner and Methods prefcribed by the faid feveral Acts for collecting fome of the faki Rates are ' impracticable, the Sums charged on each Pariih in the refpective Divifions being fo fmall, that they do ' not by an equal Pound Rate amount to more than a fractional Part of a Farthing in the Pound on the ' feveral Perfons thereby ratable ; and if poffible to have been rated, the Expence of afTelling and col- A a a 2 ' lectins