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A. D. 1756. Anno vicelimo nono Georgii 11. C. 4. 627 -them, in tiie Performance of this his Majefty's Service ; and for that Purpofe the faid Commiffioners, and meet in their or any three of them, are to meet in their refpeolive Subdivifions according to the Appointment of a"^ smifGcne- the Juftices and Commiirioners as aforefaid, and to iffue out their Warrants under their Hands and ?ai staid/wnr' Seals, thereby requiring and commanding fuch Churchwardens, Overfeers of the Poor, Petty Con- fan','. f«-. (o^ ftables, Headboroughs, Tithingmen or other Parifli or Town Officers, or elfe requiring and command- [he^Doffiription. ing the faid High Conftables to ifllie their Precepts to fuch Churchwardens, Overfeers, Petty Con- ftables, Headboroughs, Tythingmen and other Pariih and Town Officers as aforefaid, every or any of them, to malce or cauie to be made a General .Search within their refpedive Pariflies, Town- fliips, Conftablewicks or other Places, for all fuch Perfons as they can find, who are or (liall appear to them to be within the Deicription of this Act, and to bring all fuch Perfons before the Commif- fioners, who have Power to execute this A6i, in and for fuch County, Shire, Stewartry, Riding or Divifion, at fucii Time and Place as fliall have been appo'nled by the JulHces and Commiffioneri as aforefaid for the fecond Meeting of the faid Commiffioners in their refpetlive Sub-divifions, which Time and Place fliall be prefixed in the faid Warrants and Precepts refpediively ; and afterwards the faid Commiffioners within their rcfpeilive Limits and Divifions Ihall meet at fuch convenient Time or Times as they ihall think fit, in order to iffue their like Warrants or Precepts for making Ge- neral Searches for Perfons within the faid Defcription, and for bringing them before the Commif- fioners at any future Times and Places appointed by the Juftices and Commiflioners as aforefaid, during the Continuance of this A6f. VII. Provided always. That in cafe the fecond Meeting appointed to be held in any Sub-divlfion, ^f^ '"'='='>'><' fliall be at fo great a Diftance of Time as may render it inconvenient to iffue Warrants for bring- diiianT^Com"* ing Perfons before fuch Commiffioners at the fecond Meeting, then the Commiffioners of fuch Sub- miffion'ers in divifion refpeclively may adjourn themfelves to fome convenient Day, previous to fuch fecond Meet- '•^^S -'J'- ing, in order to iffue their Warrants as aforefaid. jcumKfapre- VIII. Provided always, and it is hereby enacted. That it (hall and may be lawful to and for the vious Day. Churchwardens, Overfeers of die Poor, Conftables, Headboroughs, Tithingmen and other Officers of After fuch fe- any Parifti or Townlhip, or any of them, at any Time after the faid fecond Meeting of the faid cond Meeting, Commiffioners, without tarrying for any fuch Warrant or Precept as aforefaid, to fearch for, appre- cers'raay'fe^Se hend and fecure all or any fuch Perfons as they or any of them fhall find, or Ihall appear to them fucii Pe-^fons as or any of them to be within the Defcription of this AA, and to convey them before the Commif- c°">e.within the fioners at their next Meeting for lifting of Soldiers, to be exaimined, and (if judged within the De- ^^'["JPJ'^""^,*,]^^ fcription of this A&) to be lifted, and delivered into his Majefty's Service, according to the true fore Commif- Intent and Meaning hereof. fioners. IX. And be it further enadled by the Authority aforefaid, That the Commiffioners for executing Commiffioners this A6i, who fhall attend this Service at the Place or Places for lifting Soldiers as aforefaid, ftiall ^pj^^^^^ '^* ftriclly examine the Perfoirs who ftiall be brought before them by the faid Churchwardens, Over- ' feers, Conftables, Headboroughs, Tithingmen or other Pariih or Town Officers as aforefiid ; and in and if found cafe the faid Commiffioners, or the major Part of them then prefent, upon Examination of the Per- s™-vk;e ^^ fons fo brought before them, ftiall find that fuch Perfons fliall come within the Defcriptions herein mentioned, and the faid Commiffioners, and the Officer or Officers who ftiall bo appointed to receive the impreffed Men, ftiall judge them to be fuch as are hereby intended to be entertained as Soldiers in his Majefty's Service; then and in fuch Cale the faid Commiffioners ihall caufe fuch to deliver them Perfons to be delivered over by the faid Churchwardens, Overfeers, Conftables, Headboroughs, Tith- °^'^ "> the mai- ingmen or other Parifti or Town Officers, to fuch Officers or Perfons as fliall be appointed to re- ""^^ *"' ceive fuch Recruits as aforefaid, fuch Officers or Perfons giving a Receipt under their Hands, ac- officers to give knowledging what Men are fo delivered to him or them ; which Receipt they are hereby required K.eceipts ; to give. X. And be it further enadled, That the refpedive Officers who fliall receive fuch new raifed Men, J^'^°.^° P^y^J^'_^_, fliall pay to the Officers of the Parifli or I'oun fo imployed in the railing fuch Men, for their ,35'. fo,- ever>^ Pains and Services therein, twenty Shillings of lawful Money of G?'Ciif Erkabi for every Man fo iWan ; and to raifed ; and fliall alfo pay for every fuch new raifed Man, who ftiall have a Wife or Family, any 'j^^^^^JJ^'^'-™y- Sum not exceeJing forty Shillings, nor lefs than five Shillings, of lawful Money oi Gre^t Brltnif/, ceedin^ 40^ into the Hands ot the Churchwardens or Overfeers of the Poor of fuch P^rilh or Townfliip in whichpprkfsihan 5s. fuch new raifed Man fliall have gained a Settlement, and whofe Wife or Family may become charge- i| !^!J,':-^^^j"^^^^ able to fuch Parifli or Townftiip refpecfively ; which Sum ftiall be fettled by the Commiifioners pre- miiy j fent at the Meeting when fuch Perfon fliall be inlifted, or any three or more of them. Regard being jis fhall be fettled had to the Number of Children, or other particular Circumftances of fuch Perfon fo inlifted ; and ri^ner^jV"'"'"^^' the Sum of fix Pence per Diem for keeping every fuch new raifed Man, who fliall be delivered as and 6 d.' per aforefaid, according to the Number of Days that the Officers of tlie faid Pariih or Town fliall have Wem to the Pa- kept him in Cuftody, purfuant to the Powers granted by this Ae'i, until fuch Delivery ; the fiid for°*xlme'^ Allowances, in cafe of Difpute, to be afcertained and diftributed to or amongft the faid ChurcJi- they fl-,ai! have wardens, Overfeers, Conftables, Headboroughs, Tithingmen and fuch other Parifti or Tovm Officers, kept him. or any of them, according to the Judgment and Difcretion of the faid Commiffioners, or the major ,.^J'^'^"j',^j,'°,^ Part of them then prefent. Commiffioners. XI. Provided always. That no Perfon fliall be inlifted by the faid Commiffioners by virtue of this ^Me-bodied A<ft, who is not fuch an able-bodied Man as is fit to ferve his Majefty, and is tree trom Rup- M«n only to be tures, and every other Diftemper or bodily Weaknefs or Infirmity, which may render him unfit toinUrted; perform the Duty of a Soldier, and tjiat no Man be inlifted for his Majefty's Service by irtue of this Ad, who ihall appear in the Opinion of the Comminioncrs or Officer or Officcsii appointed 4 L 2 to