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702 C. 30. Annovicefimonono Georgii 11. A. D. 1756. ' rot exceeding forty-feven thoufand Pounds, was appropriated to be paid to the reduced Officers of ' his Majefty's Land Forces and Marines, fubjedt neverthelefs to fuch Rules to be obfcrved in the Ap- Rules to be ob- ' plication of the faid Half-pay, as in and by the aforefaid A61 were prefcribed in that Behalf : ' Now it fcived in the « {g hereby provided, enafted and declared by the Autliority aforefaid. That fo much of the faid Sum of the'sur^pUis of forty-feven thoufand Pounds, as is or fhall be more than fufiicient to fatisfy the faid reduced Officers, 47,0001. appro- according to the Rules prefcribed by the faid AA to be obferved in the Application thereof, or any Part priated in 1755, of fuch Overplus, fhall and may be difpofed of to fuch Officers v.ho are maimed or lorf their Limbs of reduced'o^ffi- '" 'he late Wars, or fuch others as by reafon of their long Service or otherwife, his Majelly fhall judge cer>. to be proper Objeds of Charity, or to the Widows or Children of fuch Officers, according to fuch War- rant or Warrants, under his Majelly's Royal Sign Manual, as (hall be figned in tnat Behalf; any Thing in this A61 or the faid former Adt to the contrary notwithl^artding. CAP. XXX. An Aft for more effedtually difcouraging and preventing the ftealing, and the buying, and receiving of ftolen Lead, Iron, Copper, Brafs, Bell-metal and Solder, and for more effec- tually bringing the Offenders to Juftite. "HERE AS the pernicious Pra6tice of ftealing Lead, Iron, Copper, Brafs, Bell-metal and Solder fixed to, or lying or being in or upon'Houfes, Outhoufes, Mills, Warehoufes, Worklhops and ' other Buildings, Areas, Vaults, Yards, Gardens, Orchards or other Places ; and alfo the ftealmg of ' fuch Adaterials from Ships, Barges, Lighters, Boats and other VelTels and Craft, upon navigable ' Rivers, in Ports of Entry or Difcharge, Creeks and Docks belonging thereto, and alfo from oft' ' Wharfs, Keys and other Places, is become a great and notorious Evil, by reafon of the Difficulty in ' apprehending and convifting the Thieves, and the ftill greater Diff.culty of difcovering and convicting ' the Buyers or Receivers thereof; which Buyers or Receivers are the principal Caufe of the Com- ' miffion of fuch Thefts ; and in regard that the faid Offi:nces are committed in fuch clofe and clan- ' deftine Manner, that there can be no Witnefs or Witneffes to the fame, but fuch who is or are Par- ' takers of the Offence ; And whereas if the Buyers and Receivers of Lead, Iron, Copper, Brafs, ' Bell-metal or Solder, knowing or having reafonable Caufe to fufpeft the fame to be ftolen or unlaw- ' fully come by, were made original Offenders, and punifhable independent of the Apprehenfion and ' Coavi6tion of the Thief ; and if the apprehending, pfofecuting and convicSfing the Offenders in both ' Kinds were rendered more eafy and fpeedy, it might more effeffually tend to the Difcovery and Sup- ' preffion of the faid Offences :' For Remedy whereof, be it enadle.d by the King's moll Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, Buyers or Re- in this prei'ent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That from and after the tirlt .ceivers of any Day of Oi'fober one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-fix, every Perfon who (hall buy or receive any hLein memloM-^^^'^' Ifon, Copper, Brafs, Bell-metal or Solder, knowing the fame to be ftolen or unlawfully come by, «d, knowing the or (hall privately buy or receive any (lolen Lead, Iron, Copper, Brafs, Bell-metal or Solder, by fuf- fame to be ftolen fering any Door, Window or Shutter to be left open or unf^ftened between Sun-fetting and Sun-rifing «ome by" &cf ^°'" '■'^'^' Purpofe, or (hall buy or receive the fame, or any of them, at any Time in any clandeftine Manner from any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, fhall, being thereof conviitfd by due Courfe of Law, bVtran'/*^^' d° ^^^hough the principal Felon or Felons has not or have not been conviited of ftealing the lame, be tranf- for 14 Years, ported for fourteen Years to any of his Majefly's Colonies or Plantations in j^'/wrr/Vi?, according to the Laws in P'orce for the Tranfportation of Felons. Where there is I-I- And bc it ena6(ed by the Authority aforefaid. That it fliall and may be lawful for any one Ju- Caufe of Sufpi- ftice of the Peace, upon Complaint made to him upon Oath by any credible Perfon, that there is caufe Wbe'/sear^ir to fufpeiS ftolen Lead, Iron, Copper, Brafs, Bell-metal or Solder is concealed in any Dwelling-houfe, Warrant, ' Out-houfe, Yard, Garden or other Place or Places, by Warrant under his Hand and Seal, to caufe every fuch Dwelling-houfe, Out-houfe, Yard, Garden and Place to le fearched in the Day-time ; and .nnd the Mate- if any Lead, Iron, Copper, Brafs, Bell-metal or Solder, fufj;ecled to be ftolen, (hall be found therein, rials, and the to caufe the fame, and the Perfon or Perfons in whofe Houfe, Out-houfe, Yard, (warden or other Place w^hom"'Ihe fame *!^^ ^'■^^'^^ ^^'^ ^^ found, to be brought before any two or more Juftices of the Peace for the fame are found, to he County, City, Riding, Divifion, Liberty or Place ; and if the faid Perfon or Perfons (hall not give an carried before Account, to the Satisfaftion of fuch Juftices, how he, (lie or they came by the fame ; or (hall not, Par'ty"no^t"'c^'^' within fome convenient Time to be fet by the faid Juftices, produce the Party or Parties of or from counting fatif- whom he, (he or they bought or received fuch ftolen Lead, Iron, Copper, Brafs, Bell-metal or Solder, faaoriiy, deem- that then the faid Perfon or Perfons fo offending (hall be deemed and adjudeed suiltv of a i-lif- ed guilty of a A,,,y.p^,.r,r . - ■ s J & 6 / Mifdcmeanor. UCiueailor. Sufpeflcd Per- IIL And be it further en?.(5fed by the Authority aforefaid. That every Conftable, Hcadborough or fors, ^^,. "y Tithinyman, in every County, City, Town Corporate or other Place where they (hall be OScers, and teria'is jii'the *' every Bcadic within his Ward, Parifti or Diftrid, and every Watchman, during (uch Time only as Nisht-time, he is on his Duty, (hall and may apprehend, or caufe to be apprehended, all and every Perfon or ™y J j"??";*' Perfons who may reafonably be fufpeiited of having or carrying, or any ways conveying, at any Time ra'rilhOtLeis '^^^'^^ Suu-fetting, .and before Suiirr-rifing, any Lead, Iron, Copper, Brafs, Bell-metaPor Solder fuf- or Watchmen, peiled to be (f olen or unlawfully come by ; and the fame, together with fuch Perfon or Perfons, as fw '^'o't'"'^' ^°'^ ^^ conveniently may be, to convey or carry before any two or more Juftices of the Peace forth* ftices,'"&c. County, City, Riding, Divifion, Liberty or Place aforefaid ; and if the Perfon or Pafons fo appre- hended
