A. D. 17.61. Anno fecundo Georgii III. C, 20. 617 Apparent of fuch Peer, fiiall refpciSiively have fome Place of Refidence ; or to oblige any Peer of this they reHJe ; Realm, or Heir Apparent of fuch Peer (fo appointed a Deputy Lieutenant or Commiffion Officer and their Qualification refpeciively) to leave with the Cleric of the Peace for the County, Riding, or Place for which he {hall "ot "eceflary to be left be appointed, any Qualification in Writing as aforeaiid ; but it Ihall be lawful for every Peer of this Pelce bSon^tlin"*' Realm, or Heir Apparent of fuch Peer, fo appointed, and talcing the Oaths, and making, repeating, the Oathj^ Ac" they".^af and fubfcribing the Declaration aforefaid, to act as a Deputy Lieutenant or Commiffion Officer re- aft without being otlwr- fpedively, although he fhall not be feifed or poUefTed of any fuch Ellate, in Manors, MelFuages, w'^'e lualified. Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, as is required by this Adt. XIX. Provided alfo, and be it enacted. That the Acceptance of a Commiffion in the Militia {hall Acceptance of a Com- not vacate the Seat of any Member returned to ferve in Parliament. minion does not vacate XX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in every County where the Mi- *^"' in Parliament. litia fhall not be raifed, the Lord Lieutenant of fuch County fliall, within one Month before the Where the Militia is not General Qiiartcr Seffions to be held at Chrijimas^ and wiihin one Month before the General Quarter "'*^'^' ^hsLd. Lieut, is Seffions to be held next after Midfummer, in every Year, caufe Advertifement to be publifhed in the '^,1^'"^'^'"^^."'°^ London Gazette, and the News Paper of fuch County, fignifying the Want of Officers ; and all Per- the^SeffiJ^ra'chrVfl! fons qualified to ferve as Officers, and willing fo to do, fhall at any Time return their Names and mas and Mid ummer rr- Intention to the Lord Lieutenant, or, in his Abfence, to any General Quarter Seffions for the County ^p'^'^^'voiy ; and I'erfon* in which they propofe to krwz. T^aiifiod. and willing to ' XXL And whereas in feveral Counties and Places the Militia have not been raifed in fuch man- trum^Lir NaTes &c
- ner as was authorized by an AQi made in the thirtieth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King ' '
' George the Second, and feveral fubfequent Adls, relative to the Raifing of the Militia Forces, by ' reafon that a fufficient Number of Perfbns, qualified to aft as Officers in the Militia, did not tender ' themfelves to accept Commiffions in that Service j' Be it therefore enabled by the Authority afore- faid. That in all Counties and Places where the Militia have not been raifed by virtue and in pur- Where the Militia ha» fuance of the faid former Ads, and where it fhall not be raifed by virtue and in purfuance of this Aft, "^^ been raifed in pur- the Sum of five Pounds fhall be annually paid for and in lieu of every Private Militia Man herein ^^"^ "^ ^^^ ^ °f 3«> mentioned to be raifed within the fame ; and that his Majefty's Lieutenant of every fuch County and ftjuent Aat Hatin'c" Place refpeftively, or any three or more Deputy Lieutenants, at the Expiration of every Year in thereto, orftafl not be which the Militia for fuch County and Place fhall not have been raifed from and after the paffing of "i'ed in purfujnceof this Aft, {hall, from Year to Year, certify the fame in Writing under his or their Hands, and alfo ^'^'= ^'^' 5 1- per Man, the whole Amount of the feveral Sums of five Pounds per Man to be raifed on fuch County as afore- everflch c ° ^^ ^""'t ^^ faid, to the Juftices of the Peace at their General or Quarter Seffions next held after the full End and and Cenifica°tes"thereof Accomplifhment of the faid Year for fuch refpeftive County or Place; and the Juflices of the Peace, and of the Sums there- fo afTemblcd at fuch General or Quarter Seffions, where fuch Certificate fliall be produced, {hall forth- "p°" <^"e, are to be re- with rate and afTefs on the faid County the Sum and Sums mentioned in fuch Certificate : And f^uch tu^ed attheEnd of the Sum and Sums fhall be rated and aflefFed in fuch and the fame Manner, and according to fuch and fionsj anVl'he Tuftices the fame Proportions, upon every Town, Parifh, and Place within the faid County, and be collefted, are forthwith to rate ani received, levied and paid, and be accounted for by the Perfons making fuch Colleftions, in fuch affefs the Sums fo certi- Manner and by fuch Means, with fuch Powers of Diftrefs, and other Remedies for enforcing the ^^' '" ^^ ^ CoUeftion and Payment thereof, and for punifhing all Perfons whofe Duty it Iball be to colleft qj- bounty Rates, account for the fame, and fhall make Default therein, as the County Rates have been ufually, or may, by an A6t made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, intituled, Jn Aa for the hy Aa ,7.Gso.z. may more eafy a/jcjfing, colleSiing, and levying of^ County Rates, or by any other Aft or Afts of Parliament, be rated and affefleJ, &c. be afTefTed, collefted, received, levied, paid, and accounted for, within the faid County : And fuch Rates or AfiefTments, when received, fhall be, from Time to Time, paid by the Treafurer or Trea- and theTrcaftrerof the furers of fuch Counties to the Receivers General thereof; and the Receipt of fuch Receiver Ge- ^°""^>' '^ '^°P=yo^«»' neml fhall be a full and fufficient Difcharge to fuch Treafurer or Treafurers for the Payment of fuch qI^^^.I '" ^^"=^=«^^" Monies. XXIL Provided always, That the Rates or Aflefiinents which fliall be made by fuch Juftices of The fiid Rates to be the Peace at the faid General or Qiiarter Seffions in purfuance of this Aft, fhall be made, aflelTed, made, levied, and paid, collefted, received, levied and paid, feparately and diftinftly fron; all the other County Rates afTefled diftinftly from all other and raifed upon and within the faid County ; any Thing in the faid Aft made in the twelfth Year of "^"""^^ ^^'"* his late Majefty's Reign, or any other Aft or Afts of Parliament, or any Cuftom or Ufage, to the con- trary notwithftanding. XXIIL And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the feveral and refpeftive Pa- After Notice given of the rochial Officers, or other Perfons, who fhall pay or be liable to pay the Rates or AfTefiTments, which Amount of thcRates, the fhall be made and rated for the Purpofe of this Aft, upon any Parifh, Town and Place ; and alfo all TreTo raL^Skv %% fuch Parochial Officers and Perfons, upon whom any luch Rate or AfTelTment fhall be levied, fhall Monies by a^difiinftRlte and ma)% from Time to Time, after Notice fkall be given of the Amount of the Rate or AfTefltnent, and Affeirment upon the upon fuch Town, Parifh or Place, either before the Payment thereof by fuch Parochial Officers or refpeftive Towns', Pa- Perfons, or after the fame fhall have been aftually paid by or levied upon fuch Officers or Perfons, *^" andi'lacesj rate and levy fuch Monies, by a feparate and diftinft Ra<-e and Aflerfment, upon every fuch refpeftive Town, Panfh or Place, in fuch Manner and Proportion, and with fuch Powers for Recovery thereof, as anv other County Rate may be afTefTed or levied : And that every Tenant or Occupier of any and Tenants and Occu, Houfe, Land, Tythe, Tenement or Hereditament, who fliall pay any Rate or AiielTment to be made P'S>'s paying t'le fame, in purfuJtnce of this Aft by fuch refpeftive Pajochial Officers or Perfons, within any fuch Town, "" "^^.f'"^^'"'! ^'^^^ Parifh or Place, or upon whom any fuch Rate or AfTefTment fliall be levied, fliall and may deduft the kZz ^'^'" iame out of his or her Rent, and fhall be acquitted and difcharg"ed for fo much Money as fuch Rates VoL.VIIL 4 K. or manner as
