The statutes at large, from the twenty-sixth year of the reign of King George the third, to the twenty-ninth year of the reign of King George the third, ... With a copious index. Being an eleventh volume to Mr. Runnington's edition, and a fifteenth to Mr. Ruffhead's. 1789
Great Britain
6 ( * * 6 TW — WW wewy Pr, . * Mg , 4 <2.» p "=" Sz . » 2 1 » þ - ot, or of ſuch Damage; and the Sum or Sums of: Money fo allowed of avwarce, in © ale tne lame tall „ant to the Principal and Profit aforeſaid, Which fall appear to bo dac to any Lerlon or Ferfons to 9 0 | - . O 3 A rere F 4 on the ſame were ſo pledged or pawned, his, her, or their Executors, Adminierators, or Aſtigns, ſhall be decbcted out of the ſaid Principal and Profit; and in al Caſes where the Goods ny Chattels payned as ; cad ſhall have bern damaged as atorcfaid, it ſhall be ſofieient Tor the FAVNCr or FaWners, his, her, or : -. Necutors, Adminiſtrators, or Afligne, to pay or tender, t- Money 4c Apen s Lalance, alter de- ang Cut of the Principal and Profit as aforeſaid, for the Gods or Chattels pawucd, fuch reaſonable | Datislasdon, % i TY "» 2 nlace the ſame in a conſpicuous Part or Parts of the Shop or other Flace wheicin he, ſhe, or they thall authoriſed and required, upon Application being made to him for that Purpoſe, by Examination on Oh or 383 Time for taking in Pawns li- mited. Paunbrokete to place in View the Table of Profi:s, &C» Diſ-utes bee twern Pawine bro: -rs and anvn-rs to be ſ: . d by a1 tice vt the Peaces Pawnbroker's Name and Ruf- neſs to be placed over his Door. Penalty „n Pawnbrokers ſelling Gaods bene limited "Time, or injure ing them, Ll Pawnbrokers to produce th-ir Books when ne- cellary, Penalty on Pawnbrokers of. f-ndinp againſt mis AR, Churchwardens, &c, to ptoſecute. Act not to ex- tend to Perſons Jending Money at 51. per Cent, withoyi further Profit. | 288 not to ave any Feet or Gratuities for acting under this Act. The Act to ex- tend to Kxecu- tore, Kc. of Paw nz kts. C. 37. Anno viceſimo ſeptimo GRORGII III. A. P. 178; Cy in reſpect to ſuch Damage, as any ſuch Juſtice or — ſhall order or award; and, upo doing, the Juſtice o { gz e or Juſtices ſhall proceed as if the Pawner or Pawners, his, her, or their Exccytor; 10 at. A. minittrators, or Aſſigns, had paid or tendered the whole Money due for the Princi. . þ - P rINchn - . X. _ „N to be allowed and awarded to the Owner or Owners of bach — 4 9 CR any ITE. 51 —_ rr and * aforeſaid, then, and in ſuch Caſe, the Perſon or Publ am gy the Goods or Chattels ſo pledged to the 5 1 Ana pa pace ares oy SE lers (hal ” or Principal or Profit in reſpect thereof, and ſhall alſo pay ſuc Exceſs. Zu, Paid any Hung 2 y ſuch Exceſs, if any, to the Perton or Pesos e wege under the Penalty of ten Pounds, to be recovered and applied in Manner Tok iy. mw X. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, "That 1 m ‚ ; it (hall and wo form: 8 the Peace, upon Complaint made to "rw the Oath or AGcrmation L + a her mor s or Witneſles, where any Information ſhall be laid againſt any Pawnbroker tor navi ; _ ; _ 2 rms — 8 = * between any Pawnbroker and Perſon having pawi. 46 1 5 ers of ods pawned, or reſpecting an Talbans or eater Marter: ow. con: aw a of t 8 whatſoever, which, in the Judgment of an — or * r lin . com! oe q Note, Voucher, cr other Paper neceſſary, which {hall or ought to be in the Hands Cu * Bock. N any Pawnbroker, to ſummon ſuch Pawnbroker before him, to attend, with all and every 1 : any ow Ote, Voucher, or Paper, which he or ſhe may or ought to have in his or her Cult, * be 2 lau NE ES fag ſame, which he or ſhe is hereby required to produce before ſuch Juſtice or Juſtices it the a. nga g's N 4 were made at the Time the Pawn or Pledge was received, without any Alteration Ene. | To a Arr. 3 7 * 2 gh r yn neglect or refuſe to attend, or 0 pro- 2 : . its tru e, ſuch Pawnbroker ſhall, in cafe he or ſhe doth not ſhcw Cauſe for ſuch Neglect or Refuſal, to the Satisfaction of f. uſti F Tones _ = hy = to — 25 in the Manner noo vin wo peri TIN SO And be it further enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That in caſe any Pawnbrok 3 = ſaid eleventh Day of July one thouſand ſeven hundred and ei hiy-foven in 3 this 5 every ſuch Pawnbroker ſhall, for every ſuch Offence, in neglecting to make, or cauſe to be und in : 1 — regular Manner, in ſuch Book or Books as aforeſaid, any ſuch Entry as 1s required to be — ti * y him, her, or them, by this Act, forfeit the Sum of ten Pounds, and for every other Oitence agaui * this Act, where no Forfeiture or Penalty is provided or impoſed on any particular or ſpecifick Oer Sethi againſt any Part of this Act, the Sum of five Pounds; and that all Forfeitures incurred by any Offence. rr maj againſt this Act, ſhall and may be levied by Diſtreſs and Sale of the Goods and Chatte!s of te * - wn or or Offenders, by Warrant under the Hand and Seal or Hands and Seals of any Juſtice or Juſtice 4 of the Peace for the County, Riding, Diviſion, City, Liberty, Town, or Place, where the Offence thall v <8 CORBIN] and it ſhall be lawful to and for the Juſtice or Jules to award to the Party complaining, out F I - e — Penalty, the Sum of two Pounds and ten Shillings, and the Remainder of the atoretaid Penalty a *. Nee of 3 by this Act, to be paid and applied to and for the Lie of the Y | ace where t ; a. rofit for the Loan or Forbearance of ſuch Money lent, on any Pretence whatſocver. rin XXV. Provided always, and be it further enacted b ity aforeſai 8 ; ratuity an tf 6 y the Authority aforeſaid, That no Fee or Gratuth ory eqs we {hall be had, taken, or received, by any Juſtice of the Pines. his or their Clerk, or by any el. by on whomſoever, for any Summons or Warrant, or other Proceedings whatſoever to be granted or made b) * ws © 1: or Juſtices of the Peace in purſuance of this Act. for VI, And be it further enacted by the Authority aforcſaid, That all and every the Proviſoes, Regu-1- t * Cons and Clauſes contained in this preſent Act, thall, from and after the {aid eleventh Day of Fuly ons tub. 10 Cy ſeven hundred and eighty-ſeven, extend to, and include the Executors, Adminiſtrators, and Aſſigus, © & in all and every deceaſed Pawnbroker, in the ſame Manner as the fame extend to and include the Pawabro by n fave and except that no ſuch Executor or Adminiſtrator of any ſuch deceaſed Pawnbroker £31 2 9 c for any 1 10 or Forfeiture perfonally, or to be paid out of his, her, or their own Montes el ate, unlefs the ſame ſhall be incurred and forfeited by his, her, or their own Act or Neglect. h 4/ „ VII. An {> 4» 4,D. 1787. Anno viceſimo ſeptimo GEORGII III. C. 37. 385 XXVII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That if any Perſon or Perſons ſhall, at General Ique. any Time Or Times, be ſued, moleſted, or proſecuted for any Thing by him, her, or them done or exe- cited in purſuance of this Act, or of any Clauſe, Matter, or Thing herein contained, ſuch Perſon or Per- ons may plead the General Iſſue, and give the ſpecial Matter in Evidence for his, her, or their Defence; ind if upon the Trial a Verdict ſhall paſs for the Defendant or Defendants, or the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs be- come nonſuited, then ſuch Defendant or Defendants ſhall have Double Coſts awarded to him, her, or them, Double Coſts, zgainſt ſuch Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, | XXVIII. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That in all Actions, Suits, In- Inhabitants of ſymations, Trials, and other Proceedings in purſuance of this Act, or in relation to any Matter or Thing 27y Place where bein contained, any Inhabitant of the Pariſh, "Town, or Place in which any Offence or Offences ſhall be 1 committed, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act, ſhall be admitted to give Evidence, and competent Wit hall be deemed competent \Vitneſles, notwithſtanding his, her, or their being an Inhavitant or Inhabitants neſſes, of the Pariſh, Town, or Place, wherein any ſuch Offence or Offences ſhall be ſuppoſed to have been ommitted. XXIX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That the Juſtice or Juſtices before whom any Perſon ſhall be convicted, in Manner preſcribed by this Act, ſhall cauſe ſuch reſpective Conviction to be * trawn up in the Form, or to the Effect following; (that is to ſay,) ©DE it remembered, That on this Day of in the Form of Con- % Year of his Majeſty's Reign, A. B is convicted before of his Majeſty's Juſtices Aion. of the Peace for the ſaid County of or, for the Riding or Diviſion of «© the ſaid County of or, for the City, Liberty, or Town of as the „ Caſe ſhall happen to be] for and the iaid do adjudge him or her to pay and forfeit for the ſame the Sum of Given under ” the Day and Year aforeſaid.” | to wit, | Ard the ſaid Juſtice or Juſtices before whom ſuch Conviction ſhall be had ſhall cauſe the ſame, ſo drawn up n the Form aforeſaid, to be fairly written upon Parchment, and tranſmitted to the next General or Quarter Shon of the Peace to be held for the County, Riding, Diviſion, City, Town, Liberty, or Place wherein uch Conviction was had, to be filed and kept amongſt the Records of the ſaid General or Quarter Seſſion; and in caſe any Perſon or Perſons fo convicted ſhall appeal from the Judgment of the ſaid Juſtice or Juſtices to the faid General or Quarter Seſſion, the Juſtices in ſuch General or Quarter Seſſion are hereby required, upoa receiving the faid Conviction drawn up in the Form aforeſaid, to proceed to the Hearing and Deter- mination of the Matter of the ſaid Appeal, according to the Directions of this Act, any Law, Cuſtom, or Uage to the contrary notwithſtanding ; and no Certiorari ſhall be granted to remove any Conviction, or ter Proceedings had thereon, in purſuance of this Act. | XXX. Provided always, and it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That if any Perſon Appeal, convicted of any Offence or Oftences puniſhable by this Act ſhall think him or herlelf aggrieved by the linen of the Juſtice or ? gon before whom he or ſhe ſhall have been convicted, ſuch Perſon ſhall have berty to appeal to the Juſtices at the next General or Quarter Seſſion of the Peace, which ſhall be held for be County, Riding, Diviſion, City, Liberty, Town, or Place, where ſuch Judgment ſhall have been zen; and that the Execution of the ſaid Judgment ſhall in ſuch Caſe be ſuſpended, the Perſon fo convicted entering into a Recognizance at the Time of tuch Conviction, with two ſufficient Sureties, in double the wm which ſuch Perſon ſhall have been adjudged to pay or forfeit, upon Condition to proſecute ſuch appeal with Effect, and to be forthcoming to abide the Judgmen and Determination of the Juſtices in their bid next General or Quarter Seſſion, and to pay ſuch Coſts as the ſaid Juſtices in ſuch Sethon ſhall award m ſuch Occaſion, which Recognizance the ſaid Juſtice or Juſtices before whom ſuch Conviction ſhall be kad is and are hereby impowered and required to take; and the Juſtices in the ſaid General or Quarter denon are hereby authoriſed and required to hear and finally determine the Matter of the ſaid Appeal, and baxard ſuch Colts as to them ſhall appear juſt and reaſonable to be paid by either Party; and if, upon be hearing of the ſaid Appeal, the opment of the Juſtice or Juſtices before whom the Appellant ſhall re been convicted ſhall be affirme , fuch AppeJant thall immediately pay the dum which he or the thall we been adjudged to forfeit, together with ſuch Coſts as the Juſtices in the ſaid General or Quarter Seſſion award to be paid for defraying the Expences ſuſtained by the Defendant or Defendants in tuch Appeal, "in Default of making ſuch Payment, ſhall ſuffer the reſpective Pains and Penalties by this Act inflicted an Perſons reſpectively, who ſhall neglect to pay, or ſhall not pay, the reſpective Sums or Forfeitures this Act to be paid by or impoſed upon Perſons reſpectively who ſhall be convicted by virtue of this XXXI. alty-ſeven, ; XXII. And be it further enaRted by the Authority aforeſaid, That this Act ſhall be a Publick Act; and Publick 48. Jadicially taken Notice of as ſuch by all Judges, Juſtices, and other Perſons whatlocver, without the deing ſpecially pleaded, CAP, 386 C. 38—40. Anno viceſimo ſeptimo GEORG III. A. D. nw C AP. XXXVIII. | An Act for the Encouragement .of the Arts of deſigning and printing Linens, Octo. Callicoes, and Mullins, by veſting the Properties thereof im the Debgners, Vriater; | and Proprietors, for a limited Time. : Preamble, 8 WEE REAS it may be expedient, for the Encouragement of the Arts of deſigning original Pic, 5 for printing Linens, Callicoes, Cottons, and Mullins, to veſt the Property thereof in the Petter * ers, Printers, or Proprietors, for a limited Time; for which Purpoſe may it pleaſe your Mzjelly, tat _ June bs may be enacted z* and be it enacted by the King's moſt excellent Majeſty, by and with the Acyize al An i r oy Conſent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prelent Parliament aflembled, aud, original Pattern the Authority of the ſame, That, from and after the firſt Day of June one thouſand ſeven hundred a, | for printing Li- eighty-ſeven, every Perſon who ſhall invent, deſign, and print, or cauſe to be invented, del gned, 4d af, nens to have the printed, and become the Proprietor of any new and original Pattern or Patterns for printing Linens, Ce. 4 | | _— tons, Callicoes, or Mullins, ſhall have the ſole Right and Liberty of printing and reprinting the fang & 11 OMe the Term of two Months, to cominence from the Day of the firſt publiſhing thereof, which thail be tig 1. from firſt Publi- Printed with the Name of the Printer or Proprietors at each End of every ſuch Piece of Linen, Cotton, Ca. « | cation ; icoe, or Mullin; and that if any Callicoe Printer, Linen Draper, or other Perſon whatſoever, tro wn! at a after the firſt Day of Zune one thouſand ſeven hundred and eighty-ſeven, within the Time limited by t mall within that Act, ſhall print, work, or copy, ſuch original Pattern or Patterns, or cauſe to be printed, works, © Period print the copied, ſuch original Pattern or Patterns, or {hail print or reprint, or cauſe to be printed or reprinted, ary An — =—_ ſuch Pattern or Patterns, and ſhall publiſh, fell, or expoſe to Sale, or in any other Manner dige [ Ad ion for Da. Of, or cauſe to be publiſhed, fold, or expoled to Sale, or in any other Manner Giipoſed of, any Li. ( nen, Cotton, Callicoe, or Muſlin, fo printed without the Conſent of the Proprietor or Proprictors thcre- of, firſt had and obtained in Writing, ſigned by him or them reſpectively, in the Preſence of two or mere credible Witneſſes, knowing the fame to be fo printed or reprinted without the Conſent of the Proprietor or Proprietors of ſuch Pattern, then every ſuch Proprictor or Proprietors ſhall and may, if the Otftence be con- mitted in England, by and in a ſpecial Action upon the Caſe, to be brought againſt the Verion or et. mages; ſons ſo oftending, recover ſuch Damages as 2 Jury on the Trial of ſuch Action, or on the Execution 0 4 «of Writ of Inquiry thereon, ſhall give or aſſeſs, together with Coſts of Suit, in which no Wager of Las, I* Eſſoin, Privilege, or Protection, or more than one Imparlance, ſhall be allowed; and if the Oſfence & 6 þa committed in Scotland, every ſuch Proprietor or Proprietors ſhall and may, by an Action to be vbroug't be- 6 the fore the Court of Seſſion, or any Judge competent to try Civil Cauſes within his Bounds, recover ſuch Us pe mages as the ſaid Court of Seſſion, or the ſaid Judge, ſhall give or aſſeſs, and for Payment wii C thi Decree ſhall be iſſued, with full Coſts of Suit, on which all ſuch Execution {hail paſs as is competent de but any Per- by the Laws and Practice of Scatland in the like Caſes: Provided nevertheleſs, That it ſhall and may be u- Aken ſon purchaſing ful for any Perſon or Perſons who {hall hereafter purchaſe any Plate or Plates, Block or Blocks, tor pit- the { Fla es from the ing, from the original Proprietors thereof, to print, reprint, and expoſe for Sale, or cauſe to be prin, mil Proprietors may reprinted, and expoled for Sale, from the ſaid Plates or Blocks, without being liable to any Action on ſich print therefrom, 1 8 F WEE 7 > * rp ; | 1! Mode of proſe- II. And be it further enaQed by the Authority aforeſaid, That if any Action or Suit ſhall be comme the | 8 Ge or brought againſt any Perſon or Perſons whatſoever, for any Offence committed againlt this Act, tus Lam te — * i ſhall be brought within the Space of fix Months after ſo doing, and the Defendant and Defendants, in 541 1 Action or Suit, if brougat in Eg, ſhall and may plead the General Iſſue, and give the ſpecial Matter n of th; Evidence; and if, upoi ſuch Action or Suit, a Verdict thall be given for the Defendant or Detendan's, te p if the Plaintiff or Plaintiſts become nonſuited, or diſcontinue his, her, or their Action or Actions, tc lie fd. Defendant or Defendants ſhall have and receive full Coſts ; for the Recovery whereof he ſhall Hare the 14/7: ime Kemedy as any other Defendant or Defendants in any other Caſe hath or have by Law; and if ſuch Ach every be brought in Scotinnd,. and not intilted in, or if the Defender be afloilzied, then the Defender aud be % af entitled to full Coſts, tur the Recovery whereof he ſhall have the ſame Remedy as herein-bciote is Sed! tar tac Purſuer. : | ; 3 Cour AA to con'inue III. And be it furcher enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That this Act ſhall continue in farce 107 ole trery in force ſor ene Year, and from thence to the End of the then next Seſſion of Parliament; and ihall be deemed, 4 0g te la mf e and taken to be a publick Act, and be judicially taken Notice of as ſuch by al} judges, Juſtices, and oder ris N nx: Selon. ſons whatſocver, without ſpecially pleading the ſame. . If wy GA. . | | nk An AQ for appointing Commiſſioners further to enquire into the Loſſes and Services of 711 ſuch Perſo v * have, ſuffered in their Rights, Properties, and Proſcihons, during the late unhappy Diſienſions in 4% Kalt in conſequence of their Loyalty to his Majeſty, and Attachment to the £r:449 Governments. v=o Lun nued for one Year from Jug 15, 1787. ] | kid me: C A P. XL. Power An Act to indemnify ſuch Perſons as have omitted to qualify themſelves for Offices an! Empel Un c and to indemnity Juſtices of the Peace, or others, Who have omitted to regilter or deer u >. 27 ( len i, TI. A. D. 1787. Anno viceſimo ſeptimo Gror G11 III. C. 41—43. fcations within the Time limited by Law, and for giving further Time for thoſe Purpoſes; and to indem- nify Members and Officers, in Cities, Corporations, and Borough Towns, whoſe Admiſſious have been omitted to be ſtamped according to Law, or, having been ſtamped, have been loſt or miſlaid ; and for allowing them Time to provide Admiſſions duly ſtamped ; and to give further Time to ſuch Perſons as have omitted to make and file Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of Clerks to Attornies and Soli- citors. CAP. XLI. An Act for granting to his Majeſty a certain Sum of Money, to be raiſed by a Lottery. [756,875 l.] CAP. XLII. kn AR for allowing further Time for Inrolment of Deeds and Wills made by Papiſts, and for the Relief of Purchaſers. 387 6 Act 3 Ges. 1. recited. Deeds and Wills of Papiſts, Fc, made ſince Sept. 29, 1717, to be good in Law, « if jrrolled before Of. 1, 1787. Not to extend to Deeds, &c, the Validity whereof has been brought « in queſtion before 2 I, 1787. Purchaſes made not to be avoided on account of the Title-deeds not « having been inrolled, &c, This Act not to make good any Grant of the Right of Preſentation to any « Benchce, c. in Truſt for any Papiſt.“ CAP. XLIII. An Act for taking and ſwearing Affidavits to be made uſe of in the Court of Seſſion of the County Palatine of Cheſter ; and for taking of Special Bail in Actions and Suits depending in the ſame Court. : HEREAS it hath been found inconvenient that no Perſon or Perſons is or are impowered to : grant Commiſſions for the taking or ſwearing of Affidavits, to be read and made uſe of in the Court of Seſſion, otherwiſe called Great Seſſion, for the County Palatine of Che/ter, before his Majeſty's * Juſtices of the ſaid Court, as well of Pleas of the Crown as of Common Pleas, and of all Manner * of Pleas whatſoever, in the ſeveral Matters and Cauſes depending, or hereafter to be depending, in the lad Court; and that the Prothonotary of the ſaid Court for the Time being, or his officiating Deputy, * have not Power and Authority to take and ſwear ſuch Aflidavits, as aforeſaid, and to take Affidavits for * the 13 of Special Bails, taken in Actions and Suits in the ſaid Court; and alſo, that no Perſon or * Perſons is or are impowered to grant Commiſſions for the taking of Special Bails in Actions and Suits in "the ſaid Court; for Remedy whereof,” be it enacted by the King's moſt Excellent g, by and with te Advice and Conſent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this preſent Parliament alembled, and by the Authority of the ſame, That, from and after the paſſing of this Act, the Juſtices of the aid Court for the Time being, or either of them, ſhall and may, by one or more Commiſſion or Com- niſions, under the Seal of the ſaid County Palatine, from Time to Time, as Nerd ſhall require, impower ch and ſo many Perſon or Perſons as they or either of them ſhall think fit or necellary, to take and receive al and every ſuch Affidavit and Affidavits as any Perſon or Perſons ſhall be willing to make, betore any of tte Perſons ſo impowered, in or concerning any Cauſe, Matter, or Thing, depending, or hereafter to be Gending, or in anywiſe concerning any of the Proceedings to be in the laid Court, as the ſuſtices of his Mlijeſty's Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, the Lord "Treaſurer, and the Chancellor and Barons tae Court of Exchequer for the Time being, or any of them, do uſe to do; ani allo that, om and after tte pling of this AR, it ſhall and may be lawful for the Prothonotary of the ſaid Court of »21on for the ud County of Cbeſter for the Time being, or his officiating. Pruthonotary or hi:s Deputy may take like Ath- davis, &c. le lad Court now are. And all and every Perſon and Perſons forſwearing him or themſelves in ſuch Afi- Perſons for- wearing theme t Wit or Affidavits, ſhall incur and be liable unto the fame Pains and Penalues as he, ſhe, or they would have ſelves liable te. ured and been liable unto if ſuch Affidavit or Afﬀidavits had been made and taken in open Court; which the ſame Penal- Wiveral Commiſſions ſhall be made out by the Prothonotary of the ſaid Court of Sellion, upon a Fiat or ties as for falle "rant from the ſaid Juſtices for the Time being, or one of them; and the faid | rothonotary ſhall cauſe 1 = "Entry to be made, in a Book to be kept for that Purpoſe, of the Names of the Perions to whom ſuch _ mo *mmiffions {hall be from Tune to Time granted, and of the reſpective Limes when ſuch Commiſſions A Wibe iſſued; and the following Fees ſhall be paid for each Commiſſion, and no more; (to wit :), The making out Commiſſions fir of two Shillings for the Fiat or Warrant; the Sum of four Shillings tor making out the Commiſſion, taking Afiida- des the King's Duty, and the Value of the Parchment ; and the Sum of four Shillings for ſealing the vits, &e. We: And the faid Prothonotary, and his officiating Deputy, and every Commiffioner, or Perſon fo im- Fees to be paid Wered, as aforeſaid, ſhall take and receive, for the ſwearing of each Affidavit before him or them, the for 0 Com- "mor Fee of one Shilling, and no more: Provided nevertheleſs, L hat neither any Perſon appointed a Com. ®©'hons, and for » . ki * 7676. fl. * miner , 388 No Affidavit to be taken within a Mile of Cheſ- ter Caſtle during Juſtices of the ſaid Court may impower Perſons to take Recogni- Za Ces. Manner of making out Com miſtions for taking ſuch Recognizances, & c. Fee to be paid for Commilhons to take Recog- nizances. Tuſtices of the ſaid Court may make Rules for juſtifying Bail by 4 flidavits be- fore the Com- miſſioners. Power of Pro- thonotary, or his Deputy, to take Recog- nizinces not to be affe Red by this Act, If any Perſon tre- prelent another in entering into ſpecial Beil, he ſhall be adjudged 4 Felon, Preamble, Sqits in Eecle— Hatical Courts for d:famatory Words to be conmenced within ſix Months. Limitation of Suits in Eccle- Haſtical Court? _ © the ſaid Court of Seſſion;“ be it further enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That the Juſtices 9 Fo C. 43, 44. Anno viceſimo ſeptimo Gror611 III. A. D. 174. miſſioner as aforeſaid, nor the ſaid Prothonotary, or his Deputy, ſhall take or ſwear any Afiday one Mile of the Caſtle of Cheer during the Lime of holding the Seſſion for the ſaid County. the County Scilion, it Within II. And, to give greater Eaſe and Benefit to the Perſons reſiding within the ſaid County Palatine; * Chefler, in taking Recognizances of Special Bail in all Actions and Suits depending or to be de; ending » ſame Court for the Time being, or either of them, {hall and may, by one or more Commiſton g. Commiſſions under the Seal of the ſaid County Palatine from "I'ime to Time, as Need ſhall require, 5 power ſuch and fo many Perſon and Perſons (other than common Attornies or Solicitors) as they or ditt of them {hall think fit and neceſſary in the ſaid County Palatine of Chs/er, to take and receive all and e;c;y ſuch Recognizance or Recogn'zances of Bail or Bails, as any Perſon or Perſons {hall be willing and dana to acknowledge or make before any Perſon fo impowered, in any Action or Suit depending, or hercat:e; ta be depending in the faid Court, in ſuch Manner and Form, and by ſuch Recognizance or Bail Vice ;; Special Bails are uſually, or by Law ought to be taken; which ſaid ſeveral lait-mentioned Commit; {hall be made out by the Prothonotary of the laid Court, upon a Fiat or Warrant from the ſaid Jultices f the I'ime being, or one of them, and which ſaid Recognizance or Recognizances, Bail Piece or Bail Fjece: ſo taken as aforeſaid, together with an Affidavit made of the due taking of the Recognizances of ſuch Bail g Bail Piece, by ſome credible Perſon preſent at the taking thereof (and which Affidavit the Perſy 9 impowered to take the ſaid Bail ſhall be, and hereby is authoriſed to take and ſwear), ſhall, within ten Days after the taking ſuch Bail, be tranſmitted to the Office of the Prothonotary of the faid Coun; there to be filed of Record upon Payment of the Sum of five Shillings and four Pence; and which |. cognizance of Pail or Bail Piece, fo taken and tranſmitted, ſhall be of like Effect as if the fame were taken before the Juſtices of the ſaid Court, in open Court; and the following Fees, and no mv, {ſhall be paid for cach of the ſaid laſt- mentioned Commiſſions, and for taking the Acknowledgments of «|; Bail and Affidavits reſpeAing the ſame ; (to wit,) The Sum of two Shillings for the Fiat or Warrant; the Sum of ſeven Shillings and Sixpence for making out the Commiſſion, beſides the King's Duty and Perch. ment; the Sum of four Shillings for the Seal; the Sum of five Shillings for taking every ſuch Acknmy. W N or Bail Piece,; and the Sum of one Shilling for the ſwearing the Affidavit of the due ting thereof. | III. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That the ſaid Juſtices for the Time being (he! and may make ſuch Rules and Orders for the juſtifying of ſuch Bails, and making the ſame abſolute, as to them ſhall ſeem meet, ſo that it may not be neccilary for the Cognizor or Cognizors of any ſuch Uzi! or Bails to appear in the ſaid Court to juſtify him or themſelves, but that the ſame may be determined by \f- davit or Affidavits duly taken before any of the ſaid Commiſſioners to be appointed as aforeſaid (or befor: the Prothonotary of the faid Court for the Time being, or his officiating Deputy ex , as Officers t the ſaid Court, and without any Commiſſion for that Purpoſe), touching the Value of the reſpective EHtue, and other neceſſary Qualifications of ſuch Cognizor or Cognizors ; and tor the {wearing of each fuch Ati vit ſhall be taken tze Sum of one Shilling, and no more: Provided alſo neverthelefs, I hat nothing 1 this Act contained ſhall prevent the Prothonotary of the ſaid Court for the Lime being, or his othci.ung Deputy, from taking and receiving ex officio, and as Officers of the ſaid Court, Recognizances of Bash Actions or Suits commenced, or hereafter to be commenced in the faid Court, in ſuch Manner as he an ty have done, or by Law might do, and as if this Act had not been made. | 84 IV. KE. An Act to prevent frivolous and vexatious Suits in Eccleſiaſtical Courts. 8 HERE As it is expedient to limit the Time for the Commencement of certain Suts “ F Eccleſiaſtical Courts:* May it therefore pleaſe your Majeity, that it may he enactes : - enacted by the King's moſt Excellent Majeſty, by and with the Advice and Conſent of the Lords 5 5 and by = ang and Commons, in this preſent Parliament allembled, and by the Authority o, hat, from and after the firſt Day of Auguſt one thouſand ſeven hundred and eighty-ſeven, no v1 tamatory Words ſhall be commenced in any of the Eccleſiaſtical Courts within E 1 7 town of Berwick ion Tiveed, unleſs the ſame ſhall be commenced within fix Calendar 0:85 ? lime when ſuch detamatory Words ſhall have been uttered. | DN I. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That no Suit ſhall be commenced n, ſtaltical Court, for Fornication, or Incontinenee, or for ſtriking or brawling in any Church v- ge A. D. 1787. Anno viceſimo ſeptimo Grors 1: III. C. 45. yard, after the Expiration of eight Calendar Months from the Time when ſuch Offence ſhall have been committed; nor ſhall any Proſecution be commenced or carried on for Fornication at any Lime after the | Parties offending ſhall have lawfully intermarried. — R. An Act for rebuilding the Pier of Margate in the Iſle of Thaxet, in the County of Kent ; for aſcertaining, eſtabliſhing, and recovering certain Duties in lieu of the ancient and cuſtomary Droits, for the Support and Maintenance of the ſaid Pier; for widening, aving, repairing, cleanſing, lighting, and watching the Streets, Lanes, Highways, and publick Paſſages in the Town of Margate, and Pariſh of Saint Jobn the Baptiſt, in the ſaid Iſle of Thanet; for ſettling the Rates of Porters, Chairmen, Carters, and Carmen within the ſaid Town; and for preventing Encroachments, Nuiſances, and Annoyances therein, HERE As the ancient Town of Aargate, in the County of Kent, hath, from Time immemorial, had a Pier and Harbour very convenient tor, and advantageous to the "T'rade and Navigation of © the Nation at large, in the Preſervation of Shipping in Streſs of Weather, and in Time of War; as well ns for the exporting and importing of many Sorts ot Commodities: And wiercas the Welfare not only of the faid Town of Margate, but of the adjacent Country, depends very much upon the Maintenance of the ſaid Pier; and although an Act of Parliament was paſſed in the eleventh Year of the Reign of Ring George the Firſt, to enable the Pier Wardens of the ſaid Town of Aas gate more eſtectually to reco- er the ancient and cuſtomary Droits for the Support and Maintenance of the ſaid Pier; yet the fame, although beneficial in its Effects, ſo far as its Powers and Proviſions extend, hath not been found adequate to all the good Purpoſes intended: And whereas the ruinous Condition and bad Conſtruction of the pre- * ſent Pier are ſuch, that it would be very beneficial if the fame was entirely taken down, and a new Stone Head built in its Room: And whereas, by reaſon of the great Reſort of Nobility and Gentry to the '['own * of Margate, for the Benefit of bathing in the Sea, and from other Circumſtances, the faid Jon hath * very much increaſed, and is yet continually increaſing, both in Extent of Buildings and in Number of In- * habitants ; and the Trade of the ſaid 'T'own hath increaſed, and is increaſing, in the like Proportion ; andthe * Streets, Lanes, Highways, and other publick Paflages and rlaces within the ſaid Town of Margate, and alſo * within the Pariſh of Salut Fohn the Bapti/t, within which Parith the ſaid Town is ſituated, by means of * ſuch Increaſe of Trade and Population, and by means of Annoyances and Encroachments, are very dirty and incommodious, and are frequently very difficult of Pallage ; and it would tend much to the Proſperity * of the faid Town and Pariſh, to the Eaſe and Convenience of the Company reſorting thereto, and to the * Increaſe of ſuch Reſort, if ſome more eſfectual Powers were obtained for the aſcertaimag, eitabliſhing, and * recovering of the Droits of the ſaid Pier; and if a new Stone Head was erected in lieu of the preſent ; ier; and if the Streets, Lanes, Highways, and other publick Paſlages and Places in the ſaid Town, were pro- * perly paved, cleanſed, lighted, watched, and preſerved, and the Highways within the faid Parith pro- * perly repaired and amended: And whereas there have from Pime immemorial been paid certain * Dreits, called Poundage and Laftage, and other Rates and Duties, which have been confirmed by * the Orders and Decrees of divers Lords W. XVIII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, I hat every Maſter or Owner of any Ship, 'Y, or other Veſſel liable to pay any of the Duties impoſed by this Act, hall, before his Departure from Us laid Pier „ not only pay and diſcharge all ſuch Rates and $ums ot 200Cy as lhall be due tor ſuch Nos 3E 2 ane am nd 389 Preamble. Duties, Rates, und Aﬀlefiments to form one ag- gregate Fund. Maſters of Vet- cis liable to ay the Dunes fd give a Nite of the Names and 7 390 Abode of the Merchants or others concern; cd, Particular Du- ties ditected. Duties on Im- ports and Ex- Ports. Dut'es to be paid according to the uſual Freight, XC, Aliens Goode to pay Alien Du- lies. Penalty on Pri- tifſh SubjeRs co- verivg Ahens Goods. Boats to pay ac- cording to the Profits of their Earnings, of a Portſman; and for all ſuch Beer, or other Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, and for all ſuch Hag C. 45. Anno viceſimo ſeptimo Gz 0x 611 III. A. D. 178), and Duties, but alſo ſhall, if required by the Receiver or Collector of the ſaid Duties, give a true Note |, Writing of the Names and Place or Places of Abode of the Merchants or others who ſhall lade or unlade.. cauſe to be laden or unladen, any Goods, Wares, or Merchandizes witain the faid Pier or Harbour, ,, the Bay thereunto adjoining, or ſhall be the Owner or Owners of ſuch Goods, Wares, or Merchangi,. and in caſe any ſuch Maſter or Owner ſhall refuſe to give ſuch Note, he ſhall forfeit and pay the Sum 9. twenty Pounds; and upon Notice being given to the Collector of the Cuſtoms at the Port of Sandee, df ſuch Refuſal, no ſuch Ship or Veſſel ſhall be permitted to clear out, fail, or be diſcharged, until ſuch Note in Writing ſhall be given, and the Penalty for ſuch Refuſal thereof paid. XIX. And be it further enacted, That every Maſter of every Ship, Hoy, or other Veſſel, who ſhall lade or unlade, take on board, or diſcharge within the ſaid Harbour of Margate, or the Bay thereunto adjoining any Corn, Grain, or Seeds, or any Goods, Wares, or Merchandize, Baggage, Parcels, or Pallengetz paſſing or to paſs from Port to Port within this Realm, being a Native of Great Britain, and an Inuabicur of any of the 8 Ports, twyo ancient Towns, or their Members, commonly denominated a Portin: ſhall pay, for the Purpoſes of this Act in regard of his Freight, for every twenty Quarters of Wneat, Alea Rye, Barley, Peas, Beans, Tares, Muſtard Seed, Canary Seed, and Seeds of every Denomination, f. laden or unladen there, Four-pence ; and for every twenty Quarters of Malt or Oats, 'I'wo- pence; ac! every ſuch Maſter, being a Native of Great Britain, not inhabiting any of tne Cinque Ports, two ange Towns, or their Members, but being an Inhabitant of any other Part of Great Britain, commonly denan. nated a Shireman, ſhall pay for every twenty Quarters of Wheat, Meal, Rye, Barley, Pets, ens, 'Tares, Muſtard Seed, Canary Seed, and Seeds ot every Denomination, ſo laden or unladen there, 9. pence ; and for every twenty Quarters of Malt or Oats, TI hree-pence ; and after that Rate for a large; g. leſs Quantity, which Duty is called Laſtage; and for all Goods, Wares, Merchandize, Baggage, Parcel. and Paſſengers, ſo laden or unladen, taken on board, or diſcharged there, every uch Maſter thall pay by t. Pound Freight; that is to fay, a Portſman Three-pence in the Pound, and a Shireman Four-pe:ce in the Pound, upon the Freight of all ſuch Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, Baggage, and Parcels, and 91 the Fare of all ſuch Paſſengers, which laſt mentioned Duty is called Poundage ; and every ſuch Viatter, being an Alien, or Merchant Stranger, ſhali pay double the Rates of a Portſman. XX. And be it further enacted, That every Maſter of every Ship, Hoy, or other Veſſel, who (hall lad or unlade, take on board, or diſcharge, within the faid Harbour of Margate, or Bay thereunto adjoining, any Corn, Grain, or Seeds, or any Beer, or any other Goods, Wares, or Merchandize, or «ny Baggage, Parcels, or Paſſengers coming from or to be tranſported or carried to any Parts beyond the Seas, {hail pay, in regard of his Freight, for every twenty Quarters of Wheat, Meal, Rye, Barley, Peas, Beans, T ares, Muſtard Seed, Canary Seed, and Seeds of every Denomination, ſo laden or unladen there, coming from, or to be tranſported or carried to Parts beyond the Seas, if ſuch Maſter ſhall come within the Dctcrip! 0: above ſpecified of a Portſman, Six-pence ; and if within the Deſcription of a Shireman, Nine-pence ; and for every twenty Quarters of Malt or Oats, a Portſman Three-pence, and a Shireman. i our-pence Halfpenny ; and every ſuch Maſter, being an Alien or Merchant Stranger, ſhall pay double the Katz = 3-1 MX - 1 RT, EY I EEO gage, Parcels, and Paſlengers, fo laden or unladen, taken on board or diſcharged there, coming from, or to be tranſported or carried to Parts beyond the Seas, every ſuch Maſter ſhall pay in regard of his i reigit is aforeſaid, for every twenty Shillings or Pound Freight, being a Portſman, Ihree-pence; a Shiremag, Four-pence ; and an Alien, Six-pence ; which Duties are alſo reſpectively called Laſtage and Poundage. XXI. And, to prevent Frauds,” it is hereby enacted, That all ſuch Maſters of Saips, Hoys, or other Veſſels, ſhall be liable to the ſaid Duties of Poundage and Laſtage, according to the uſual Freight of caca A and according to the uſual Fare of Paſſengers, whether they ſhall reſpectively charge ſuch Þ reigitt or are, or not. | : XXII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That every Merchant, Brewer, or other Dealer, who ſhall lade or unlade, or cauſe to be laden or unladen, any Kind of Goods, Wares, or Alet— chandize, into or out of any foreign Ship or Veſſel, that is to ſay, a Ship or Veſſel whereof the Owner 07 Owners 1s or are a Foreigner or Foreigners, the ſaid Goods, Wares, or Merchandize being for Account 0! and at the Riſk of Foreigners, then, although the ſaid Merchant, Brewer, or other Dealer, be a H= Subject, yet nevertheleſs the ſame Goods, Wares, and Merchandize hall be liable to pay the Rates and Duties herein impoſed on Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, laden or unladen by an Alien or Merchait Stranger. | XXIII. And, to prevent Frauds,” it is hereby enacted, That no Britiſb Subject ſhall, upon any Account or Pretence whatſoever, take upon him to own or aſſume, or pretend to have aſſumed, the Ri:x cf Goods, Wares, or Merchandize which ſhall, in Fact, be laden or unladen for Account of, and at the Kis of a Foreigner or Foreigners, with Intent to defraud the ſaid Commitiioners, or the Commiſtioners for “ Time being, of the Rates and Duties herein impoſed on Goods, W ares, and Merchandize, laden or unladen by an Alien or Merchant Stranger, as aforeſaid, under the Penalty of twenty Pounds, to be recovcre ©” plied, and diſpoſed of in the Manner herein- after mentioned. | p XXIV. concerned in any fuch Boat reſpectively (by the Maſter, who ſhall be examined upon Oath, in ſuch \ i” A. D. 1787. Anno viceſimo ſeptimo GronG11 III. C. 45. as herein - after is mentioned); and every Fiſhing- boat, not uſually rigging or harbouring within the ſaid Harbour, ſhall pay, during every Mackarel, Herring, Cod, I'ralling, Sprat, or other Fithing Seaſon, for every Time ſuch Boat ſhall ground within the ſaid Harbour, if not exceeding the Burthen of ten Tons, Six- pence ; and if above that Burthen, one Shilling. | XXV. And be it further enacted, That every Ship or Veſſel which ſhall come into the (aid Harbour of Margate for Succour or Shelter, and not to lade or unlade, ſhall pay according to the Burthen of ſuch Ship or Veſſel ; (that is to ſay,) If not exceeding ten Tons, Six-pence ; if above ten, and not excecding twenty Tons, one Shilling; if above twenty, and not exceeding thirty Tons, one Shilling and Sixpence ; it above thirty, and not exceeding A two Shillings; if above forty, and not exceeding fifty Tons, two Shillings and Sixpence ; and if above fifty, and not exceeding ſixty I'ons, three Shillings and Sixpence ; and ſo in Proportion for every additional ten Tons Burthen beyond ſixty Tons, one Shilling in Addition. 