the churchwardens or overfeers, as the majority of them shall think proper.

X. And whereas in many parishes the faid felett veftries, gover nors, directors, or managers, churchwardens, or overfeers of the poor, may find it inconvenient and difficult, through want of regular correfpondence with proper perfons in the country, to Jupply them with nurfes, and alfo to take the charge of infpecting nurseries in fuch a manner as fhall prove effectual to the prefervation of the lives of the faid children; be it therefore enacted by the authority aforefaid, That the faid felect veftries, governors, directors, or managers, Liberty grantchurchwardens, or overfeers of the poor, fhall be at liberty to ed, of fending fend their faid parish poor children, or any of them, being un- parith poor der the age of fix years as aforefaid, to the hofpital for the main- der 6 years of tenance and education of expofed and deferted young children; age, to the and it fhall and may be lawful to and for the governors and Foundling guardians of the faid hofpital, for the time being, to receive Hofpital, fuch children: and the faid felect veftries, governors, directors, managers, churchwardens, or overfeers of the poor, are hereby terms as hall impowered to agree with the faid governors and guardians for be agreed on: that purpose, upon fuch terms, and in fuch manner, as shall be adequate to the fupport and maintenance of each child.

children, un

upon fuch

XI And be it enacted by the authority aforefaid, That the The charge terms fo agreed upon, and the fums agreed to be paid for the to be defrayed admiffion, maintenance, and education, of fuch parish poor chil- out of the dren as shall be fent to the faid hofpital, fhall be paid by the poor rates; overfeer or overfeers of the poor for the time being, out of the poors rate of each parith refpectively and in cafe any fum or and if not du fums of money agreed between the faid felect veftries, gover- ly paid, nors, directors, or managers, churchwardens, or overfeers, and the governors and guardians of the said hofpital, or any five of them in committee, fhall not be paid, by fuch overfeer or overfeers, to the perfon or perfons who fhall be authorized by the faid governors and guardians to receive the fame; it shall and may be lawful to and for any one or more of his Majesty's juf- any justice tices of the peace for the counties of Middlefex or Surrey, the city may fummon and liberty of Westminster, or liberties of the Tower Hamlets, re- the overieers, fpectively, to fummon the overfeer or overfeers who thall refufe

and, on refu

or neglect to make fuch payment, and to order immediate pay- and order imment to be made of fo much as fhall appear to fuch juftice or mediate payment, with the juftices to be due, together with fuch cofts and charges as may charges inhave been incurred by the faid governors and guardians in con- curred; fequence of fuch refufal or neglect: and if the overfeer or overfeers fhall refufe or neglect to obey the order of fuch juftice or fal, may levy juftices, the fum directed to be paid thereby fhall be recovered the fame by by diftrefs and fale of the goods and chattles of fuch overfeer diftrets and or overfeers, together with the cofts attending fuch diftrefs and fale. fale, rendering the overplus (if any) to the owner.

XII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, The death, That at the time of the death, difcharge, or apprenticeship, of any discharge, or fuch parith poor child, a certificate thereof thall be fent, by the apprenticeShip, of any fecretary of the faid governors and guardians, to the veftry clerk, child, to be

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or certified to the

veftry clerk of the parish. Hofpital acXIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, count to be That the hofpital account thall be kept with each parith diftinct, kept witheach in a proper book or books, with marginal columns, according to the schedule annexed, marked (A); and that fuch book or books, or true copies thereof, thall be figned by the fecretary of the hospital.

or overfeers of the poor, of fuch parish to which the said child did belong.

parishdistinct.

Pariah children, and foundlings, tic'd for not more than 7 years, or till 21 years of age.

Apprentice fee not to be less than 41.

2 s. and to be

paid at two payments.

XIV. And whereas it often disturbs the peace of domeftic life, checks marriage, and difcourages industry, to place out parish boys to the age of twenty four years; therefore, in order to remedy the fame, be it enacted by the authority aforefaid, That it shall and may be lawful to place or bind out boys as well as girls apprentices, by the respective parish officers for the time being, and alfo by the governors and guardians of the hofpital for the maintenance and education of expofed and deferted young children, for the term of seven years, or till they fhall attain their respective ages of twenty one years, and no longer.

XV. And whereas the fums of twenty fhillings to forty fillings now ufually given with a child placed out by the parishes, are by na means adequate to the procuring such masters and mistresses as are in general fit and proper: and whereas there is a general neglect in the moral and religious inftruction of apprentices; and fome pecuniary en couragement may excite mafters and miftreffes to difcharge their duty, in this refpect, towards young perfons who are thus intrufled in their care; be it therefore further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the faid firft day of July, one thousand feven hundred and fixty seven, no fuch parish child shall be bound out an apprentice with a fum less than four pounds two fhillings as an apprentice fee; forty fhillings whereof to be paid to the mafter or miftrefs within feven weeks after executing the indentures, and the remaining forty two fhillings to be paid after fuch apprentice fhall have ferved three years of his or her apprenticeship.

XVI. And whereas the act of the fecond of his prefent Majefly, intituled, “An act for the keeping regular, uniform, and an

A&t 2 Geo. 3. «nual regifters, of all parish poor infants under a certain age "within the bills of mortality" requires no account of the children after the age of four years; be it therefore further enacted by Particular re- the authority aforefaid, That the respective veftries, governors, gitters to be directors, managers, overfeers of the poor, or other officer or provided by officers, of the feveral and refpective parishes herein before meneach parish, according as tioned, or fome or one of them, fhall, and they are hereby dithey come rected and required, on or before the faid first day of July, to provide, or caufe to be provided, at the expence of their refpective parishes wherein there is or fhall be a work-house, hopital, or other houfe or place provided for the maintenance of the poor, a book of royal paper, which fhall be ruled with diftinct columns, and the title of each column fhall be wrote or printed in fuch page agreeable to the schedule hereunto annexed, marked (B); and the book belonging to each respective

within the following defcription.

parish,

parish, wherein there is not nor fhall be any fuch workhouse, hofpital-houfe, or place, fhall in every page be ruled with diftinct columns, and the title of each column thall be wrote or printed in fuch page agreeable to the schedule hereunto annexed, marked (C); any thing in the faid act of the fecond year of his prefent Majefty's reign, or any other act or acts of parliament, to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithstanding.

XVII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, Entry to be That there shall be mentioned, at the foot of each regifter, the made at the grofs number of the children, remaining in the hands of mo- foot of each thers who have been relieved by the respective parithes during register. the courfe of the year, not entered in the register; and the the number of fuch who are known to be remaining alive.

abtract of the

register of the infant poor.

Manner of

iters.

XVIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, Form of the That the abstract of the register of the faid infant poor fhall be according to the schedule hereunto annexed, marked (D). XIX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That the names of all the parish poor children who fhall be conducting alive, under the care of any governors, directors, managers, their regichurchwardens, or overfeers of the poor, on the first day of July next enfuing, fhall be entered in the faid regifters, and fhall be continued on, and transferred from year to year, in the said register, 'till their death, or discharge to parents or friends, or 'till they are respectively placed out apprentice; and that the day of placing them out, and the time of their fervitude, shall be entered in the faid regifters as above mentioned.

delivered to

XX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, Annual lift That a full lift of all apprentices placed out by the refpective to be made out by each parishes fhall be made out by the veftry clerks, or other proper parith of the officer, and delivered, in the month of February in every year, children apto the company of parish clerks; the fame to be written on prenticed, and royal paper according to the schedule annexed, marked (E) to the company be bound up and depofited by the company of parith clerks; of parith and the faid company fhall make out an abstract thereof, diftin- clerks. guishing the number placed out from each parish, and how Abftract many of them were born in the work-houfe or parifh-houfe; thereof to be and thall caufe the fame to be printed; and fhall fend fix fair delivered to printed, and copies of the faid abftract to each parith refpectively. each parish.

at a certain

XXI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, Registers, and That the first annual regifter of the faid infant poor, and alfo lifts to comthe first annual lifts of apprentices, hereby intended and di- mence and rected to be kept, fhall commence on the faid first day of July, end annually and fhall end on the thirty first day of December enfuing; and, time. after that time, the faid annual regifter and lifts fhall commence the first day of January, and end the thirty first day of December following.

XXII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, General exThat all expences incident to and attending the nurfing, main- pences not otherwife pro tenance, education, placing out apprentice, or otherwife relating vided for, to to the matters herein contained, the manner whereof is not be paid out of herein particularly ordered and directed, thall be paid out of the poors

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the rates.

the monies arifing from the poors rates of the respective parishes wherein fuch expences fhall be incurred.

Penalty on XXIII And be it further enacted by the authority, aforefaid, parish officers, That if any churchwarden, overfeer of the poor, veftryman, and others, clerk of the veftry, mafter of the work-houfe, mafter or warneglecting their duty. den of fuch company of parish clerks, or any clerk of fuch company, or any other perfon or perfons, fhall neglect his duty as directed in and by this act; fuch churchwarden, overfeer of the poor, clerk of the veftry, or master of the work-house, mafter or warden of fuch company of parish clerks, or such clerk of fuch company, perfon or perfons, fhall, for every offence, forfeit and pay to the informer the fum of five pounds; to be recovered before any two or more of his Majefty's justices of the peace, and to be levied by diftrefs and fale of the goods and chattles of the offender, by virtue of a warrant under the hands and feals of the juftices before whom the fame fhall be recovered, directed to any conftable or other peace officer; and f there fhall be any overplus of the faid forfeiture, the fame fhall be returned to the owner, after the charges of such distress and fale fhall be deducted.

Publick act.

XXIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That this act thall be deemed, adjudged, and taken to be, a public act; and be judicially taken notice of as fuch, by all judges, juftices, and other perfons whatsoever, without fpecially pleading the fame,

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