such Prosecutor and Witnesses respectively, on payment of a Fee of One Shilling for any such Order, on behalf of any Prosecutor, and a Fee of Sixpence for any such Order on behalf of any Witnesses; and the Treasurer of the County is hereby directed and required, upon sight of such Order, forthwith to pay to such Prosecutor, or other person authorized to receive the same, such sum and sums of Money as aforesaid; and such Treasurer shall be allowed the same in his Accounts.

WHEREAS by an Act of Parliament, made and passed in the Twentyfifth year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Second, intituled, "An Act for preventing Thefts and Robberies, and for regu

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Act 25 G. 2.
Notice by this
Act directed

to be given
to Constables,

cases.

lating Places of Public Entertainment, and punishing Persons keep- in certain ing disorderly Houses," it is amongst other things enacted, “That

"if any Two Inhabitants of any parish or place paying scot and "bearing lot therein, do give Notice in writing to any Constable, or "other Peace Officer of the like nature where there is no Constable of "such parish or place, of any person keeping a Bawdy-house,

Gaming-house, or any other disorderly house in such parish or place, "the Constable or such Officer as aforesaid so receiving such Notice, "shall forthwith go with such Inhabitants to one of His Majesty's "Justices of the Peace of the County, City, Riding Division or Liberty in which such parish or place does lie, and shall, upon such "Inhabitants making Oath before such Justice, that they do believe "the contents of such Notice to be true, and entering into a Recogni"zance in the penal sum of Twenty Pounds each, to give or produce "material evidence against such person for such Offence enter into

a Recognizance in the penal sum of Thirty Pounds. to prosecute "with effect such person for such Offence at the next General or "Quarter Sessions of the Peace, or at the next Assizes to be holden "for the County in which such parish or place does lie, as to the said "Justice shall seem meet:" And whereas it is expedient, that when any Two Inhabitants of any parish or place paying scot and bearing lot therein, shall give Notice in Writing to any Constable of such parish or place, of any person keeping a Bawdy-house, Gaminghouse, or any other disorderly house, in such parish or place, that the Overseers of the Poor of such parish or place shall have Notice thereof; THEREFORE, BE it Enacted, and it is hereby Enacted, That a Copy of the Notice which shall be given to such Constable, shall also be served on or left at the Places of Abode of the Overseers of the Poor of such parish or place, or one of them, and such Overseers or Overseer of the Poor shall be summoned, or have reasonable Notice to attend before such Justice of the Peace before whom such Constable shall have Notice to attend, and if such Overseers or Overseer of the Poor shall who are to then and there enter into such Recognizance to prosecute such Offender as the Constable is in and by the said Act required to enter into, then C

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it

To be given

by the Overseers of the

Poor ;

CLAUSE (B.)

In Places

which do not contribute to the County Rate, and

have no pub

lic Stock, a

to be levied

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it shall not be necessary for, nor shall such Constable be required to enter into such Recognizance, but if such Overseers or Overseer of the Poor shall neglect to attend such Justice on having such Notice, or shall attend, and shall decline or refuse to enter into such Recognizance to prosecute, then such Constable shall enter into the same, and shall prosecute, and shall be entitled to his Expenses, to be allowed as in and by the said Act is directed.

And whereas there are several Cities, Towns Corporate, and Places, which do not contribute to the Payment of any County Rate, and have no Town Rate or Public Stock; and Doubts may arise whether such Cities, Towns Corporate and Places, can be legally rated and assessed towards the Payments by this Act directed to be made; BE it thereseparate Rate fore Enacted, That in all such Cases, the said Costs, Charges, Expenses, Sum and Sums of Money, and Compensations, shall be raised, levied, collected and paid, within such Cities, Towns Corporate, and Places, by a separate Rate and Assessment, to be made by the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the several Parishes and Precincts within such Cities, Towns Corporate and Places, and by such and the like ways, methods and means, as the Rates for the relief of the Poor are, can or may be raised, levied and collected, in such Cities, Towns Corporate and Places.

CLAUSE(C.)
Where Sums

are too small
to be raised
by a separate
Rate, to be
paid out of
the Poor's
Rate.

And whereas it may happen that the Sums of Money to be raised in the said Cities, Towns Corporate and Places, or some or one of them, for the Payments by this Act directed to be made, may be so small that it may not be convenient to make an equal separate Rate and Assessment for the same, upon the said Parishes and Precincts, within such Cities, Towns Corporate and Places: BE it Enacted, That in such last mentioned case, and when and so often as the same shall happen, the said Costs, Charges, Expenses, Sum and Sums of Money, and Compensations, shall and may, by order of the said Court before whom any such Person may be tried as aforesaid, be paid out of the Monies from time to time raised for the relief of the Poor, in the said several Cities, Towns Corporate and Places, and the Treasurers or Persons from time to time having the management of the said Monies raised for the relief of the Poor, in the same Cities, Towns Corporate and Places respectively, are hereby authorized and required to pay the said Sums of Money so ordered to be paid as aforesaid, out of the said last mentioned Monies, when and as often as the same shall be so ordered; provided always, that should there be more Parishes than one in the same District, the Payments are to be made and levied in such Rates and Proportions as the respective Parishes pay to the Poor Rate.

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FOR

Building and promoting the building of additional
Churches in populous Parishes.

Note.-The Figures in the Margin denote the Number of the Folios in the written Copy.

the Population of Great Britain, and more Preamble. particularly in The Metropolis and its vicinity, and in other Cities and great Towns, has greatly increased, and the Churches and Chapels now existing in the Metropolis and its vicinity, and in many great and populous Parishes and extra-parochial Places, are inadequate to the accommodation of the inhabitants thereof: And whereas it is therefore necessary that such evil should be remedied, and that additional Churches and Chapels for the celebration of Divine Service, according to the rites of the united Church of England and Ireland, as by Law established, should be erected and maintained in such Parishes and Places, and that a certain number of Free Seats should be made therein :

And whereas His Royal Highness The Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, is desirous of aiding his Subjects in the establishing additional Churches in such Parishes and Places as may require the same;

May it therefore please Your MAJESTY,

That it may be Enacted; And be it Enarted by The KING's Most His Majesty Excellent MAJESTY, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords rize CommieSpiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, THAT it shall be lawful for the KING's most Excellent Majesty, by Warrant or Warrants

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