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A82492 An additional Act for burying in woollen; Public General Acts. 1680-1681. 32 Car.II.c.1-2 + Table England and Wales.; England and Wales. Public General Acts. 1680-1681. 32 Car.II.c.1.; England and Wales. Public General Acts. 1680-1681. 32 Car.II.c.2.; England and Wales. Public General Acts. 1680-1681. 32 Car.II. Table. 1685 (1685) Wing E1168D; ESTC R231761 4,134 12

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Anno Regni CAROLI II. REGIS Angliae Scotiae Franciae Hiberniae TRICESIMO SECUNDO At the Parliament Summoned to beign at Westminster on the Seventeenth day of October 1679. in the One and thirtieth year of our Sovereign Lord CHARLES the Second by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. and by several Prorogations continued to the 21st day of October 1680. in the 32d year of His said Majesties Reign And thence continued to the 10th of January next ensuing on which day the following Acts passed the Royal Assent C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT LONDON Printed by the Assigns of John Bill Deceas'd And by Henry Hills and Thomas Newcomb Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1685. Cum Privilegio Anno XXXII Caroli II. Regis An Additional Act for Burying in Woollen WHereas in one Act of Parliament Passed in the Thirtieth year of His Majesties Reign that now is Entituled An Act for Burying in Woollen it was amongst other things Enacted and Ordained That the Affidavits which were to be made of any persons being Interred in Woollen according to the directions in the faid Act should be made or taken before some one Iustice of the Peace or Master of Chancery Ordinary or Extraordinary Mayor Bayliff or other Chief Officer of the City County Borough Corporation or Market-Town in the County where the said Party was Buried who are thereby Authorized and Required to Administer the said Oath and to Attest the same under their hands upon such Affidavit gratis And whereas by reason of the distance of the Habitations of the persons before whom such Affidavit is to be made and other accidents divers persons who have had occasion to make such Affidavits have beén necessitated to travel many miles for the making thereof to their great loss of time and hindrance of their other affairs Be it therefore Enacted and it is hereby Enacted by the Kings most Excellent Majesty by and with the Advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the Authority of the same That from and after the Second day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred and eighty where no Iustice of the Peace shall reside or be to be found in any Parish where any Party shall be Interred the said Oaths or Affidavits may be Administred not onely by any Iustice of the Peace or Master of Chancery Ordinary or Extraordinary Mayor Bailiff or other Chief Officer of the City County Borough Corporation or Market-town in the County where any Party was Buried but also that the Parsons Vicars and Curates in every Parish or Chappel of Ease within the County where any Party shall be Interred except ouery the Parson Vicar and Curate of the Parish or Chappel of Ease where the Party is Interred concerning whose Interment in Woollen such Affidavit is to be made be and are hereby Authorized and Required to Administer the said Oaths or Affidavits and to attest the same under their hands gratis And that every such Affidavit taken before them shall be of like force and effect as if the same had beén taken and Administred by the Persons Authorized to Administer the same by the Act aforesaid Anno XXXII Caroli II. Regis An Act Prohibiting the Importation of Cattel from Ireland WHereas as Act of Parliament was made in the Eighteénth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord the King that now is Intituled An Act against Importing Cattel from Ireland and other parts beyond the Seas and Fish taken by Foreigners which was to continue until the end of Seven years and from thence to the end of the first Session of the next Parliament which is now expired And forasmuch as by long experience the said Law hath beén found to be very beneficial to this Kingdom Be it Enacted by the Kings most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and the Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the Authority of the same That the said Act and every Clause Article and Thing therein contained together with the Additions and Alterations herein after mentioned and expressed shall from and after the Second day of February which shall be in the year of our Lord God One thousand six hundred and eighty be revived continue and remain and is hereby revived and continued in force to all intents constructions and purposes for ever And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That not onely the Constables Off●cers and Inhabitants mentioned in the aforesaid recited Act but any and every other person and persons whatsoever shall and may take and Seize in any place or places whatsoever the Cattel and Goods Imported contrary to the said recited Act and that all and every such person and persons that shall Seize as aforesaid shall from time to time have the benefit and advantage hereafter g●ven by this Act to any Seizor or Seizors whatsoever And to prevent all fraudulent Seizures Sales and Composit ous to be made by any person or persons whatsoever in any Parish or Place whatsoever where any great Cattel Sheép or Swine shall be Imported or found contrary to this or the Act aforesaid and to make the Prohibitions therein more effectual Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and every the respective Seizor or Se●zors of such Cattel Sheép or Swine shall within six days after conv●ction and forfeiture thereof cause the said Cattel Sheép and Swine to be killed and the Hides and Tallow of such great Cattel Sheép and Swine shall be and remain to the use of the said Seizor or Seizors and the remainder of the said great Cattel Sheép and Swine shall be forthwith distributed amongst the Poor of the said Parish by the Church wardens and Overseérs of the Poor there or some of them upon notice thereof to be given them or any of them by such Seizor or Seizors as aforesaid Any thing in the said former Law or any other Law to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further Enacted That in case the said Seizor or Seizors or the Church-wardens and Overseérs of the Poor shall fail in their respective Duties in the Execution of this Act They and every of them respectivly shall forfeit the sum of Fourty shillings for every one of the great Cattel and Ten shillings for every sheép or Swine which should have beén Rilled and Distributed as aforesaid one moiety thereof to the Poor of the said Parish and the other moiety to the Informer The same to be Levyed by Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of the person or persons so offending by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of any Iustice of the Peace of the said County or Place where the said Offence shall be committed upon confession of the Party view of the said Iustice or Oath
thereof made before such Iustice by one or more credible Witness or Witnesses other then the Informer Which Oath the said Iustice hath hereby power to Administer rendring the Overplus to the Owners thereof necessary Charges of Distraining being first deducted And for want of such Distress the said Offender or Offenders to be committed to the common Goal of the said County or Place there to remain for the space of Threé months without Bail or Mainprize Provided always and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That neither this Act nor any other Act whatsoever hereafter made shall either hinder or be construed to extend to hinder the Importation of Stock-fish or live Eels into this Kingdom of England but that it shall and may be lawful to and for all and every person and persons whatsoever to Import into this Kingdom of England any Stock-fish or live Eels as aforesaid Any thing in this Act or any other Law Statute Vsage or Custom to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And whereas the present Laws do not sufficiently provide against the Importation of Mutton and Lamb out of Ireland and other parts beyond the Seas into this Kingdom but that great quantities thereof are daily Imported and Sold to the great loss and prejudice of this Kingdom Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That from and after the said Second day of February no Mutton or Lamb shall be Imported into this Kingdom from the Kingdom of Ireland or any foreign parts And all Mutton or Lamb Imported from Ireland or beyond the Seas or that shall be exposed to Sale within this Kingdom shall be subject to the like Seizures and the Importers and Sellers thereof respectively to the like penalties as are provided or appointed in any former Law against any Importer or Seller or Importation of any Beéf Pork or Bacon from the Kingdom of Ireland or any Foreign parts Any thing in this or any former Law or Statute to the contrary notwithstanding And whereas the present Laws do not sufficiently provide against the Importation of Butter and Cheése out of Ireland into this Kingdom but that great quantities thereof are daily Imported and Sold to the great loss and prejudice of this Kingdom Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That from and after the said Second day of February no Butter or Cheése shall be Imported into this Kingdom from the Kingdom of Ireland And all Butter and Cheése Imported from Ireland or that shall be exposed to Sale within this Kingdom shall be subject to the like Seizures and the Importers or Sellers thereof respectively to the like Penalties as are provided or appointed in any former Law against any Importer or Seller or Importation of any Beéf Bacon or Pork from the Kingdom of Ireland or any Foreign parts Any thing in this or any former Law or Statute to the contrary notwithstanding And for the more effectual Execution of this and the aforesaid Act Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any great Cattel Sheép or Swine shall be once or oftner Seized in pursuance of this or the aforesaid Act and afterwards either by permission connivance negligence or otherwise shall be removed into and found alive in any Parish or Place within the Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales or Town of Berwick upon Tweed other then such Parish or Place wherein they shall have beén respectively Seized That then the said Cattel Sheép and Swine shall be liable to like Seizure and the Seizor and Poor of the Parish or Place have like benefit and advantage and the Cattel Sheép and Swine be forfeited and the Proof be incumbent upon the Owner as if such Cattel had never before beén Seized And whereas divers persons on purpose to discourage others from making Seizure of Irish Cattel have intermixed some few English or other Cattel in Droves of Irish Cattel and so created many vexatious and chargeable Suits against those that have Seized Irish Cattel in pursuance of the aforesaid Act Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any English or other Cattel driven or intermixed with Irish Cattel shall be Seized together with them such Cattel so intermixed and Seized shall be deémed Irish Cattel and shall be subject to like forfeiture and be ordered and disposed of in all respects as if they were Irish Cattel and Imported contrary to this and the aforesaid Act. Provided that nothing in this Act shall be construed to extend to the Forfeiture or Seizing any Cattel that are or shall be in England before the said Second day of February ACTS Passed on the Tenth day of January 1680 1. in the Two and thirtieth year of the Reign of our most Gracious Sovereign Lord CHARLES the Second Publick Acts. 1. AN Additional Act for Burying in Woollen p. 3. 2. An Act Prohibiting the Importation of Cattel from Ireland p. 6. Private Act. AN Act for Rectifying several Errours and Mistakes in the Marriage-settlement of Sir Charles Hoghton Baronet FINIS