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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82383	Anno regni Gulielmi III. Regis Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ, septimo & octavo. At the parliament begun at Westminster the two and twentieth day of November, anno Dom. 1695 In the seventh year of the reign of our sovereign lord William the third, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c.; Public General Acts. 1695-1696 7 & 8 Gul.III.c.32	England and Wales.	1696 (1696)	Wing E1033D; ESTC R232779	7,996	11

Anno Regni GULIELMI III. REGIS Angliae Scotiae Franciae Hiberniae Septimo Octavo At the Parliament begun at Westminster the Two and twentieth Day of November Anno Dom. 1695. In the Seventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord WILLIAM the Third by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. W R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DOIT LONDON Printed by Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceas'd Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty M DC XCVI Anno Septimo Octavo Gulielmi III. Regis An Act for Erecting of Hospitals and Work-houses within the City of Bristoll for the better Employing and Maintaining the Poor thereof WHereas it is found by Experience That the Poor in the City of Bristoll do daily multiply and Idleness and Debauchery amongst the meaner Sort doth greatly Increase for want of Work-houses to set them to Work and a sufficient Authority to Compel them thereto as well to the Charge of the Inhabitants and Grief of the Charitable and Honest Citizens of the said City as the great Distress of the Poor themselves for which sufficient Redress hath not yet beén Provided For Remedy whereof Be it Enacted by the Kings most Excellent Majesty by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in Parliament Assembled and by the Authority of the same That from and after the Twelfth Day of May which shall be in the Year of our Lord One thousand six hundred ninety and six there be and shall be a Corporation to continue for ever within the said City of Bristoll and the County thereof consisting of the several Persons herein after mentioned that is to say of the Mayor and Aldermen for the time being and of Eight and forty other Persons to be Chosen out of the Honestest and Discreétest Inhabitants of the said City and County by the Eleven Wards in the said City and the Castle Precincts there which to all Intents and Purposes shall be from henceforth for ever a Ward within the said City that is to say Four out of each Ward and of such other Charitable Persons as shall be Elected and Constituted Guardiaus of the Poor of the said City in manner as is herein after Expressed And the said First Eight and forty Persons shall be Elected at a Court for that Purpose to be held within each Ward by the Alderman of the same or his Deputy by the Votes of the Inhabitants of such Ward Paying One Peny per Weék or more in his own Right for and towards the Relief of the Poor of the said City or of the major Part of them then present And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Eight and forty Persons shall be chosen in manner as aforesaid the said Twelfth day of May next following and shall continue in their Office until others shall be Elected in their Rooms according to the direction herein after mentioned And in case any of the said Persons so Elected or any other Person Elected in their Room shall after their respective Elections happen to die That then it shall and may be Lawful 〈◊〉 and for the Alderman of the Ward for which such Person so Dying was Elected or his Deputy at a Court to be held within the said Ward for that purpose within the space of Ten days next after the Death of such Persons to Elect others in their place in manner as aforesaid which Court and Election such Alderman or his Deputy is and are hereby required to Hold and Make Which said Mayor and Aldermen and Forty eight Persons and such other Charitable Persons so Elected and Constituted for the time being shall be called Guardians of the Poor of the City of Bristoll And to the intent that the said Guardians so Elected out of the said Wards may have perpetual Succession Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said respective Aldermen for the time being or their respective Deputies shall and may and are hereby required on the First Thursday in April in every Second Year from henceforth to hold a Court in their respective Wards and then and there by the Votes of the Inhabitants of such Ward so qualified as aforesaid or of the Majority of them then present to Elect and Choose Two of the Honestest and Discreétest Persons out of the said Inhabitants of the said City to be Guardians of the Poor of the said City for the said Ward which said Two Persons so Elected shall be Guardians and shall Succeéd the Two Persous before that time first Elected and then being Guardians for the said Ward and the said Two Persons so first Elected shall immediately upon such Election and Notice thereof given to them cease to be Guardians And be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Mayor Aldermen Eight and forty Persons and such other Charitable Persons Elected and Constituted as is herein mentioned and expressed for the time being shall for ever hereafter in Name and Fact be One Body Politick and Corporate in Law to all Intents and Purposes and shall have a perpetual Succession and be called by the Name of the Governour Deputy Governour Assistants and Guardians of the Poor in the said City of Bristoll And that they shall be Enabled to Plead and Sue and to be Sued and Impleaded by that Name in all Courts and Places of Iudicature within this Kingdom and by that Name shall and may without Licence in Mortmain Purchase Take or Receive any Lands Tenements or Hereditaments of the Gift Alienation or Demise of any Person or Persons who are hereby without further Licence Enabled to Transfer the same and any Goods and Chattels whatsoever for the Vse and Benefit of the Corporation aforesaid And for the better Governing of the said Corporation the said Mayor Aldermen and Eight and forty Persons or the Majority of them shall have and hereby have Authority to meet on the Nineteenth Day of May next following in St. Georges Chappel in the said City or in some other convenient Place there and shall on that Day or any other Day or Time that to them shall seem convenient Elect and Constitute out of and from amongst themselves the several Officers following that is to say One Governour One Deputy Governour One Treasurer and Twelve Assistants to continue in the said Office for One Year and no longer And from thenceforth the said Governour Deputy Governour Assistants Treasurer and other Officers shall yearly and every Year by the said Mayor Aldermen Forty eight Persons and such other Charitable Persons as shall be Elected and Constituted as is herein mentioned and expressed or the Majority of them be Elected and Constituted out of and from amongst themselves on the Second Thursday in the Month of April or any other Day or Time as they shall think convenient to continue in their respective Offices for

Charitable a Week Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That it shall and may be Lawful for the said Corporation in their said Courts or Assemblies from time to time to set down and ascertain what Sum or Sums of Money shall be neédful for the Building and Erecting of such Hospitals Work houses or Houses of Correction so that the same do not exceéd the Sum of Five thousand Pounds to be raised within the space of Threé Years or any longer time as to them shall seém meét by such Quarterly or other Payments as they in their discretion shall think fit And also from time to time to Set down and Ascertain what Weékly Monthly or other Sums shall be neédful for the maintenance of the Poor in the said Hospital or Hospitals Work-house or Work-houses House or Houses of Correction or within the Care of the said Corporation so that the same do not exceéd what hath beén Paid in the said City towards the maintenance of the Poor thereof in any one of the Threé last Years And shall and may under their Common Seal certify the same unto the Mayor and Aldermen of the said City for the time being which said Mayor and any Two of the Aldermen or any Five of the said Aldermen without the Mayor may and are hereby Required from time to time to cause the same to be Raised and Levied by Taxation of every Inhabitant and of all Lands Houses Tythes impropriate Appropriation of Tythes and all Stocks and Estates in the said City and County of the same in equal proportion according to their respective Worth and Values And in order thereunto the said Mayor and any Two of the said Aldermen or any Five of the said Aldermen without the Mayor shall have Power and are hereby Required indifferently to proportion out the said Sum and Sums upon each Parish and Precinct within the said City and by their Warrants under their Hands and Seals to Authorize and Require the Churchwardens and Overseérs of the Poor of each respective Parish and Precinct to Assess the same respectively And after such Assessment made by like Warrant under their Hands and Seals to Authorize the said respective Churchwardens and Overseérs to Demand Gather and Receive the same and for Non-payment thereof being Lawfully Demanded to Levy the same by Distress and Sale of the Goods of the Offender restoring the Surplusage to the Party so Distrained And if no Distress can be found then it shall and may be Lawful to and for the said Mayor and any Two of the Aldermen or any Five of the said Aldermen without the Mayor to commit such Offender to Prison there to remain without Bail or Mainprize till the same shall be Paid And after the same shall be Received to Pay the same unto the Treasurer of the said Corporation for the time being Provided always That if any Person or Persons Parish or Precinct find him or themselves to be unequally Taxed or Assessed he or they may Appeal to the Iustices of the Peace of the said City and County at their next General Quarter Sessions after such Assessment made and demanded who shall and hereby have full Power and Authority to take and make a final Order therein And for the Incouragement of such as shall be Benefactors to so good a Design Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Man Charitably Disposed shall give One hundred Pounds or more towards carrying on the said Work It shall and may be Lawful for the said Corporation at a Court where there shall be present Three and thirty of the said Guardians at the least to Elect and Constitute such Charitable Person to be a Guardian of the Poor of the said City and to continue in the said Office as long as to the said Corporation shall seém meét And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Corporation shall have the Care of and Provide for the Maintenance of all the Poor of the said City of what Age or Kind soever they be except such as shall be otherwise sufficiently Provided for by the Charitable Gifts of other Persons or in Hospitals or Alms-houses within the said City already Erected And in order thereunto shall have full Power to Examine Search and See what Poor Persons there are come into Inhabiting or Residing within the said City or any Part thereof And shall have Power to Apprehend or cause to be Apprehended any Rogues Vagrants Sturdy Beggars or Idle or Disorderly Persons within the said City and the County thereof and to cause them to be kept and set to Work in the said Work-houses Hospitals or Houses of Correction for the Space of Three Years Provided always and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That this Act or any thing herein contained shall not any ways extend to give the said Corporation any Power or Authority over any Almshouse or Hospital or any other Charitable Gift or Vse within the said City already Given Settled or Erected but that the same shall be wholly exempted therefrom any thing herein to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Corporation in their said Court or Assembly shall have hereby Power to Choose and Entertain all such other Officers as shall be neédful to be Employed in and about the Premisses and them or any of them from time to time to remove as they shall seé Cause and upon the Death or Removal of them or any of them to choose others in their place and to make and give such reasonable Allowances to them or any of them out of the Stock or Revenue belonging to the said Corporation or Hospitals as they shall think fit Provided always and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That no Officer or Officers who shall be Elected Chosen Appointed or Employed in the Execution of or by Virtue of this Act or any of the Powers or Authorities thereby given shall be liable for or by reason of such Office or Execution to any of the Penalties mentioned in an Act made the Five and twentieth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second for the preventing the Dangers which may happen from Popish Recusants And it is further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Treasurer for the time being and all other Officers belonging to the said Corporation Hospitals Work-houses or Houses of Correction shall from time to time before such Person or Persons as the said Corporation shall thereto appoint Account for such Moneys Stock and other Things belonging to the said Corporation Hospitals Work-houses or Houses of Correction as shall come to their respective Hands or be under their respective Care upon every reasonable warning and notice thereof by the said Corporation to them respectively given And on their Neglect or Refusal to Account as aforesaid shall or may be by the said Mayor or any Two of the said Aldermen Committed to the County Goal for the said City and County of Bristoll there to Remain without Bail or Mainprize until they shall become Conformable and account as aforesaid And if upon such Account there shall appear any thing to be in their Hands belonging to the said Corporation Hospitals Work houses or Houses of Correction they shall Pay and Deliver the same as the said Corporation shall Direct or Give such Security for the same as the said Corporation shall approve of on pain to Forfeit Double the Value thereof to be Recovered by the said Corporation by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information in which no Protection Essoign or Wager of Law or any more than One Imparlance shall be admitted or allowed And it is further Enacted That all other Pains Penalties and Forfeitures by this Act appointed shall be Levied by Distress and Sale of the Offenders Goods by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of the said Treasurer for the time being Restoring to the Offender the Overplus And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Person or Persons shall be Sued for any Matter or Thing which he shall do in Execution of this Act he may Plead the General Issue and give the Special Matter in Evidence And if the Verdict shall Pass for the Defendant or the Plaintiff shall be Nousuited or Discontinue his Suit the Defendant shall Recover his Treble Costs And this Act shall be Taken and be Allowed in all Courts within this Kingdom as a Publick Act And all Iudges and Iustices are hereby Required as such to take notice thereof without specially Pleading the same And all Mayors Iustices Sheriffs Bayliffs Constables and all other Officers and Ministers of Iustice are hereby Required to be Aiding and Assisting to the said Corporation and to all such Officers as shall be Employed by them or any of them in the Execution of this Act or any of the Powers or Authorities hereby given FINIS