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A74376
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An act impowering several commissioners to put in execution all and every the powers and authorities heretofore given to the commissioners for compounding with delinquents, and for managing of all estates under sequestration, and to the committee for advance of money formerly sittting [sic] at Haberdashers-hall.
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England and Wales.
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1650
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Thomason E1060_97
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An Additional Act For the better Observation of the LORDS-DAY DAYS OF THANKS-GIVING AND HUMILIATION Die Veneris Decimo nono Aprilis 1650. ORdered by the Parliament That this Act be forthwith printed and published Hen Scobell Cleric Parliamenti London Printed by Edward Husband and Iohn Field Printers to the Parliament of England 1650. An Additional Act For the better Observation of the LORDS-DAY DAYS OF THANKS-GIVING AND HUMILIATION FOr the more effectual executing of all such Laws Statutes and Ordinances of Parliament for the due Observation Sanctification of the Lords-Day days of Publique Humiliation and Thanksgiving And for the further preventing the prophanation thereof It is Enacted and Declared by this present Parliament and by the Authority of the same That all and every High Constable Petty Constable Headborough Church-warden or Overseer of the Poor or other Officers or any of the Governors of the Company of Watermen upon their own view of knowledge of any the offence or offences committed or done against any Article Clause or Provision of any the said Laws Statutes or Ordinances and all and every person and persons whatsoever by Warrant from any Iustice of Peace Major Bayliff or other Head-Officer are hereby authorized and required to seize and secure all such Wares or Goods cryed shewed forth or put to sale upon the days and times aforesaid contrary to this present Act or any Statute or Ordinance of Parliament to the end proceedings may be thereupon had according to the true intent and meaning of this present Act or any the said Laws Statutes and Ordinances And it is further Enacted That no Traveller Waggoner Butcher Higler Drover their or any of their Servants shall travel or come into his or their Inn or Lodging after Twelve of the Clock on any Saturday night nor shall any person travel from his House Inn or other place till after one a clock on Munday morning without good and urgent cause not incurred through the neglect or occasion of the person so doing to be allowed by any Iustice of the Peace or Head Officer before whom complaint shall be made upon pain that every such Traveller Waggoner Butcher Higler Drover and their Servants and also every Inn-keeper Alehouse-keeper that shall so entertain him or them shall each of them forfeit Ten shillings for every such offence And if any Writ Warrant or Order except in case of Treason Murther Felony or breach of the Peace prophanation of the Lords-Day days of Thanksgiving or Humiliation or suspition of them or either or any of them shall be from and after the First day of May in the year One thousand six hundred and fifty served or executed upon any the aforesaid days every such execution of such Writ Warrant or Order upon the said days respectively shall be and is hereby declared to be of no effect and the person or persons that shall serve or execute such Writ Warrant or Order or cause the same to be served or executed shall forfeit and pay to the use of the poor of the Parish where such Offence shall be committed Five pounds to be levied upon his or their Goods and Chattels in maner aforesaid rendring the overplus And it is further Enacted and Declared by the authority aforesaid That no person or persons shall use imploy or travel upon the Lords-Day or the said days of Humiliation or Thanksgiving with any Boat Wherry Lighter Barge Horse Coach or Sedan either in the City of London or elsewhere except it be to or from some place for the service of God or upon other extraordinary occasion to be allowed by the next Iustice of Peace to the place where the said fact shall be committed upon pain that every such person or persons that shall use such Boat Wherry Lighter Barge Horse Coach or Sedan contrary to the true meaning of this present Act except it be in the cases aforesaid shall for every such Offence forfeit and lose the sum of Ten shillings and that every Boat-man Sedan-man Coach-man or other person that shall so labor or travel in or with any such Boat Wherry Lighter Barge Sedan Horse or Coach shall forfeit for every such offence Five shillings And it is further Enacted and Declared That every person and persons which upon the said Lords-Day days of Humiliation or Thanksgiving shall be in any Tavern Inn Ale-house Tobacco-house or Shop or Victualling-house unless he lodge there or be there upon some lawful or necessary occasion to be allowed of by such Iudge Iustice or other person who is authorized by this Act to put the same in execution and every person or persons which upon the said days shall be dancing prophanely singing drinking or tipling in any Tavern Inn Alehouse Victualling-house or Tobacco-house or Shop or shall harbor or entertain any person or persons so offending or which shall grinde or cause to be ground in any Mill any Corn or Grain upon any the said days except in case of necessity to be allowed by a Iustice of the Peace every such Offender shall forfeit and pay the sum of Ten shillings for every such offence to be levied as aforesaid And for the more vigorous and due execution of the Laws Statutes and Ordinances aforesaid and of this present Act It is hereby further Enacted That every Iustice of the Peace Head-Officer or Officers of every Town Corporate or place and every Constable Headborough Church-warden Overseer of the Poor and Governors of the Company of Watermen and other persons authorized as aforesaid are hereby required and enjoyned to make diligent search for the discovering finding out apprehending and punishing of all Offenders against this and other Laws Ordinances and Acts made for the observation of the Lords-Day and days of Publique Fasting and Thanksgiving And if any the said Iustices of the Peace and other Officers aforesaid upon view or information of any the said offences to be committed shall be negligent or refuse to do his duty in putting this or other the said Ordinances Laws or Acts in execution every such Iustice of the Peace or other Head-Officer upon proof thereof before the Lord Chief Iustice of either Bench or Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer or before any Iudge or Iudges of Assize by one or more witnesses or by view or confession of the party shall for every such Offence incur the penalty of Five pounds and upon refusal of payment thereof to be levyed on his Goods or Chattels by Warrant from the said Lord Chief Iustices or Lord Chief Baron Iudge or Iudges of Assize respectively by distress and sale of the Goods of every such person returning the overplus and every High Constable Petty Constable Church-warden and other Officer shall forfeit and pay for his neglect aforesaid the sum of Twenty shillings and for default of payment thereof the same to be levyed by Warrant from any Iustice of the Peace directed to the High Constable of the Hundred or other Officer where the Offence shall be committed
for the levying of the said penalty by way of distress and sale of the Offenders Goods and returning the Overplus as aforesaid And all other penalties imposed by this Act for which no way of levying is provided by the said former Laws and Ordinances shall be levied by Warrant from any one Iustice of Peace Major Bayliff or Head Officer by Distress and sale of the Offenders Goods and for want of payment thereof or such distress to be found by setting the Offenders in the Stocks or Cage for the space of six hours And it is likewise Enacted and Declared That all Iudges Iustices of Assize and Iustices of Peace at their Assizes or Quarter-Sessions shall in their several and respective Circuits and Courts give in charge to the Grand Iury to inquire of and present all neglects of Iustices Constables and other Officers in the due execution of this present Act and other Laws Ordinances and Statutes made for the observation of the Lords-Day and days of Publique Fasting and Thanksgiving who are hereby strictly commanded to present the same And it is also hereby Enacted That the Lord Major and Aldermen Sheriffs and Iustices of Peace of the City of London County of Middlesex and City of Westminster and Borough of Southwark together with the Heads and Governors of the several Inns of Court and Chancery and all and every Iustice of Peace Majors Bayliffs and other Head Officers and every of them are hereby authorized and required to take a speedy and effectual course by such means as they shall think most meet within their respective Iurisdictions to restrain as aforesaid the prophanation of the said days upon pain that the Lord Major Aldermen Sheriffs and Iustices in London and Middlesex and Westminster Heads of the several Inns of Court and Chancery Iustices and other Head Officers which shall neglect to do what belongs to their several duties and places therein shall forfeit the sum of Five pounds to be levied in such maner as the Fines imposed on Iustices of Peace for their neglects are hereby appointed to be levied as aforesaid And it is Enacted and Declared by the authority aforesaid That this Act be forthwith printed and bound up together with all the former Statutes and Ordinances now in force for observation of the Lords-Day Publique Fasting and Thanksgiving days and published by the Iustice of Peace or Chief Officer or Officers aforesaid and read at their next Quarter-Sessions after they shall receive the same and also by them sent unto or left at the several houses of the Ministers of the respective Parishes within their respective limits who are hereby required and appointed in all the Churches and Chappels within this Commonwealth publiquely to read or cause to be read all and every the said Statutes and Ordinances so bound up together the next Lords-Day after he or they shall receive the same before the morning Sermon and that afterwards once every year viz. Vpon the first Lords-Day in March before the morning Sermon they read or cause to be read likewise this present and the former Acts and Ordinances aforesaid the due performance whereof the said Iustices of Peace and other Head Officers are commanded to inquire after and certifie the names of the persons making default in reading and publishing the premises acording to this present Act to the Speaker of the Parliament and in the intervals thereof to the Councel of State and the Iustices of Peace at their Quarter-Sessions shall duly cause this Act together with the said Statutes and Ordinances to be openly read And it is lastly Enacted That in any Action brought against any Iustice of Peace Constable or any other Officer or person acting or doing or commanding to be acted or done any thing in pursuance of this or any former Law Act or Ordinance now in force touching or concerning any the Offences or matters aforesaid the Defendant in every such Action shall and may plead the General Issue and give the special matter in Evidence and upon the Non-Suit of the Plaintiff or verdict passing for the Defendant the party Defendant shall have and recover his and their treble Costs or at the election of such party shall have his reparation by the Committee of Parliament for Indempnity And it is hereby Ordained That all persons whatsoever shall be ayding and assisting to all Iustices of Peace Head Officers Constables and other Officers and persons in the execution of this or the said former Acts and Ordinances in and concerning the premises Die Veneris Decimo nono Aprilis 1650. ORdered by the Parliament That this Act be forthwith Printed and Published Hen Scobell Cleric Parliamenti