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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

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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