A Discourse on Trade, and Other Matters Relative to itCary, John
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A Discourse on Trade, and Other Matters Relative to it
Cary, John
Great Britain -- Commerce -- Early works to 1800; Great Britain -- Commercial policy -- Early works to 1800
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the said Court
or Assembly so constituted, as aforesaid, shall have, and hereby have
Power to inflict such reasonable Correction and Punishment on any poor
Person or Persons within the said Hospital or Hospitals, Work-house or
Work-houses, House or Houses of Correction, that shall not conform to
such Rules, Orders and Ordinances so made, as aforesaid, or misbehave
themselves in the same; and that the said Court or Assembly so
constituted, as aforesaid, shall have, and hereby have Power to appoint a
Committee to consist of One and Twenty of the Guardians at the least,
who, or any five of them, of which two shall be Assistants, shall from
time to time, or at any time until the next Court, have Power to inflict
such reasonable Correction and Punishment, as aforesaid, on any such poor
Person or Persons offending as aforesaid.
And for the better carrying on so Pious and Charitable a Work, 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
needful for the Building and Erecting of such Hospitals, Work-houses, or
Houses of Correction, so that the same do not exceed the Sum of five
Thousand Pounds, to be raised within the Space of three Years, or any
longer Time, as to them shall seem meet, 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 Weekly, Monthly, or other Sums,
shall be needful 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 exceed
what hath been paid in the said City towards the Maintenance of the Poor
thereof, in any one of the three 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 Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of
each respective Parish and Precinct, to Assess the same respectively; and
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