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
after such Assessment made, by like Warrant under their Hands and Seals,
to authorize the said respective Church-wardens and Overfeers 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 Justices 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 Encouragement 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 Guardian of the Poor of the said City, and to continue in
the said Office, as long as to the said Corporation shall seem meet.
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 soever they be, except such as
shall be otherwise Efficiently 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 and
Residing within the said City or any Part thereof; and shall have Power
to apprehend or cause to be apprehended any Rogues, Vagrants, or
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 Alms-house or Hospital,
or any other charitable Gift or Use, 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.
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