burghs, to

put this act in execution;

and to take

care that his Majelty's fer

vice be not neglected,

High fheriffs, &c. upon notice from the fecretary at war, to iffue precepts for fummoning the commiffioners to meet, and

felves.

parliament, made and paffed at Westminster in the fifteenth year of the reign of his prefent Majefty, (intituled, An act for granting an aid to his Majefly by a land tax, to be raised in Great Britain, for the service of the year one thousand seven hundred and Seventy five,) or any fubfequent act or acts of parliament for that purpofe, within the several and respective counties, hires, ftewartries, ridings, cities, boroughs, cinque-ports, towns, and places, therein particularly expreffed, who are still living, and have duly qualified themselves according to the faid acts, or fhall qualify themselves according to this present act, in that behalf, fhall be commiffioners for putting in execution this prefent act, and the powers therein contained, within and for the fame counties, hires, stewartries, ridings, cities, boroughs, cinque-ports, towns, and places, of Great Britain, for which they were fo named and appointed refpectively; and that all and every the acting juftices of the peace, and magistrates of corporations and burghs, in any part of Great Britain, who are or thall be acting in any of his Majefty's commiffions of the peace, or in the magistracy of fuch corporation or burgh, at any time during the execution of this act, although not fpecially named or appointed commiflioners by the faid act or acts), fhall be likewife commiffioners for putting in execution this prefent act, and all the powers therein contained, within the limits of their commiffions and jurifdictions refpectively all which commiffioners, by this act intrufted with the execution of the fame, are hereby strictly enjoined and required to use their utmost care and diligence that his Majefty's fervice in making fuch levies as aforesaid be not disappointed or neglected.

III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That the theriff of every county, or his deputy, immediately upon receiving notice for that purpofe from the fecretary at war, shall send precepts to the respective bailiffs, or others who are usually employed to fummon juries, although in liberties out of the ordinary jurifdiction of the faid fheriff, directing them to fummon the feveral juftices of the peace, and commiffioners of the land tax, in their refpective divifions and liqualify them- berties, to attend at the ufual place of meeting in every divifion, upon a certain day in the faid precepts named, (such day not to be named within fix days after the date of the faid precepts,) within the time limited by the fecretary at war, (notice of which day shall be sent to the war-office and admiralty upon the iffuing of the precepts by the fheriff,) to qualify themselves for the execution of this act, and the faid commifto the war. fioners fhall then and there appoint the feveral times and plaoffice, &c. ces for the fucceeding meetings, in each of their respective Commiffioners to ap. fubdivifions, during the continuance of this act, and fhall have point the power to adjourn, from time to time, as they shall find contimes and pla- venient; and the faid juftices of the peace, and commiffioners of the land tax, at fuch their first meeting, or at fome other fucceeding Meetings, and meeting to be held as foon as it can be conveniently, fhall iffue iffue precepts their precepts to the high conftables, headboroughs, or other

Notice of the day of meet ing to be fent

ces of their

proper

proper officers, for the refpective hundreds, lathes, rapes, wa- for that purpentakes, or other fubdivifions, within the faid counties, fhires, pofe to the high constaitewartries, ridings, or divifions, as aforefaid; which precepts bles, &c. fhall contain an account of the times and places appointed for the fucceeding meetings, and fhall be returnable on a day therein to be named; and fuch high conftables, headboroughs, or other proper officers, are hereby required forthwith to fignify the times and places so appointed for fuch meetings to the feveral commiffioners refiding within their respective districts; and the faid commiffioners affembled at fuch firft meeting fhall and to give also give notice of the time and place of all and every fucceed- notice thereof to fuch miliing meeting, to be appointed as aforesaid, to the secretary at tary officers as war, or to the military officer or officers whom they hall have all attend learned, by notice from the fecretary at war, or fecretary to the this service. admiralty, to be directed to attend this fervice.

curred in the

IV. Provided always, and it is hereby enacted, That all Sheriffs to be reasonable charges or expences incurred by any fheriff, or de- allowed the puty sheriff, in the execution of this act, thall be allowed in the expences inaccounts of such sheriff at the receipt of his Majesty's exche- execution of quer, or repaid by the lord high treasurer or the commiffioners this act. of the treafury for the time being.

fubdivifion

V. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That in cafe Provifo relatthe second meeting, appointed to be held in any fubdivifion, ing to fecond fhall be at so great a distance of time as to render it inconve- meetings. nient to issue warrants for bringing perfons before fuch commiffioners at the fecond meeting, then the commiffioners of fuch fubdivifion refpectively may adjourn themselves to fome convenient day previous to fuch fecond meeting, in order to iffue their warrants as aforefaid.

VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, CommiffionThat it fhall and may be lawful to and for the faid commiffio- ers, at their first meeting, ners, at their firft general meeting affembled, to appoint a clerk to attend them then, and at each of their fubfequent meetings, a clerk; may appoint and for the commiffioners of the feveral fubdivifions to appoint a clerk to attend them at their refpective meetings in each fubdivifion wherein foldiers are to be inlifted, as herein-after mentioned; and fuch refpective clerks, as a reward for their labour who shall reand pains in the execution of this act, shall be intituled to, and ceive 2s. for thall receive, for every man who shall be lifted in pursuance of every man lifted at their this act, at the meetings whereon they fhall refpectively attend, refpective the fum of two fhillings of lawful money of Great Britain, to be meetings. paid by the respective officers who fhall receive fuch new raised men respectively.

VII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That no perfon Commiffionor perfons, hereby appointed to be a commiffioner or com- ers in England miffioners for any county, riding, city, borough, cinque-port, not to act till or place, of England, Wales, or Berwick upon Tweed, (except taken the they have fuch as duly qualified themfelves to be justices of the peace, or oaths appoincommiffioners for executing the faid act for the land tax made ted by acts and paffed in the fifteenth year of his prefent Majesty's reign, or any fublequent act or acts of parliament for that purpose,) shall

be

1

r Geo. I.

be capable, in England, Wales, or Berwick upon Tweed, of acting as a commiflioner or commiffioners in the execution of this act, or executing any the powers of the commiffioners herein-mentioned, unless it be the power hereby given of adminiftering oaths, until fuch time as he or they hall have taken the oaths appointed by two acts of parliament, one made in the first year of the reign of his late majesty King George the Firft, (intituled, An alt for the further fecurity of his Majefty's perfon and government, and the fucceffion of the crown in the heirs of the late princefs Sophia, being proteftants; and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended prince of Wales, and his open and fecret abettors;) and the other made in the fixth year of the reign of his prefent Maand 6. Goe.III. jefty, (intituled, An act for altering the oath of abjuration and affurance; and for amending so much of an act of the feventh year of her late majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An act for the improvement of the union of the two kingdoms, as, after the time therein limited, requires the delivery of certain lifts and copies therein mentioned, to perfons indicted of high treafon or misprifion of treafon; which oaths it fhall and may be lawful to and for any two or more of the faid commiffioners to adminifter, and they are. hereby required to adminifter the fame to any other of the faid nor commif- commiffioners: and that no perfon or perfons hereby appointed fioners in Scot- to be a commiffioner or commiffioners for any part of Scotland, land, till they (except fuch as duly qualified themfelves, according to law, to have qualified be justices of the peace or commiffioners there for executing the laws there the said act for the land tax made and paffed in the fifteenth

themselves as

direct.

Commiffion

they have

taken the
oaths,

forfeit 200 l.

year of his Majefty's reign, or any fubfequent act or acts of parliament for that purpose,) fhall be capable of acting as a commiffioner or commiffioners in the execution of this prefent act, in any part of Scotland, until fuch time as he or they respectively shall have taken and fubfcribed the oaths of allegigance and abjuration, and have fubfcribed the affurance appointed by law to be taken and subscribed by perfons in offices of publick truft in Scotland.

VIII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That if any perers in England fon hereby appointed a commiffioner for any county, city, acting before riding, town, or place, in England, Wales, or Berwick upon Tweed, (except as before excepted) fhall presume to act as a commiffioner in the execution of this act, before he shall have taken the faid oaths which by this act he is required to take, and in the manner hereby prescribed, he shall forfeit to his Majesty the fum of two hundred pounds, to be recovered by action of debt, or on the cafe, bill, fuit, or information, in any of his Majesty's courts of record at Westminster, wherein no effoin, protection, wager of law, or more than one imparlance, fhall be allowed; and that if any perfon hereby appointed a commiffioner for any fhire, ftewartry, burgh, or place in Scotland, (except as before Scotland, 5ol. excepted), fhall prefume to act as a commiffioner in the execution of this act, before that he thall have qualified himself according to the laws in Scotland, he shall forfeit to his Majesty the fum of fifty pounds, to be recovered in the court of exchequer

and commif-
fioners in

in

in Scotland, in the fame manner as any other penalties are there recoverable.

fioners for

IX. Provided always, and be it enacted by the authority Qualification aforefaid, That no commiffioner of the land tax, not being a of commifjustice of the peace, or a magiftrate of a corporation or a bo- Counties at rough, thall be capable of acting as a commiffioner in the exe- large within cution of this act, or of any of the powers therein contained, in or England, for any county at large within England, or in or for any of the ridings in the county of York, unlefs fuch perfon by himself, or his tenants or trustees, was taxed or did pay, in the fame county or riding, for the value of one hundred pounds per annum, or more of his own eftate, by virtue of the laid act for the land tax, made and paffed in England, in the fifteenth year of his Majefty's reign, or any subsequent act or acts of parliament for that purpose; or unless such person so appointed to be a commissioner thall, at the time of the execution of this act, by himself, his tenants or trustees, enjoy an estate of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, of the faid yearly value of one hundred pounds, or more, within the faid county or riding refpectively; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding.

X. Provided always, and be it enacted, That no commif- and in Wales. fioner of the land tax, not being a justice of the peace, or a magiftrate of a corporation or a borough, fhall be capable of acting as a commiffioner in the execution of this act, or any of the powers therein contained, in or for any county within the dominion of Wales, unless such person by himself, or his tenants or trustees, was taxed or did pay, in the fame county, for the value of fixty pounds per annum, or more, of his own eftate, by virtue of the faid act for the land tax made and paffed in England in the fifteenth year of his Majesty's reign, or any fubfequent act, or acts of parliament for that purpose, or unless such person fo appointed to be a commiffioner fhall, at the time of the execution of this act, by himfelf, his tenants or trustees, enjoy an eftate of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, of the faid yearly value of fixty pounds, or more, within the faid county, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

XI. And it is hereby further enacted, That if any perfon Perfons difintended by this act to be disabled for the cause last mentioned, abled prefumfhall nevertheless prefume to act as a commiffioner in the exe- ing to act, forfeit 501. cution of this act, or any of the powers therein contained, every such person, for fuch offence, fhall forfeit the fum of fifty pounds, to any perfon or perfons who fhall inform or fue for the fame, to be recovered in any of his Majefty's courts of record at Westminster, or in the exchequer of Scotland, as aforefaid.

XII. Provided nevertheless, and it is hereby enacted, That Commiffionno perfon who is appointed to be a commiffioner for executing ers may act this act in any part of Great Britain, fhall be difabled, for the for any city. cause last-mentioned, from acting as a commiffioner within etc. whereof they are inha. and for any city, borough, cinque-port, or corporate town bitants, or for only, whereof he thall be an inhabitant at the time of the exe- inns of court.

cution

i

In cafe of in

commiffion

ers for any

cution of this act, or from acting as a commiffioner within any of the inns of court or inns of chancery.

XIII. And be it further enacted, That in cafe there fhall not fufficiency of be a fufficient number of commiffioners for any city, borough, town, port, or place of Great Britain, (for which by this act city, etc. thofe commiffioners are fpecially appointed,) capable of acting acfor the county cording to the refpective qualifications required by this act; at large, may then, and in every fuch cafe, any of the commiffioners appoint

act for the

fame.

Mayors, bailiffs, etc. may act as commiffoners speci

ally appointed.

No military

a commiffion er.

ed for the county or fhire or ftewartry at large, within which fuch city, borough, town or place, doth ftand, or which is next adjoining thereto, may act as commiffioners in the execution of this act, within fuch city, borough, town, port, or place, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

XIV. And whereas doubts may arife whether mayors, bailifs, and other chief magiftrates of cities, boroughs, towns corporate, and cinque-ports, for which commiffioners are specially appointed by virtue of the faid act for the land tax made in the fifteenth year of his Majefty's reign, or any fubfequent act or acts of parliament for that purpose, can act as commiffioners for executing this act, in the faid cities, boroughs, towns corporate, and cinque-ports; be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That all mayors, bailiffs, and other chief magiftrates, who are appointed commiffioners for executing this act, fhall be, and have power to act as commiffioners for executing this act, within and for any city, borough, town corporate, or cinque-port, wherein they inhabit at the time of executing this act, as well where commiffioners are specially appointed by this act, as where they are not.

XV. Provided always, and it is hereby enacted, That no perofficer may be fon who, at the time of the execution of this act, shall have any military office or employment in Great Britain, (other than in the militia, or any regiment of fencible men,) shall execute any power or authority by this act given to the commiffioners as aforefaid.

Commiffion

men as are

herein defcribed;

XVI. And it is hereby further enacted by the authority aforeers impower- faid, That the faid commiffioners, or any three or more of them, ed to levy fuch in their refpective places or ftations, fhall be, and are hereby authorised and impowered to raise and levy, and to caufe to be raised and levied, at any time or times during the continuance of this act, within their feveral limits and jurifdictions, all ablebodied idle and diforderly perfons, who cannot, upon examinaon, prove themselves to exercise and induftriously follow forne lawful trade or inployment, or to have some fubftance fufficient for their fupport and maintenance, to ferve his Majefty as foldiers; and to require and command all and every the high conftables, church wardens, overseers of the poor, petty conftaconftables, headboroughs, and tythingmen, and other parish and town officers, or any of them, within their respective limits and jurifdictions, to be aiding and affifting to them the faid commiffioners, or any three or more of them, in the performance of this his Majefty's fervice; and for that purpose the faid commiffioners, or any three or more of them, are to meet

and to call in the affistance

of parish and town officers;

and to meet in their fub. divisions.

in