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trar, and of two other credible witnesses, who shall respectively attest the same, he shall correct the erroneous entry, according to the truth of the case, by entry in the margin, without any alteration of the original entry, and shall sign the marginal entry, and add thereunto the day of the month and year when such correction shall be made: Provided also, that in the case of a marriage register he shall make the like marginal entry, attested in like manner in the duplicate marriage register book to be made by him as aforesaid, and in every case shall make the like alteration in the certified copy of the register book to be made by him as aforesaid, or in case such certified copy shall have been already made, provided he shall make and deliver in like manner a separate certified copy of the original erroneous entry, and of the marginal correction therein made.

Recovery of Penalties.

45. And be it enacted, that all fines and forfeitures by this act imposed, unless otherwise directed, shall be recovered before any two justices of the peace for the county, city, or place where the offence shall have happened, upon the information or complaint of any person; and if on the conviction of the offender, either on his or her confession, or by the oath of any one or more credible witness or witnesses, (which oath such justices are hereby empowered to administer,) such fines or forfeitures, with the costs of the conviction, shall not be forthwith paid, the same shall be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the offender, by warrant under the hand and seal of such justices; and for want of distress such justices may commit every such offender to the common gaol or house of correction for the county, city, or place, where the offender shall be committed, without bail or mainprize, for any term not exceeding one calendar month, unless such fine and forfeiture, and all reasonable charges attending the recovery thereof, shall be sooner paid; and one moiety of all such fines and forfeitures shall go to the person who shall inform and sue or prosecute for the same, and the other moiety shall go to the registrar general, or to such other person as the lords commissioners of the treasury shall appoint, for the use of his Majesty; and no distress made by virtue of this act shall be deemed unlawful, nor shall the party making the same be deemed a trespasser, on account of any defect or want of form in the summons, conviction, or warrant of distress, or on account of any irregularity which shall be afterwards committed by the party distraining, but the person or persons aggrieved by such irregularity shall recover full satisfaction for the special damages sustained in an action on the

case.

Appeal.

46. And be it enacted, that in all cases where the sum adjudged to be paid on any such summary conviction shall exceed five pounds, any person convicted may appeal to the next court of general or quarter sessions which shall be holden not sooner than twelve days after the day of such conviction for the county or other district wherein the cause of complaint shall have arisen ; provided that such person shall give to the complainant a notice in writing of such appeal, and of the cause and matter thereof, within three days after such conviction, and seven clear days at the least before such sessions, and shall also either remain in custody until the sessions, or enter into a recognizance, with two sufficient sureties, before a justice of the peace, conditioned personally to appear at the said sessions, and to try such appeal, and to abide the judgment of the court thereupon, and to pay such costs as shall be by the court awarded; and upon such notice being given, and such recognizance being entered into, the court at such sessions shall hear and determine the matter of the appeal, and shall make such order therein, with or without costs, to either party, as to the court shall seem meet, and in case of the dismissal of the appeal, or the affirmance of the conviction, shall order and adjudge the offender to be punished according to the conviction, and to pay

such costs as shall be awarded, and shall, if necessary, issue process for enforcing such judgment.

No Certiorari.

47. And be it enacted, that no such conviction or adjudication made on appeal therefrom shall be quashed for want of form, or be removed by certiorari or otherwise into any of his Majesty's superior courts of record, and no warrant of commitment shall be held void by reason of any defect therein, provided it be therein alleged that the party has been convicted, and there be a valid conviction to sustain the same.

Correspondence of Registrar General relating to this act to be free of Postage. 48. And be it enacted, that the registrar general may receive and send by the general post from and to places in England all letters and packets relating exclusively to the execution of this act free from the duty of postage, provided that such letters and packets as shall be sent to the registrar general be directed to the "registrar general of births, deaths, and marriages," at his office, and that all such letters and packets as shall be sent by the registrar general shall be in covers, with the words "registrar general of births, deaths, and marriages," printed on the same, and be sealed with the seal of the said register office, and be signed on the outside thereof under such words with the name of such person as the said registrar general, with the consent of the lords commissioners of the treasury, or any three or more of them, shall appoint, in his own handwriting, (such name to be from time to time sent to the secretary of the general post office in London,) and under such other regulations as the said lords commissioners, or any three or more of them, shall think fit; and if the person so to be appointed shall subscribe or seal any letter or packet whatever, except such only concerning which he shall receive the special direction of his superior officer, or which he shall himself know to relate exclusively to the execution of this act, or if the person so to be appointed, or any other person, shall send or cause to be sent under any such cover any letter, paper, or writing, or any inclosure, other than shall relate exclusively to the execution of this act, every person so offending shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred pounds, and be dismissed from his office; one moiety of such penalty to be paid to the use of his Majesty, his heirs and successors, and the other moiety to the use of the person who shall inform or sue for the same; to be sued for and recovered in any of his Majesty's courts of record at Westminster.

Registers of Baptisms and Burials may be kept as heretofore.

49. Provided always, and be it enacted, that nothing herein contained shall affect the registration of baptisms or burials as now by law established, or the right of any officiating minister to receive the fees now usually paid for the performance or registration of any baptism, burial, or marriage.

Registrar General to furnish Notices to Guardians of Unions, &c., specifying acts required to be done by Parties registering.

50. And be it further enacted, that the said registrar general shall, within three calendar months after his appointment to such office, furnish to the respective guardians of every union, parish, or place, printed notices, which the said guardians shall, as soon as conveniently may be after the receipt thereof, cause to be fixed or placed on the outside of the several church and chapel doors, or other public and conspicuous buildings or places, within their respective unions, parishes, or places, and which said notices shall specify the several acts required to be done by persons who may be desirous of solemnizing marriage, or of registering the birth of any child or the death of any person, under the provisions of this act.

VOL. X.-Oct. 1836.

James Hollingshead, Vicar.

SCHEDULE (D.)

I, John Cox, Registrar of Births and Deaths in the District of Marylebone, North, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, That this is a true Copy of the Registrar's Book of Births [or Deaths] within the said District, from the Entry of the Birth or Death] of James Green, No. 1, to the Entry of the Birth [or Death] of William Strange No. 34. Witness my hand this Seventh day of March, 1838. JOHN Cox, Registrar.

SCHEDULE (E.)

I, John Cox, Registrar of Births and Deaths in the District of Marylebone, North, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, That the Death of Henry Hastings was duly registered by me on the Seventh day of March, 1836. Witness my hand this Eighth day of March, 1836. JOHN Cox, Registrar.

SCHEDULE (f.)

I, James Smith, Coroner for the County of Dorset, do hereby order the burial of the Body now shown to the Inquest Jury as the Body of John Jones. Witness my hand this Eighth day of March, 1836. JAMES SMITH, Coroner.

SCHEDULE (G.)

I, Gilbert Elliott, Vicar of Barming in the County of Kent, do hereby certify, That I have this Day baptized by the Name of Thomas, a Male Child, produced to me by William Green, as the Son of William Green and Rebecca Green, and declared by the said William Green, to have been born at Mary-le-bone, in the County of Middlesex, on the Seventh day of January, 1836. Witness my hand this First day of December, 1838.

GILBERT ELLIOTT, Vicar. [The Figures, and Words in Italics, in the above Schedules, to be filled in as the case may be.]

AN ACT TO REGULATE PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENTS.

ANNO SEXTO ET SEPTIMO GULIELMI IV. REGIS.-CAP. XCVI.

[19th August, 1836.]

All Rates to be made on the net annual value of the property.—Proviso. WHEREAS it is desirable to establish one uniform mode of rating for the relief of the poor throughout England and Wales, and to lessen the cost of appeal against an unfair rate: be it enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after such period, not being earlier than the twenty-first day of March next after the passing of this act, as the Poor Law Commissioners shall by any order under their seal of office direct, no rate for the relief of the poor in England and Wales shall be allowed by any Justices, or be of any force, which shall not be made upon an estimate of the net annual value of the several hereditaments rated thereunto; that is to say, of the rent at which the same might reasonably be expected to let from year to year, free of all usual tenants, rates, and taxes, and tithe commutation rent-charge, if any, and deducting therefrom the probable average annual cost of the repairs, insurance, and other expences, if any, necessary to maintain them in a state to command such rent: provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to alter or affect the principles or different relative liabilities (if any) according to which different kinds of hereditaments are now by law rateable. Rates to be made in a given form.—Nothing herein to prevent Owners from compounding for rates.

2. And be it further enacted, that every such rate made after the said period shall, in addition to any other particular which the form of making out such rate shall require to be set forth, contain an account of every particular set

forth at the head of the respective columns in the form given in the schedule to this act annexed, so far as the same can be ascertained; and the churchwardens and overseers, or other officers whose duty it may be to make and levy the said rate, or such a number of the said churchwardens and overseers or other officers as are competent to the making and levying of the same, shall, before the rate is allowed by the justices, sign the declaration given at the foot of the said form; and otherwise the said rate shall be of no force or validity provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the owners of tenements from compounding for the rates to be assessed on the same, in such manner as they were by any statute or statutes enabled to do before the passing of this act, so that the gross estimated rental of the hereditaments compounded for be entered on the rate in the proper column.

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Power to order new Survey and Valuation.

3. And be it enacted, that when it shall be made to appear to the poor law commissioners by representation in writing from the board of guardians of any union or parish under their common seal, or from the majority of the churchwardens and overseers or other officers competent as aforesaid to the making and levying the rate, that a fair and correct estimate for the aforesaid purposes cannot be made without a new valuation, it shall be lawful for the poor law commissioners, where they shall see fit, to order a survey, with or without a map or plan, on such scale as they shall think fit, to be made and taken of the messuages, lands, and other hereditaments liable to poor rates in such parish, or in all or any one or more parishes of such a union, and a valution to be made of the said messuages, lands, and other hereditaments according to their annual value, and to direct such guardians to appoint a fit person or persons to make and take every such survey, map or plan, and valuation, and to make provision for paying the costs of every such survey, map or plan, and valuation, either by a separate rate or by a charge on the poor rates, as they may see fit; but in case of such charge being made, then provisions shall be made for paying off not less than one fifth of the sum charged on the rates, and such interest as may from time to time be payable in respect of such charge or any part thereof, in each succeeding year, till the whole is repaid.

Power for Surveyors to enter and examine Lands, &c., for purposes of Survey and Plans.

4. And be it further enacted, that for the purpose of making every such survey, map or plan, and valuation, it shall be lawful for the person or persons so to be appointed for making the same respectively, together with their and every of their assistants and servants, at all reasonable times, until the same respectively shall be completed, to enter, view, and examine, survey and admeasure, all and every part of the messuages, lands, and other hereditaments aforesaid, and to do or cause to be done any act or thing necessary for making such survey, map or plan, and valuation: provided always, that any map, survey, plan, or valuation made previously to the appointment of such person or persons which shall be tendered to him or them, and which shall be in his or their judgment, and to his or their satisfaction, a just and true map or survey, proper for the purposes aforesaid, may be used for such purposes. Power to take Copies or Extracts of Rates gratis.—Penalty for refusal to permit.

5. And be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful for any person or persons rated to the relief of the poor of the parish in respect of which any rate shall be made, at all seasonable times, to take copies thereof or extracts therefrom without paying any thing for the same, any thing in any act of parliament to the contrary notwithstanding; and in case the person or persons having the custody of such rate shall refuse to permit or shall not permit such person or persons so rated as aforesaid to take copies thereof or extracts there