52 G. 3. c. 146. ministers officiating therein may not be, as such, parochial ministers, and there shall be no churchwarden or churchwardens thereof; and in all such cases, the books herein-before directed to be provided, shall be provided at the expence of the body having right to appoint the officiating minister in every such cathedral or collegiate church or chapel of a college or hospital; and copies thereof shall be transmitted to the registrar of the diocese within which such cathedral or collegiate church or chapel of a college or hospital shall be, by the officiating minister of such church, in like manner as is herein directed with respect to parochial ministers, and shall be attested by two of the officers of such church, college or hospital, as the copies of parochial registers are herein directed to be attested by churchwardens: provided always, that nothing in this act contained shall extend to repeal any provision contained in an act passed in the twentysixth year of the reign of his late majesty king George the second, intituled An act for better preventing clandestine marriages. Not to repeal any provision of the marriage act, 26 G. 2. c. 33. Schedules to which this Act refers. Schedule (A). 1. BAPTISMS solemnised in the parish of St. A. in the county of Schedule (B). 1. MARRIAGES solemnised in the parish of St. A. in the county of B. in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen. BURIALS in the parish of A. in the county of B. in the his wife, by the name of To the rector [or, as the case may be] of I do hereby certify, that on the aged day of A. B. of was buried in [stating the place of burial], and that the ceremony of burial was performed according to the rites of the United Church of England and Ireland, by me, To the rector [or, as the case may be] of A.B. Churchwardens (or Chapelwardens) of the Parish (or Chapelry) of, C.D.S case shall require]. [or such other description as the Parliament. I. Matters previous to the Election. [7 & 8 W. 3. c. 25. — 18 G. 2. c. 18. - 19 G. 2. c. 28. 25 G. 3. c. 84.. 33 G. 3. II. Election to be Free. C. 64. - 53 G. 3. c. 89.] [3 Ed. 1. c. 5. 1 W. 3. sess. 2. c. 2.-5 W. 3. c. 20. - 12 & 13 W. 3. c. 10.- 9 An. c. 10. III. Qualification of the Candidates. 9 An. c.11. - 6 An. c. 7. [30 C. 2. st. 2. c. 1.—7 & 8 W. 3. c. 25. [2 G. 2. c. 24.-25 G. 3. c. 84.34 G. 3. c. 73. 42 G. 3. c. 62. — 43 G. 3. c. 74.] VI. Return; and Expenses of Election. [7 H. 4. c. 15. - 7 & 8 W.3. c. 7.-c. 25. -10 An. c. 23. VII. Privilege of Parliament. [12 & 13 W. 10 G. 3. c. 50. 45 G. 3. c. 124. c. 144.] - course in which shall be forwarded by the messenger of the great seal, and through the post office. election writs STAT. 53 Geo. 3. c. 89. For the more regular conveyance of 53 G. 3. c. 89., writs for the election of members to serve in parliament, directs the enacts, 1. that the messenger, or pursuivant of the great seal, shall, after the receipt of such writs, forthwith carry such of them as shall be directed to the sheriffs of London or Middlesex, to the respective officers of such sheriffs, and all such other writs to the general post-office in London, and there deliver them to the post-master general or his deputy, who shall give an acknowledgment in writing, expressing therein the time of delivery, and shall keep a duplicate of such acknowledgment signed by the parties respectively to whom and by whom the same shall be so delivered; and that the post-master or his deputy, shall dispatch all such writs free of postage by the first post or mail, after the receipt thereof, under covers directed to the proper officers, to whom the said writs shall be respectively directed, accompanied with proper directions to the post-master or deputy post-master of the place, or nearest to the place where such officers shall hold their office, requiring such post-master or deputy forthwith to carry such writs respectively to such office, and to deliver them there to the officers to whom they shall be respectively directed, or their deputies, who are required to give to such post-master or deputy a memorandum in writing, acknowledging the receipt of every such writ, and setting forth the day and the hour the same was delivered by such post-master or deputy, which memorandum shall also be signed by such post-master or deputy, who are required to transmit the same by the first or second post afterwards to the post-master general, or his deputy at the general post-office in London, who are required to make an entry thereof in a proper book for that purpose, and to file the memorandum along with the duplicate of the said acknowledgment, signed by the messenger, to the intent that the same may be inspected or 53 G. 3. c. 89. produced upon all proper occasions, by any person interested in such elections. Persons to whom such writs are usually di rected, must give an account of the places of their offices. Mileage and other fees abolished except two guineas on a vacancy, and 501. on a new parliament. Persons acting in violation of the act guilty of a misdemeanor. 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 25. Time of proceeding to the election in Counties. 33 G. 3. c. 64. The statute, after directing (§ 2.& 3.) that all persons to whom the writs for the election of members to parliament ought to be and are usually directed, shall within a month, send to the post-masters general an account of the places where they shall hold their offices, and so from time to time, as often as such places shall be changed, and of the post town nearest to such offices; or in case any such office shall be in London, Westminster, or Southwark, or within five miles thereof, shall send such account to the messenger of the great seal; proceeds to enact, (§ 4. & 5.) that after the death of the then messenger of the great seal the allowances of mileage shall cease, except an allowance of two guineas on each writ for the election of a member on any vacancy, and of 50l. on the calling of a new parliament. And it further enacts, that whereas the messenger of the great seal and his deputy, have from time to time.received certain other fees for the conveyance and upon the delivery of these writs, such fees shall cease from the passing of the act; and that neither the messenger nor his deputy, nor any other person, shall receive or take any fee, reward, or gratuity whatsoever, for the conveyance or delivery of any such writ. And 5. further proceeds to give to the then messenger, an annual allowance for his life of 5201. in compensation for these fees. § 6. Enacts, that every person concerned in the transmitting or delivery of any such writ as aforesaid, who shall wilfully neglect or delay to deliver or transmit any such writ, or accept any fee, or do any other matter or thing in violation of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and may upon conviction upon any indictment or information in his majesty's court of king's bench, be fined and imprisoned at the discretion of the Court for such misdemeanor. § 7. Offences committed in Scotland may be punished by a fine or imprisonment, as the judge before whom the offender sha!! be tried and convicted may direct. By 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 25. § 1. When any new parliament shall be summoned, there shall be forty days between the teste and return of the writ; and, as well upon the calling of any new parliament as upon a vacancy in parliament time, the writ shall be delivered to the proper officer to whom the execution thereof doth belong, and to no other person: And every such officer, upon receipt of the writ, shall indorse thereon the day that he received it, and shall forthwith make out a precept, and within three days after the receipt of the writ shall deliver such precept to the proper officer of the place where any member is wanting, and to no other person, and such officer, upon the back of such precept, shall indorse the day of his receipt thereof in the presence of the party from whom he received the same, and shall forthwith cause public notice to be given of the time and place of election, and shall proceed to election thereupon within eight days next after his receipt of such precept, and give four days' notice at least of the day appointed for the election. By 33 G. 3. c. 64. § 1. All notices of the time and place of Notice of time any election shall be publicly given at the usual place or places |