A. D. 1697* Anno odlavo & nono GuLiELMi III. C. 30. 68 of any other Place where there are no Churchwardens, to be atte/lcd refpeflively by two or more credible Explained by Witneires, thereby owning nnd acknowledging the Perfon or Perfons mentioned in the faid Certificate to9&'oW. 3, be an Inhabitant or Inhabitants legally fettled in that Parifti, Townftiip or PI :ce, every I'uch Certificate, ^"/"« '^' having been allowed of and fubfcribed by two or more of the JulHces of the Peace of the County, City, c/'is!'& . Liberty, Borough or Town Corporate, whereiti the Parifh or Place, from whence any fuch Certificate fliall 'Such Witnefs conse, doth lie, fhall oblige the faid Parilh or Place to receive and provide for the Perfon mentioned in t> fwcjrto ihc t'le faid Certificate, together with his or her Family, as Inhabitants of that Parifli, .whenever he, fhe, q^ ";","'" ° they {hall happen to become ciiargcable to, or be forced to afk Relief of the Parifh, Townfhip or Place, ,cco'"'"'2o to which fuch Certificate was given ; and then, and not before, it fhall and may be lawful for any fuuh §.s. "" Perfon, and his or her Children, though born in that Parifli, not having otherwife acquired a legal Set- y J (hall not be tlemont there, to be removed, conveyed and fettled, in the Parifli or Place from whence fuch Ceitificatc '■"™' '"f"" was brought. ff'"',;^^"'"^*" II. And to the end that the Money raifcd only for the Relief of fuch as are as well Impotent as Poor, ""' •^•*°'* may not be mifapplied and confumcd by the idle, flurdy and diforderly Beggars; Be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, Thar every fuch Perfon as from and after the firft Day of September one thoufand Perfons recdv- fix hundred nincty-fijven, fliall be upon the Collection, and receive Relief of any Parifh or Place, and the intrAimstowear Wife and Children of any fuch Perlbn cohabiting in the fame Houfe (luch Child only excepted, as fhall s,^"'ff.°"/f be by the Churchwardens and Overfecrs of the Poor permitted to live at Home, in order to have the Care Right sueve!'^ of and attend an impotent and helplcfs Parent) fhall upon the Shoulder of the Right Sleeve of the upper- moft Garment of every fuch Perfon, in an open and vifible Manner, wear fuch Badge or Mark as is herein after mentioned and exprelfed, that is to fay, a large Roman P. together with the firft Letter of the Name of the Parifh or Place whereof fuch poor Perfon is an Inhabitant, cut either in red or blue Cloth, as by the Churchv/ardens and Overfecrs of the Poor it fliall be directed and appointed: And if any fuch poor Penalty on re- Perfcn faall at any Time neglect or refufe to wear fuch Badge or Mark, as aforefaid, and in Manner as fufing to wear aforefaid, it fhall and may be lawful for any Juftice of the Peace of the County, City, Liberty, or Town '■^^ Badge. Corporate, where any fuch Offence fhall be committed, upon Complaint to him for that Purpofe to be made, to punifh every fuch Offender for every fuch Offence, either by ordering of his or her Relief or ufual Allowance on the Collc£tion to be abridged, fufpended, or withdrawn, or otherv/ife by committing of any fuch Offender to the Houfe of Correftion, there to be whlpt and kept to hard Labour, for any Numiber of Days not exceeding one and twenty, as to the faid Juftice in liis Difcretion it fliall feem moft meet ; and if any fiich Churchwarden or Overfeer of the Poor, from and after the faid firfl Day of Sep- I'enaltyon temper, fhall relieve any fuch poor Perfon not having and wearing fuch Badge or Mark, as aforefaid, Churchwarden, being thereof conviiEted, upon the Oath of one or more credible Witnefs or WitnefiTes, before any Juftice poor Ptrfoiw^not of the Peace of the County, City, Liberty, or Town Corporate, where any fuch Offence fhall be commit- wearing fuch ted, fhall forfeit for every fuch Offence the Sum of twenty Shillings, to be levied by Diftrefs and Sale of Badge. the Goods of every fuch Offender, by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of any fuch Juftice ; one Moi- ety thereof to be to the Ufe of the Informer, and the other to the Poor of the Parifh where the Offence fhall be committed. III. And for the more effeftual preventing of vexatious Removals and frivolous Appeals ; Be it further en- Jufliccson Ap- afted by the Authority aforefaid, that the Juftices of the Peace of any County or Riding, in their Ge- pi^^l to them neral or Quarter-SefTions of the Peace, upon any Appeal before them there to be had, for and concerning ^"""'■"'"g the the Settlement of any poor Perfon, or upon any Proof before them there to be made, of Notice of any any poor Perfon fuch Appeal to have been given by the proper Officer to the Churchwardens or Overfecrs of the Poor of to award. Celts, any Parifh or Place (though they did not afterwards profecute fuch Appeal) fhall, at the fame Quarter- Seffions, award and order to the Party for whom and in whofe Behalf fuch Appeal fliall be determined, or to whom fuch Notice did appear to have been given, as aforefaid, fuch Cofls and Charges in the Lavv', as by the faid Juftices in their Difcretion fhall be thought moft reafonable and juft, to be paid by the Churchwardens, Overfeers of the Poor, or any other Perfon, againft whom fuch Appeal fnall be deter- mined, or by the Perfon that did give fuch Notice, as aforefaid ; and if the Perfon ordered to pay fuch Perfon ordered Cofts fhall happen to live in any County, Riding, City, or Town Corporate, or elfewhere, out of the Ju- !° P'^ ^'^^^ v- rifdiflion of the faid Court, it fhall and may be lawful for any Juflice of the Peace of the County, Riding, Tu°rird"ifton^'rur- City, Liberty, or Town Corporate, wherein fuch Perfon fliall inhabit, and every fuch Juftice is hereby tice of the CounI required, upon Requeft to him for that Purpofe to be made, and a true Copy of the Order for the Payment ty, &c. where of fuch Cofts produced, and proved by fome credible Witnefs upon Oath, by Warrant under his Hand f"<;h Perfon in- and Seal to caufe the Money mentioned in that Order to be levied by Diftrefs and Sale of the Goods of / '^■""5^"'^ the Perfon that is ordered and ought to pay the fame; and if no fuch Dif-trefs can or may be had, to J,.Jj^j f"^^^ "^^ ^ commit fuch Perfon to the common Gaol of that County or Liberty, there to remain by the Space of u' no Diftrefs, twenty Days. Offender to be ' IV. And whereas fome Doubts have arifen touching the Settlement of unmarried Perfons, not having ^omn.itted to
- Child or Children, lawfully hired into any Parifli or Town for one Year;' Be it therefore enaifted and ^°';
declared by the Authority aforefaid. That no fuch Perfon fo hired as aforefaid, fliall be adjudged or deem.ed' ^J^"8J^ Perfons to have a good Settlement in any fuch Parifh or Townfhip, unlefs fuch Perfon fhall continue and abide j,j^^'3„Qgj5°j_ in the fame Service during the Space of one whole Year. lemem^n any ' V. And v/hereas by an Aft made in the three and fortieth Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, Parifh under i ' intituled, An J£t for the Relief of the Poor, it is amongft other Things enafted. That it fhall be lav/- Year's Conti- ' ful for the Churchwardens and Overfeers of the Poor of any Parifh, or the greater Part of them, by '"'^"'=^-
- the Afl'ent of two Juftices of the Peace, whereof one to be of the ^iorimi, to bind poor Children Ap- 43EJiz. c. 3,
' prentices, where they fliall fee convenient ; but there being Doubts whether the Perfons to whom fuch
- Children are to be bound, are compellable to receive fuch Children as Apprentices, that Law hath failed
' of its due Execution ;' Be it therefore enabled and declared by the Authority aforefaid, That where any Vol. III. 4 S poor
