520 C. 5- Anno decimo fepfimo Georgii II. A. D. 1744.' Chattels, LanUs or Tenements of fuch Perfon fhall be, to feize and fell fo much of the Goods and Chat- tels, or receive fo much of the annual Rents of the Lands and Tenements as is neceflary to pay the Oiberwireatthef ame; anr j toaccount for what is fo feized, fold or received, to the next Quarter-Seflions; but if fuch Paiift 6 Perfon hath not an Eftate to pay and fatisfy the fame, over and above what ihall be fufficient to maintain his or her Family, then fuch Charges fhall be fatisfted and paid by the Parifh, Town or Place to which fuch Perfon belongs, by Order of two Juftices, directed to the Churchwardens or Overfeers for that Purpofe. Erovifo, XXI. Provided always, That this Act, or any thing therein contained, fhall not extend, or be con- strued to extend to reftrain or abridge the Prerogative of the King, or the Power or Authority of the Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper or Commiffioners of the Great Seal of Great Britain for the Time being or the Chancellor or Vice Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancajler for the Time being, or of the Chamberlain or Vice Chamberlain of the County Pslatine of Chefter for the Time being, touching or concerning fuch Lunaticks, or to reftrain or prevent any Friend or Relation of fuch Lunaticks from taking them under their own Care and Protection; any Thing in this Act contained to the contrary not- withstanding. rT^notdo?/" XXI1 - Al d De i<: further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe any Conftable or other thrir Dury'-'aBd Offi cer > or Governor or Mafter of any Houfe or Correction, fhall be defective, remifs, or negligent in an Perfons'hin- his Duty in the Execution of this Act, in any Cafe for which no Punifhment is herein before particu- dering the Exe- larly provided; or in cafe any Perfon or Perfons fhall difturb or hinder the Execution of this Act, or ration of this fh a ]] refcue any Perfon apprehended or pafling from Place to Place by virtue thereof, or fhall be advifing, A&, ° r 'j?^"" aiding or aflifting to his or her Efcape, and fhall be thereof convicted upon the Oath of one or more cre- ' nga " dible Witnefs or Witneffes, before one or more Juftice or Juftices of the Peace where fuch Offence fhall be committed (which Oath the faid Juftice or Juftices are hereby impowered to adminifter) the Perfon or Perfons fo offending, for every fuch Offence fhall forfeit any Sum not exceeding five Pounds, nor lefs than ten Shillings, to the Ufe of the Poor of the Parifh or Place where fuch Offence fhall be committed; To be levied to be levied by Diftrefs and Sale of the Offenders Goods by Warrant from fuch Juftice or Juftices, re- is y i Dl & efs 3Ui turn ' n S the Overplus (if any be) upon Demand, after the faid Forfeiture and Charges of making and ' keeping the faid Diftrefs fhall be paid and fatisfied; and if fufficient Diftrefs cannot be found, it fhall and may be lawful to and for one or more fuch Juftice or Juftices to commit the Perfons fo offending to the Houfe of Correction, there to be kept to hard Labour for any Time not exceeding two Months.
- XXIII. And whereas Perfons herein before defcribed to be Rogues, Vagabonds or incorrigible Rogues,
' are much encouraged in wandering about, by the Reception they too often meet with in Villages and ' Places where they are permitted to lodge in Houfes, Barns or other Outhoufes or Buildings, by Means
- whereof, and their falling fick there, great Expences are fometimes brought upon Parifhes;' For Re-
Penalty for fliel- medy thereof, Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon fhall knowingly permit or tcnngVaga- f u ff er any fuch Rogue, Vagabond or incorrigible Rogue, to lodge or take Shelter in his or her Houfe, toads. Barn or other Outhoufe or Buildings, and fhall not apprehend and carry fuch Rogue, Vagabond or in- corrigible Rogue before fome Juftice of the Peace, or give Notice to fome Conftable or other fuch Officer fo to do; fuch Perfon being thereof lawfully convicted, either on Confeffion or upon Oath of one or more credible Witnefs or Witneffes, before one or more of his Majefty's Juftices of the Peace where fuch Offence fhall be commited, fhall forfeit any Sum not exceeding forty Shillings, nor lefs than ten Shil- lings; one Moiety thereof to the Informer, and the other Moiety to the Ufe of the Poor of the Parifh or Place where fuch Offence fhall be committed; to be levied by Diftrefs and Sale of the Goods and Chat- tels of fuch Offender, by Warrant from fuch Juftice or Juftices, returning the Overplus (if any) upon Demand, after fuch Forfeiture and Charges of fuch Diftrefs fhall be" fatisfied; and if any Charge fhall be brought upon any Parifh or Place by Means of any fuch Offence, the fame fhall be anfwered to the faid Parifh or Place by fuch Offender, and be levied by Diftrefs and Sale of his or their Goods and Chat- tels as aforefaid : And if fufficient Diftrefs cannot be found, fuch Offender fhall be committed to the Houfe of Correction by the Juftice or Juftices, for any Time not exceeding one Month.
- XXIV. And whereas Perfons are often found offending againft this Act, having Children with them,
' whom they bring up in a diflblute Courfe of Life, destructive to fuch Children, and prejudicial to the ' Kingdom, in which a Race of diforderly Perfons will increafe, if fuch Children are differed to remain Beggars with ' with j, cn Offenders :' Be, it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any fuch Child, Children ho* above the Age of feven Years, fhall be committed to the Houfe of Correction as aforefaid, it fhall and io ^e or ere . ma y. ^ e ] aw f L ,i, f or t ] ie Juftices at the Quarter-Seflions, if they fee convenient, at any Time before fuch Child be difcharged, to order fuch Child to be placed out in fuch Manner as they fhall think fit, as i Servant or Apprentice to any Perfon within their refpective Jurifdictions, who is willing to take fuch Child, to ferve fuch Perfon till fuch Child fhall arrive at the Age of twenty-one Years, or for any lefs Time, as to the faid Juftices fhall feem meet : And if any Offender who was found with fuch Child as aforefaid, fhall be again found with the fame Child (which was fo placed out as aforefaid) offending againfi this Act, fuch Offender fhall be deemed an incorrigible Rogue. f XXV. And whereas Women wandering and begging, are often delivered of Children in Parifhei ' and Places to which they do not belong, whereby they become chargeable to the fame;' Be it therefen How to order enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That where any fuch Woman fhall be fo delivered, and become wprnen deliver- chargeable, it fhall and may be lawful for the Churchwardens or Overfeers of the Poor of fuch Parifh o.
- c tLstreet" P iace > to detain fuch Woman in their Cuftody, until they can fafely convey her to fome Juftice of th<
Peace, who fhall examine her, and commit her to the Houfe of Correction, until the next General o;' Guarter-Seilions, who may (if they fee convenient) order her to be publickly whipt, and detained ix tht
