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Poor.
' 30. Qu. If a Constable die,
or remove out of the Parish where, &c.
' How is his place to be supplied? |
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Constable
dying, how
to be supplied. |
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' Resol. By the Lord of the Leet, if
that time fall near, otherwise by
' the Sessions; but if that be too far off, then by the next Justices. |
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' 31. Qu. If a poor weak Man
be chosen Constable or Tithingman, and
' be unfit for the place; how may he be removed, and a fit man sworn in
' his room? |
Constable
unfit, how
to be removed. |
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' Resol. The Justices of Peace must
help this, and if the Lord of the Leet
' have power to cause a Constable or Tithingman, and perform it so ill,
' it is a just cause to seise his liberty. |
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' 32. Qu. If a Nurse-child, or
a Scholar at the Grammar-School, or in the
' University prove to be impotent by Sickness, Lameness, Lunacy, or
discovery
' of Ideocy, &c. How such persons shall be disposed? |
Nurs child,
Scholar,
Bastard in
a Gaol, |
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' Resol. A Nurse-child, or a Scholar
at the Grammar-School, or at the
' University, or persons sent to the Common Gaol, Hospital, or House
of
' Correction, are not to be esteemed as persons to be setled there, more
' than Travellers in their Inns, but their setling where their Parents
are
' setled; and Children born in Common Gaols, and Houses of Correction,
' their Parents being prisoners, are to be maintained at the charge
of the
' County. |
Houses of
Correction. |
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' 33. Qu. What proportion shall
Parsonages, or Tithes bear to the Taxation
' of the Poor of the Parish? |
Parson, Vicar,
how
chargeable |
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' Resol. The Parson or Vicar Presentative,
shall bear according to the
' reasonable value of his Parsonage, having consideration to the just
deductions. |
to the Poor
upon the St.
43 El. In
what cases |
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' 34. Qu. Whether for placing
the Poor of the Parish, not to be removed
' by consent of the Parish, these poor Men may not be placed as Inmates
' for a time? |
Poor may
be placed
as Inmates.
Strangers |
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' Resol. They may express words of
the Statute of the 43 Eliz. |
apparently
like to be
chargeable. |
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' 35. Qu. If a Parishioner, or
Owner within a Parish, do bring into the
' Parish, (without the consent of the Parish) a stranger of another Parish,
' which is, or apparently, is like to be burthensom unto the Parish; how
' may they ease themselves? |
to the Parish
brought
in, the
bringers in
of them to
be taxed. |
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' Resol. By taxing such an one to the
charge of the Rates of the Poor,
' not only having respect to his ability, or the Land he occupies,
but according
' to the damage and danger he bringeth to the Parish by his
' folly. |
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' 36. Qu. For warding in the
day time, for apprehending of Rogues,
' whether the Constable may not inlarge it to a further time? |
Warding
in the day
time for |
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' Resol. Warding in the day time is
of great use, and must be left to the
' discretion of the Constables, or direction of the Justices to vary according
' to the occasion. |
apprehending
of
Rogues. |
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' 37. Qu. Whether Alehouses ought
to be allowed only in thorowfare
' Towns, and others in other places to be restrained only to sell to Poor
out
' of doors? |
Alehouses
to be made-rated
in
number. |
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' Resol. The Justices shall do very
well to allow none but in places very
' fit for their situation and uses, and to moderate the number. |
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' 38. Qu. A Man for his quality
otherwise fit to be a Constable, or of other
' Office of that nature, procures himself to be the Kings Servant extraordinary,
' and by that means would excuse himself to serve in the
' Country? |
Constable
the Kings
Servant. |
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' Resol. A Servant extraordinary may
well perform his ordinary Service
' in the Country, according to his quality. |
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