or in Ireland, or in either of the Isles of Man, Jersey and Guernsey, hath become chargeable to such Parish, by himself or herself, or his or her family, to cause such Person to be brought before them, and to examine such Person, and any other Witness or Witnesses on Oath, touching the Place of the birth of every such Person, and to inquire whether he or she, or any of his or her Children, hath or have gained any Settlement in that part of the United Kingdom called England; and if it shall be found by such Justices, that the Person so brought before them was born in Scotland or Ireland, or in either of the Isles of Man, Jersey and Guernsey, and hath not gained any Settlement in England, and that he or she hath actually become chargeable to the complaining Parish, by himself or herself, or his or her family, then such Justices shall, and they are hereby empowered, by a Pass under their hands and seals, in the form, or to the effect prescribed by the 17 Geo. 2. c. 5. §.17. Act passed in the 17th year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the Second, to amend the Laws relating to Rogues and Vagabonds (mutatis mutandis) to cause such poor Person, and such of his or her Children so chargeable as shall not have gained a Settlement in England, to be removed to the Place of his or her birth, in the manner 39 by the said Act directed for the removal of Rogues and Vagabonds to Scotland and Ireland, and the Isles of Man, Jersey and Guernsey ; and all Constables and other Officers, and all Masters of Vessels, are hereby required to convey every Person so to be passed, in the manner by the said Act directed for the Conveyance of Rogues and Vagabonds. Scotch and Irish Vagrants may be re moved without being whipped or imprifoned. Juftices to act within their respective jurifdictions. Provifions relating to Parishes applied to Townships, &c. The major part of And it is hereby further Enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace, who shall adjudge any Person born in Scotland: or in Ireland, or in any of the Isles of Man, Jersey and Guernsey (and not having gained a Settlement in England) to be a Rogue and Vagabond, in his discretion and according to the circumstances of the case, either to order him to be whipped, or him or her to be imprisoned in the House of Correction, as by the Laws in being are directed, before he or she shall be removed, or to cause such Rogue and Vagabond to be removed without having been so whipped or imprisoned. And be it further Enacted, That all Powers and Authorities by this Act given to and vested in Justices of the Peace, shall be exercised and executed by such Justices within the limits of their respective Commissions and Jurisdictions, and not elsewhere; and that all Provisions, Clauses, Authorities and Directions in this Act contained, in relation to Parishes, shall extend, and be construed to extend, to all Townships Vills and Places having separate Overseers of the Poor; and that all acts and duties required or authorized by this Act to be done and executed by Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor, may in every Parish be performed exercised and executed by the major part of the Church wardens 40 wardens and Overseers of the Poor thereof; and that in Townships Vills and Places which have no Churchwarden, the same may be performed exercised and executed by the Overseers of the Poor thereof, or the major part of them; and that all the Powers Provisions and Clauses in this Act contained which relate to Vestries, or to the Inhabitants of any Parish in Vestry assembled, shall be construed to extend to all meetings of the Inhabitants of any Township Vill or Place, having separate Overseers of the Poor, to be held after due and legal Notice for carrying into execution the Laws for the Relief of the Poor, as fully as if in every such Provision and Clause they were severally and respectively named and repeated. and where there are no Churchwardens, the major part of Overfeers. Powers given to Saving Powers of Provided, and be it further Enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to take away, abridge, alter, prejudice or affect, further than is hereby expressly enacted, any of the Powers, Directions, Provisions or Regulations, contained in the said 41 Act, passed in the Twenty-second year of His present Majesty's reign, for the better Relief and Employment of the Poor, in or with respect to such Parishes Townships and Places as have adopted, or as shall adopt, and become subject to the Provisions of that Act; nor to take away, Saving Powers given abridge, alter, prejudice or affect, any of the Powers or Provisions of by Special Acts. any Special or Local Act or Acts for the Maintenance, Relief or Regulation of the Poor, in any City, Town, Hundred, District, Parish or Place so nevertheless that in every City, Town, Hundred, District, Parish or Place, such of the Clauses, Directions and Powers in this Act contained, as are not repugnant to, nor incompatible with, the provisions of the said Act of the Twenty-second year of His Majesty's Reign, or of such respective Special or Local Acts, shall have the like force and effect, and may be adopted and applied in like manner, as in other Parishes and Places. And be it further Enacted, That this Act shall extend to that part A&t extends to of the United Kingdon called England; and that the same shall be England. a Public Act, and be judicially taken Notice of as such, by all Judges, Justices and others, without specially pleading the same. Public Act. 2 A BIL L [AS AMENDED ON FURTHER RE-COMMITMENT] For the Amendment of the Laws for the Note.--The Figures in the Margin denote the number of the Folios N. B.-The Clauses marked (A. and B.) were added on former F GR the better and more effectual execution of the Laws Preamble. May it please Your MAJESTY, Parishes empowered to establish Select Veftries, for the concerns of the Nomination of Poor. Members. That it may be Enacted; And 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 it shall be lawful for the Inhabitants of any Parish, in Vestry assembled, and they are hereby empowered, to establish a Select Vestry for the concerns of the Poor of such Parish; and to that end to nominate and elect in the same, or in any subsequent Vestry, or any Adjournment thereof respectively, such and so many substantial Householders or Occupiers within such Parish, not exceeding the number of Twenty nor less than Five, as shall in any such Vestry be thought fit to be Members of the Select Vestry; and the Rector, Vicar or other Minister of the Parish, and in his absence Conftitution of the Curate thereof (such Curate being resident in and charged to the Poor's Select Veftries. Rates of such Parish) and the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor for the time being, together with the Inhabitants who shall be nominated and elected as aforesaid (such Inhabitants being first thereto appointed by writing under the hand and seal of one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace, which Appointment he is hereby authorized and required to make) 230. A shall Members elected to be appointed by a Juftice. Vacancies to be fupplied. Continuance of of Select Veftries. 3 shall be and constitute a, Select Vestry for the care and management of the concerns of the Poor of such Parish; and any Three of them, (Two of whom shall neither be Churchwardens nor Overseers of the Poor,) shall be a Quorum; and when any Inhabitant elected and appointed to serve in any such Select Vestry, shall, before the expiration of his Office, die or remove from the Parish, or shall become incapable of serving, or shall refuse or neglect to serve therein, the Vacancy which shall be thereby occasioned shall, as soon as conveniently may be, be filled up by the Election and Appointment in manner aforesaid, of some other substantial Householder Occupier of such Parish, and so from time to time as often as any such Vacancy shall occur; and every such Select Vestry shall continue and be empowered to act from the time of the Appointment thereof, until Fourteen Days after the next Annual Power of Renewal. Appointment of Overseers of the Poor of the Parish shall take place; and may be from year to year, and in any future year, renewed in the Meetings and Duties manner hereinbefore directed; and every such Select Vestry shall meet once in every Fourteen Days, and oftener if it shall be found necessary, in the Parish Church, or in some other convenient place, (not being an Alehouse or other licensed Victualler's) within the Parish; and at every such Meeting a Chairman shall be appointed by the Majority of the Members present, who shall preside therein; and in all cases of equality of Votes upon any question there arising, the Chairman shall have the casting Vote; and every such Select Vestry is hereby empowered and required to examine into the state and condition of the Poor of the Parish, and to inquire into and determine upon the proper objects of Relief, and the nature and amount of the Relief to be given; and in each case shall take into consideration the character and conduct of the poor Person to be relieved, and shall be at liberty to distinguish, in the Relief to be granted, between the deserving, and the idle, extravagant, or profligate Poor; and such Select Vestry shall make Orders in writing for such Relief as they shall think requisite, and shall: 4 inquire into and superintend the collection and administration of all Money to be raised by the Poor's Rates, and of all other Funds and Money raised or applied by the Parish to the Relief of the Poor; and where any such Select Vestry shall be established, the Overseers of the Poor are required, in the execution of their office, to conform to the directions of the Select Vestry, and shall not (except in cases of sudden emergency or urgent necessity, and to the extent only of such temporary Relief as each case shall require, and except by Order of Justices, in the cases hereinafter provided for,) give any further or other Relief or Allowance to the Poor, than such as shall be ordered by the Select Vestry. Overfeers (except in cafes of emergency) to give no other Re lief than fuch as fhall be ordered by the Select Vestry. Juftices empowered to order Relief in certain cafes, for a limited time. ། And be it further Enacted, That when any Complaint shall be made, to any Justice of the Peace, of the want of adequate Relief, by or on the behalf of any poor Inhabitant of any Parish for which a Select Vestry shall be |