or materials committed to his or her care, or shall take or arry away, without permission of the overseer of the poor rkeeper of the said workhouse, any clothing, goods, or materials provided for the use of such poor-house, or of any the poor therein, complaint thereof may be made upon ath to one or more justices of the peace acting for the disfict or division in which such parish shall be situate; and ach justices are hereby authorized to hear such complaint, nd upon conviction to commit the offender to the house of orrection, there to be kept to hard labour for any time not xceeding two calendar months, nor less than seven days. V. And be it further enacted, That any breach of the rules Breach of nd orders to be put in force by virtue of this act, shall be rules under this act to be unished in such manner as is by the said act directed for a punished. reach of the rules and orders to be enforced under the beore recited act of the twenty-second year of His present Maesty, chapter eighty-three. [50 Geo. 3. c. 51.] An Act to repeal so much of an Act, passed in the Seventh Year "Whereas an act was passed in the seventh year of the 7 Jac. 1. c. 4, eign of His late Majesty King James the First, intituled An act for the due execution of divers laws and statutes heretofore made against rogues, vagabonds, and sturdy beggars, and other lewd and idle persons; And whereas, it is among other things directed and enacted, that every lewd woman who after the then present session of parliament should have any bastard which might be chargeable to the parish, should be committed to the house of correction, there to be punished and set on work during the term of one whole year; and that if such woman should offend again in like manner, she should be committed to the house of correction, there to remain until she should put in good securities not to offend so again: And whereas the punishment aforesaid, if rigorously inflicted, might be too severe, and might subject the offender to imprisonment for life :" May it therefore please Your Majesty, 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 relates to the So much of parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, Th recited act as so much of the said recited act passed in the seventh year His late Majesty King James the First, as relates to the com mitment of women to the house of correction, there to punished and set on work for having bastard children w may be chargeable to the parish, shall be and the same is her by repealed. commitment of women for having bas tard children repealed. Limitation of II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the pa punishment. sing of this act, in cases when a woman shall have a basta child which may be chargeable to the parish, it shall be lawf for any two justices of the peace before whom such woma shall be brought, and they shall or may, at their discretion commit such woman to the house of correction for the distri or place, and there to be set on work for any time not exceed ing twelve calendar months, nor less than six weeks. Justices may III. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful fo mitigate confinement and any two justices of the peace, at any petty session for the di discharge. vision wherein the parish to which such bastard child may b chargeable is situate, upon their own knowledge, or a certifi cate, duly authenticated, from the keeper of such house o correction, in which such woman shall have been confined fo any space not less than six weeks, of the good behaviour o such woman during such her confinement, and of the reasonable expectation of her reformation, by warrant under their hands and seals, to order such woman to be immediately (or at the time to be appointed in such warrant) discharged and released from further confinement. No woman to till a certain IV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That be committed nothing in this act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend to authorize any justices of the peace to commit any such woman to the house of correction until she shall have been delivered for the space of one calendar month. period. 8 & 9 W. 3. c. 30. [50 Geo. 3. c. 52.] An Act to amend so much of an Act, passed in the Eighth and Ninth Year of King William the Third, as requires poor Persons receiving Alms to wear Badges. [9th June, 1810.] "Whereas by an act passed in the eighth and ninth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Third, intituled, An act for supplying some defects in the laws for the relief of the poor of this kingdom, it is enacted, that every such person 8, from and after the first day of September, one thousand six undred and ninety-seven, shall be upon the collection and eceive relief of any parish or place, and the wife and children fany such person cohabiting in the same house (such child nly excepted as shall be by the churchwardens and overseers the poor permitted to live at home in order to have the are of and attend an impotent and helpless parent), shall upon he shoulder of the right sleeve of the uppermost garment of very such person, in an open and visible manner, wear such adge or mark as is hereinafter mentioned and expressed; that to say, a large roman P, together with the first letter of the ame of the parish or place whereof such poor person is an inabitant, cut either in red or blue cloth, as by the churchFardens and overseers of the poor it shall be directed and apointed; and if any such poor person shall at any time nelect or refuse to wear such a badge, or mark as aforesaid, and in manner as aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for any ustice of the peace of the county, city, liberty, or town cororate, where any such offence shall be committed, upon complaint to him for that purpose to be made, to punish every ach offender for every such offence, either by ordering of his her relief or usual allowance on the collection to be abrided, suspended, or withdrawn, or otherwise by committing of any such offender to the house of correction, there to be whipt and kept to hard labour for any number of days not exceeding one and twenty, as to the said justice in his discretion it shall seem most meet; and if any such churchwarden or overseer of the poor, from and after the said first day of September, shall relieve any such poor person not having and wearing such badge or mark as aforesaid, being thereof convicted upon the oath of one or more credible witness or witnesses before any justice of the peace of the county, city, liberty, or town corporate where any such offence shall be committed, shall forfeit for every such offence the sum of twenty shillings, to be levied by distress and sale of the goods of every such offender, by warrant under the hand and seal of any such justice; one moiety to be to the use of the informer, and the other to the poor of the parish where the offence shall be committed and whereas it is expedient that the said part of such act be repealed; May it therefore please Your Majesty, that it may be so much of enacted; and be it enacted by the King's most excellent Ma- recited act as requires poor jesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual persons to and temporal, and commons, in this present parliament as- wear badges embled, and by the authority of the same, That from and after repealed. the passing of this act, the said part of such recited act shall be, and the same is hereby repealed. : [51 Geo. 3. c. 79.] An Act to amend an Act of the Forty-eighth Year of His [Repealed by 9 Geo. 4. c. 40. s. 1.] es [51 Geo. 3. c. 80.] 43 Eliz. c. 2. An Act to render valid certain Indentures for the Binding P 11 t le اد > ft ti en re a "Whereas by an act passed in the forty-third year reign of Her late Majesty Queen Ezliabeth, intituled, . for the relief of the poor, it is enacted, that the churchw of every parish, and four, three, or two substantial hous ers there, as shall be thought meet, having respect to th portion and greatness of the same parish and parishes, nominated yearly in Easter week, or within one mont Easter, in the manner therein directed, shall be overst the poor of the same parish; and that it shall be lawful said churchwardens and overseers, or the greater part of by the assent of two justices of the peace, to bind the cl of such parents as shall not by the said churchwarde overseers, or the greater part of them, be thought a maintain their children, to be apprentices: And wher divers small parishes two persons only have been annua appointed to act in the capacity of churchwardens as ▾ overseers of the poor: And whereas divers indentures 1 binding of parish apprentices, and certificates of the settle of poor persons, have been executed and signed by suc persons, purporting to be the churchwardens and overs such parishes; but by reason that the said indentur certificates have not been signed by distinct persons as cl wardens and other distinct persons as overseers, such tures and certificates have been or may be deemed to be 11: Be it therefore enacted by the King's most excellent M by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritu temporal, and commons, in this present parliament asser and by the authority of the same, That all indentures f binding of parish apprentices, and all certificates of th have hereto tlements of poor persons, which have been heretofore ex Indentures and certificates which 1 th n an ch er st RD ed th let te and signed by two persons only, acting or purporting to act fore been in the capacity of churchwardens as well as of overseers of the signed by two poor, and also all such indentures and certificates as shall here- persons only acting as after be so signed, shall be considered as good, valid, and churchwareffectual, as if the same had been executed and signed by dis- dens and inct persons as churchwardens and distinct persons as over- be valid, See seers of the poor, according to the said recited act; any thing 54 G.3.c. 107; therein or in any other act contained to the contrary thereof 32; 56 G.3.c. 1&2 G. 4. c. notwithstanding. overseers, to 139. prior decision II. Provided always, That nothing in this act contained Act not to hall extend to do away or alter any decision which may have affect any aken place in any court of law, respecting the binding of any in any court. arish apprentice, or the settlement of any poor person before he passing of this act. [51 Geo. 3. c. 106.] An Act for enabling the Wives and Families of Soldiers embarked for Foreign Service, to return to their Homes. [26th June, 1811.] [Repealed by 58 Geo. 3. c 92. s. 1.] [52 Geo. 3. c. 27.] An act for enabling the Wives and Families of Soldiers embarked in Ireland for foreign service, to return to their homes. [Repealed by 58 Geo. 3. c. 92. s. 1.] [52 Geo. 3. c. 72. s. 8.] An Act for the better Cultivation of Navy Timber in the Forest of Alice Holt, in the County of Southampton. [20th June 1812.] VIII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That Residence in from and after the passing of this act, no person or persons forest not to shall, by residence in any house, lodge, or other building gain settleerected or to be erected within the said forest, or by hiring sted. ment in Bin |