equally assessing and levying Watch Rates in certain Boroughs," of the statute made and passed in the session of parliament holden in the eighth and ninth years of the same reign (cap. 110), intituled " An Act for the better collecting Borough and Watch Rates in certain places," and of the statute made and passed in the session of parliament holden in the twenty-second and twenty-third years of the same reign (cap. 32), intituled "An Act to amend the Law concerning the Police in Counties and Boroughs in England and Wales," and by virtue of every power us enabling in this behalf, do hereby order that the whole of the said borough shall, for the half-year commencing the first day of 187-, be watched both by day and by night, and we declare that the whole of the said borough shall be liable to the watch rate hereinafter ordered to be paid, or levied and collected (as the case may be), that is to say, the whole of the parish of and so much and such part and parts of the and and as are parishes of are within the said borough; and whereas the said parishes of partly within and partly without the said borough; and whereas it is estimated and computed by the council, as correctly as may be, that the sum of will be necessary and required for the payment of the expenses to be incurred in and about watching the said borough during the half-year commencing on the said first day of Now therefore, we, the council, do hereby further order, that a watch rate be accordingly made upon the occupiers of all messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments within the said borough, for the purpose of raising the said sum, and that for such purpose there be assessed, and we, the council, do hereby assess, upon the said parish and parts of parishes aforesaid within the said borough, the several sums of money hereinafter mentioned, to be charged on the said parish and parts of parishes respectively, that is to say :£ S. d. Upon the Upon the before-mentioned part of the parish of Upon the before-mentioned part of the Upon the before-mentioned part of the parish of : : the same being after the rate of pence in the pound, upon an estimate of the net annual value of the several hereditaments liable to be rated to the said rate, that is to say, of the rent at which one year with another the same might in their actual state be reasonably expected to let from year to year, the probable annual average cost of the repairs, insurances, and other expenses (if any) necessary to maintain the hereditaments in their actual state, and all rates, taxes and public charges, except tithes or tithe commutation rent-charges (if any), being paid by the tenant: And we, the council, do further order that the overseers of the said parish of do pay the said sum so charged and assessed upon their said parish, out of the poor rate made and collected, or to be made or collected, within their said parish, and that the necessary precept for that purpose be issued to the said overseers, requiring them within thirty days from the date of the said precept, to pay to the treasurer of the said borough the said sum so as aforesaid assessed upon their said parish; and that the overseer appointed by the council for making, levying and collecting the borough and watch rates within the said parts of the said parishes of and do raise the said sums so charged and assessed upon the said parts of parishes respectively, by making and collecting a rate of pence in the pound upon the net annual value, in manner aforesaid, upon and from the occupiers of all messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments within the said parts of parishes respectively. Given under the common seal of the council, the day and year first above written. Mayor. No. XXIII. Borough Rate Order. Borough of P WE, the council of the said borough, at a meeting of the council duly holden on the day of 187-, in order to raise the sum of estimated and computed by us to be sufficient and necessary for the payment of the expenses to be incurred in carrying into effect the provisions of an act made and passed in the session of parliament holden in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of his late majesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act to provide for the Regulation of Municipal Cor porations in England and Wales," and the acts amending the same act, and for the defraying of other expenses by law since charged and now chargeable upon the borough fund or rate, so far as relates to the said borough, during the half-year commencing the first day of 187—, do, in pursuance of the powers given to us by the said act and acts, and of every other power us enabling in this behalf, order and authorize a borough rate of in the pound, to be made, levied and collected as follows, namely, by an order upon or warrant to the overseers of the poor of the parish of (being wholly within the said borough), requiring them to pay to the treasurer of the corporation the proportion of that parish (to be specified in such order or warrant), and by an equal rate to be made, levied and collected by the overseer appointed by us for that purpose, in such parts of the respective parishes of and (being partly within and partly without the said borough), as lie within the said borough, in accordance with the provisions of the "Act for the better collecting Borough and Watch Rates in certain Places," made and passed in the session of parliament holden in the eighth and ninth years of the reign of her present majesty Queen Victoria. Given under the common seal of the council the day and year first above written. Mayor. No. XXIV. Precept for Borough Rate. Borough of P To the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of in the said Borough. By virtue of an order of the town council, you are hereby required, within thirty days from the date of this precept, to pay to, gentleman, the treasurer of the said borough, out of the money by you collected for the relief of the poor of your said parish, the sum of, being the proportion of your said parish for and towards the borough rate of the said borough. And herein you are not to fail on the peril that shall ensue thereof. Given under my hand and the common seal of the said borough, the eight hundred and day of one thousand To the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of in the said Borough. By virtue of an order of the town council, you are hereby required, within thirty days from the date of this precept, to pay to gentleman, the treasurer of the said borough, out of the money by you collected |