Records to

to Custos Rotulorum of County.

and him safely keep until delivered in due Course of Law; and the
Judges of Assize and others named in Her Majesty's Commission of
Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, or the Justices of the County,
as the Case may be, in which such Offenders shall be tried, are
hereby authorized and required to hear and determine all such Cases, 5
and to order the Payment of the usual and fit Expenses of the Prose-
cutors and Witnesses, and all other Costs and Expenses which in like
Case
may be directed to be paid by Order of Court.

VII. And be it enacted, That the Custos Rotulorum of every be delivered County to which any Liberty shall be united under the Provisions of 10 this Act shall, unless otherwise directed by the Order of Union, become the Keeper of Records of the Court of Sessions of the Peace of the said Liberty, and the Records of the said Court shall be delivered to the said respective Keepers accordingly.

Treasurer of
Liberty to

pay over

Monies to

VIII. And be it enacted, That the Treasurer for the Liberty shall, 15 upon the Union of the Liberty with the County, pay over to the Treasurer of the County all Monies in his Hands of or belonging to Treasurer of the Liberty, and the Treasurer of the County shall stand possessed of and shall apply all such Monies for such Purposes as the Order of Union shall direct, and, in default of such Direction, as Part of the 20 County Rates.

County.

Interpre

tation of Words.

Act not to
extend to
Boroughs,
Cinque Ports,
Scotland, or
Ireland.

Act may be
amended or

IX. And be it enacted, That in this Act the Word "Liberty" shall be taken to mean also Division of a County, Town and County, and Soke; and the Word "Gaol" shall be taken to mean also Prison or House of Correction; and in describing any Person or Thing, any 25 Word importing the Singular Number shall be construed to mean also several Persons or Things respectively, unless there be something in the Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction.

X. And be it enacted, That the Provisions of this Act shall not extend to any incorporated Borough, or to the Cinque Ports, or to 30 Scotland or Ireland.

XI. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed repealed. by any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament.

ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES.

Petition may be presented to Her Majesty, praying for Union of Liberty with County; Sect. 1.

Proceedings preparatory to Consideration of Petition; 2.

Her Majesty, after Consideration of Petition, may order Union of Liberty with County; 3.

After Union no separate Commission of the Peace to issue for Liberty, and Sessions for the County to have Jurisdiction in Liberty; and Inhabitants of Liberty to serve on Juries for County; 4.

Gaol of the Liberty to become the Gaol of the County; 5.

Trial of Prisoners to take place at Sessions for united County and Liberty, and, where necessary, at Assizes; 6.

Custos Rotulorum of County to be Keeper of Records of the Liberty; 7.

Treasurer of Liberty to pay over Monies to Treasurer of County; 8. Interpretation; 9.

Boroughs within Liberties to be Parts of Counties; 10.

Act not to extend to Southwark, Scotland, or Ireland; 11.

Act may be amended or repealed; 12.