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provided by an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of King William the Fourth, for, amongst other things, "facilitating the Appointment of 3 & 4 W. 4. Sheriffs," such Person (being by Law competent to hold and

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5 exercise the Office of Sheriff) to be Sheriff of the County of Westmoreland as She shall, by the Advice of Her Privy Council, think fit, and hereafter from Time to Time as Occasion shall require to appoint in like Manner and Form any other Person (so being by Law competent as aforesaid) to be Sheriff of the said County of Westmore10 land; and such Person so to be from Time to Time appointed shall hold, use, and execute the said Office of Sheriff within the said County of Westmoreland, and upon taking the Oath of Office by the said Act prescribed shall thenceforth have and exercise all the Powers, Privileges, and Authorities hitherto usually exercised and enjoyed 15 by the Sheriff of the County of Westmoreland, or any other Sheriff now or heretofore appointed under and by virtue of the said last-mentioned Act, and shall be subject and liable to the same Duties and Liabilities as the Sheriff of the County of Westmoreland has hitherto been subject and liable to, and to all the Liabilities imposed upon 20 Sheriffs in England and Wales by the said last-mentioned Act.

c. 99.

tinue Sheriff

III. Provided always, and be it enacted, That the said George G. E. Wilson, Edmund Wilson shall continue to hold, use, and execute the said Esq. to conOffice of Sheriff of the County of Westmoreland until the Appoint- of Westmorement by Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors, of some other Person land until

25 to be Sheriff of the said County under this Act.

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BILL

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The better assessing and collecting the Poor
Rates and Highway Rates in respect of Small
Tenements.

[Note.—The Words printed in Italics are proposed to be inserted in the Committee.]

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HEREAS the Collection of Poor Rates and Highway Rates Preamble. assessed upon the Occupiers of Tenements of small annual Value is expensive, difficult, and frequently impracticable, and it is expedient to make better Provision for the rating of such 5 Tenements, and for the Collection of such Rates: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen'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 from and after the passing of this Act it Majority of 10 shall be lawful for the Vestry of any Parish, by a Majority of Two Thirds Two Thirds at least of the Votes of the Persons present, and com- determine petent to vote thereat, from Time to Time and at all Times hereafter whether 67. Tenements to declare and order that the Owners of Tenements in such Parish the yearly Rent or Value whereof respectively shall not exceed Six rated to the 15 Pounds shall be rated and assessed to the Rates for the Relief of the instead of Poor in respect of such Tenements, instead of the Occupiers thereof, Occupiers. and the Order so made shall remain in force until rescinded; and it shall be lawful for the Vestry of the said Parish, by such Majority as aforesaid, to rescind and annul any such Order.

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of Vestry to

Owners

If Vestry so

the Poor Rates and Highway

II. And be it enacted, That whilst any such Order is in force the determined, respective Owners of such Tenements now being occupied by any Person having no greater Estate or Interest therein than a Tenancy from Year to Year, or, after the passing of this Act, being occupied by any Person holding under any Lease, Letting, or Tenancy whatever, shall 5 be rated and assessed (instead of the Occupiers thereof) to the Rates for the Relief of the Poor and to the Rates for the Repairs of the Highways which otherwise such Occupiers might by Law be rated to.

Rates to be rated to Owners.

Remedies for

Rates.

III. And be it enacted, That the Rates to be assessed as aforesaid, 10 recovering of together with the Costs and Charges of levying and recovering the same, may be levied on the Goods of and recovered from the respective Owners of such Tenements as aforesaid, by Distress, Action, Suit, or other Proceeding, in the same Way as such Rates, if lawfully assessed to the Occupiers of such Tenements, might by Law be 15 levied on the Goods of or recovered from such Occupiers; and, further, the Goods and Chattels of the Occupiers of such Tenements shall be liable to be distrained and sold for Payment of such of the said Rates as shall accrue due during their respective Occupations, in the same Way as if such Rates were assessed to such Occupiers; but such 20 Occupiers (whether being distrained upon, or paying such Rates in order to prevent Distress,) may deduct the respective Amounts so to be answered by them, together with all Costs and Charges they may have incurred on account thereof, from their Rents payable in respect of such Tenements, and such Amounts shall be deemed Debts 25 due from such Owners to such Occupiers, and be recoverable by Action.

Owners

possessed to have the

IV. And be it enacted, That every such Owner as aforesaid shall have the same Right of Appeal against Rates, and the same Right Privileges of to vote in Vestry, as if he were an Occupier duly rated. Occupiers.

Definition

of Terms.

Extension of Act.

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V. And be it enacted, That the Word "Tenement" in this Act shall include Land, House, Cottage, and any corporeal Hereditaments; and the Word "Owner" shall include every Person receiving or claiming Rent on his own Account, or as Trustee for any other Person, and every Mortgagee in receipt of Rent; and Words importing the 35 Masculine Gender shall include Females as well as Males..

VI. And be it enacted, That this Act shall extend only to England and Wales.

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

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