one of Her Majesty's Justices of the do hereby certify, That the above is the Description of the Recruit ; and in my Presence all the foregoing Questions were put to the said that the Answers written opposite to them are those which he gave to me; and that the Thirtieth and Thirtysixth Articles of the Rules and Articles for the better Government of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on shore, against Mutiny and Desertion, were read over to him; that he took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity; that he received the Sum of on being attested this Day; that he was not attested until Twenty-four Hours had elapsed after he received Enlisting Money; that [this Blank is to be supplied by the Words "the Place where he swears that he enlisted is in the Vicinity of my Residence," or by the Words "the Place where he swears that he enlisted is within the Division, District, or Place for which I act," or by the Words "I am acting within the Division, District, or Place where the Head Quarters of the Recruiting Party is stationed," as the Case may be]; that I am not an Officer in the Marines, and that I have given him a Duplicate of this Certificate signed with my Name. Signature of the Justice. DECLARATION to be made by a MARINE renewing his Service. do declare, That I am at present [or I was, as the Case may be,] in the Royal Marine Forces; that I enlisted on the for a Term of Division of the Years; that I am of the Age of Years; and that I will serve Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, as a Marine, for a further Term of Years [to be filled up with Twelve Years, and in the Case of a Marine about to embark for Foreign Service, with such Number of Years as shall be required to complete a total Service of Twenty-four Years], provided my Services should so long be required, and also for such further Term, not exceeding Two Years, as shall be directed by the Commanding Officer on any Foreign Station. Declared before me Signature of Marine. FORM FORM of OATH to be taken by a MASTER whose Apprentice bound to serve as an Apprentice to me in the said Trade, by Indenture dated the Term of on or about the Day of for the is aged about quit my Service without my Consent, and that to the best of my Knowledge and Belief the said Years. Witness my Hand at the One thousand eight hundred Day of FORM OF JUSTICE'S CERTIFICATE to be given to the MASTER and made Oath that he was by Trade a Day and that was bound to serve as an Apprentice to him in the said Trade, by Indenture dated the Day of that the said Apprentice did on or about the for the Term of Years; and Day of abscond and quit the Service of the said without his Consent; and that to the best of his Knowledge and Belief the said Apprentice is aged about Years. I 4 DESCRIPTION * It is important for the Public Service, and for the Interest of the Deserter, that this Part of the Return should be accurately filled up, and the Details should be inserted by the Magistrate, in his own Handwriting, or, under his Direction, by bis Clerk. I do hereby certify that the Prisoner has been duly examined before me as to the Circumstance herein stated, and has declared in my Presence that he † a Deserter from the above-mentioned Corps. Signature and Address of Magistrate. Signature of Prisoner. ·Signature of Informant. ↑ Insert "is" or "is not," as the Case may be. I certify that I have inspected the Prisoner, and consider him t for Military Service. Signature of Mi litary Medical Officer, or of Private Medical Practitioner. Insert "fit" or "unfit," as the Case may be; and if unfit, state the Cause of Unfitness. CAP. XIII. An Act to provide a more effectual Regulation and WHEREAS poor Persons are sometimes lodged and Rules and Re maintained maintained under Contracts or Agreements for certain Payments in Houses and Establishments not being the • Workhouses of any Union or Parish, nor subject to the effective Control of any Guardians or Overseers or other parochial "Authorities, and no sufficient Powers are vested in any Autho'rity to regulate the Houses or Establishments wherein such 'Persons are lodged and maintained, and it is expedient that 'such Powers should be given:' 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 it shall be lawful for the Commissioners for admi- The Poor Law nistering the Laws for Relief of the Poor in England, and they Board to issue are hereby required, from Time to Time as they shall see gulations to Occasion, to make and issue all such Rules, Orders, and Regu- Houses where lations for the Management and Government of any House or the Poor are Establishment wherein any poor Person shall be lodged, boarded, under Contract. or maintained, for Hire or Remuneration, under any Contract or Agreement entered into by the Proprietor, Manager, or Superintendent of such House or Establishment, or on his Behalf, with any Guardians, Overseers, or other Persons having the ordering or Management of the Poor in any Union or Parish, or for the Education of any poor Children therein, in like Manner and to the same Extent as the said Commissioners are by Law empowered to do in the Case of any Workhouse belonging to any Union or Parish; and all such Rules, Orders, and Regulations shall have the like Effect as other Rules, Orders, and Regulations of the said Commissioners, and shall be obeyed accordingly, with the like Penalties on any Neglect or Disobedience thereof, to be enforced upon summary Conviction, as Penalties under the Act of the Fifth Year of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for the Amendment 4 & 5 W.4.c.76. and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales, may now be enforced. to extend to II. Provided nevertheless, and be it enacted, That nothing Nothing herein herein contained shall extend to any County Lunatic Asylum or Lunatic AsyHospital registered or House licensed for the Reception of lums and Hos Lunatics, nor to any Hospital, Infirmary, School, or other pitals. Institution supported by public Subscriptions, and maintained for Purposes of Charity only. III. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners may direct their Rules, Orders, and Regulations to any Person being or acting as the Proprietor, Manager, or Superintendent, or as Rules and Re gulations to be directed to the Manager or Officer of the an Establishment, Poor Law hibit the Reception or Retention of Poor in any such House. an Officer or Assistant, in any such House or Establishment as aforesaid, and the same shall come into operation so soon as the said Commissioners shall therein declare, and shall be binding upon the Person named therein, and, if they shall so direct, upon every Person who shall afterwards succeed to him in the same Capacity. IV. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners shall be Board may pro- empowered, if at any Time they shall see just Cause, to prohibit, by Order under their Seal, the Reception or Retention of any poor Person, or any Class of poor Persons, in any such House or Establishment, and thereupon it shall not be lawful for any such Proprietor, Manager, or Superintendent, or other Officer or Assistant, to receive or retain any poor Person therein, contrary to the Terms of such Order, so long as it shall be in force, nor for any Guardians, Overseers, or other such Persons as aforesaid to send any poor Person to such House or Establishment, contrary to such Order, provided that no such Guardians, Overseers, or other such Persons as aforesaid, nor any Officer of any Union or Parish, shall incur any legal Responsibility in respect of the Neglect of such Order, until a Copy thereof shall have been sent to the Guardians of the Union or Parish, or to the Overseers of the Parish, or other such Persons as aforesaid, in the Manner in which Orders of the said Commissioners are now sent to Guardians or Overseers. Poor Law Board may remove any Officer of such House. Poor Law Board may regulate Contracts. V. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners may, by Order under their Seal, remove from his Office or Service any Officer, Servant, or Assistant in any such House or Establishment whom they shall deem unfit or incompetent to discharge the Duties of his Situation, or who shall at any Time refuse or wilfully neglect to obey and carry into effect any of the Rules, Orders, or Regulations issued by the said Commissioners under their Seal for the Regulation of such House or Establishment, or of the Officers or Inmates thereof; and thereupon such Officer, Servant, or Assistant shall forthwith cease to act in his Office, Service, or Employment, and shall be entitled to claim and recover a rateable Proportion of his Salary, Wages, or other Remuneration up to the Time of his being so removed, but no more, from the Person liable to pay the same, subject to any Defence at Law which may then be open to the Person from whom the same shall be claimed. VI. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners may from Time to Time issue any Order which they may deem necessary for regulating the Mode in which any Contract shall be entered into for the lodging, boarding, or Maintenance of any poor Person, with the Proprietor, Manager, or Superintendent of such House or Establishment as aforesaid, or the Terms or the Duration of any such Contract, and if after the issuing of any such Order any Contract or Agreement be entered into with such Proprietor, Manager, or Superintendent, or any Person on his Behalf, not in accordance with such Order, the same shall be voidable, and, if the said Commissioners shall so direct, the same shall be void and of no Effect; and all Payments made under or |