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VIII. And whereas by the said recited Act the commissioners of his Majesty's treasury, or any three or more of them are empowered to cause to be aid out of the growing produce of the consolidated fund, any balance due on the thirty-first day of May in each year to the clerk of the commissioners appointed under the said recited Act: And whereas it is expedient that such powers should be amended; be it therefore further enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act it shall and may be lawful for the commissioners of his Majesty's treasury, or any three or more of them, on an application made to them in writing, to cause to be issued and paid, out of the growing produce of the consolidated fund, to the clerk of the said commissioners, from time to time, such sums of money as the commissioners of his Majesty's treasury shall deem fit, to defray the expences incurred under the provisions of the said recited Act and of this Act; provided such application to the commissioners of his Majesty's treasury for such money shall have been agreed upon at some quarterly or other meeting of the commissioners appointed under the said recited Act, and shall be signed by seven at the least of the said commissioners; provided also, it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the commissioners of his Majesty's treasury, that there is a balance due to the clerk of the said coinmissioners on account of expences so incurred as aforesaid.

IX. And be it further enacted, That an account of all money received for licences by the clerk of the commissioners appointed under the said recited Act, and of all money paid out of the consolidated fund under the provisions of this and the said recited Act, shall be made up to the first of August in each year, and such account shall specify the several heads of expenditure, and shall be laid before Parliament on or before the twentyfifth day of March in each year, if Parliament shall be then sitting, or if Parliament shall not be then sitting, within one month after the then next sitting of Parliament.

X. And whereas it is desirable to define the precise places to which the powers and authorities of the said commissoners shall extend, be it therefore enacted, That the same shall extend to and include the cities of London and Westminster, and all and every part thereof, and the county of Middlesex, the borough of Southwark, and also the whole of the several parishes and places herein-after enumerated; videlicet, Brixton, Battersea, Barnes, Saint Mary Magdalene Bermondsey, Christ Church, Clapham, Saint Giles Cumberwell, Dulwich, Saint Paul Deptford, Graveney, Kew Green, Kennington, Saint Mary Lambeth, Mortlake, Merton, Mitchum, Saint Mary Newington, Norwood, Putney, Peckham, Saint Mary Rotherhithe, Rochampton, Streatham, Stockwell, Tooting, Wimbledon, Wandsworth, and Walworth, in the county of Surrey; Blackheath, Charlton, Deptford, Greenwich, Lewisham, Lee, Southend, and Woolwich, in the county of Kent; and East Ham, Leyton, Laytonstone, Low Layton, Plaistow, West Ham, and Walthamstow, in the county of Essex; and that the jurisdiction of the said commissioners shall be deemed to include any townships, liberty, tithing, vill, extra-parochial place, or any other place within the cities of London and Westminster, and within seven miles thereof, and within the county of Middlesex; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

XI. And be it enacted, That any three of the said commissioners, one of whom shall not be a physician, shall have full power and authority, as they see occasion, to require any person to appear before them, to testify the truth touching any matters relating to the execution of the powers given by the said recited Act or this Act.

XII. And for the more effectual prosecution of offences punishable by summary conviction under the said recited Act or this Act, be it enacted, That where any person shall be charged, upon the oath of a credible witness, before one or more justices of the peace, for any offence against the provisions of this or the said recited Act, the justice or justices may suminon the person charged to appear at a time and place to be named in such summons; and if he shall not appear accordingly, and upon proof of the due service of the summons upon such person, (by delivering the VOL. VII.

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No. XV.

10 Geo. IV.

c. 18.

The Treasury may issue to the

Clerk of the Commissioners such Sums as

shall be deemed fit to defray the Expences of this Act.

Account of Receipt and Expenditure to be made up annually and laid before Parliament.

Defining the Jurisdiction of the Commissioners.

Commissioners

may require Appearance of Witnesses.

Summary Conviction.

No. XV.

10 Geo. IV

c. 18.

Form of Conviction.

same to him personally, or by leaving the same at his last or usual place of abode,) the said justice or justices may either proceed to hear and determine the case, or issue his or their warrant for apprehending such person, and bringing him before him or them or some other justice or justices of the peace; and the justice or justices before whom the person so charged shall appear or be brought shall proceed to hear and determine

the case.

XIII. And be it enacted, That the justice or justices before whom any person shall be convicted of any offence against the said recited Actor this Act may cause the conviction to be drawn up in the following form of words, or in any other form of words to the same effect, as the case may require; and that no conviction under this Act or the said recited Act shall be void through want of form:

BE it remembered, That on the
in the year of our Lord

in the county of

• before

day of

at

A. B.

is convicted of his Majesty's

justices of the peace for the said county; for that he the said

'And

the said

did

and

adjudge

Prosecutions to be by Indict

ment at Assizes.

Definition of
Terms.

Public Act.

'the said

' of

for his said offence to pay the sum

XIV. And be it further enacted, That the prosecution for every offence under the said recited Act or this Act (except such as are committed within the jurisdiction of the said commissioners nominated under the said recited Act, or such as are punishable by summary conviction,) shall be by indictment preferred to a grand jury at the assizes to be held in and for the county wherein the offence shall have been committed.

XV. And for remedying all doubts as to the true meaning of the words "Insane Persons," be it enacted, That the words "Insane Persons," used in the said recited Act and in this Act, shall be deemed and construed to extend to all persons whatsoever who are lunatic idiot or of unsound mind; any thing in the said recited Act or in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding.

XVI. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be deemed and taken to be a public Act.

END OF VOL. VII.

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