And be it enacted, that after the first election of councillors under this Act, in any borough, the body or reputed body corporate named in the second column of the said schedules, in connection with such borough, shall take and bear the name of the mayor and burgesses of the borough of (as the case may be), and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be capable in law to do and suffer all acts which now lawfully they and their successors respectively may do and suffer, by any name or title of incorporation; and the mayor of each of the said boroughs shall be capable in law to do and suffer all acts which the chief officer of such borough may now lawfully do and suffer, so far as the same respectively are not altered or annulled by the provisions of this Act.

And be it enacted, that after the passing of this Act, the metes and bounds of the several boroughs named in the first section of the first and second divisions of the said schedule (A), and in the first section of the said schedule (B), for the purposes of this Act, shall be the same as the limits thereof respectively settled and described in an Act passed in the second and third year of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs in England and Wales, so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament;" and the metes and bounds of the several boroughs named in the second section of the first and second division of the said schedule (A), and in the second section of the said schedule (B), for the purposes of this Act, shall be and remain as the same are now taken to be, until such time as his Majesty shall have been pleased to issue his letters patent under the great seal, that he may be certified concerning the fit metes and bounds to be allotted unto the same respectively, and until such further time as it shall please his Majesty, by advice of his Privy Council, upon inspection of the return thereof made by the Commissioners, unto whom such letters patent shall have been directed, to declare fit metes and bounds of the said last-named boroughs, and the metes and bounds of the said lastnamed boroughs thenceforward for the purposes of this Act shall be the same so declared as last aforesaid.

And be it enacted, that every place and precinct which shall be included within the metes and bounds of any borough as hereinbefore provided, and none other, shall be part of such borough, for all the purposes of this Act, and in those boroughs which are counties of themselves, shall be part of such county, and of none other, for all the purposes of this Act.

And be it enacted, that after the passing of this Act, every male person of full age, who, on the last day of August in any year shall have been an inhabitant householder within any borough, or within seven miles of such borough, and shall have occupied any house, warehouse, counting-house, or shop within such borough during that year, and each of the two preceding years, and who shall have been rated, in respect of premises occupied by him, to all rates for the relief of the poor of some parish, wholly or in part within such borough, made in that year, and in each of the two years next preceding that year, shall, if duly enrolled according to the provisions hereinafter contained, be a burgess of such borough, and member of the body corporate of the mayor and burgesses of such borough: provided, that the premises in respect of the occupation of which any person shall be so rated need not be the same premises, or in the same parish, but may be different premises in the same parish or in different parishes: provided also, that every person who shall come to occupy any house, warehouse, counting-house, or shop in any borough, during the time for which any rate for the relief of the poor

shall have been made, to which he would have been rateable if he had been occupying there at the time such rate was made, may claim to be rated to such rate in respect of the property which he shall so come to occupy; and upon his so claiming and paying or tendering the amount of rate, if any, then due in respect of the premises, he shall be taken to have been rated to the relief of the poor in the parish in which such premises are situate, from the time at which the rate in respect of which he shall have made such claim shall have been made: provided also, that no person shall be so enrolled in any year who shall not have paid all such rates due from him at the time of the revision of the burgess-roll, hereinafter provided, except such as shall have been made or become due within six calendar months next before such revision: provided also, that no person shall be so enrolled in any year, who, within twelve calendar months next before such revision shall have received parochial relief or other alms, or any pension or charitable allowance from any fund entrusted to the charitable trustees of such borough hereinafter mentioned.

And be it enacted, that in every borough it shall be lawful for any person occupying any house, warehouse, counting-house, or shop, to claim to be rated to the relief of the poor in respect of such premises, whether the landlord shall or shall not be liable to be rated to the relief of the poor in respect thereof; and upon such occupier so claiming and actually paying or tendering the full amount of the last-made rate then due in respect of such premises, the overseers of the parish in which such premises are situate, are hereby required to put the name of such Occupier upon the rate for the time being, and in case such overseer shall neglect or refuse so to do, such occupier shall nevertheless, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been rated to the relief of the poor in respect of such premises, from the period at which the rate shall have been made in respect of which he shall have so claimed to be rated as aforesaid provided always, that where by virtue of any Act of Parliament the landlord shall be liable to the payment of the rate for the relief of the poor in respect of any premises occupied by his tenant, nothing herein contained shall be deemed to vary or discharge the liability of such landlord; but in case the tenant who shall have been rated for such premises in consequence of any such claim as aforesaid shall make default in the payment of the poor's-rate due in respect thereof, such landlord shall be and remain liable for the payment thereof in the same manner as if he alone had been rated in respect of the premises so occupied by his tenant.

And be it enacted, that if any person, who shall have been enrolled a burgess of any body corporate within any borough, according to the provisions of this Act, shall at any time thereafter cease to occupy any house, warehouse, counting-house or shop within the borough, or neglect or refuse to pay such rates as aforesaid, due from him at the time of the revision of the burgess-roll, except as hereinbefore is excepted, his name shall, at the then next revision of the burgess-roll, be struck out from the said burgess-roll, and he shall thereupon cease to be a burgess and member of the said body corporate provided nevertheless, that if, at any revision of the burgess-roll, within two years next after the time at which he shall so cease to be a burgess, he shall occupy and be rated for any house, warehouse, counting-house or shop within such borough, he shall be entitled again to be and be enrolled a burgess and member of the said body corporate; provided that he shall be then otherwise qualified, as herein provided.

And be it enacted, that after the passing of this Act no person shall be elected, admitted, or enrolled a citizen, freeman, liveryman, or burgess

of any borough, or by any name, a member of any body corporate, in respect of any right or title, other than by occupancy and payment of rates within such borough, according to the meaning and provisions of this Act.

And whereas in divers cities, towns, and boroughs, a certain custom hath prevailed of taking or allotting the common lands and public stock of such cities, towns, and boroughs, and the rents and profits thereof, to and for the particular benefit, use, and enjoyment of the citizens, freemen, and burgesses of the said cities, towns, and boroughs respectively, or of certain of them, or of the widows or kindred of them, or certain of them, and not applying the same to public purposes; be it therefore enacted, that after the passing of this Act no person shall have or be entitled to claim any share, benefit, or advantage of or from any of the lands, tenements, and hereditaments, or the rents and profits thereof, or of or from any common lands or public stock of the said body corporate, or any discharge or exemption from any tolls or dues lawfully levied, wholly or in part, by or to the use of any body corporate, who was not a citizen, freeman, or burgess of some borough, or the wife or widow of a citizen, freeman, or burgess of some borough on the 5th day of June in this present year, and every person who was a citizen, freeman, or burgess of some borough, or the wife or widow of a citizen, freeman, or burgess of some borough on the said 5th day of June, shall have and enjoy the same share, benefit, and advantage, of or from the lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or the rents and profits thereof, or of or from the common lands or public stock of any borough or body corporate, or from any discharge or exemption from any tolls or dues lawfully levied, wholly or in part, by or to the use of any of the said boroughs or bodies corporate, and all benefit and advantage derivable therefrom, as fully and for such time and in such sort as he or she might and would have had and enjoyed the same if this Act had not passed, and no further or otherwise provided, nevertheless, that after all the persons whose rights in this behalf are herein reserved shall have become entitled to be in actual possession of their share of the premises, the share, benefit, and advantage of or from the lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and the rents and profits thereof, or of or from the common lands or public stock of any borough or body corporate herein before reserved to any person, shall accrue for the benefit of the borough-fund of such borough, when and as soon as by any law, statute, charter, or usage in force on the day before the passing of this Act, such person would have ceased to have the benefit of the same if this Act had not been passed, and shall not survive and accumulate for the particular benefit of the other persons, or any of them, whose rights in this behalf are herein before reserved as aforesaid.

And whereas in divers cities, towns, and boroughs, a certain custom hath prevailed, that no person, not being free of a city, town, or borough, or of certain guilds, mysteries, or trading companies within the same, or some or one of them, shall keep any shop or place for putting to show or sale certain wares or merchandize by way of retail or otherwise, or use certain trades, occupations, mysteries, or handicrafts, for hire, gain, or sale within the same; be it enacted, that every person in any borough may keep any shop for the sale of all lawful wares and merchandises by wholesale or retail, and use every lawful trade, occupation, mystery, and handicraft for hire, gain, sale, or otherwise within any borough; any custom within such borough to the contrary notwithstanding.

And be it enacted, that on the last day in August in this and every succeeding year, the overseers of the poor of every parish, wholly or in part within any borough, shall make out an alphabetical list according to

the form Number 1, in the Shedule (D) to this Act annexed, of all persons who shall be entitled to be enrolled in the burgess-roll of that year, according to the provisions of this Act, in respect of property within such parish; and the overseer shall sign such lists, and shall deliver the same to the town-clerk of such borough, on the last day of August in every year, and shall keep a true copy of such lists to be perused by any person, without payment of any fee, at all reasonable hours during the first fourteen days of September in every year: provided always, that in any borough in which there shall be no town-clerk, or in which the townclerk shall be dead or incapable of acting, all matters required by this Act to be done, by and with regard to the town-clerk, shall be done by and with regard to the person executing duties in such borough, similar to those of town-clerk; and if there be no such person, or if such person shall be dead or incapable of acting, then by and with regard to such fit person as the mayor of such borough shall appoint in that behalf.

And be it enacted, that every person whose name shall have been omitted in any such overseer's list, and who shall claim to have his name inserted in the burgess-roll, shall, on or before the 15th day of September, in this and every subsequent year, give notice thereof to the townclerk in writing, according to the form Number 2, in the said schedule (D), or to the like effect; and every person whose name shall have been inserted in any overseer's list for any borough, may object to any other person as not being entitled to have his name retained in the burgess-roll for the same borough, and every person so objecting shall, on or before the 15th day of September, in the present and in every succeeding year, give notice thereof in writing to the town-clerk of such borough, according to the form Number 3, in the said schedule (D), or to the like effect; and every town-clerk shall include the names of all persons so claiming in a list, according to the form Number 4, in the said schedule (D), and the names of all persons, so objected to, in a list, according to the form Number 5, in the said schedule (D), and shall cause copies of such lists to be fixed on or near the door of the town-hall, or in some public and conspicuous situation, within such borough, during the week next preced ing the first day of October, in the present and in every succeeding year; and the town-clerk shall likewise keep a copy of the names of all the persons so claiming as aforesaid, and also a copy of the names of all persons so objected to as aforesaid, to be perused by any person, without payment of any fee, at all reasonable hours during the week next preceding the first day of October, in the present and in every succeeding year, and shall deliver a copy of each of such lists to any person requiring the same, on payment of one shilling for each copy.

And be it enacted, that the mayor of every borough shall hold an open court within such borough, for the purpose of revising the said lists, at some time between the first day of October inclusive, and the fifteenth day of October inclusive, in the present and in every succeeding year, having first given three clear days' notice of the holding of such court, to be fixed on or near the door of the town-hall, or in some public and conspicuous situation within the borough; and the town-clerk of every such borough shall, at the opening of the court, produce the said lists before him, and a copy of the lists of the persons claiming and of the persons objected to, so made out as aforesaid; and the several overseers within every such borough shall attend the court, and shall answer upon oath all such questions as the mayor may put to them, or any of them, touching any matter necessary for revising the said lists; and the mayor shall insert in such lists the name of every person who shall be proved to his satisfaction to be entitled to be enrolled in the burgess-roll, according to the provisions of this Act, and shall retain on the said lists the names of all persons to whom no objection shall have been duly made;

and shall also retain on the said lists the name of every person who shall have been objected to by any person, unless the party so objecting shall appear by himself, or by some one on his behalf, in support of such objection; and where the name of any person inserted in any one of the said lists shall have been duly objected to, and the person objecting shall appear by himself, or by some one on his behalf, in support of such objection, the mayor shall require proof of the qualification of the person so objected to; and in case the qualification of such person shall not be proved to the satisfaction of the mayor, he shall expunge the name of every such person from the said lists, and he shall also expunge from the said lists the name of every person who shall be proved to him to be dead, and shall correct any mistake or supply any omission which shall be proved to him to have been made in any of the said lists in respect of the name, or place of abode, or local description of the rated property of any person who shall be included in any such list: provided always, that no person's name shall be inserted by the mayor in any such list, or shall be expunged therefrom, except in the case of death, unless notice shall have been given as is herein before required in each of the said cases.

And be it enacted, that every mayor holding any court under this Act for the revision of the said lists, shall have power to adjourn the same from time to time, so that no such adjourned court shall be held after the 15th day of October in any year, and shall have power to require any overseer of any parish, wholly or in part within the borough, having the custody of any poor-rate, to produce the same, and allow the same to be inspected at any court to be held for revision of the burgess-roll, and shall have power to administer an oath (or in the case of a Quaker or Moravian, an affirmation) to the town-clerk and to the overseers, and to all persons claiming to be inserted in, or making objection to the omission or insertion of any name in the said lists, and to all persons objected to in any of such lists, and to all persons claiming to have any mistake in any of such lists corrected, and to all witnesses who may be tendered on either side; and if any person taking any oath or making any affirmation under this Act shall wilfully swear or affirm falsely, such person shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and shall be punished accordingly; and the mayor shall, upon the hearing in open court, determine upon the validity of such claims and objections, and shall in open court write his initials against the names respectively struck out or inserted, and against any part of the said lists in which any mistakes shall have been corrected, and shall sign his name to every page of the several lists so settled.

And be it enacted, that the overseers' lists, so revised and signed as last aforesaid, shall be delivered by the mayor to the town-clerk of such borough, who shall keep the same, and shall cause the said lists to be fairly and truly copied into one general alphabetical list in a book to be by him provided for that purpose, with every name therein numbered, beginning the numbers from the first name, and continuing them in a regular series to the last name, and shall cause such book to be completed on or before the twenty-fourth day of October in the present and every succeeding year, and shall deliver such book, together with the lists, at the expiration of his office, to the person succeeding him in such office; and every such book shall be the burgess-roll of the burgesses of such borough entitled to vote after the passing of this Act in the choice of the council and auditors of such borough as hereinafter mentioned, at any election which may take place in such borough between the twentyfifth day of October inclusive in the year wherein such burgess-roll shall have been made, and the twenty-fifth day of October in the succeeding year; provided that no stamp duty shall be payable in respect of the ad