No. III. notice shall be given in the usual manner, at which vestry the trustees 2 W. 4, c. 42. of the said allotments may attend and vote, if they shall so think fit, and at which vestry, or some adjournment thereof, any industrious cottager of good character who may desire to rent such portion of land as aforesaid may apply for the same; and the said vestry are hereby required, taking into consideration the character and circumstances of the applicant, to determine the case, either by rejecting his application, or by making an order that he shall be permitted to occupy such portion of the poor allotment, being not less than one fourth of a statute acre nor exceeding one such acre, as the said vestry in their discretion shall Order of vestry determine, and upon the terms herein-before enacted; and the said to authorize oc- order of vestry shall be held to all intents and purposes to be a sufficient cupation. title and authority to such applicant to enter into the occupation of such land at the time therein appointed. Payment of rent. IV. Provided always, That the rent shall be reserved and payable to the churchwardens and overseers of the poor, on behalf of the vestry, in one gross sum for the whole year, and shall be paid to one or either of them at the end of the year's occupation. If rent is in V. That if the rent of such portion of land shall at any time be four arrear, or land weeks in arrear, or if at the end of any one year of occupation it shall not duly culti- be the opinion of the vestry that the land has not been duly cultivated, vated, tenant so as to fulfil the useful and benevolent purposes of this act, then and may be evicted. in such case the churchwardens and overseers of the poor, or any or Power to recover possession of land illegally held over, by summary process. either of them, with the consent of the vestry, may serve a notice to quit upon the occupier of such portion of land; whereupon the said occupier shall deliver up possession of the same to the churchwardens and overseers aforesaid, or any or either of them, within one week after the said notice has been duly served upon him. VI. That if any person to whom such portion of land as aforesaid shall have been let, for his or her own occupation, shall refuse to quit and to deliver up possession thereof when thereto required according to the terms of this act, or if any other person or persons shall unlawfully enter upon or take or hold possession of any such land, it shall be lawful for the churchwardens and overseers of the poor, or any or either of them, to exhibit a complaint against the person so in possession of such land before two of his Majesty's justices of the peace, who are hereby authorized and required to issue a summons, under their hands and seals, to the person against whom such complaint shall be made, to appear before them at a time and place appointed therein; and such justices are hereby required and empowered, upon the appearance of the defendant before them, or upon proof on oath that such summons has been duly served upon him, or left at his usual place of residence, or if there should have been any difficulty in finding such usual place of residence, then upon proof on oath of such difficulty, and that such summons has been affixed on the door of the parish church of the said parish in which such land is situated, and in any extra-parochial place on some public building or other conspicuous place therein, to proceed to hear and determine the matter of such complaint, and if they shall find and adjudge the same to be true, then by warrant under their hands and seals to cause possession of the land in question to be delivered to the churchwardens and overseers of the poor, or to some of them. Arrears of rent VII. That all arrears of rent for the said portions of land shall be how to be re- recoverable by the churchwardens and overseers of the poor, or any of covered. them, on behalf of the vestry, by application to two of his Majesty's justices of the peace in petty sessions assembled, who shall thereupon summon the party complained against, and after hearing what he has to allege, should they find any rent to be due, they are required to issue a warrant under their hands and seals to levy the same upon the goods and chattels of the person from whom the said rent shall be due and owing. Application of rent. VIII. That the rent of the said portions of land shall be applied by the vestry in the purchase of fuel, to be distributed in the winter season among the poor parishioners legally settled and resident in or near the said parish. No. III. 2 W.4, c. 42. IX. That if any of the said allotments shall be found to lie at an inconvenient distance from the residences of the cottagers, it shall be Power to exlawful for the vestry, by an order made to that effect, to let such allot- change, for ment, or any part thereof, for the best rent that can be procured for the greater convesame, and to hire in lieu thereof, for the purposes of this act, land of nience of cotequal value, more favourably situated. tagers. X. That no habitations shall be erected on the portions of land de- No habitations mised under this act, either at the expence of the parish or by the indi- to be erected. viduals renting the same. c. 59. XI. And whereas by two acts of the first and second years of the Extending reign of his present Majesty, intituled An Act to amend an Act of the Fifty- powers and ninth Year of His Majesty King George the Third, for the Relief and provisions of Employment of the Poor, and the other intituled An Act to enable the this act to 1 & 2 W. 4, c. 42 and Churchwardens and Overseers to inclose Lands belonging to the Crown, for the Benefit of poor Persons residing in the Parish in which such Crown land is situated, power is given under certain restrictions, to inclose any quantity not exceeding fifty acres of waste land and crown land respectively, for the use and benefit of the poor; be it further enacted, That in any parish where such inclosure shall exist or shall hereafter take place, or where land shall in any other manner be found appropriated for the general benefit of the poor of any parish, then and in such cases the powers and provisions of this act shall be held to apply, in so far as the same may be found applicable. [No. IV.] 3 & 4 W. IV. c. 35.-An Act to remedy certain WHEREAS divers acts of parliament have from time to time been passed for the inclosure, drainage, and improvement of divers lands, commons, and waste grounds, wherein commissioners are empowered to set out and make private roads and drains, banks, bridges, sluices, and other works: and whereas it hath been discovered, since the passing of the said acts, that there are no powers therein for the recovery of the rates or assessments from time to time after the making of the respective final awards of the commissioners acting in execution of the said acts, under or by virtue of the said acts or the said awards, or under or by virtue of powers, authorities, or directions given or contained in the said acts or awards, for defraying the expences of repairing, superintending, or renewing the said roads, drains, banks, bridges, sluices, and other works, whereby great inconvenience and losses have been sustained for want of such powers: and whereas it is expedient that a summary mode of proceeding should be granted for the purpose of recovering and enforcing the payment of such rates or assessments; for remedy whereof, may it please your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted, &c. That in all cases where no such remedy shall have Mode of probeen given, and where any such rate or assessment, rates or assessments, ceeding for realready made or hereafter to be made, or any part thereof, and whether covery of rates made at one time or at several times, shall have been or shall be in or assessments arrear and unpaid for the space of twenty-one days after a notice in in arrear where writing requiring payment thereof shall have been personally served on no remedy hath or left at the place of abode of the person or persons, or one of the been already persons, by whom the said rate or assessment, rates or assessments, ought to be paid, or at the place of abode of the tenant or occupier of the lands or grounds in respect of which the said rate or assessment, rates or assessments, is or are made, it shall and may be lawful for any given. No. IV. 3 & 4 W. 4, c. 35. Limiting the re covery to six years from period of rate becoming due. two or more of his Majesty's justices of the peace acting for any county, riding, or division, in petty sessions assembled, (not interested in the matter in question,) and who are hereby required, upon complaint made to them by the person or persons, or any one of the persons, to whom for the time being the said rate or assessment, or rates or assessments ought to be paid, or by the person or persons, or any one of the persons, who for the time being shall be duly appointed to make or collect such rate or assessment or rates or assessments, to summon the person or persons from whom any rate or assessment, rates or assessments, shall be due, and the witnesses on both sides, and upon the appearance or contempt of the party or parties accused, or any of them, to examine such party or parties and witness or witnesses as may be then present, upon oath (which oath such justices are hereby authorized and empowered to administer), and to give judgment accordingly upon the matters and things brought before them, and by warrant or warrants under the hands and seals of such justices to levy the amount of all and every such rate or assessment, rates or assessments, so in arrear and unpaid, by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the person or persons so making default in payment of such rate or assessment, rates or assessments, wheresoever the same can or may be found, or of the occupier or occupiers of any lands or grounds belonging to such person or persons in respect of which such rate or assessment, rates or assessments, is or are made, which may be found on such lands or grounds, together with the reasonable costs and charges of such proceeding, rendering the overplus arising by such sale (if any), after deducting the sum or sums to be levied by such distress and sale, and the charges of taking, keeping, appraising, and selling the said distress, to the owner thereof (on demand); and the respective tenants of all the lands on which such distress shall be taken are hereby authorized and required to pay any sum of money for which such distress shall be made, and to deduct the same out of his, her, or their rent; and every tenant making such payment shall be acquitted, exonerated, and discharged for so much money as shall be by him or her so paid : Provided always, that no such levy by distress and sale shall be made in respect of any such rate or assessment when more than six years shall have elapsed from the time when such rate or assessment first became due, unless a promise in writing to pay the said rate or assessment shall have been given by the person or persons liable to the payment thereof to some person duly authorized to receive the same; and when such promise has been given no such levy by distress or sale shall take place when more than six years shall have elapsed from the time that such promise was given : Provided also, that no such levy by distress and sale shall in any case exceed the amount of the rent due. II. That the justices by whom any such warrant of distress shall be Form of war- issued may cause such warrant to be drawn up in the following form of rant of distress. words, or in any other form to the same effect; (that is to say) WHEREAS in and by a certain rate or assessment, in [here in substance describe the purposes of the rate] A. B. of in the parish of the county of was duly rated and assessed in the sum of [if more than one rate or as'sessment, recite the others in the same manner]: and whereas it appeareth unto us, two (or more) of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the said (county, riding, or division, (as the case may be) upon the complaint of C. D. of the person to whom the said rate or assessment ought to be paid, (or otherwise as the case may be,) that a notice in writing, requiring payment of the said sum (or said several sums), was personally served on the said A. B., (or left at the place of day of No. IV. ' abode of the said A. B., or of the tenant or occupier of the lands or Igrounds,) to wit, on the last, and that 3 & 4 W. 4, default has been made in payment thereof for the space of twenty-one c. 35. days next after such notice so served (or left), and that the same sum (or several sums, or a certain part of such sum or sums, as the case may be,) is (or are) still due and unpaid: and whereas it having been duly I proved to us, upon oath, that the said A. B. hath been duly summoned 'to appear before us, the said justies, to show cause why the said rate ' or assessment (rates or assessments) should not be paid; and he the ́ said A. B. having appeared before us (or and he the said A. B. having 'neglected to appear accordingly before us, as the case may be,) according 'to such summons, and not having shown to us any sufficient cause why the said sum so as aforesaid due and unpaid should not be paid: these are therefore to require you forthwith to make distress of the goods and chattels of him the said A. B. wheresoever they may be found, or of the occupier or occupiers of the lands or grounds or some part thereof belonging to the said A. B. in respect of which the 'said rate or assessment (rates or assessments) is (or are) made, which may be found in and upon such lands or grounds; and if within 'the space of five days next after such distress by you taken, the 'sum of and also the further sum 6 ' of being the costs already incurred in 'the premises, making together the sum of together with the reasonable charges of taking and keeping the said 'distress, shall not be paid, that then you do sell the said goods and chattels so by you distrained, and out of the money arising by such 'sale that you detain the said sum of and also your reasonable charges of taking, keeping, appraising, and selling the said distress, rendering to him the said A. B. the overplus, on demand. Given under our hands and seals this day of one thousand eight hundred and thirty III. That if any person or persons shall think himself, herself, or Appeal. themselves aggrieved by any thing done in pursuance of this act, then and in every such case he, she, or they may appeal to the next court of general quarter sessions of the peace which shall be holden not less than ten days after the cause of such complaint for the county, riding, division, or place wherein the cause of complaint shall have arisen; provided that such person shall give to the complainant a notice in writing of such appeal, and of the cause and matter thereof, within eight days after such cause of complaint, and six clear days at the least before such sessions, and shall also enter into a recognizance within such six days, with sufficient surety, before a justice of the peace for the same county, riding, division, or place, conditioned to appear at the said sessions, and to try such appeal, and to abide the judgment of the court thereupon, and to pay such costs as shall be awarded by the court; and the court at such sessions shall hear and determine the matter of such appeal, and shall make such order therein, with or without costs to either party, as to the court shall seem meet. Warrant not to IV. That no such warrant of distress or adjudication made on appeal be quashed for therefrom shall be quashed for want of form. want of form. V. Provided always, That at the hearing of the said complaint and Rated persons appeal, or either of them, no person shall be an incompetent witness by not to be disreason of his or her being rated or liable to be rated to the said rate or qualified from assessment, rates or assessments. giving evi dence. [No. V.] [3 & 4 W. IV. c. 87.-An Act for remedying a WHEREAS by divers acts of inclosure the awards or instruments in writing, thereby directed to be formed and drawn up or made by the commissioner or commissioners appointed by or by virtue of such acts for executing the powers and authorities thereof respectively, are directed or required to be inrolled by or with the clerk of the peace of the county, riding, division, soke, or place in which the lands to which such acts respectively relate are situated, or in one of his Majesty's courts of record at Westminster, or in some other court, and, in certain of the said acts, within certain times mentioned in such acts next after the execution of such awards or instruments in writing respectively; and in certain of the said acts new commissioners are directed to be appointed within certain times thereby respectively limited: And whereas in a great number of instances such awards or instruments in writing have not been inrolled, or have not been inrolled within the time directed or required by the several acts; and by reason of such omission the title to the messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments allotted, sold, divided, or exchanged under such acts respectively may be considered defective; and in many instances new commissioners have not been appointed within the time directed by the several acts: And whereas it is expedient that provision should be made for remedying such defects: may it therefore please your Majesty that it may All awards al- be enacted; and be it enacted, &c., That every award already made and ready made but executed under or in pursuance of any act of inclosure, and which has not been inrolled, or which has not been inrolled within the time limited by the act under or in pursuance of which such award shall have been made, shall from the time of the execution of such award be as good and valid and of the same effect in all respects as if such award had been inrolled in the manner, and within the time, if any, appointed and limited for that purpose in the act under or in pursuance of which the same has been made. not inrolled shall, from the execution thereof be as valid as if inrolled within the time limited by the act. Proprietors of lands may be inrolled. II. That where any award already made and executed under or in pursuance of any act of inclosure has not been inrolled, it shall be lawcause awards to ful for any person or persons having or deriving title to any messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments under such award, at his, her, or their expence, to require and cause such award, with any maps or plans annexed or relating thereto, to be inrolled in any one of his Majesty's courts of record at Westminster, or by the clerk of the peace of the county, riding, division, soke, or place in which the lands to which such award shall relate are situated, to the end that recourse may be had thereto by any person or persons interested therein, for the inspection and perusal whereof no more than one shilling shall be paid; and a Copy of any copy of such award when so inrolled, or of any part thereof, signed by award so inroll- the proper officer of the court wherein the same shall be inrolled, or by ed and signed the clerk of the peace for such county, riding, division, soke, or place, by the proper or his deputy, purporting the same to be a true copy, shall from time officer to be deto time be made and delivered by such officer or clerk of the peace for livered to any the time being, or his deputy, to any person or persons requesting the person requiring the same. same, for which no more shall be paid than three-pence for every sheet of seventy-two words; and every award already made, whether inrolled or not, and every copy of such award when inrolled as aforesaid, or of |