at or for which the same shall be set or let, which books respectively shall be kept or preserved in the said new church, and shall and may be open to the inspection of all persons renting any of the said pews or seats respectively, at all seasonable times, without fee or reward.

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Private Act Building (church).

And be it further enacted, That if any of the rents agreed to be Powers for repaid for any of the said pews or seats in the said new church covering rents. shall remain in arrear or unpaid for the space of twenty-one days after the same shall become due, and the payment thereof shall have been duly demanded by writing under the hand of the person or persons appointed to collect and receive the same, and left at the place of abode of the person renting, occupying, or contracting for the same, that then it shall be lawful for the said trustees for the time being to re-enter into and upon such pews or seats, and take possession of the same, and thereby determine and put an end to the holding of such person or persons so in arrear, and to let such pew or pews, seat or seats, to any other person or persons whomsoever; and also to sue for and recover the rent or rents of such pews or seats by action of debt, or on the case, bill, plaint, or information, in any of his Majesty's courts of record at Westminster, wherein no essoign, privilege, protection, wager at law, or more than one imparlance shall be allowed; or where the rent or rents in arrear shall not amount to a sum exceeding five pounds to levy such rents by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the person or persons neglecting or refusing to pay the same, in his or their dwelling-house or dwelling-houses within the said parish, or in such and the like manner as any rate or rates may be recovered by virtue of this Act.

And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the renters of such pews or seats, so long as they shall have respectively agreed for or taken such pews or seats, and shall respectively pay the rents for the same, to hold and enjoy such seats or pews so to be let or set to him, her, or them, without any disturbance or molestation whatsoever, at the respective rents so to be paid to the said trustees to the person or persons to be appointed to receive the same: Provided always, that no such renters or occupiers of such pews or seats shall directly or indirectly let or demise the same, or any of them, or any kneeling place or sitting therein, to any person or persons whomsoever, without the consent of the said trustees for that purpose first had and obtained, such consent to be testified by writing under the hand of their clerk for the time being, nor for a larger or greater rent than such renters or occupiers shall respectively pay for the

Renters of pews

or seats to hold

for the term agreed without

molestation; but

not to underlet to advantage.

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Private Act
Building
(church).

Trustees empowered to sell the catacombs and vaults.

Trustees to convey vaults and catacombs.

same, or receive any sum of money or other advantage for assigning or giving up his or her right to the use or occupation of such seats or pews, upon pain of forfeiting the use and occupation of such seats or pews; and in any such case the same shall become forfeited, and the trustees for the time being shall have power immediately after such event shall happen, to let such pews or seats to such person or persons as they shall think proper.

And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said trustees, if they shall think proper, to sell and dispose of all or any of the vaults and catacombs to be constructed by virtue of this act, except such vaults or catacombs as shall be constructed under the chancel of the said church, for the purposes of burial; and all such catacombs, vaults, and arches, to be sold by virtue of this act, shall be conveyed as freehold of inheritance in fee simple, unto the purchaser or purchasers of the same respectively; and a conveyance of the same made and executed by any seven of the said trustees at a general meeting convened pursuant to notice for that purpose, shall be valid and effectual in the law to vest the same in such purchaser or purchasers, and his, her, and their respective heirs and assigns absolutely for ever, but subject nevertheless to the payment of such or the like burial fees as would have been payable if such purchase had not been made; and all the monies to arise from the sale of the said catacombs, vaults, and arches, shall be applied and disposed of by the said trustees for the purposes of this Act; but the said trustees shall as far as may be, regulate the sale thereof, so as to prevent any other person or persons from making a speculation or traffic in the purchase or sale thereof.

And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this act, upon the sale and disposal of any of the vaults or catacombs under the said church, thé conveyance may be made by any seven or more of the said trustees; and all conveyances of such vaults or catacombs, or any part or parts thereof, shall be made in the form following; that is to say,

Form of convey-WE, seven of the trustees appointed and acting under and by vir'tue of an Act of Parliament made and passed in the

ance.

year of the reign of his late Majesty King

the

intituled [here set forth the titles of the said recited Act and this

· Act], in consideration of the sum of

paid to the

' by grant and convey unto the said

do here

, his, [or

'her or their] heirs and assigns, all [here describe the catacomb or

·

vault, catacombs or vaults, or part or parts thereof, intend'ed to be conveyed]; to hold to the said his [or 'her or their] heirs and assigns for ever, for the purpose of burial, ' and to and for no other use, intent, or purpose whatsoever, subject 'nevertheless to such rules, orders, and regulations as shall from 'time to time be made by the trustees acting in the execution of the 'said recited Act for the management and regulation of the cata'combs or vaults under the said church, or any of them. In Wit'ness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this ' day of

in the year of our Lord

And every such conveyance so made shall be good, valid, and ef fectual both at law and in equity for vesting the catacomb or vault, or catacombs or vaults, or any part or parts thereof thereby expressed to be conveyed, with all appurtenances thereunto, in the person or persons purchasing the same, his, her, or their heirs and assigns for ever (subject nevertheless to such rules, orders, and regulations as shall from time to time be made by the said trustees relative to the said catacombs and vaults).

And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the said trustees, at any of their meetings to be held in pursuance of this act, to settle and fix the rates and fees for the burials of the dead in the vaults and catacombs of the said new church to be built and used by virtue of this act, and shall and may, from time to time, make such rules, orders, and regulations relative to and concerning burials in the said vaults and catacombs, and for keeping in repair the said new church, vaults and catacombs, and any other buildings, works, and conveniences to be erected and provided by virtue of this Act, with the appurtenances, and the pews, seats, and conveniences therein, in good and sufficient repair and amendment; and may from time to time alter and amend the said rates and fees, and make such other rules, orders, and regulations in and concerning the same premises, as to the said trustees shall appear reasonable, necessary, and convenient.

Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, so as to enable the said trustees to reduce the rates or fees to be paid to the rector, churchwardens, clerk, and sexton of the said parish for the time being, for every burial in the catacombs or vaults of the said new church, to less sums than are now payable for or in respect of burials in the said present church.

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Private Act

Building (church).

Trustees to fix

the rates of bu

rials, &c.

But not to re&c. payable in

duce the rates,

the present church.

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Private Act
Building
(church).

Trustees to re

And be it further enacted, That the said trustees shall and they are hereby required from time to time, and during all such time as the churchwardens of the said parish for the time being are by this Act directed to account for and pay to them the fees arising in repair the church. spect of burials within the said parish, to keep the said new church and other buildings, works, conveniences and things to be erected and provided by virtue of this Act, with the pews, galleries, and appurtenances thereunto belonging, in good, sufficient, and proper repair, and to defray the expenses of all such repairs out of any monies that may come to the hands of the said trustees, or of their treasurer by virtue of this Act.

Penalty on persons blowing horns, &c. on Sundays, &c.

Provided always, and be it further enacted, That if any driver or person belonging to or attendant upon any public stage or vehicle, or any carrier or other person or persons, whether for the purpose of plying for fares, or hawking or vending any newspaper, gazette or other paper, matter or thing whatsoever, or for any other purpose, or under any other pretext, shall on a Sunday, or on Christmas-day, Good-Friday, or on any fast day or thanksgiving day, by procla mation, blow any horn or other instrument in the said parish, it shall and may be lawful to and for any justice of the peace for the said county of Middlesex, and he is hereby required, upon complaint to him made by any one or more credible witness or witnesses, of any such offence, to issue out a warrant to apprehend the party or parties accused; and it shall and may be lawful to and for any person or persons who shall see such offence committed to apprehend, and also for any person or persons to assist in apprehending, the offender or offenders, and by authority of this Act, without any warrant, to deliver him or them into the custody of a peace officer, in order to be secured and conveyed before some justice of the peace for the said county, and on the party or parties accused being brought before such justice, shall proceed to examine upon oath any witness or witnesses who shall appear or be produced to give evidence touching such offence; and if the party or parties accused shall be convicted of such offence, either by his or their confession, or upon such evidence as aforesaid, then and in every such case, he or they shall for each and every such offence respectively, and if more than one, shall severally forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding twenty shillings; and in case such offender or offenders shall not upon conviction forthwith pay such penalty by him or them incurred, such justice is hereby required to commit such offender or offenders to the House of Correction within the said county, there to be kept to hard labour

for any time not exceeding seven days, and such offender or of fenders shall not be discharged before the expiration of the time for which he or they shall be so committed, unless such penalty shall be sooner paid.

And whereas it may, for the convenience of the inhabitants of the said parish be deemed necessary or expedient to make an additional carriage road or roads, footpath or footpaths, approach or approaches, to the said intended church; be it therefore further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the said trustees, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, if they shall think proper, to contract and agree for the absolute purchase of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments within the said parish (not exceeding three acres in the whole), and for the enfranchisement of any copyhold lands which may be so purchased, with any body politic, corporate, or collegiate, or any tenant or tenants for life, or in fee tail, general or special, or for any term or terms of years, or by the courtesy of England, or with any feoffees in trust, executors, administrators, husbands, guardians, committees for lunatics and idiots, or other trustees whomsoever, not only for and on behalf of themselves, their heirs and successors, but also for and on behalf of their cestuique trusts, whether infants or issue unborn, lunatics, idiots, or femes covert, who are or shall be seised, possessed, or interested in their own right, or with any person or persons whomsoever, who shall be willing to sell the same, for the purpose of making and forming necessary and convenient roads, paths, avenues, and approaches to the said new church; and it shall and may be lawful to and for the said trustees to hold such lands, tenements, and hereditaments so purchased, without incurring or being subject to any of the penalties or forfeitures of the statute of mortmain, or any other law or statute whatsoever.

And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for all bodies politic, corporate or collegiate, corporations aggregate or sole, and all tenants for life, or in fee tail general or special, or by the courtesy of England, or for any term or terms of years, absolute or determinable on any life or lives, and for all feoffees in trust, executors, administrators, husbands, guardians, committees for lunatics and idiots, and other trustees whomsoever, not only for and on behalf of themselves, their heirs and successors, but also for and on behalf of their cestuique trusts, whether infants or issue unborn, lunatics, idiots, or femes covert, who are or shall be seised, possessed, or interested in their own right, and all and every person and persons whomsoever, who are or shall be seised, possessed of, or

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Private Act
Building
(church).

Trustees autho

rized to contract

for land for

making roads.

Bodies politic, &c. may treat

with the trustees for sale.