Justices of King's Bench or Judges of Assize may order a Levy of the Advance on the Parish in default of Assessment. Securities of Persons engaged in collecting Parish Cess to extend to Money raised under this Act; and the Money raised to be paid over to Collector of Excise of the District, Lord Lieute nant may re quire the Ap pointment of Officers of Health in any Parish, subject to the Regulations provided by the last-ecited Act for Cities and large Towns. to call a Vestry of such Parish, whereat such Sum or Sums of Money as are stated in such Certificate shall be raised and levied on the Inhabitants of such Parish in such Form and Manner as other Parochial Assessments are raised and levied. VI. And be it enacted, That in case such Churchwarden or such Churchwardens or Inhabitants, as the Case may be, shall neglect to call such Vestry, or in case any Vestry so called shall decline or neglect to make any such Assessments, it shall and may be lawful for the Justices of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench in Ireland, in case of the County or City of Dublin, and for any Judge of Assize in any other County, County of a City, or County of a Town, upon a Motion for that Purpose made, to order that the Amount of any such Advance shall be raised off such Parish as if the same had been duly assessed according to the Provisions of this Act; and such Order shall have the like Force and Effect as any Vote of Vestry or Assessment made under this Act, and shall be to all Intents and Purposes deemed, considered, and acted upon as such Vote or Assessment by all and every Person or Persons whose Office or Duty it would have been to obey and carry such Vote of Vestry or Assessment into effect. VII. And be it enacted, That the respective Persons employed in the Collection, Receipt, or Custody of Parish Cess shall be alike answerable for, and that all Securities by such Persons entered in respect of such Employment shall respectively extend to, all Monies levied by Parochial Assessment or otherwise, as the Case may be, under this Act; and that all Monies raised by such Assessment or otherwise, under the Authority of this Act, shall, for the Purpose of repaying such Advances out of the Consolidated Fund, be paid over to the Collector of Excise of the District, to be accounted for by him as any other Public Money in his Hands; and thereupon, as to all Advances mentioned in such Certificate as aforesaid, such Parish respectively shall be deemed to be discharged. 6 VIII. And whereas the Inhabitants of many Parishes, Towns, or Places containing fewer than One thousand Inhabitants, but wherein the Election of Officers of Health would have been proper and necessary, have neglected to elect such Officers as they are empowered to do by the said recited Act of the Fiftyninth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, and it is therefore expedient to extend to such Cases the Powers now vested in the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or 'Governors of Ireland for requiring such Election of Officers of Health to be made in Cities and large Towns;' be it therefore enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, in all Cases where it shall seem to him or them fit or necessary, to direct and require that the Inhabitant Householders of any Parish, Town, or Place in Ireland, assembled at Vestry, shall elect Officers of Health for such Parish, in Form and Manner, and subject to the same Regulations, and with the like Powers, Duties, and Liabilities, as by the said last-recited Act provided in the Case of Cities and large Towns; and in default of such Election it shall be lawful for the Justices. of the Peace assembled at the Quarter Sessions, Sessions, or any Adjournment thereof, for the County, City, or Town within which such Parish shall be situate, and the said Justices are hereby authorized and required, to make such Appointment in Form and Manner as they are required to do by the said last-recited Act in case of the Inhabitants of Parishes in Cities and large Towns making a similar Default. Election of Of at any Period of the Year; IX. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be Lord Lientelawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or nant may direct Governors of Ireland, at any Period of the Year, to direct and the immediate require the immediate Election of Officers of Health in any City, ficers of Health Town, Parish, or Place, and Officers of Health shall be duly elected pursuant to the Tenor of such Order, any thing in the said Act of the Fifty-ninth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, limiting the Period for such Election, notwithstanding: Provided always, that such Officers of Health, whensoever elected, shall continue in Office only until the Twenty-fifth of March next ensuing their Election, and until new Officers of Health shall be elected for the same City, Town, Parish, or Place, pursuant to the Provisions of the said recited Act and this Act. X. And be it enacted, That where any Officer or Officers of and in case those Health elected or appointed under the Provisions of the said elected decline recited Act of the Fifty-ninth Year of the Reign of His Majesty or become inKing George the Third, or under this Act, shall decline or refuse capable to act, he may appoint to act, or be or become incapable of acting, it shall and may others. be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governor of Ireland to appoint in his or their Room or Stead such other Person or Persons as such Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland shall think proper; and the Person or Persons so appointed shall be deemed and considered in all respects an Officer or Officers of Health as if duly elected under the said recited Act of the Fifty-ninth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third. XI. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall be deemed or construed to abridge, annul, or in anywise interfere with any Powers, Rights, Duties, Obligations, Liabilities, or Authorities by the said Act of the Fifty-ninth Year of King George the Third conferred or imposed upon any Vestry in Ireland, where such Vestry shall resolve to exercise any such Rights, Powers, or Authorities, but the same shall remain and continue in full Force and Effect, as well with respect to Parochial Assessments as in other respects, as fully to all Intents and Purposes as if this Act had not passed. This Act not to affect the Powers of Ves tries. XII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That this Act shall Continuance continue and be in force from the passing thereof for Two Years, of Act and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, and no longer. XIII. And be it enacted, That this Act may be altered, amended, or repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed in the present Session of Parliament. CAP. Lord President of Council, &c. empowered to issue Orders at any Time to prevent the spreading of Cholera in England. Orders to be certified by a Clerk of the Privy Council, and received as Evidence. Penalty for Violation of САР. Х. An Act for the Prevention, as far as may be possible, of the Kingdom with the Disease called the Cholera, or Spas- II. And be it further enacted, That every such Order as aforesaid shall be certified under the Hand of One of the Clerks in Ordinary of His Majesty's Privy Council; and that the Publication of any such Order in the London Gazette shall, for all Intents and Purposes, be taken, admitted, and received in all Courts, and by and before all Judges, Justices, Magistrates, and others, as good and sufficient Evidence of the making and of the Date and Contents of any such Order. III. And be it further enacted, That any Person who shall or may violate or wilfully and knowingly infringe the Provisions of any such Order, or who shall or may refuse or wilfully neglect or omit to act in obedience to or in conformity with any such Order, or who shall resist, oppose, or obstruct the lawful Execution thereof, shall for every such Offence be and be deemed guilty of a Misdemeanor, and shall also incur and become liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds nor less than One Pound, to be recovered in the Manner herein-after mentioned: Provided always, that no Person against whom any such Penalty shall be so recovered, or shall have suffered the Imprisonment awarded for Nonpayment Nonpayment thereof, shall be liable to be indicted or proceeded against in respect of the same Offence as for a Misdemeanor. IV. And be it further enacted, That all such Penalties as afore- Recovery of said shall be recovered by any Person or Persons who shall sue Penaltics. for the same before any Two Justices of the Peace having Jurisdiction within the County, Riding, City, or Place in which the Offence shall have been committed; and that the Amount of Penalties to be inflicted upon any such Offenders shall, within the Limits herein-before prescribed, be in the Discretion of such Justice. V. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace, in all Cases where any Information shall be laid before them, on Oath, of any such Offence as aforesaid, and they are hereby required, to issue their Summons to any Person or Persons whom they may have reason to suppose capable of giving any material Evidence on the hearing of such Information, requiring every such Person or Persons to appear and to give Evidence at a Time and Place to be specified in such Summons: and if any Person so summoned shall not appear before such Justices at the Time and Place so specified in the said Summons, or shall not offer any reasonable Excuse for such Default, to the Satisfaction of the said Justices, or appearing shall not submit to be examined as a Witness, then and in every such Case it shall be lawful for the said Justices, and they are hereby authorized, (Proof on Oath in the Case of any Person not appearing to such Summons having been first made before such Justices of the due Service of such Summons on such Person, by delivering the same to him or her, or by leaving the same at his or her usual Place of Abode,) by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of such Justices to commit any such Person so making Default as aforesaid to some Gaol, House of Correction, or Bridewell within the Jurisdiction of the said Justices, there to remain without Bail or Mainprize for any Time not exceeding Fourteen Days, or until such Person shall submit to be examined and give Evidence. Proceedings in case of Information, &c. Penalties. VI. And be it further enacted, That all Justices of the Peace Justices to levy shall and are hereby empowered, on the Conviction of any Person before them for any such Offence as aforesaid, in default of Payment of any such Penalty as aforesaid, to cause the same to be levied by Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of the Offender, by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of such Justices, together with the reasonable Costs of such Distress and Sale; and in case it shall appear to the Satisfaction of such Justices, either by the Confession of the Offender, or by the Oath of One or more credible Witness or Witnesses, that such Offender hath not Goods and Chattels, within the Jurisdiction of such Justices, sufficient whereon to levy any such Costs and Charges, such Justices may, without issuing any Warrant of Distress, commit such Offender to any such Gaol, House of Correction, or Bridewell as aforesaid, for any Time not exceeding Fourteen Days, unless such Penalty, Costs, and Charges be sooner paid, in such Manner as if a Warrant of Distress had been issued, and a Return of Nulla bona made thereon, in which Case also it shall be lawful for such Justices to commit any such Offender for such Term Application of One Justice empowered to order Payment Purposes of this of Monies for Act. One Person in Office to send Letters and Packets from London, free from Duty, during such Time only as this Act shall continue in operation. Orders of Council to be Term of Fourteen Days, or for any shorter Period, to any such VII. And be it further enacted, That all such Penalties as aforesaid shall be applied in or towards the Relief of the Poor of the Parish or Place in which any Offence as aforesaid may have been committed. VIII. And be it further enacted, That all and every the Expences which may be reasonably or properly incurred in carrying into effect any Order or Orders of the Lords of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council so to be made as aforesaid shall, in the first Instance, under and by virtue of an Order or Orders in Writing of One Justice of the Peace dwelling in or near the Parish or Division, and which said Order or Orders any such Justice is hereby empowered and directed to make from Time to Time as Occasion may require, commanding the Churchwardens, Overseers or Guardians of the Poor for the Time being, to pay a certain sufficient Sum of Money for such Purposes, to be defrayed out of the Rates for the Relief of the Poor of the Parish, Township, or Extra-parochial Place maintaining its own Poor, in which the same shall be so incurred, and in other Extra-parochial Places out of the Poor's Rate of the Parish nearest adjoining. IX. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Lord President for the Time being of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council to authorize and direct One Person in the Privy Council Office (whose Name shall be from Time to Time transmitted to the Secretaries of the General Post Office in London and Dublin) to send Letters and Packets by the General Post from London to Places within the United Kingdom free from the Duty of Postage, during such Time only as the several Clauses and Enactments herein contained shall continue and be in operation, and no longer; provided all such Letters and Packets shall relate solely and exclusively to the Execution of this Act, and of the Directions, Powers, and Authorities herein contained, and shall be in Covers with the Words "On His Majesty's Service, Council Office," printed on the same, and be signed or subscribed on the Outside thereof, under such Words, with the Name of the Person so to be authorized as aforesaid, in his own Handwriting, and provided all such Packets shall be sealed with the Seal of the said Office; and the Person so to be authorized is hereby strictly forbidden so to subscribe and seal any Letter or Packet whatever, except such only concerning which he shall receive the special Directions of his superior Officer, or which he shall himself know to relate solely and exclusively to the Execution of this Act, and the Directions, Powers, and Authorities herein contained; and if such authorized Person, or any other Person, shall send, or cause or permit to be sent, under any such Cover, any Letter, Paper, or Writing, or any Inclosure, other than what shall relate to the Execution of this Act, and the Directions, Powers, and Authorities herein contained, every Person so offending shall forfeit and pay the Sum of One hundred Pounds, and be dismissed from his Office. X. And be it further enacted, That every Order which may be so made as aforesaid by the Lords of His Majesty's Privy Council, or |