destinely conveyed and carried away from situate and being in 11Geo. 2, c. 19. the parish of, in the county of, by the said A. B. his servant or servants, agent or agents, or other person or persons aiding or assisting therein, to prevent the said C. D. from distraining the said goods and chattels for arrears of rent due from the said A. B. to the said C. D. for the said And that the said goods and chattels are put, placed and kept in the house, barn, stable, outhouse, yard, close or other place of E. F., situate and being in in the parish of- within the said county of, locked, fastened, or otherwise secured, so as to prevent the said goods and chattels from being taken and seized as a distress for arrears of rent; and that the said C. D. hath a reasonable ground to suspect and doth suspect that the said goods and chattels are in the said house, barn, stable, outhouse, yard, close or other place of the said E. F. 8. Wurrant thereon to aid and assist. To all constables and other her Majesty's officers of the peace Whereas C. Ď., of &c. hath this day of exhito wit.bited his complaint and made oath before me the undersigned, one of her Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county ofthat certain goods, &c. [recite complaint No. 7]: These are therefore to command you, and each and every of you, to aid and assist the said C. D., his steward, bailiff, receiver or other person or persons empowered to take and seize as a distress for rent the said goods and chattels, in the daytime to break open and enter into the said house, barn, stable, outhouse, yard, close or other place of the said E. F., at aforesaid, and to take and seize the said goods and chattels for the said arrears of rent, according to law. in the year Given under my hand and seal, this of our Lord at in the county aforesaid. day of J. S. (L.S.) Id. s. 7. LIGHTING AND WATCHING ACT. 1. Justices' Certificate of Constable appointed by the Inspectors having taken the Oath of Office. County of I hereby certify that I. N. hath this day been duly sworn in as a constable of the parish of - in the said to wit. county, before me, the undersigned, one of her Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county of at N., in the same county, in pursuance of the act of the third and fourth years of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act to repeal an Act of the Eleventh Year of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for the Lighting and Watching of Parishes in England and Wales, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof," [or say, "Chapter Ninety"] the said parish of [or district of the said parish of -], having adopted the said first-mentioned act, so far as relates to watching, and the said J. N. having been appointed a watchman [or patrol, or serjeant of the watch] of the said parish, by the persons duly elected as inspectors under the provisions and for the purposes of the said act. Dated this day of, 185-. J. S. N.B. The oath would be the same as for parochial constables, 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 90, s. 42. 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 90, s. 19. Id. s. 33. Id. ss. 38, 32. County of 2. Allowance of Inspector's Annual Accounts. The foregoing accounts were verified on the oaths of and two of the inspectors of the parish of to wit. in the said county, before us, the undersigned, two of her Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, at in the same county, this day of in the year of our Lord J. S. J. L. 3. Recovery of Rates for Lighting or Watching.]-These will be recovered in the same manner and by the same forms as other parochial rates. Vide forms under 12 Vict. c. 14, in tit. "Rates," post, which will require this variation, instead of "to the relief of the poor, &c.," say, "under the provisions of the statute commonly known as the Lighting and Watching Act, adopted by the said parish [or a part or district of the said parish wherein the said resides, or is liable to be rated], so far as respects lighting [or watching, as the case may be.]" 4. Complaint of Treasurer or Inspector against Overseers for not paying Amount of Inspector's Order.]—Proceed to the first asterisk* in form No. 1, ante, pp. 23, 24, and then: that the said [or a part or district of the said] parish of hath duly adopted the provisions of the act passed, &c. [title, &c. of act in form No. 1, p. 459], so far as respects lighting [or watching]: That the said complainant, C. D., is the treasurer of the said inspectors [or one of the inspectors] duly appointed [or elected] under the said act, and now acting as such in the said parish of —: That the said inspectors (or I. K., or K. L., two of the said inspectors] duly made and issued an order in writing under their hands, pursuant to the statute aforesaid, bearing date the day of last, and directed to the overseers of the poor of the said parish of, whereby the said overseers were required to collect and levy, pursuant to the said act, the sum of, being the amount they were authorized to call for in the year commencing on and ending on for the purposes of carrying into effect the provisions of the said act [or such of the provisions of the said act as relates to lighting or watching], and to pay the same to C. D., the [said] treasurer of the said inspectors, within three calendar months from the delivery of the said order to one of the said overseers: That the said order was duly served upon A. B., E. F. and G. H., then and still being the overseers of the poor of the said parish: And that the said overseers have neglected to pay the said sum to the said C. D., and the same is now in arrear. 5. Summons thereon.]-This may be in the General Form No. 8, ante, p. 26, reciting complaint, No. 4, supra. To the constables of the parish of 6. Distress Warrant upon Goods of Overseers. in the county of and to all other peace officers in the said county. County of Whereas [&c., recite complaint No. 4, supra, to the end, then:] and now at this day, to wit, on the in the year of our Lord to wit. at the in day of in the said county of the parties aforesaid appear before us, J. L. and J. P., Esquires, two of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the same county: c. 90. [or if overseers do not attend, say: the said C. D., the said trea- 3 & 4 Will. 4, surer [or inspector], appears before us, &c., but the said A. B., E. F. and G. H., although duly called, do not, nor doth either of them, appear by themselves or himself, their or his counsel or attorney, and it is now satisfactorily proved to us on oath that the said A. B., E. F., and G. H. have been severally duly served with the summons in this behalf issued by the justices first named, which required each of them to be and appear here at this day before such justices of the peace for the said county as should now be here, to answer the said complaint, and to be further dealt with according to law]: And now having heard the matter of the said complaint, and it appearing to us upon due proof in this behalf that the said complaint before recited is true, and that the said sum of money has not been paid, and the said A. B., E. F. and G. H. not showing to us any sufficient cause why the same should not be levied upon their, or either of their, goods and chattels, according to the statute aforesaid: These are therefore, &c. [follow to end of General Form No. 66, ante, p. 56.] 7. Complaint against Treasurer and Officers neglecting to account.] Id. s. 26. -As this clause is similar to that in the Highway Act, 5 & 6 Will. 4, c. 50, s. 38, the forms under this title may be readily framed from those in tit. "Highways:" For not rendering Account Books, &c. form No. 5, ante, p. 132. 453. LOAN SOCIETIES. 1. Complaint of Amount due on Notes.]-Proceed in the General 3 & 4 Vict. Form No. 1, ante, pp. 23, 24, to the first asterisk*, then: that he, the c. 110, s. 16. said complainant, C. D., is the treasurer for duly appointed to make this complaint by the treasurer] of a certain loan society called held at, in the said county of inrolled under and by virtue lent and advanced to and secured by note bearing date the day of -, entered into by the said A. B. and to the said treasurer of the said society, demand in writing having been duly made on the said A. B. for the said sum of previous to the said day of, by [or on behalf of] the said C. D. as such treasurer of the said society, contrary to the said statute. 2. The succeeding forms will be as the general ones in Chap. I. of Part I., viz. Summons, No. 8, ante, p. 26; Order, No. 44, ante, p. 42; Distress Warrant, No. 66, ante, p. 56; Commitment in Default, No. 71, ante, p. 58. 14 & 15 Vict. c. 28, s. 6. LODGING HOUSES (COMMON). 1. Notice to Keeper. (Altered from form given in Schedule to County of Act.) To, of the parish of -, in the division of in the county of to wit. Take notice, that on the 24th day of July, 1851, an act called "The Common Lodging Houses Act, 1851," was passed, and that before the day of next, you, being the keeper of a common lodging house within [here state the place over which the jurisdiction of the local authority giving the notice extends, as: the parish of aforesaid, and within our jurisdiction as justices of the peace acting in petty sessions for the division of aforesaid, or as the case may be], must have your common lodging house registered, and that the register is to be kept at [the office of Messieurs I. and B., the clerks to the justices of the said division at ————], and that if you do not have your common lodging house so registered, you will be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds for every lodger whom you receive in your common lodging house while it is not so registered; and that on your applying to the said Messieurs I. and B., at said, they will register your common lodging house free of all charge afore [Signatures of two justices at least.] Id. ss. 9, 10. 3. Regulations for Lodging Houses. [A form of these may be obtained from the Home Office.] 4. Appointment of an Inspector of Common Lodging Houses by Justices. County of in We, her Majesty's justices of the peace for the county of, acting in petty sessions for the division of to wit. the said county (the said division not being within the Metropolitan Police District, nor [wholly] within the District of a Local Board of Health, nor within an incorporated borough, nor within a place within the limits of an Improvement Act), and being the local authority in this behalf within the meaning of the act of the 14th and 15th years of her Majesty's reign, called "The Common Lodging Houses Act, 1851," do hereby, pursuant to the powers and provisions contained in the said act, appoint you C. D., of the parish of D., in the said division [the said parish not being within the (a) From 250 to 300 cubic feet is about the average for each person. c. 28. District of a Local Board of Health], to be Inspector of Common 14 & 15 Vict. Lodging Houses in the same parish under the statute aforesaid, for the period of from the date hereof: And we do hereby require you, as such Inspector of Common Lodging Houses [once at least in each week, and oftener in your discretion, and] at any time of the day or night, to enter all and every such lodging houses in your parish as shall be duly registered under the said act, and examine and inspect the same and every part thereof with reference to the matters and things required to be done, kept, obeyed and performed by the keepers of such lodging houses in accordance with and obedience to the provisions of the said act in that behalf, and the several regulations duly made in pursuance thereof by the justices of the said division respecting such lodging houses, and confirmed by one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, a copy of which regulations is hereunto annexed: And we further require you immediately after any person shall offend against any of the provisions of the said act, or any of the said regulations, to report the same in writing to the clerks to the justices of this division that proceedings may be taken to enforce the penalty incurred: And for your so doing this shall be your sufficient authority. Given under our hands and seals, this at a petty sessions held at in the county aforesaid. [Signatures and seals of at least two justices.] LUNATICS (a). day of 1. Information as to Wandering Lunatic at Large. 16 & 17 Vict. Kent, The information of A. B., of laid before me, the c. 97, s. 68. to wit. undersigned, one of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, this day of in the year of our Lord, who upon his oath saith that one C. D. [or a certain person whose name is unknown to the said informant], at parish of in the said county, is wandering at large, and is deemed to be a lunatic. --, in the 2. Order to bring the Lunatic before the Justice. To [E. F. one of] the overseers of the poor of the parish to wit. of C. [or relieving officer of the poor law union], in the county of Whereas I, the undersigned, one of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said [county] of on instant, received notice from you that A. B., a person chargeable to your said parish [or to the parish of C. in the said union], is deemed to be a lunatic, and a proper person to be sent to an asylum: I therefore hereby order and require you to bring the said A. B. before me on o'clock in the forenoon, at in the said [county], or before such other justice of the peace for the said [county] as may then be there, to be dealt with according to law. Given under my hand and seal, &c. at (a) Several of the forms given in this title have been taken and adapted from Archbold's Law of Pauper Lunatics. Id. s. 67. |