A. D. 1752. Anno viceiimo quinto Georgii II. C. 28, 29. 433 C A P. XXVIII. An Ail for repairing the Poft Road from tlie City of ^^//wZ-z^-^/^ through the Counties oi Linlithgow znd Sterling-, from the Boathonfe Ford on Ahnsnd Water, and from thence to the .Town of Linlithgozu, aiid from the faid Town to Falkirk, and from thence to Sterling ; and alfo from Falkirk to Kilfyth, and to Inch Bellie Bridge, on the Poft Road to the City of Glafgow. PR. [Certain Tolls granted for 21 Years.] CAP. XXIX. An Aft for giving a proper Reward to Coroners for the due Execution of their Office ; and for the Amoval of Coroners upon a lawful Conviftion for certai.a Mifdemeanors. ' TA/'^^ ^"'^^ ^ the Office of Coroner is a very ancient and ncceflary Office : And whereas by an ' VV Ad made in the third Year of the Reign of King Hetiry the Seventh, reciting tiiat Coroners had 3 H. 7. c. r. ' not.j nor ought to have, any Thing by the Law for their Office doing; which oft time had been the ' Occafion that Coroners had been remifs in doing their Office : It was ordained. That a Coroner ihould Kcft/c-j Ed i. c i_ _ r_ L!- Tr'__ T :.i't:__ ..„! iU_ j: _r ^l ^ n _ i__ n _ ■ .1 • . m -ii- , . -^^ _ ■" r, , have for his Fee, upon every Injtjuifition taicen upon the View of the Body flain, thirteen Shillings and'°' ^Ed.i. that is the Slayer and Murderer, if he have any Goods :• J *"' four Pence, of the Goods and Chattels of him that is the Slayer and Murderer, if he have any Goods •J}- ^'^^H' ^' and if he have no Goods, of fuch Amerciaments as ihould fortune any Townfhip to be amerced, for the [ ^_ ^ p ' Efcape of the Murderer: And whereas the faid Fee of thirteen Shillings and four Pence, due only u^on'^ M.c.i-y^.. ' an Inquifition taken upon the View of a Body flain or murdered, and payable only out of the Goods and ' Chattels of the Slayer or Murderer, or out of the Amerciaments impofed upon the Townfhip, if the ' Murderer efcape, is not an adequate Reward for the general Execution of the faid Office :' To the Intent therefore that Coroners may be encouraged to execute their Office with Diligence and Integrity ; Be it en- adted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame. Coroner to be That for every Inquifition, not taken upon the View of a Body dying in a Gaol or Piifon, which from and P^iJ 20s. /or after the twenty-fourth Day oi June one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-two, fhall be duly taken within ^""^ ^1?"""'°" that Part of Great Britain called England, byany Coroner or Coroners, in any Townfhip or Place, contri- Xo^n^'" ^" butory to the Rates diredled by an Aft made jn the twelfth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majeffy, inti- tri°biitineto°the tuled, Jn AP^for the more eafy affejjing, colleSling and levying of County R(,tcs, the Sum of twenty Shillings ; Couniy Rates, and for every Mile which he or they fhall be compelled to travel, from the ufual Place of his or their Abode, (t^x^ept on Bodies to take fuch Inquifition, the further Sum of nine Pence, over and above the faid Sum of twenty Shillings, ^'"^ '," *?^°') fliall be paid to him or them out of any Monies arihng from the Rates before-mentioned, by Order of the ever^Miie°he iiiifices of the Peace in their General or Q^iarter Seffions aflembled, for the County, Riding, Divifion or Aall be obliged iberty where fuch Inquifition fhall have been taken, or the major Part of them; which Order the faidfo.f"^'<;l, to^bs Juftices of the Peace fo aflembled, or the major Part of them, are hereby authorized and diredted to make ; ^'^ ""' "f ^"^^ for which Order no Fee or Reward fhall be paid to theClerk of the Peace or any other Officer. CountyRatcs; II. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That for every Inquifition, which from and ^"d for every in- after the faid twenty- fourth Day of y?/«^ one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-two, fhall be duly taken '|."''^."°"^°- upon the View of a Body dying in any Gaol or Prifon, within that Part of Great Britain called England, q"J^^"i^" rr by any Coroner or Coroners of a County, fo much Money not exceeding the Sum of twenty Shillings, fliall tices fliall think' be paid to him or them, as the Juftices of the Peace in their General or Qiiartcr Seffions alTembled for the fit j County, Riding or Divifion v/herein fuch Gaol or Prifon is fituate, or the major Part of them, fhall think fit to allow, as aRecompence for his or their Labour, Pains and Charges in taking fuch Inquifition, to be paid in like Manner by Order of the faid Juftices, or the major Part of them, out of any Monies arifing from the faid R.ates ; which Order the faid Juitices of the Peace fo affembled, or the major Part of them, are hereby authorized and dirciS'ced to make ; for which Order no Fee or Reward fliall be paid to the Clerk of the Peace or any other Officer. III. Provided neverthelefs, That over and above the Recorapence hereby limited and appointed for Inqui-a"d-foi- Inquifi. fitions taken as aforefaid, the Coroner or Coroners who fhall take an Inquifition upon the View of a Body"""* °" ^ ^""^y flain or murdered, fhall alfo hae the Fee of thirteen Shillings and four Pence, payable by virtue of the faidQ^I^^'^^j^jj*.^* Aft made in the third Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh, out of the Goods and Chattels of the ' '■ Slayer or Murderer, or out of the Amerciaments impoled upon the Townfhip, if the Slayer and Murderer efcape ; any Thing in this Aft contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. IV. Provided alfo, and be it declared and enafted by the Authority afo.»'efaid, That no Coroner to whom Coroner tiking any Benefit is given by this Aft, fnall, by Colour of his Office, or upon any Pretext v»'hatfoever, take for ™"'=' g^^'fy "f his Office doing, in cafe of the Death of any Perfon, any Fee or P^eward, other than the faid Fee of thir^ -vioruon. teen Shillings and four Pence, limited as is aforefaid by the faid Aft mxde in the third Year of the Reign of King Hinry the Seventh, and other than the Recompence hereby-limited and appointed, upon Pain of being deemed guilty of Extortion. V. Provide d'likewife, and be it further enafted by the Authority aforelaid, That no Coroner of the Coroners for par- King's Houfhold, and of the Verge of the King's Palaces, nor any Coroner of the Admiralty, nor any "■■"■ f"'^ Coroner of the County Palatine of Durham, nor any Coroner of the City of London and Borough of South-^^ ° "^ zvark, or of jny Franchifes belonging to the faid City ; nor any Coroner of any City, Borough, Town, Libirty or Franchife, which is not contributory to the Rates direfted by the fad Aft, made in the twelfth Vol. vie Kkk • Year
