ig2 C. 25. Anno vicefimo nono Georgii II. A. D. 1756.
- of fome Inegularlty in the Appointment of Conftables for the faid City and Borough, there is not at
♦ prefent a fufficient Nunmber of thofe Officers for the Service of frejimifi/ler :' To remedy which iaid Evils ; May it pleafe your mod excellent Majefty, that it may be enacT:ed ; and be it enadted by the King's moft excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Tempo- ral, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from and after the tvN'cnty-tifth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and lifty-fix, the Dean of the Col- legiate Ch'.irch of Saint Pettr, IVcflmhifter, for the time being, or the High Steward of t!ie City and Libeity of IVcJimhifler for the time being, or his lawful Deputy, is hereby authorized and required (Lalliiig to his'AlHftance the Burgeffes of the faid City and Liberty of JVeflmbiJhr , if the bifs'^to ^""if -' f^* Dean, or High Steward or his Deputy, (hall think fit) at a Court Leet to be holden for the poTnted yearly faid City and Liberty, on Tuefday next following the Feaft of Saint Michael the Archangel in every for clie City and Y"ear, ycany to appoiiU eighty able and fit Perfons refiding within the faid City and Liberty, being Ar- minite^r"*^ ^^^' tificers, 01 Itrfoiis uiing any 'Frade of buying or felling (Alehoufekeepers, Victuallers, or Perfons retail- ' inf Spirituous Liquors, only excepted) to be Conftables for the laid City and Liberty of TVeJimuijhr, be- ing duly prefented thereto, in Manner herein after mentioned and direcfted. to be chofen out [. And for the better and more ealy executing the faid Office of Conftable, and for prefer^'ing the of t.i!5 J^"'«"'. Pezce in Pfe/h/!i>i/?cr ; Be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That the Conftables to be ap- rtePropOTdons pointed as aforeiaid, iliall be chofen out of the feveral Parifhes in IVelhninfttr as folioweth ; that is to here mentioned; fay. There iliall be ytariy chofen out of the Parilh of Saint /^/rf;•^(J^r/ fourteen ; out of the Pariih of Saint '^fohfi tl e Evcaigelijl four; out of the Pariih of Saint Martin in the Fields iourttzn ; out of the Pa- ri fli of Saint Geory Hanover Square, twelve ; out of the Parifli of Saint Jatnes fourteen ; out of the Pa- rifh of Saint June eight; out of the Pariih of Saint Paul Covent Garden, fix; out of the Pariih of the ufutl'omh Saint Clement Danes, fix; and out of the Parifii of Saint Mary le Strand, two: And the Conftables fo of Office, and appointed fiiall lake the ufiial Oath of Office, and Ihall do and execute aJl and every Matter and Thing fervefor i Year, appertaining and belonging to the Office of a Conftable, for the Space of one whole Yeai", to commence from their Appointment to the faid Office, or until other Perfons ftiall be appointed in their Stead, or (hall find fit and able Perfons, to be approved of by the faid Court Leet, to ferve and take the Oath of the Office of Conftable, as their Deputies, and in their Room and Stead; fuch other Perfons not being Alehoufekeepers, Victuallers, or Perfons retailing Spirituous Ijiquors. Precepts to be jjj, And in order that fit and proper Perfons may be appointed to the faid Office of Conftable; Be it turning°and' further enadlied by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Dean of IFeJhninJler for the time being, or fummoninga the faid High Steward for the time being, or his Deputy (calling to his Aififtance the BurgeiTes of the Leet Jury, j-j,j(j cjjy a^jj Liberty of Wejlminjler, if the faid Dean, or High Steward, or his Deputy, (hall think fit) ftiall and may, and he is hereby authorized and required to iffue out a Precept or Precepts within fix Weeks before the Feaft of Saint Michael in every Year, direded to the High Bailiff of TVejhniniler, who is hereby authorized, directed and required to obey the fame, to impanel and return forty fub- ftantial Houftiolders and Traders refiding within the faid feveral Parilhes in JFeJhnvijler, in tlie Pro- portions before mentioned ; and to fummon fuch Perfons to appear at fuch Time and Place as in fuch Precept or Precepts (hall be direcfled and appointed; and out of the Perfons lb impanelled, fummoned and returned, the faid Dean, or High Steward, or his Deputy (calling to his Affiftance the Burgeifes of the faid City and Liberty of IVeJlminJicr, if the faid Dean, High Steward, or his Deputy, fhall think fit, ftiall at a Court to be held by him for that Purpole, nominate and appoint lb manv as he (hall think fit, not exceeding thirty, taking Care that one or more be nominated out of each of the faid who are to pre- Parifhes ; and that the Perfons fo nominated and appointed Ihall be called T"/;^ Leet Jury, and (hall be fent a certain fworn to prefent to the faid Court fit and proper Perfons to be chofen and appointed Conftables for the prDplHerfons Service of the City and Liberty of IVeJlmiiifler for the Year then next eniuing; that is to fay, The faid out of each Jury (hall prefent to ferve as Conftables for the Parifli of Saint 7^/sre(-?rrf twenty-eigiit ; the Pari(h of PaiUh to ferve Saint Jobii the Evangelijl eight; the Parifti of Saint Martin in the Fields twenty-ejglu ; the Pariih of as Conitabics. g^j^j George Hanover iS^zw?-<' twenty-four ; the Pari(h of Saint y,-7W'^ twenty-eight ; the Pariih of Saint June fixteen ; the Parifti of Saint Paul Covent Garden twelve ; the Pariih of Saint Clement Danes twelve ; and the Pariih of Saint Mi ry le Strand four ; out of which faid N umber fo prefented the faid faid Court Leet Juryto (hall, at the Time, and in the Manner and Proportions hereia before directed, appoint eighty to be ftcefor'i ye?r? Conftable^ to ferve for the faid City and Liberty ; and the Perfons lb nominated and appointed to be The Leet Jury, Ihall continue in the faid Office for one whole Year, or till otiiers are appointed and fworn in their Room and Stead. 40s. Fine on IV. Provided always, and be it ena6ied by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe any Perfon who moned' 'rXfing 0^.^" ^^ fummoned by the laid High Balifi", by virtue of any Precept or Precepts to be dire^ed as afure- toappear, to 'aid, to take upon him the faid Office of Juryman, (hall neglei^ or refufe to appear according to the ficroT)"^"^ ^'^" ^'^f° °^ ^'■"^'^ Summons, or appearing ftiall refufe to take upon him the faid Office (being thereunto nicn^ Jury- appointed) or (hall at any Time refufe to appear to prefent proper Perfons to be Conftables, being duly lummoned for that Purpofe, every fuch Perfon Ihall forfeit the Sum of fotty Shillings; which faid Sum of forty Shillings Ihall be let upon hiin by the faid Court by way of Fine tor fuch his Contempt or Re- fufa!, to be recovered in fuch Manner as is herein after diredled. SfuUorTum ^' '^" ^'^ fu^her enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every Perfon and Perfons who nio'iing'Herfons '^^" " prtfented by the Jury as aforefaid, as fit and proper Perfons for the Office of Conftable, lh.il prcfenied to by a Preceptor Precepts from the faid Court, be fummoned by the Petty Conftables to wlinm fuch ftahies*^™" P,^'-'ept ftiall Ue dlreded, to appear at the faid Court Leet, to beholden for the City and Liberty of tend tile Court i ^'^O^'Mr.Jler, to take Upon them the faid Ofike ; and in cafe any Perfon that ftiall be fo lummoned, ftiall neglect to appear according to the Diredion of fuch Summons (Proof being made of the Service uf fuch
