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inbefore enumerated, but also for any damage which may at the same time be done by any such offenders to any fixture, furniture, or goods whatever, in any such church, chapel, house, or other of the buildings or erections aforesaid.

III. Provided always, and be it enacted, that no action or Party damnisummary proceeding as hereinafter mentioned, shall be main- fied to comply tainable by virtue of this act, for the damage caused by any with certain of the said offences, unless the person or persons damnified, conditions. or such of them as shall have knowledge of the circumstances of the offence, or the servant or servants who had the care of the property damaged, shall within seven days after the commission of the offence go before some justice of the peace residing near, and having jurisdiction over the place where the offence shall have been committed, and shall state upon oath before such justice the names of the offenders if known, and shall submit to the examination of such justice touching the circumstances of the offence, and become bound by recognizance before him to prosecute the offenders when apprehended: Provided also, that no person shall be enabled Limitation of to bring any such action, unless he shall commence the same time for actions. within three calendar months after the commission of the

offence.

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IV. And be it enacted, that no process for appearance in Process in the any action to be brought by virtue of this act against any action against hundred or other like district shall be served on any inhabi- the hundred to tant thereof, except on the high constable or some one of the be served on the high constable, high constables (if there be more than one), who shall within who may deseven days after such service give notice thereof to two jus- fend, or let tices of the peace of the county, riding, or division in which judgment go by such hundred or district shall be situate, residing in or acting default, as adfor the hundred or district; and such high constable is hereby empowered to cause to be entered an appearance in the said action, and also to defend the same on behalf of the inhabitants of the hundred or district, as he shall be advised; or, instead of defending the same, it shall be lawful for him, with the consent and approbation of such justices, to suffer judgment to go by default; and the person upon whom, as high High constable constable, the process in the action shall be served, shall, to continue to notwithstanding the expiration of his office, continue to act act, notwithfor all the purposes of this act until the termination of all standing expiraproceedings in and consequent upon such action; but if such person shall die before such termination, the succeeding high. constable shall act in his stead.

tion of office.

V. And be it enacted, that in any action to be brought by Inhabitants of virtue of this act against the inhabitants of any hundred or the hundred other like district, or against the inhabitants of any county of competent wita city or town, or of any such liberty, franchise, city, town, or place, as hereinafter mentioned, no inhabitant thereof shall, by reason of any interest arising from such inhabitancy,

nesses.

If plaintiff recovers, the she riff, on receipt

of the writ of execution, shall

make out a warrant directing the treasurer of the county to pay the amount.

Mode of reim

bursing the high constable for his expences in de

fending the action, &c.

Reimbursing the county trea

surer,

be exempted or precluded from giving evidence either for the plaintiff or for the defendants.

VI. And be it enacted, that wherever the plaintiff in any such action shall recover judgment, whether after verdict or by default or otherwise, no writ of execution shall be executed on any inhabitant of the hundred or other like district, nor on such high constable; but the sheriff, upon the receipt of the writ of execution, shall (on payment of the fee of five shillings and no more) make his warrant to the treasurer of the county, riding, or division in which such hundred or other like district shall be situate, commanding him to pay to the plaintiff the sum by the said writ directed to be levied, and such treasurer is hereby required to pay the same, as also any other sum ordered to be paid by him by virtue of this act, out of any public money which shall then be in his hands, or shall come into his hands before the next general or quarter sessions of the peace for the said county, riding, or division; and if there be not sufficient money for that purpose before such sessions, he shall give notice thereof to the justices of the peace at such sessions, who shall proceed in the manner hereinafter mentioned.

VII. And, for the purpose of indemnifying the high constable and the county treasurer, be it enacted, that if such high constable of the hundred or other district sued shall produce and prove before any two justices of the peace of the county, riding, or division, residing in or acting for such hundred or district, an account of the just and necessary expenses which he shall have incurred in consequence of any such action as aforesaid, such justices shall make an order for the payment thereof upon the treasurer of the county, riding, or division in which such hundred or district shall be situate and if in any such action judgment shall be given against the plaintiff, the high constable shall in like manner be reimbursed for the just and necessary expenses by him incurred in consequence of such action, over and above the taxed costs to be paid by the plaintiff in such case; and if it shall be proved to any two such justices that the plaintiff in the action is insolvent, so that the high constable can have no relief as to such taxed costs, such justices shall make an order upon the treasurer of the county, riding, or division as aforesaid, for the payment of the amount of such taxed costs; and the justices of the peace at the next general or quarter sessions of the peace to be holden for any such county, riding, or division, or any adjournment thereof, shall direct such sum or sums of money as shall have been paid or ordered to be paid by the treasurer by virtue of any such warrant or order as hereinbefore mentioned, to be raised on the hundred or other like district against the inhabitants of which any such action shall have been brought, over and above the

general rate to be paid by such hundred or district in common with the rest of the county, riding, or division, under the acts relating to county rates; and such sum or sums shall be raised in the manner directed by those acts, and shall be forthwith paid over to the treasurer.

eeeding in cases

where the damage does not exceed 301.

VIII. And whereas it is expedient to provide a summary Mode of promode of proceeding where the damage is of small amount; be it therefore enacted, that it shall not be lawful for any person to commence any action against the inhabitants of any hundred or other like district, where the damage alleged to have been sustained by reason of any of the offences in this act mentioned shall not exceed the sum of thirty pounds, but the party damnified shall, within seven days after the commission of the offence, give a notice in writing of his claim for Notice in writcompensation, according to the form in the schedule here- ing of claim. unto annexed, to the high constable or some one of the high constables (if there be more than one) of the hundred or other like district in which the offence shall have been committed; and such high constable shall, within seven days after the receipt of the notice, exhibit the same to some two justices of the peace of the county, riding, or division in which such hundred or district shall be situate, residing in or acting for such hundred or district, and they shall thereupon appoint a special petty session of all the justices of the peace Special petty of the county, riding, or division, acting for such hundred or session to be district, to be holden within not less than twenty, nor more appointed. than thirty days next after the exhibition of such notice, for the purpose of hearing and determining any claim which may be then and there brought before them on account of any such damage, and such high constable shall, within three days after such appointment, give notice in writing to the claimant, of the day and hour and place appointed for holding such petty session, and shall within ten days give the like notice to all the justices acting for such hundred or district; Notice to be and the claimant is hereby required to cause a notice in placed in writing, in the form in the schedule hereunto annexed, to be church, &c. placed on the church or chapel door, or other conspicuous part of the parish, township, or place in which such damage shall have been sustained, on two Sundays preceding the day of holding such petty session.

sessions,

IX. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Such cases to be. justices, not being less that two, at such petty session or settled by the any adjournment thereof, to hear and examine upon oath or justices at a affirmation, the claimant and any of the inhabitants of the special petty hundred or other like district, and their several witnesses, concerning any such offence, and the damage sustained thereby; and thereupon the said justices, or the major part Justices may of them, if they shall find that the claimant has sustained make order for any damage by means of any such offence, shall make an payment of daorder for payment of the amount of such damage to him, mage and costs.

Penalty on high constable for neglect.

Proceeding in case of damage to a church or chapel.

together with his reasonable costs and charges, and also an order for payment of the costs and charges (if any) of the high constable or inhabitants, and shall direct such order or orders to the treasurer of the county, riding, or division in which such hundred or district shall be situate, who shall pay the same to the party or parties therein named, and shall be reimbursed for the same in the manner hereinbefore directed.

X. And be it enacted, that if any high constable shall refuse or neglect to exhibit or give notice as is required in any of the cases aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the party damnified to sue him for the amount of the damage sustained, such amount to be recovered by an action on the case, together with full costs of suit.

XI. And be it enacted, that every action or summary claim to recover compensation for the damage caused to any church or chapel by any of the offences in this act mentioned, shall be brought in the name of the rector, vicar, or curate of such church or chapel, or in case there be no rector, vicar, or curate, then in the names of the church or chapel wardens, if there be any such, and if not, in the name or names of any one or more of the persons in whom the property of such chapel may be vested; and the amount recovered in any such case shall be applied in the rebuilding or repairing such church or chapel; and where any of the offences in this act mentioned shall be committed on any perty belonging property belonging to a body corporate, such body may recover compensation against the hundred or other like district, in the same manner, and subject to the same conditions, as any person damnified is by this act enabled to do: Provided always, that the several conditions which are hereinbefore required to be performed by or on behalf of any person damnified, may, in the case of a body corporate, be performed by any officer of such body on behalf thereof.

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to a corpora

tion.

Where the damage is committed in any county of a city, &c. or in any liberty, &c. which is not within any hundred, or does not contribute

to the county rate, such county, liberty,

&c. shall be liable like the bundred.

XII. And whereas the offences for which compensation is granted by virtue of this act may be committed in counties of cities and towns, or in such liberties, franchises, cities, towns, and places, as either do not contribute at all to the payment of any county rate, or contribute thereto, but not as being part of any hundred or other like district; and it is expedient to provide for all such cases; be it therefore enacted, that where any of the offences in this act mentioned shall be committed in a county of a city or town, or in any such liberty, franchise, city, town, or place, the inhabitants thereof shall be liable to yield compensation in the same manner, and under the same conditions and restrictions in all respects, as the inhabitants of the hundred; and every thing in this act in anywise relating to a hundred, or to the inhabitants thereof, shall equally apply to every county of a city or town, and to every such liberty, franchise, city, town,

and place, and to the inhabitants thereof; and where the justices of the peace of the county, riding, or division are excluded from holding jurisdiction in any such liberty, franchise, city, town, or place, in every such case all the powers, authorities, and duties by this act given to or imposed on such justices, shall be exercised and performed by the justices of the peace of the liberty, franchise, city, town, or place in which the offence shall be committed; and where the offence shall be committed in a county of a city or town, all the like powers, authorities, and duties shall be exercised and performed by the justices of the peace of such county of a city or town; and in every action to be brought, or summary claim to be preferred under this act against the inhabitants of a county of a city or town, or of any such liberty, franchise, city, town, or place, the process for appearance in the action, and the notice required in the case of the claim, shall be served upon some one peace officer of such county, liberty, franchise, city, town, or place; and all matters which by this act the high constable of a hundred is authorized or required to do in either of such cases, shall be done by the peace officer so served, who shall have the same powers, rights, and remedies as such high constable has by virtue of this act, and shall be subject to the same liabilities; and shall, notwithstanding the expiration of his office, continue to act for all the purposes of this act until the termination of all proceedings in and consequent upon such action or claim; but if he should die before such termination, his successor shall act in his stead.

XIII. And for securing the due execution of writs in the Provision for Cinque Ports, and in places where writs are directed to executing writs other officers than the sheriff, and in liberties where the in certain sheriff is not warranted in executing writs; be it enacted, places. that all other such officers to whom any writ of execution under this act shall be directed, by whatsoever name they shall be known, shall have the same power of granting a warrant for payment of the sum by such writ directed to be levied as is hereby given to the sheriff in case of a writ of execution directed to him; and that every sheriff and Sheriff to grant other such officer as aforesaid, shall have authority to grant warrant nothis warrant under this act, notwithstanding the offence shall withstanding have been committed in, or the treasurer or other person mitted in lito whom such warrant shall be directed shall reside or be in, berty. any liberty where the sheriff or officer is not warranted in executing writs.

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XIV. And as to the mode of payment and reimbursement Mode of reunder this act in such liberties, franchises, cities, towns, and imbursement in places as contribute to the payment of the county rate, but liberties, cities, not as being part of any hundred, be it enacted, that the and towns not warrant of the sheriff or other officer upon any writ of ex- dred, but conany hunecution against the inhabitants of any such liberty, franchise, tributing to the

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