66 66 The sheriff shall gather the wages of every county And pay the "bailiffs, and other head officers of and in the 35 H. 8. c. 11. "cities, boroughs, and towns aforesaid, wherein "some of the said sheriffs, mayors, and bailiffs, " and other head officers, have been negligent "and laches, not endeavouring themselves in accomplishment of their duties in collection and payment of the same in due form, according to justice, to the great hurt, injury, and delay of "the king's said subjects:" (4) Be it therefore enacted by the authority of this present par liament, that the sheriffs for the time being, of every of the twelve shires in Wales, and in the county of Monmouth, from the beginning of the knights in this present parliament, shall have full power in Wales, and and authority, by force of this act, to gather in Monmouth. and levy, or cause to be gathered and levied, the said knights' fees and wages, of the inhabitants of the said twelve shires, and of the said county of Monmouth, which ought to pay the same; and the same so gathered shall pay or cause to be paid to every such knight or knights, or to his or their assigns, within the term of two months after that any such knight or knights shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the king's writ de solutione feodi militis parliamenti, to any such sheriff; (5) and every such sheriff making default of payment of the said wages or fees, in manner and form as is aforesaid, to lose and forfeit £20, whereof the one moiety to be to the king's use, and the other to On penalty of his or their use that will sue for the same in of the king's courts of record, by information, bill or plaint, or otherwise afore any of the king's officers, wherein no essoin protection, or wager of law shall be admitted. (6) And if it shall happen to any sheriff, in any of the said to is omittwelve shires and county of Monmouth, to make ted in the default of payment of the said wages or fees statutes d in any same to such knights within two months after their them the writ de solutione, delivering to c. 201. quarto printed 35 H. 8. c. 11. by a longer term than two months, then every such sheriff to forfeit for every month that he or they shall make default £20, to be forfeited and levied in manner and form as is aforesaid. The levying the burgesses § 2. And that every mayor and bailiff, and of the wages of other head officers of cities, boroughs, and of parliament. towns in every of the said twelve shires, and in the said county of Monmouth, within like term and space of two months after the receipt of the king's majesty's writ de solutione feod' burgens' parliament,' like as is before mentioned for gathering or levying of the knights' fees, shall levy, gather, and pay the wages and fees to their burgesses in like manner and form as is aforesaid, and in and under like pains and forfeitures, as be before mentioned to be levied of the goods and chattels of every such mayor, bailiff, and other head officer to whom the king's said writ shall be directed for the levying of such fees, making default of payment of the said fees and wages to the burgesses in manner and form as is aforesaid. Who shall be choosers of the parliament in burgesses of Wales and § 3. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, forasmuch as the inhabitants of all cities and boroughs in every the said twelve shires within Wales, and in the said county of Monmouth, not finding burgesses for the parliament themselves, must bear and pay the burgesses wages within the shire towns of and in every the said twelve shires in Wales, and in the said county of Monmouth, that from the beginning of the said parliament the burgesses of all and every of the said cities, boroughs, and towns, which be, and shall be contributory to the payment of the burgesses' wages of the said shire towns, shall be lawfully admonished by procla mation, or otherwise, by the mayors, bailiffs, or 35 H. 8. c.11. other head officers of the said towns, or by one of them to come and to give their elections for the electing of the said burgesses at such time and place lawful and reasonable, as shall be assigned for the same intent by the said mayors, bailiffs, and other head officers of the said shire towns, or by one of them; in which elections the burgesses shall have like voice and authority to elect, name, and choose the burgesses of every the said shire towns, like and in such manner as the burgesses of the said shire towns have or use. boroughs and §4. Provided always, that two justices of Rating of the peace in in every of the shires in Wales, and inhabitants for in the said county of Monmouth, by force of the burgesses this act, shall have full power and authority wages, indifferently to lot and tax every city, borough, and town within the shires in Wales, wherein they do inhabit, and in the said county of Monmouth, for the portions and rates that every the said cities and boroughs shall bear and pay towards the said burgesses, within the said shire towns of every of the said shires in Wales, and in the county of Monmouth; (2) which rates so rated and taxed in gross by the said two justices of peace as is aforesaid, shall be again rated and taxed on the inhabitants of every the said cities and boroughs, by four or six discreet and substantial burgesses of every the said cities and boroughs in Wales, thereunto named and assigned by the mayor, bailiffs, or other head officers of the said cities, towns, and boroughs for the time being, and thereupon the mayors, bailiffs, or other head officers of every such city, borough, and town, to collect and gather the same, and thereof to make payment, 35 H. 8. c. 11. in manner and form as is aforesaid, to the burgesses of the parliament for the time being, within like time, and upon the like pains and forfeitures as is abovementioned. The stat. 25 Car. 2. c. 9. An Act to enable the County Palatine of Durham to send Knights and Burgesses to serve in Parliament. "WHEREAS the inhabitants of the county "palatine of Durham, have not hitherto had "the liberty and privilege of electing and "sending any knights and burgesses to the high court of parliament, although the inha"bitants of the said county palatine are liable "to all payments, rates, and subsidies granted "by parliament, equally with the inhabitants "of other counties, cities, and boroughs in this kingdom who have their knights and bur 66 gesses in the parliament, and are therefore "concerned equally with others the inhabitants "of this kingdom, to have knights burgesses "in the said high court of parliament of their own election, to represent the condition of "their county, as the inhabitants of other counties, cities, and boroughs of this king"dom have;" (2) wherefore, may it please your majesty, that it may be enacted, and be it enacted, by the king's most excellent majesty, by and with the advice and assent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and the commons in this present parliament assembled, and by the au Durham to the city of gesses to par thority of the same, that from time to time, 25 Car. 2. c. 9. and at all times from and after the end of this present session of parliament, the said county The county palatine of Durham may have two knights for palatine of the same county, and the city of Durham, two send two citizens to be burgesses for the same city, for knights, and ever hereafter to serve in the high court of parlia Durham to ment; (3) to be elected and chosen by virtue send two burof your majesty's writ, to be awarded by the liament. lord chancellor, or lord keeper of the great seal of England for the time being, in that behalf, to the lord bishop of Durham, or his temporal chancellor of the said county of Durham, and a precept to be thereupon grounded, and made by the lord bishop of Durham, or his temporal chancellor for the time being, to the sheriff of the said county for the time being; (4) and the same election from time to time to be made in manner and form following: that is to say, How the electhe election of the knights to serve for the said tions are to be county palatine from time to time hereafter to be made by the greater number of freeholders of the said county palatine of Durham, which from time to time shall be present at such elections, accordingly as is used in other counties in this your majesty's kingdom; (5) and that the election of the said burgesses from time to time to serve in the high court of parliament for the city of Durham, to be made from time to time by the major part of the mayor, aldermen, and freemen of the said city of Durham, which from time to time shall be present at such clections; (6) which said knights and burgesses, and every of them, so elected or returned, shall be returned by the said sheriff into the chan- To be returned cery of England, in due form, and upon the by the sheriff. like pains as be ordained for the sheriff or sheriffs of any other county of this kingdom to made. |