: Duty of Re- as to Account of Monies re that the said Receiver for the time being shall receive all Fees, Penalties and Forfeitures, and other Sums of Money applicable to the Purposes of this Act, and shall keep an exact and particular ceived and dis- Account of all such Monies as shall be received by him, and shall bursed; apply the same Quarterly in Discharge of the Salaries, Expences and Charges attending the said Police Offices, and in carrying this Act into Execution, and shall make all such Contracts and Disbursements as shall be necessary for purchasing, hiring, fitting up and furnishing proper and sufficient Houses and Buildings, wherein the said Eight Public Offices shall be held, in such manner as His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, by and with the Advice and Consent of His or their Privy Council, shall think proper to direct and appoint; of which Houses and Buildings so to be hired or purchased, and the Fixtures and Furniture thereof, and of all other Necessaries to be held or purchased for the Purposes of this Act, the Property acquired therein shall be vested in the Receiver for the time being, who shall and may sell, assign and dispose of the same or any Part thereof, under the like Directions and Appointment, as Occasion shall require; and such Receiver shall prepare proper Plans and Estimates of all such Contracts and Disbursements as shall be necessary for the Purposes aforesaid, and shall deliver the same to His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department; and such Receiver shall further do and execute all such other lawful Matters and Things towards the Establishment of the said Eight Police Offices, and towards the carrying this Act into Execution, as His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, by and with the Advice of His or their Privy Council, shall from time to time think proper to direct. as to preparing Plans and Es- tracts and Dis- Justices to em ploy Constables, and may sus- Thames Police V. And be it further enacted, That the Justices appointed as aforesaid, or any Two of them, in their respective Offices, shall appoint, retain and employ a sufficient Number of fit and able Men for the whole Eight Offices, subject to the Approbation of His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department; whom they are hereby authorized and empowered to swear in to act as Constables, for preserving the Peace and preventing Robberies and other Felonies, and apprehending Offenders against the Peace; which Constables so sworn shall, within the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Essex and Kent, have all such Powers, Authorities, Privileges and Advantages, as any Constable duly appointed now has or hereafter may have by virtue of any Law or Statute now made or hereafter to be made; and shall obey all such lawful Commands as they shall from time to time receive from the said Justices respectively, for the apprehending Offenders, or otherwise conducting themselves in the Execution of their Offices; and such Justices may at any Time suspend or dismiss from his Employment any such Constable attached to their respective Offices, whom they shall think remiss or negligent in the Execution of his Duty, or otherwise unfit for the same; and when any such Constable shall be so dismissed, or cease to belong to any of the said Offices, all Powers and Authorities vested in him as a Constable under and by virtue of this Act shall immediately cease and determine, to all Intents and Purposes whatever. VI. And be it further enacted, That the Justices appointed to the the said Thames Police Office, or any Two of them, shall (subject appointed in to such Approbation as aforesaid), retain and employ any Number like Manner. of fit and discreet Men, not exceeding Thirty, who, under the Name of Thames Police Surveyors, shall (being first duly sworn in manner above mentioned) have, within the Counties aforesaid, the Powers, Authorities, Privileges and Advantages of a Constable as aforesaid, and shall direct and inspect the Conduct of the Con- Their Power stables attached to the Thames Police Office, and of all Persons and Duty, to be employed in and about Ships and Vessels in the said River Thames, or in or on the several Creeks, Wharfs, Quays and Landing Places thereto adjacent, and (subject to the Orders of the said last mentioned Justices) shall have Power by virtue of their Offices as to Search, to`enter at all Times, as well by Night as by Day, into and upon every Ship, Hoy, Barge, Lighter, Boat or other Vessel (not being then actually employed in His Majesty's Service), lying or being in the said River or Creeks, and into every Part of every such Vessel, for the Purpose of inspecting and upon Occasion directing the Conduct of any Constable who may be stationed on board of any Vessel, and of inspecting and observing the Conduct of all other Persons who shall be employed on board of any Vessel in or about the lading or unlading thereof, as the case may be, and for the Purpose of taking all such Measures as may be necessary for providing against Fire and other Accidents, and preserving Peace preventing and good Order on board of any such Vessel, and for the effec- Fire, &c. tual Prevention in all cases of any Felonies or Misdemeanors being committed, and for the effectual Detection of any Felonies or Misdemeanors which may have been committed, or which such Surveyor may have reasonable Cause to suspect to have been committed on board any such Vessel; and the Justices appointed Justices may to the said Thames Police Office may at any Time suspend or dis- suspend or dismiss any such Thames Police Surveyor whom they shall find re- miss such Surmiss or negligent in the Execution of his Duty, or otherwise unfit veyors. for the same; and when any such Surveyor shall be so dismissed, or cease to belong to the said Offices, all Powers and Authorities vested in him as such Surveyor under and by virtue of this Act, shall immediately cease and determine, to all Intents and Purposes whatever. VII. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, to direct that such Sum shall be issued Quarterly out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the said Receiver, as will be sufficient to pay the yearly Salary of Six hundred Pounds, clear of all Fees or Deductions to each of the Justices so appointed to attend at the said Police Offices, for their Time and Trouble, and such further Sums as may be necessary for the Expences of the Offices, and for the Payment of Clerks, Constables, Surveyors and others therein employed; provided that the whole Charges attending the said Police Offices (the said Salaries being included) shall not exceed the Annual Sum of Thirty five thousand Pounds, over and above the necessary Disbursements for purchasing, hiring, repairing, fitting up and furnishing the Houses and Buildings wherein the said Offices shall be held; and that the said Receiver, out of the Monies so issued to him, shall and may pay to the Constables and Surveyors so appointed as aforeHh 3 Justices to be allowed a Salary of 6001. per Annum. Further Sums for Payment of Clerks, &c. Proviso as to total Amount of Charges. Receiver to pay Constables and pences herein said, mentioned. Justice taking Fees except at the Public Offices, Penalty 1001. Proviso for Fees for licensing Alehouses, and Fees taken ut Office in Bow Street, or by Vestry Clerks, &c. Tables of Fees 26 G. 2. c. 14. 27 G. 2. c. 16. said, for their Trouble and Attendance, such Sum as may from time to time appear reasonable to His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, and any extraordinary Expences they shall appear to have been necessarily put to in apprehending Offenders, and executing the Orders of the Justices acting under and by virtue of this Act; such extraordinary Expences being first examined and approved of by the Justices attending the Police Office to which such Constables shall be respectively attached, and such further Sum for rewarding the extraordinary Diligence or Exertion of any of the said Constables or Surveyors, as shall be directed by the said Principal Secretary of State. VIII. And be it further enacted, That no Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, County of Surrey, City and Liberty of Westminster, or Liberty of the Tower of London, or his Clerk, or any Person on their Behalf, other than at the said Police Offices, shall directly or indirectly, upon any Pretence or under any Colour whatever, take or receive any Fee, Reward, Gratuity, or Recompence, for any Act by him or them done or to be done in the Execution of his or their Office or Employ as Justice of the Peace or Clerk as aforesaid, within the Limits of the Weekly Bills of Mortality, or within the Parish of Saint Mary le bone, Paddington, Saint Pancras, Kensington and Saint Luke at Chelsea, in the said County of Middlesex, upon pain of forfeiting the Sum of One hundred Pounds for every such Offence, One Moiety thereof to the said Receiver, to be applied to the Purposes of this Act, and the other Moiety thereof, with full Costs of Suit, to the Person who shall sue for the same in any of His Majesty's Courts of Record at Westminster, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, wherein no Essoign, Privilege, Wager of Law, or more than One Imparlance, shall be allowed: Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to extend to any Fees taken at any General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace, or at any Meeting of Justices, for the Purpose of licensing Alehouses, or to any Fees taken at the Public Office in Bow Street, or to any Fees taken by any Vestry Clerk, for the Purpose of enforcing the Payment of any Taxes or Assessments arising within the same Parish, or for the Purpose of hearing and determining any Offence cognizable before Justices of the Peace, by virtue of any Statute made and provided for the special Regulation or Government of such Parish. IX. And be it further enacted, That in some conspicuous Part to be hung up. of each of the said Police Offices and also of the said Public Office in Bow Street, there shall be affixed a Table of the Fees which may legally be taken at such Offices respectively, under an Act passed in the Twenty sixth Year of the Reign of King George the Second, intituled An Act for the settling and ascertaining the Fees to be taken by Clerks to Justices of the Peace; and under another Act passed in the Twenty seventh Year of the Reign of King George the Second, intituled An Act for making perpetual several Laws for Punishment of Persons destroying Turnpikes, Locks or other Works erected by Authority of Parliament; and that all Acts made for erecting Courts of Conscience shall be deemed Public Acts; and to empower a certain Number of the Trustees of the British Museum to do certain Acts; and for confirming the Tables of Fees to be taken taken by the Clerks to the Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex; and for giving further Time for the Payment of Duties omitted to be paid for the Indentures or Contracts of Clerks and Apprentices; and for filing Affidavits in the Execution of Contracts of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors; and for preventing Persons driving certain Carriages from riding upon such Carriages; and Justice may rethat it shall be lawful for any Justice at such Offices respectively, fuse to act unto refuse to do any Act for which any Fee shall be demandable, less Fee be first unless such Fee shall be first paid; and that if any such Act shall Proviso where be done, and the Fee due thereon shall not be paid, it shall be such Act done. lawful for any Justice of the Peace to summon the Person from whom such Fee shall be due, and to make Order for Payment of the same, with the Costs of the Proceedings, and in default of Payment to levy the same, with the Costs of the Distress, by Warrant under his Hand and Seal. X. And be it further enacted, That the Justices so appointed to attend at the said Police Offices, and their Clerks respectively, shall, in Books to be provided for that Purpose, keep a full, true and particular Account of all Fees taken and received at each of the said Offices, together with all Penalties and Forfeitures which shall have been recovered, levied or received in pursuance of any Adjudication, Conviction or Order, had or made at any of the said Offices, or any Process or Warrant issuing from the same; to which Books of Account the said Receiver shall at all Times have free Access; and the said Justices shall, once in every Quarter of a Year, deliver unto such Receiver such Account, verified upon Oath by such Justice or Justices, Clerk or Clerks, or such other Person or Persons as shall be employed in keeping such Accounts respectively, or any Part thereof, before some Justice of the Peace for the said County of Middlesex or County of Surrey, and shall pay the Amount of all such Fees unto such Receiver, to be applied in manner hereinbefore mentioned. XI. And be it further enacted, That all such Penalties and Forfeitures, and Shares of Penalties and Forfeitures, as are by any Act now in force, or shall be by any future Act (unless it shall contain express Words to the contrary) limited and made payable to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, or to any Description of Persons, other than the Informer or Informers who shall sue for the same, or any Party aggrieved, and which shall be recoverable in a summary Way before a Justice or Justices of the Peace, and which shall be recovered or adjudged before any Justice or Justices at either of the said Police Offices, shall be accounted for and paid into the Hands of the said Receiver, by the Justice, Clerk, Constable, Officer or other Person or Persons who shall levy or receive the same; to be applied by such Receiver in manner hereinbefore mentioned. paid, &c. Account of the Police Of All Penalties (except to In formers or Parties aggrieved) recovered at the Police Offices, to be paid to the Receiver. Fees and Penalties not accounted for and paid, or if Receiver hav XII. And be it further enacted, That if the said Justices appointed as aforesaid, or any other Person having received any such Fees at any of the said Police Offices, shall neglect to account for and pay the same in manner aforesaid; or if any Justice, Justice's Clerk, Constable, Officer or other Person, who shall levy or receive ing resigned, such Penalties or Forfeitures, or Shares of Penalties or Forfeitures, &c. do not acshall neglect to pay the same into the Hands of such Receiver in count for Money manner aforesaid; or if any Person having resigned any such Office remaining in Hand, Receiver H h 4 of same. Defendant Bail. may sue for the of Receiver, or having been removed from the same, shall neglect, within Twenty one Days after Notice for that Purpose, to account for and pay into the Hands of the succeeding Receiver all such Sums of Money as shall remain in his Hands applicable to the Purposes of this Act, it shall be lawful for such Receiver for the time being, in his own proper Name only, or by his Name and Description of Office, to sue for and recover the same, with Double Costs of Suit, in any of His Majesty's Courts of Record at Westminster, by Action of Debt, in which Action it shall be sufficient for such Receiver to declare as for Money had and received to the Use of such Receiver for the Purposes of this Act; and the Deheld to special fendant or Defendants in such Action may, at the Discretion of any Judge of such Court, be held to special Bail, in such competent Sum as such Judge shall order and direct; and in any such Action the Court in which such Action shall be brought may, if such Court shall think proper, at the Instance of either of the Accounts may Parties, refer the Account in dispute, in a summary manner, to be audited by any Officer of the Court, or other fit Person, at their Discretion, who may examine both Plaintiff and Defendant upon Oath (which Oath the said Referee shall have Power to administer), and upon the Report of such Referee, unless either of the Parties shall shew good Cause to the contrary, such Court may make a Rule, either for the Payment of such Sum as upon such Report shall appear to be due, or for staying the Proceedings in such Cause, and upon such Terms and Conditions as to the same Court shall appear reasonable and just; or may order Judgment to be entered up by Confession, for such Sum as upon such Report shall appear to be due. be referred in such Action. Receiver may in the Hands of deceased, or resigning or removed Receivers, and recover from Executors. XIII. And be it further enacted, That in case of the Death of sue for Money any such Receiver, or of any Person having resigned or been removed from such Office, or of any of the other Persons whom the said Receiver for the time being is authorized to sue as aforesaid, in every such case the Receiver for the time being may, in his own proper Name only, or by his Name and Description of Office, sue for and recover such Sum of Money as shall have been remaining in the Hands of such deceased Receiver or other Person, applicable to the Purposes of this Act, or the Executors or Administrators of such Person deceased; in which Action it shall be sufficient for the Plaintiff to declare that the Deceased was indebted to the Plaintiff for Money had and received for the Purposes of this Act, or that the Deceased died possessed of Money had and received for the Purposes of this Act, whereby an Action. accrued to the Plaintiff to demand and have the same of such Executors or Administrators; and the like Action shall and may be brought against any Executors or Administrators of Executors or Administrators; in all which Actions the Defendant or Defendants may plead in like manner, and avail themselves of the like Matters in their Defence, as in any Action founded upon Simple Contracts of the original Testator or Intestate; and in all Actions to be brought by such Receiver by virtue of this Act, Proof of the Plaintiff's acting in the Execution of such Office shall be sufficient Evidence of his holding the same, unless the contrary shall be shewn in Evidence by the Defendant or Defendants in such Action. Pleading in such Actions. XIV. And |