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MON SEAL.

67. And be it enacted, that the sum payable to any per-
son, as such compensation as aforesaid, shall be secured to
such person by bond or obligation under the common seal
of the borough, out of whose funds the same shall be pay-
able, in a sufficient penalty, conditioned for the payment to
such person, his executors or administrators, or assigns, of
such sum, with all arrears thereof (if any) accrued due be-
fore the date of such bond ; and such bond or obligation
shall be prepared and executed at the expense of the
borough fund, and delivered to the person entitled to such
compensation as soon as conveniently may be after the
amount thereof shall have been admitted as aforesaid by
the council of the borough ; or shall have been determined,
in the event of such appeal as aforesaid, by the order of the
said Lords Commissioners.

RESERVATION OF CERTAIN PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES.

68. And be it enacted, that all pensions and allowances
granted on or before the sth day of June in this present
year, by the corporate body named in the said schedules
(A) and (B), in conjunction with any borough, to any re-
tired officer or servant, or to the widow or child of any
officer or servant, and all stipends and allowances which,
during seven years next before the said sth day of June,
have been usually paid and granted to the minister or late
minister of any church or chapel, or to the master or usher
of any school, or to the governor or master of any hospital
within such borough, and all charitable allowances which
have been usually paid as aforesaid to the inmates of any
almshouses by such corporate body, shall be secured, as
soon as conveniently may be after the passing of this Act,
to every person entitled or accustomed to have and receive
the same, by bond or obligation under the common seal of
the borough out of whose funds the same shall be payable,
in a sufficient penalty,' conditioned for the payment to such
person, his executors and administrators, of such pension,
stipend, r allowance, with all arrears thereof, if any, accrued
due before the date of such bond ; and such bond or obli-
gation shall be prepared and executed at the expense of
the` borough fund.

ALL ACTS OF THE COUNCIL TO BE DECIDED BY A MA-
JORITY OF COUNCILLORS PRESENT ; ONE-THIRD PART
OF THE WHOLE NUMBER TO BE A QUORUM.---NOTICE
OF MEETINGS OF COUNCIL.-QUARTERLY MEETINGS OF
COUNCIL.

69. And be it enacted, that all acts whatsoever autho-
rised or required by virtue of this Act to be done by the
council of such borough ;• and all questions or adjournment
or others that may come before such council, may be done
and decided by the majority of the members of the council
who shall be present at any meeting held in pursuance of
this Act, the whole number present at such meeting not
being less than one-third part of the number of the whole
council ; and at all such meetings the mayor, if present,
shall preside; and the mayor, or, in the absence of the
mayor, such alderman, or in the absence of all the aldermen,
such councillor as the members of the council then assem-
bled shall choose to be the chairman of that meeting, shall
have a second or casting vote in all cases of equality of ; and minutes of the proceedings of all such meet-
ings shall be drawn up and fairly entered into a book to be
kept for that purpose ; and shall be signed by the mayor,
alderman, or councillor presiding at such meeting ; and the
said minutes shall be open to the inspection of any hurr. ss
at all reasonable times, on payment of a fee of ono
Provided always, that previous to any meeting
cil held by virtue of this Act, a notice of th' •
the
of such such intended meeting shall be J time and place
give- three clear days
least before such meeting, by 620-
at
near the door of the town-b^'' the said notice on or
of the borough ; and such
notice shall be signed -
to call a meeting y the mayor, who shall have pow. er
proper ; aryl • lc the council as often as he shall think
such r- • - in case the.
.mayor. shall refuse to call any
• ..ieeting after a requisition for, that purpose signed by
.gve members of the council at the least shall have been
presented to him, it shall be lawful for the said members to
call a meeting of the council by giving such notice as is
herein-before required in that behalf, studi notice to be
signed by the said members instead of the mayor, and stat-
ing therein the business proposed to be transacted at such
meeting ; and in every case a summons to attend the
council, specifying the business proposed to be transacted
at such meeting, signed by the town-clerk, shall be left at
the usual place of abode of every member of the council or
at the premises in respect of which he is enrolled a burgess
three clear days at least before such meeting ; and no busi-
ness shall be transacted at such meeting other than is spe-
cified in the notice : Provided always, that there shall be
in every borough four quarterly meetings in every year at
which the council shall meet for the transaction of general
business,' and no notice shall need to be given of the

approval.
POWER TO COUNCIL TO APPOINT' COMMITTUtO.
70. And be it enacted, that it ithall b.: lawful forL the
council of any borough to appoint out of their ow,l 'body,
from t'me to time, such and So many
.committcV„
vided always, that the act, of ever, 1
. 71. And wher,.,,„ diver
seised or
estate, ;
trust; CIii.RITABLF TRUSTEES. either
i s:ucu committee shall
"s bodies corporate now stand
Ix'w.:ssed of undry hereditaments and personal
-n PT ust, in whole or in part, for certain charitable
,_ Pa.ad it is expedient that the administration there-
, roefguahigteenderaanldo
managed
specialanag e d nature, umrlasnodfcsounil s tvin:mionfi
t•steueest: n:rmoi:
ber of persons as they may think fit, five '-Loy purposes
which, m the discretion of such council, wOuld be better
be submitted to the council for tiir
there-
°f In kept distinct from that of the public stock. and
i ",o)7ough fund ; be it enacted that in every borough in which
tl..e body corporate, or ar.y one or more of the members of
such body corporate, in. his or their corporate capacity,
now stands or stand sr:tely or together with any person or
persons elected 4olely by such body corporate, or solely by
any particular number, class, or description of members
of such body corporate seised or pokessed for any estate
or interest whatet-er of any hereditameuts, or any sums of
money, ehattelsatecurities for' money, or any other per-
sonal estate wlr,t§oever, in whole or in part, in trust or •
for the • bene.;it of any charitable • uses or trusts whatso-
ever, all thi: estate, right, interest, and title, and all the
powers of such, body corporate, or of spoil member or
members of such body corporate, in respect of the said
uses and trust. -shall continue in tht persons who at
the time of itte• passing of this Act are ' such trus-
tees as aforesaid, notwithstandinp; that they may have
ceased to h . any office by virtuu'of which before the pass-
ini, of this ' Cihey were such. trustees, until the Ist day of
August, 1836, or until ParY.ament shall otherwise order,
and shall immediately the' upon utterly cease and deter-
mine : Provided .alway-s,..lhat if any vacancy shall be occa-
sioned among the cha-Atable trustees for any borough-be-
fore the said Ist da-; of August, it shall be lawful for the
Lord High Ch;e..cellor or Lords Commissioners of •the
Great Seal for •Lhe time being, upon petition, in a summary
. way; to appr:int another trustee to supply- such vacancy ;
and every person so appointed a trustee as last aforesaid
shall be,-"a trustee ..until the time at which the person in the
romP of whom he was chosen would regularly have ceased
trYne a trustee, and he shall then cease to be atrustee :
Provided also, that if Parliament shall not otherwise direct
'on or before the said Ist day of. August, 1836, the Lord
. High Chancellor or - Lords Commissioners of the
.Great.
Seal shall make such orders as he or they. shall see fit • for
the Administration, subject to such charitable uses or trust
as aforesaid, or such trust estates.
COUNCIL TO - ACT AS TRUSTEES WiTERE CORPORAt6RS
WERE EX-OPPiCTO SOLE TRUSTEES.
72.. And be it enactod, that the body ' corporate. 'named
in the said schedules (A) and (B), in conjunet.ic,n With
any borough shall 69 trustees for executing by 'ear: council
°of such borough the powers and provisions of all Acts of
Parliament made before the passing of this Act, other than
Acts made fbr securing charitable uses and .b.asts,) and of
all trusts, (other than .charitable uses and 4.. rusts- of which
the said body corporate, or any of the inc.oThers thereof in
their corporate capacity, was or were FA';',e trustees before
the time of the first election of counciWrs in such borough
under this Act. . • " -

COUNCIL TO APPOINT A LIMITED NiP MBER OF COUNCILLORS
-TO BE JOINT TRUSTEES FOB, CERTAIN 'PURPOSES. z
73. And he it enacted;:that '',n every borough in which
the body corporate, or a parti4r:dar or limited number, class,
or description of members °c,:lthe body corporate, or of Per-
sons,appointed by the .boar corporate, was or were before
the passing of this Act tx istees jointly with other trustees
for the execution of ato Act of Parliament, or of any trust,
or in which the bod::•corporate, or any particular or limited
number, class, or cl.tvseriptioil of members or nominees of the
body corporate, b• 1 any statute, charter, bye-law, or custom
was or were IJr.fore the passing of this Act lawfully ap-
pointed to v.- exercised any powers, duties, or functions
whatsoeve.,r- not otherwise herein provided for, and the con-
tinuance; 'of which is not inconsistent with the provisions of
this Iga, the council of such borough on the day named in
sueAl Act as last aforesaid, or in the deed or will by which
s'ar:o trust is created for a new election, nomination, or tip-
imintment of trustees, or on which such new election, no-
mination, or appointment has usually been made (and if
there shall be no such day named or usually observed, then
'on the Ist doy of January in- every-year), shall appoint the
like number of members of the' council, or as near as may
he to the like number of members of the council, as-there
were-theretofore members or- nominees of.streh corporate
body who in right of their office were such trustees,: or .
charged with the execution of such powers, dutiis, And
t functions, in room of the members or nominees of such cor-
porate body ceasing to be trustees, or ceasing to exercise
such powers, duties, and functions by virtue of this Act,
and in every case of extraordinary vacancy among the tilts-
tees or persons so appointed by the council shall forthwith
appoint one other member of the council in the room of the
person by whom such vacancy has been inane, and. to hold
his trust or office for such time as the person by whom such
vacancy has been made would regularly have held it.•

PRESENT TRUSTEES OF CERTAIN ACTS CONTINUED FOR. A
DEFINITE TIME.-TRUSTEES NOT TO GO OUT OF OTFICE
BY REASON OF CEASING TO BE OF TIII COUNCIL, UNTIL

THE TIME PRESCRIBED BY THE TERMS OF THE TRI:ST,
74. And be it enacted, that notwithstanding auk thing in
this Act contained, every member of any hod:: corporate
who in his corporate capacity, anti every no-olinee of any '
body corporate, or any particular number; class or descrip-
tion of members of such body corporate, who at the time of
the passion- of this Act shall be for a definite number of
years or other' shorter time a trustee of such acts or trusts
as last aforesaid, shall continue to be such trustee until the
time when he would have ceased to be such trustee if this
Act had not passed ; and if a trustee for an indefinite time,
dr for life, or for so long as he shall be a member, or for a
particular class or description of such body corporate, then
until the Ist day of January, in the year 1836, and no
longer ; and every member of the council appointed under
the provisions of this Act to be a trustee of such Acts or
trusts as last aforesaid shall continue to be such trustee
until the time herein provided for the new appointment of a
member of the council to be trustee in his room; notwith-
standing that he may have ceased to be a member of the
council : and in case any particular member or officer of any
of the said bodies corporate shall have been appointed by
any such Act, or by any such trust deed or will as last afore-
said, to perform during a definite number of years or other
shorter time any specific powers, duties, or functions what-
soever, the person who at the time of the passi► g. of this Act
shall be the person designated and qualified to perform
the same shall continue to perform the same until the time
when he would have ceased to perform the same if this Act.
had not passed ; and if appointed for an indefinite time, or
for life, orfor so long as he shall be a member, or of a par-
ticular class or description of such body corporate, then
until the Ist day of January in the year 1836 and no longer :
Provided nevertheless, that nothing in this Act shall be
construed to extend to the body corporate of the trustees
of the Liverpool Docks, but that every person who at the
time of the passing of this Act shall be a trustee of the
Liverpool Docks, and none other, shall be continued. to be
such trustee until the Ist day of November in .the year
1836, and no longer ; and every such trustee who is ap-
pointed to discharge, or in his corporate capacity discharges
any powers, duties, or functions whatsoever in respect of
the said last-mentioned trust estate, and none other, shall
continue to discharge the same, Rs if this Act 'had not
passed, until the Ist day of iv.vember in the year 1836,
and no longer.
POWERS VESTED IN Tr.USTEES MAY BE TRANSFERBED'TO

COUNCILLORS.
•
75. And whrreas it may be expedient that the powers
now vested to the trustees appointed under sundry Acts
of
,Parl',P'..nent for paving, lighting, cleansing, watching, re-
gn!'!..:.rig, supplying with water, and improving certain ho-
,.
oughs, or certain parts thereof, should be transferred to
and vested in the councils of such broughs respectively ; be:
it enacted, that the trustees appointed by virtue of any such
Act of Parliament as last aforesaid, wherein the trustees, or
the persons whose trustees they may be, are not benefiCially
interested, may, if it shall seem to them expedient, at a meet-
ing to be called for that purpose, transfer in writing under
their hands and seals all the powers vested in them as sad*
trustees by any such Acts or Acts of Parliament as
aforesaid to the said corporate of such boroue,s and the
said body corporate of such borough shall t,'aeteeforth be
trustee for executing by the council of such borough the
several powers and provisions of any such Act or Acts of
Parliament, and the members of the council shall have the
same powers, and b, subject to the same duties, as if their
names had been originally inserted in such Act or Acts, or
as if they had been elected under the proviiions of any
• such Act or Acts as such trustees respectively :—Provided.
always, that no such transfer as aforesaid shall be made of
the powers vested by Virtue Of'the" Acts Mentioned 'in
schedule (E) which relate to the town of Cambridge, with-
out the consent of the Chancellor, Masters, and Scho'Ars of
the University of Cambridge. .
A WATCH COMMITTEE TO BE APPOINTED, Ta CONSIST
OF THE MAYOR AND ,COUNCILMEN ; SECIi camEurrE'g
TO APPOINT CONSTABLES FOIL THE novouon. —CON-
STABLES TO BE FOR TILE COUNTY, &X, A'S WELL AS
BOROUGH.
76: And be it enacted, that. the council to 14e elected for