The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-06-16 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

wards the payment,of tb'st constables, and of all other expenses
not 'hereiu provided for, he neceisarily'iucurred in
carrying into, effect the, proiid4S-'of this act; and in case such
fraud shall not be sufficient tot the purpoes aforesaid, the Cowl-
,cil" of the borough is hereby authorised and required from time
to time to estimate, as correctly, as May be, what arnount, in
addition to such fund, will he sufficient fur the purposes afore-
said; and in order to raise the amount so estimated, the said
council is hereby authorised and required from time to time to
prder a'britough rate in the nature of a county rate to be made
within their 'borough, and for that purpose the council of such
borough shall have within, their borough all the powers which
any justiceS of the peace,assembled at their general or quarter
sessions in any county in' England have Within the limits of
their commission, by,virtue of an act }trade in the fifty-fifth
year of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled "An
act to amend an act of his late Majesty King ".George the
Second, for the more easy assessing, collecting, and levying of '
county rates," or as near thereto as the nature of the case will
admit, except as is hereinafter excepted: provided 'that such
council shall not be empowered to'receive,lear, or determine
any appeal against any such rate; and if any per Son shall
think himself aggrieved by any .such rate, it shall be laWful for
him to appeal to the recorder hereinafter mentioned at the next,
quarter sessions for the borough in which such rate has been
made ; or in case ihere shall be no recorder within such
borough, to the justices at,the next courtof quarter sessions fpr
the county, within which such borough is situtate; and such
recorder or justice respectively shall have Pnwer to hear and
determine the same, and to award relief. in the premises, as in
the case of an appeal against any county rate; and all such
sums levied in pursuance of such7bbrough rate shall be paid
over, to the account of the borough fund.
And be it enacted, that on the first day of September, one thou,.
sand eight hundred and thirty-six, and in every succeeding
year, the burgesses of every borough shall elect, Ey a majority
of votes, two burgesses who are neither of the council, nor the
town-clerk, nor treasurer, nor the secretary nor areasurer to the
charitable trustees orsuch borough, in form and manner here-
inbefore provided for the election of councillors; in towns which
are not divided into wards; and the mayor shalLname one or
other person from the councillors of such . borough; and the
three persons so named shall be and be called auditors of such
borough, and shall twice in every. ear examine and audit the
accounts of the treasurer, aud of the treasurer of the charitable
trustees of such borough, from the first day of September in the
year preceding to the first day of March, and from the first day
of March to the first day of. September inahe year in which the
said auditors were named; and if the said accounts shall be.
found to be correct, the auditors shall sign the same;. add every
burgess or councillor who shall be so named one of the auditors
shall accept such office, or shall, in lieu thereof, pay a fine of
to the mayor and burgesses-of such-borough, and-
such fine, if not duly paid, shall be levied by distress and sale of
the goods and chattels of the person 'so refusing, with the'
reasonable charges of such distress.
And be it enacted, that the treasurer of every borough, and
the treasurer of the charitable trustees of every borough, shall,
in books to be kept for that purpose,' enter true accounts of all
sums of money by them respectively received and paid on ac-
count of the purposes of this act, or of the said charitable uses
and trusts respectively, and of the several . matters for which
such sums shall have been paid ; and the books containing
the accounts shall, at all reasonable times, be open to the in-
spection of any of the couuciilois of such borough; and all the
accounts, with all vouchers and papers relating thereto, shall,
in the months of March and September in every year, be sub-
mitted by the treasurer of the borough, and by• the treasurer of
the charitable trustees of the borough respectively,-to the audi;
tors, for the purpose of being examined and audited ; and after
such accounts shall have been so respectively examined and,
audited in the month of September in every year, each trea,
surer shall make out in writing, and shall cause to be printed, a
full abstract of his accounts for the year, and a copy thereof
shall be open to the inspection of all the rate-payers of such
borough; and copies thereof shall be delivered toad rate-payers
of such borough applying for the same, on payment of a reason,
able price for each copy.
And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for_ the council of
every borough named in the said schedule (A) and to the coan=
cil of every borough named in the Said schedule, (B,) to which
his majesty shall at any time. hereafter be
,pleased' to 'grant
license in that behalf, and each of them is hereby required,
from time to time, to name so many fit persons as to the council
of eacb of the said boroughs respectively froth time tb time shall
seem expedient, for the purpose of being qualified to receive
his majesty's commission to act as justices of the peace in and
for such borough, and in and for each of the counties of cities
and towns respectively named in the said schedule (A) ; and
his majesty thereupon may assign so many of the persons so
named as to his majesty shall seem fit to be his majesty's jus-
tices, and to keep the peace in and for each of the said last-
named boroughs and counties respectively; provided, neverthe-
less, that every perSOn so to be named and assigned shall reside
within the bOrough for which he shall be so assigned; er within
five miles of Such borough, or some part thereof, during"such
time as he shall act as a justice of the peace in and tOr such
. borough.

And be it enacted, that if the council of any borough shall
think it, requisite that a salaried police magistrate or magistrates.
be appointed within auch'bOrough, such council is hereby em-•
pow,ered.to make a bye-law' definiug the duties of such magistrates,,,and fi..xing the amount-of the salary which he or they
arcsto reeeive• in that behalf, and such bye-law sp Made by any
council as gore Said shall be transmitted to one, of his majesty's
principal secretaries of state, and his majesty thereupon, shall
be authorized tnappoint so many fit persons as are named in
the 'said bye-law (being' barristers-at-law of not less than five
years' standing) to be, during his 'majesty's pleasnie,' Police
magistrate or magistrates and a justice or justicei of the peace
for such borough; and to diiect that such sum shall be paid
qnarterly out of the borough-fund of such borough aawill be
sufficient to pay such'yearly,salary ,to each of the justices so as-
signed as last aforesaid, not exceeding in the Whole the salary
.mentioned in the prayer of such petition; clear of all fees or de-
ductions, as. to his majesty shall seem fit; and the treasurer of
such borough. shall thereupon pay to eachjustice Si) assigned as
last'aforesaid, out of the borough-fund of such borimigh, the sa-
lary so directed to be' paid by four equal•quarterly payments,
and in the same proportion up to the time of the death of such
justice, or his ceasing to act under such assignment as afore.
said; *vided that in every case of vacancy of the office of po-
llee, magistrate in 'any borough aforesaid, no new apPointment bf
police magistrate in such borough shall be made until the coun-
cil shall 'again make application to one of his majestys principal
secretaries of state in that behalf, and as in the case of the first
appointment of a police magistrate in such borough.
. And be it enacted, that the council of every borough to which
a separate commission. of the peace shall be granted under the,
proyisions of this act, shall be authorised and required to pro-
vide and furnish one or more fit and suitable Office or offices, to
be called "The Police. Office" or offices of the borough, for the
purpose of transacting the business of the. justices of such bo-
rough, and to pay from time to time, out of the borough fund,
such sums as may be necessary for providing, upholding, and
furnishing, and for the necessary expenses of such police-office
or offices; provided that no room or rooms in or adjoining to
any house licensed as a victualling-house or alehouse shall be
used for the purposes of any such police-office.
And be it enacted, that every person assigned to keep the
peace within any borough under the provisions of this act, or
any of them, shall, during the continuance of such assignment,.
e*ecute the duties of a justice of the peace in and for the bo-
rough for which be shall have beed so assigned, and also of and
for the county within-which such borough, or any part thereof,
may be situated, and also of and for every county within
seven miles of 'any part of such borough, although ~he
may not have such qualification by estate as is requir-
ed by law in the case of other persons being justices of the
peace for a county, provided that such person be not dis-
qualified by law to act as a justice of the peace for any other
cause or upon any other account than its respect of estate, and
'although such person may not be a burgess of the borough in
and for which he shall have been assigned to act as justice of
peace; provided, nevertheless, that no. such person, by virtue
of such assignment, shall act as a justice of the peace at any'
court of gaol delivery or general or quarter sessions, or in *mak-
ing or levying any county rate, or ratelnthe nature of a county
rate, or in granting any license or authority to any person to
keep or hold a victualling-house, alehouse, or canteen therein,
or to sell therein ale, beer, or other exciseable liquors by retail.
And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the justices of
.
every borough to which a separate commission of the peace.
shall be granted as aforesaid, at their first or any other meeting,.
and they are hereby respectively required to appoint a fit per--
son to be the clerk to the justices of Such 'borough, to be re-
movable at their pleasure, and so often as there shall be a -
vacancy in the said office of clerk to the justices by death, re-
signation, removal,' or otherwise; provided, that it shall not be'
lawful for the said justices to appoint or continue as such clerk
to the justices any cOuncillor of such borough, or the town-'
clerk or clerk of the peace of such borough,' or the partner of
spch town-clerk, or clerk of the peace, or any clerk or person
in the employ of such town-clerk, or clerk of the peace; pro-
vided also' that it shall' not be lawful 'for: the said clerk to the
justices, by himself or his partner; to be directly or indirectly
interested or employed in the prosecution of any offender coal-
initted for tl'ial'by the justices of whom he shall be such clerk
as afoiesaid, or any Of them, at any court of gaol 'delivery or
general quarter sessions'; and any
,person, being a councillor or'
town-Clerk, or clerk of the peace deny borough, or the partner
or clerk, or in the employ of such town-clerk or clerk of-the peace,
who shall act as clerk to the justices of such borough, or shall
otherwise offend in the oremises, shall . for 'every such offence
forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred pounds, one moiety thereof
to the treasurer ofsuchborough to be paid over to the credit and ac- •
count of the borough fund of such borough, and the other moiety
thereof, with full costs of suit, to any person 'or persons who
will sue for the same in any of his Majesty's courts of record
at Westminster. s •
And be it enacted, that the council of every borough which
shall be desirous that a sepal ate court of sessions of the peace
shall be or continue to be holden in and for such borough, shall.
signify the same by petition to' his Majesty in council, setting
forth the grounds of the application, the state of the gaol, and
the salary which they are willing to. lay to the recorder in that
behalf, and if. his Majesty shall be, pleased thereupon to grant
that a separate court of sessions of the peace shall be thence-
forward hplden in and for such borough, his Majesty may ap-,
point for such borough, or for any two or more of such boroughs
conjointly, a fit person, being a barrister-at-law of not Tess
than five years' standing, who shall le and be called the re-
corder of such borough or boroughs, and shall hold such office
during his good,behaviour; and,his Majesty, upon any vacancy
in any such office, may appoint another 'fit person, being a bar-
rister-at-law of not less than fie years' standing, to be recorder
in the place of the person so making such vacancy; and the re-
corder for the time tieing of any borough shall be a justice of
the peace of and for such borough, and also of and for the
county within which such borough, or any part thereof res-
pectively may be situated, and also of and for every county_
within seven miles of any part of ,such .borough, and shall, ex-
ecute the pOwers and duties of ajustice of the peace for the 'same
xespectively, although ,he, may not have such qualification by,
estate as is required, by law in the case of any other person being
a justice of the peace for a county ; and such recorder shall
have precedence in all Places within the lairougls of which
may be the recorder,,next after the mayor. hereof ;. and
_it shall
be lawful for his Majestv..to direct that an annual salary, not
exceeding the sum stated in the petition of the council, shall be
paid to such recorder by the, treasurer of such borough, out of
the borough fund: provided always, that no person being such
recorder as aforesaid shall here eouncillor or police magistrate.
of any borOugh of ,which he, shall be recorder : provided also,
that in every borough in and for which a separate court of ses-
sions of the peace is uric holden, and of Which the present re-.
cercler or deputy recordeits a:barrister of five, years' standing,
recordertliecCul. i. deputy
c(i,i'n3rS recorder,
i•fY in their petition their desire that such
rder, being qualified as aforesaid, shall
be ctntinastl,or appointed recorder under the provisions of this
act and in every such case, if .his Majesty shall be pleased to,
grant,a separate court of sessions of the peace to such borough,
the recorder or deputy recorder so named in the said petition
shall.be the first recorder of such borough under the provisions
of this act.

Provided nevertheless, and be it enacted, that no person as-
signed as aforesaid to keep the peace within any such borough
shall be capable of acting as recorder or justice of the peace
within such borough, until he shall have taken the oaths pro-
vided to be taken by justices of the peace, and until he shall
have made before the mayor, or before any two or more of the
councillors of such borough (who is and are hereby authorized

and required to administer the same), a declaration in the fol-
lowing form
_?. thafis to say .
" I, A. 8., do hereby declare, that I will faithfully and im-
partially execute the.office of recorder [or justice of the peacel
for the borough of according to the best of
myj Udgment and ability."
And be it enacted, that the recorder of every borough shall
hold once in every quarter of 'a year, or-at such ()flier and more
frequent times as the said recorder in'his discretion may think
fit, or, as his Majcstv:shall thidk ,fit- to direct, a court .ofsessionS
of the peace in and for such borough, of which 'court 'the re-
corder of such- borough shall sit'as sole jadge; and such court'
of sessions of the peace .shall be a court of record,' and shall
have cognizance of all crimes; offences, and.matters whatsoever
cognizable by any courts of • sessions of the peace for counties
in England, and shall have power.to do all things
neeessaty for
exercising such jurisdiction as fully as any, such last-mentioned
court.

And be it enacted, that in the absence of the recorder, the
mayor shall be authorized and required, at the proper times ap.
pointed for the holding of such court of Sessions of
,the peace
in and fur such borough, to open the said court, and to adjourn.
over the holding of the sane, and to respite allyecognizances
conditioned for appearing at the same until such further day
as such mayor' then and there and so!frorn time to time shaft
cause to be prnclanned; 'provided nevertheless, that -nothing in
this act contained shall authorize or require any
,such mayor 'le
sit as a Pike of the said court for the trial of offenders, or to a.
any other act in the character of a judge of such court, save
only in 'opening and, adjourning the same, and resoiting the
said recognizances in Manner aforesaid.
And be it enacted, that after the first day of May, oil' e
thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, all powers and jurisdic-
tions to try capital felonies, and all, other criminal jurisdictions
whatsoever granted or confirmed by any law, statute, letters
patent, grant.or charter Whatsoever. to any mayor, bailiff, 'alder...
Man, recorder, or 'other Corporate or chartered officer, or"cor-
porate or chartered justice of the peace whomioever ip any'
borough, and all right of any' body corporate in any borough,
or any of the members thereof, by virtue of any luW, statute,
letteri patent, grant or Charter Whatsover, to elect or 'nominate
any justices to keep the peace in' r for any borough, or by any
members of any such Corporate body to act as such justices of
the peace iii or for any of the last-named borouglis*other than
is herein deela.red, shrill cease provided nevertlieless,.'that.
nothing in this'act contained shall be construed 'tCtestrain or
prevent the bolding' of any. court of sessions of the peace in
and for any borough for' which such court may now be'helden,
until the said'first day of MAY, but every such court inay be
holden in like Mariner, and-with the same powers, until the said
first;day of May., as it this act had not been passed. '
And be it enacted, that until his elij est y in council shall direct'
a Commission of assize and gaol delivery to be executed within
the town; and the several countieS'of the cities and towns named
in the schedule (1)) to this act annexed, the justices of the
town; and of the counties 'of the 'cities and towns named in the'
'first column of the 'said schedule (D) respectively, are hereby_
authoriged and required, after the 'tasking: of this act, to commit.
allpersons charged With offences which the recorders of the said.
Cities and towns, after the said first day of March,One thousiind
eight hundred and thirty-six,. will not have jurisdiction to try,
to the gaol of the county named in the second columnof the
said settedirle.(D,) in conjunction with such city, Or to.wn 're-.
spectivelY, there to remaiit.and take their trial before the judges
of assize and gaol delivery on their-circuit; and the said justices
are hereby authorised and required to take recognizances of 'all
persons necessary to pro'Secute and give 'evidence against'such
offenders, to appear for that purpose before such judges ofasSiie
and gaol delivery, and to transmit all such recognizances. and
all depositions relating to such charges'.to theelerks Of the peace
of the county in which such offenders shall be tried as aforesaid
respectively; and the sheriff, Under-sheriff, gaolers, and other
officers of the county in 'which such offenders.shall be so tried
are hereby autherised and required in everyStieh case toreceive
every prisoner- So'conirnitted to their custody, and him safely' to
keep until delivered by due course of law ; and' the judges' of
assize; and others named in his majesty's commissions of over.
and terrniner and gaol delivery for the time being in and for the
said counties•nained in the second column of 'the said schedule
(D) respectively, are hereby 'authorised and required to'hear
and determine till such cases, with full power to arraign, try,
and sentence such offenders according to the same forms and
rules as to jurors and others, and for all purposes as fully a's if
the offences had been Committed in the said last•named county,
although the offence shall in theindietment be alleged to have
been within the county from which such offender shall have been,'
so committed, and to order the payment of the usual and' fit
expenses of the prosecutors and witnesses.'
And be it enacted, that after the said first day•of March, one
thousand eight' hundred and thirty-six, every person who shall
then stand committed to take his trial at any court, of gaol de-
livery, general or quarter sessions of the peace for any borough,
charged with any offence which the recorder of such' borough
after the said first day of March will not have jurisdiction to
try, may be lawfully removed and committed to the gaol of the
county in which or adjoining to which such borough is situated,
there/to remain and take his trial at the next court of quarter,
sessions for such county, if the offence is cognizable by a court
of quarter sessions, and if net, then before the judges of assize
and gaol delivery at their next circuit; and for this purpose the
borOugh'and town of 'BerWick-upon-Tweed shall be taken to
adjoin to the'county of Northumberland,-and the borough and
city of Bristol to adjoin, to the county of Gloucester ; and 'all
persons bound by recognizance to prosecute 'and give evidence
against•stich offenders, Shall 'be bound- to opearto prosecute
and give their evidence at the court at which such 'offenders
shall be tried as aforesaid; and all such recognizances all
depositions relating to Stich charges shall be transmitted to the
clerk of' the peace of the county inhere such offenders shall be
tried; and the sheriff, under-sheriff,gaolers; and other officers
of the county in which such offender S-shall be so tried are hereby
authorised and required in every such case to receive every 1)6-
soner so committed to their custody, and him safely, to keep un-
til delivered by due course Of law; and the judges of assize and
others named in hisnaajesty's coinmissions of oyer and terminer
and gaol delivery, or the justices for the county, as the case may
be, in which such offenderS shall be tried, are hereby authorised
and requiredto hear anddetermine all such cases, andto order
the 'payment of the usual.and fit expenses of the prosecutors and
Witnesses. • • .

And be it enacted, that after the said Ist day of May, 1836,
the justices asSigned, or hereafter to be assigned, to keep the
peace in" 'and' for the county-, in which any borough is situated,
to which his" Majesty shall not have granted that a separate
court of sessions of the peace shall be holden in and fdr the
same, shall exercise the jurisdiction of justices of the.peace in
and for such borough; as.fully.as by law they and each of them
can or ought to do in and for the said county ; any law, sta,
tate, letters patent, charter, grant or custom to the contrary
notwithstanding.
And be it enacted, that within ten days after the grant of a
separate court of sessions of the peace to any borough, the coun-
cil of such borough shall send a copy of such grant, sealed with
the seal of the borough, to the clerk of the peace of the county
in which such borough or any part thereof is situated; and af-
ter the grant of such court to any borough, it shall not be lawful
for the justices of the peace of any county wherein such borough
or part of such borough is situate, to assess any messuages,
lands, tenements, or heredifainents within such borough; to any
county rate thereafter to be made, but every part of every such
;borough shall thenceforward be wholly free and discharged from
contributing otherwise than is hereinafter provided 'to any rate
or assessment of any kind of and for the county in which any.
part of such borough is situated : provided nevertheless, that all
arrears of such rates theretofore made may be levied and col-
lected as if this'act had not been passed.
And be it enacted, that the treasurer of every county.in,En-
gland and Wales shall keep an account of all costs arising out
of the prosecution, Maintenance, and punishment of all offend-
ers 'committed for trial to the assizes in such county, from any
borough in which a separate court of sessions of the peade shall
be holden-, including all usual and fit expences ordered to ha
paid to prosecutdrs and their witnesses, and shall once in every
year send a copy of the said •account to the council of each of
the said botoughs, and shall make an order for the payment of
the same on the council of such borough; and the council of
every such borough'shall forthwith order the same, with all rea-
sonable charges of making and sending sock account; to be paid
to the treasurer of such county, Out of the' borough fund ; and,
in case any.difference shall arise concerning the said account, it.
shall be decided by the arbitration of a barrister to be named as
is provided itl the. case of differences with respect to the pay
ment of monies' under contracts made by authority of an act
made in the fifth year of his late Majesty; King George the'
Fourth, intituled, An act fur amending an act of the last ses-
sibn df parliament,, relating to the building, repairing, and en-
larging.Of certain goals and houses of correetion; and for prd-
curing information as to the state of all other gaols and house!s
o` correction in England 'and Wales :" provided' that nothing
herein contained shall be Construed to alter or restrain the
powers given by the last-meutioned act of contracting with the
justices of the peace having authority or jurisdiction in and
'over any gaol or house of correction ..of the con ntyrWherein or•
where such borough is situated, or whereto it is adjacent, lOr
the conveyance; support, and maintenance' in such' last-mentioned gaol or house of correction of priSoners committed thereto
from such borough; . and 'for the purpose ;of 'Making such con-.
tracts as aforeiaid, the recorder ofsuch bdrOugh shall have power
to make the orders' requited by the said last-mentioned act to be'
made at the borough sessions. •
And he it enacted, that the treasurer of every county in England'
and Wales shall keep' an account of the sum of money expended out,
of the county-rate for other purposes than the costs arising out of the
prosecution, maintenance, and punishment of offenders committed
in such Comity, and, shall once in every year send a copy of the said
account to the council of every borough situate within such connty,•
in which a separate court of session of the peace shall be holden, and
shall make an order on the council of every such borough for the
payment of such proportion of such sum as ought theretofore to be paid
and contributed by such borough, taking into account whether or not;
such borough, or any part thereof, had an exemption in whole or in
part from contributing to the cquitty rite of such county, before the
passing of this act ; and the council of such borough shall forthwith
order the same, with all reasonable charges of making and sending the
said account, to be paid to the treasuret of such county, out of the
borough fund ; Provided that in case any difference shall arise con-
cerning the last-mentioned account, it shall be lawful for either party
to appeal to the Lords of his Majesty's Privy Council, who shall
thereupon make such order as to them shall seem expedient ; and
such order shall be binding upon all parties.
And be it enacted, that in. evert" borough in which by charter or
custom there isor ought to he•holden a court of record for the trial of
civil actions not regulated by the provisions of any local act of pa rlia- ,
ment, the recorder, or in the absence of the recorder, or in case there
shall not be a recorder, the mayor of such borough shall be the judge'
of such court ; and every such shall hold the said court at such
times and places, and with sueh' rules of practice, and with the sanie-
powers and jurisdiction its belonged to the said court at the time of
passing of this act ; Provided always that, in every case in which such,
court had not before the passing of this act authority, to try such ac-
tions is are hereinafter next mentioned, such court shall have authr)
rity to try actions of assumpsit, covenant, and debt, whether tho debt
be by specialty or on simple contract, and all actions of trespass or
trover for taking goods'and chattels, provided the sutra or, daniages
sought to be recovered shall not exceed twenty pounds; :anti all, ae-
dons of ejectment between landlord andtenant . wherein the annual
rent of the premises of which possession is sought to be recovered
shall not exceed twenty pounds ; proilded also, that every such judge
respectively, front time to, time, may make iules fot 'regulating the'
practice of such court over which he presides : but so that no suet
•rules shall be of farce until they shall have been allowed and con-
firmed by three or more judges of the superior courts of common law
at Westminster.
Anirbe it enacted, that the council of every borough in which there
shall be hblden a court of record lot the trial of civil action's as iiforti-
said, shall appoirit i registrar of such court, and' such other ‘offfeers
and servants as are necessary for carrying; on the business and exe-,
cuting•the process of such court; provided that no registrar or other•
officer of such court shall, by himself or his partners, practise as sin
attorney in such court.

And he it enacted, that no suit commenced in
.any court of record
in anyborougb before the first day of March one thousand eight hun-
dred and thirty-six'shall abate by reason of any change that Shall
have been Worked in the. constitutionof such detirt by the provisiMis'
of this set, but that the same may be heard and determined as if it.
had been:conixnenced before such judge. r " ' •
.And be it enacted, that every 'person being a burgess of any ba-
rough.wheteiu. there shall be a separate court of sessions of the peace,
or a court of record for the trial of civil actions (unless he shall Im e 74-.
empt or disqualified otherwise than in respect of property from, 'serd
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in." ri on jues:by virtue of an act passed in the Sixth year of the-reign
of Sing George the Fourth, intituled " An act for consolidatingianll
amending the laws relative to jurors and juries") shall be qualified ankh
liable to serve on grand juries in such borough, and also upon juries,
for the trial of all issues joined in any court of sessions of the peace,
and in any court of record for the trial of civil actions, triable within'
the'boialugh-of which such person shall be a burgess; and the clerlt
of the'peate.of every such borough shall give public notice of the tinie
and place; .holding every such sossions ten ..days at the least bei
fore the holding thereof, and shall, seven days at the least before the
holding thereof, cause to be summoned a sufficient number of persona,
being qualified and liable as aforesaid, to serve as grand jurors at such
sessions ; and the clerk of the peace and registrar of the court of re-
col dreSpenliiely shall also cause tOVeationnotiedhot less than 'thirty-
six nor more than sixty persons, so: qualified !and liable as aforesaid,
to serve as jurors at every such sessions, and at the holding of every