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

more than.sach fees; anti all provisions of the last-named
except as herein excepted, shall apply to the licences to be
granted to the persons unto whom such licences shall be granted
by the councils of such boroughs-or committees of such councils
respectively.
And be it enacted, that the time and place for granting such
licences shall be appointed by the council, at least ten days
'before such meeting; and the town-clerk Shall cause notice
thereof to be affixed on the outer door of the town-hall, and in
some conspicuous piaee of the police office hereinafter men-
tioned, and shall give notice thereof to the several innkeepers
and alehouse-keepers within the bortiugh. •
And be it enacted; that. the' reengnizances to he-entered into
-on Occasions of I.7,mnting 'such -licences shall be acknowledged
-before-the council or committee as attiresaid,.and signed-by the
mayor, or, in the- absence of the mayor, by two of the council.;
iors of such borough.
And whereas divers bodies corporate now Stand, seised or pos-
sessed of sundry hereditaments and persOual estate, intrust in
whole or in part 'for certain charitable trusts, and it is expe-
dient that the aditiniitration thereof belkept.distinct -from that
of the public stock' and bortiugh
,fund; be it enacted, that in
very borough in which the body corporate, or any one or more
Of the members of such body Corporate, in his or their corporate
capaCity, now stands or stand solely seised or possessed, for any
estate or interest whatsoever, of any heredilaments or any sums
'of moneV, dhattels, securities for money, or any other personal
estate whatsoever, in whole or part, iii trust or for the benefit
of any charitable uses or trusts whatsoever, thecouncil of such
borough' shall, on the Ist day. of November in-this. and every
succeeding year; nominate from among the burgesses of such
borough a fit number of persons, net less than fifteen persons,
of whom the mayor for thetitne being shall be one who shall
be Charitable trustees for. such borough, and the said trustees
and their successors shall be one body corporate, by the name
of the charitable trustees of the borough Of
(as the case may be), and by that name shall have a perpetual
sticcession,.and shall be enabled to sue and be sued in all coeds
and places of judicature within these realms, and shall stand
seised. and possessed of the said hereditaments, sums of money,.
chattels, securities for money and other personal estate, for such
uses and trusts respectively as they.were subject to. before the.
passing of this act, and shall have all the powers and liabilities
heretofore vested in or belonging to such body corporate or in
such member or members of such body corporate in respect of
the said uses and trusts, and all the estate, right, interest, and
title, and all the powers of such body corporate-or of such mem-
ber or memliers of such body corporate other than the said cha-
ritable trustees appointed under the provisions of this act, in
respect of the said uses and trust, -shall immediately thereupon
utterly cease-and determine. • -

And be it enacted, that all moneys which shall be in any'
bank, or in the hands of any treasurer or other person placed
to the credit of any account under the control of any persons so
ceasing to act as trustees for any charitable uses or trusts as
aforesaid, shall, immediately upon the first election of the cha-
ritable trustees in any borough under this act, be transferred to
a like account under their control; and all conveyances, eon-
tracts, securities, and debts made, entered into, or coutfacted
by, to, or with any persons so ceasing to act as tustees,-shall
immediately upon the first election of the charitable ttustees
under this act, be of the same force and with the like powers
and•rernedies against, and fur the benefit of the said charitable
trustees•under this act, as the same would have been against
and for the benefit of the persons sa ceasing to be trustees as
aforesaid; and that for the purpose of prosecuting or defending
any suits •pending by or against any persons so ceasing to act
as trustees, the charitable trustees under this act shall come in
the place of and be deemed and taken to be the successors of•
the persons so ceasing to act as such trustees as aforesaid, and
all such suits shall be prosecuted and defended in the same
names and in the same manner as if this act had not been
passed.

And be it enacted, that the charitable trustees in every
borough in which such trustees shall be appointed under this
act, shall appoint, to be removable at their pleasure, one fit per-
son to be their treasurer, and one other fit person to be their
secretary, and such clerks, officers, and collectors as they shall
think necessary for duly administering their respective trusts,
and shall take such security for the due execution orhis office,
by any such treasurer, secretary, clerk, collector, or other
officer, as the said charitable trustees shall think proper, and
shall order to he paid to them out of the trust funds such sala-
ries as the said trustees shall think reasonable: provided thpt
no person; being a councillor, or town-clerk, or treasurer of any
borough, shall be qualified to be treasurer or secretary to the
charitable trustees of the same borough: provided alsq, that the
treasurer and the secretary to the sa►d trustees shall not be the
same person.

And be it enacted, that every treasurer, secretary, clerk,.
collector, or other officer appointed by the said trustees, shall
account with the said trustees, touching the matters and moneys
committed to his charge, in manner and form as the council
shall have directed with respect to the like officers appointed by
the council; and the said trustees shall have the same remedy
agaitist any officer neglectin-g or refusing to account to them as.
aforesaid, as is given by this act to 'the council in like case,
against the like officer appointed' by the council.
And be it enacted, that the treasurer to the said trustees shall.
pay no, money on account of the said charitable uses or trusts,•
or any part of. them, but .upon an order of the said, trustees !in
writing, signed by three or more of the said trustees, at the.
meeting at which such order shall have been made, and coun-
tersigned by. the.secretary to the trustees.
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And be it enacted, that all acts of the charitable trustees ap-
.pointed under this act, in eXecution of their trusts, shall be
done at some meeting, at which not less than one-half -of the
whole number of trustees shall be present,,and a majority of
those present shall concur in such acts, otherwise'thev shall. be
void and of none effect; and at every meeting the trustees shall
choose a chairman; and in case of equality of votes, the -chair,.
man for the,time bing shall have a second or casting vote; and
all the resolutions of the said trustees shall be entered in a book
to be kept by the secretary to the trustees for the tinie being;
and the said book shall be open at all reasonable times, without
fee, to the inspection of any, councillor: provided nevertheless,
that no act or proceeding of the said trustees in the execution of
their trust shall require, or be submitted for approval or confir-
mation to the council. - •

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And be it enacted, that the councillors, of every borough, im-
mediately after theit election, and during such time only as they
shall be such councillors, shall be trustees for executing the
powers and provisions of all acts of parliament made before the
passing of this act (Other than acts made for securing chaiitable
uses and trusts), of which the body corporate, named in conjunc-
tion with such borough in the said schedules (A) and (B), or
any of the members thereof, in their corporate capacity, was or
were sole trustees before the time of the first election of coun-
cillors in such borough' under this act.
And be it enacted, that in every borough in which the body
corporate, or a limited number or description of members of
the body corporate, was or were before the passing of this act
trusteesjointly with other trustees for the execution of any act
of parliament, the council of such boiough, within ten days next
after the twenty-fifth day of October in every year, shall nomi-
nate the like number of councillors as there were theretofoie mem-
bers of such corp Orate body, who were such trustees in right of
their office to be trustees in room of the members of such corpor-
ate body, ceasing to, be trustees by virtue of this act; and in•
every case of extraordinary vacancy among the trustees so ap-
pointed by the council, shall forthwith nominate one other
councillor to be a trustee in the room of the person by whom
such vacancy has been made.

And whereas it may be expedient that the powers now vested
in the trustees appointed under sundry acts of parliament, for
paving, lighting, cleansing, supplying with water audimproviug
certain boroughs, or certain parts thereof, should be transferred
to and vested in the councils of such boroughs respectively; be
it-enacted, that the trustees appointed by virtue of any such act
of parliament as aforesaid may, if it shall seem to them expedi-
ent, at a meeting to be called for that purpose, transfer in writ-
ing all the powers vested in them as such trustees, by any such
act or acts of parliament as aforesaid, to the councillors of any
such borough, during such time only as they shall be councillors
of such borough respectively, and such councillors shall thence-
forth be trustees for executing the several powers and provisions
of any such act or acts of parliaMent, and shall have the same
powers and be subject to the same duties as if their names had
been originally inserted iresuch act or acts as such trustees re-
spectively.
And be it enacted, that the council to be elected for any
borough shall, immediately after their• first election, and so
from time to time thereafter as they shall deem expedient,
appoint, for such time as they may think proper, a sufficient
number of their own body, who, together with the mayor of the
borough for the time being, shall be and be called the watch
committee for such borough; and all the powers hereinafter
given to such committee may be executed by the majority
of those who shall be present at any meeting of such com-
mittee, the whole number present at such meeting being
not less than five; and such watch committee shall,
within week!' after their first formation, and so
from time to time thereafter, as occasion shall require, ap-
point a sufficient number of fit men who shall be sworn in be-
fore some justice of' the peace having jurisdiction within the
borough, to act as constables for preserving the peace by day
and by night, and preventing robberies and other felcrniee,
and apprehending offenders against the peace ; and the men
sesworn shall not only within such borough, but also within
the county, in which such borough dr part thereof shall be
situated, and also within every county, being within seven
miles of any part of such borough, and also within all liberties
in any such county, have all such powers and. privileges, and
be liable to all such duties and responsibilities as any constable
duly appointed now has or hereafter may have within his con-
stablewick br virtue of the common law of this realm, or of any
statutes made or to be made, and shall obey all sech lawful
commands as they may from time to tune receive from any of
the justices of the peace havingjurisdittion within such borough,
or within any county in which they shall be called on to act as
constables for conducting themselves in execution of their
office.
And be it enacted, that the watch committee for any such
borough as aforesaid may from time to time frame such regula-
tions as they shall deem expedient, for preventing neglect or
abuse, and for rendering such constables efficient in the dis-
charge of their duties ; and the said committee, or any two
,justices of the peace having jurisdiction within the borough, may
at'any time suspend or dismiss any constable whom they shall
think negligent in the discharge of his duty, or otherwise unfit
for the same ; and when any man shall be so dismissed, or
cease to belong to the said constabulary force, all powers vested
in him as a constable by virtue of this act shall immediately
cease; and no man so dismissed as aforesaid shall be re-ap-
pointed without consent of two of the justices of the peace
having jurisdiction within the borough.
And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for any constable,
during the time of his being on duty, to apprehend all idle and
disorderly persons whom he shall find disturbing the public
peace, or whom he shall have just cause to suspect of intention
to commit a felony. and to deliver any person so apprehended
into the custody of the constable appointed under this Act, who
shall he in attendance at the nearest watch-house, in order that
such person may be secured until he can be brought before. a
justice of the peace, to be dealt with according to law, or_ tray
give bail for his appearance before a justice of the peace,
the constable shall think fit to take bail, in the manner herein-
' after mentioned. •
And be it enacted, that where any person charged with any
misdemeanour shall be brought, without the warrant of a justice
-of the-peace, into-the custody of any constable appointed under
this act, during his attendance in the night-time itt any watch-
house within any such borough as aforesaid, it shall be lawful
for such constable, if he shall think tit, to take bail by recogni-
sance, withoiWany fee or reward, from such person, conditioned
that such person 'shall appear for examination within two days
before a justice of the peace within the borough, at some time
and place to be specified in the recognisance ; and every recog-
nisance so taken shall be -of equal obligation on the parties
entering into the same, and liable to the same proceedings, for.
the estreating thereof, as—if the same had been taken before a-
just ice of the peace; and the constable shall enter iti a hook to
be kept for that purpose in every. watch-house, the names. resi--
deuce, and occupation of the party and his surety or sureties., if
any, entering into such recognisance, together with the condition
thereof, and the sums respectivelracknowleiged, end shall late
the viola before such justice as shall he present at the time .and
place when and where the party. is recioieed to appear; and if
the party does not appear at the time and place requited,' cfr
-within one hour after,..the justice shall cause a record of the re-
cognisance to be drawn up, to be signed by the Constable, and
shalt return the same to the next geueral or quarter sessions of