## Articles of Association, entered into July 1st. 1803, by the Tenants of Sir George Pauncefote, Bart. and by several Gentlemen, Farmers, and Others, of the County of Nottingham, for the Prosecution of Persons guilty of committing Felony, or any other Depredation against the Properties of the Subscribers in the said County.

I. THAT the Subscription shall commence from New Lady-Day last, and continue for one year, and afterwards remain a yearly Subscription commencing at New Lady-Day.

II. THAT every person pay ten shillings and sixpence for the first year's Subscription, and two shillings and sixpence for each succeeding year, so long as he shall be a Subscriber; and that the second Subscription and all future ones be made on or before New Lady-Day in each year: and every person neglecting to pay his Subscription-money, shall be excluded the Association. That on the death of a Subscriber, his Executors or Administrators shall become entitled to the same benefit of the Fund, as the deceased had, provided they continue the

annual Subscription. And that no person shall have any advantage
from the Fund, in respect of an offence committed previous to his
being a Subscriber.

III. THAT each Subscriber shall keep an accurate account of the
Ages, Colours, and Marks of his Cattle, the particulars of his Stock,
and other Goods; so that when any thing is missing and suspected to
be stolen, the person to whom the same belongs may be enabled to give
an exact description thereof; which description he shall immediately
give in writing to WILLIAM GREEN, of Newark-upon-Trent, Attorney
at Law; and also acquaint him with the time when such thing was
first missing, the place whence stolen, and the road he hath reason to
believe the same to be taken: that pursuers may be forthwith sent in
quest thereof. And the said Subscriber shall also dispatch a proper
person or persons in pursuit of the same, and of the Thief: and shall
be paid out of the Fund all reasonable expenses attending such pursuit.

IV. THAT whenever any person is apprehended on suspicion of
having stolen any Cattle, Stock, or other Goods, the owner thereof,
upon notice, shall either go or send some fit person to give the neces-
sary evidence before a Magistrate; and enter into a recognizance to
prosecute the offender, whom he shall prosecute accordingly: and the
expenses attending such proceedings shall be defrayed out of the Fund,

V. THAT in case any cattle, stock, or other goods, of the value of
ten pounds and under thirty, shall be stolen, and not recovered within
one year from the time at which the same shall be first missing, the
owner shall be paid out of the Fund one half of the value thereof; such

value to be determinable by two substantial and disinterested people
living in or near the place whence such cattle, stock, or other goods
may be stolen: one of whom shall be nominated by the owner,
the other by the said WILLIAM GREEN; and if they disagree, they shall
choose a third person, and the value shall be determined by the said
three persons, or any two of them. But the reward allowed by Act of
Parliament for the apprehension and conviction of Felons, shall be
paid into the hands of the Treasurer for the benefit of the Association.

VI. That every person guilty of committing Felony upon the pro-
perty of any of the Servants of a Subscriber, shall be prosecuted at
the expense of the Society, provided the property stolen, be taken out
of the dwelling-house of their master, or other house, occupied for
his use, or from such servants while they are employed on the busi-
ness of their master.

VII. THAT every person who shall receive any property belonging
to the Subscribers, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be
apprehended and prosecuted at the expense of the Association. And
every person who shall receive any property belonging to any of the
Servants of a Subscriber, taken from the dwelling-house or other house
of their master, and knowing the same to have been stolen, shall also
be apprehended and prosecuted at the expense of the Association, if two
of the Subscribers, at a meeting to be convened immediately after the
commission of the offence, shall direct a prosecution to be commenced.

VIII. THAT when the cash arising from the Subscription, shall
amount to one hundred pounds, in the hands of the said WILLIAM

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GREEN, the surplus shall be placed out by him on Government security. And if it happen that the said WILLIAM GREEN expend more money, than he have belonging to the Society, in his hands, he shall be paid legal interest for what he may so expend over, until he shall be re-imbursed.

IX. THAT a book, fairly written, containing an account of the Resolutions, Receipts, and Disbursements respecting the Association, shall be kept by the said WILLIAM GREEN: to be inspected by any Subscriber at all seasonable times.

X. THAT a list of the Subscribers shall be inserted twice in the year in the Nottingham and Stamford Newspapers.

XI. THAT the said WILLIAM GREEN shall be the sole Solicitor to the Society, and shall therefore conduct the prosecutions from time to time as they may be required. That he shall be also Treasurer to the Association: and shall pass his Accounts yearly at a meeting of the Subscribers to be held on New Lady-day, between the hours of two and five in the afternoon, at the PAUNCEFOTE ARMS INN, in Stoke, and the LODGE on the Woulds, alternately; and that the allowance of such accounts be by a majority of the Subscribers then present, the whole number of Subscribers not being less than fifteen.

XII. LASTLY, that all differences which may arise relative to the Society shall be determined by a majority of the Subscribers present at the said yearly meeting.

Hage, Printer, Newark.