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Extract of a Clause in he Bill for obliging Overseers of the Poor to
make Returns, upon Oath, to certain Questions specified therein,
relative to the State of the Poor.

THE Bill enacts, That a sufficient Number of printed Copies of this
Act, and also of the Schedule hereunto annexed, shall, as soon as
conveniently may be after the passing hereof, he transmitted by George
White Esquire , one of the Clerks of the House of Commons , to the
Clerks of the Peace of the several and respective Counties, Ridings, Di-
visions, Precincts, Sokes, Franchises, Liberties, Cities, and Towns Cor-
porate, in England and Wales; and that the said several Clerks of the
Peace shall, and are hereby required, with all convenient Speed, to cause
the said Act to be distributed among the acting Justices of the Peace
within their respective Limits, and also to cause a sufficient Number of
the Schedule to this Act annexed to be delivered to the High Constable,
or other proper Officer who hath the Execution of Precepts from Justices
of the Peace, within their respective Limits, at the Midsummer Quarter-
Sessions of the Peace, in the Year One thousand Seven hundred and
Eighty-six, or as soon after as conveniently may be, and also to the
Town Clerks, or other proper Officers, of every City, Borough; Town
Corporate, or Place, in which Quarter-Sessions of the Peace are usually
holden, situate in the County, Riding, Division, City, Liberty, Soke,
Franchise, Town Corporate, or Place, for which the said Clerks of the
Peace, or Town Clerks, shall respectively act; and the said Clerks of
the Peace shall also receive the Answers and Returns made by the Over-
seers of the Poor , pursuant to the Directions hereinafter given, and
transmit the same to the Clerk of the Parliaments with all convenient
Speed, in order that the same may be inspected by Parliament, upon
Pain of forfeiting for every Neglect and Default a Sum not exceeding
Ten Pounds, nor less than Five Pounds, at the Discretion of the Justice
or Justices before whom Complaint thereof shall be made.

Extract of a Clause in the Bill for procuring Returns, upon Oath,
of all charitable Donations for the Benefit of poor Persons in the
several Parishes and Places in England.

THE Bill enacts, That a sufficient Number of printed Copies of this
Act, and also of the Schedule hereunto annexed, shall, as soon as
conveniently may be after the passing hereof, be transmitted by George
White Esquire , one of the Clerks of the House of Commons . to the
Clerks of the Peace of every County, Riding, Division, City, Liberty,
Soke, Franciese, Town Corporate, and Place, having Clerks of the
Peace in England and Wales; and that the said several Clerks of the
Peace shall, and they are hereby required, with all convenient Speed,
not exceeding Fourteen Days after receiving the same, to cause a suffi-
cient Number of the Schedule to this Act annexed to be delivered, to-
gether