ESSEX.-A Table of Fees, to be taken by the Clerks to the Justices of the Peace within the said county of Essex, (where not otherwise limited by statute) as made and settled by the Justices of the Peace, assembled at the General Quarter Session of the Peace, holden for the said county, on Tuesday, the 15th day of October, 1816, and allowed and approved by the Justices of the Peace at the next succeeding General Quarter Session of the Peace, holden for the said county, on Tuesday, the 14th day of January, 1817. s. d. Adjudication For every hearing and decision not otherwise provided for..... Affidavit-Swearing every affidavit Where the same is taken in writing by the clerk.. Alehouses List of alehouse-keepers (by each publican licensed) Certificate of good fame and character, and allow- Every authority for licensing, including recogni- Allowance to transfer licence, including recogni- 1 60 7 6 Apprentice-Each pair of parish indentures, including Warrant for assignment, and assignment of inden- Attestation-For the line, or militia.. Bastardy - Order of filiation and maintenance, with duplicate for service... Any other duplicate required Certificate For taking off presentment or indictment Commitment - Or mittimus, for whatever cause Conviction Under the game laws Every other, the form whereof is prescribed by Ditto, every other constable, and recording his ap- Instructions for constables for due execution of Return of list of freeholders, and oath .... Distress - Every judgment and warrant of distress for tithes Every other warrant of distress, against one or The like, by two justices.. Notice to be affixed on premises deserted, in order Record of putting landlord in possession Examination-In vagrancy, with pass and duplicate.. Every other examination in writing, and oath, by one justice Ditto, by two justices Copy, if required. Record of examination to avoid the settlement of 0 0 2 0 35 s. d. 2 0 Highways-List of persons qualified to be surveyors, and duplicate.. Appointment of surveyors, and abstract of the Duplicate of appointment, and abstract Abstract of surveyor's duty, from subsequent acts 2 Allowance or confirmation of a rate.. Return of the state of highways, and oath Allowance of accounts, and oath, (per statute) Information-Every information or complaint on oath, in writing, not otherwise charged Liberate-Or supersedeas ...... Oath-Every oath legally administered, not otherwise Order Of removal of a pauper, with duplicate 1121QTT 12 142 For relief of militia man's family, including com- For taking off suspension, including order for pay- 2 0 For parochial relief, including complaint, oath, and .... Overseers-Appointment of overseers, and abstract of duty...... Duplicate of appointment, and abstract, each vice ..... Poor Rate-Allowance or confirmation of Duplicate, if required .... Precept Or notice to any parochial officer, by order of magistrates Recognizance .. Summons-To one or more persons, and copy Affidavit of service of summons, if necessarily in Swearing-Information, summons, and conviction, for 609 906 120 1 0 1 0 Warrant-To apprehend, detain, or search 10th March, 1817. By the Court. BULLOCK, Clerk of the Peace. We ratify and confirm the above table of fees. R. DALLAS. J. B. BOSANQUET. KIDNAPPING. [For the form of a commitment for a misdemeanor in kidnapping a boy, see title MISDEMEANOR, post.] LAND TAX. No. 1. Conviction* for not serving the Office of Assessor of the Land Tax, under 38 Geo. 3. c. 5. S. 19. Hundred of Be it remembered, that at the meeting of us, County of and named and appointed commissioners in an act of parliament made and passed in the year of his majesty's reign, intituled "An Act for granting an aid to his majesty, by a land-tax to be raised in Great Britain, for the service of the year ," for putting in execution the said act, and acting as such commissioners in and for the hundred of in the county of held on the It is impossible to settle a form of conviction which may do for all cases; but if all the facts happen as stated in this form of conviction, this will be a proper form. The commissioners should not convict without giving the defendant an opportunity of proving his excuse, if he has any. If the defendant does not appear in pursuance of the summons, the conviction must be altered, and it should be stated that the person who served the summons was sworn, and proved the service; and the person who served the warrant of appointment should in that case, or in case the defendant appears, and does not admit being served with the warrant of appointment, be again examined on oath, and his evidence set out again.-Bosc. 167. the same place being the most usual and ; common place of our meeting within the hundred of we, the said commissioners, directed our joint precept, bearing date the same day and year aforesaid, to then an inhabitant of the hamlet or liberty of yeoman, within the said hundred, whom we the said commissioners, in our discretion, thought most convenient to be one of the assessors of all and every the rates and sums of money imposed on the said hamlet and liberty of by virtue of the said act, requir inn at on the day of ing him to appear before us, commissioners as aforesaid, at the aforesaid, within the said hundred of then next ensuing, the same day not exceeding eight days after the date of our said precept, according to the said act; and the said thereupon appeared before us the said commissioners, at the aforesaid, within the said hundred and at such his appearance, we, the said commissioners then present, then and there caused to be read to the said of inn, in on the said day of the rates, duties,` and charges imposed upon the said hamlet or liberty of within the said hundred of by virtue of the said act, and openly declared the effect of our charge to him, and how and in what manner he should and ought to make his said assessments, and how he ought to proceed in the execution of the said act, according to the true intent and meaning of the same, and after such our charge given to the said the said commissioners, on the said we, day of at is day of in aforesaid, within the said hundred of sued our warrant, bearing date the the year aforesaid, and directed the same to the said then being one of the most able and sufficient inhabitants of the said hamlet or liberty of of and also to within the said hundred one other of the most able and sufficient inhabitants of the said hamlet or liberty of within the said hundred of requiring them to be assessors of all and every the rates and sums of money imposed on the said hamlet or liberty of |