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land; or any meeting called by 
two or more justices of the peace 
of the county or place where 
such “meeting shall ‘be holden ; 
or any meeting of any city or 
borough, or town corporate, called’ 
by the mayor or other head officer 
of such city, or borough, or town 
corporate ; or any meeting of any 
ward or division of any city or 
town corporate, called by the al- 
derman or other head-officer of 
such ward or division ; 
meeting of any corporate sayy 
shall be holden, for the purpose or 
on the pretext of considering of or 
preparing any petition, complaint, 
remonstrance, or declaration, or 
other address to the king, or to 
both houses or either house of par- 
Jliament, for alteration of matters 
established in church or state, or 
for the purpose, or on the pre- 
text of deliberating upon any 
grievance in church or state, unless 
previous notice be given by seven 
householders ~ in some newspaper. 
The notice not to be inserted, un- 
less the authority to do so be writ- 
ten at the foot thereof. The no- 
tice and authority is to be preserved, 
and produced to a justice if requir- 
ed; and a penalty of 50), for in- 
serting notice without such autho- 
rity, &c. 
2. Notice may be given to the 
clerk of the peace, who shall forth- 
with send a copy to the Justices. 
Such notice to be effectual. 
_ 3. Meetings without notice to 
be deemed unlawful assemblies. 
. If twelve or more persons, as- 
sembled contrary to this aét, shall 
continue together one hour after 
being required by a justice, &c. to 
disperse, they shall suffer.” 
’ 5, Proclamation to be made in 
the following form: = | 3 
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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1796. 
“ Our sovereign lord the ‘king 
chargeth and commandeth all pere 
sons being assembled, immediately 
to disperse themselves, and peacea- 
bly to depart to their habitations 
or to their lawful business, upon 
the pains contained in the act, 
made in the 36th year of king 
George the third, for the more 
effectually preventing seditious meete 
ings and assemblies. God save the 
king.” 
* 6. If, in meetings holden pursu- 
ant to notice, any matter shall be 
propounded or deliberated upon, 
purporting that any thing by law 
established may be altered except 
by authority of king, lords, and 
commons, &c. a magistrate may 
‘order them to disperse ; and if 12 
or more persons shall continue to- 
gether an hour thereafter, they shall 
suffer death. 
7. Justices at meetings on notice 
may order persons,, propounding 
or maintaining propositions for al- 
tering any thing by law established, 
except by authority of the thie, 
lords, and commons, &c. to be ta- 
ken into custody ; and in case of 
resistance may cause proclamation 
to be made as aforesaid; and, if 
12 or more shall continue together 
an hour thereafter, they shall suffer 
death. 
8. Magistrates may resort to as- 
semblies, and act ; and may require 
the ‘assistance of peace officers.’ 
9, Persons not dispersing with- 
in an hour after proclamation may 
be apprehended ; and, if killed or 
maimed by reason of ‘their resist- 
ance, the magistrate, Ke. indemni- 
fied. 
10. Persons obstructing magis- _ 
trates attending, or going to attend, 
meetings, or obstructing persons 
proclaiming, 
