APPENDIX. 47 



and one man, 53. And every perfon making default in fending fuch labourer, and every 

 perfon making default in performing fuch labour at the time and place and in manner, 

 directed by this act, or in paying com pofition- money for the fame, (hall, for every fuch neg 

 lect, forfeit is. 6d. ; all which forfeitures (hall be applied for the ufe of the highway s within 

 the parith, 13 Geo. III.-c. 78. f. 37. 



And the fur vcyor (hall equally demand fuch duty from every perfon liable, without favour 



f- 37- 



And if in any parifh it fhall not be neceffary to call forth the whole duty in any year it 

 (hall be abated in proportion amongft all perfons liable, f. 37. 



And the furveyor fhall, with all fpeed, after default made in performance of fuch duty, pro. 

 ceed for the recovery of the penalties, as after directed, fo that the fame may be recovered 

 before he makes up his accounts, f. 37. 



But to prevent as much as poffible any inconvenience to perfons liable to perform ftatute-duty, it fhall 

 be lawful for the inhabitants of every parifh, at fome veftry, or public meeting, to appoint 

 three months in every year, within which no ftatute duty fhall be performed, viz. one month 

 in the fpring, called//;* Jeed month, one month in fummer for the hay harve/l ; and one 

 other month in the fummer, for corn harvefi : provided notice in writing be given of the times 

 appointed to the furveyor of fuch parifh, and alfo to the furveyor of every turnpike road within 

 the fame, within three dayj after fuch meeting, and fourteen days before the beginning of fuch 

 months, f. 43. 



^.Compactions In lieu ofjiatuteduty.~] Any perfon liable to perform the faid duty, by fending^ 

 teams, or draughts, or ploughs, with men, horfes, or oxen, may compound for the fame 

 they think fit, by paying to the furveyor, as after mentioned, fuch money as the juftices for the 

 limit wherein fuch parifh fhall be, at the fpecial feffions to be held in the firft week after 

 Michaelmas quarter feffions in every year, fhall adjudge reafonable, not exceeding 123. nor 

 lefs than three fhillings, for each team, draught, or plough for each day ; and in default of 

 their adjudging the fame, 6s. in lieu of every day s duty for each team, &c. and for each cart 

 with two horfes or beafts of draught not exceeding 8s. nor lefs than 35. and in default of the r 

 adjudging the fame 45. for every cart with one horfe, or beaft of draught, not exceeding 6s. 

 nor lefs than 2s. and in default of their adjudging the fame 35. 44. Geo. 3. c. 52. 



And whereas it may frequently happen that perfons wholly gaining their livelihood by the zvages &amp;lt;f 

 daily labour, and occupying rateable tenements within apariju, by reafon ofage&amp;gt;fidnefs, a numerous 

 family, or misfortune, may be in poor and indigent circumftances, and it may be expedient in certain 

 cafes to dif charge fuch perfons from all rates, a/t/ments, or compojitions whatfoever ; it is therefore 

 ENACTED that, on the application of any poor and indigent perfon to be difcharged from the 

 rate or compofition made, to any two juftices, at any fpecial or petty feffions, held for the limits 

 wherein fuch poor and indigent perfon (hall refide; the faid juftices (having firft given notice 

 to the furveyor to appear on the part of the parifh) (hall inquire and examine into the fituatioii 

 and circumftancesof the perfon making fuch application ; and if it (hall appear to the fatisfac- 

 ,tion of fuch juftices that fuch perfon is really poor and indigent, and a deferring object of fuch 



