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alTeffment for the relief of the poor in the fame parifh or 

 place, under certain fpecified reftriftions with regard to 

 the poor rate. 



Where any dwelling-houfe fhall be divided into different 

 tenements being diftinA properties, every fuch tenement 

 fhall be fubjeft to the fame duties as an entire houfe, which 

 duty fhall be paid by the occupiers refpeflively. 



The cafes of exemption are the following. 



1. Any houfe belonging to his majefty, or any of the 

 royal family, and every public office for which the duties 

 heretofore payable have been paid by his majefty, or out of 

 the pubhc revenue. 



2. Every dwelling-houfe, being a farm-houfe occupied 

 by a tenant, and bond Jide ufed for the purpofes of huf- 

 bandry only. 



3. Every dwelling-houfe, being a farm-houfe occupied by 

 the owner thereof, and bond jide ufed for the purpofes of 

 hufbandry only, which, together with the houfehold and other 

 offices aforefaid, fhall be valued under this aft at 10/. per 

 annum, or any lefs fum. 



4. Any hofpital, charity-fchool, or houfe provided for 

 the reception or relief of poor perfons. 



5. Every houfe whereof the keeping is committed to the 

 care of any perfon or fervant, who doth not pay rates to 

 the church and poor, and who refides therein for the pur- 

 pofe only of taking care thereof: provided, that an afTeff- 

 ment fhall be duly made in every fuch cafe, and the faft 

 be truly returned in the manner direfted by this aft in 

 other cafes of exemption from the faid duties, and the 

 exemption be allowed by the commilTioners for executing 

 this aft. 



Any perfon inhabiting a dwelling-houfe, containing not 

 more than fix windows in the whole, ihall be exempted from 

 the duties in fchedule (A.), in cafe fuch perfon fhall be on the 

 books of fuch parifh or place as receiving parochial relief; 

 and fhall not be affefTed, or liable to be affeffed to any of the 

 duties contained in fchedules (B. ), (C), (D.), or (E.) ; 

 which feveral exemptions fhall be proved or claimed in the 

 manner hereinafter mentioned. 



And, in order to reheve fuch perfons who may be charged 

 to the feveral duties fet forth in the fchedules (A.) and ( B.l, 

 or either of them, it is enafted, that where any fuch houfe, 

 cottage, or tenement, as is defcribed in the preceding claufe, 

 (hall be brought into charge, and the occupier thereof fhall 

 be entitled to the faid exemption by reafon of poverty, in 

 every fuch cafe, the affeffors fhall, on the certificate of alfeff- 

 ment, fet oppoiite the fum charged on the occupier thereof, 

 the faft of his or her being poor, and fhall return the fame, 

 together with the affefTment and a certificate, as hereinafter 

 mentioned, to the commiflioners for executing this aft in the 

 diftrift where fuch affefTment fhall be made ; who, before 

 allowing any fuch affefTment, or making any order thereupon, 

 ftiall examine the affeffors, who fhall refpeftively attend them 

 for that purpofe, at fuch time as they fhall appoint, touching 

 the return fo made ; and if the faid commiflioners fhall, from 

 fuch examination, and from the certificate hereinafter men- 

 tioned, be fatisfied that any fuch occupier is entitled to fuch 

 exemption, they may, after fuch proof, flrike out the charge, 

 leaving his name, and the number of windows and rent of 

 fuch houfe in the affeffment, and every fuch occupier fhall 

 be exempted accordingly ; which exemption fhall, in the 

 like cafes, extend to, and fhall be allowed on aU affeffments 

 on fuch poor perfons, of the duties payable at the time 

 of paffing this aft, which fliall have been, or fhall be made, 

 at any time after the commencement of the prefent year. 



But before any fuch exemption or abatement fhall be al- 

 lowedj the affeffors fhall produce to the commiflioners a 



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certificate under the hands of five or more fubftantial houfe- 

 holders of fuch parifh or place, in veflry affembled, of 

 whom the refident minifter fhall be one ; but in cafe there 

 fhall be no fuch minifler refident therein, then at leaft two 

 or more churchwardens and overfeers of the poor of fuch 

 parifh or place fhall concur with fuch houfeholders in fuch 

 certificate, certifying thereby, that they have carefully ex- 

 amined the affeffment of the faid duties, and the allegations 

 therein made by the affeffors, touching fuch perfons who 

 fhall be therein ilated to be poor, and that in their judg- 

 ment and behef the perfons therein certified to be poor are 

 entitled to be exempted by reafon of their poverty, and are 

 wholly unable to pay the duties affeffed upon them ; pro- 

 vided, that if in any parifh or place there fhall not be five 

 fubftantial houfeholders, then fuch certificate may be made 

 by the fubftantial houfeholders there refiding ; or if there 

 fhall be no churchwardens or overfeers, then the fame may 

 be granted by the refident minifter, or by any two church- 

 wardens or overfeers of any adjoining parifh or place, who 

 can certify the truth of fuch allegations, concurring therein 

 with the fubftantial houfeholders refiding in the parifh or 

 place where fuch affeffment fhall be made. 



And. where the occupier of any houfe, cottage, or tene- 

 ment, containing more than the number of windows or 

 lights before fpecified, fhall be brought into charge, and the 

 occupier thereof fhall, at the commencement of the year for 

 which fuch affeffment is made, be poor and indigent, or fhall ■ 

 become fo during that year, in every fuch cafe, fuch occu- 

 pier may give notice thereof in writing, ftating the caufes to 

 the affeffor, or to the furveyor of the diftrift in which fuch 

 houfe is fituate, annexing thereto a certificate, under the 

 hands of fuch perfons as aforefaid, certifying that, in their 

 judgment and belief, fuch perfon is juftly entitled to reUef 

 on account of poverty for the caufes mentioned in fuch 

 notice ; and every affeffor fhall dehver the notices by him 

 received to fuch furveyor : and if fuch furveyor fhall be 

 fatisfied of the truth thereof, after due examination of the 

 fafts and circumftances, and that fuch perfon is unable to pay 

 the duties charged on him or her, and has no probable means 

 of bettering his or her condition within that year, he is 

 hereby required to certify the fame to the commiflioners ; 

 and if fuch furveyor fhall not be fatisfied, then, on notice 

 thereof to fuch occupier, he may appeal from fuch charge 

 to tlie commiffioners, giving ten days' previous notice thereof 

 to the faid furveyor. 



And in every cafe where the furveyor fhall certify to the 

 faid commiffioners that he is fatisfied of the truth of the claim 

 made by any fuch occupier, and that he is, and will be unable 

 to pay the duties charged on him or her within that year ; 

 or if, upon appeal, it fhall appear to the fatisfaftion of the 

 major part of the faid commiflioners prefent, on the oath of 

 fuch appeUant, or by other lawful evidence on oath produced 

 by fuch appellant, that he or fhe is entitled to maintain fuch 

 appeal, and wholly unable to pay the duties charged on him 

 or her, the faid commiffioners may give fuch relief, either by 

 ftriking off the whole of the duty fo charged, or diminifhing 

 the fame, as to them fhall feem meet and neceffary ; and 

 which appeals, for the caufes in this claufe mentioned, may 

 be heard and determined, either on the days mentioned in 

 this aft for hearing appeals in other cafes, or at the end of 

 the year, or any days to be appointed by the refpeftive 

 commiffioners for executing this aft ; which exemption fhall, 

 in the like cafes, extend to, and ihall be allowed on all 

 affeffments on fuch poor perfons of the duties payable at 

 the time of paffing this aft, which fhall have been or fhall 

 be made at any time after the commencement of the pre- 

 fent year. 



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