said office shall be of any force or effect which is not sealed or stamped as aforesaid.

Fees for Searches in the General Register Office to be accounted for to the

Exchequer.

39. And be it enacted, that every sum received under the provisions of this act by or on account of the registrar general shall be accounted for and paid by the registrar general, at such times as the lords commissioners of the treasury from time to time shall direct, into the bank of England, to the credit of his Majesty's exchequer, according to the provisions of an act passed in the fourth and fifth years of his Majesty, intituled "An Act to regulate the Office of the Receipt of his Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster."

Clergymen &c. may ask Parties married the particulars required.

40. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for every clergyman of the church of England who shall solemnize any marriage in England, and for every registering officer of the Quakers, and every secretary of a synagogue, after the said first day of March, to ask of the parties married the several particulars herein required to be registered touching such marriage.

Penalty for wilfully giving false Information.

41. And be it enacted, that every person who shall wilfully make or cause to be made, for the purpose of being inserted in any register of birth, death, or marriage, any false statement touching any of the particulars herein required to be known and registered, shall be subject to the same pains and penalties as if he were guilty of perjury.

Penalty for not duly registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages, or for losing or injuring the Registers.

42. And be it enacted, that every person who shall refuse or without reasonable cause omit to register any marriage solemnized by him, or which he ought to register, and every registrar who shall refuse or without reasonable cause omit to register any birth or death of which he shall have had due notice as aforesaid, and every person having the custody of any register book, or certified copy thereof, or of any part thereof, who shall carelessly lose or injure the same, or carelessly allow the same to be injured whilst in his keeping, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding fifty pounds for every such offence.

Penalty for destroying or falsifying Register Books.

43. And be it enacted, that every person who shall wilfully destroy or injure, or cause to be destroyed or injured, any such register book, or any part or certified copy of any part thereof, or shall falsely make or counterfeit, or cause to be falsely made or counterfeited, any part of any such register book or certified copy thereof, or shall wilfully insert or cause to be inserted in any register book or certified copy thereof any false entry of any birth, death, or marriage, or shall wilfully give any false certificate, or shall certify any writing to be a copy or extract of any register book, knowing the same register to be false in any part thereof, or shall forge or counterfeit the seal of the register office, shall be guilty of felony.

Accidental Errors may be corrected.

44. Provided always, and be it enacted, that no person charged with the duty of registering any birth, death, or marriage, who shall discover any error to have been committed in the form or substance of any such entry, shall be therefore liable to any of the penalties aforesaid if within one calendar month next after the discovery of such error, in the presence of the parents of the child whose birth may have been so registered, or of the parties married, or of two persons attending upon any person in his or her last illness whose death may have been so registered, or in case of the death or absence of the respective parties aforesaid, then in the presence of the superintendent regis

trar, and of two other credible witnesses, who shall respectively attest the same, he shall correct the erroneous entry, according to the truth of the case, by entry in the margin, without any alteration of the original entry, and shall sign the marginal entry, and add thereunto the day of the month and year when such correction shall be made: Provided also, that in the case of a marriage register he shall make the like marginal entry, attested in like manner in the duplicate marriage register book to be made by him as aforesaid, and in every case shall make the like alteration in the certified copy of the register book to be made by him as aforesaid, or in case such certified copy shall have been already made, provided he shall make and deliver in like manner a separate certified copy of the original erroneous entry, and of the marginal correction therein made.

Recovery of Penalties.

45. And be it enacted, that all fines and forfeitures by this act imposed, unless otherwise directed, shall be recovered before any two justices of the peace for the county, city, or place where the offence shall have happened, upon the information or complaint of any person; and if on the conviction of the offender, either on his or her confession, or by the oath of any one or more credible witness or witnesses, (which oath such justices are hereby empowered to administer,) such fines or forfeitures, with the costs of the conviction, shall not be forthwith paid, the same shall be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the offender, by warrant under the hand and seal of such justices; and for want of distress such justices may commit every such offender to the common gaol or house of correction for the county, city, or place, where the offender shall be committed, without bail or mainprize, for any term not exceeding one calendar month, unless such fine and forfeiture, and all reasonable charges attending the recovery thereof, shall be sooner paid; and one moiety of all such fines and forfeitures shall go to the person who shall inform and sue or prosecute for the same, and the other moiety shall go to the registrar general, or to such other person as the lords commissioners of the treasury shall appoint, for the use of his Majesty; and no distress made by virtue of this act shall be deemed unlawful, nor shall the party making the same be deemed a trespasser, on account of any defect or want of form in the summons, conviction, or warrant of distress, or on account of any irregularity which shall be afterwards committed by the party distraining, but the person or persons aggrieved by such irregularity shall recover full satisfaction for the special damages sustained in an action on the

case.

Appeal.

46. And be it enacted, that in all cases where the sum adjudged to be paid on any such summary conviction shall exceed five pounds, any person convicted may appeal to the next court of general or quarter sessions which shall be holden not sooner than twelve days after the day of such conviction for the county or other district wherein the cause of complaint shall have arisen ; provided that such person shall give to the complainant a notice in writing of such appeal, and of the cause and matter thereof, within three days after such conviction, and seven clear days at the least before such sessions, and shall also either remain in custody until the sessions, or enter into a recognizance, with two sufficient sureties, before a justice of the peace, conditioned personally to appear at the said sessions, and to try such appeal, and to abide the judgment of the court thereupon, and to pay such costs as shall be by the court awarded; and upon such notice being given, and such recognizance being entered into, the court at such sessions shall hear and determine the matter of the appeal, and shall make such order therein, with or without costs, to either party, as to the court shall seem meet, and in case of the dismissal of the appeal, or the affirmance of the conviction, shall order and adjudge the offender to be punished according to the conviction, and to pay

such costs as shall be awarded, and shall, if necessary, issue process for enforcing such judgment.

No Certiorari.

47. And be it enacted, that no such conviction or adjudication made on appeal therefrom shall be quashed for want of form, or be removed by certiorari or otherwise into any of his Majesty's superior courts of record, and no warrant of commitment shall be held void by reason of any defect therein, provided it be therein alleged that the party has been convicted, and there be a valid conviction to sustain the same.

Correspondence of Registrar General relating to this act to be free of Postage. 48. And be it enacted, that the registrar general may receive and send by the general post from and to places in England all letters and packets relating exclusively to the execution of this act free from the duty of postage, provided that such letters and packets as shall be sent to the registrar general be directed to the "registrar general of births, deaths, and marriages,” at his office, and that all such letters and packets as shall be sent by the registrar general shall be in covers, with the words "registrar general of births, deaths, and marriages," printed on the same, and be sealed with the seal of the said register office, and be signed on the outside thereof under such words with the name of such person as the said registrar general, with the consent of the lords commissioners of the treasury, or any three or more of them, shall appoint, in his own handwriting, (such name to be from time to time sent to the secretary of the general post office in London,) and under such other regulations as the said lords commissioners, or any three or more of them, shall think fit; and if the person so to be appointed shall subscribe or seal any letter or packet whatever, except such only concerning which he shall receive the special direction of his superior officer, or which he shall himself know to relate exclusively to the execution of this act, or if the person so to be appointed, or any other person, shall send or cause to be sent under any such cover any letter, paper, or writing, or any inclosure, other than shall relate exclusively to the execution of this act, every person so offending shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred pounds, and be dismissed from his office; one moiety of such penalty to be paid to the use of his Majesty, his heirs and successors, and the other moiety to the use of the person who shall inform or sue for the same; to be sued for and recovered in any of his Majesty's courts of record at Westminster.

Registers of Baptisms and Burials may be kept as heretofore.

49. Provided always, and be it enacted, that nothing herein contained shall affect the registration of baptisms or burials as now by law established, or the right of any officiating minister to receive the fees now usually paid for the performance or registration of any baptism, burial, or marriage.

Registrar General to furnish Notices to Guardians of Unions, &c., specifying acts required to be done by Parties registering.

50. And be it further enacted, that the said registrar general shall, within three calendar months after his appointment to such office, furnish to the respective guardians of every union, parish, or place, printed notices, which the said guardians shall, as soon as conveniently may be after the receipt thereof, cause to be fixed or placed on the outside of the several church and chapel doors, or other public and conspicuous buildings or places, within their respective unions, parishes, or places, and which said notices shall specify the several acts required to be done by persons who may be desirous of solemnizing marriage, or of registering the birth of any child or the death of any person, under the provisions of this act.

1836.-BIRTHS in the District of Marylebone, North, in the County of Middlesex.

Name & Surname Name and Maiden Rank or Profession Signature, Description,

VOL. X.-Oct. 1836.

1836.-MARRIAGES solemnized at the Parish Church, in the Parish of Marylebone, in the County of Middlesex.

Married in the Parish Church, according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church, by Licence, or after Banns, by me,

[The Figures, and the Words in Italics, in the above Schedules, to be filled in as the case may be.]

SCHEDULE (D.)

I, John Cor, Registrar of Births and Deaths in the District of Marylebone, North, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, That this is a true Copy of the Registrar's Book of Births [or Deaths] within the said District, from the Entry of the Birth or Death] of James Green, No. 1, to the Entry of the Birth [or Death] of William Strange No. 34. Witness my hand this Seventh day of March, 1838. JOHN COX, Registrar.

SCHEDULE (E.)

I, John Cox, Registrar of Births and Deaths in the District of Marylebone, North, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, That the Death of Henry Hastings was duly registered by me on the Seventh day of March, 1836. Witness my hand this Eighth day of March, 1836. JOHN Cox, Registrar.

SCHEDULE (F.)

I, James Smith, Coroner for the County of Dorset, do hereby order the burial of the Body now shown to the Inquest Jury as the Body of John Jones. Witness my hand this Eighth day of March, 1836. JAMES SMITH, Coroner.

SCHEDULE (G.)

I, Gilbert Elliott, Vicar of Barming in the County of Kent, do hereby certify, That I have this Day baptized by the Name of Thomas, a Male Child, produced to me by William Green, as the Son of William Green and Rebecca Green, and declared by the said William Green, to have been born at Mary-le-bone, in the County of Middlesex, on the Seventh day of January, 1836. Witness my hand this First day of December, 1838.

GILBERT ELLIOTT, Vicar. [The Figures, and Words in Italics, in the above Schedules, to be filled in as the case may be.]

AN ACT TO REGULATE PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENTS.

ANNO SEXTO ET SEPTIMO GULIELMI IV. REGIS.-CAP. XCVI.

[19th August, 1836.]

All Rates to be made on the net annual value of the property.—Proviso. WHEREAS it is desirable to establish one uniform mode of rating for the relief of the poor throughout England and Wales, and to lessen the cost of appeal against an unfair rate: be it enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after such period, not being earlier than the twenty-first day of March next after the passing of this act, as the Poor Law Commissioners shall by any order under their seal of office direct, no rate for the relief of the poor in England and Wales shall be allowed by any Justices, or be of any force, which shall not be made upon an estimate of the net annual value of the several hereditaments rated thereunto; that is to say, of the rent at which the same might reasonably be expected to let from year to year, free of all usual tenants, rates, and taxes, and tithe commutation rent-charge, if any, and deducting therefrom the probable average annual cost of the repairs, insurance, and other expences, if any, necessary to maintain them in a state to command such rent: provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to alter or affect the principles or different relative liabilities (if any) according to which different kinds of hereditaments are now by law rateable. Rates to be made in a given form.-Nothing herein to prevent Owners from compounding for rates.

2. And be it further enacted, that every such rate made after the said period shall, in addition to any other particular which the form of making out such rate shall require to be set forth, contain an account of every particular set