Parliamentary Papers, Volume 12

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Page 61 - ... of forfeiting the sum of five pounds, to be levied by distress and sale, by warrant of any two or more justices of the peace of the same county, who shall have examined into and found him guilty of such offence; which said sum shall be applied to and for the use of the poor of the said parish, by direction of the said justice or justices of the peace.
Page 57 - Kent, to hold to the use of the said parties of the second part, and their heirs and assigns.
Page 3 - An act to amend an act of the last session of parliament for appointing commissioners to inquire concerning charities in England for the education of the poor ; and to extend the powers thereof to other charities in England and Wales...
Page 84 - Taylors, or some other public school, from seven years of age till he is full seventeen, and then to serve seven years faithfully as a compositor, and work seven years more as a journeyman, as I would not have this annuity bestowed on any one under thirty-one years of age : if after he is chosen he should behave ill, let him be turned out, and another be chosen in his stead.
Page 84 - ... years of age : if, after he is chosen, he should behave ill, let him be turned out, and another be chosen in his stead. And whereas it may be many years before a compositor may be found that shall exactly answer the above description, and it may at some times happen that such a one cannot be found ; I would have the dividends in the mean time applied to such person as the master, wardens, and assistants, shall think approaches nearest to what I have described. And whereas the above trusts will...
Page 208 - And, after stating as therein was stated, the said petition prayed that it might be referred to one of the Masters of the said court to approve of...
Page 3 - An Act to amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament for making temporary Provision for the Government of Lower Canada...
Page 24 - We take it, then, to be clear that the descriptive terms in this lease are' sufficient to convey to the lessee the fixtures in dispute, if they had been previously placed upon the premises by the landlord, or had been left there by a previous outgoing tenant. There is, it is true, no express covenant on the part of the lessee to keep the premises in repair, and to restore them in good condition...
Page 203 - Howardly left 40 marks, and the residue of his personal estate, to be laid out in land, the profits thereof to be applied in repairing the church, and relieving the poor of Great Barton.
Page 85 - I give to the master and keepers or wardens and commonalty of the mystery or art of a stationer of the city of London...

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