to the use of our said Lord the King, his heirs and successors, if default PARLIAMENTA RY FORMS. in Private Act (buildings). aforesaid, hath been lately built, rebuilt, or altered [as the case may be], of which the said is the owner or occupier or builder [as the case may be], and which said building, under and by virtue of the powers and authorities of a certain statute made and passed in the year of the reign of his Majesty King intituled [here insert the title of this act], hath been by us the said justices declared and adjudged a common nui sance: shall within Now the condition of this recognizance is such, that if the abovebounden from the date hereof, abate the said nuisance by taking down the said building, or cause and procure the said building to be amended according to the provisions and regulations contained in the said statute, then this recognizance to be void, otherwise to be and remain. in full force and virtue. Taken and acknowledged at first before written. aforesaid, the day and year (Justices.) 6. Form of Conviction in case of pecuniary Penalty imposed by Conviction of this Act. penalty. me C. D. one of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the said borough [specifying the offence, and time and place when and where the same was committed, as the case may be]; and I do adjudge him, [her, or them] to pay and forfeit for the same the sum of Given under my hand and seal, the day and year aforesaid. (Justice.) PARLIAMENTA RY FORMS. Building (church). No. CCCCII. A Bill (or Private Act) for Building a new Church and levying 1. The Notice of intended application to Parliament (2). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an application is intended to be made in and to the next session of Parliament for an Act to erect a new Church in and for the parish of in the county of and for raising money by rates on the inhabitants of the said parish for effecting the said purpose. (1) See of Bills for this purpose, ante, "PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS," cap. II. sec. ii. (2) See ubi supra, sec. ii. pl. 1. To, &c. (2) 2. Petition for the above Purpose (1). The humble Petition of the Rector and Churchwar- of in the county and of other the persons whose names are hereunto subscribed, being inhabitants of the said parish, SHEWETH, That the parish-church of is very old and fast falling to decay, and that the said parish-church is too small for accommodating the present inhabitants of the said parish, by reason of the same having of late greatly increased; and that it is therefore become expedient for the safety and convenience of the inhabitants of the said parish, that the said church should be taken down, and a new church of larger dimensions erected in lieu thereof. That for the better effecting the said purposes it is deemed requisite that rates or assessments should be levied on the owners and occupiers of houses and of lands and tenements in the said parish, but which cannot be done without the aid of Parliament. Your Petitioners, therefore, &c. (3) (1) See ante, PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS, chap. II. sec. ii. pl. 2. (2) See ante, p. 46. (3) See ante, p. 46. PARLIAMENTA RY FORMS. Building (church). PARLIAMENTA RY FORMS. Building 3. The Form and Provisions of a Bill for the above Purpose (1). (church). Title of the Bill (2). WHEREAS the population of the parish of in the , county of hath of late much increased, and the present parish-church of the said parish is inadequate to the accommodation of the inhabitants: And whereas (patron) is seised of or entitled to the rectory and advowson of the parish-church of the said parish of ; and (rector) is the present rector thereof: And whereas it would be of great convenience to the inhabitants of the said parish if a new parish-church were erected upon a larger scale than the present church; but inasmuch as the same cannot be effected without the aid and authority of Parliament, may it therefore please your Majesty that it may be enacted, and 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, Appointment of That the rector and churchwardens of the said parish of trustees. Patron of the point two trus tees. for the time being, together with (certain inhabitants), and their successors, and others to be nominated and elected in the manner hereinafter mentioned, shall be and they are hereby appointed trustees for putting this Act into execution during such time only as they shall respectively continue to act, and be resident householders within the said parish. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and advowson to ap- for the said (patron), and also to and for the person or persons who for the time being shall be scised of or entitled to the rectory and advowson of the parish-church of the said parish of and also to and for his, her or their guardian or guardians, committee or committees respectively, to nominate and appoint two male persons, being resident householders, and paying rates within the said parish, to act as trustees in the execution of this act; and in case such two persons, or either of them, or any persons or person to be nominated and appointed in their or his stead, shall die, or refuse or be incapable to act as trustees or trustee in the execution of this act, or shall cease to be resident householders or a resident householder, and paying rates within the said parish, then and in every such case it (1) See ante, PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS, chap. II. sec. viii. pl. 3. shall and may be lawful to and for the said (patron), and also for the person or persons who for the time being shall be seised of or entitled to the rectory and advowson aforesaid, and also to and for his, her, or their guardian or guardians, committee or committees respectively, to nominate and appoint any other person or persons, being a resident householder or householders, and paying rates within the said parish, to be a trustee or trustees in the room and stead of the person or persons so dying, or refusing, or being incapable to act as a trustee or trustees in the execution of this act: and so in like manner, from time to time, to nominate and appoint any other person or persons, being a resident householder or householders, paying rates within the said parish, upon the decease of such last-mentioned trustee or trustees, or of any succeeding or future trustee or trustees, or his or their refusing or being incapable to act as aforesaid, as often as occasion shall require; and every such nomination and appointment shall be certified under the hands or hand, and seals or seal of the said (patron), or of the person or persons who for the time being is, are, or shall be seised of or entitled to the said rectory and advowson as aforesaid, or of his, her, or their respective guardian or guardians, committee or committees, as the case may be, to the other trustees for the time being acting in the execution of this act, at some one of their meetings to be had under this act, and from time to time, upon every such nomination and appointment being so certified, the person or persons so nominated and appointed shall have full power and authority to act as a trustee or trustees in the execution of this Act, in like manner as if he and they had been originally named a trustee or trustees for the purposes aforesaid. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That no person to be nominated and appointed as last aforesaid shall be capable of acting as a trustee in the execution of this act, until he shall have taken an oath to the following effect, which oath any of the trustees hereinbefore named are authorized and empowered to administer: ' I A. B. do swear, That I will faithfully, impartially, and honestly, • Majesty King the PARLIAMENTA RY FORMS. Building (church). Oath of trustees to execute trusts. ' of this Act.] < So help me GOD.' And be it further enacted, That when any of the trustees named Vacancies occa sioned by death |