Section VIII Inhabitants may make a Pound Rate.

Nonpayment.; Distress.; Imprisonment.; Proviso for Peers.

And bee it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That within twenty dayes after the Election and Confirmation of the said Scavingers as aforesaid the Constables Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poore and Surveyours of the Highwayes of the Parishes and Places aforesaid respectively or the greater number of them giveing Notice unto or calling together such Inhabitants of their respective Parishes as aforesaid they or the greater number of them then present shall make and settle a Taxe Rate or Assessment according to a Pound Rate to be imposed or sett upon the Inhabitants of every respective Parish Ward or Division for the yeare following for the purposes aforesaid which being allowed and confirmed by any two of the Justices of the Peace of the Places aforesaid respectively which they are hereby authorized and required as farr as the same shall be equall and reasonable to allow shall be quarterly paid by every respective Inhabitant upon Demand made thereof by the Scavengers or Officers appointed to gather and collect the same And in case of a Refusall or Neglect shall by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of any two Justices of the Peace of the Division Parish or Place be levyed by Distresse and Sale of the Offenders Goods and for want of Distresse by Imprisonment of the Offender (he not being a Peere of this Realme) untill Payment as aforesaid.