Section VIII Commissioners to direct Precepts to certain Number of Inhabitants in Hundreds, &c.

who are to shew such Precepts; Penalty 40s.

And the said Commissioners shall for the Taxation of the said two first of the said Fower Subsidies before the tenth day of September next comeing, And for the Taxation of the two last of the said Fower Subsidyes shall before the tenth day of February next ensueing direct their severall or joynt Precept or Precepts unto eight seaven six five fower three or two as for the number of Inhabitants shall be requisite of the most substantiall discreete and honest persons Inhabitants of and in Hundreds Lathes Rapes Wapentakes Wards Parishes Townes and other places aswell within Liberties Franchices X1and Auntient Demeasne Places exempted and Sanctuaryes as without within the Limitts of the Shires Rideings Lathes Wapentakes Rapes Cittyes Townes Burroughes and Isle aforesaid and other places within their respective limitts, And to the Constables Sub Constables Bayliffes and other like Officers and Ministers of every of the said Hundreds Townes Wards Lathes Wapentakes Parishes and other places aforesaid as to the said Commissioners and every number of them or to three or two of them by their discretion in division shall seeme expedient, and as by the manner and use of these parts shall be requisite, straitely by the said Precept chargeing and commanding the said Inhabitants Constables and other Officers aforesaid to whom such Precept shall be soe directed to appeare in their proper persons before the said Commissioners or such number of them as they shall divide themselves according to this Act at certaine dayes and places by the said Commissioners or any such number of them as is aforesaid within Cittyes Burroughes or Townes Corporate or without in any other places as is aforesaid by their discretion to be limitted thereunto to doe and accomplish all that to them on the part of the Kings Majestie shall be enjoyned touching this Act, commanding further by the same Precept that he to whose hands such Precepts shall come shall shew and deliver the same to the other Inhabitants or Officers named in the same Precept, And that none of them faile to accomplish the same upon paine of Forty shillings to be forfeited to the Kings Majestie.