of  the  Poorj  as  far  as  regards  renting  Tenements  and  paying
Parochial  Taxes^  it  was  among  other  things  enacted,  that  no
Person  shall  acquire  a  Settlement  in  any  P^ish  or  Township
maiDtaitting  its  own  Poor  by  or  by  reaSon  of  settling  upon,  rent-
ing, or  pajnng  Parochial  Rates  for  any  Tenement  not  being  his
or  her  own  Property,  unless  such  Tenement  shall  consist  of  a
separate  and  distinct  Dwelling  House  or  Building,  or  of  Land,  or
of  both,  bondfde  rented  by  such  Person  in  such  Farish  or  Town-
ship at  and  for  the  Sum  of  Ten  Pounds  a  Year  at  the  least  for
the  Term  of  One  whole  Year ;  nor  unless  such  House  or  Build*
ing,  or  Land,  shall  be  occunied  under  such  Yearly  Hiring,  and
the  Rent  for  the  same  to  tne  Amount  of  Ten  Pounds  actually
paid  for  the  Term  of  One  Whole  Year  at  the  least:  ProTided
always,  that  it  shall  not  be  necessary  to  prove  the  actuid  Values
of  such  Tenements ;  any  Thing  in  any  Act  or  Acts,  or  any  Con-
struction of  or  Implication  from  any  Act  or  Acts,  or  any  Usage
or  Custom   to   the  contrary  notwithstanding:    And  whereas
Doubts  have  arisen  with  respect  to  the  Intentions  of  the  Le-
gislature concerning  the  Occupation  of  such  House,  Building,
or  Land  by  the  Person  hiring  the  same,  and  concerning  the
Amount  of  the  Rent  to  be  paid  and  the  Person  paying  the
same:   And  whereas  it  is  expedient  that  such  Doubts  snould  be
removed ;'  Be  it  dierefore  enacted  by  the  King's  most  Excellent
Majesty,  by  and  with  the  Advice  and  Consent  of  uie  Lords  Spiritual
and  Temporal,  and  Commons,  in  thispresent  Parliament  assembled,
and  by  the  Authority  of  the  same,  Tnat  from  and  afler  the  passing  ^o  Vemm
of  this  Act  no  Person  shall  acquire  a  Settlement  in  any  Parish  or  ahall  acquire  a
Town^p  maintaining  its  own  Poor,  by  or  by  reason  of  such  Yearly  Settlement  by
Hiring  of  a  Dwelling  House  or  Building,  or  of  Land,  or  of  both,  "b*"®"  o'f ,
as  in  the  said  Act  expressed,  unless  such  House  or  Building,  or  ^^^  Hinng
Land,  shall  be  actually  occupied  under  such  Yearly  Hiring  in  the  or  of  Lm?^^
same  Parish  or  Township,  by  the  Person  hiring  the  same,  for  the  unlen  beihid]
Term  of  One  wh<Ue  Year  at  the  least,  and  unless  the  Rent  for  the  actuallj  occupy
same,  to  the  Amount  of  Ten  Pounds  at  the  least,  shall  be  paid  by  ^®  '*™®*
the  Person  hiring  the  same*

II. 