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Jurors not attending said court, fined not above £5.
and fine witnesses at discretion,
applied to widening the streets, &c.
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XIII. And whereas the court of record held for said county of said city of Waterford, before the mayor and recorder of said city, or their sufficient deputies, is of great advantage to the inhabitants of said city: and whereas great delays and inconveniencies attend the suitors of said court of record of said city of Waterford by the non-attendance of jurors and witnesses: be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the twenty ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, it shall and may be lawful for the mayor and recorder of said city, and to and for their sufficient deputies as they or any of them shall happen to preside in the said court of record, to impose a fine, not exceeding five pounds, on any juror that shall be legally summoned to attend the said court of record, and shall neglect or refuse to appear pursuant to the said summons, and for whom no sufficient excuse shall be laid before the court; and that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said mayor and recorder, and to and for their sufficient deputies as aforesaid, to impose such fine or fines as in their discretion they shall think fit, on any witness that shall be legally summoned to attend the said court of record, and shall refuse or neglect to appear pursuant to the said summons, and for whom no sufficient excuse shall be laid before the court; and that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said mayor and recorder, and to and for their sufficient deputies, as they or any of them shall happen to preside in the said court of record, to issue from and out of the said court of record process, from time to time in the nature of an execution, directed to the sheriffs of the said city, to levy the said fine off of the goods and chattles of such juror or witness who shall be so fined as aforesaid, and the same when levied, to pay over to the chamberlain of the said city, to be disposed of by the mayor and common council of the said city for the sole purpose and purposes of widening and keeping in repair the streets, lanes, and avenues of said city; and the said mayor and common council are hereby authorized and required to apply said fines for the sole purposes aforesaid, and for no other use, intent, or purpose whatsoever.
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