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Qualification and Disqualifications for Constables.
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XIV. And be it enacted, That no Person shall be appointed to be a Chief or other Constable or Sub-Constable under this Act unless he shall be of a sound Constitution, able-bodied, and under the Age of Forty Years, able to read and write, of a good Character for Honesty, Fidelity, and Activity; and that no Person shall be appointed to be such Chief or other Constable or Sub-Constable who shall be a Game-keeper, Wood-ranger, Tithe Proctor, Viewer of Tithes, Bailiff, Sheriff’s Bailiff, or Parish Clerk, or who shall be a hired Servant in the Employment of any Person whomsoever, or who shall keep any House for the Sale of Beer, Wine, or Spirituous Liquors by Retail; and that if any Person who shall be appointed to be a Chief or other Constable or Sub-Constable under this Act shall at any Time after such his Appointment be or become a Game-keeper, Wood-ranger, Tithe Proctor, Viewer of Tithes, Bailiff, Sheriff’s Bailiff, or Parish Clerk, or a hired Servant, or shall act in any of the said Capacities, or shall sell any Beer, Wine, or Spirituous Liquors by Retail, such Person shall be and become disabled from and incapable of acting and shall forfeit his Appointment as Constable, and all Authority and Privilege, and all Salary and Gratuity payable to him as a Chief or other Constable or Sub-Constable under this Act.
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