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New Guide. an Historical and Descriptive Account of Warwick and Leamington. Abridged From a Larger Work [an Historical and Descriptive Account
New Guide an Historical and Descriptive Account of Warwick and Leamington Abridged From a Larger Work an Historical and Descriptive Account Author:William Field Title: New Guide. an Historical and Descriptive Account of Warwick and Leamington. Abridged From a Larger Work [an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Town and Castle of Warwick, by W. Field]. General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1816 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illu... more »strations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: APPENDIX, vlsstrail of the Borough Charter, franlei by William and Mary, in 1997. " By this Charter, 25 of Ihe inhabitant of Wrmirk, nrr ennti- luted a body Corpora'e, hy the name of Mnyor. A Mermen, ar. d Burgesses, in pcrpttuo. Their former privilege nrr confirmed. They are to have a common wal ; which they may change, a! iheir pleasure. Tue Mayor i to be chosen out of the AMermen, w ho ;:re to he thirteen in number; and to continue in office for life ; unless they iril| he, for jnsi cause, removeil. Twelve other of the more Imnrtt and discreet men of the Borough are to be selected, and culled As-V:int Hnrgc'sc; t.; who are, also, to hold tbrir stations for life. uule for just cattle removed. A Recorder is likewise appointed, whose nffice is for life ; Uf be exercised rither personally, or by a Deputy ; and ano'hrr person, learned in the lairs of Kngland, called the Common Clerk, who is to be chosen by the Recorder, and is removable by him at his pleasure. The Hew Mayor is to be chovn by the Mayor for the time being, and 26 of fhe Aldermen and Rurgesset cellecii'ely, or a majority of them, on Michaelmas-day ; except it fall on a Sunday, and then oa the following day, between the hours of nine and twelve in the forenoon. The meeting for this purpose is to be assembled by thet existing Mayor; or, in bis default, by a majority of the Aldermen, in Ihe Shire Hall, or in ny other convenient place. At this meet...« less