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Contractors for neglect forfeit 5s.
persons breaking or damaging lamps, &c. detained till carried before mayor or justice,
penalty 5l.
or sent to house of correction,
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XLIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons whom the said ministers, churchwardens and parishioners at their several and respective vestries, shall agree with and appoint to erect, light, snuff, cleanse, trim, maintain and repair the said lamps as aforesaid, shall neglect to supply said lamps, or any of them, with a sufficient quantity of good and proper wick or oil, to continue lighting for such time as the said ministers, church-wardens and parishioners at their several and respective vestries as aforesaid, shall six on, or shall neglect to keep the glasses of the said lamps or any of them clean and entire, or shall be guilty of any other neglect, for which the mayor of said city may not think proper or sufficient, to remove such lamp contractor or lamp contractors from his or their office or offices, that then and in every such case, such person or persons so offending shall forfeit for every such neglect the sum of five shillings English, to be recovered and levied by distress and sale of such offenders goods and chattels after conviction in a summary way before the said mayor, by the oath of one or more witness or witnesses, (which oath the said mayor is hereby authorized to administer) or by confession of the party accused, and to be applied in manner herein after directed, and that if any person or persons shall wilfully or maliciously break, throw down, or extinguish any lamp or lamps to be set up to light the streets, lanes, passages, or quays of the said city of Waterford, or the suburbs thereof, or wilfully damage the posts, irons or other furniture of the said lamps, it shall be lawful to and for any person or persons to arrest and detain such offender and offenders until he, she or they may be carried before the mayor of said city for the time being, or any other justice of peace for said city, and every person so offending and being thereof convicted in a summary way by the oath of one or more witness or witnesses, or by confession of the party accused before the mayor of said city for the time being, or such justice or justices, (which oath the said mayor or justices, are hereby authorized to administer) shall for every such offence forfeit the sum of five pounds for each lamp post, iron, or furniture thereof so broken, thrown down, extinguished or wilfully damaged, to be recovered and levied by distress and sale of the offenders goods in manner as aforesaid, and to be applied in manner herein after mentioned; and in case no goods or chattels of the persons so offending can at the time of such conviction be found, then, and in such case, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said mayor or other justice, before whom such offenders shall be convicted, to commit such offender to the house of industry in said city, there to be kept to hard labour for any time not less than one month, and not exceeding three months.
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