case parish OF saint mary OF read against saint Laurence OF read exercise the  office of warden in the parish where a man life be a settlement within will  mary c S though he be not choose by the parish and exercise his office through  the whole borough S c Foley S c fort S c viner S c burr S c Sett Rem S c Bott  one Joseph Marlow be first a inhabitant of saint mary read afterward he come  into the parish of saint Laurence read and during his stay there be choose  warden for the borough and exercise that office as well in that parish as in  some other afterward be remove to saint mary and there become Chargeable the  question be whether his reside in the parish of saint Laurence and exercise  the office of warden of the borough in that parish though he do it in other  too be a settlement by the will mary c S or no modern report the counsel for  the parish of saint Laurence insist that to make a settlement pursuant to the  statute will mary c two thing be requisite first that the office must be a  public and annual office for the parish and that this be not a office for the  parish but for the borough neither be he choose by the parish second that it  must be execute in the parish but this office though it be execute in the  parish of saint Laurence be execute in other parish too and upon this ground  it be very late adjudge that the payment of a scavenger rate be a ware rate be  no settlement within the Act a saint Giles Cripplegate v saint mary Newington  viner Abr Bott p l but now by Geo c S no person whatsoever who shall be tax to  the scavenger and shall pay the same shall be deem to have a settlement by  reason of pay such scavenger rate a Powell justice be of opinion that this be  a settlement within the Act and that a man exercise a office in a parish  though in another too and though not choose by the parish only may yet be  esteem proper enough a parochial officer Parker chief justice the word of the  Act be as general with respect to the payment of tax as to the exercise of  office and therefore since the payment of a scavenger rate do not in the  opinion of the court because a ware rate amount to a settlement by a parity of  reason neither will the exercise of such a office powys justice be of opinion  that he be a parochial officer and more and that therefore he have gain a  settlement Eyre justice the statute James c make notice in write leave with  the overseer of the parish necessary to a settlement the payment of tax and  the exercise of office upon the equity of that Act have be adjudge equivalent  to a notice in write b but see king v pain show Mod king v Talbury Foley king  v Chertsey Mod king v abbot Langley Bott p l stram contra b and this Act of  the will and mary c seem to he make for the corroborate the equitable  construction upon that statute he be of opinion that it be a settlement and  that there be a vast modern report difference in point of the notoriety  between the payment of a scavenger rate and exercise the office of a scavenger  for the one may escape the notice of the parish the other not Parker chief  justice if the reason of the Act be find upon the notoriety of the fact Mr  justice Eyre be in the right but he be of opinion that the Act go upon this  reason videlicet that a person choose to a parochial office or assess to a  parochial rate be not a person likely to become Chargeable and this be the  reason why a hire for a year and a service accord make a settlement the next  term by consent of all the court it be adjudge a settlement a see Gatton v  Milwich salk Bishain v cook stram peal v bourn stram saint Maurice v saint  mary kalandar burr S c king v Whitchurch burr S c king v winterbotham burr S c  king v Liverpool term Rep king v whittlesea term Rep and vol of Mr Consts Edit  of bott poor law to where all the case on this subject be collect a modern  report er p