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Rh to be moreover examiner, or to appoint examinators, and to make and deliver copies of all such examinations, by commission or otherwise, as amply as the Master of the Rolls in England; enjoining the treasurer, vice treasurer, &c., upon sight of these letters patent, their exemplification or enrolment, to allow and pay all fees, wages, &c., without other writ or warrant. Tenure of the office, to him and his assigns for life. And all shall be good, valid, &c., although no express mention be made of the true yearly value, or of the certainty of the premises, or any of them, or of any other of the gifts and grants heretofore granted by, &c., or any other cause, matter, or thing to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. An Act of indemnity by the parliament of England was passed, to enable Richard Rigby, Esq., to take in Great Britain the oath of office on account of urgent business detaining him there, limiting the time; such oath to be taken before the Barons of the Exchequer in England or any of them; the tenor of the oath to be transmitted by the Lord Chancellor of Ireland; the Baron or Barons so administering the oath to certify the same to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and the certificate to be filed of record in the Chancery of the said kingdom; this Act to save him from all liabilities under the 3d William and Mary, or under the Act passed in Ireland of the 2d of Anne, or under another Act, the 7th of George II., against Popish practitioners in the courts of law and equity; provided also, that he do subscribe the declaration, and