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 A.D. lyor. Anno primo Ann^ Reginse. Stat. i. C; 23,24. 107 Subfcription thereof, and all and every the Claufe or Claufes in the faid AQ:, or any other fubfcquent Aft or Ads contained, relating to the faid Affociation, be and are hereby declared to be void and of no EfFed, to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever. ■ IV. Provided always, and be it enaded and declared, That fuch Members of the Houfe of Peers, and P«" and Mcm- alfo fach Members of the Houfe of Commons, who have taken and fubfcribed the Oath in the faid firft ^^'^'^^^^"^ q^^^ recited Ad contained, according to the Form agreed upon in each Houfe refpedively, {hall not be obliged ^^^ obliged to again to take or fubfcribe the Oath according to the Form declared by this Ad, during_ the Continuance taketl.e fame of this prefent Parliament, for or in refped of their being Members of either Houfe refpedively, nor in again, du ing in refped of any Commiffion, Office or Place of Truft, Fee, Salary or Wages, which fuch Member did th.s Padument. hold and enjoy at the Time of the taking and fubfcribing the faid Oath. V. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every Perfon or Perfons, who in her Majefty's HighCou'rt of Chancery, or in her Court commonly called die King's Bench, _ or the Qi^iar- ter-Seffions, may or are, or {hall be obliged to take the Oaths mentioned in an Ad of Parliament, made in the firft Year of the Reign of the late King William and Queen Mary, intituled, Jn ASlfor abro- iW. &M,(r. i. gating of the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance, and ^-bpointiag other Oaths, and to make and fubfcribe the "^^ Decfaration mentioned in an Ad of Parliament made in the five and twentieth Year of the Reign of the late King Charles the Second, intituled. An ASi for preventing Dangers which may happen fro?n Popijlo ^S Car. 2. c. z. Recufants, may for ever hereafter, at their Eledions, take the faid Oaths, and make and fubfcribe the faid Declaration, and deliver the Certificates of receiving the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, and make Proof of the Truth thereof, which {hall be enquired of and put upon Record, according to the faid laft mentioned Ad, in her Majefty's Court of Common Pleas, or in her Court oi Exchequer at TVeJimin/ler, in Perfons may fuch Manner, and at fuch Times, as by the faid Ads, or either of them, they are obliged ; or^niay take *^'", "^^^^^^ the faid Oaths, and make and fubfcribe the faid Declaration, and deliver and prove fuch Certificates, to pi^'as^orj^^e- to be enquired of, and put upon Record in the faid Court of C^ah^;-;', or Court oi King's Bench ; aud q„„ Courts, &c. made and delivered^ inquired of, proved, and put upon Record in the faid Court of Chancery, or in the King'TBel^xh, faid Court of King's Bench ; and the Juftices of the faid Court of Coynmon Pleas, and Barons of the faid ^^^ ■ Court oi Exchequer, are hereby authorized and required refpedively to adminifl:er the faid Oatlis^ and do Ml other Things, as the Courts of Chancery and King's Bench were by the faid Statutes, or either of them, authorized and required to do, or may do by virtue thereof. VI. And it is hereby further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That the Names of all Perfons and ^^Tthroath! Officers aforefaid, that do or fhall take the Oaths aforefaid, in the Court of Common Pleas or Court of j^j,'"f„fJi>j^^(,£_ Exchequer, {hall be enrolled in the faid Courts where the fame fliall be taken refpedively, with the Day and Time of their taking the fame, in Rolls made and kept only for that Intent and Purpofe, and for no other; the which Rolls, as for the Court oi Common Pleas^ fhall be publickly hung up in the Office of the chief Prothonotary of the faid Court ; and the Roll for the Exchequer, in the Office of the Queen's Remembrancer of the faid Court, and there remain during the whole Term, every Term, for every one to refort to, and to look upon, without Fee or Reward ; and likewife none of the Perfons and not to pay aforefaid fhall give or pay any Fee or Reward to any Officer or Officers belonging to either of the faid above 12 d. for Courts of Co7nmon Pleas or Exchequer, above the Sum of twelve Pence, for his or their Entry of his or their '^'""S thefame. taking of the faid Oaths. VII. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every the Perfon and Perfons, In what Time who by this Ad, or the_ faid former Ad made this prefent Parliament, are to take and fubfcribe the ^""^ "•'"^ P*'" Oath therein or herein appointed to be taken, within three Months after he or they {hall be ad- [°" q^^^"" mitted into or enter upon any Preferments, Benefices, Offices, or Places, or come into any Capacity, or take upon him or them any fuch Pradice, Imployment, or Bufinefs, in the faid former Ad mentioned, may in the next Term, or at the next Qiiarter-Seffions of the County, City, or Place where he or they fliail refide, after he or they fhall be admitted into, or enter upon any fuch Preferment, Benefice, Office, or Place, or come into any fuch Capacity, or take upon him or them fuch Pradice, Imployment, or Bufi- nefs as aforefaid (though it be after the Expiration of the faid three Months) take and fubfcribe the faid Oath, in any of the faid four^Courts oi JFeJiminfter, or Quarter-Seffions, which {hall be as good and ef- fcdual to all Intents and Purpofes, as if taken and fubfcribed within the faid three Months : But never- Penalties on Nc- thelefs, every fuch Perfon that {hall negled to take and fubfcribe the faid Oath in the next Term, or 6l«^ °^ Refufal. next Quarter-Seffions as aforefaid, {hall incur and be liable unto all the Penalties, Forfeitures and Difabi- lities, for refufing and negleding to take and fubfcribe the faid Oath, at fuch Time as in the faid former Ad is mentioned, and likewife unto all the other Penalties for executing fuch Office or Employment, if he fliall execute the fame after fuch Negled or Refufal to take and fubfcribe the faid Oath, as is therein mentioned. C A P. XXIII. An Ad for raifing the Militia for the Year one thoufand feven hundred and two, notwithftanding theE X P. Month's Pay formerly advanced be not repaid. CAP. XXIV. An Ad .^or the continuing the prefent Sheriffs in England and Wales, until the firfl Day oi Hillary Term^^''' next, unlefs her Majefty {hall think fit to determine them fooner, P 2 CAP.