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 no C. 32. Amio primo ANNiE.Rcgiiiee. Stat. i. A. D. .1701.. CAP. XXXII. An Adl for the Relief of the Proteftant Purchafers of the forfeited Eftates in Ireland. ' Wl HE RE AS by one AiSt made in a Parliament holden at Weflminfler, in the eleventh Year of the. II W. 3.C. 2. ' VV Reign of our late Sovereign Lord King William the Third, intituled, An Aif for granting unto ' his Majefty an Aid by Sale of the forfeited and other Eftates and Inter ejfs in Irelanii, and by a Land Tax in ' England, for the feveral Purpofes therein mentioned, it is provided, That the Sum of one and twenty thou- ' fand Pounds, therein mentioned, fhould be paid to and amongft the feveral Perfons, who were Purcha- ' fers of any Eftate of Inheritance, of any of the forfeited Lands or Eftates in Ireland, under the Grantees ' thereof, who Ihould prove the aftual Payment of their Purchafe-money, before the Truflees menti- ' oned in the faid Aft for Sale of the forfeited Eftates in Ireland, on or before the tenth Day ol Auguft one ' thoufand feven hundred, to be divided amongft fuch Purchafers, in Proportion to the Sums by them re- ' fpeftively paid for their feveral Purchafes : And whereas in pursuance of the faid K&, feveral Perfons ' did, before the faid Truftees, pi^ove tlie a£tual Payment of the Sum of fifty-nine thoufand five hundred ' and two Pounds, for the Purchafes of the feveral Eftates of Inheritances to the feveral Grantees thereof ' (which faid Sum of one and twenty thoufand Pounds, Part;, of the faid Purchafe-money, was by the ' faid Aft charged on the Lands fo purchafed refpeftively) according to the Direftions of the faid Aft : ' And whereas no confiderable Part, if any, of the faid Sum of one and twenty thoufand Pounds, hath ' been as yet paid to the faid Purchafers : And whereas it may very much conduce to the Strengthening ' and Prefervation of the Proteftant Intereft in Ireland., to continue the faid Purchalers in the PolTeflion of ' the refpeftive Lands by them refpeftively purchafed, and that fome further Relief may be given the ' faid Purchafers ;' May it pleafe your Majefty (at the moft humble Suit of the faid Purchafers) that it may be enafted, £3°f. " Perfons who purchafed Eftates under the Grantees, Isc. fhall enjoy the fame, paying 13 Years Pur- " chafe for an Eftate of Inheritance, and 6 Years and a half for an Eftate for Life, i^c. according to the " Rents, Anno 1701. Quit Rents, I3c. dedufted. Purchafers of Eftates of Inheritance, to have a Dif- " count, iJc. on Payment of the Surplus, ^c. In Default of paying Remainder of Purchafe-money, " Truftees may fell the Lands, iSc." VII. And to the End that none of the faid purchafed Premifles may ever defcend or come to any Pa- pift or Papifts, or Perfons profeffing the Popifh Religion, but that the fame fhall defcend and come, and remain to be held and enjoyed by Proteftants, for the ftrengthening and fupporting of the £';?^/z/^ Intereft, Pel fori educated and the Proteftant Religion in Ireland; Be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any Perfon edu- wi the Popifli cated in the Popifli Religion, or profeffing the fame, and being under the Age of eighteen Years, fhall noVwkhi/uie "°'5 within fix Months after he or fhe Ihall attain the Age aforefaid, take the Oaths of Allegiance and Oaths, &c. Supremacy, and alfo fubfcribe the Declaration fet down and'expreft in an Aft of Parliament made in the 3oCar.2,flat.2. thirtieth Year of the Reign of the late King Charles the Second, intituled, An Ad for the more effeSlual _^ preferving the King's Perfon and Government, by dijablnig Papifts from fitting in either Houfi of Parliament, to ' be by him or her made, repeated, and fubfcribed in the (Zourts oi Chancery, or King's Bench, in England or Ireland, or Quarter- Seffions in any County in England or Ireland, where fuch Perfon fhall reftde (which faid Oaths and Declaration the faid Courts and Q_uarter-Seflions are feverally hereby impowered and cont'inuing '^^ adminifter) gnd continue to be a Proteftant after the taking the faid Oaths and Declaration aforefaid, Proteftant after- every fuch Perfon fhall, in refpeft of him or herfelf only, and not to or in refpeft of his or her Heirs or wards, _ Pofterity, be difabled, and is hereby made incapable to inherit or take by Defcent, Devife, or Limitation, jncapable of in- .^ Poffeffion, Reverfion, or Remainder, any of the Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, or Premifles Lands" &c"^ aforefaid, or any Rent or Profit iffuing out of the fame, or any Part thereof ; and that during the Life of ' " fuch Perfon, or until he or fhe fhall take the faid Oaths, and make, repeat, and fubfcribe the faid Decla- tutthey fliallgo ration in Manner aforefaid, the next of his or her Kindred, v/ho fhall be a Proteftant, fhall have and en- to the next of joy the faid PremifTes, without being accountable for the Profits by him or her received, during fuch En- ^'"'J^"^ joyment as aforefaid. f roteitant, &c. y^jj_ ^^^ it is further enafted, That every fuch Papift, or Perfon making' Profeffion of the Popi/h Papift, &c. made j^gljgion, fhall be difabled, and is hereby made incapalsle to purchafe, either in his or her own Name, ch"e V°he"'^ °'' '" ^'^ Name of any other Perfon or Perfons, to his or her own Ufe, or in Truft for him or her, any J-ands aforefajd. of ^^ Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, or PremilTes aforefaid, or any Rents, Profits, Terms, or Interefts in or out of the fame ; and that all and fmgular Eftates, Terms, and any other Interefts and Profits v/hatfoever, in or out of the PremilTes, and all Conveyances and Declarations of Truft concerning the fame, which ihall be made, fuffered, or done, to or for the Ufe, Benefit, and Behoof of any fuch Ferfon, fhall be utterly void and of none Effeft, to all Intents, Purpofes, and Conftruftions whatfoever. jr.eafes, &c. to be IX. And it is hereby further enatled, That all Leafes for Life or Lives, or for any Term of Years, niadeoniyto or othcrwife, which fhall at any Time hereafter be made of any the Lands, Tenements or Heredita- I'TOLeftsBis, &.-C. nients hereby direfted to be conveyed by the faid Truftees as is aforefaid, fhall be made to fuch Perfons only as are of the Proteftant Religion, and to none other.- And if any Leafe for Life or Lives, or for Years, or otherwife, fliall at any Time hereaf.er be made of any the Lands, Tenements or Heredita- ments aforefaid, to or in Trufc i"or any Papift ; or if any Leafe of any fuch Lands, Tenements or He- reditarnents fliall be made to a Proteftant, and the fame fiiall afterwards be aflii^ned to or in Truft for any I Papift i A