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 A. D. 1705. Anno quarto Ann.e Reginse. C. 9, 12. 197 Lords Juftices before they a6l to take the Oaths, Ufc, and alfo all Perfons in OfHces, &c. Lords Ju- ftices to be deemed as Officers in Truft. The SuccefTor may ufe any Seal before her or his Arrival in '^ * >3 W. 3. England, Parliament called by Lords Juftices, not to be diflolved by Arrival of Succefibr. '• *■ ' his late Majefty King William the Third, of glorious Memory, intituled, Jn ^ci for the further Li- ' mitation of the Croivn, and better fecuring the Rights and Liberties of the Subjeif; it was amongft other ' Things enacled, in the Words following. That from and after the Time that the further Limitation by ' this AiSt {hall take effeifi:, all Matters and Things relating to the well Government of this Kingdom, ' tranfadled there, and ail Refolutions taken thereupon, fhall be figned by fuch of the Privy Council, as ' fhall advife and confent to the fame;' Be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid recited Claufcs repealed. Claufe fliall be, and the fame is hereby annulled and repealed, as if the fame Act had never been made. ' XXV. And whereas alfo in the faid A£. it was amongft other Things enafted in the Words follow- ' ing. That no Perfon who has an Office or Place of Profit under the King, or receives a Penfion from ' the Crown, fhall be capable of ferving as a Member of the Houfe of Commons ; and it appearing rea- faid, That the faid lafl recited Claufe fhall be, and is hereby annulled and repealed, as if the fame Aft had never been made. " Perfons in new Offices difabled from being elefted Members of the Houfe of Commons. Members ac- " ccpting of any Office of Profit, their Eleftion void. But may be again elefted. No Office to be exe- '* cuted by too great a Number of Commiffioners. Not to extend to Officers in the Navy or Array. [This Statute is re-enafted 6 Annae, c, 7. and therefore is omitted here.] CAP. IX. An Aft for repairing the Highways between Barnhill and Hatton Heath in the County of Chefter. EXP. C A P. X. An Aft for the better recruiting her Majefty's Army and Marines. EXP. C A P. XI. An Aft for continuing an Aft made in the Seffion held in the third and fourth Years of her Majefty's Reign, intituled, Aji Ali for punijhing Mutiny and Defer'tion, and falfe Mufters-, and for the better Pay - ment of the Army aiid Quarters. EXP. CAP. XII. An Aft for laying further Duties on Low Wines, and for preventing the Damage to her Ma- jefty's Revenue by Importation of foreign cut Whalebone, and for making fome Provifions as to the Stamp Duties, and the Duties on Births, Burials, and Marriages, and the Salt Du- ties, and touching Million Lottery Tickets, and for enabling her Majefty to difpofe the Effedts of WtlUam Kidd, a notorious Pirate, to the Ufe of Greenwich Hofpital, and for ap- propriating the publick Monies granted in this Seffion of Parliament. MA Y it pleafe your mofl Excellent Majefly, Whereas by an Aft of Parliament made in the twelfth 12& 13 w. 3: Year of the Reign of your Majefty's late Royal Brother King William the 7'hird, of glorious c. 11, Memory, f intituled, Jn A£i for granting to his Majefty fever al Duties upon Low Wines-, or Spirits of the firfl Extraction, and continuing feveral additional Duties upon Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, Spices, and Figures, and certain Impofitions upon Hawkers, Pedlars, and Petty Chapmen, and the Duty of fifteen per Centum upon Mufiins, and for improving the Duties upon japanned and lacquered Goods, and for continuing the Coinage Duty for the feveral Terms andPurpofes therein mentioned) certain Duties upon Low Wines, or Spirits of the firft Extraftion, were granted for a Term to continue until the five and tv/entieth Day oi March one thoufand feven hundred and fix ; and by another Aft made in the third Year of your Majefty's Reign, (intituled. An A^ for continuing Duties iibon Low Wiiies, and upon Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, Spices,, i^ ./^^ and Pictures, ai:d upon Hawkers, Pedlars, and Petty Chapmen, and upon Mufiins, and for granting new c. 4. ' Duties upon feveral of the faid Commodities, and alfo upon Callicoes, Chin-A IPare and Drugs) the faid Duties upon Low Wines, or Spirits of the iirft Extraftion, are continued from the twenty-fourth Day of March ona thox(2LnA feven hundred and fix, until the twenty-fourth Day of ^z/'V^ one thoufand ieven hundred and ten, as by the faid feveral Afts may appear:' Now we your Majefty's dutiful and loyal putiesonLow Subjefts, the Commons of England in Parliament aiTembled, have given and granted, and do by this Aft wines, &c. con- give and grant to your Majefty the feveral Duties herein after mentioned, over and above all Duties al- tinued, ready granted upon Low Wines or Spirits of the firft Extraftion ; and do humbly befeech your Majefty, fbat it may be enafted : And be it enafted by the Queen's moft Excellent r4ajefty, by and with the Ad- vice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Conmons, in' this prefciit Parliament aflem- blcd, and by the Authority of the fame, That all and every fuch or the like Duties for or upon all Low Wines
 * XXIV. And whereas in and by the faid Aft of Parliament made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of
 * which are properly cognizable in the Privy Council by the Laws and Cuftoms of this Realm, Ihall be
 * fonable that the faid recited Claufe fhould be repealed :' Be it therefore enacted by the Authority afore-
 * ' Pel fons difabled, and returned as Members, fuch Eleftion and Return to be void. Penalty on Sitting."