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 A. D. 1707. Anno fcltto Annje Regmae. C. 7. , 279- {hop of Cantn-kiry, and the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper of the Great Sea] of Great Britain^ co'i fealed up ; and after they are fo tranfmitted, ihall be put into feveral Covers, which fhall be feverally and f?vfral!>r fealed up with three feveral Seals of fuch Refident, and of the Archbifliop of Canterbury, and of the Lord ^^^'^ upand" - Chancellor or Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Great Britain; and one of them, after it is fo fealed up^ ^fp^'"-i-<'> '*'<=. ihall be lodged and depofited in the Hands of fuch Refident, one other of theni in the Hands of the faid Archbiihop of Canterbury, and one other of them in the Hands of the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Great Britain : And that if the next SuccefTor fhall be minded to revoke or alter her or his Nomination or Appointment made as aforcfaid, and fhall by three Writings of the fame Tenor, un- der her or his Hand and Seal, require the faid Inftruments depofited as aforefaid, to be delivered up to- fome Perfon or Perfons thereby authorized to receive the fame ; then and in fuch Cafe the faid Perfons with whom the faid Inftruments fhall be depofited, and every of them, and in cafe of any of their Deaths,- their Executors or Adminiftrators refpeitively, and every other Perfon in whofe Cuftody any of the faid Inftruments fhall happen to be, lliall deliver up the faid Inftruments accordingly; and they are hereby re- fpeitively authorized and required fo to do : And if any of the faid Perfons with whom the faid Inftru- ments fliall be fo depofited ftiall happen to die^ or be removed from their refpedtive Offices or Imploy- ments, during the Life of her prefent Majefty, fuch Perfon and Perfons, and in cafe of any of their Deaths, their Executors or Adminiftrators refpecSively, and every other Perfon in whofe Cuftody any of the faid Inftruments ftiall happen to be, fliall, with all convenient Speed, deliver fuch of them as fhall be in his- or their Cuftody, to the Succeflbr or Succeffors of the Perfon fo dying or removed as aforefaid ; which faid feveral Inftruments fo fealed up and depofited as aforefaid, fhall immediately after the Demife of her Majefty without Ifllie, be brought before the Privy Council, where the fame fhall be forthwith opened and read, and afterwards inrolled in the High Court of Chancery. XIV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That if any of the faid Perfons with whom Perfons opening the faid Inftruments fhall be depofited as aforefaid, or any of their Executors or Adminiftrators, or any ="y of the faid other Perfon in whofe Cuftody the fame fhall happen to be after the Deceafes of any of the faid Perfons, ■'"!^''"'"^"'^'^'^° fliall open any of the faid Inftruments, or fhall wilfully negleft or refufe to produce before the faid Privy munL! ^ '^' Council as aforefaid, fuch of the faid Inftruments as fhall be in his or their Cuftody as aforefaid, every fuch Perfon fo opening, neglefting or refufing, fliall incur the Pains and Penalties of a Pris?nunire infiiiled by 16 R. 2. c 5. the faid Statute of Pnsmunire. . XV. And be it further enadled by the Authority aforefaid. That if all the faid Inftruments depofited as Any one ot the- aforefaid, fhall not be produced before the faid Privy Council as aforefaid, then any one or more of the J"'*'^?'"'"." l°' faid Inftruments fo produced as aforefaid, fhall be as effeftual to give fuch Authority as aforefaid, to the ^"q^,^°j!ii^i^"' Perfons therein named, as if all of them had been produced as aforefaid : And if there be not any Nomi- be effcaual. nation by fuch Inftruments, then the faid feven Officers, or any five of them, are conftituted and ap- pointed to be Lords Juftices of Great Britain, and are hereby inverted with the Powers and Authorities mentioned in this A6t. XVI. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid', That any Nomination and Appointment Nomination of already made by the next Succeftbr, ftgnifled by fuch Inftruments depofited as aforefaid, purfuant to the [""""^ Juftjces faid former hSt for the better Security of her Majefty's Perfon and Government, and of the SuccefHon to jJady ""adr'to ' the Crown of England in the Proteftant Line, fhall be deemed and taken to be as eftedlual for conftituting be as effcaual ss and appointing the Perfons fo nominated Lords Juftices of England to be Lords Juftices of Great Britain, if appointed by to all Intents,. Conftru6tions and Purpofes, as if fuch Nomination and Appointment were inade purfuant 'l^'s Ati. to this Aft. XVII. Andbe it further enafted. That the faid Lords Juftices conftituted a3_ aforefaid, fhall "ot dif- ^^^''^^^^M'-j^^ folve the Parliam.ent continued and ordered to aiTemble and fit as aforefaid, without exprefs Direction "j"^ Pari'iamlnt from fuch fucceeding Queen or King ; and that the faid Lords Juftices fliall be, and are hereby reftrained without Direc- and difabled from giving the Royal AfTent in Parliament to any Bill or Bills for the repealing or altering tion, not aUer the Aft made in Engfand in th« thirteenth and fourteenth Years of the Reign of King Charles the Se- 13 & 14 Car. 2. cond, intituled, AnAH'for the Uniformity of pMick Prayers, andAdminifirationofSacrat?ients, and other '^' 'i- Rites, and Ceremonies ; and for efiablijhing the Form for making, ordaining, and confecratin^ Bijhops, Priejls, and I Deacons in the Church a/" England ; or the Aft made in Scotland in the laft Sefiion of Parliament there, in- °'^ Aa made i tituled, ASt for fecuring the Proteftant Religion, and Pre/byterian Church Government ; and all and every i the faid Lords Juftices concurring in giving the Royal Aflent to any Bill or Bills for repealing or altering the faid Afts, or either of them, fhall' be guilty of High Treafon, andfufFer and forfeit as in Cafes of ■ High Treafon. XVIII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Lords Juftices before they Lords Juftices ta, aft or intermeddle in their faid OfS.ces, or any of the Authorities hereby to them given, fliall take the "I'^'^jj^^^"?!^' ! Oaths mentioned in an Aft made in England in the firft Year of the Reign of their late Majefties King'g" ' ' ' William and Queen Mary, intituled, An Act for abrogating the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and appointing other Oaths ; and alfo the Oath herein after exprefied and enafted to be taken after the Demife ^ of her Majefty without Iffue of her Body ; which faid Oaths fhall be taken before the Privy Council ap- pointed to continue by Virtue of this A6t, who are hereby required and impowered to adminifter the fame; I and that alPthe Members of both H.oufes of Parhament, and every Member of the Privy Council, and all g, q^^_ ,_ ', Officers or Perfons in any Offices, Places, or Imployments Civil or Military, who are or fliall be by this fiat. j. c' 5.' f Aft continued as aforefaid, fhall take the faid Oaths, and do all other Afts requifite by the Laws and And by 1 Geo. ! Statutes of this Realm, to qualify themfelves to be and continue in fuch their refpeftive Places, Offices ^' ^'^j ^' <:■ -3- and Imployments, within fuch Tim.e, and in fuch Manner, and under fuch Pains, Penalties,, and Difa- q^"'^'' ^J^'l°,_ biHties, as they ftiould or ought to do, had they been newly elefted, appointed^ conftituted, or put into jng '"themieives'" fuch OiEces, Places, or Imployments in the ufual and ordinary Way, XiX, And anew.