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 410 C. 15. Anno odavo Ann^ Remnas. A.;D. 1709 Determination of the faid rofpeftive Leafes, in the fame Manner as thfey might have 'done, if:fuch Leafe'- or Jjcafes had not been ended or determined. > VII. Provided, That fuch Diftrefs be made within the Space of fix Kalendar Months after the Deter- Months after the miiiation ot iiich Leafe, and during the Continuance of fuch Landlord's Title or Litereft, and during the End of the Leafe, Pofl'eflion of the Tenant from whom fuch Arrears became due. and during the Landlord's Title and Tenant's Pofleflion. 'Diftrefs to. be within fix VIIL Provided always, and it is hereby enacSed and declared by the Authority aforcfaid. That nothing in this Aft contained fhall extend, or be conftrued to extend, to let, hinder or prejudice her Majefty, Her Heirs or SuccelTors, in the levying, recovering or feizing any Debts, Fines, Penalties or Forfeitures, that are or fliall be due, payable or anfwcrable toher Majefty, her Heirs or Succeffors ; but that it fliall and m'ay be lawful for her Majefty, her Heirs and Succeflbrs, to levy, recover, and feize fuch Debts, Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures, in the fame Manner as if this Act had never iseen, .made ; any Thing in this Aft contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. This Afl (TijU ,not hinder the Qneen, &c. to levy, &c. any Pebts, Fines,&c, due to the Crown. See ^ Geo. a- (T. 28. ^and IT ,Ge!)^ z, c» ig. co^tt^iniug farther Fronjijions concerning Difirejfcs, CAP. XV. An A<5t for explaining and enlarging an AGi of the fixth Year of her Majefly's Reign, intituled, An A£f for the Security of her Majejly's Perfon and Government. .6Ann»,.c. 14. ' ^X7 HEREAS by an Aft made in the fixth Year of her prefent Majefty's Reign, intituled, An A<1 y V fo^ if-'s better Security of ])er Majejiy's Perfon and Government, it is amongft- other Things enafted. That all Officers, Civil and Military, in that Part of the K.mgAom oi Great Britain czWed Scotland, who were obliged and required to take in Scotland an Oath, called the Oath of Allegiance and AfTu- rance, before the Privy Council there, fhould-be obliged, on or before the twentieth Day of April one thoufand feven hundred and eight, to take and fubfcribe the Oath by the faid Aft appointed, before the Privy Council while it fliould continue, and after the Determination thereof before and in the Court of Seffion, or the Court of Jufticiary, or the Court of Exchequer there ; and that all others then in any of the Affairs aforefaid, who in Refpeft thereof had ufed and been obliged to take the faid Oath of Allegi- ance and Aflurance in any other Court and Place, fbould be obliged to take and fubfcribe the fame at the next Quarter-SefTions of the Peace that fhould be held for any County or Place in which any fuch Officer {hould be refident or abiding ; and that all and every Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, who Ihould after be admitted into any Office, Civil or Military, within that Part of G?-eat Britain called Scotland, fhould, within three Months after his Admittance into any fuch Office, be obliged to take the Oath ap- pointed by the faid Afts in the refpeftive Courts above mentioned, according to the Diftinftion therein and above mentioned, for Perfons then in Office : And whereas feveral Perfons bearing fuch Offices, and who were likewife Members of Parliament, or otherwife neceffarily abfent, were at the Time of making the faid Aft, detained in England, by their Service in Parliament, and upon other publick and important Occafions, fo that they were rendered incapable of repairing to the Courts aforefaid, within the Time in the faid Aft direfted ; And whereas it may happen, that Perfons provided to Offices in Scotland, may, for attending the publick Service, or for other important Caufes, be detained in England, and thereby cannot take the Oaths in Scotland, within the Time required by the Laws :' For Remedy whereof, Be it enafted by the Queen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by Au- Any Officer e!- thority of the fame. That if any Perfon or Perfons that- have been, or are in any Office, Civil or Military ther Civil or Mi- in Scotland zfoTtizid, fhall, on or before the eight and twentieth Day oijtine one thoufand feven hundred litary, in Scot- and ten, take and fubfcribe the Oath of Abjuration the aforecited A£f mentioned, and fhall alfo_take land, may before and fubfcribe the Oath of Allegiance, and fubfcribe the Affurance in the Words following, viz. ^8 June 1710, tafce and fubfcribe the Oath of Abjuration, &c. and likewife fubfcribe the Affurance. A. B. do fincerely promife and fwear. That I will be faithful, and bear true Allegiance to her Majefty Queen Anne.',. ' So help me God. A. B. do in the Sincerity of my Heart, aflert, acknowledge, and declare. That her Majefty Queen _ Anne is the only lawful undoubted Sovereign of this Realm, as well de Jure, that is, of Right Qiieen, as de FaSio, that is, in the Pofleffion and Exercife of the Government : And therefore I do fincerely and ' fend her Majefty's Title and Government, againft the pretended Prince of /;5^//«, and his Adherents, ' and all other Enemies, who either by open or fecret Attempts, fliall difturb or difquiet her Majefty in ' the Poileffion and Exercife thereof.' In any of the And that either in her Majefty's Courts of Chanctry, keen's Bench, Cominon Pleas or Exchequer at JFeJI- Courtsof Weft- minjier-, the fame fhall be, to all Intents, Conftruftions, and Purpofes, as effeftual as if fuch Perfon or miniier. Perfons had taken the Oaths by the faid Aft appointed,^ within the Time, and at the Places therein men- -tioned, ». TT A 1 IL And I
 * faithfully promife and engage. That I will, with Heart and Hand, Life and Goods, maintain and de-