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 A.D.I 709' Anno odfava AisiNiE Reginse. C. 16. 411: II. And be it further enafted by the Authority ' aforefaid. That in all Tirrre coming all and every pfi«rs in Scot- Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, who {hall be admitted into any Office, Civil or Military, within that o"fh3°^''^t*^ Part of Great Britain called Scotland, who by reafon of fuch Office are obliged to talce the Oaths before- ^vithin three "*' mentioned in Scotland, fhall vi'ithin three Months after his Admittance intoany fuch Office, take and Tub- M„nths after fcribe the C3aths, and fubfcribe the Affurance aforefaid, either in her Majefty's Courts of Seffion, Jufli- Admittance into- ciary, or Exchequer in Scotland, or at the Quarter-Seffions there, for the City or County where fuch Per- ^^^" Office;, _ Ion or Perfons inhabit or dwell, or in any other Court where the Oaths have ufually been admi- g"^^'J^ °^'J' °^ niftred in Scotland, or in her Majefty's Courts, of CAtfwCf^j, ^cen's Bench, Common Pleas, or Exchequer ' _ ' at Weftminfter. ., ^ III. And be it further enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Courts o'i ChiW.cery, ^teen's The Courts ar •Ptnch, Common Pleas, and Exchequer at Wejlmivjier, fhall, from time to tim.e, adminifter to fuch Per- VV.flminfter ro- fons as {hall tender themfelves to take and fubfcribe the aforefaid Oaths, and fubfcribe the faid AiTurance ^niiniflerthe for Offices, Civil and Military, and in the fame Manner that other Oaths of the like Nature have' been p.^ifons o°ffe!ing' in Ufe to be allured; and they fliall give to all and every Perfon or Perfons taking the Oaths as. to ta^j ii,f„, aforefaid, a Certificate of their having taken the fame, for which there fhall be paid a Sum noc exceeding and to give a Cer- two Shillings. _ ««"" thereof.- IV. And be it further enafted, That all and every Perfon who fhall be employed in any Office, officers in Scot- Civil or Military, within that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, and who, by virtue of thi^ prefent l2"<^' ^q '""' Aft, takes the Oaths before and in the Courts of Chancery, ^teen's Bench, Common PleaSy or Exchcqtier ^^^ ^^^^^.^^^J ^ at Wejhninjler, fhall be obliged to tranfmit, within the Space of three Months, to the Co^irts of Seffion ^^^ tranfmit ' of Jufliciary, or Exchequer Scotland, or to any the principal Clerks of Seffion, the principal Clerk of the Certificate Jufliciary, or the Queen's Remembrancer in the Court of Exchequer, the Certificate they fliall receive in to the Courts of Manner above-mentioned ; where the faid Certificate Ihall be kept, and to which all Perfons fhall have ^'^"'j'"' ^'^v'" freeAccefs, without Fee or Rev/ard. th°eVMon"hs."" V. Provided always. That every fuch Perfon or Perfons who fhall neglecJt or refufe to take and fub- perfons negiea- fcribe the Oaths, and fubfcribe the Aflurance aforefaid, either in her Majefty's Court of Chancery, ^lesns ing or refufing Bench, Common Pleas, or Exchequer at IVeJbninJier, or in the proper Courts in Scotland, and fhall after to take the fuch refufal or Negledl execute any Office, for and in refpeft of which the Oaths and Affurance afore- p^ths, &c. niaSr faid ought to be taken and fubfcribed, fliall incur the Penalties, Difabilities and forfeitures in the faid t"es"in the Aa." Aft mentioned. 8 Anna;, c 14. VI. Provided alfo, that every fuch Perfon or Perfons, who having taken and fubfcribed the Oaths, and Taking the fubfcribed the AfTurance aforefaid, in her Majefly's Courts of Chancery, ^leens Bench, Common Pleas, or Oa hs, &c. and- Exchequer at Wejhninjler, fliall, within the Space of three Months, negleft to tranfmit the Certificate given -■'=El='a'ng^to by the faid Courts in Manner above mentioned, fhall forfeit his Office, and alfo the Sum of one hundred Certificate fhall Pounds, to be recovered by fucb Perfon or Perfons as fhall fue for the fame,, by fummar Procefs in the forfeit his Office,. faid Court of SefEon.^ and 100 1. to any who will fue for it-in the Court of Sefl'iun; .VII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fliall and may be lawful for any Officer in Scot- Perfon or Perfons, that is or fhall be employed in any Office or Offices in Scotland aforefaid, to take the land may take Oath de Fidcli, or Oaths for the due Execution of his or their Office or Offices, before one of the Judges j^^- ?.^!r'' ^^l^' of England ; and that fuch Oath or Oaths fo taken, fliall to all Intents, Conftruftions and Purpoi'es, be of t'he"^ fudges of- as efFeftual as if fuch Oath or Oaths had been taken before any Judge or Judges of either of her Majefty's England. Courts in Scotland aforefaid, or otherwife howfoever. ' VIII. And whereas Henry Neivton Doftor of Laws, her Majefty's Envoy extraordinary to the Great Clanfe for allow- Be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That in cafe the faid Henry Newton fhall receive the Sacrament Months after hia- of the Lord's Supper within three Months after his Return from beyond the Seas, and fhall take the Oaths, Return to "Eng- and make the Declaration and Subfcriptions required by Law, in one of her Majefty's Courts of Record '=>"< '° "^ ^^^ iXWefminfter the next Term, or at the next Quarter-Seffions held for the County of Middlejex, after the^ ^sl'catlwinc's feid three Months, the fame fhall be good and available to the faid Henry Nezvton, to all Intents, Con- jjofpita!. ftruftions, and Purpofes whatfoever ; and the faid Henry Neivton fhall be deemed to have qualified him- felf as fully and effeftuallyas if^ he had taken the faid Oaths, and made the faid Declaration and Sub- fcriptions within the precife Time required by Law; any Law or Statute to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. CAP. XVI. An Aft for difcharging the Attendance of Noblemen, Barons, and Freeholders, upon the Lords of Jufticiary in their Circuits, in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, and for abolifhing the Method of exhibiting criminal Informations by the porteous Roil. ' "^TT HERE AS fince the Union of the two Kingdoms, the Attendance of Noblemen, Barons, and ' VV. Freholders, in that Part of Great Britain cnUed Scotland, upon the Lords of Jufticiary in their Circuits, in the Manner the fame was heretofore ufed, is now become burthenfome and unnecefTary •' Be it therefore enafted by the Queen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of G g g 2 the