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 422 C. 5. Anno nono Ann^E' Reginje. A. D. 1710. The Univerfities HI. Provided always. That nothing in this A'dl contained fliall extend, or be conftrued to extend t» mayeleaandte- gjjj^gj. gf the Univerfities in that Part oi Great Britain csWtA England, but that they, and each of them '"T merT*"" ^"^^ te.8ii and return Members to reprefent them in Parliament, as heretofore they have done ; any thing otmery. herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. Nonetobequa- ^^ • Provided always, and be it enafled by the Authority aforefaid. That no Perfon whatfoever fliall liBed by virtue of be conftrued to be qualified to fit in the Houfe of Commons, within the Meaning of this Aft, by virtue any Mortgage, of any Mortgage whatfoever, whereof the Equity of Redemption is in any other Perfon or Perfons, un- uniefs theMort- jgfg (-{^g Mortgagee fhall have been in Polleffion of the mortgaged Premiffes, for the Space of feven Years ^' Pn(remonft " before the Time of his Eleftion ; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. ven Years before the Eleftion., • .. Every Candidate, V. Provided always, and it is hereby enafled by the Authority aforefaid. That every Perfon (except as at the Requeft aforefaid) who from and after the Determination of this prefent Parliament, fliall appear as a Candidate, dfdatroro'f^two ° ^^^'' ^y himfelf or any others, be propofed to be elefted to ferve as a Member for the Houfe of of the' Voters, Commons, for any County, City, Borough, or Cinque Port in England, Wales, or Berwick upon Tweed, ftall take the fliall, and he is hereby enjoined and required, upon reafonable Requeft to him to be made (at the Time fuUowing Oath; of fuch Eleflion, or before the Day to be prefixed in the Writ of Summons for the Meeting of the Par- liament) by any other Perfon who fhall fland Candidate at fuch Eleftion, or by any two or more Per- fons having Right to vote at fuch Eleftion, take a Corporal Oath in the Form, or to the EfFeft following : The OathJ < X A. B. do fwear. That I truly and hona fide have fuch an Eflate in Law or Equity, to and for my J. own Ufe and Benefit, of or in Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments (over and above what will fatisfy and clear all Incumbrances that may afFeft the fame) of the annual Value of fix hundred Pounds, above Reprizes, as doth qualify me to be elefted and returned to ferve as a Member for the County of according to the Tenor and true Meaning -of the Aft of Parliament in that Behalf ; and that my faid Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, are lying or being within the Parifh, Townfhip, or Precinft of Or, in the feveral Parifhes, Town- fhips, or Precinfts of in the County of Or, in the feveral Counties of, (as the Cafe may be) • If the Candidate VI. And in cafe fuch Candidate or Perfon is to ferve for any City, Borough, or Cinque Port, then ^h^'o» hftau"^' the faid Oath fhall relate only to the faid Value of three hundred Pounds *^r yf^xawz, and be taken to lehte oni to the fame EfFeft, mutatis mutandis, as is hereby prefcribed for the Oath of a Perfon to ferve as a Member 300 1. per Ann. for fuch County as aforefaid. mutatis mutan- "J's- ■ Vn. And it is hereby enafted that the refpeftive Oaths aforefaid fhall and may be adminiftred by the The Oath to be SherifF, or Under Sheriff, for any fuch County as aforefaid, or by the Mayor, BailifF, or other Officer or ^h'"sh^dff'^&c' Officers for any City, Borough, or Port, to whom it fhall appertain to take the Poll, or make the Returit who (hdl within at fuch Eleftion for the fame County, Borough, or Port refpeftively, or by any two or more Juflices three Months af- of the Peace within £'w^/i?««?, Wales, and Berwick Mi^or. Tweed; and the faid SherifF, Mayor, BailifF, or ter the taking other Officers, and the faid Juflices of the Peace refpeftively, who fhall adminifter the faid Oaths, are thereof, certify hereby required to certify the taking thereof into her Majefty's High Court oi Chancery, oxtkiz^een's the 0^en"s° Bench, within three Months after the taking the fame, under the Pe^ialty of forfeiting the Sum of one Be'nchor"chan- hundred Pounds, to wit. One Moiety thereof to the Queen, and the other Moiety thereof to fuch Per- cery, or forfeit fon or Perfons as will fue for the fame, to be recovered with full Cofls of Suit by Aftion of Debt, Bill, 100 1. Plaint, or Information, in any of her Majefly's Courts of Record at Weftininjier ; and if any of the faid J. „. Candidates or Perfons propofed to be elefted as aforefaid, fhall wilfully refufe, upon reafonable Requefl Se^Ciw'er'the *° ^^ made at the Time of the Eleftion, or at any Time before the Day upon which fuch Parliament by othe^to h'm,^ the Writ of Summons is to meet, to take the Oath hereby required, then the Eleftion and Return of fuel; ' who will fue Candidate or Perfon fliall be void. &c. with Coits. Candidate reiufing to take the Oath, his Eleflion to be void. One Shilling on- VIIL And it is hereby enafted. That no Fee or Reward fhall be taken, for adminifliing any fuch Oath, lyforadmmi- qj. mak^jng, receiving, or filing the Certificate thereof, except one Shilling for adminiflring the Oath, as."for Certifi- ^""^ '^° Shillings for making the Certificate, and two Shillings for receiving and filing the fame, under cat'e, and z s. ' the Penalty of twenty Pounds, to be forfeited by the OfFender, and to be recovered and divided as for filing; Pe- aforefaid. naky 20 1. farther Provificns coKcermng Parliament, 10 Am, c. t It) Got, a. c, 28, 31 Gw. 2. c. 14. 33 G«,,a, f, 25,