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 A. D. r7H« Anno deeimo A N N ^ Reginasi C. i, 2. 51X '■ cember 17 1 1. * being the fecondSeffion of this prefent Parliament. cord is added,'." And further continued by Adjournments till the eighth Day of Juty in the eleventh Year of her Majcfty's Reiga*:- C A P. I. An A61 for granting an Aid to her Majefty, to be raifed by a Land Tax in Great 'Britain, for the Service of-^ the Year one thoufand feven hundred and twelve. EXP. [45. in the Pound.]: G A P. II. Aft Act for preferving the Pi-oteftant Religion, by. better fecuring the Church of E«^/l3«^,' as---, by Law eftablifhed ; and for confirming the Toleration granted to Proteftant Diffenters by an Ad, intituled. An A5i for exempting their Majejlies ProUJiantSu^jeSlsy dijjeniing from the Church of England, from the PenaUies of certain Laws, and for fupplying the Defeds there- of; and for the further fecuring the Proteftant Succeffion, by requiring the Pradticers of the Law in North Briton to take the Oaths, and fubfcribe the Declaration, therein men- tioned.. ' TT ZHEREAS an Ad was made in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of the late King Charles the 13Car.B-.-ft*' ' VV Second, intuled. An A£l for the well governing and regulating of Corporations ; and another Adt was »•<:• »•■ ' made in the five and twentieth Year of the. Reign of the faid late King Charles the Second, intituled, 15 Car. a. c s<^. ' An Ail for the preventing Dangers which may happen from Popijh Recufants; both which Ads were made ' ■for.the,Security-of th©-Church oi -England, as by Law eftablifhed : Now for the. better feeuring the faid This Aafe- ' Church, and quieting the Minds of her Majefty's Proteftant Subjeds diffenting from tha Church of Eng- ?","e,a^ ,. ' land, and rendring them fecure in theExercife of their Religious Worfliip, as alfo for the further ftrength- £,"^"060 i.""' ' -ening the Provifion already made for the Security of .the, SuccefTion to the Crown in the Houfe of Ha- J ^ ^ i, ] ' nover;', Be it enaded, ^c.-. " A(te,r- 2^ March 1712.- If any Oifficer, civilor military, ^c'. who receives any Salary, &'c. or if any" " Magiftrate of a Corporation, ^c. who by the Acts of 13 & 25 Car. 2. are obliged to receive the Sacra-^ - " ment, fhall after their. Admiflion into their Office, and during their Office, and during their Continu- "■ ance in it, be prefent at any Conventicle, i^c. fuch Perfon fhall forfeit 40/. to be recovered by the Rro- " fecutor. Every Perfon fo convifted, ftiall be difabled to hold his Office, ^c. and incapable of any Im-  ployment r _ England^ .&c. Perfon, after Convidion, conforming to the Church ox' England, for one " Year, i^c. fliall be capable of the Grant of any Office. Every fuch Perfon to make Oath the next . " Term after Admiffion into any Office, or at the Quarter-Seffion, yc. that he hath- conformed, Js"!:. Oath . " vacate any Office of Inheritance, fo as a fufficient Deputy be appointed to execute it. RE P." Vll. And It IS hereby further. enaSed and declared by the Authority aforefaid^ That the Toleration The To!erstion--i granted to the Proteftant Diffenters, by the KSs. made in. the firft Year of the Reign of King William I^^dj^^^^^s*' and Queen Mary, intituled. An A£i for exempting their Aiajejlies Prote/lant SubjeSfs^ diffenting from ^/^^ by"i w. «-"m" Church of ^n^znA, from tl}e Penalties of certaiji Laws, fhall be,, and is hereby ratified and confirmed, and /r. 3,0.18. cor.- that the fame Adl fhall at -all Times be inviolably obferved for the exempting of fuch Proteftant Difl'enters firmed, as are thereby intended, from tbje Pains and Penalties therein mentioned. If any Diflenterj- ' V.III. And for the rendring the faid laft-mentioned A8i more effeiSlual, according to the truelntent and (not '" Holy ■ ' Meaning thereof;' Be it further enaded and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That if -anyPerfon dif- Orders, &c.) fenting from the Church oi England, (not in Holy Orders, or pretended Holy Orders, or pretending to™^^°^™j"Jji.jj^j^^, ' Holy Orders, nor ^ny Preacher or Teacher of any Congregation) who fhould have been intitled to the the Benefit of Benefit of the faid laft-mentioned A(£V, if fuch Perfon had duly taken, made, and fubfcribed the Oaths and that Aft, if he Declaration, or otherwife qualified him or herfelf, as required by the faid A£t, and new is or fhall be pro-.^<' taken tha, fecuted upon or by virtue of any of' the penal Statutes, from which proteftant Diflenters are exempted by-^"!" ^'"^" the faid Ad, fhall at any Time during fuch Profecution, take,, make, and fubfcribe the faid Oaths and.De- ^^^^^ InonVnv claration.^ or being of the People called .^7<<3i«rj,. fhall make and fubfcribe the aforefaid Declaration, and-penal Statute, alfo the Declaration of Fidelity, and fubfcribe the Profeflion of their Chriftian Belief, according to the faid &c. fliali during, - Ad, or before any two of her Majefty's Juftices of the Peace (who are hereby required to take and return ^^'"^^ Profecutiora. the fame to the next Quarter-Seffions of the Peace, to be there recorded) fuch Perfon fhall be, and is here- '/'"^ *-f P^''^'*. by entitled to the Benefit of the faid Ad, as fully and effediially as if fuch Perfon had duly qualified *';k"^"fl^ himfelf within the Time prefcribed by the faid Ad, and fliall be thenceforth exempted and difcharged.rrfaketheDeda?,. from all the Penalties and Forfeitures incurred by Force of any the aforefaid penal Statutes. ratio.n, &c. he ' IX. And whereas it is or may be doubted v/hether a Preacher or Teacher of any Congregation- of dif- ''^a'l be entitlsd • ■ ' fenting Proteftants, duly in all refpeds qualified according to the faid Ad, be allowed by virtue of the.'°'^.^'^!J^^J'^ - ' faid Ad, to officiate in any Congregation in any County, other- than that in which he fo qualified''!^". J. . ■" ' ^ ' himfelf, although, in a. Congregation or Place of Meeting duly certifijd and regiftred as is required by the Te?dx-r'^"'ifar- - fo duly, qualified according to the faid Ad fhall be and is hereby allowed to officiate inarty Congregation, thcr«idAa.„niay,, although the fame be not in the.County whejein. he was fo qualified; provide .that the iaid. Co»eregatieh,'°'''-"^'5*«'n any j^' ■ ■ ■ ^ ' j,j.oth£.-Cfl-tfnty ...
 * this prefent Parliament. And from thence continued by feveral Prorogations, to the feventh Day of De~, , j^ ^^^ ^.._
 * '• to be made of the Offence within 10 Days, and Profecution within 3 Months, i^c. This A6t (hall not ,
 * ■ faid Ad;' Be it declared and, enaded by the Authority aforei'aid. That anyfuchPreacher* or .Teachsr,/icd" according 'to';