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 than where )c was ,5^12 C. 3— ?5. Arino.decimo An n.^ Reglns. .Av D. -1-7 i-r. or Place of Meeting hath been before fiich officiati'ngj duly certified and re'giftred or recorded according to 'u'lUScdi'^ the faid'Aft: And fuch Preacher or Teacher, fhall, if required, produce a Certificate of his h.ivintf fo Such^Tea.he'r. to qualified himfelf, under the Hand of the Cleric of the Peace for the County or Place where he fo qualtfiei f rodute a Ger- himfelf, which Certificate fuch Clerk of the Peace is hereby required to make; and fhall alfo before any tificate, &c. of Juftice of the Peace of fuch County or Place where he fhall fo officiate, make, and fubfcribe fuch Declara- his having qua- ^- jjnd take fuch Oaths as are mentioned in the faid A£f, if thereunto required. lified himfelf, ' ■' . Sec. and fliall if required make the Declaration, &c,, .. All Advocates, X. And belt further enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That on or before the fifteenth Day of Jufie &c. in Scotland, next, all Advocates, Writers to the Signet, Notaries Publick, and other Members of the College of Juf- fliail take the ^j^-p^ within that Part of her Majefty's Kingdom of Great Britain caMed ScotIa!2d, fliall be and are hereby ' f'e Ann^i"'"' obliged to take and fubfcribe .the Oath appointed by the Aft of the fixth Year of her Majefly's Reign, in- -.c!'i4. ""^' tituled. An Act for the better Security of her Majejiy's Perfon and Government, before the Lords of Seflion of Tarther Provifi- the aforefaid Part of her Majefty's Kingdom ; except fuch of the faid Perfons who have already taken the . ons relating fame : And if any of the Perfons aforefaid do or fliall neglefl or refufe to take and fubfcribe the faid Oath hereto, loAnns, gg aforefaid, fuch Perfon fhall be ipfo faSio^ adjudged incapable, and difabled in Law to have, enjoy, or ex' •Rcfufing,*&c. ercife in any Manner his faid Imployment or Pradtice. . ihall be judged uncapable to exercife his Imployment, None fliall be XL And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That in all time coming, no Perfon or Perfons , admuted to the fljall be admitted to the Imployment of Advocate, Writer to the Signet, Notary Publick, or any Office Advo'iSe^ Ac", belonging to the faid College of Juftice, until he or they have taken and fubfcribed the aforelaid Oath till he hath ta- ill. Manner iis is above direfted. ken the faid ,'^ r A P TTT ' Oath. See -, t^ -A 1". 111. ' ''^* J Acl for charging and continuing the Duties upon Malt, ?./[uni. Cyder, and Perry, for the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and twelve : And for applying Part of the Coinage Duties to pay the Deficiency of the Value of Plate coined ; and to pay for the recoining the old Money in Scotland, E XP. CAP. IV. An Aft for fettling the Precedence of the moft Excellent Princefs Soph/a, Eleflrefs and. Dutchefs . Dowager of Hanover, of the Ele6tor her Son, and of the Eltftoral Prince the Duke of ■ Cambridge. 'HEREAS by the Laws and Statutes of this Realm, the Imperial Crown and Dignity of the K.mgdoms of Great Britain, France, ind Ireland, and the Dominions thereunto belonging, after •' the Demife and Death of your Majefty, our moft gracious Sovereign, whom God long preferve in Health ■' and Profperity, for the Happinefs and Good of your Subjefts., and in Default of Ifl'ue of your Majefty's " Body, is limited to the moft Excellent Princefs Sophia, Eledfrofs and Dutchefs Dowager of Hanover, ••' Grand-daughter of the lace King James the Firfl:, and. the Keirs of her Body, being Proteftants ; and -' your Majefty having, out of your great Affeflion and Regard to the faid moft Excellent Princefs i'a/i/'/^, .' Elcfirefs and Dutchef? Dowager of Hanover, and the Heirs of her Body, being Proteftants, fignified your ' Royal Pleafure to the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament aflembled, to have their Precedence ■' fettled by AiTr of Parliament, in Manner as herein after is mentioned:' We your Maj.efty's moft dutiful •and loyal Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament aflembled, do moft After the IfTue humbly bcfeech your Majefty, that it may be -enabled ; and therefore be it enafted by the Qiieen's moft rifthe Qil^l'^ Excellenj: Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com- r 'so' hi/'tl"e nions, in this prelent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That after the Royal llTue EleaorofBrunf-'Of your Majefty's Body, the faid moft -Excellent Princefs Sophia, Eleftrefs and Dutchefs Dowager of Ha- vick, the Uec- nover, the moft Serene Eleftor -of Bnin/vjick Liinenltirgh, her Son and Heir Apparent, the moft Noble ^ayiVaii^.,^vii Q^r,-)rgc AuguJius,YAz&.Qri Princeof ^r7«flu?r, and Duke of Cambridge, only Son of the faid moft Serene Elec- ii-ants, to have Peers of thefe Realms,; any Law, Statute, or Cuftom whatfoever to the contrary notv/ithftanding.
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 J .HifhopofCin- »^ i-i. r. V. . pterb.ury^ &c. An A<!1: to repeal tlis A6t of the feventh Year of Iier Majefly's P.eign, intituled, An AEl far Tiatufdlizing Foreign Protefiants (except what relates to the Children of her Majefty's nacural- ^born Subjeds born out of her Majeity's Allegiance.) ^AunKjC.^. * "^X 7 HEREAS an Aft of Parliament was made and pafled In the feventh Year of her Majefty's therefore enadied by the Qijeen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual
 * VV Reign, intituled. An Aci far naturali%ing Foreign Protflanti : And whereas divers Mifchiefs and
 * Inconveniencies have been found by Experience to follow from the fame, to the Difcouragement of the
 * natural-born Subjcfts of this Kingdom, and to the Ditiiment of the Trade and Wealth thereof;' Beit