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 A. D. 1 711. Anno declmo Ann^e Reglnse. C. 33. 595 ' mittance into any fuch Office, be obliged to take the Oath appointed by the faid Aft, in the refpeflive ' Courts above mentioned, according to the Diftinftion therein and above mentioned, for Perfons then in ' Office: And v^hereas many of the Minifters of the Eftablifhed Church, and Epifcopal Perfuafion in Scot- ' land, had not Notice of the Paffing of the faid Afc of this prcfent Seffion of Parliament, until after the ' laft Quarter Seflions of the Peace, and that there will be no other Quarter-Seffions of the Peace in Scotland ' before the fecond Day of Augiift next, whereby many of the faid Minifters and Paftors are rendred incapable ' of taking the Oaths by the faid KQa required :' For Remedy whereof. Be it enafted by the Queen's moft Miniflfrs ;n_ Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com- f^e o"hs men! mens, i:i this prefent Parliament affembled, and by Authority of the fame, That if any Minifter or Mini- tioned in lo ll-eraof the Eftablifhed Church of Scotland, or any Perfon or Perfons who is or are Paftor or Paftors, Mi- Anns, c. 7. be- nifter or Minifters of an^y Epifcopal Congregation in Scotland, {hall, on or before the firft Day of'Novem- fore i Nov. 1712, her in the Year of our Lord one thoufand ieven hundred and twelve, take and fubfcribe the Oaths in the "lall teas eftec- Ai?c of this prefent Seffion of Parliament mentioned and fet forth, in fuch Manner as all Officers, Civil ^^^^ Aken them and Military, in Scotland, are obliged to take the Oaths recited in the faid Aft made in the fixth Year of uitivntheT-me Jier Majefl-y's Reign, the fame fhall be, to all Intents, Conftruftions and Purpofes, as efFedtual as if fuch appointed by that Minifter or Minifters, Paftor or Paftors, had taken the faid Oaths within the Time appointed by the A£l ^^• of this prefent Seffion of Parliament. ' firming of the Toleration granted to Protefiant Diffenters, by an ASl, intituled. An Aft for exempting their ' Majelties Proteftant Subjefts, diffenting from the Church of England, from the Penalties of certain Laws; ' is enafled, That all Advocates, Writers to the Signet, Notaries Publick, and other Members of the Col- ' made Anno fexto Regl'^.a, intituled. An ASi for the better Security of her Majefty s Perfon and Government ; 6 Ann:e, c, 14. ' whereas the Court of Seffion in Scotland does not fit from the laft of February to the firft of June, a'lid ' that feveral of the Advocates, Writers to the Signet, Notaries Publick, and others. Members of the Col- ' lege of Juftice aforefaid, have, either by Reafon of Sicknefs, Indifpofition, or Abfence, been rendred in- A^uthority aforefaid. That if any Advocate, Writer to the Signet, Notary Publick, or any Member of the ■^'^thf ^a^e ''^* College of Juftice aforefaid, fhall, on or before the faid firft Day of iVo^;^OT^^r, take and fubfcribe the aforefaid Ann^, c. 14. Oath, either in her Majefty's Court of Seffion, Jufticiary, or Exchequer in Scotland, or at the Quarter-Sef- before' the raid fions there, for the City or County where fuch Perfon or Perfons inhabit or dwell, or in her Majefty's fifft Day of No- Court of Chancery, ^<eens Bench, Common Pleas, or Court of Exchequer at Wejlminjier, the fame fhall be, vember ftail be^ to all Intents and Purpofes, as cffeflual, as if fuch Advocate, Writer to the Signet, Notary Publick, or j^^^''ff'^j"^'j^^^" other Member of the College of Juftice, had taken the fame within the Tiine, and in the Manner ap- the fame, Is ap. pointed by the aforefaid Aft; any thing therein contained to the contrary notwithftanding, pointed by the recited Aft. CAP. XXXIII. An Aft for the appointing the Circuit Courts in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, to be kept only once in the Year. 'HEREAS it has been found by Experience to be fufficient for the Admlnifiratiori of Juftice in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, that the Circuit Courts fhould be kept Only once in the ' Year;' Be it therefore enafted by the Queen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and (^cn- fent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by ■the Authority of the fame. That in all Time coming the faid Circuit Courts in Scotland 'k? be kept only .The Circuit -once in the Year, and that in the Months of April ox May at the feveral Places, and in Manner and Form Cijuusin Scot- as by Law eftabliflied ; and that in all Time coming, the Circuit Courts formerly appointed to be kept in '^"<' f" te kept the Month of 0(3(5^^r yearly, be fuperfeded and ceafe, excepting only when it fhall pleafe her Majefty or ^'"^"'^^^J^^.' her Succeffors, by a Proclamation to be iffued in the Month of July preceding, to order the faid Circuit cgu^t in GOober Courts for the Oiiober following to be kept at all or any of the Places mentioned in an Aft of Parliament of ftaiircafe, except Scotland, pafled in the third Seffion of the fecond Parliament of King Charles the Second, in which Cafe, v.hcn-heCro-.vn and not otherwife, the faid QBoher Circuit fnall that Y ar be kept upon the Days and at the Places fo ap- ^'' J^'pc'^m^'ion pointed by the Proclamation, and in the ufual Form of Law. ■ be'kep't"^ '° 4 G 2 CAP.
 * that all and every Perfon orPerfons v/hatfoever, who {hould after be admitted into any Office, Civil or
 * Military, within that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, fhould, within three Months after his Ad-
 * IL And whereas by another Aft made in this prefent Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An ASi for pre- 10 Anns, c.2.
 * ■ ferving the ProUflant Religion, by better feciiring the Church »/" England as by Law ejlablifijed, and for can-
 * and for ff.pplying the Defers thereof; and for the farther fee urittg the Proteftant Succejfion, by requiring the
 * Praiiifers of the Lavj in North Britain to take the Oaths, and fubjcribe the Declaration therein mentioned; It
 * lege of Juftice, within that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, fhall be obliged, on or before the fif^
 * teenth Day of June, to take and fubfcribe before the Lords of Seffion, the Oath appointed by an Aft
 * and in cafe of their Neglefl or Refufal to take and fubfcribe the faid Oaths, as aforefaid, fuch Perfon
 * fhall be ipfo faSio incapable and difabled in Law to have, enjoy or exercife his faid Employment : And
 * capable of taking the Oath by the faid Afi required :' For Remedy whereof. Be it further enafted by the Advocates, &c.