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 A. D. 1713* Anno duodecimo Ann ^ Regins. Stat. i. 6oi caufe to be done in Purfuance or in Execution of this A£l:, fuch Perfon or Perfons fo fued in any Court whatfoever, fball and may plead the genera! IfTue of not Guilty; and upon any liTue joined may give this AA and the fpecial Matter in Evidence ; and if in any fuch Suit the Plaintiff or Prol'ecutor fhall become nonfuit, or forbear Profecution, or fuffer a Difcontinuance, or if a Vcrdift fhall pafs againft him upon a Demurrer, then in any of the faid Cafes, the Defendant or Defendants fhall recover full Cofts, for which he or they (hall have the like Remedy as is allowed in any Cafe where Cofts are to be recovered by any for- mer Law. VII. And be it further enafled, That this A61 fhall be taken and allowed in all Courts within this King- Publick Afl. dom, as a publick A<St. jefly, her Heirs and SuccefTors, and with the Confent of three Parts of four of the Freeholders and others, ^otbe Queen who have Right of Common therein, according to their Number, and the Value of their refpeftive Eftates, "^th Confen t^^'* it fhall and may be lawful to inclofe any Part of the Wafte or Common Grounds of fuch Manors not ex- of the down ceeding fixty Acres, or a fixth Part of fuch Common Land where the faid fixth Part fhall not exceed fixty andfettledin' Acres ; and to fettle the fame in Truftees and their Heirs, for the charitable Purpofes aforementioned ; any Truftees for Law or Statute to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. '^' ^^'"* ^f"' C A P. V. An Aft to explain a Claufe in an Aft of the laft SelTion of Parliament, intituled, Jn AU, for the more effeSual preventing fraudulent Conveyances., in order to inultirly Votes for the ek^ing Knights of Shires to ferve in Parliament., as far as the fame relates to the Afcertaining the Value of Freeholds of forty Shillings -per Annum. WHEREAS l)y an ASt made in the lafl SeiTion of Parliament, intituled, yf« AB for the more ef- 10 Ann. c. 23. feSiiial preventing fraudulent Conveyances, in order to multiply Votes for eleiiing Knights for Shires to 18 Geo. a.ciS, ' ferve in Parliament, it is amongft other Things enadled. That from and after the firfl Day of May, which fhould be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and twelve^ no Perfon fhall vote for the Elefting of any Knight of a Shire within that Part of Great Britain called England, in Refpedl or in Right of any Lands or Tenements which have not been charged or afTefTed to the Publick Taxes, Church Rates, and Parifh Duties, in fuch Proportion as other Lands or Tenements of forty Shillings per Annum, within the fame Parifh or Townfhip, where the fame fhall lie or be, are ufually charged, under a Penalty ' ving Mefluages, Lands, Rents, Tithes, or other Hereditaments, are not thereby reftrained from voting ' at fucli Ele£tions, in Regard that fuch RielTuages, Lands, Rents, Tithes, or Hereditaments, have not ' them :' Now forafmuch as it was only intended thereby to afcertain the Value of Lands or Tenements, by making the Proportion paid to the publick Taxes, Church Rates, and Parifh Duties, or fuch of them, to which the fame were ufually charged or afTeffed, the Meafure of the Value thereof; and for the remov-, „ ing fuch Doubts, Be it enaded and declared by the Queen's mofl: Excellent Adajefty, by and with the Ad- 7o"A^n c iu •vice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament alTem- not tore ftVain' bled, and by the Authority of the fame, That the faid Aft, or any Thing therein contained, fhall not ex- anyPeribn from tend, .or be conftrued to reftrain any Perfon from voting in fuch Eleftion of any Knight of a Shire within voting in refpeit that the fame have not ufually been, or fliall not be charged or affeffed to all or any the publick Taxes, oftheirnotbe- Church Rates, and Parifh Duties, as mentioned in the above recited Aft, or'in Refpecl: or in Right of any '"? charged to other Mefluages or Lands not herein before fpecified, in Regard, or by Reafon that the fame have not been P"'"'^ Taxes, ufually charged or aflelfed to all and every the -publick Taxes, Church Rates, and' Parifh: Duties, afore- J^' ■. , ■ faid : -Provided, That fuch Mefluages or Lands have ufually been charged or afiefTed. to.fbme one or more },3".e'teen'ar/ of the faid publick Taxes, Rates or Duties, in fuch Proportion as other MeiTuages or Lands of forty feffed as other Shillings per Annum, within the- fame Parifh or Townfhip, where the fame fhall lie or be, are ufually Meffuages of charged to the fame; any Thing contained in the faid recited Ajil to the contrary thereof in any wife not- 4°='- p=r Ann. Withlianding. ' ■ in^the fame Pa. Farther Frcvijlons relating to Parhummt, Geo. 1. c. %% l^ Cif'. 2. Geo. z. c.t^, 6 Cm. 2. f. 23. 8 Gm. a. f. 30. 9 Ceo. 2. c- 38. II Gto. a. c. 14, 13 Ceo. 2. c. ao. 15 Geo. a. e. 22. i3 Geo. 2, c, iS. 19 Geo. 2. c. 2S. 31 Geo. 2. c. 14. and 33 Ceo. 2. c. ao; C A P. VL An Aft for the better Regulating the Eleftions of Members to ferve in Parliament for thk ■ Part of Great Britain called Scotland. H E^R E A S of late feveral Conveyances of Eflates have been made in Truft or redeemable for elufory Sums, no ways adequate to the tri;e Value of the Lands, on Purpofe to create and rhut'- ' tiply Votes in Eledions of Members to ferve in Parliament for that Pdrt of Great Britain called Scoi^lmid, 'contrary to the true In?er.t and Meaning of th; Laws in th?t Hch;?!f;' Be it therefore 'eha^'':'i> '■ .:■■«- ">•'.-■ t" i ' ' ■ ' .1 "'■,"'•-•■■
 * VIII. And whereas fome Manors within the {zid We/i-RI ding, do belong to her Majefly in Right of Wade of Ma-
 * the Crown ;' Be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That by and with the Confent of her Ma- nors belonging
 * therein exprefTed: And whereas fome Doubts have arifen whether Parfons, Vicars and other Perfons, ha*
 * been ufually charged or affefied to the publick Taxes, Church Rates, and Parifh Duties, and to every of