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 A. D. 1722. Anno nono Georg 11 Regis. C. rg. 451 < fuch Court as is therein mentioned, or in Default {hereof fhould rcgifter or caufe to be regiftred the < fame, within fuch Time, and in fuch Manner and Form as are thereby directed, under Che Penalties ' and Forfeitures therein e> prefled : And whereas on the nineteenth Day of February one thoufand feven Commiffioner. ' hundred and nineteen, a Report, figned by feven of the faid Commiflioners, was prefented to the then Report 19 Feb. ' Houfe of Commons, with an Appendix containing the Names of the Papifts who had before that Time, 7»9- « regiftred their Eftates, and the Amount of the yearly Rents, as by them reflectively fet forth ; which < yearly Rents, fo fet forth for fuch Eftates fo regiftred, do amount in the whole to three hundred eighty- ' four thoufand nine hundred and fifty Pounds fix Shillings and fix Pence three Farthings pur Annum, or the h « thereabouts, over and above large Sums arifing from time to time, for Fines payable and paid by th ' Leafehold and Copyhold Tenants to fuch of the faid Papifts as have fo regiftred their Eftates ; whic 'Fines fo entrcd by them in the faid Regiftcrs, do amount to a very great Sum in the Whole, and may ' Values of a great Part of their regiftred Eftates, whereof no Values are fet down by them in their faid ' the" faid nineteenth Day of February one thoufand feven hundred and nineteen, prefented to the then ' Houfe of Commons by the faid Commiflioners, and the fame do amount to a very confiderable Value 8 i" the Whole, not comprehended in the faid Sum of three hundred eighty-four thoufand nine hundred c and fifty Pounds fix Shillings and three Pence three Farthings per Annum ; and it is higly probable that ' feveral Perfons, v/ho, fince the making of the Act laft in Part before recited, ought to have regiftred ' their Eftates, have wholly neglected fo to do, or have not duly and faithfully regiftred the fame, and ' have been guilty of fuch Omiflions, Frauds and Concealments, that the true Values of the Eftates of ' Papifts regiftred or not regiftred, or the two third Parts of them, or any of them, cannot as yet be af- ' and Zeal in forming Plots and Confpiracies, and in fomenting and ftirring up Rebellions and Difturb- ' ances for the wicked Ends and Purpofes above mentioned, which Confpiracies and Difturbances have ' brought a further great Expence and Burden upon your Majefty's good Subjects ; and therefore it is ' thought reafonable, that in Satisfaction of fuch Share as they ought to contribute towards the extraor- ' dinary Expences brought upon this Kingdom, and in Lieu of the two third Parts of the Rents and Pro- , ' fits of the faid Eftates to grow due to your Majefty within and for one Year, commencing from the 1 ' twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-three, and all Arrears of the faid i ' two third Parts incurred or to be incurred before the faid twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand (even 'i ' hundred and twenty-three, and in Lieu of all fuch Penalties and Forfeitures as are hereafter in and by ' this Act intended to be difcharged, there fhall be raifed, levied and collected the full Sum of one hun- ' fpective Eftates, in fuch Proportions, and in fuch Manner and Form as are herein after directed ; and ' that the fame fhall be paid to your Majefty for the Ufe of the Publick :' Now we your Majefty's moil dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament afTernbled, have given and
 * juftly be eftecmed to produce a confiderable Profit Communibus Annis, and over and above the yearly
 * Regiftcrs, touching which yearly Values laft mentioned, another Appendix or Book, was, on or about
 * certained : And whereas it is notorious, that fince the making of the faid A£ts in Part before recited,
 * the Papifts and their Abettors, or many of them, have given feveral frefh Inftances of their Readinefs
 * dred thoufand Pounds upon fuch Papifts and others as are herein after defcribed, and upon their re-
 * granted, and do by this prefent Act give and grant to your Majefty, the Rates and Afteffrnents herein

after mentioned, and do mod humbly befeech your Majefty, That it may be enacted, is'c. EXP. I 100,000 /. to be afferTed on all Papifts of 18 Years of Age, over and above the double Taxes by the Land- %!'"£%*£, " Tax. If the full Sum charged be duly paid it fhall difcharge Papifts Eftates from the two thirds of the '4. 24 . an j lo " Rents thereof for one Year, and from all Penalties for Recufancy, &c. Lands, &c. regiftred, fince Geo. i. c. 4. " vefted in Infants, Commiflioners to certify it into the Remembrancers Office, and that Part fhall be 33 Ga : ?■; ?: J J ; ' " difcharged. Lands, &c. liable to Rent Charges, &c. Owners may Deduct the Tax. Jointures, £sV. " out of regiftred Eftates difcharged. CAP. XIX. An Aft to continue the Duties for Encouragement of the Coinage of Monies •, and for Relief of William late Lord Widdrington; and to prevent foreign Lotteries being carried on in this Kingdom -, and for afcertaining the Duties on bound Books imported ; and for iffuing Cer- tificates and Debentures for Arrears due to five Regiments, to be fatisfied by Annuities therein mentioned ; and for difcharging die Duties of Rock-Salt loft on the Rivers Weaver and Mercy ; and for limiting the Times of Continuance of Commiflioners for forfeited Eftates in England and Scotland refpectively ; and for appropriating the Supplies granted to his Ma- jefty in this SefTion of Parliament ; and to rectify Mifnomers and Omiflions of Commiflioners for the Land-Tax in the Year one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-three. j'l.l rAYit pleafe your moft Excellent Majefty j Whereas great Benefit and Advantage did accrue to I ' iVl England by one Act of Parliament, palled in the eighteenth Year of the_ Reign of his Majefty tSCar. 2. c. 5, '( * King Charles the Second, intituled, An Act. for encouraging of Coinage, and continued by another Act
 * vefted in Proteftants, either by taking the Oaths, or by Death, or Alienation before 25 Dec. 1722, or " Gm - *• c r l 7i
 * ' made in the twenty fifth Year of the Reign of his faid Majefty King Charles, intituled An Ail 25 Car. 1. c, 8.

1 * for continuing a former Ail concerning Coinage; both which faid Acts were revived by an Act made in the M m m 2 ant