Page:Ruffhead - The Statutes at Large - vol 6.djvu/218

 156 C. 11. Anno feptimo Georgii II. A. D. 1734. The Vice Chan- cellor and May- er of Cambridge may aft as Ju- Aices in the faid County, though not qualified ac- cording to the recited Aft. Coneerhig jtuf- tjces fee farther. i Geo. 2. c. 35. ' Britain called England, or Principality of Wales, of the clear yearly Value of one hundred Pounds ' over and above what will fatisfy and difcharge all Incumbrances that may affect the fame; in which* ' faid Act it is provided, That the faid Act or any Thing therein contained fhould not extend, nor be ' by Charter, Commiffion, or otherwife, but that in every fuch City, Town, Liberty, and Place' ' fuch Perfons may be capable to be Juftices of the Peace, and in fuch Manner only, as they might ' have been if the faid Act had never been made : And whereas it hath' been cuftomary for the vice 1 Chancellor of the Univerfity, and Mayor of the Town of Cambridge, for the time being, to be Juf- ' tices of the Peace of the County of Cambridge, and it may be inconvenient to have the faid Qualifi- ' cation of one hundred Pounds a Year to extend to them ;' Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid That from and after the twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-four, the faid recited Act, or any Thing therein contained, ftiall not extend, or be conftrued to extend, to de- prive the faid Vice-Chancellor of the faid Univerfity, or the Mayor of the faid Town of Cambridge for the time being, or either of them, from being a Juftice or Juftices of the Peace in the faid County nor to fubject any Vice Chancellor of the faid Univerfity, or Mayor of the faid Town, to any Penalties or Forfeitures for acting as a Juftice or Juftices of the Peace in the faid County ; any thing in the faid Act contained to the contrary notwithftanding. 15 Geo. 2. c. 24. 16 Geo. 2. c. 18. 18 Geo. 2. c. 20. 24 Geo. 2. c. 44 £f 55. 26 do. 2. c. 14 £f 27. 27 Geo. 2. c. 16 £f 20. 1 Geo. 3. c. 1-. " Perfons profecuted before i March 1733. for not qualifying themfelves, and convicted by 28 Nov. CAP. XI. An A£t for the Application and Difpofal of the Refidue of the Money raifed by way of Lottery, on the Credit of an Aft made in the laft Seffion of Parliament, for the Relief of fuch Sufferers in the Charitable Corporation, as are Objects of Companion, according to the Defcriptions therein mentioned. P R. WHEREAS by an Act made and parted in the laft Seffion of this prefent Parliament, inti- tuled, An Aft for appointing CommiJJioners to examine, Jlate, and report, who of the Sufferers in the Charitable Corporation are Objefls of Compajjion, according to the Defcriptions therein mentioned ; and for giving Relief to fuch Sufferers ; and for enforcing the Laws made againft Foreign Lotteries ; and for impowering the faid CommiJJioners to hear and determine the Claims of fuch Creditors and Proprietors of the faid Corporation, as have not made their Claims within the Time limited by an Ac! made in the laft Sefjton of Parliament, for taking, flating, and determining all the Claims and Demands of the Creditors of the faid Corporation ; Robert Half or d, John Bennet, fames Lightboun, William Kynajlon, and Francis Eld, Efquires, five of the Mafters of the high Court of Chancery, were appointed Commiflloners to examine, ftate, and report, which of the Sufferers in the faid Corporation were Objects of Compaffion within the De- fcription therein after mentioned, and intitled to Relief, according to the true Intent and Meaning of the faid Act ; and the faid Commiflloners were thereby required to deliver into each Houfe of Parlia- ment, within fourteen Days after the Opening of the then next Seffion, a particular and diftinct Ac- count in Writing, of the Names of the feveral Perfons who fhould have applied to them purfuant to the faid Act, and of their feveral Titles or Qualifications to receive the Relief intended to be given to them reflectively : And it was thereby further enacted, That fuch of the Creditors and Proprietors of ' Stock or Shares, Notes or Bonds, in the faid Corporation (except as therein is excepted) as fhould on or before the firft Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-three, make it appear to the Satisfaction of the faid Commiflloners, or any three or more of them, that they reflectively were qualified, within the true Intent and Meaning of the faid Act, to fuch Relief as aforefaid, and in all Things conform themfelves to the Rules and Directions in the faid Act appointed and prefcribed, fhould be deemed and taken to be Objects of Compaffion, and (hould be intitled to the Relief thereby intended, in fuch Shares, Degrees, and Proportions, as by the Wifdom and Juftice of Parliament fhould be determined and appointed : In which faid Act is contained a Provifo, That nothing therein contained fhould be intended, or be conftrued to extend, to give any Relief to John Thomfon, George Robinfon, Richard Woolley, and Thomas Warren, therein named, or to any other Perfon "or Perfons concerned as Committee Men or Afliftants of the faid Corporation, at any Time between the twenty- fixth Day of Oclober one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-five, and the twenty-ninth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-one, except the Honourable Walter Molef- worth and William Aijlabie, Efquires, and George Jaclfon ; and it was thereby further enacted. That it fhould and might be lawful for any Perfon or Perfons, Natives or Foreigners, Bodies Politick or Corporate, to contribute or advance the Sum of five hundred thoufand Pounds, by paying, within the Time therein limited, into the Bank of England, or to fuch Cafhier or Cafhiers, as mould by the Bank be for that Purpofe appointed, divers entire Sums of four Pounds, for the Purchafe of Tickets, to be drawn by way of Lottery, at fuch Times, and in fuch Manner, and under fuch Ma- nagement, Orders, and Regulations, as are therein and thereby mentioned, provided-, and appointed ; and the faid five Commiffioners, or the major Part of them, were thereby authorized and impowered, out of the Money to be contributed by the faid Act, to make proper Allowances to the Bank of England, and to reward the Managers and Directors of the faid Lottery, and the Clerks, Officers, 8 . ' and '
 * conftrued to extend, to any City or Town being a County of itfelf, nor to any other City, Town
 * Cinque Port, or Liberty, having Juftices of the Peace within their refpective Limits and Precincts^
 * 1734. not to be relieved by this Act. Offices already avoided by Law, not to be reftored." EXP.