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 176 C. 6.. Anno odtavo Georgii II. A. D. 1735. ner herein after directed, or his fufficient Deputy, and to continue in the faid Office for fo long Time as he (hall well demean himfelf therein. The Charges of III. Provided, and be it further enacted, That the Colts and Charges of procuring and patting of this cftabUiWr, a '"th°e f ^ °^ P arnarnent > an <i m erecting and eftablifhing of the faid publick Regifter Office, (hail be at faid Officef how the publick Charge of the faid North Riding; which Colts, Charges, and Expences, (hall be raifed to be paid! by the Juftices of the Peace of the faid North Riding at their General Quarter-Seffions of the Peace, in fuch Manner as they are impowered to raife Money for Repairs of Publick or County Bridges. The Form of IV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Elections of a Regifter to be made Reriftfr the or a PP omte d by virtue of this Act, (hall be performed by ballotting in Manner following; that is to fay, All the Freeholders of the Age of one and twenty Years, that at the Time of any fuch Elec- tion have an Eftate of Freehold of or in any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, within the faid North Riding, of the yearly Value of one hundred Pounds, to be determined by the Oath of the Elector, or folemn Affirmation of fuch Elector being of the Perfuafion of the People called Quakers, before the Scrutators herein after mentioned, if any Doubt arife touching the fame (which Oath and folemn Af- firmation they are hereby impowered to adminifter) (hall be Electors of the faid Regifter; and that the Juftices of the Peace for the laid North Riding, in that Behalf aflembled, or the major Part of them, or any Five of fuch Juftices to be appointed by fuch major Part, fhall be Scrutators of the Ballot, who (hall meet on the Day and Place of Election, and there, in the Prefence of the Electors, (hall place one or more Glafs Veffel or VefTels, to be provided for that Purpofe, into which each Elector prefent (hall put one open Paper, containing the Name of fuch Perfon as he approves of to be Regifter; which Papers (hall be taken out again in the Prefence of the faid Scrutators, by a Perfon by them in that Behalf ap- pointed; and the Name or Names of every Perfon therein (hall be once tranfcribed in diftinct Columns, and under each Name (hall be fet down the Number of their Electors, which fhall be deliberately caft up by the faid Scrutators, and the fame (hall be read over in the Hearing, and fixed up in the View of the Electors then prefent; and the Perfon upon whom the Majority (hall fall (hall be declared Re- gifter. The Time and V. And be it further enacted, That the Election of the Perfon to be the firft Regifter (hall be made Place of choof- at Northallerton aforefaid, upon the eighteenth Day of July one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-five, Reffifler fi ' ft m °P en Court, between the Hours of eight in the Morning and fix in the Afternoon. The Election of VI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That when and as often as the faid Office iutureRegifters. fhall become vacant by the Death, Forfeiture, or Surrender of any fuch Regifter, the Juftices of the Peace for the faid North Riding, aflembled at the General Quarter-Seffions of the Peace next after fuch Vacancy (hall happen, or the major Part of them, (hall in open Court declare the faid Vacancy; and by Order of the fame Seffions (hall appoint and prefix a certain Day and Time within the Space of one Calendar Month, and not lefs than three Weeks, enfuing the End of fuch General Quarter-Seffions, for the Electors to aflemble at fuch Place where the Office (hall be erected as aforefaid, to choofe a fit and able Perfon in the Manner aforefaid, to fupply the faid Vacancy; and that all Perfons qualified to be Electors may have due Notice of fuch Vacancy, and Time of Election of a fucceeding Regifter, the Clerk of the Peace for the time being for the faid North Riding (hall forthwith caufe Copies of fuch Order, for the prefixing the Time of fuch Election, to be delivered to the refpective Chief Confta- bles of the feveral Wapentakes within the faid North Riding, who (hall, and are hereby required to publiih the fame in full Market, in every Market Town within their refpective Wapentakes, on the next Market Day after the Receipt thereof, and o affix the fame in the moft publick Place of Re- fort there. VII. And be it further enacted, That every fuch Regifter, before he enter upon the Execution of the faid Office, (hall be fworn before the Juftices of the Peace for the faid Riding, or any three or more of them, that (hall be prefent at his Election, who are hereby impowered and required to adminifter fuch Oath in the Words following : The Register's ' "Z O U (hall truly and faithfully perform and execute the Office and Duty that is directed and re- Oath. ' quired by you to be done by Act of Parliament, intituled, Jn Ait for the publick regijlring of all ' Deeds, Conveyances, Wills, and other Incumbrances, that Jhall be made of, or that may ajfecl, any Honors, ' Manors, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, within the North Riding of the County of York, after the ' nine and twentieth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and thirty fix; and that you have not ' given or promifed, directly or indirectly, nor authorized any Perfon to give or promife any Money, ' G ra tuity, or Reward whatfoever, for procuring or obtaining the faid Office for you.' So help you God. ' Regifler's De- VIII. And that when and as often as the faid Regifter (hall appoint any Deputy to execute the faid pmy to take Office, fuch Deputy (hall, before he enter upon the Execution thereof, take the faid Oath appointed to the Oath. be taken by the laid Regifter, before two or more of the Juftices of the Peace for the faid Riding, who are hereby impowered and required to adminifter fuch Oath. How the Office IX. And be it further enacted, That upon the Death of any futfi P«.egifter, and until another Election of Regifter is of a fit Perfon to execute that Office lhalf be made in the Manner aforefaid, the Executors and Admini- u> be executed, ftrators of the Regifter deceafed, together with the Sureties for the faid Regifter, or their Executors cancy? * a ~ a nd Adminiftrators, (hall appoint a proper Perfon to execute the Office ot Regifter, for whofe De- meanor