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 h'yiCt of Bnniin Admlf- nd pay- A. D. 1753. Anno vicefimo fexto Gf.orgii IT. C. 18. 489 ' they fliould demand the fame within one Year next after he or they fhouki attahi the Age of tweniy-fix ' Years, or within one Year after the End of his or their Apprenticelhips, and iiiould offer and pay to the ' faid Governor and Company for his or their Admittance the Sum of twenty-five Pounds ; and did further ' dired, That all Perfons, Subjefts of this Realm of ^^^/ew/, being mere Merchants, above the Age of ' twenty-fix Years, fhould be admitted into the Freedom of the faid Company, upon paying a Fine of ' fifty Pounds ; and did alfo diredt, That all and every the Sons of fuch as were or fliould be free of the ' faid Company, and alfo all their Apprentices employed in that Trade for the Space of three Years or ' upwards, within^ the Limits of the faid Letters Patent, fliouId after- the End of tlieir Apprenticelhips be ' whereas King Charles the Second, by his Letters Patent bearing Date the fecond Day oi April in th; ' thirteenth Year of his Reign, did ratify and confirm, the faid Letters Patent of King James the Firft ; and ' did further direct, That no Perfon refiding within twenty Miles of the City oi London fliould be admitted ' into the Freedom of the faid Company, or have any Benefit of the Privileges thereof, unlefs he be made ' free of the faid City : And whereas the Trade into the Levant Seas has very much decreafed, and the ' taking of lefs Fines for the Admiiiion of Perfons into the Freedom of the faid Company, and the not re- ' ftraining of the Freedom thereof to mere Merchants, and to fuch Perfons as refiding within twenty Miles ' of the City of London are free of the faid City, and the fecuring to all Perfons admitted into the faid Com- ' pany, the Liberty of exporting at all Times hereafter all Sorts of Goods and Merchandize (not prohibited ' by Law to be exported) to any Port or Place within the Limits of the faid Letters Patent, from what Parts ' of Great Britahi, and at what Time, and in what Qiiantity, and on board what Ships (navigated ac- ' cording to Law) they fhall refpccSively think proper, and alfo of importing in the like manner from ' any Port or Place within the Limits of the faid Letters Patent, Raw Silk, or any other Goods or Com- ' m.odities purchafed within the faid Limits, (not prohibited by Lav/ to be imported) are the moft probable ' Means of recovering and extending the faid Trade for the Benefit of this Nation ;' May it therefore pleafe your Majefcy, that it may be enacted ; and be it enafted by the King's moft Excellent Majeffy, by and with the A.dvice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parlia- ment alTembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That from and after the twents'-fourth Day of yuiu one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-four, every Subjedl of Great Britain defiring Admiffion into the' faid Any Su Company of Merchants oi England, trading into the Levajit Seas, commonly called or known by the^"-'.-^' Name of The Turky Company, fhall, upon Requeft for that Purpofe made by himfelf, or any other Perfon jl"^'"""^ in his Behalf, to the Governor or Deputy Governor of the faid Company for the Time being, b*e i^<^' ^l'-2,a. tol:^. mitted into the faid Company within the Space of thirty Days after fuch Requeft fhall be made, and fhall made free of the ha-e, ufe and enjoy all the Liberties, Privileges, Jurifdi£lions, Franchifes, Powers and Authorities granted Tucky Com- to the faid Company by the faid Letters Patent, as largely, fully and amply to all Intents, Confbruclions l""i'" and Purpofes, as any Member of the laid Company could, can or may have, ufe and enjoy the fame, by virtue of the faid Letters Patent, fuch Subjefl: paying or tendering, or caufing to be paid or tendered, for fuch his Admiffxon, for the Ufe of the faid Company, the Sum of twenty Pounds, and no more; any Thing in the faid Letters Patent, or either of them, to the contrary in any wife notwithflanding. n. And be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the twenty-fourth Day of J imc 0^'. to te m- one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-four, the following Oath in lieu of the Oath heretofore taken by Per- '^'-^ "" Admif- fons upon their Admiffions to their Freedoms in the faid Company, fhall be taken by every Perfon upon his ''°"" Admiffion to his Freedom, either before the Governor or Deputy Governor of the faid Company, or before two of his Majefty's Juflices of the Peace, (who are hereby refpeitively impowered and required to admt- nifter the faid Oath) which Jufl:ices are hereby required to certify under their Hands and Seals, that the faid Oath was taken by on the Day of before us, two of his Alajeffy's Juftices of the Peace in and for YOU fwear to be good, faithful and true to our Sovereign Lord King George, his Heirs and Succef-The Oatli. fors ; you fliall be obedient and afTiftant to the Governor, his Deputy and Affiftants of the Com- pany of Merchants oi England tr&Aing into the Levant Seas, in all lawful Matters ; you fhall truly hold and keep to your Power (having no lingular Regard to yourfelf, to the Hurt and Prejudice of the Com- mon Weal of the faid Company) all Statutes, Afts and Ordinances, v/hich have been duly made, ac- cording to the Grant of Privileges granted to the faid Company, and confiflent with an Acl of Parlia- ment made in the twenty-fixth Year of the Reign of his Majefty King Georg-: the Second, intituled, An Ail for enlarging and regulating the Trade into the Levant Seas ; the Secrets of the faid Company you flial! not difclofe; and if you fhall know any Perfon or Perfons that intend any Hurt, Harrn^or Prejudice to our aforefaid Sovereign Lord the King's Majefty, his Heirs or Succefiors, or to the faid Company, or the Privileges of the faid Company, you fliall give Knowledge thereof to the faid Governor, Deputy or Affiftants, or to fome of them ; and you fliall not colour or free any Goods belonging to any one not iizt of the faid Company. /-,,., So help you God.' in. And be it further cnafted by the Authority aforef^iid. That from and after the faid twenty-fourth ^^^'"""''jr'"'^ Day oijune one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-four, it fliall and may be lawful to and for all and f^v^^Y caoi^ L any ■ Perfon and Perfons, being free of the fiiid Company as aforefaid, feparately or jomtly to export, or cau!ep<,rt within the to be exported, from any Port or Place in Great Britain, to any Port or Place wiihin the Lunits of theLimits of the faid Letters Patent, in any Briiijh or Plantation built Ships (navigated according to Lav/) at any Time I'^^eot, i'-<)'"S Vol. yiL Krf and
 * admitted to the Freedom of the (aid Company, on Payment of the Sum of twenty Shilling? only :, And