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 630 C. 4* Anno vicefimo iiono Georgii/IL A. D. 1756. of the 'late King William the Third, intituled, An Aii for the. further Security of his Maief'/t Per- fon and the Sitccejfton of the Crown in -the Protejfcvit Line -, and for tin extinguiflnng the Hopes of the pre- tended Prince of Wales and all other Pretenders, and their open and fecret Abettors. . conunimontrs XXVII. Provided always, and be it enacted. That no Perfon or Perfons hereby appointed to be in iviiglanH not a Cominiifioner or Commiffioners for any County, Riding, City, Borough, Cinque Port cr Place of h'iv'c liken aie P-ngland, JVaks or Berwick upon Tiveed (except fuch as duly ciualified themfelves to be Commiilloners dlitlis for executing the faid A6t for the Land Tax made and paffed in the twenty-eighth Year of his preient Majefty's Pvcign, or any fubfequent Aft or Ads of Parliament for that Purpofe) fliall be capable in Eng. land, IVahs or Berwick upon Tiveed, of ailing^ as a Commiffioner or Commiffioners in the Execution of this A<5t, or executing any the Powers of the Commillloners therein mentioned (unlcfs it be the Power hereby given of adminiitering Oaths) until fuch Time as he or they refpeftively (lia!l have j *'.& M. c. S. taken the Oaths appointed by an ACl: of Parliament made in the firft Year of the Reign of King William and Queen A4ary, intituled. An Ail for abrogating the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance ay.d appointing other Oaths; and alfo in the laid AcT:, intituled. An Acl for the further Security of Ins Mqjefiy's Perfon and the Succejfion of the Crown in the ProteJIant Line; and for extingui/hing the Hopes rorConimimo- of the pretended Prince of Wales and all other Pretenders, and their open and fecret Abettors; whidi "^' 5 i" Scotland, Q3(]^s it fliall and maybe lawful to and for any two or more of the faid Commiffioners to admi- qu;iii;'2d .iTfhe nifter, and they are hereby required to adminifter the fame to any other of the faid Commiffioners; Liws diix-a. and that no Perfon or Ptrfons herebyappointed to be a Commiffioner or Cominiflloners for any Part of Scotland (except fuch as duly qualified themfelves according to the Laws of Scotland, to be Com- miffioners there for executing the faid A<5t: for the Land Tax made and paffed, in the twenty-eighth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, or any fubfequent Act or Acts of Parliament for that Purpofe) fliall be capable of ading as a Commiffioner or Commiffioners in the Execution of th.is prefent Adt in any Part of Scotland, until fuch Tinne as he or they refpedively fliall have duly qualified tiiem- felves according to the Laws of Scotland for that Purpofe. Commiffioners XXVIil. Provided always, and be it enaded, That if any Perfon hereby appointed a Commif- InK^brforsth'^y fio"sr for ally County, City, Town or Place in England, JVales or Benvick upon Tweed (except as fcave taken ihe before excepted) fliall prefum.e to ad as a Commiflioner in the Execution of this Ad, before he Oaths, {hall have taken the faid Oaths, which by this Ad he is required to take, and in the Manner hereby forfeit 200 1. prefcribed, he fliall forfeit to his Majefty the Sum of two hundred Pounds, to be recovered by Adion of Debt or on the Cafe, Bill, Suit or Information, in any of his Majefl:y's Courts of Record at IFejhninJler, wherein no Effoin, Protedion, Wa^er of Law, or more tlian one Imparlance fliall be allowed; and that if any Perfon hereby appointed a Commiffioner for any Shire, Stewartry, Burgh and Commiflio- or Place m Scotland (except as before excepted) ihall prefume to ad as a Commiffioner in' the Exe- ners in Scotland cution of tliis Ad, before that he fliall have qualified himfelf according to the Laws in Scotland,- he ^° ■ fliall foifeit to his JVIajefty the Sum of fifty Pounds, to be recovered in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, in the fame Manner as any other Penalties are there recoverable. Coinmimoners XXIX. Provided alfo, That in cafe there fliall not be a fufficient Number of Commiffioners for for the County ^^y City, Borough, Town, Port or Place of Great Britain (for which by this Ad Commiffioners foiaify cityj&c. ^te fpecially appointed) capable of ading according to the reipedive Qiialifications required by this Ad, then and in every fuch Cafe, any the CommilFioners appointed for the County, Shire or Stew- artry at large, within which fuch City, Borough, Town or Place doth ftand, or which is next ad- joining thereto, may ad as Commiffioners in the Execution of this Ad, within fuch City, Borough, Town, Port or Place; any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithflanding. Qnaiification of XXX. Provided always, and be it enaded by the Authority aforelaid. That no fuch Perfon fliall Cornniiirioncrs j^g capable of ading as a Commiffioner in the Execution of this Ad, or of any of the Powers there- la iRe'^vvUMri'" '^^ contained, in or for any County at large, within England, the Dominion of JFales (the Counties Engl*nd. of Auglefey, Merioneth, Cardigan, Cartnarthen, Glamorgan, Montgomery, Pembroke, Carnarvon and Mon- mouth excepted) or in or i'or any of the Ridings in the County of y'ork, unlefs fuch Perfon, Vy him- felf or his Tenants or T'ruftees, was taxed, or did pay in the fame County or Riding, tor the Value of one hundred Pounds per A'nniim cr more of his own Eftate, by virtue of the laid Ad for the Land Tax made and pafled in England, in the twenty-eighth Year of his Majefty's Reign, or any fubfe- quent Ad or Ads of Parliament for that Purpofe, or unlefs fuch Perfon fo appointed to be a Com- miffioner, fliall, at the Time of the Execution of this Ad, by himfelf, his Tenants or Truftces, en- joy an Eii:ate of Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, of the faid yearly Value of one hundred Pounds or more, within the faid County or Riding refpedively j any Thing herein contained to the contrary notwithflanding. Perfons difubicd XXXI, And it is hereby further enaded. That if any Perfon intended by this Ad to be dilabled ^rtet"'r//°^"'^"^' ^"y ^'^'^ Caules laft mentioned, fliall neverthelefs prefume to ad as a Conimiifioner in the Exe- cution of this Ad, or any of the Powers therein contained, every fuch Perfon for fuch Offence, fliall forfeit the Sum of fifty Pounds, to any Perfon or Perfons who will info m or fue for the fame, to be recovered in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at JVejhnmjicr, or in the Exchequer of Scotland as aforelaid. Commimoners XXXII. Provided neverthelefs, and it is hereby enaded. That no Perfon who is appointed to be ci'^ 'blin"^?"^ ^ Commiffioner for executing this Ad, in any Part of Great Britain, ihall be difabled from acting h.iiwt;in''i's^or"' "^^ ^ Commiflioncr, within and for any City, Borough, Cinque Port or Town Corporate only, whereor irti-.vor c' he Ihall be an Inhabitant at the Time of the Execution of this Ad, or from adting as a Commiffi >ner within any of the Inns of Court or Inns of Chancery. ' XXXIII. And