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 A. D. iJSJ* Anno tricefiimo primo Georgi I n. C. 9, 165 ed in fuch Manner, and by fuch Officers and Perfons refpecflively, as in and by the faid A£l of the ele- venth and twelfth of Kino- William the 7'hird was directed and appointed; and fliould be appropriated, divided and paid, for thel^cnefic of the Hiid Harbour of Dover and Rye refpeftively, in Manner following; that is to fay, one third thereof to the Treafurer for Dover Harbour for the time being, to be applied to fuch Ufes and Purpofes as in and by the faid former Ads are direded ; and the other two thirds to the Treafurer for the Harbour oi' Ryf, to be appointed as therein after is directed : And whereas by an A6t u Geo. ». c. 7. made in the eleventh Year of the Reign of his prefent Majcfty, the faid recited Acls, and all the Claufes, Powers, Penalties and Forfeitures, Authorities, Articles, Rules and Diredions therein contained and prcltribed, and then in Force, fhould continue and be in full Force, and executed, from and after the Expiration of thel'erm continued and granted by the faid A(5l of the ninth Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefty King George the Firft, for and during the further Term of twenty-one Years, which Term will expire the firfl Day of Alay one thoufand feven hundred lixty-five, old Stile: And whereas the Commiffioners or Truflees acting under the Authority of the former Ads for the Harbour of Dover, did borrow upon ihe Credit of the lame Ads the Sum of three thoufand Pounds, which hath been applied purfuant to the Diredions and for the Purpofco of the f^iid former Ads, and for the Repayment thereof with Interefl, the Rates and Duties fo granted were charged and made a Security to the Perfon and Per- fons who advanced and lent the faid Sum, and the fame doth flill remain due, and owing, and unfatisHed ; And whereas great Progrefs hath been made in the "Works intended for the Prefervation and Improve- ment of the Harbour oi Dover, but the Works propofed and dircded to be done for that Purpofe have not been perfeded and compleated : And whereas it would tend greatly to the Prefervation of his Majefty's Ships of War, and the Protedion and Encouragement of the Trade of this Kingdom, that the faid Har- bour of Dover fhould be effedually repaired, and put in good Order and Condition, but the Money arifmg^ by the Rates and Duties granted and appropriated by the faid former Ad of the ninth Year of the Reign of King George the Firllr, for the Repair of Dover Harbour, will not be fuffieient for that Purpofe, and for difcharging the faid Sum of three thoufand Pounds borrowed upon the Credit of the former Ads as aforefaid, unlefs the Terms for which the faid Rates and Duties are granted by the faid former Ads be en- larged, or fome other Provifion be made in that Behalf:' May it therefore pleafe your Majefty, that it may be enaded, and be it enaded, by the King's mofl Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Con- fcnt of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament alTembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That from and after the Expiration of the Terms continued and granted by the faid A Woiety of the Ad pafled in the ninth Year of the Reign of his late Majcfty, and by the faid Ad of the eleventh Year of R^fes granted his prefent Majefty, one Moiety of the Rates and Duties granted and continued by the faid former Ads, >' ^?'^'"' /^'^-'» fhall be granted and continued for the Term of twenty-one Years, and fhall be colleded and received in y"^^)"."*^ *"^^^ fuch Manner, and by fuch Officers and Perfons refpedively, as was direded by the faid Ad of King Wil- liam the Third, with refpcd to the Duties thereby granted ; and fhall be applied for the Benefit and Sup- Application port of the Harbour of Dover, and for the difcharging the faid Sum of three thoufand Pounds, and fuch ^^^^i^so^' other Money as fhall hereafter be borrowed and taken up upon any Mortgage for Security to be made of the Duties applicable for the Benefit of the fame Harbour ; and that all the Provifions, Powers, Penalties and The Powers and; Forfeitures contained in the faid former Ads of King William the Third, King George the Firft, and Regulations of his prefent Majefty, fo far as they relate to the Harbour of Dover (excepting only what concerns the Rate t*^^ (0=™" -^^'j of the Duties to be colleded, and the Divifion of them into two Parts, which is herein before otherwife extended for the provided for) fhall be and continue in as full Force as they now are, by virtue of the faid Ads, for and Purpcfes of thi» during the faid Term of twen y-one Years, to commence from the Expiration of the faid former Terms A£L granted and continued by the faid Ads. II. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That this prefent Ad fhall be deemed, adjudged Publick. Afis,. and taken to be a publick Ad, and be judicially taken Notice of as fuch by all Judges, Juftices and other Perfons whatfoever, without fpecially pleading the fame. C A P. IX. An Ad to indemnify Perfons who have omitted to qualify themfelves for Offices and Employ- ments; and to indemnify Juftices of the Peace, and others, who have omitted to regifter their Qualifications within the 1 ime limited by Law ; and for giving further Time for ihofe Purpofts, and the filing of Affidavits of Articles of Clerkfliip. WHEREAS divers Perfons who, on account of their Offices, Places, Employments or Profef- pr„mH;e, re- fions, or any other Caufe or Occafion, ought to have taken and fubicribed the Oaths, or the Af-dting ihe'feve- furance, refpedively appointed to be by fuch Perfons taken and fubfcribed, in and by an Ad made in theral Qiialifying late Princefs Sophia, bein^ Protejlants ; and for extinguijhing the Hopes of the pretended Prince £/" Wales, and ^ the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, An Ait for preventing the Dangers which may happen ^^q,,.,^ c.i, from Pofijh Recufants, by receiving the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper according to the Ufage of the. KLixc of England, and making and fubfcribing the Declaration Vgainft Tranfubftantiation therein men- ^ tioned ; or according to another Ad made in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of King Charlrs the Se-,3 Car. %, cond, intituled,. An A^ for ihe more eJfcSlual preferving the Kings Perfon and Government ,_ by dijakUng Pa-
 * firft Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George of Glorious Memory, intituled, Jn A£i for the^^^^''^
 * • further Security of his Majefty s Perfon and Government, and the Succejfion of the Crown in the Heirs of the ' Geo. i. r. rs.
 * his open and fecrct Abettors; or to have qualified themfelves according to an Ad made in the thirteenth
 * Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled. An A£i for the well governing and repjdatingi^c^x. -2.. fiat.
 * Corporations; oj to have qualified themfelves according to another Ad made in the tweniy-fifth Year of 2, c. i.