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 1 66 C 9. Anno trlcefimo primo Georgii 11. ^* ^* ^757. j8 Geo z. c. io. ' pj/^s f^'om fitt'ir.g jn either Houfe of PayUnmctit ; or according to another Act made in the eighteenth Year ' ot the Reign of his prefent Majelty, intituled, Jn J£i to av.end and render more effectual an A6} pajfed in ' the fifth Year of his prefr.nt Majejlfs Reign, intituled, ' An A6t for the further Qualification of Tuftices of 3oGeo. 2.^.25. " the Peace j' or according to another A61 made in the thirtieth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, in- ' tain cr?//f^ England ; have, through ignorance of the Law, Ahfence or fome unavoidable Accident, omit- ' within fuch Time and in fuch Manner, as in and by the faid Acls refpedtiveiy, or by any other A6t of ' Parhament in that Behalf made and provided is required, whereby they may be in Danger of incurring ' divers Penalties and Difabilities :' For quieting the Minds of his Majefty's Subje6ls, and for preventing any Inconvenicncies that might ctherwii'e happen by Means of fuch Omiffions, Be it enadled by the King's moft Excellent Majcfty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Further TImf, Com-mons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That all and every to i8Nov.i-5S, Pcrfon and Perfons, who {hall, on or before the twenty-eighth Day of A^i?ww^^r one thoufand feven hun- allovied to Per- Jred and fifty-eight, take and fubfcribe the faid Oaths and Afturance refpe6lively, in fuch Cafes wherein by ^miVnto^^ua ^^^^' ^^ ^^^^ Oaths and Aflurance ought to have been taken or fubfcribed, in fuch Manner and Form, and rfy'tbemfdveV ^i'*^''' PI^cc and Places, as are appointed in and by the faid Aft made in the firft Year of the Reign of his as ttt faid Lav's faid late A-Tajefty King George, or by any other Acft or Acts of Parliament in that Behalf made and pro- diie^. vided; and alfo receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, according to the Ufage of the Church o{ Eng- land, and made and fubfcribed the faid Declaration againft Tranfubfrantiation, in fuch Cafes wherein the faid Sacrament ought to have been received, and the faid Declaration ought to have been made and fubfcrib- ed ; or take and fubfcribe the Oath direcSled by the faid A61: made in the eighteenth Year of the Reign of bis prefent Majefty, in fuch Cafes wherein the faid Oath ought to have been taken and fubfcribed, in fuch Manner as by the faid Adt is dire6led; fliall be and are hereby indemnified, freed and difcharged, from and againft all Penalties, Forfeitures, Incapacities and Dif^bilities, incurred or to be incurred, for or by Rea- fon of any former Negle61: or Omiffion of taking or fubfcribing the faid Oaths or Afturance, or receiving the Sacrament, or muiking or fubfcribing the faid Declaration refpedlively, according to the above-men- Pcrfnns qnalifj- tioncd A6ts, or any of them, or any other h.&. or Acts, is and are and fhall be fully and a6tually recapa- ing i^hemicivas citated and reftorcd to the fame State and Condition, as fuch Perfon or Perfons were before fuch Negled or v"uh'''n"'h^'nme Omiffion, and ftiall be deemed and adjudged to have duly qualified him, her or themfelves, according to the. appointed, reca- above-mentioned Afts, and every of them ; and that all Acts done or to be done by any fuch Perfon or padtateuand Ptrfons, or by Authority derived from him or them, are and {hail be of the fame Force and Validity, as the iiidcran.ficd. fame or any of them would have been, if fuch Pcrl'on or Perfons had taken the faid Oaths or AlTurance, and received the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, and made and fubfcribed the faid Declaration, or taken and fubfcribed the faid Oath refie£tively, according to the Direclion of the faid A6ts, and every of them; and that fuch Perfon or Perfons qualit'ying themfelves in Manner, and within the Time appointed by this Aft, ftiall be, to all Intents and Purpofes, as eftldual, as if fuch Perfon or Perfons had refpedlively taken the faid Oaths and Afilirance, and received t!ie Sacrament, and made and fubfcribed the faid Decla-. ration, and taken and fubfcribed the fnid Oath, within the Time, and in the Manner appointed by the fe- veral Adts before mentioned. ' II. And whereas divers Perfons through Miftake, Abfence or fome unavoidable Accident, to the Pre- ' judice of Infants and others, have omitted to caufe Affida its to be made and filed in the proper Offices of Fmther Tin-.e * tioned ;' Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every Perfon and Perfons who have omit- al'o*edfr-rpro- ted to caufe fuch Affidavits to be made and filed as aforefaid, and who Ihall, on or before the twenty-eighth v.d:ng and j);jy of NovcnJjer one thoufand feven hundred and fif'y-eight, cau^e one or more Affidavit or AfHdavits^o' ^ZUfu^to ^'*^ ^■^'^^ ^"^ ^^^^ '" ^^^^ Manner as directed hj the faid A£t, fha!! be, and are heicby indemnified, freed Civi'mfficcs. ''"d difcharged, from and againft all Penalties, Forfeitures, Incapacities and Difabilities in tiie faid Aft m.en- tioiicd, incurred or to be incurred, for or by reafon of any Ncgleft or OmifTion in caufing fuch Affidavit or Offcers there- Afhiiavits to bc made and filed according to the Dircftion of the faid Acl: ; and fuch Affidavit or Affidavits rcfaid, {hall be as eftcftual, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the fame had UD n ricjpa^i- fo to be made and filed as aforcfait taifd, and in- been made and filed within the Time limited by the faid Act. dciT.nlfiei. jjj_ Provided always. That this A6t, or any Thing herein contained, fhall not extend, or be conftrued intirkd to the fame, as if this Aft had never been mnde. Pwvifo. Provided slfo, that this Aft, or any Thing herein contained, ftialj not extend, or be conftrued to extend, to indemnify any Perfon againft whom final Judgmert fhall have becji given in any Aftion of I^t bt, Bill, Plaint or Informr.tion, in any of his Maje fly's Ciurts of Record, for any Penally incurred by having ceglcfted to qualify hiinfelf within the Time limited by Law, CAP.
 * tituled, Jn JB for the better ordering of the Militia Fcrees in the feveral Counties cf that Part of Great Bi i-
 * ted to take and fubfcribe the faid Oaths and Afflnance, or otherwife to quahfy themfeh'es as aforefaid,
 * the a6lual Execution of feveral Contracts in Writings, to ferve as Clerks to Attornics and Solicitois,
 * within the Time limited and exprefled by an Act pafled in the tv/enty-fecond Year of his prefent Ma-
 * jefty's Reign, whereby many Perfons may be in Danger of incurring the Difabilities in the faid kSt men-