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 A. D. I757. Anno tiicefimo primo Georgii II. C. 14; 183 Be it therefore cnadied by the King's mofl Excellent Majefty, by and with tlie Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority oF the fame. That fuch Commiffioners or Truftees for putting fuch Ads as aforefiiiJ, or any Part or Parts commJ/Tiners thereof, in Execution refpcctively, or the fame Number of fuch refpe6live Commiffioners or Truflees as tbrcenai'n Afts was or were authorized to hold fuch firft Meeting, or any greater Number of them, fhall and may hold a of the Lift Sef- Meeting on the twenty-firft Day after the Day of the pafling of this A£t, at fuch Places as were refpe6live]y '"'""> ^'^^ tomeei appointed in fuch Acts, for holding the firft Meetings on the Days therein fpecified ; and all fuch Commif- ^e" ^'ffinMhfs^* fioners or Truftees, or any fufficient Number of them, as aforefixid, being fo aflembled refpeclively, on la'and put die the faid twenty-firft Day after the Day of the paffing of this Act, (hall and may proceed to the Execution fame thm in of fuch A6is refpeclively, and then, and from time to time afterwards, adjourn, and do and perform all fuch Execution. Matters and Things, and execute all fuch Powers and Authorities, as are mentioned or granted to them re- fpe<^ively in the faid Ads, in the fame Manner, and as fully and efFedually to all Intents and Purpofes, as if fuch Commiffioners or Truftees had been aflembled, in purfuance of, and on the refpedive Days fpe- cified or appointed in fuch rcfpedive Ads for holding the firft Meeting of fuch Commiffioners or Truftees j any thing in the faid Ads or any of them qontained to the contrary notwithftanding. C A P. XIV. An A61 for further explaining the Laws touching the Elediors of Knights of the Shire to r,, f,rr,.er Uws ferve in Parliamenc for that Part of Great Britain called England. toucbivg Eicm.ns refer to 7 //. 4. f.iS, iiH. 4. <■. I. 1 H. 5. f. I. 2 II. 6. C.J. 10//. 6.C. 2. 2-, //. 6. f. T4. 7 ?'^''. 3. f. 4. 7 Sf 8 ^. 3. c. 7 fef 25. 10 Sf 11 ?r. 3.^. 7. 6 ^««-. r. 7 C£f 23. fj u3nn. c. ^. 10 Ann. c. ^ & zi. 2 Ges. 2. <r, 24. 8 6V9. 2. (. 30. i 3 Gto. 2. f. 20. i 5 Gto, 2. r, 22. 19 Gfs. 2. r. 28, ' "IT 7 HE RE AS by an Ad made in the eighteenth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, in ti- Preamble. ' Eledion of any Knight or Knights of a Shire within that Part of Great Britain called England, or Princi- fent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from and after the tyventy fourth Day of June one thoufand .feven hundred Copyholders dif. and fifty-eight, no Perfon, who holds his Eftate by Copy of Court Roll, fiiall be intitled thereby to vote at "Y'^^fiom mo- the Eledion of any Knight or Knights of a Shire within that Part of Great Britain called England, or Prin- of^hJsi!^"'^^^^ cipality of Wales: And if any Perfon fhall vote in any fuch Eledion, contrary to the true Luent and Mean- theirVote void, ing hereof, every fuch Vote fhall be void to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever; and every Perfon fo vo- and they to foi- ling ftiall forfeit to any Candidate for whom fuch Vote fliall not have been given, and who fliall firft fue for fe" 50 1, the fame, the Sum of fifty Pounds, to be recovered by him or them, his, her or their Executors and Admi- nifirators, together with full Cofts of Suit, by Adion of Debt in any of his Majefty 's Courts of Record at with full Coft» IVe/ltninJh'r, wherein no ElToin, Protedion, Wager of Law, Privilege or Imparlance fhall be admitted or°-^^"'^' allowed; and in every fuch Adion the Proof fhall lie on the Perfon againift whom fuch Adion fhall be Onus probandi, brought. II. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That it fiiall and may be fufficient for the Plain- Plaintiff's P}ea tifF in any fuch Adlion of Debt to fet forth in the Declaration or Bill, that the Defendant is indebted to '" ^^^ Aftloa him in the Sum of fifty Pounds, and to alledge the Off'ence for which the Adion or Suit is brought, and "F°''' *-« Cufe. that the Defendant hath aded contrary to this Ad, without mentioning the Writ of Summons to Parlia- ment, or the'Return thereof; and upon Trial of any IflTue in any fuch Adion or Suit, the PlainviiT fiiail not be obliged to prove the Writ of Summons to Parliament, or the Return thereof, or any Warrant or Authority to the Sheriff grounded upon any fuch Writ of Summons. III. Provided always, That every fuch Adion or Suit fhzXi be commenced within the Space of nine Ca- Limitation cf lendar Months next after the Fad, upon v/hich the f.me is grounded, fhall have been committed. AdHons, IV. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That all the Statutes of Jeofails, and Amend- Statutes of Jto- mcnts of the Law whatfoever, fhall and may be conftrued to extend to all Proceedings in any fuch Adion ^^''^' ^'^- ^^ or Suit. tenAQA to fuch V. Provided always, and be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That it cafe the PlaintifiT in Phintiff non- ary fuch Adion or Suit, fliall difcontinue the fime, or be nonfuitea:;-or Judgment be otherwife given againft fuin-d, ftc. t3 him, then, and in any of the faid Cafes, the Defendant, againft v/hom fuch Adicn or Suk fhall have been p«y '^•*bie Cofts, brought, fhall recover his Treble Cofts. -^^ farther 33 Geo. 2. c. 20, and 1 G.'o. 3. f, _ 15 is" 24. CAP.
 * thereof, in Execution ; in each and every fuch Cafe, .fuch Commiflioners or Truftees rsfpeftively, or the
 * fame Number of fuch refpe£tive Commiffioners or Truftees, as v/as, or fhould be authorized to hold fuch
 * . firlt Meeting, or any greater- Nuniber of them, fhould and might hold their firft Meeting, upon the four-
 * teenth Day after" the paffing of the (aid firft above recited A6f, and proceed to the Execution of fuch A(fts
 * refpe^lively, as efte^tually as if they had been aflembled on the rcfpcdive Days appointed in fuch A6>s
 * for holding their ftrll Meeting ; And whereas the faid fourteen Days have becii found in Expciicnce too
 * fhort a Time for the holding the firft Meeting in fome of the Cafes aforefaid, in a proper Manner, where-
 * by feveral Doubts and Difficu'lties have arifen, with refpeft to the due Execution of fome of the faid Acts j'
 * V V tuled, An A5i to explain and amend the Laws touching the Ele^ions of Knights of the Shire to ferve in jSGeo. 2. c 18,
 * Parliament for that Part of Great Britain r«//^^/ England ; it is enaded, That no Perfon Ihall vote at the
 * pality of /'■Pales, without hiwing a Freehold Eftate in the County for which he votes, of the clear yearly
 * Value of forty Shillings, over and above all Rents and Charges payable out of or in refped of the lame:
 * 'And whereas, .".otwichltj -iding the faid Ad, certain Perfons v/ho hold their Eftates by Copy or Court
 * Roll, pretendto H,. ■? ;. Right to vote, and have, at certain 1'imes, taken upon them to vote at fuch Elec-
 * tions ;' Beit theref.;,^ enaded by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Con-