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 r ^,, ---^ ^ '. 'D. i'y6*o. which he did or fhould intend to ail, firft take and fubfcribe the Oath in the faid Adl mentioned ; which Oath fo taken and fubfcribed as aforefaid, Ihould be kept by the Clerk of the Peace for the faid County, Riding, or Divifion, for the Time being, among the Records of t' c Scflions, for the faid County, Riding, or Divifion : And it was by the faid Act further enaftcd, That from and after the faid twenty-fifth Day of Mcirch, any Pcrfon" who ihould act as a Jufticc of the - Peace for any County, Riding, or Divifion, within that Part oi Great Britnin called 'Engjaml^ or the Princij^ality ot //-V./tj, without having taken and fubfcribed the faid Oath as aibrefaid, or without bcinn; quali- fied according to the true Intent and Meaning of the faid Act, fliould, for every fuch Offence, for- feit the Sum of one hundred Pounds, to be recovered with full Cofts of Suit, and applied in thei. Manner in tlie faid Act mentioned: And whereas Doubts have arifen, whether Perfons who were fubf:ribed the faid Oath, in Manner and at the Place as by the faid in pare recited AS. is diredlcd ' and required, for want of which there may be a Failure of the due Execution of the Laws of this All who were Juftices at it cnaclcd by the King's moil Excellent Majefly, by and with the Advice and Confcnt of the Lords th^Deniifeor t!ie late Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament allembled, and by the Authority thcKifrofhtpr'efcnr^^^' ^^'^ '"^•'^^'' J'^"^ all Pcribns who wcrc Juflices of the Peace at the Time of theDennfe of his I'.dd Maicfty. &c. and" being ^^^^ Majcily King Gcorge the Second, or who (hall be Juflices of the Peace at the Time of theDemilc ifter.vards inihe Com- of his prcient Majeily, or any of his Succeilbrs, Kings or Qiieens of this Realm, and fball after- irnnion of the Peace, wards be apjiointed Juflices of the Peace, by any CommiiTion granted, or which fhall be granted, by Offi'cl^r'^^^hea°k ^'^ ^'^^ preient Majefly, or which, after his Demife, fliall be granted by any of his Succeilbrs, Kings of thc'pLcr- " ^^^ Qiicens of this Realm, and who fhall take the Oaths of Office of a Juflice of the Peace for any County, City and County, Town and Coiiaty, Riding, or Divifion, before the Clerk of the Peace of the rcfpeiTtive County, City and County, Town and County, Riding, or Divillon, for which any and tlofe who (h ill have Aichjullice or Juflices of the Peace fhall a6l, or intend to a6l, or the Deputy of fuch refpe6live r Selfion of 'ear of his ^nd may acl miy adasjuftlce.with- as a Juftice of the Pcacc ibr fuch County, City and County, Town and County, Riding, or Divi- o-it takina and ''"^1"'^- fiop, without being obliged to take and fubfcribe again the faid Oath, without incurring any Penalty ing^again the Oath afore- ^j. pQ^f^it^j-g f^j. (.j^g j^^^ taking and iubfcribing thereof; the faid herein before in part recited Ac^l, or ' any other Statute, Law, orUiage to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithflanding : And that all and ail A£|s done by Adts, Matters, and Things done or to be done by all and every fuch Jullice and Juilices, or by Au-' thcin are dec ured to be j^Q^ity derived, or to be derived, from him or them, are and fliall be deemed and taken to all Litents and Purpofes to be of the fame Force, Efle6t and Validity, to all Intents and Purpofes, as the fame rtfpectively would have been, if fuch Perfon or Perfons had taken and i'ubfcribcd fuch Oath, by the faid herein before in part recited A (51 required to be rakcn and fubicribed, at foine General or Quar- ter Seffion for fuch County, City and County, Town and County, Riding or Divifion, ibr which he or they did or fhould act, or intend to avll. t^he'^.fuli oYthru'nST ^^- ^"^ ^^ '^ further ena^ed by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the pafTing this Ad, ■w^ri't of Deiimus" Po-^ "° Perfon who hath already taken, or fliall hereafter take, the Oaths ufually taken by a Juflice of th:i icft.i>m, are exempted Peace, under a Writ or Commiflion of Z)r^////n/i- Pc/^/Zc/^e'?;?, ilTued, or which fhall be ifiued, from the fiom filing out an-thcr Clerk of the Ci'owji, fhall be obliged or compellable to fue out or have any other Dedimus Potijhtctn Writ for aaminiflrin.; fj-Q,-,-j jj^j, {-.^jj Qq^]^ yf the Crown, to authorize any Perfon or Perfons therein to be named to admi- fh!!!!l.'V,ftL;'!' ^ ^° nifler again to any fuch Juflice, on any nev/ CommiiTion of the Peace being iihied under the Great them as Julticcs : c i r ?> n ■ ■ r "^ A ■'r^- i /^ t- jo d • i in- r J Seal ot Great Britain, for any County, City and County, 1 own and County, Riaing, or Diviiifjii in England or IVales, the Oaths ufually annexed to fuch Ded'nmis, and taken by a Juflice of the Peace; ' but upon every ncvvCom- hut that the Clerk of the Peace, or his Deputy, of every County, City and County, Town and ' OaM,Tn«ed' h'to be' ^"""^y' ^'^'"g. O'" i:)ivifion in England and JVales, for which any fuch Juflice of the Peace hath prrulred""hi'ch^njuf- already adted and qualified, or hereafter, before the iiluing any fuch new CommiiTion of the Peace, ' tires, af'they quality fhall acl and qualify himfelf as before-mentioned, fliall, on every fuch new CommifTion of the Peace themieivcs, arc to fub- being ilTued, prepare a Parchment Roll, with the Oaths anncxd to, and ufually taken under, the faid i^^'^^^i Writ, or Comniiihon of Dedimus Potcjiatem, by Juflices of the Peace, ingrolTed on fuch Roll, and fliall adminiflcr, without P^e or Reward, the Oaths in fuch Roll fpecified to every fuch J[ufHce of • the Peace within the rcipe£tive Counties, Cities and Counties, Towns and Counties, Ridings or Divifions, for which he fhall refpe6livcly a£l, or intend to adl, and who fliall dcfire to take fuchC^aths ; ' and that every fuch Juflice of the Peace, after the taking the Oaths contained in the laid Roll, fliall • and the faid Rolls are to fubfcribe his Name on the faid Parchment Roll ; and the iaid Roll, with the Oaths fo taken and fub- ' be prefcrvcd amonpd the j-^^ihed, fhall be kept by the refpe£tive Clerks of the Peace of the refpedive Counties, Cities and ' Counties, 1 owns and Counties, Ridings and Divilions, in England Tina iValcs, tor the i nne bcnig, ' amongfl the Records of the SeiTions fof the faid iCipe<SivtCouJUitSj Cities and Counties, Towns and ' Counties, Ridings and Divifions* ' CAP.'
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