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 A. D. 1763. Anno quarto Georgii III. C. 2. 97 of one hundred Pounds, the one Moiety to his Majefty, his Heirs, and SuccelTors, and the other Moiety o him or them that fhall fue for the fame, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at Wejlmbi/ter ; in which Action or Suit no EffoLn, Protection, Privilege, or Wager of Law fhall be allowed. LXXXIV. Provided neverthelefs, That in cafe there fhall not be a fufficient Number of Commiffioners Commiffioners or any City, Borough, Cinque-port, Town, or Place, in England, Wales, ox Berwick upon Tweed* ( for tor the County which by this A£t Commiffioners are particularly appointed) capable of ailing according to the Qualifica- at ,al 'M ma y »& tions required by this Act, to put this Act in Execution; that in every fuch cafe, any of the faid Com- fpr an >' Clt J r » **• miffioners, appointed for the County at large, within which fuch City, Borough, Town, Cinque-port, or Place doth ftand, or which is next adjoining thereto, may act as Commiffioners in the execution of this Act, within fuch City, Borough, Town, Cinque-port, or Place. LXXXV. ' And whereas fome Doubts may arife, whether Mayors, Bailiffs, or other chief Magistrates Mrs jjaili^ c Towns Corporate, and Cinque-ports;' Be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all fpeciaUy appoint* Mayors, Bailiffs, and other chief Magiitrates, who are appointed Commiffioners for executing this Act, e6, fhall be, and have Power to act as Commiffioners for executing this Act within and for any City, Borough, Town Corporate, or Cinque-port, wherein they inhabit at the Time of executing this Act, as well where Commiffioners are efpecially appointed by this Act, as where they are not. LXXXVI. ' And whereas feveral Members of Parliament, by reafon of their Attendance in Parlia- Membersof ?i! _ ' taxed for their perfonal Eftates, and have been put to unreafonable Charge and Vexation ;' Be it further taxed at their enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the feveral Members of Parliament, who, at the Execution of Mani > on - llc ' ufei < this Act, during this Seffion of Parliament, fhall abide within the faid Cities of London and Wejlnmijler, and the Suburbs of the fame, or within the County of Middle/ex, fhall, for or in refpect of their ready Money, or Debts, or any other Tax which may be laid on their Perfons, or perfonal Errate, during this Seffion of Parliament, be alTeffed only in the Place where fuch Members have their Manfion-houfes, or other Places where they moft ufually refide during the Interval of Parliament ; and in cafe any AfTeffor or Commiffioner fhall afters, or caufe to be affefled, any Member of Parliament, contrary to the Provifion hereby made, he or they fhall forfeit to the Party grieved the Sum of forty Pounds, to be. recovered by Ac- tion of Debt, or upon the Cafe, together with full Coils of Suit; anything herein contained to the con- trary notwithstanding. LXXXVII. Provided alfo, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the firft General Meet- Fj r ftMcetin»- for' ing of the Commiffioners for the Weft Riding of the County of York fhall be held at the Town of Ponte-the Weft-Riding frail ; and the firft General Meeting of the Commiffioners for the North Riding of the County of York, of York at p on - fhall be held at the Town of Thiijk; and the firft General Meeting of the Commiffioners for the Eaft' er " ft > North Riding of the County of York, fhall be held at the Town of Beverley ; any thing in this Actbefore-men-E^ ln rf; a d t 1 „^ r / k5 tioned, or any former Cuftom, to the contrary notwithftanding._ Beie:Ie'y. LXXX VIII. Provided alfo, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Perfon fhall be ca- paple of acting as a Commiffioner in the Execution of this Act, or any of the Powers therein contained, J 3, ,™ 1 ™^ 1 ^ in or for any County at large, within England, the Dominion of Wales, (the Counties of Merioneth, Cur- an y County at digan, Carmarthen, Glamorgan, Montgomery, Pembroke, and Monmouth excepted) or in or for any of the large, uniefsra- Ridings in the County of York ; unlets fuch Perfon be feifed and poffeffed of Lands, Tenements, or Heredi- tecl at IO °' P er taments, being Freehold, Copyhold, or Leafehold, over and above all Ground Rents, Incumbrances, and Ann ,"™; fMoH- other Refervations, payable out of or in refpect of fuch Leafehold Eftates, which were taxed, or did pay &£ excepted;/' in the fame County or Riding, for the Value of one hundred Pounds per Annum^ or more, of his own E- ftate, by virtue of an Act parted in the third Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Ac! for granting an Aid to his Majejly by a Land Tax, to be raijed in Great Britain, for the Service of the Tear one thoufand feven hundred andfixty-three. LXXXIX. Provided neverthelefs, That any Perfon herein named a Commiffioner in and for the County Commiffioners of Anglejea or Carnarvon, fhall be capable of acting as a Commiffioner in the Execution of this Act, in or for Anglefea,&e. for the fame Counties, or either of them, being himfelf, or his Tenants or Truftees, taxed for the Va-^°g a .' Jt e l " ed lue of fixty Youn&s per Annum, or more, of .his own Eftate, by virtue of the faid Act of the third Year 3 3 ' per nn- of his Majefty's Reign. XC. Provided neverthelefs, and it is alfo hereby enacted, That no Perfon who is hereby appointed to Comm . ffi be a Commiffioner for executing this Act in any Part of England, Wales, or Berwick upon Tweed, fhall -be. may a &fo"any difabled from acting as a Commiffioner within or for any City, Borough, Cinque Port, or Town Corporate City, being in- ' only, for which he is particularly nominated and appointed a Commiffioner, and whereof he iTi ill be an habitants, or Inhabitant, at the Time of the Execution of this Act ; nor from afting as a Commiffioner within any of r " nsot Cou c > the Inns of Court, or Inns of Chancery; and that no Attorney or Solicitor, or Perfon practifing as fuch,^ 1 "'. who fhall not be feifed and pofTefTed of Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, being Freehold, Copyhold or 'not'-to'Ve- Corn- Leafehold, over and above all Ground Rents, Incumbrances, and other Refervations, payable out of or miffioners, with- in refpect of fuch Leafehold Eftate3, which were taxed or did pay in the fame County or Riding, City,.out poffeffing Borough, Town Corporate, Cinque Port or Place, for which he fhall be named a Commiffioner, or within I00 '' P" A; ' the County at large within which fuch City, Borough, Town Corporate, Cinque Port or Place, for which he fhall be named a Commiffioner, doth ftand, or which is next adjoining thereto, for the Value of one - hundred Pounds per Annum, or more, of his own Eftate, by virtue of an Act made and pafled in the third Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Aclfor granting an Aid to his Majejly by a Land Tax, to be raifd Vol. IX. 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