A.T).iyo6. Anno qiiinto Annje Reginae. C. ^. 229 ?i;iment, and forty-five Meiriters to be elefled to fit in the Houfe of Commons of the Parliament of Forty-five Mem- ^rcai Britain, according to the Agreement of this Treaty, in fuch Manner as by an A61: of this prefent Houfc°of Com*
- Seflion of the Parliament of Scotland is or fliall be fettled ; which A£l is hereby declared to be as valid as j,ods! "'"'
■if it were a Fart of, and ingrofled in this Treaty. And that the Names of the Perfons fo fummoned and < FartherProvi- elefted fliall 'be returned by the Privy Council of Scotland into the Court from whence the faid Writ did fions relating ifllie. And that if her Majefty, on or before the firfl: Day q^ May next, on which Day the Union is to ^^^°' .talce Place, {hall declare under the Great Seal of England, That it is expedient that the Lords of Parlia- f^^""T' *^' ment oi England, and/Cornmons of the prefent Parliament oi England, fliould be the Members of the re- fpedtive Houfes of the firft I'arJiament of Great Britain, for and on the Part of England, then the faid ""'"" "^ ' ^ '^' n -n X ^7-.!.. fiiii.i ~r& Parliament f Gre^t Britaiii. (hall not be lefs than fifty Days after the Date ofifuch Ploclamation ; and the Time and Place of the Meeting ofTuch Parlia'nent being fo appointed, a Writ fhall be immediately iffued under the Great Se^ of Great Britain, diredted to the Privy Council of Scotland, for the fummoning the fixteen Peers, and for electing forty-five Members, by whom Scotland is to.be reprefcnted in the Parliament of Grf<7/ ^Br/to?:. And the Lords cf Parliament o. England, and the fixteen Peers oi Scot-land, fuch fixteen Peers being Sum- moned and returned in the Manner agreed in this Treaty, and the Members of the Houfe of Commons of the (aid Parliament of England, and the forty-five Members for 'Scotland, fuch forty-five Members being eleiStcd and returned in the Manner agreed in this Treaty, fhall affemble and meet refpeftively, in the .rcfpe£tive Houfes of the Parliam.ent of Great Britain, at fuch Time and Place as fliall be fo appointed by »her Majefty, and fhall be the two Houfes of the firfl .Parliament of G;rff^ SnVffm ; and that Parliament ■may continue for fuch Time only, as the prefent Parliament of ^nj-Aw^ might ha-ve continued if the Uni- .on of the two -Kingdoms had not been made, iinlefs fooBcr diflblved'by her Majefty. And that every one Members to tafae of the Lords of Patliament oi Great Britain, and every-Member of the Houfe of Commons of theParjia- the 0.aths,,&c. ment of Great Brstain, in the firft and all fuccesding Parliaments of Great Britain, until theParliament qf tGreat Britain fliall otherwife direiSl, fliall take the refpeftive Oaths appointed to be taken in Stead of^the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, by an Aft of Parliament made in England in the firft Year of the Reign of the late King William and Qrieen Mary, intituled, An ASl for the abrogating of the Oaths 2/",i w.i&M. f.,j. Supremacy and Allegiance, and appointing other Oaths, and make, iubfcribe, and audibly repeat the Declara- c. £. ition mentioned in an Aft of Parliament made in England in the ithirtieth Year of the , Reign of King 'Charles. the Second, intituled, An A£l for the more effectual preferving the King^s Perfon and GovernmaU, 30Car.-2.ftat. .hy difahling Eapijh from fitting in either fiotfe of Parliatnent ; and fhall take and fubfcribe the Oath menti- s.c " ■bned in an Adt of Parliament made in England m the firft Year of her Majefby's Reign, intituled. An ASf ^.^
- to declare the Alterations in the Oath appointed to be taken hy the Act, intituled. An AH for the further Security c.
■if his Majefly's Fcrfon, and the Succcjfion .of the Crmvn in the Proiejiant Line, and for extinguijlnng the Hopes ■ of the pretended Prince c/" Wales, and all ether Pretenders, and their open and fecrtt Abettors, and for declaring ' the Allhciati'jv. to be determined; at fuch Time, and in fuch Manner as the Members of both. Houfes of Par- lliament of £«//a'7^/ are by the faid refpective Acls direfted to take, make, .and fubfcribe the,,fame, upoo
- -the Penalties and Difabiiities in the faid refpecf:i>veA£l:s contained. And it is declared and .agreed. That
-■tiiefe Words, This Realm, The Crotun of this Rcabn, and The ^teen of this Realm, mentioned in the Oaths, .and Declaration, contained in the . aforefaid A£ts, which were intended to fignify the Crown and Realm, •of England, fliall be underftood of the Crown and Realm of Great Britain; and that in that Senfe the faid 'Gaths and Declaration .be taken and fublcribed .by the Members of .both Houfes of the Parliament of 'Great Britain. ARTICLE XXIIL That the aforefaid fixteen, Peers of 'ScisZ/ffWi'/ mentioned in. the laft p-rece'ding Article, toTit'in the Floufe Pri-vileges ,of.{Jie rof Lords, of -the Parliament ofGreat Britain, fliall have all Privileges of Parliament, which the Peers of ^'««p I's^^-i .England now have, and-which they, or any Peers of Great Britain fliall have after the Union, and parti- •cularly the Right of fitting upon the Trials of .Peers : And in cafe of the Trial of any Peer, in 1 ime of Adjournment, or Prorogation of Parliament, the faid fixteen Peers fliall be fummoned in.the fame Man- .Jier, and have the fame Powers and Privileges at fjich Trial, zs -unY other Yeers of Great Britciin. And
- that in cafe any Trials of Peers fliall hereafter, happen, when, there, is- no ParliamentJii Being, the fixteen
'l?eers of Scotland, who fat in the laft, preceding Parliament, fhall be fummoned in the fame Manner, and have the. fame Powers and Privileges at fuch Trials, as any other .Peers of Great Britain ; and -that all and of aJl the -Peers of Scotland, .and their Succelibrs to their Honours and Dignities, fhall from and after the;Union, Peers uf Scot- be Peers of G'rf^? 5nYtf/?z, and have Rank and Precedency next and immediately after the Peers of the '^°* like Orders and Degrees la England at the Time of the Union, and -before all Peers of Great Britain of the like Orders and Degrees, who may be created after the Union, and fliajl be tried as Peers of Great Britain, and fhall enjoy all Privileges of Peer^, as fully as the Peers of E?iglancl do -novv, • or as the^y, or any other Peers of Great Britain .may hereafter enjoy the fame, except the Right an4 Privilege of fittiiig in the Houfe of Lords, , and , the „Privileggs depending. thfircoA, ., and p?.rticularly tfee vRight of fitting u4:ion the Trials of Peers. ' A'RT;ic'L'E .-XXIV. That from and after the Union, there be -one Great Seal for thtunited'K'mgdomof :Great'Briiain,Onz'QtSiV$s^U vwhich fhdl.he.diliereat ftoiu .tlie .Great jSeaLiiaw.uf'.d.jji eiUierJKJngdom.:^ild.t)i,at.the.^qi}af,teriwg the .Arrows
