322 C. S. Anao viccfimo Caroli IL A. D. 166?; the Occupiers r.nd Poffcfibrs thereof are hereby appointed to pay the fame accordingly; and in Default of Piiyrneiit thereof or of any Part thereof, they the faid Samuel Sandys and Edivin Sandys are hereby authorized and impowered to fue for, and. by Virtue of this ASt fliall recover the fame, wherein no Eflbin, Proteftion or V/ager of Law fhall be allowed, and fliall likewife have their Cofls of Suit expended therein ; any lliing herein to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithflanding. XII. Provided always, and be if enadted, That after the laid Edwin and Samuel Sa>idys {haW have reco« vered and received Satisfacfion for the mean Profits, or any Part of them. That then they, their Heirs and Affigns, fliall pay (o much of the faid Arrears of the faid gradual Acre-Tax impofed upon the faid refpec- tive Lands, proportionably to what they ftiall receive, and no more. PfovifoforTho- XIII. Provided always, and be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That whereas fe vera! Parcels of the iTi^ns L'jrdCul- {^[^ ninety-five thoufand Acres ought to have been conveyed to Thomas Lord Culpeper or his Truftees, by the faid Governor, BailifFs and Confervators of the faid Corporation, by Virtue of the faid before recited Aft, as in and by the fame they were required and dired'ted, which they delayed to do, whereby the Rents, lilues and Profits thereof have not been paid to, nor could be received by the faid Thomas Lord Culpeper ot his Trufl:ees ; That the faid Thomas Lord Culpeper and his 1 ruftees fliall and are hereby entitled to the faid Rents, liTues and Profits of the faid Parcels, fince the paffing of the faid recited Aft, which have not been really paid to the Corporation for Taxes, or to him or them, and the Occupiers and PoflelTors thereof are hereby required to pay the fame accordingly; and in Default of Payment thereof, or any Part thereof, he the faid Thomas Lord Culpeper and his Truftees, are hereby authorized and impowered to fue for, and by Virtue of this Aft fhall recover the fame, wherein no Eflcin, Proteftion or Wager of Law fhall be allowed, and fliall likewife have their Cofls of Suit expended therein; any Thing to the contrary hereof in any wife notwithftandin?. peper. Anno Regni Caroli II. Regis Anglise, ScotiEe, Francf^e & Hiberni^, vicelimo fecundo.
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■venth in former Editions.' 16 Car. 2. c. 4. T the Parliament begun at Weftmhifter the eighth Day oi May, Anno Dotn. one thoufand fix hun- dred fixty-one, in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of our moft gracious Sovereign Lord Charles f by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faithy iffc. and there continued by feveral Prorogations, to the fourteenth Day oi February one thoufand fix hun- dred fixty-nine. From whence it was continued by Adjournment made the twenty-fecond * of April one thoufand fix hundred feventy, to the twenty-fourth Day oi O^ober following.' C A P. I. An Afl to prevent and fupprefs feditious Conventicles. OR providing further and more fpeedy Remedies againfl the growing and dangerous Praftices of fe- tlitious Seftaries and other dilloyal Perfons, who under Pretence of tender Confciences have or may ' at their Meetings contrive Infijrreftions (as late Experience hath fhewn) ;' (2) Be it enafted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by Authority of the fame, That if any Perfon of the Age of fixteen Years or upwards, being a Subjeft of this Realm, at any Time after the tenth Day of May next fhall be prefent at any Aflembly, Conventicle or Meeting, under Colour or Pretence of any Exer- cife of Religion, in other Manner than according to the Liturgy and Praftice of the Church of £//^/a»^, in any Place within the Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales or Town of Bervjick upon Tweed, at which Conventicle, Meeting or Aflembly, there fliall be five Perfons or more afi'embled together, over and befides thofe of the fame Houfliold, if it be in a Houfe v/here there is a Family inhabiting; or if it be in a Houfe, Field or Place where there is no Family inhabiting. Then where any five Perfons or more are (a aflembled as aforefaid ; it fhall and may be lawful to and for any one or more Juftices of the Peace of the County, Limit, Divifion, Corporation or Liberty, wherein the Offence aforefaid fhall be committed, .or fenocis muftbe for the Chief Magiftrate of the Place where fuch Oftence aforefaid fliall be committed, and he and they are convifted. hereby required and enjoined, upon Proof to him or them refpeftively made of fuch Offence either by ConfefHon of the Party or Oath of two Witnefl'es, (3) (which Oath the faid Juftice and Juftices of the Peace, and Chief Magiftrate refpeftively, are hereby im.powered and required to adminifter j or by notorious Evidence and Circumftance of the Faft, to make 3 Record of every fuch Offence under his or their Hands , . , and Seals refpeftively : V/hich Record fo made as aforefaid, fhall to all Intents and Purpofes be in Law taken the firft Oftc'nce! ^"'^ adjudged to be a full and perfeft Conviftion of every fuch Offender for fuch Offence ; and thereupon The Record anil the faid Juftice, Jufticcs and Chief Magiftrate refpeftively, fhall impofe on every fuch Offender fo convifll Conviaion to be as aforefaid, a Fine of five Shillings for fuch firft Offence ; which Record and Conviftion fnall be certified returned to the by the faid Juftice, Tuftices or Chief Magiftrate, at the next Quarter-Seflions of the Peace for the County next Quarter- ^j. pjacc where the Offence was committed. °"^' II. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if fuch Offender fo convifted as aforefaid, fliall at any Time again commit the like Oftence or Offences contrary to this Aft, and be thereof in Man- The Penalties ner aforefaid convifted; Then fuch Offender fo conviftof fuch like OlFence or Offences, fhall for every /or the fecond fuch Offcnce ijicuT the Penalty of ten Shillings j (2) which Fine and Fines for the firft and every other Of- Offence. fence Conventicles, &c. forbidden after the JO h of May 16^0. See I W. & M. Sfff. I. c. 18. How the Of-
