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A.D. i68o. Anno xxxii Caroli II., C. r, 2. 401 Anpo Regni Caroli II. Regis Anglias, Scotise, Francia^ £c Fliberniae, tricefimo fccundo. T the Parliament funimoned to begin at IVcJimlnfler on the fevcnteenth Day of O.^nher one thoufand fix hundred feventy-nine, in the one and thirtieth Ye;ir of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second, by the Grace of God, o{ England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, L'efendcr of the ' " " "" ... . - - -~ j^^^ ^^^^ thoufand ence continued to ' faith, (s'c, and by Several Prorogations continued to the one and twentieth Day ot Oily

  • fix hundred and eighty, in the tliirty-fecond Year of his faid Majefby's Reign; and tht
  • the tenth oijanuaij next enfuing, on which Day the following Adts pulled the Royal Affcnt.'

C A P. I. An Additional AiSt for Burying in Woollen. . . ', "' "f TTHEREAS in one Aft of Parliament paffed in the thirtieth Year of his Majefly's Reign that now AKec;laIoffor-

  • V V '85 intituled, An ASl for Burying in Woollen, it was amongll other Things enafted and ordained, 'I'nat mci- Ads.

I ' the Affidavits which were to be made of any Perfon's being interred in Woollen according to the Direc- ■° Ciar. 2. i ' tions in the faid Afl, fhould be made or talcen before fome one Juftice of the I^eace or Mafter of Chan- ," '^' 3" ' eery, Ordinary or Extraordinary, Mayor, Bailiff, or other Chief Officer of the City, County, Bo- ^' ^' ' rough. Corporation or Market-Town in the County where the faid Party was buried, who are thereby i.f .authorized and required to adminifter the faid Oath, and to attcft the fame under their Hands upon fuch

  • Affidavit, gratis.

' II. And whereas by reafon of the Didance of the Habitations of the Perfons before wbo".i fuch Affi- The Hindrance i 'davit is to be made, and other Accidents, divers Perfons who have had Occafion ,to make fuch Affidavits of Affidavits by j* have been neceffitated to travel many Miles for the making thereof, to their great Lofs of Time, and^^^"'"^^'^<==- j* Hindrance of their Affairs :' j III. Be it therefore enaited, the Advice and Confent of the afTembled, and by the Authority of our Lord one thoufand fix hund „ .. . . found, in any Parifh where any Party {hall be interred) the faid Oaths or Affidavits may be adminirtredcjr, ardCurjt'e. not only by any Juftice of the Peace or Mafler of Chancery, Ordinary or Extraordinary, Maj'or, Bailiff may i^kcAiB-' jor other Chief Officer of the City, County, Borough, Corporation or Market-Town in the County where "J"'-" '^"f"" any Party was buried ; but alfo that the Parfons, Vicars and Curates in every Parifh or Chapei ofEafe o"^' ^i^" only, .within the County where any Party fhall be interred, (except only the Parfon, Vicar and Curate of the Parifh or Chapel of Eafe where the Party is interred, concerning whofe Interment in Woollen fuch Affi- davit is to be made) be and are hereby authorized and required to adminifter the f lid Oaths or Affidavits, and to atteft the fame under their Hands gratis ; (2) and that every fuch Affidavit taken before them fhall Affi 'avit taken, ■be of like Force andEfFeft, as if the fame had been taken and adminiilred by the Perfons authorized to ad- ^'>' ^■."■'°"' *=^- mlnifter the fame by the Adi aforelaid. ■ |.«,tcflu:.i as ^ by 30 dr. s.. Star, i.c.^.^.r, c A P. n. '^' An Aft prohibiting the Importation of Cattle from Ireland. ' from thence to the End of the firft Seffion of the next Parliament, which is now expired : " ^ ' II. And forafmuch as by long Experience the faid Law hath been found to be ^■ery beneficia! to thiiThc-Benrfitof.'t, ' Kingdom,' (2) Be it cnadfed by the King's moft excellent Majeftyi by and with the Advice and Cotift nt 1"""-'^ 'S Car. i. of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament afl'embkd,; and .by the"^'^' ti<= re^'iwd Authority of the fam.e. That the faid Aft, and e'ery Claufe, Articfe siid Thing therein contained, tpgti-i"^ Jj!".""""^^- ther with the Additions and Alterations herein after mentioned and exprelTed, fliali from and after, the le- ' 1^ cond Day oi February, which fhall be in the Year of our Lord C3od one thoufand fix hundred and. eighty, ■. ■ be revived, continue and remain, and is hereby revived and continued in- Force, to all Intents, Confirua- . tions and Purpofes for ever. ... ,•:.;,;, i III. And be it funher cnafted ij the Authority aforefaid, Tfiat not only the Conftables,- OfScers and'^^^^f'^'Q-'S': Inhabitants mentioned in the aforefaid recited Aft, but any and every other Perfon and Perfons whatfoever,p,'^^' "'*■'• fhall and may take and felze in any Place or Places whatfoever the Cattle and Goodi imported contrary f'oreizs iri'j'h.c^f. the faid recited Aft ; (2) and that all and every fuch Perfon and P«rfons that fhall feize as aforefaid, fhaShl'e .*nii Coodi' from Time to Time have the Benefit and Adyantage hereafter given by this A6!; to any Seizor or Seizors ^'"p?"'^- *. whatfoever. ■ ' ■ ■ .:■.-!.' L^;|,„^*'?..fo. IV. And to prevent all fraudulent Seizures, Sales and Compofitioris*,. tobf?'it!'ade'"b5?" grit Petfbn dr'PeP-To^p^Jj.nj'^^ ' fons whatfoever, in any Parifh or Place whatfoever, v/here any great C?.t tie, Sheep or Swine fliaii he im.-fi3u.ii"iene -^ Vol. III. . 7 F " ^ portdd ^^i" ^nd =