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532 C. 24« Anno quarto & quinto GuLiELMi & Mari^. A. D. 1692. §. 12. farther < ftrft Seffiou of the next Parliament ;' Be it enafted, That the faid h.R mentioned AB. be continued, and ^Vears! " ^^'^ ^'^ '". Force for the Space of feven Years, from the thirteenth Da/ oi February one^ thoufand fix hundred ninety-tv/o, and from thence to the End of the next Seffion of Parliament. EX P. ' IX. And whereas an Aft was made at the faid Seffion of Parliament held in the two and twentieth ' and three and twentieth Years of the Reign of the faid late King Charles the Second, intituled 42 & 23 Car. 2. ' Jn J^ ffj prevent Frauds in the buying and felling of Cattle in Smithfield and eifeivb're, which was thereby huv?n|.cattlp !n ' ^^ Continue in Force from the^four and twentieth Day of June one thoufand fix hundred feventy- SmithfieU, con- ' o"^, and from thence to the End of tiie next Seffion of Parliament : And whereas the faid Adl tiaueJ by i jac. ' being expired, was aft rw-irds, by an A61 madj in the firft Year of the Reign of the late King 2. c. 17. §, 10. ' James the Second, enafted to be in Force from the four and twentieth Day oi June one thoufand ifued^cTT' ' ^'"^ hundred eighty-fwe, for {e^tn Years, and from thence to the End of the next Seffion of Parlia- Ycars. Exp. ' nient : Neverthelefs it w: s thereby provided. That neith.i'the faid Aft, nor any thing therein con- See ii& 12 W,' tained, fhould extend to Salefmen or Factors employed by Farmers or Feeders;' Be it eiuifted by the 3. c. 13. Authority aforefaid. That the faid Aft, together witii the faid Provifo, fiiail continue and be in Force ^ Ann- c' 6* '^'^'" ^^^ Space of feven Years from the thirtc-nth Day of February one thoufand li< hundred ninetv- 7 nns, c. . j.^^^ ^^j from thente unto the End of the next Seffion of Parliament, and no longer. EXP. iW. &M. m I. X. And be it further enafted. That an Aft made in the h.ft Year of their Majeflies Reign, intituled c. 32. about Ex- ^,, Jsi for the bett;r preventing the Exportatio'i of IVooll^ ajid encouraging the woollen Alanufai^ture of this WoMl'rconti- Kingdo/n, and every Claufe, Article, and Thing therein contained (oth.3r than and except fuch Part of 3iu:d fo'r 3 Years, the faid Aft as relates to the free Exportation oi die wool 'en iVlanufafture) fliall be and is hereby continued, 7W. 3. c. 28. and fnall be in Force for the Term of three Years, from the thirtei-nth Day of February ont thoufand sJ;'- '^- 4'=- fix hundred ninety-two, and fioni thence to'th; End of the next Seffion of Parliament, and no longer. impor'teTtr'om* Provjded always. That no Wool fliall be imported from the Kingdom of /;v/«w/ into the Port oi Exeter'; iriand to ^"7 Thing in this Aft, or in any former Aft, Statute, or Provifion to the contrary in any wife notv/ith- Excter. {landing. ' 13 & 14 Car. 2. ' XI. And whereas an Aft made in the thirteenth and fourteenth Years of the Rtign of King Charles the Second, intit-uled, An Aci for the better Relief of the Poor of this Kingdoin^ was enafted to have Con- tinuance (except what related to the Corporations therein mentioned, and thereby conftituteaj until the 17! Md"' ' twenty-ninth Day of May one thoufand fix hundred fixty-iive, and from thence to the End of the firll farther conti- ' Seffion of the . next Parliament; which laid Aft, by an Aft made in the tiril: Year of the Reign of the W'"^%'m^ ^^ ^ ' ^^'■^ King James (except as to what relatM to the Corporations therein mentioned, and ccniituted contWd-forV' ' thereby} was enafted to be in Force from the firft Day of M-/y one thoufand fix hundred eighty -five, Years longer. ' ^"^ 'o to Continue for the Space of feven Years, and from thence to the End of the next Seffion of Made perpetual ' Parliament: And whereas by an Aft made in the 1 ait Seffion of this prefcnt Parliament the faid lart 6y 12 AnnB, « mentioned Aft (as to what th rein related to the Settlement of the Poor) was enafted to ht in Force- ftat. I, c. iS. <■ fpQrpi (-j^e f^j-fl. £)jy Qf ]^^rch one thouf^md fix hundred ninety-one, but no Provifion was thereby made- ' for continuing of divers other Parts of the faid Aft, which by Experience are found to be ufcful and ' beneficial to the Publick :' Be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid .di for the better Re- lief of the Poor of this Kingdom, as to all Parts thereof not mentioned and continued in and by the faid. Aft made in the laft Seffion of this prefent Parliament (other than and except what relates to the Corpo- rations mentioned in the faid Aft for the better Relief of the Poor of this Kingdom, and thereby conftituted) fhall be continued, and fhall be in Force for the Space of feven Years from the thirteenth Day oi February one thoufand fi.x hundred ninety-two, and from thence to the End of the next Seffion of Parliament, and no longer. 30 Car. 2. flat. XIL And be it further- enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That an Aft made in the thirtieth Year of T. c. 7. about the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, ' An Aci to enable Creditors to recover their Debts of the Exe- Recovery againft ^^;^,-^ and Adminij^rators of Executors in their ovjn Wrong; which faid Aft, in the firft Year of the Reign of rirt^'^continued" ^"^ '•^ King Jamcs the Second, v/as enafted to be in r orce from the firft Day of the then prefent Seffion.. by 1 Jac. 2. c. df Parliament, and to continue for feven Years, and from thence to the End of the firft Seffion of the then 17. §.14. hereby next Parliament, {hall be and is hereby continued and made perp-tual. And forafmuch as it hath been a made perpetual. Doubt whether the faid Aft did extend to any Executor or Executors, Adminiftrator or Adminiftrators of" ^alnftE- any Executor or Adminiftrator of Right, who for want of Privity in Law were not before anfwerable, nor byKightr'^" °" could be fued for the Debts due from or by the firft Teilator or fnteftate. notwithftanding that fuch Exe- cutors or Adminiftrators had wafted the Goods and Eftate of the firft Teftator or Inteftate, or converted' the lame to his or their own Ufe : For Remedy vv'hereof be it further ei-afted and declared by the Authority' aforefaid. That all and every the Executor and Exeeutors, Adniiniftrator or Adminiftrators of fuch Execu- • tor or Adminiftrator of Right-, who fhall waile or convert to his own Ufe, Goods, Chattels, or Eftate of" > his Tdlator or Inteftate, fhall from henceforth be liable and chargeable in the fame Manner as his or their. 1 c. 12. for Relief oftbe Poor, con- < rinncd by i Jac, to J 3 I by 6 ^£7 w. 3. ' like Offence, and praying the Benefit of that Statute, fiiould not have Judgment of Death given againil '• H- ' her upon fuch Conviftion, or Execution awarded upon any Outlawry for fuch Oftence, but ihould fufter ' the fame Punifhment as a Man who hath the Benefit of his Clerg^y in the like Cafe jho..ld fufter: And_ ' whereas fome Doubt h-ath arifen upon the fiid Statute, whether a Woman fhould have the Benefit therecif Women only to ' rnore than once ;' Be it therefore declared and enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Woman have Benefit of ^, ^ bccn, or at aiiv Time hereafter fliall be, convifted of any Felony, for which a Man might have'the- Clergy once. ' ^ ■ Benciit.