364 C.15. Anno feptimo Ann ^ RegiiiEe. A. D. 1708. and regiftrci! fhall be delivered tc the proper Ordinary within the Time aforefaid, to be kept or regiftred in his Court, without fee. without any Fee or Reward for the fame. Wlieie Libraries V. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That where there are any parochial Libra- cr rlc" c/ta'^" ■"'" ^l<^^'^y ere<aed, the Incumbent, Rcflor, Vicar, Minifter, or Curate of fuch Parifti or Place, fhall loBue ^0 bcmade, "i'"K^ or caufe to be made a Catalogue of all Books in the fame, thereby acknov/ledging the Cuftody and &C. befure 29 ' Pofleffion thereof; which Catalogue fo figned, fliall be delivered to the proper Ordinary, on or before Sept. J709. the nine and tv.'entieth Day of September which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufanu feven hun-' dred and nine ; and where any Library fhall at any Time hereafter be given and appropriated to the Ufc '" '" "' ' ' ' - -■ ■ - - _ _ -.. ^ Minifter, or Curate in Pof- or caufe to be made a Cata- iths after he fhall receive fuch Library. UponthcDeath VI. And to prevent any Im.bezilment of Books upon the Death or Removal of any Incumbent, Beit "'^rMuniLnr ^'^° enadled by the Authority aforefaid. That immediately after the Death or Removal of any Incumbent, t"I c'hurdnv"/- Redor, Vicar, Minifter, or Curate, the Library belonging to fuch' Parifli or Place fhall be forthwith 6(ns (halllock A^ut up, and locked, or otherwife fccured by the Churchwarden or Churchwardens for the Time being, ■jjp the Library, or by fuch Ferfon or Perfons as Tnall be authorized or appointed by the proper Ordinary, or Archdeacon refpeiflively, fo that the fame fhall not be opened again, till a new Incumbent, Rector, Vicar, Miaiiler, or Curate fliall be indufted or admitted into the Church of fuch Parifh or Place. The Vedry, &c. VII. Provided always. That in cafe the Place where fuch Library is or fhall be kept, fhall be ufed for niay meet in fuch ^jiy publick Occafion for Meeting of the Veftry, or otherwife, for the Difpatch of any Bufinefs of the dw'fcS'i'nralv?^^ '^^■' °'^ ^°'^ any other publick Occafion, for which the faid Place hath been ordinal ily ufed, the Place fliall neverthelefs be made ufe of as formerly for fuch Purpofes_, and after fuch Bufinefs difpatched fliall be again forthwith fliut and lockt up, or otherwife fecured, as is before direfted. The Incumbent VIII. And be it alfo further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That for the better Prefervation of the ftail enter ihe Books belonging to fuch Libraries, and that the Benefadlions given towards the fame may appear, a and Book"" Book fliall be kept within the faid Library for the entring and regiflring of all fuch Beaefaiflions, and fuch Books as fhall be given towards the fame, and therein the Minifter, Re£ior, Vicar, or Curate of the faid Parifli or Place, ftiall enter or caufe to be fairly entered fuch Benefadion, and an Account of all fuch Books as fhall from time to time be given, and by whom given. - "^d^D^ntrml ^^' '^"'^ '^° ^^^ better governing the faid Libraries, and preferving of the fame. It is hereby further make Orden^ enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That it fliall and may be lawful to and for the proper Ordinary, to- concerning the gether with the Donor of fuch Benefadxion, (if living) and after the Death of fuch Donor, for the pro- Lbrary; per Ordinary alone, to make fuch other Rules and Orders concerning the fame, over and above, and be- which (hall be fides, but not contrary to fuch as the Donor of fuch Benefadtion fliall in his Difcretion judge fit and ne- efltied asaiore- ceflary ; which faid Orders and Rules fo to be made, fhall, from time to time, be entred in the faid Book,
- '^' or fome other Book to be prepared for that Purpofe, and kept in the faid Library.
Books not to be X. And it is further enrL(£ted and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That none of the faid Books fliall alierablewithout jj^ aj,y ^^fg )^^ alienable, nor any Book or Books that fhall hereafter be given by any Benefaiflor or Be-. oJd^nary ^ nefadors fliall be alienated, without the Confent of the proper Ordinary, and then only when there is Ifany^'Book be 3 Duplicate of fuch Book or Books ; and that in cafe any Book or Books be taken or otherwife loft out loft a juftice of of the faid Library, it fhall and may be lawful to and for any Juftice of Peace within the County, Riding, Peace may grant or Divifion, to grant his Warrant to fearch for the fame, and in cafe the fame be found, fuch Book or a Warrant to^^^ Books fo fouid fliall immediately, by Order of fuch Juftice, be reftored to the faid Library; any Law, TimaT'xiitM Statute, or Ufage to the contrary in any wife notvi^'thftanding. bereftoiedto the XI. Provided always. That nothing in this Aft contained fhall extend to a publick Library lately Library. ercded in the Parifli oi Ryegate in the County of Suny, for the Ufe of the Freeholders, Vicar, and Inha- This Act fliall bitants of the faid Parifh, and of the Gentlemen and Clergymen inhabiting in Parts thereto adjacent ; the not extend to a faid Library being conftituted in another Manner thjm the Libraries provided for by this A(St. Library erected in Rycgate in Surrey. CAP. XV. An Ad for altering Whitfuntide and Lammas Terms, for the Court of Exchequer in Scotland. W Whitfuntide Term for the H E R E A S it is found to be moft convenient for the Subjefts of Scotland, that the Terms to be kept and obferved there, for the fitting of the Court of Exchequer, fhould be at the fame Time ' that the Court of the Lords of SefTion is held and kept there ; and that therefore it is inconvenient that
- IVhitfunUde Term for the faid Court of Exchequer fhould begin before the Month of June, or that Lammas
' Term for the fame Court fhould continue after the Month of Jidy;' Be it therefore enaded by the Co-jrtofExche- Queen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem- quer in Scotland, poral, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament aftembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That andendWii ^'^'>>"^'«'^ Term for the faid Court of Exchequer fliall at all Times hereafter begin upon the firft Day - ■'„ ■ of June, and {hall end upon the two and twentieth Day of the faid Month of June, and thzt Lammas tobegirTuiy'y. Teim for the fame Court fhall alfo at all Times hereafter begin upon the feventh Day of July, and end and eno juiy26. upon the fix and twentieth Day of the fame Month, except any of the faid Days, upon which the faid Except any of Terms are appointed to begin and end, happen to be upon a Sunday, in which Cafe the Beginning or the faid Days be Ending of fuch Term, jn which thaj happcDSj fhall be upon the Day following. II. An4
