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38 C. 29. Anno tertio Georgii II. A. D. 1730. c certify, that fuch Bankrupts had made a full Difcovery of their Eftates and Effects, and conformed them-

  • felves according to the Directions of the faid A6t, and four Parts in five of their Creditors fhould fign

c fuch Certificate, and confent to their Difcharge, and in cafe fuch Certificates fhould be allowed by the

  • Lord Chancellor, or others therein named, in Manner in the faid Act mentioned, and any of the Cre-

' ditors of fuch Bankrupts were to be heard, if they fhould think fit, againft the making fuch Certificate

  • and againft the Confirmation thereof; and whereas the faid Act expired at the End of the laft Seffion of
  • Parliament ; and whereas before the Expiration of the faid Act feveral Perfons, againft whom Commif-

' fions had been iffued, were duly declared Bankrupts, and fince the Iffuing of the laid Commiffions have c made full Difcoveries of all their Eftates and Effects, and delivered the fame up for the Benefit of their ' Creditors, notwithftanding which fome of their Creditors have fince brought Actions againft them, and c held them to Bail thereupon, and their Certificates not being allowed and confirmed, fuch Bank- ' rupts are deprived of the Benefit intended them by the faid Act, although they are liable to the Penal- ' ties thereby inflicted ;' For Relief therefore of the faid unfortunate Bankrupts, Be it enacted by the Au- •Bankrupts on 14 thority aforefaid, That all and every Perfon and Perfons, who was or were duly declared a Bankrupt !have th 7 e 2 l'enefit or Bankrupts on or before the fourteenth Day of May which was in the Year of our Lord one thoufand of the faid AQ. feven hundred and twenty-nine, fhall be intitled to all and lingular the Relief and Difcharge from his, £ X.P. ^ or thejj. Debts, and other Benefit and Advantages, and be alfo fubject and liable to all the Penal- ties in the faid Act of the fifth Year of his faid late Majefty's Reign contained or mentioned ; and for that Purpofe the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, and other the Perfons in the faid Act authorized to put the fame in Execution, are hereby authorized and impowered to proceed in all Refpects touching and concerning the Bankrupt or Bankrupts, who was or were fo declared on or before the faid fourteenth Day of May one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-nine, in the fame Manner and Form, and as effectually to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the faid recited Act was in Force ; and all Actions brought againft the faid Bankrupt or Bankrupts, or any of them, for any Debts contracted before his or their Bankruptcy, and the Bail given thereon, fhall, from and after the Allowance of fuch Bankrupt or Bankrupts Certifi- cate and Certificates, be and are hereby difcharged. The Aa-not re- V. Provided neverthelefs, That nothing herein contained fhall be conftrued to revive the faid Act, to V f d 'h f B Ve k" ly *" ave oru Y as t0 ^ ucn Bankrupt or Bankrupts as was or were fo declared on or before the faid four- ruptsl a " " teenth Day of May one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-nine, and who have obtained or fhall obtain Certificates of their Conformity, affented to by four Parts in five, in Number and Value, of their Creditors, and allowed and confirmed, as the faid Act directs, on or before the twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-two ; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. 3*Jeo. i..c. rK. ' VI. And whereas by a Claufe in an Act of Parliament paffed in the third Year of his late Majefty's ' Reign, intituled, An Act for explaining an Acl pajfed in the laft SeJJion of Parliament, intituled, An Act to 6 oblige Papifts to regifter their Names and real Eftates, and for enlarging the Time for fuch Rcgi/lring, e and for Jecuring Purchafes made by Protefants, it was enacted, That from and after the nine and twentieth

  • Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and feventeen no Manors,

' Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments or any Intereft therein, or Rent or Profit thereout, fhould pafs,

  • alter or change from any Papift or Perfon profelTing the Popifh Religion, by any Deed or Will, except

4 fuch Deed within fix Months after the Date, and fuch Will within fix Months after the Death of the ■* Teftator, fhould be inrolled in one of the King's Courts of Record at Wejlminjler, or elfe within the c fame County or Counties, wherein the Manors, Lands and Tenements lie, in fuch Manner as therein

  • for that Purpofe is particularly directed : And whereas by a Claufe in another Act of Parliament paffed

» Geo. 1, c, 4. ' an the tenth Year of his faid late Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Ail for explaining and amending an Aft of

  • the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act to oblige all Perfons being Papifts, in that Part of Great

' 4 Britain called Scotland, and all Perfons in Great Britain refufing or neglecting to take the Oaths appoint-

  • ed for the Security of his Majefty's Perfon and Government, by feveral Acts herein mentioned, to
  • *egifter their Names and Real Eftates, and for enlarging the Time for taking the faid Oaths and making fuch
  • Regifter s, and for allowing further Time for the Inrolment of Deeds or Wills made by Papi/ls, which have been

1 omitted to be inrolled, purfuant to an Ac! of the third Year of his faid late Majejly's Reign, and alfo for giving

  • Relief to protefwnt Leffees, it was enacted, for the Relief of fuch Perfons'who had neglected or omitted

■* to inrol their Deeds or Wills, that every Deed and Will which had been then made, fince the nine and ' twentieth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and feventeen, in order to pafs, alter or change ' any Manors, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments or any Intereft therein, or Rent or Profit

  • thereout, from any Perfon profeffmg the Popifh Religion, though not then inrolled, fhould be as

' good and effectual in the Law, as the fame would have been, in cafe the faid Deeds and Wills had been

  • inrolled within the Time limited by the faid Claufe in the faid former Act for Inrolment thereof, pro-
  • vided the faid Deeds and Wills ihould be inrolled on or before the nine and twentieth Day of September

' one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-four in fuch Manner as by the faid former Act was directed : ' And whereas feveral of his Majefty's Proteftant Subjects, fince the nine and twentieth Day of Septem-

  • ber one thoufand feven hundred and feventeen, have purchafed Lands and taken Leafes upon Fines

' paid, where fome finall Rents have been referved, from Papifts or Perfons profeffmg the Popifh Reli-

  • gion, and have omitted and neglected to inroll their purchafe Deeds and Leafes within the Times limit-

' ed by the faid Claufes, in the faid Acts directed for the Inrolment thereof, and are in danger of being

  • defeated of their faid Purchafes and Leafes : And whereas feveral Infants and others, claiming under the
  • laft Wills and Teftaments of Papifts or Perfons profeffmg the Popifh Religion, may be defeated of their
  • laid Lands fo devifed to them, through the Neglect or Omiffion of the Executors or Truftees of fuch
  • Wills