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A. D. 1747. Anno vkefimo Georgii II. C. 45. 69 the Colony wherein fucli Perfons refpeiTtively have- fo inhahited and refided, or fhall lb inhabit and refide, (hail be deemed, adjudged, and taken to be his Majefty's natural born Subjects of this Kingdom, to all In- to be deemed tents, Conftruftions and Purpofes, as if they and every of them had been or were born within this King- natural-born dom ; which faid Affirmation and Subfcription of the faid Declaration, the faid Chief or other Judge of "4'="-'- every of the faid refpeflive Colonies, is hereby enabled and impowered to adminlfter and take ; and the ta- lcing of every fuch Affirmation, and the making and fubfcribing of every fuch Declaration, fhall be in fuch Lifts of Perfons Manner and Place, and at fuch Times and Hours, and fuch- Entries made thereof, and for the fame Fees, taking the Bcne- aiid under the fame Penalties, as in the faid recited Acl of the thirteenth Year of his Majefty's Reign are fit '° te tranf- mentioned ; and Lifts of the Perfons who fhall take the Benefit of this A&, fnall be tranfmitted to the Com- Cj'.mmifl- J miffionersof Trade and Plantations, in like Manner, and under the fame Penalties, as Lifts of the Perfons of'.j-^j^'™'^'^ taking the Benefit of the faid Ad are thereby directed to be tranfmitted. II. Provided always, and be it enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That no Perfon fhall be Naturalized Pf'°"' '""l"^- by virtue of this Act, unlefs fuch Perfon Ihall have received the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, in fome b/takinVihr Proteftant or Reformed Congregation, within fome of the faid Colonies in y/??2mra, within three Months Sacramcnt. next before his taking fuch Affirmation, and making and fubfcribing fuch Declaration, and fhall at the Time of his taking fuch Affirmation, and making and i'ubfcribing fuch Declaration, produce a Certificate, Certificate and figned by the Peribn adminiftering the faid Sacrament, and attefted by two credible Witneffes, whereof an Entry thereof to Entry (hall be made in the Secretary's Office of the Colony wherein fuch Perfon fhall fo inhabit and re- '"^™="^'=' fide, as alfo in the Court where the faid Affirmation fl:iall be fo taken as aforefaid, without any Fee or Reward. III. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Provifions contained in the faid Aft, Provifions of made in the thirteenth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, with Regard to Certificates of Refidence, and ^'3 13 Geo. 2, of having made and fubfcribed the faid Declaration, and taken the faid Affirmation, and as to fuch Certifi- with Regard to cates being made Evidence in the Courts of Grei7t Britain and Ireland, and alfo in the faid Colonies, and exte.nded to fncli all other the Benefits of the faid Aft, iLall extend to Foreign Proteftants, who confcientioufly fcruple the Foreign Proie- tnkingof an Oath, and who fhall be qualified as aforefaid. ftants, IV. Provided always, That the faid Foreign Proteftants fhall enjoy the Privileges of natural-born Sub- Privileges of jefts, and all the Benefits of this Aft, and the faid Aft of the thirteenth Y"ear of his Majefty's Reign. natural born V. Provided always, and be it hereby further enafted. That no Perfon who fhall become a natural-born ^^"^^ ■?^c. Subjeft of this Kingdom, by virtueof this Aft, fliall be of the Privy Council, or a Member of either Houfe R-'='*'^'^">ns. of Parliament, or capable of taking, having or enjoying any Office or Place of Truft v.'ithin the Kingdoms of Great Britain or Ireland, either Civil or Military, or of having, accepting or taking any Grant from the Crown to himfelf, or to any other in Truft for him, of any Lands, Tenements or Hereditam.ents, within the Kingdoms of Great Britain or Ireland; any thing herein before contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. VI. Provided alfo, and it is hereby further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That nothing in this Aft, Pei-fons excluded or in the faid recited Aft of the thirteenth Year of his Majefty's Reign contained, fliall extend, or be con- from this or ftraed to extend to Naturalize any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, who by virtue of an Aft made in the fourth '3 <j™' *• Year of his Majefty's Reign (intituled, An Alyt to explain a Claufe in an Aei made in the feventh Tear of the 4 Geo, 2. c. 21, Heign of her late Majeft'j ^neen Anne, for Naturalizing Foreign Protejiants, rvhich relates to the Children of natu7-al-born Subjects of the Crotun of ILngld-nd, or of Great Britain) are declared and enafted not to be in- titled to the Benefit of the faid Aft of the feventh Year of her faid late Majefty's Reign, but that all fuch Perfons fnall be and remain in the fame State, Plight and Condition, to all Intents, Conftruftions and Pur- "^Qc'rc ac pofes whatfoever, as they would have been in, if the faid recited Aft of the thirteenth Year of his Majefty's CaC°o~%, Xs' Reign, or this Aft, had never been made ; any thing in this Aft, or in the faid recited Aft of the thirteenth Year of his Majefty's Reign contained to the contrary iji any wife notwithftanding. CAP. XLV. An Aft to continue feveral Laws relating to the Manufaftures of Sail-cloth and Silk ; to give further Time for the Payment of Duties omitted to be paid for the Indentures or Contrafts of Clerks and Apprentices, and for better fecuring the Payment of the faid Duties ; and de- claring that Prize Ships lawfully condemned {hall be deemed Britifo built Ships -, and for ■ allowing Prize Goods to be landed and fecured in proper Warehoufes, without Payment of any Duty, until it can be determined whether they are fit for Exportation or Home Con- fumpdon. HERE AS the Laws herein after mentioned, which have by Experience been found iifeful and beneficial, are near expiring,' May it pleafe your Majefty that it may be enafted ; and be it enafted by the King's moft Excellent Majelly, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the i'dme. That an Aft made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Ad for the 12 Anri;^ c. i6 better Encouragement cf the making of Sail-cloth in Great Britain ; which was to continue in Force for {evzw Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament; and which. was, by an Aft made in the fifth Year of his late Majefty's Reign, further continued for the Term of feven Years, andrCeo i c - from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament ; and which, by another Aft made in the • • • j- tenth ear of the Reign of his faid late Majefty, was further continued for the Term of feven Years, iqG^-o j c 17 and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament ; and which, by another Aft made xn the eighth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, v/as further continued until the tv/enty-fifth Day of March 3 q^^ „ ^ j^, onethoufand feven hundred and forty-two, and from thence to the End of die then next Seffion of Parlia- ment J