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ei2 C 265 27. Anno vicefimo fexto Georgii II. A. D. 175; f.me, and the bability of any fuch Propofd or Difcovery as to think it proper to make Experiment thereof, they {hall Author's Name, certify the fame under their Hands and Seals to the Commiflioners of the Navy for the Time being, toge- to the Commif- (•]•,£[• ^yjth the Pcrfons Names who (hall be the Authors of fuch Propofals ; and upon producing fuch Certt- N "v v" ° '"^ ficate, the fiiid Commiflioners of the Navy are hereby authorizid and required to make out a Bill or Bills who are to makefo ^^Y ^'^^^ ^""^ ° Suiiis of Money not exceeding two thoufand Pounds, over and above the aforefaid Sum out 1 Bill for' of two hundred and nfcy Pounds, being the Remainder of the two thoufand Pounds mentioned in the faid fuch a limited Aft made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of the late Queen jinne, as the fuid Commiffioners for the Dif- Sum as /hall be cgvcry of the faid Longitude, or any five or more of tliem faall think necelTary for making any iLxperiments thought neccf- -^^ purfuance of this Act, or either of the faid former A6is above-mentioned, payable by the Treafurer of ■' the Navy ; which Sum or Sums the Treafurer of the Navy for the Time being is hereby required to pay to be paid to the jj-^^j^gji^tely {q fuch Perfon or Perfons as fhall be appointed by the Commiffioners for the Difcovery of the Perion making r^jj Longitude to make thofe Experiments, out of anv Money that Ihall be in his the faid Treafurer's Hands the Experiment. . ■ i ,- i rrr r . u "rT " unapplied tor the Ule of the Navy. ^ _ Additional Com- ' JT, And whereas many of the Commiffioners appointed by the faid Act made in the twelfth Year of miiiioners ap- c ^-^^ peign of her late Majefty Queen J?i/!e are deceafed ;' Be it therefore enacted by the Authority afore- fointe . ^^.j^ That the Governor of the Royal Hofpital for Seamen at Grcemvicb for the Time being, the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty for the Time being, the Secretaries of the Treafury for the Time being, the Secretary of the Admiralty for the i ime being, and the Comptroller of the Navy for the Time being, ihall be, and they are hereby added to and joined with fuch of the Commiffioners appointed by the faid ACt for difcovering the Longitude as are furviving ; and the faid Pcrfons hereby appointed Commiffioners, fhall and may ait, to all Intents and Purpofes, for putting in Execution the faid former Acts and this prefent Acf, ScefariherzGco.2.s fully'aud citectually as if they had been ajTpointed Gonimiffioners by the faid Act made in the twelfth 3. c. iS. Y~ear of the Reign of her late Majefty Qiieen June. C A P. XXVL An A(5l to permit Perfons profeffing the JezviJ/j Religion to be naturalized by Parliament ; and for other Furpoles therein mentioned. REP. n jac.i. c. 2. ' •^T 7" HERE AS by an AiSf made in the feventh Year of the Reign of King Jumt^s the Firft, intituled, ' VV J'! J^ that all fuch lS are to be mitiiraiizcd or rcflored hi Blood, JImU p-jt reeeivj the SaeramcHt if the ' Lord's Supper, and the Oath of Allegiance, and the Oath of Supremacy; every Perfon who flial! apply to be ' naturalized by Aft of Parliariicnt, being of the Age of eighteen Years or upward*;, is required lo recei-e ' the Sacrament of the I^ord's Supper within onj Month before the Bill for iuch Naturalization be exhi- .' bited, whereby many Perfons ot coniiderable Subftance profeffing the yt-iw}^ Religion are prevented from being naturalized by Bill to be exhibited in Parliament for that Purpofe: And whereas by an Act made in i^ Geo. i, c. ' out of fom.e of the faid Colonies for a longer Space than two Months at any one Time during the faid ' fcven Years, are naturalized upon their complying with the Terms therein mentioned, without their ' receiving the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ;' Be it therefore enadfed, i£c. " Jtvjs, upon Application to Parliament, may be naturalized without taking the Sacrament. Claufe to " be inferted in every Bill, fubjefting the Perfon to the Difabilities exprefl'ed in i Geo. i. c. 4. No Perfon " to be naturalized who has not reftded in Gr^ii^ijnV<T/« or Ireland for three Years, v/ithout being abfent " more than three Months at one Time, and who fiiail not bring Proof of his ha ing profeifed the fivi'tjh ". Religion for three Years before. "Jevjs difabled from purchafuig or inheriting any Advowfon or Right of " Patronage, isc. Repealed 27 Geo. 2. c. I." C A P. XXVII. An A(5i: to confirm certain A(5ls and Orders made by Juftices of the Peace h?ing of the 'i^'o- rtim, notwithftanding any Deicc'l in not cxpreffing therein that fucti Jultices of the Peace are of the Quorum. 'HEREAS Authority is given by divers Afls of ParliairiCnt to two or more jufliccs of the Peace, whereof one or more are to be of tc ^i-jnan : And whereas divers Acts, Orders, Adjudications, ' W;!rrants, ConHrmations of Lidenturcs, and other Liftruments done, made and executed, by two or more ' Ju'lices of the Fe;-,ce, without expreffmg that they are, or that one of them is, of the..^vo;7//,.',_hac been, ' and may be, for that ileafon only impeached, fet ailde and vacated ;' Be it enacHcd by the King's moft Ex- ^,.° ;^f ^°^^'^f ccllcnt Majedy, by and wlch die Advice andConfent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, jufticcs 10 be va in this prcfcnt Parliament afiembled, and by the Authority of the )a;r.e, That from and at'ter the tvventy- catcd forDdeifl fourth Day oi'jiine in the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-three, no Aifl, Order, Adjudication, oily, ill iiovex- Warrant, Inden'.ure of Apprenticefliip, or other Inftrui-ncnt already made, done or executed, or hereafter to ^ '"^'ore"" huh ^'^ '■>'^^^'-S c'one or executed, by two or more Juilices of the Peace, which doth not cxprefs that one or more {'life's a^e of ^f the Juftices is or are of the .'J^iorurn, lliali be impeached, fet afsdc or vacated, for that Defect only; any i: ,e Qnoruni. Law, Statute or Ufage to the contrary notVvithftanding. ljiMcriiii:g'Jtt/iia!<f diPiii.c fee fill lf.r zy Cc:. z. f. j6 ii? 201 I C7o. 3. c. 13. ' CAP.