57^ C. 7. Anno vicefimo o£lavo Georgii II. A. D. 1755. Vacancy or Avoidance of the faid Church or Living oi TFaverton alias Wareton, and fuch Nomination or Appointment of a Miniftcr, Curate, or Incumbent, to officiate therein as aforefaid, be vefted in and fettled upon fuch Minifler, Curate, or Incumbent, and his SucccfTors, Minifters, or Curates, of the faid Parifh and Parilh Church of JVaverton alias JVareton^ for ever, and fhall be from thenceforth charged upon and ilTuing and payable out of the faid Rectory or Parfonage of JVaverton alias IVareton^ hereby velted in the to be paid faid Bifliop and his SuccefTors as aforefoid, and the Fruits, Profits, and Income thereof, by quarterly Pay- quarteily. nients on the Feafts of the Annunciation of the Blelled Virgin Mary, the Nativity of Saint ^John Bapt'ij}^ Saint Michael the Archangel, and the Birth of our Lord Chrift, by equal Portions ; the iirft Payment thereof to begin and be made at or on fuch of the Feafts or Days as fliall Hrft happen .after the Nomination p.nd recoverable or Appointment of fuch Rliniikr, Curate or Incumbent, as aforef^iid ; and that every fuch Minifter, Curate as 29 Car. 2. C.J. ^j. Incumbent, for the Time being, {hall have fuch and the like Powers and Remedies for recovering and receiving the faid yearly Stipend of fixty Pounds, and all Arrears thereof, as by an Aft of Parliament made iTi the tweiity-ninth Year of the late King Charles the Second, intituled. An Ail for confirming and petpetu- aiing Augmentations madf by EcclefinJIical Perfons to Jmall Vicarages and Curacies, are given to any Vicar or Curate for recovering the Auginentations thereby vefted in, fecurcd to or provided for him and them refpeftively. Fivft Fruits and V. Provided always. That nothing herein contained fhall prejudice or afFcft the Right, Title or Intereft Te.itiis refcrved q£ jjjg Majefty, his Heirs or Succefjbrs, of, in or to the Firft Fruits and Tenths nov^ or heretofore due or payable to his Majeft-y, his Heirs and Succeffors, for or in refpeft of the faid Redtory and Church of Wavcrton ali«s T'Vareton, but that fuch Firft Fruits and Tenths fhall continue to be levied and paid in like manner, as the fame are and were before the pafling of this Act ; any Thing herein contained to the con- trary in any wife notwithftanding. Kcfcrvation of VI. Saving alfo to the King's Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, and to all and every other Perfon and other Rights in Perfons, Bodies Politick and Corporate, his, her and their Heirs, Succeffors, Executors and Adminiftrators, tne ai aui . ,^^^^ j[.,3j^ ^Yq faid Bifhop of Chefhr Tmi^i his Succeffors, as well in and to the faid Bifhoprick and See, as in and to thj Archdeaconry oi Cheftcr refpeftively, all fuch Eftate, Right, Title and Intereft of, in, to or out of the faid Reftory and Church of JVaverton alias JVareton aforefaid, as they, every or any of them had, before the paffing this Aft, or could or might have had and enjoyed in cafe this Aft had not been , ' made. ' ' ' ■; • ■ ' ■ ■"-; Piiblick AG. VII. And it is hereby ehafted and declared. That this Aft fhall be taken and deemed to be a publick Aft, in all Courts whatfoever. C A P. VI[. An Acl concerning the Offices, of Sheriff Depute, and Steward Depute, in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland. 2oGeo.2.c. 43. '. 'IT 7HEREAS by an Aft- inade in the twentieth Year of his prefent Majefty, intituled,' An J SI fir ': W .taking aivciy and abolijhing the Heretable furifdiiJions in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland; '. and fm- inaking Satisfafiion to the Proprietors thereof ; and for refloring fuch JurifdiSiions to the Crozun ■. and ^ * for making more cffeilual Provifton for the Adminijlration of Jujlice throughout that Part of the United King- '■ dom, _ by the King's Courts and Judges there ; and for obliging all Perfons acting as Procurators, JVriters or Agents in the Law of Scotland, to take the Oaths; and for rc7idering the Union of the two Kingdoms tnort ^■complete; It is, among other Things, enafted, That there fhould be but one Sheriff" Depute or Steward Depute, in any County, Shire or Stewartrie in Scotland, not thereby taken away or abrogated, and that> he fliould be an Advocate of three Years ftanding at the leaft, and fliould, during the Space of feven , Years, from the tv/enty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and forty-eight, be nominated Depute and Steward Depute,
- aut Culpam only, with coinpetent Salaries, to be afcertained and eftabliihed for the Time of their Conti-
'. nuance: And whereas the falutary Ends and Purpofes of the faid Offices, and the wife Regulations made '-by the faid Afts concerning the fame, will belt be anfvvered by the faid Sheriffs and Stewards Depute, 'continuing., to be appointed bjf his A-lajcftrjr, his Heirs or Succeftors, in the like manner as they have ' hitherto been ;' Be it therefore enafted by the King's moft E.xcellent Majefty, by and v/ith the Advice and" Content of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Lommons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, Claiifein the re- and by the Authority of the fame. That fo much of the Aft above recited as enafts. That after the End cited Aa re. of fevcn Years, from and after the faid twenty-iifth Day of March the Offices of Sheriff Depute and SherfffanflStew-^-^^>^^.?^P"'-' ^"^'^ '^? granted and held adj'^itam aut Cuipam, ftiall be, and is hereby repealed; and that ard Deputes to "^'^^ Sherift Deputes and Steward Deputes, already named or hereafter to be nanred, ftiall, during the Space hold their Office of fifteen Years, from and after tiie Expiration of the faid feven Years, hold and enjoy their rcfpeftive Of- fer 15 ye..r£ offices for fuch. Continuance as his Majelfy already hath, or his Majeftv, his Heirs or Succeffors, ftiail hcre- befofe'emaed^ ^^""^"^ think fit to appoint, by Warrant under his or their Sign Manual, and that from and after the End of afte°r"^v.i'.TdAo ^^2 '^id fifteen Years, the Offices of Sheriff' Depute and Steward Depute lliall be granted and held adl'itam hold ad vicam ("it Gulpsm oiily, with Competent Salaries to be afcertained and eftablilTied for the- Time of their Conti- aut Cuip.im. nuance. CAP.
