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A. D. i755» Anno vicefimo o^lavo Georgii II. C. ir. 581 ' Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, it was enafted, That every Deed and Will which had been

  • ■ then made, fince the twenty-ninth Day oi Sepf,-mher one thoufnnd feven hundred and feventeen, in order

' to pafs, alter or change any Manors, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, or any Intereft therein, or

  • Rent or Profit thereout, from any Papift or Perfon profeffing the Popifh Religion, though not then in-
  • rolled, fhould be as good and effedlual 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 flrft-mentioned A£i ' for Inrolment thereof; provided the faid Deeds and Wills fhould be inrolled on or before the refpe6tive ' Times in the faid feveral Adfs refpe£lively mentioned, in fuch manner as by tlie faid firft-menlioned Ail ' was directed: And whereas by another Adt made in the twenty-fixth Year of (he Reign of his prefent 2(' Geo. 2. c.24. ' Majefty it was ena£led. That every Deed and Will made fince the firft Day of December one thoufand ' feven hundred and forty-fix, in order to pafs, alter or change, any Manors, Lands, Tenements or He- ' reditaments, or any Intereft therein, or any Rent or Profit thereout, from any Papift or Perfon profef- ' fing the Popifh Religion, to any Proteftant or Proteltants, or by or by reafon of which Deed or Will, ' any Proteftant or Pjotef-tants, may claim or derive any legal, equitable, or other Intereft whatfoever, ' to his, her or their Ufe, for his, her or their Benefit, or to the Ufe or Benefit of any other Pro- ' teftant or Proteftants, though not inrolled, or not inrolled in due Time, fhould be as good and effec- ' tual in the Law, as the fame would have been in cafe the faid Deeds and Wills had been inrolled ' within the Times limited by the faid Claufes in the faid Afts for the Inrolment thereof, provided the

  • fame Deeds and Wills fliould be inrolled on or before the firft Day of January one thoufand feven hun-

. ' dred and fifty-four, in fuch manner as by the faid Claufe in the faid firft-mentioned A£t is direfted ;' Be it enafted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spi- ritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afTembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That every Deed and Will made fince the twenty-ninth Day oi September one thoufand feven hun-'^"""' "^'""^ dred and feventeen, in order to pafs, alter or change, any Manors, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, 2'J^"/qJJ^^ or any Intereft therein, or any Rent or Profit thereout, from any Papift or Perfon profeffing the Popifh a„j wiik of Religion, to any Proteftant or Proteftants, or by or by reafon of which Deed or Will any Proteftant or Papifis till Proteftants may claim or derive any legal, equitable or other Intereft whatfoever, to his, her or their Ufe, i Jan. 175*' for his, her or their Benefit, or to the Ufe or Benefit of any other Proteftant or Proteftants, though not in- rolled, or not inrolled in due Time, fliall be as good and efFeftual in the Law as the fame would have been in cafe the faid Deeds and Wills had been inrolled within the Times limited by the faid Claufes in the faid A£ts for the Inrolment thereof, provided the fame Deeds and Wills fhall be inrolled on or before the firft Day of 'January one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-fix, in fuch manner as by the f.id Claufe in the faid W firft-mentioned KSi is directed. [r II. Provided always, That nothing herein contained fhall extend, or be conftrued to extend, to make No Deed, &c;. good any fuch Deed, Will or Leafe, already made, and not inrolled, of the want of Inrolment whereof ™'"^'-' g"" Advantage fhall have been taken, on or before the firft Day of January one thoufand feven hundred and ^ ,"?°'^ Advani fifty-five, but every fuch Deed, Will or Leafe, fhall remain of fuch Force and EfFeft only as the fame „]°en of the would have had, if this Aft had never been made, and of none other Force and Effect. Non-inrolment before i Jan. 1755. .' III. And whereas many Purchafes made by Proteftants may be in danger of being impeached, or called Purdiafes made ' in queftion, in regard that fome Deeds or Wills through which the Title thereto is derived, ought to by Proieflants ' have been inrolled according to the faid A£ls, but have not been fo inrolled;' Be it therefore further ^^"'J'" 6°°^' enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That no Purchafe made for full and valuable Confideration of any 'i,3"°(,gj„""]^J^^ Manors, MefTuages, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, or of any Intereft therein, by any Proteftant for Non-imol- cr Proteftants, and merely and only for the Benefit of the Proteftants, fliall be impeached or avoided for orment. ~ ' -"•" ■ ^„. . . , inrolled as re- Purchafe was fuch Deeds or Wills. IV. Provided alfo, That nothing herein contained fhall extend or be conftrued to extend to make good No Grant, &c.- any Grant, Leafe, or Mortgage of the Advowfon or Right of Prefentation, Collation, Nomination or Do- "f ^™™°i. nation, of and to any Benefice, Prebend or Ecclefiaftical Living, School, Hofpital or Donative, or any pj',,;^ i^ Xr^'uft Avoidance thereof, made by any Papift or Perfon profeffing the Popifli Religiori, in Truft, diredtly or in- '^2. to "be ^" ' direftly, mediately or immediately, by or for any fuch Papift or Perfon profeffing the Popifh Religion, hereby deemed: whether fuch Truft hath been declared by Writing or not. s^J- CAP. XI. An Aft for the Regulation of his Majefty's Marine Forces while on Shore,- H E R E A S it may be neceflary for the Safety of this Kingdom, and the Defence of the PofTeffions ^^/^r/icr 25, V f of the Crown oi Great Britain, that a Body of Marine Forces fhould be raifed and employed in'^'^"- ^- '• *•• ' his Majefty's Fleet and Naval Service, under the Diredtion of the Lord High Admiral, or Commiffioners ' for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain: And whereas the faid Marine Forces ' at their firft Forming, and other Times, muft neceffarily be quartered on Shore, where they will not

  • be fubje6t to the Laws relating to the Government of his Majefty's Forces by Sea, yet neverthelefs

' it being requifite for the retaining of fuch Forces in their Duty, that an exa£t Difcipline be obferved,- ' ^ .hat Marines who fhall mutiny or ftir up Sedition, or fliall defert his Majefty's Service, be brought '■ to>