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A. D. 1757. Anno tricefimo Georgti IL C. 8. 17 XXX. Provided always, and it is hereby cna£l:ed. That every Perfon who fliall be impreiTed upon this imprefTed Men . Ac}: after he fhall have continued in the Military Service of his Majeily, his Heirs and Succeffors, during ^j'ter^^'e Years the Space of five Years, if the War fhall then be ended, or otherwife at the end of the War, fhall be ^^ ^^XlrgiT, J Liberty if he think fit to demand his Difcharge from the Colonel, or in his Abfence, the Officer com- they demand it. manding the Regiment or Company to which he fhall belong, and fuch Difcharge fnall be granted to Wim. gratis in Writing under the Hand of fuch Colonel or Officer, who is hereby impowered and required to give the fame accordingly; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithflanding. XXXI. And be it further enacted. That the faid feveral Clerks to the faid Conimifiioners, provided the ^^^J' ^°Y^" faid Copies or Duplicates be duly tranfmitted into the Office of the Admiralty,^ or Secretary at War as ^-f^Jble'in^ ^" aforefaid, fhall have and receive by the Hands of the Paymaftcrs of his Majefty's Land Forces and Ma- tranfmiiting the rines, or one of them, fuch Rewards as the Lord High Treafurer, or Commiffioners of the Treafury for Duplicates, the Time being, upon Confideration of the Numbers of Men lifted in the feveral Counties, Cities, Bo- roughs, or other Places, and the Pains and Charges of the feveral Clerks in this Service, fhall judge the faid Clerks feverally and refpedlively to dcfcrve. XXXIL Provided always. That his Majefty, when he fhall be fatisfied by the faid Returns of the Hj.sMrajefty,may Commiffioners, or otherwife, that a fufficient Number of Recruits in the whole fhall be raifed for his ^"^^"^.^^^^^ ^"" prefent Service, may be gracioufly pleafcd to fufpend^ or flop the further Execution of this AcSt by Pro- the Execution of clamation, or Order in Council, or other publick Notice in the London Gazette ; any thing herein con- this Ad 5 tained to the contrary notwithftanding. XXXin. Provided alfo. That his Majefty, when he fliall judge it expedient for his Service, may orn,3j,furpend at any Time fufpend or enforce the Execution of this A6>, in any County or Place of Great Britain, ormioice the by Notice from his Majefty's Secretary at War ; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwith- Aft, in any ftanding. . County or place. XXXIV. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That no Commiffioner, Perfons em- Churchwarden, Overfeer, Conftable, Headborough, Tythingman, or other Parifh or 7'own Officer, who ployed in the fhall be employed in the Execution of this A61:, fliall be liable for or by reafon of fuch Execution, to any Execution of of the Penalties mentioned in an Act m.ade in the twenty -fifth Year of the Reign of King Charles the ^^^^ f^^^^"^' Second, For preventing Dangers zvhich may happen frotn Popijh Recufants ; or in one other AcSl made in the p^nakies'^oTAcc firfl Year of the Reign of King William and Qiieen Mary, intituled. An Acl for abrogating the Oaths 25 car. a. c. z. of Allegiance and Supremacy, and appointing other Oaths ; or in one other Ail made in the Parliament holden iw&M.ScxXi. in the thirteenth and fourteenth Years of the Reign of the late King William the Third, intituled, c. 8. An Aci for the further Security of his Majcflys Perfon, and the Succejfion of the Croivn in the Protejiant Line ; and 13 & 14 W; andforextinguijhing the Hopes of the pretended Prince <?/' Wales, and all other Pretenders, and their open and %• '^.(>- fccrct Abettors. XXXV. Provided always^ and be it enadted. That no Perfon or Perfons hereby appointed to be a Commiflloners Commiffioner or Commiffioners for any County, Riding, City, Borough, Cinque Port or Place, of Eng- '^ England, not land, Wales, or Berwick upon Tweed (except fuch as duly qualified themfelves to be Juftices of the Peace, f^° ^^^ "^' '^^^ or Commiffioners for executing the faid A6t for the Land Tax made and paffed in the twenty-eighth Year oaths^pointed of his prefent Majefty's Reign, or any fubfequent A61 or A£ts of Parliament for that Purpofe) fhall be capable, in England, Wales, or Berwick upon Tweed, of adling as a Commiffioner or Commiffioners in the Execution of this A6t, or executing any the Powers of the Commiffioners therein mentioned (unlefs it be the Power hereby given of adminiftring Oaths) until fuch Time as he or they refpe6lively fhall have taken the Oaths appointed by an Aft of Parliament made in the firft Year of the Reign of King William and Queen Mary, intituled. An ASifor the abrogating the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance, and appointi?ig othdr by i W. & M. Oaths ; and alfo in the faid Act, intituled. An A6i for the further Security of his Mujejlys Perfon, and the SefT. i. c. 8. SucceJJion of the Crown in the Protefiunt Line and for extinguijlnng the Hopes of the pretended Prince 0/" Wales, an<' 13 ^^ - Z- and all other Pretenders, and their open and Secret Abettors ; which Oaths it ihall and may be lawful to and *^' ^" for any two or more of the faid Comm.iffioners to adminifter, and they are hereby required to adminiPcer the fame to any other of the faid Commifhoners ; and that no Perfon or Perfons hereby appointed to be a nor Commifiioa- Commiffioner or Commiffioners for any Part of Scotland (except fuch as duly qualified themfelves, accord- «" '" Scotland, ing to the Laws of Scotland, to be Commiffioners there for executing the faid Aft for the Land Tax made ^ ^^^^ JlY^ and pafTed in the twenty-eighth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, or 'any fubfequent Aft or Afts of fei|,esasiheLaws Parliament for that Purpofe) fliall be capable of afting as a Commiffioner or Commiffi.oners in the Exe- there direct. cution of this prefent Aft in any Part of Scotland, until fuch Time as he or they refpeftively fhall have duly qualified themfelves according to the Laws of Scotland for that Purpofe. XXXVI. Provided always, and be it enafted. That if any Perfon hereby appointed a Commiffioner CommifTioners for any County, City, Town or Place, in England, Wales, or Berwick upon Tzvecd (except as before in England act- excepted) fhall prefume to aft as a Commiffioner in the Execution of this Aft, before he fhall have '"§ «f°'e 'l^ey taken" -the faid Oaths which by this Aft he is required to take, and in the Manner hereby prefcribed, he have^taken the Ihall forfeit to his Majefty the Sum of two hundred Pounds, to be recovered by Aftion of Debt, or on the . " ^' , Cafe, Bill, Suit, or Information, in any of his Majefty's Courts of Record at Wcjlminjier, wherein ^0*°"^^"^^°° ' EiToin, Prote6tion, Wager of Law, or more than one Imparlance fhall be allowed; and that if any Per- fon hereby appointed a Commiffioner for any Shire, -Stewartry, Burgh, or Place in Scotland (except as be- fore excepted) fliall prefume to aft as a Commiffioner in the Execution of this Aft, before that he fhall have qualified himfelf according to the Laws in Scotland, he fhall forfeit to his Majefty the Sum of fifty ^^^^^^^'(^^^^^ Pounds, to be recovered in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland^ in the fame Manner as any other Penalties eis in Scotland, are there recoverable. 50 1. Vol, VHI. P ^ • XXX VIE Pro-