636 C. 36 — 38. Anno feptimo & odavo Gulielmi III. A. D. 1696. CAP. XXXVI. An A£l for continuing feveral Ads of Parliament therein mentioned. ' ¥7^^EREAS divers temporary Laws, which by Experience have been found ufeful and beneficial, ' W are near expiring:' Therefore, for continuing die fame, be it enafted by the King's moft Excel- lent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confcnt of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affsmbled, and by the Authority of the fume. That an A£t made in the tvven- 10 Car. d. c. 5. tieth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, An ASl for giving Liberty to buy and ex- I Jac. 2. c, 13. p^ii Leather and ^kim tanned and dreffed^ which AiSt was revived by an A6t made in the firfl: Vear of the Reign of the late King James ; which Adls were revived and continued by an Aft made in the firfl: Year 1 w. &M.ff, I. of the Reign of King William and the late Queen Mary, intituled, An Ail for reviving t-vjo former c. s> for ex- ASlsfor exporting of Leather, for the Space of feven Years, from the End of that Seffions of Parliament, r't'i"ued"o*"' ^"'^ ^'°^ thence to the End of the firft Sefiioii of Parliament then next enfuing, (hall be, and are hereby Years."' °^ "^ continued, and fhall be in Force, during the Space of feven Years, from the five and twentieth Day of . ' March in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred ninety-fix, and from thence to the End of the firil Sellxon of Parliament then next enfuing, and no longer. EXP. 16 & 17 Car. 2. n. And he it further ena£ted by the Authority aforefaid, That an Aft made in the fixteenth and feven- c.z. teenth Years of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled. An ASl for regulating the Meafures 2 W. & M. flat, and Prices of Coals, which Aft was revived and continued by an K&. made in the fecond Year of the Reign 2. c. 7. for re- of King WiLLiAM and the late Queen Mary, intituled, An ASi for reviving a former Act for regidatinf gulating the ;/_,^ Meafwes and Prices of Coals, from the firft Day of December one thoufand fix hundred and ninety, for Prke'^s^f Cc' 1= ^^^ Space of feven Years, and from thence to the End of the firfl: Seffion of Parliament then next follow- made pernetuau' '"g? ih^iW be and are by virtue of this A£t continued, and fhall be in Force, and be made perpetual. 4 & « W. & M. ^^^- ■^'^'^ ^s ^ further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That an A61 made in the Seffion of Parlia- c. 43. ' ' rr.'snt held in the fourth r.nd fifth Years of the Reign of King William and the late Queen Mary, eftyAV. &M. intituled, An AEi for the better Difcovery of Judg?nents in the Courts of ILrng's^tnch, Common Pleas, and c. i4-^° '°2 Exchequer at Weftminfler, which A£i: was continued by an Aft made in the fixth and feventh Years of the better , coveiy ^-^jj King, and late Queen, intituled, An ASi for continuing fexieral Lavjs therein mentioned for one Year, the Courts of from the twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand fix hundred ninety-four, and from thence to the End of King's Bench, the then next Seffion of Parliament, fliall be and are by virtue of this Aft continued, and fhall be in Force, &c. made per- and be made perpetual. F^'"^'- IV. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That an Aft made in the fourth and fifth 4& 5 W. & M. Years of the Reign of King William and the late Queen Mary, intituled. An ASi for regulating Pro- c. 22. for regu- cecdings in the Crown Office of the Court of King's Bench at Weftminfter, which was to continue and be in jaiing Proceed- '^^xzt for three Years from the twenty-fifth Day oi March one thoufand fix hundred ninety-three, and from Crown Office f^ence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, fhall be and is hereby continued, and Ihall be in rogjrperpeuial. Force, and be made perpetual. CAP. XXXVII. An Ai5t for the Encouragement of charitable Gifts and Dilpofitions. 9 Geo, 2. C.36. ' T^ /"HEREAS it would be a great Hindrance to Learning, and other good and charitable Works, if yV Perfons well inclined may not be permitted to found Colleges or Schools for Encouragement of Learning, or to augment the Revenues of Colleges or Schools already founded, by granting Lands, Te- nements, Rents or other Hereditaments to fuch Colleges or Schools, or to grant Lands or other Here- ditaments to other Bodies Politick or incorporated now in being, or hereafter to be incorporated, for 9 B. 3. c. 36. ' other good and public Ufes ;' Be it therel'ore enafted by the King's mofl: Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament The King may aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That it fhall and may be lawful to and for the King, our grant Licences moit Gracious Sovereign Lord, and for His Heirs and Succeflbrs, when and as often, and in fuch Cafes as to alien, or pur- His Majefl:y, His Heirs or Succeffors fhall think fit, 'to grant to any Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or chafe in More- Corporate, their Heirs and Succefiiirs, Licence to alien in Mortmain, and alfo to purchafe, acquire, take,
- """■ and hold in Mortmain, in Perpetuity or otherwife, any Lands, Tenements, Rents or Hereditaments wliat-
foever, of whomfoever the fame fhall be holden. Lands fo aliened H. And it is hereby declared. That Lands, Tenements, Rents or Hereditaments, fo aliened, or ac- not fubjea to quired and licenced, fhall not be fubjeft to any Forfeiture, for or by Reafon of fuch Alienation or Acqui- Forftiture. fition. Sie 9 Geo. z. c, 36. rcfiramng Gifts in Moitmam l>y Will, CAP. XXXVIII. An A£i: to take away the "Cuftom of Wales, which hinders Perfons from difpofing their Perfonal Eftates by their Wills. Stat. TTallia, ' TT 7" HE RE AS in feveral Counties and Places within the Principality of PFaks, and Marches 22 Ed. 1. ' W thereof, the Widows and younger Children of Perfons dying Inhabitants therein, have often 27 H. 8. c. a6. < claimed, and pretended to be intitled to a Part of the Goods and Chattels of their late Huftands or Fa- 3+ & 35 ^- *• « thers, called her and their reafonable Part, by Virtue or Colour of a Cuftom or other Ufage within the f.26. xEd.6, y y • ' faid
