A. D. 1727. Anno primo Georgii IT. Stat. r. C. 4, 5. 645 ' Gifts, Grants, Alienations and Afliirances wliatfoever, to be had or made of and charged upon the fame
- Duties or Revenues, or any Part thereof, contrary to the Provifion of that Act, fhould be null and void ■:'
We do nevertheless mod humbly, chearfully and unanimoufly befcech your Majefty, that it may be enacted, and be it enacted, C3V. " His Majefty may fettle a yearly Rent of 100,000 /. on her Majcfty. The Grant of Somerfet Houfn to hi r " Majcfty confirmed. Richmond Lodge, &c. fettled on her Majcfty." CAP. IV. An Act for continuing the Imprifonmcnt of Robert Blackburn., and others, for the horrid Confpiracy to af- faffinate the Perfon of his late facred Majefty King William the Third, of glorious Memory. E X P. C A P. V. An Act for making further Provifions to enable Perfons poffeffed of Offices at the Demife of his late Majefty to qualify themfelves for the Enjoyment of fuch Offices, and for altering and explaining the Acts ot Parliament therein mentioned in relation to qualifying Perfons for continuing in Offices, and to the Continuance of the Sheriffs of the County of Cornwal and County Palatine of Chejter, and feveral other Officers therein mentioned, after the Demife of his late Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors ; and for continuing fuch Laws as would expire at t the h'nd of this Seffion of Parliament.
- no Office, Place or Imployment, Civil or Military, within the Kingdoms of Great Britain or Ireland, Do-
- minion of Wales, Town of Berivick upon Tweed, Ifles of jferfey, Guemfey, Alderney and Sarke, or any of her
' faid late Majefty's Plantations, ftiould become void by reafon of the Demife or Death of her faid late Ma- ' jefty, her Heirs or Succeffors ; but every Perfon in any of the Offices, Places and Imployments aforefaid e fhould continue in their refpecTive Offices, Places and Imployments for the Space of fix Months next after 1 fuch Death or Demife, unlets fooner removed and difcharged by the next in Succeffion, as in the faid Act
- is exprefi'ed ; and that all Officers and Perfons in any Offices, Places or Imployments, Civil or Military,
' who were or fhould be by the faid AcT: continued as aforefaid, fhould take the Oaths therein mentioned, ' and do all other Acts requifite by the Laws and Statutes of this Realm to qualify themfelves to be and ' continue in fuch their refpective Places, Offices and Imployments, within fuch Time and i» fuch Manner, ' and under fuch Pains, Penalties and Difabilities, as they fhould or ought to do, had they been newly ' elected, appointed, conftituted and put into fuch Offices, Places or Imployments in the ufual and ordinary ' Way, as by the faid recited AcT: (Relation being thereunto had) may appear : And whereas divers Perfons ' having Offices, Places or Imployments in the Kingdom of Ireland are now refiding in Great Britain, and by
- reafon of their Attendance in Parliament, or other Occafions, cannot at prefent go into Ireland to qualify
' themfelves in that Behalf as the Law directs :' Be it therefore enacted, &c. E X P. " Perfons in Offices in Ireland, refiding in England, may qualify themfelves here before 28 Nov. 1727." 4 II. And whereas by the general Words of the faid recited Act, and of one other Act made in the fourth 4 Ann. c. S. ' Year of the Reign of her faid late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An At! for the better Security of her ' Majefty's Perfon and Government, and of the SucceJ/ion to the Crown o/"England in the P rot eft ant Line, all Of- ' ficers thereby refpectively continued are obliged to take the ufual Oaths of their refpecTive Offices in fuch ' Manner as if they had been newly appointed ; from whence many Difficulties and Inconveniencies have ' arifen :' Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That fo much only of the faid Acts as requires any Per- The Afts rela- fon to take the ufual Oath of his Office, Place or Imployment, in refpect of his being continued therein for ting to quality- the Space of fix Months, by Virtue of the faid Acts, or either of them, fnall be and is hereby repealed ; ir, s Perfons to and that no Perfon or Perfons who, at the Time of the Demife of his faid late Majefty, was or were pof- ™ ntln " e ln ° fefled of any Office, Place or Imployment, and were continued therein by Force of the faid Acts, or either and expiainei. of them, fhall incur or fuffer any Pains, Penalties or Difabilities whatfoever for or in refpect of his or their having acled in fuch Office, Place or Imployment without taking the ufual Oath thereof fince the Demife of his faid late Majefty ; and that all Acts done or to be done by fuch Perfon or Perfons, or by Authority derived from him or them, are and fhall be of the fame Force and Effect, to all Intents and Purpofes, as they would have been, if fuch Perfon or Perfons had taken the ufual Oath of his or their Office, Place or. . Imployment fince the Demife of his faid late Majefty. " Perfons having Offices at the Demife of his late Majefty to qualify themfelves before 28 Nov.. 1727. Pro-, " vifo for Perfons beyond Sea. Perfons poffelTed of Offices in Ireland now refiding here, and newly ap- " pointed to fuch Offices, to qualify themfelves in England within three Calendar Months. Sheriffs of' " Cornwall and Cheftcr, and feveral other Officers continued. His Majefty may appoint Sheriffs for Corn— " watt during the Prince's Minority. Bifhop of Clogher continued V ice-Chancellor of Dublin." EXP. A _
- X. And whereas there are divers Laws now in Force, which will expire at the End of this Seffic
1 Parliament, and probably there may not be fufficient Time for a particular Examination and d 1
