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A. D. 1729." Anno^fecundo Georgii II. C. 31. 707 at men riaces, ana m lucn rorm, as by that btatute is directed, in his Majctty's Court of Uhancery, King's Bench, Common Pleas or Exchequer, ar any Time before the End of the n xt Term, after he or v c they fhall be admitted into, orenter upon any fuch Preferment, Benefice, Office or Place, or co inch Capacity, or take upon him or them fuch Practice, Imployment or Bufinefs as aforefaid, or fhall take and' fubferibe the (aid Oaths as aforefaid at any Time before the End of the next Quarter-S .:' the County, City or Place where fuch Perfon fhall be or refide, after he or they fhall be admitted into, or enter upon any fuch Preferment, Benefice, Office or Place, or conic into any fuch Capacity, or take upon him or them fuch Practice, Imployment or Bufinefs as aforefaid. V. Provided alfo, That nothing in this Act fhall extend to any Perfon beyond the Seas, who by Virtue p er f on , (,,' of this Act ought to take and fubferibe the faid Oaths, fo as fuch Perfon do, within four M lis the Seas may ' Return to, and Arrival in, that Part of Great Britain called England) take and fubferibe the i is, in fuch Manner and Form, and at fuch Place and Places as are appointed in and by the faid Act, made in the ^"with „f tl , firft Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefty Kins George the Firft, and alfo receive the Sacrament of j^ ,"' 1 } the Lord's Supper, according to the Ufage of the Church of England, and make and fubferibe the faid Dc- ' claration againft Tranfubftantiatipn, in fuch Cafes wherein the faid Sacrament ought to have been received, and the faid Declaration ought to have been made and fubferibed. VI. Provided^ always, and it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every p er r„ ns „;• Perfon and Perfons aforefaid, that fhall neglect or refufe to take the faid Oaths, or either of them, within the Times the Time and at the Places aforefaid, according to the Directions of this Aft, fhall be liable unto and incur b y limited ne- all fuch Difabilities, Incapacities, Forfeitures and Penalties, as in and by the faid Act of the firft Year of f-l^i" 8 l ? , qu ?" the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft are provided and inflicted for not taking and fubferib- jLiie tiTt C ' ing the faid Oaths ; and in cafe of executing of any fuch Office, Place or Imployment, after fuch Neglect Difabilith or Refufal, every fuch Perfon and Perfons being thereof lawfully convicted in fuch Manner as by the faid iGeo. t. Stat. 2; Act is directed, fhall be liable unto and incur all fuch Difabilities, Incapacities, Forfeitures and Penalties, c - '3- as in and by the faid Act are in the like Cafe provided and inflicted, to be profecuted, fued for and recover- ed in fuch Manner as therein is prefcribed. Vil. And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every the Powers, Autho- ah the Powers rides, Conditions, Directions and Provifions, in and by the faid Act of the firft Year of the Reign of his in 1 Geo. 1. to late Majefty King George the Firft enacted or provided, touching or relating to the taking or fubferibing be in Force. of the faid Oaths, or the Neglect or Refufal thereof, or inconfequence of fuch taking or fubferibing the faid Oaths, or Neglect or Refufal thereof, fhall be adjudged, deemed and taken to be in full Force, as if the fame were herein particularly inferted and re-enacted ; favingas to the Alteration hereby made in refpect of Exceptions, the Times limited for taking and fubferibing the faid Oaths ; and faving alfo as to the Indemnity hereby granted to fuch, who on or before the twenty-eighth Day of November next fhall take and fubferibe the faid Oaths ; any Thing herein before contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithstanding. ' VIII. And whereas by a Claufe in an Act of Parliament palled in the thirteenth and fourteenth Years of i 3 & 14 Car. 1, 1 the Reign of his late Majefty King Charles the Second, intituled, An Aft for Uniformity of 'Prayers and c 41

  • Adminiflration of Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies, and for eftablijhing the Form of making, ordain-

' ' ing and confecrating Eijhops, Priefis and Deacons in the Church of England, it is amongft other Things en- ■* acted, That all Matters, Fellows, Chaplains and Tutors, of or in any College, Hall, Houfe of Learning ' or Hofpital, and every pu.bli.ck Profeffor and Reader in any of the Univerfities, fhould take and fubferibe ' the Declaration therein mentioned and directed to be fubferibed, before the Vicechancellor for the Time ' being, or his Deputy, upon Pain of forfeiting their refpective Mafterfhips, Headfhips, Fellowfhips, Pro- ' feffors Places and Readers Places in the. faid Univerfities; notwithstanding which feveral Perfons have ' through Inadvertency omitted to fubferibe the faid Declaration, and have thereby incurred the Penalties ' inflicted by the faid Act :' Nov/ for the Relief of fuch Mafters, Fellows, ProfefTors and Readers in any of the faid Univerfities, as have neglected to fubferibe the faid Declaration, Ee it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, 1 hat all and every the Mafters, Fellows, Chaplains and Tutors, of or in any College, Hall, Times limited Houfe of Learning or Hofpital, and every publick Profeffor and Reader in any of the Univerfities, who for M-'.flers, Fel- have neglected or omitted to fubferibe the faid Declaration, and fhall before the twenty-fifth Day of Decern- !o T KS: ". c ; :nthe her one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-nine take and fubferibe the faid Declaration before fuel) Perfon, ', . ,.."J° and in fuch Manner as required by the find Act paffed in the thirteenth and fourteenth Years of his faid feivesi late Majefty King Charles the Second, or any other Act or Acts of Parliament requiring the talcing and fubferibing the lame, fhall be and are hereby indemnified from all Forfeitures, Difabilities and Incapacities inflicted by the faid Aft, and fhall be reftored to their refpective Headihips, Fellowfhips, Piofeffors Places and Read rs Places : Provided, That this Aft fhall not extend to reftore any fuch Perfon or Perfons to any Headfhip, Fellowship, ProfeiTor's Place or Reader's Place, who through fuch Neglect or Omiffion as afore- faid hath or have forfeited the fame, and which are already filled up or enjoyed by any other Perfon or Perfons. . ' IX. Whereas all Perfons having Command or Place of Truit from or under his Majefty, or who are of ' the Koufhold or in the Service of his Majefty, are bound by an Aft paffed in the twenty-fifth Year of the '. Reign of the late King Charles the Second, intituled, An AB for preventing Dangers which may happen 25 Car. 2. c. s, ' from Popijh Recvfant s, . to make and fubferibe a Declaration againft Tronfubftantiati'on in the Sacrament of ' the Lord's Supper; and the fvvorn Servants of the King's or Queen's Majefty are bound, by an Aft made ' in the thirtieth Year of the Reign of the faid liing Charles the Second, intituled, An Aft for the more ,6Car,2, Stat.i. ' effectual preserving the King's Per/on and Government, by difabling Papifls from fitting in either Houfe of Par- J ' liament, to repeat and fubferibe a like Declaration againft Tfa'nfubft'antiation, together with fome.Addi- ' tions, and the Declaration only againft Tr.anfubftantiation being; as to thefe. Perfons, fuScient ;' Be it So mUc1, cf ;h ~ farther enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That fo much of the faid laft mentioned Aft as relates to the ^ a 3 ° "' -' S'ai. 2. 4 a 2 Ivvorn