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212 C. 39. Anno quarto Georgii III. A. D. 176". 4 had been inrolled within the Times limited by the faid Claufes in the laid Acts for the Inrollment ' thereof, provided the fame Deeds and "Wills mould be inrolled on or before the twenty-fifth Day ' of December one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-two, in fuch Manner as by the faid Claufe in ' the faid firft mentioned Act is directed;' Be it enacted by the King's nioft Excellent Majefty by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temp6ral, and Commons, in tbis'pre- Further Time given for fent Parliament allembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That every Deed and Will made fince inroMing Deeds and Wills the twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and feventeen, in order to pafs alter 1765!" 1 or change any Manors, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, or any Intereft therein, or any Rent or Profit thereout, from any Papift or Perfon profeffing the Popifh Religion, to any Proteftant or Proteftants, or by reafon of which Deed or Will, any Proteftant or Proteftants 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 Proteftant or Proteftants, though not inrolled or not inrolled in due Time, fhall be as good and effectual 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 Acts for the Inrollment thereof, provided the fame Deeds and Wills fhall be inrolled on or be- fore the firft Day of January one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-five in fuch Manner as by the- faid Claufe in the faid firft mentioned Act is directed. No Deed, Will, or H. Provided always, That nothing herein contained fhall extend, or be conftrued to extend ^rAVa ™Ch»' tO „ make good^any^ch Deed; Will or Leafe already made and not inrolled, of the want of In? been taken of the Non- rollment whereof Advantage fhall have been taken on or before the firft Day of January one thou- inrollment thereof, before fand feven hundred and fixty-four, but every fuch Deed, Will or Leafe, fhall remain of fuch p'orce 1 Jan. 1764. and Effect only, as the fame would have had if this Act had 'never been made, and of none other Force and Effect. ' III. And whereas many Purchafes made by Proteftants, may be in Danger of being impeached ' or called in Queftion, in Regard that fome Deeds, or Wills, through which the Title thereto is ' derived, ought to have been inrolled according to the faid Ads, but have not been fo inrolled •' Purchafes made by Pro- Be it therefore further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Purchafe made for full and va- uftants (hall ftand good luable Confideration of any Manors, Meffuages, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments or of any take°nfoSLroll- Intereft therein, by any Proteftant or Proteftants, and meerly and only for the Benefit 'of the Pro- mu it. teftants, fhall be impeached or avoided, for or by reafon that any Deed or Will through which the Title thereto is derived, hath not been inrolled as required by the faid Acts, fo as no Advantage was taken of Inrollment thereof, before fuch Purchafe was made, and fo as no Decree or Judgment have been obtained for want of the Inrollment of fuch Deeds or Wills. No Grant Leafe, or IV. Provided alfo, That nothing herein contained fhall extend, or be conftrued to extend to Mortgage,?£ jHA'dr make good any Grant, Leafe or Mortgage, of the Advowfon, or Right of Prefentation, Collation,. PrefenutL to? a LMng, Nomination or Donation, of and to any Benefice, Prebend or Ecclefiaftical Living, School, Hofpi- &c. made by any Papift' t . a '. or Donative, or any Avoidance thereof, made byany Papift or Perfon profeffing the Popifh Re- in Truft, &c. to be Iigion, in Truft, directly or indirectly, mediately or immediately, by or for any fuch Papift or Per- hereby deemed good. fon profeffing the Popifh Religion, whether fuch Truft hath been declared by Writing or not. CAP. XXXIX. An Aft to explain, amend, and render more effectual, two feveral Acts of Parliament,, made in the fecond and third Years of his prefent Majefty, for paving, cleanfing, and lighting the Squares, Streets, and Lanes, within the City and Liberty of Wejtminftcr,. and other Places therein mentioned, and for preventing Annoyances therein; and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. Preamble. ' ~J HEREAS an Act was made in the fecond Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, in- zGeo. 3. c. 21. ' W tituled, An AB for paving, cleanfing and lighting,, the Squares, Streets, and Lanes, within the ' City and Liberty of Weftminfter, the Parlfhes £/°Saint Giles in the Fields, Saint George the Mar- ' tyr, Saint George Bloomfbury, that Part of the Pari Jh of Saint Andrew's Holbourn which lies In ' the County of Midd)efex, the feveral Liberties of 'the Rolls and Savoy, and that Part of the Dutchy of ' Lancafter which lies In the County of Middlefex, and for preventing Annoyances therein; and for other ■^Gtt. 3. c. 23. ' Purpofes therein mentioned : And whereas another Act was made in the laft Seffion of Parliament ' to explain, amend, and render more effectual, the laft mentioned Act : And whereas the Commif- ' fioners for putting the faid two feveral Acts in Execution, have made fome further Progrefs in the ' Trufts thereby repofed in them, but find that both the faid Acts are defective with refpect to fome ' of the Powers thereby given; nor can the faid Acts be effectually put in Execution, fo as to an- ' fwer the good Purpcfes thereby intended, unlefs fome new Powers are granted, and the faid Acts ' in other Refpedts, amended and made more effectual;' May it therefore pleafe your Majefty that it may be enacted; And be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affem- Where a fufficient Num- bled, and by the Authority of the fame, That if at any Time or Times, from and after the paffing ber c.f Commiffioners of this Act, it fhall happen that there fhall not appear, at any Meeting which fhall be appointed to ihall not meet toafland ^ e na(J or helc j ^ y the r a; the faid recited Ads, to act at fuch Meeting, and to adjourn to another Day, that then, in fuch Cafe, _