6i4 C. 23 — 25. Anno reptimo 8c odavo Gulielmi III. A. D. 1696. Sliip's Name not XXL And be it further enafled by the Authority aforefaid. That no Ship's Name regiftred (hall be af- to be altered terwards changed, without regiftring fuch Ship de novo, which is hereby required to be done upon any ftrin°de novo • Transfer of Property to another Port, and delivering up the former Certificate to be cancelled, under the- and rtibUi, fuch fame Penalties, and in the like Method, as is herein before directed ; and that in cafe there be any Altera- Salc to le in- tion of Property in the fame Port, by the Sale of one or more Shares in any Ship after regiftring thereof, doiTcd on the ^ fuch Sale fliall always be acknowledged by Indorfement on the Certificate of the Regifter before two Wit- Regiftcr s Certi- neffes, in order to prove that the entire Property in fuch Ship remains to fome of the SubjecSts of Emland^ Fanh'r Pnvi- " ^"V -Unp'-Jte ariies concerning the lame. Jioas concernhig PUntatio':!, 11 JV. 3. c. 12. 3 G? 4 Ann, f. 5 &f 10. 6 ^r.n. c. 30. 8 Anrt. c. 13. 9 j^nn, c. 17. 10 ^rin. c, zi & 26. /f.Gco. i.
- . II. 8 Geo. i, c, iz fef 15. 13 Geo. j. c. 5, 3 Geo. 2. c, 12 fef 28. ^ Geo. z, c. 15. 5 Gc, 2. c, j ^ g, 6Gco.z. c. 13. %.-Geo. 2. c. 19. 11
Ceo. 2t c, 30. 15 Geo, 2. c. 31 ©■ 33, 24. Geo, 2. c, 51 & 53. 29 Geo, 2. e, ^ & 35. avd 30 C«ii. 2. c. 9, CAP. XXIII. • EXP. An Aft for continuing feveral former AiSts for punifhing Officers and Soldiers who ftiall mutiny or defert His Majefty's Service, and for punifhing falfe Mufters, and for Payment of Quarters, for one Year longer. CAP. XXiV. An Aft requiring the Pradicers of Law to take tlie Oaths, and fubfcribe the Declaration therein mentioned. F' 'OR the better Security of His Majefty's Government, and the public Peace of this Kingdom ; be ifc enafted by the King's inoft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spi-- ritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That if any Perfon at any Time after the five and twentieth Day of May, which fhall be in the Year of Perfons praau our Lord one thoufand fix hundred ninety-fix, fiaall a<St as a Serjeant at Law, Counfellor at Law, Barrifter, fing Law not Advocate, Attorney, Sollicitor, Proftor, Clerk or Notary, by praftifing in any Manner as fuch in any '^•^'"S /^'"^ Court or Courts whatfoever, not having, before the Time of fuch afting, taken in His Majefty's Court of & M Vi' eg Chancery, or King's Bench, or Quarter-Seffions of the County wherein he lives, the Oaths mentioned and to incur' tiie Pe- appointed to be taken in and by one Aft made in the firft Year of the Reign of King William and QuecH ncJiies in Sta- Mary, intituled, An ASi for the ahragaiing of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and appointing other tute of Pr^;rau- Qaths, and made and fubfcribed the Declaration appointed to be made and fubfcribed in and by one A£l n-re, 16 P„. 2. jjiade in the five and twentieth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled. An Ail for 2/car ». c 2. P>'«'^^ting Dangers which tnay happen f-om Popijh Recufants, fuch Perfons {hall incur all the Pains, Penalties, ^ • • • ■ ^j^j Forfeitures, mentioned in the Statute of Provifion and Premunire, made in the fixteenth Year of the Reign of King Richard the Second. CAP. XXV. An A6t for the further regulating Fleftions of Members to fervc in Parliament, and for the preventing irregular Proceedings of Sheriffs, and other Officers, in the elefting and return- ing fuch Members. SteJnteCh.7&' TTTHEREAS by the evil Praftices and irregular Proceedings of Sheriffs, Under Sheriffs, Mayors, 15, ' VV Bailiffs, and other Officers, in the Execution of Writs and Precepts for elefting of Members to Forty Days be- « fervc in Parliament, as well the Freeholders and others, in their Right of Eleftion, as alfo the Perfons by tween the Tefte t them elefled to be their Reprefentatives, have heretofore been greatly injured and abufed :' Now for re- "h^w^-t"^" °^ niedying the fame, and preventing the like for the future, be it enafted by the King's moft Excellent Ma- Wdt to be if- Jefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this fued out with all prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That when any new Parliament fhall at Expedition, and any Time he-eafter be fummoned or called, there fhall be forty Days between the Tefe and Returns of the delivered to the "Writs of Surrmons ; and that the Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper, or Lords Commiffioners of the Great '"'hoTs?o in"' ^^^' ^°^ ^^^ '^■■'® ^^'"S^ ftiall 'ffiie fiut the VVrits for Eleftion of Members to ferve in the fame Parliament, 7„rf^'the°Day with as much Expedition as the fame may be done ; and that as well upon the calling or fummoning any when received, new Parliament, as alfo in cafe of any Vacancy during this prefent or any future Parliament, the feveral and make out Writs fhall be delivered to the proper Officer to whom the Execution thereof doth belong or appertain, the Precept. ^j^j jg j,o ^^jj^gP Perfon whatfoever : And that ev 'ry fuch Officer, upon the Pvcceipc of the fame XVrit, fliall Ilvered';nthr!e"P"n the Back thereof indorfe the Day he received the fame, and fhall forthwith, upon Receipt of the oTys after Re- Writ, make out the Preceptor Precepts to each Borough, Town Corporate, Port, or Place within his Ju- ceiptof the" rlfdiftion, where any Member or Members are to be ek£i;ed to ferve in fuch new Parliament, or to fupply Writ. By 10 any Vacancy during the prefent, or any future Parliament ; and within three Days afier the Receipt of the
- " ^' f-' h ^'.'"^"'^ ^■ °^ Eleaion, fhall,-"by himfelf or proper Agent, deliver or caufe to be delivered, fuch Precept or
are^enlar»td'toPscepts to the proper Officer of every fuch Borough, Town Corporate, Port, or Place within his Jurif- fix. " didlion, to whom the Execution of fuch Precept doth belong or appertain, and to no other Perfon what- Officerto indorfe foever ; and every fuch Officer, upon the Back of the fame Precept, fhall indorfe the Day of his Receipt the Day of Re- thereof, in the Prefence of the Party from whom he received fuch Precept, and fhall forthwith caufe pub- ceipt, and give ]-^j^ Notice to be given of the Time and Place of Election, and fhall proceed to Eltdion thereupon, within TimTo'f Elec- t^c Space of eight Days next nfter his Receipt of the fame Precept, and give four Days Notice at leaft of tion ir> s Days the Day appointed for the EIc<Slion. after. n. And
