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A.D. 17] I. Anno decimo Ann^ ReginiE. C. 6, 7. 513 ."'pifitual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afiembled, and by the Authority of the R'^psaicd, ex- '-T*: ..l__li*_._ i* 1 AO 1 11.1 lyl.. I 'T-*i ■ .1 • . ■ 1 / .f t ^rtof tV.™ r>u:i Kingdom) fh;ill be, and is hereby repealed, annulled, and made void, to all Intents and Purpofes whatfo- Queen'sLegi- ever ; provided neverth';Iefs, That fuch Repeal fhall not in any Sort prejudice or impeach the, Naturaliza- =""■ tion ot any Perlbns who have been or {hall be naturalized at any Time before the fourth Day of February ?^'"^ ^^f'^} "°' which fliall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fevcn hundred and eleven, purfuant to the Direftions PeHbnsn'rtura^ of the before-mentioned KSi. 4 Geo. 2, c. zi. which explains the Ciaufe in 7 Ann. c. 5. liied before 4 Feb, 1711, CAP. VI. An A(5t for explaining and altering the Laws now in Being concerning the Affifes of Fuel, fo far as they relate to the Affife of Billet made or to be made of Beech Wood only. ' TT7HEREAS the feveral Laws appointing and direfling the Afllfe of Fuel and Billet have been S^^-' 357/. g, ' VV taken to extend unto Billets rnade of Beech Wood : And v/hereas the Affife of Billets made of •_3- ' Beech Wood neither have nor can, without very great Lofs and Damage, both to the Owners of Beech t ^i.'e?/?' ' Wood, and alio the Buyers and Confumers of Beech Fuel and Billet, be obferved : And whereas feveral ' Doubts have lately arifen concerning the Forfeiture of the faid Beech Billet not made according to the ' Scantlings by the faid Laws direded or appointed for the Affife of Fuel and Billet, by Reafon of fome ' general Words therein contained ;' Be it therefore enaiSiied and declared by the Qiieen's moft Excellent Majelly, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in The Laws dl- this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame, Thr.t the Laws appointing and di- =^'"8 the Af- redling the Affife of Fuel and Billet, or any of them, or any thing therein, or in any of them contained, no', tolxtl'f "^^ fhall not nor. do any wife extend, nor fhall be conftrued to extend, unto Billet made or to be made of Beech B°iie° mad" of" Wood. Beech Wood. IL Provided neverthelefs. That no Perfon or Perfons whatfoever fliall fell Billet made of Beech Wood Reech Wood by Retail, within the Cities of London and Wejtminjler, or either of them, orthe Weekly Bills of Mortality, Billet not to be unlefs the fame be affifed, cut, or marked, according to the Ufage and Manner of marking of Beech Billet f°'j "^y Retail before the Adl paiTed the lafl: Seffion of Parliament, intituled. An ASi for making more effeaual an ASt of the „" fcfs i° be acV forty-third Tear of the Reign pf ^een Elizabeth, intituled. An Aft concerning the Affifes of Fuel, fo far fifed, &c, as it relates to the AJJife of Billet, or by the Weight of the faid Beech Billet, if the Buyers thereof foall re- 9 Anne, c. 15. quire the fame to be fo weighed. or fold by ' Weight, CAP, VIL An Aft to prevent the diflurbing thofe of the Epifcopal Communion in that Part of Great Bri- tain called Scotland, in the Exercife of their religious Worlhip, and in the Ufe of the Li- turgy of the Church oi England; and for repealing the Aft pafTed in the i'arliament of Scotland, intituled, An ASi agatnfi irregular Baptifms and Marriages. HE RE AS fmce the abolifhing of Epifcopal Government in iSca^/aw^/, thofe of the Epifcopal Per- fuafion there have been frequently difturbed and interrupted in their religious Affemblies, and their ' Miniftrers proftcuted for reading the Englijh Service in their Congregations, and for adminiftring the Sa- ' craments according to the Form and Manner prefcribed in the Liturgy of the Church of England;' Be it j^ 0,. jt 1, f therefore enafted by the Qiieen's moil Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords fc^ thofe of the Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of £pifcnpai ccm- the fame. That it (hall be free and lawful for all thofe of the Epifcopal Communion in that Part oi Great munion in Scot- Britain CTiWci Scotland, to meet and affemble for the Exercife of Divine Worfliip, to be performed after J."'""}' .'° ^^:|^'= their own Manner by Paflors ordained by a Proteftant Bifhop, and who are not eftablilhed Miniflrers of ^^ afteTtheTr' any Church or Parifh, and to ufe in their Congregations the Liturgy of the Church of England, if they own Manner, tb.ink fit, vv^ithout any Let, Hindrance, or Diiturbance from any Perfon whatfoever ; and all Sheriffs of &c. Shires, Stewards of Stewartries, and Magiftrates of Boroughs, and Juftices of the Peace, are hereby flri£lly All Sherlft?, &c. required to give all Manner of Protection, Aid, and Affii'cance to fuch Epifcopal Minifters, and thofe of p^^oJeffio^'^'^l'^ their own Communion, in. their Meetings and Afiemblies for the Worfliip of God, held in any Town jnTheir'Mee't-" or Place, except Parifn Churches, within the Extent and Jurifdiction of that Part of Great Britain called ings, except in Scotland. " Parifh Churches, II. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That none fliall prefume to exercife None /hall offi- the Function of a Paftor in the faul Epifcopal Meetings and Congregations, except fuch as fiiall have re- cUte, but fuch as ders to the Juftices of Peace, at their General or Qiiarter Seffions to b; held for the Shire, Stewartry, prefented their City, Town or other Place in which the faid Epifcopal Congregation is or fliall be; and that the faid Let- Letters of Ciders tersof Orders be there entred on Record by the Regifter or Clerk of the faid Meeting of the Juftices, for ^ th- Juftices, which there fliall be no greater Fee o-r Reward taken than the Sum of one Shilling. ^^^^^ '^'^S'" II Geo, 2. c. 34. §, 13. And p:e farlhcr ib Get. i. c, 29, Vol. IV. U u u III. And