568 C. 23. Anno decimo Ann^ Regince. A. D. 1711, anr Pcvfon to of Ktiights of the Shire (fubjeft' neverthelefs to Conditions or Agreements to defeat or determine fuch vote (fubjea: to Eftatc, or to reconvey the fame) fhall be deemed and taken, againfi: thofe Perfons who executed the fame, Comiitions to ^^ fj.gg gpj abfolute, and be holden and enjoyed by all and every fuch Perfon or Perfons to whom fuch Con- ihal^fbe'di^fch™^'- ^y^^'-^ ^^ '^^ '"^'^^' ^^ aforefaid, freely and abfolutely acquitted, exonerated, and difcharged, of and ed of fucii Con- from all Manner of Trufts, Conditions, Claufes of Re-entry, Powers of Revocation, Provifoes of Re- djiions, &c. demption, or other Defeazances whatfoever, between or with the faid Parties, or any ether Perfon or Per- Aiid ail Bonds, fons in Truft for them J and that all Bonds, Covenants, Collateral or other Securities, Contracts or Agree- _&c. for defeat- ments, between or with the faid Parties, or any other Perfon or Perfons in Truft for them, or any of them, ^"S '■'^'^ ^"^"^^ for the redeeming, revoking, or defeating fuch Eflate or Efbates, or for the reftoring, or reconveying there- fliall be void. ^f^ or any Part thereof, to any Perfon or Perfons who made or executed fuch Conveyance, or to any other Perfon or Perfons in Trufl: for them, or any of them, fhall be null and void to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever ; and that every Perfon who fnall make and execute fuch Conveyance or Conveyances, as Perfons inakYng aforefaid, or being privy to fuch Purpofe, fhall devife or prepare ehe fame, and every Perfon who, by Co- &c. Inch Con- Jqjj^ thereof, fhall give any Vote at any Election of any Knight or Knights of a Shire to ferve in Parh>- tir)*"^byC(°ou™" fnent, fhall, for every fuch Conveyance fo made, or Vote fo created or given, forfeit the Sum of forty the'reof, fliai" Pounds to any Perfon who fhall fue for the fame, to be recovered, together with Full Coils of Suit, by Ac- for every fuch tion of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of her Majefty's Courts of Record at Wejimlnfter^ otTcnce, forfeit wherein no Effoin, Privilege, Protedfion, Wager of Law, or more than one Imparlance fhall be admitted ■*°l- or allowed. After M, ' ^' '^"'^ ^^ ■ '""'"'^^^'^ enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the firft Day of Ma^ 17)2. no Per- which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and twelve, no Perfon fliall vote for the fnns ihall vote eleiSting of any Knight of a Shire within that Part of Great Britain called England, in Refpefi: or in Right fora Knight of of any Lands or Tenements which have not been charged or affeffed to the publick Taxes, Church Rates, -a Shire, in ^.nd. Parifli Duties, in fuch Proportion as other Lands or Tenements of forty Shillings per Annum, within -i-ffid h v^" c ^^^ fame Parifn or'^rownfliip where the fame fliall lie or be, are ufually charged, and for which fuch Per- ti'ecn charged to ^on fhall not have received the Pvents or Profits, or be entitled to have received the fame, to the full Value publick. Taxes, of forty Shillings, or more, to his own Ufe, for one Year before fuch Eledfion, unlefs fuch Lands or Te- &c. and for nements came to fuch Perfon within the Time aforefaid by Defcent, Marriage, Marriage Settlement, De- vhich fuch Per- yjr^^ qj- Prefentation to fome Benefice in the Church, or by Promotion to fome Office unto which fuch ceh'ed the°Ren'ts ■^'■^^^^^ '^ ^^■^^'^ ' ^'^^ if any Perfon fliall vote in any fuch Ele£lion, contrary to the true Intent and for one Year be- Meaning hereof, he fhall, for every fuch Offence, forfeit the Sum of forty Pounds; one Moiety thereof fore; unlefs to the Poor of the Parifh or Parifhes where the Lands or Tenements lie, for which fuch Perfon fliall vote, fuch Lands c.ime and the Other Moiety to the Perfon or Perfons who fhall fue for the fame, to be recovered by A6lion of f'ent'"&/ ^' D^]"^' E^.' Pjaint, or Information, in any of her Majefty's Courts of Record at JVeJlminJler, wherein no This'ciaufe ex- Efloin, Privilege, Proteftion, or Vager of Law, fhall be allowed, or more than one Imparlance. plained 12 Annce, ftat. i. c. 5, on Penalty of 40I. Rip:alid hy 18 Geo. a. c. 18. The Oath re- ' HI. And whereas by the above recited Aft, it is alfo further enafted, That upon every Eleftion to be Aft^'^w ^^^ * made of anv FCnight or Knights of the Shire to ferve in Parliament, every. Freeholder, before he is ad- ec. r'epeale'd','^' ' niitted to poll at the fame Eledfion, fhall (if required by the Candidates, or any of them) firlf take the ' Oath therein after mentioned ;' Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid AtS, as to fo much only as concerns the faid Oath, (hall be and is hereby repealed, Freeholders to be IV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That upon every Election to be made of any fwornj Knight or Knights of a Shire within that Part o^ Great Britain called England, to ferve in Parliament, every Freeholder, before he is admitted to poll at the fame Eleftion, fhall (if required by the Candidates, or any of them, or any other Perlbn having a Right to vote at fuch Eledtion) firft take the Oath follow- ing, viz. ^'^Anorher^'bath ' O U fliall fwcar. That you are a Freeholder in the County of _ and have appoljited^y' ' A Freehold Lands or Hereditaments lying or being at in the County of j8Geo.2.c.i8.' ' of the yearly Value of forty Shillings above all Charges payable out of the fame ; and that fuch Freehold ' Eftate hath not been made or granted to you fraudulently, on Purpofe to qualify you to give your Vote ; ' and that the Place of your Abode is at in and that you ha'e
- not been polled before at this Election.
Tobeadmioi- Which Oath the Sheriff, byhimfelf, his Under Sheriff, or fuch fworn Clerk or Clerks (as fhall be by iired by ihe She- j^]j^ appointed f r the taking the Poll, purfuant to the faid recited AiSt) is hereby required to adminifter; Fr-'ehol'dercom- ^""^ '" *^^'^ ^"'/ Freeholder, or other Perfon, taking the faid Oath hereby appointed, fnall thereby commit inittins wilful wilful and corrupt Perjury, and be thereof convidted, or if any Perfon do unlawfully and corruptly pro- Perjury, (,r any Cure Or fuborn any Freeholder, or other Perfon, to take the faid Oath, in order to be polled, whereby he Perfon fuborn- f^iail commit fuch wilful and corrupt Perjury, and fhall be thereof convicted, he and they, for every fuch ih^il'™u ° h ^°' Off'^nce, fhail incur the like Pains and Penalties as are in and by one Aift of Parliament made in the fifth Penalties of Year of the Reign of the late Queen Elizabeth, intituled, Ati ABfor Punijhment of fuch Perfons as Jhatl pro- S Eliz. c. 9. cure or commit any wilful Perjury, enacted againft all fuch -^vho fhall commit wilful Perjury, or fuborn or pro- cure any Perfon to commit any unlawful or corrupt Perjury contrary to the faid A£t. The'Eleflor's V. And the better to deteft and punifh any Oft'enders againft this A6t, be it enafted. by the Authority Name, &c. to aforefaid. That in taking the Poll, the Sheriff, or his Under Sheriff, and Clerks, fliall enter not only the fc£.entred, _Place of the Elector's Freehold, but alfo the Place of his Abode, as he fhall declare the fame at the Time of the giving his Vote, and (hall alfo make or enter Jurat againft the Name of every fuch Voter who fhall lie tendred and take the Oath hereby required; and that the faid Sheriff, or returning Officer, fhall, within the
