A. D. 1715. Anno primo Georgii Regis. Stat. 2. C. c;r. 87 1 ' XXXI. And whereas feveral of the Traitors, whofe Eftates are to be enciuired of, as above, were on Heritable JuriC-
- the faid twenty-fouth of '//iwf one thoufand fe^en hundred and fifteen in Poflefliort of heritable Jiirif- diftiom forfei-
- dictions annexed to- th if Families, commonly called Corfftabularies, Regalities, Admir lties, Stewar- ' ' ' J ""
' tries or Shenfffhips : all which heritable Juril'dictions fo ppffeffedby particular Families, without an • ' immediate Cornmiflion from the Crown, have Ken found by Experience t<> occafidn great Obftrudti 1 fuftiee, and to prevent the Influence and Ufc of th : many good and laudable Law? of this Realm: Be e?o.2. c. it 'therefore enacted by the Authority aforcfaid, That all the (aid heritable Jurifdictions, commonly called;i. <- y ■ ■ Conlfabularr s, Regalities, or Admiralties, which were in the Poffeffion of the above-mentioned Traitors! on th^' faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufanl (even hundred and fifteen, and which are or (hall be come forfeited within the Times above limited, (hall from and after the full Day of November in the Year'"' </nc thoufand (even hundred and ftxteen be fupprefTcd and extmgtiifhcd, and fo rernarn in all Time to com'- • fo that ft lhall not he lawful at any Time after the faid firlb Day of November in the Year 6ne thou- fand (even hundred and fixteen, to fell or grant any manner of Way, nor by any Title of Convey . wlvatfoever, any of the aforefaid forfeited heritable J urifd regions, commonlv c slied Constabularies, Rega- lities or Admiralties, to any Perfon or Perfons, Family or Fa; ilies, nor to credf. any fuch heritable J dictions in the Room of the faid forfeited heritable Jurifdietions. XXXII. Provided always, That the feveral forfeited Sherifffhips and Stewartfres fhali fubfift and re- y„ r; ..--. . ■ <■: . remain with the fame Powers and Priv leges which belonged to them at the Time of the faid Forfeiture; riflThi'i jMid that the faid forfeited Sherifffhips and Stewartries be, and they are hereby declared to be annexed to the Stewartrfe'san- Crown, fo as not to be alienated by any Gift or Grant, otherwise than to Inch Perfon or Perfons as his £, c * Ma'iefty, his Heirs and SuccefTors fhall think fit to gfant them, during Pleafure only. XXXIII. Provided alfo, That the feveral Places, Towns, Villages and Bounds, which were fubject. to Suppreffixl Cor- the faid Jurifdidtions, commonly called Conftabularies or Regalities, to be fupprefTcd, as above, fhall,. and ftabulatiis w they are hereby ordained and appointed to become fubjedt to the feveral Sherifffhips or Stewartries within Wv.£ the Bounds of which they lie, in the fame manner that the other Places, Towns, Villages and Boundi sheriffniips &a. which were not erected in or made fubjeft to Conftabularies or Regalities, are and were fubject to their re- where they lie. fpedftve S-heriffihips or Srewartries; and that the Places and Bounds firbjedt tothe Admiralties or Vice-ad- miralties, which are forfeited and fuppreffed, as above, fhall and they are hereby ordained and appointed And forfeited to become fubjectto, and under the immsdiate Jurifdidtion of th: Court of Admiralty cftablithed in Scotland; Admiralties, &c. and referved by the Articles of Union; any Thing herein,, or any other Adt contained tothe contrary not- ^d i it"' ° f withstanding. Scotland/ m See further " Commiflioners not incapacitated to fit in Parliament, &c. General Imje, Provifo for the Wires of the 9GM. i.e. 18. M late Duke of Qrmond, Earl of Man; and Vifcount Bolingbroke. E X P." GAP. LI. An Act for repealing fo much of the Act of the twelfth and thirteenth Years of the Reign of King William the Third, intituled, An Ait for the. further Limitation of the Crown, and letter fecuring the Rights and Liberties' of the SubjeEl, as enacts, That no Perfon who mould come to the Poflrffion of the Crown, fhall go out of the Dominions of England., Scotland or Ireland, without Confent of Parliament. HERE AS it has_ pleafed Almighty God to- place his Maj.efty on the Throne of his Anceftors, • and farther to blefs thefe Nations with a numerous Progeny of his faid Majefty's Royal Family^
- • and in particular, with a Prince endowed with all Virtues and Qualifications requifite to render P-ofte-
- ' rity fiouriihing and happy : And whereas it is agreeable to the ancient Conftitution of thefe Kingdoms, .
- that the Perfon of the King. or Queen mould freely enjoy all and every the j.uft and undoubted Rights, ,
'• Liberties and Privileges of the Crown : And whereas by an. Act of Parliament paffed in the twelfth and lz & i 3 w. 3, 4 thirteenth Years of. the Reign.of our late Sovereign Lord King William the Third (of glorious Memory) c. 2.
- ' intituled, An Acl fur the farther Limitation of the Crown, and better fecuring the Rights and Liberties of thi
1 Subjetl, It was (amongft other 1 hings) enacted, That no Perfon who ihould thereafter come to the'Pof- ' feflion of the Crown, ihould go out of the Dominions of England, Scotland ox Ireland, without Confent of L Parliament, whi h Reftriclion may prove inconvenient with regard to the Service of our Sovereign Lord the King, (by God's Mercy now poffefied of the Crown) and of his Heirs and Succeffors :' Be it The ciaufe in therefore enacted by the king's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords the Aft 12 W. Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of3-c. 2. Thatm the fame, 1 hat the Ciaufe in the faid recited Act contained, whi.h provided and enacted, That no Per- Prrfon wko fon who Ihould come to the Poffeffion of the Crown, ihould go out of the Dominions of England, Scotland^lfffff t0 or Ireland,, without Confent of Parliament, and the Reftridtion by the fame Ciaufe meant or intended, are ftould'go'o'ut and fhall be. repealed, and fhall for ever be and be deemed and taken to be .void and- of none Effect; any of England, &c Thing in the faid recited Adf, or any other Adt to the contrary notwithstanding, without Confen of Parliament,
