232 C. 22, 23. Anno quinto Georgii Regis. A.D. 1718. CAP. XXII. An Act. for enlarging the Time to determine Claims on the forfeited Eftates.
- Geo. T - c ' s - 6 I. tl 7HEREAS by an A& made in the fourth Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Aa for
V V Vefting the forfeited Eftates in Great Britain and Ireland in Trujhes, to be fold for the life of ' the ' Publick ; and for giving Relief to lawful Creditors by determining the Claims ; and for the_ more effectual bring- ' ing into the refpeSiive Exchequers the Rents and Profits of the faid Eftates, till fold, it is (amongft other ' Things) enacted, That the Commiffioners and Truftees therein named, or any four or more of them ' fhould, and they are thereby required and impowered to hear, determine and adjudge, all and every Claim ' or Claims which then were, or 'mould within the Times therein mentioned, be entred, as foon as conve- ' niently might be, before the twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and nineteen : And ' whereas it is (by the faid recited Act) further enacted, That every Claimant, who fhall not acquiefce and
- reft fatisfied in the Judgment, Determination, or Decree of the faid Commifiioners and Truftees may,
4 within the Time therein mentioned, appeal from and prefent Exceptions thereto, in fuch Manner as by ' the faid Ad is directed ; and for the determining fuch Appeals, it is thereby alio enacted, That it fhould ' be lawful for his Majefty, by Commiflion under the Great Seal of Great Britain and Ireland reflectively, ' to nominate, appoint and authorize, any five of the Judges of England, Scotland and Ireland reflectively ' (the major Part whereof to be a Quorum) which fhould be Courts of Delegates and of Record in England, ' Scotland and Ireland refpectively, to hear and determine fuch_ Appeals, _ and to affirm, repeal, alter or re- 4 verfe the Judgments, Determinations or Decrees of the faid Commifiioners and Truftees ; all which ' Appeals fhould be by the refpective Courts of Delegates, finally heard and determined before the twenty- ' fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and nineteen : And whereas by reafon of the great Num- ' ber of Claims made and entred on the faid forfeited Eftates, very many of them will, on the faid twenty- ' fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and nineteen, be left unheard and undetermined :' Be it enacted, &c. " The Time for hearing Claims enlarged to June 24, 1720, and from thence to the End of the next Seffion. " The'King may appoint five of the Judges to be a Court of Record. The Time given to the Courts of " Delegates enlarged to Sept. 29, 1720, and from thence to three Months after the End of the next SefTion. " The Time for Difcovery of any concealed Debts, &c. enlarged to 24 June 1720. and from thence to the " End of next SefTion. And the Difcoverers entitled to the Benefits of the Act 1 Geo. 1. flat. 2. c. 50. The " Courts of Delegates to appoint Regifters, Clerks, &c. who fhall be fworn. And fhall have fuch Salaries,
- ' as the Treafury fhall judge reafonable. To be paid as directed by the Act 4 Geo. 1. c. 8. The Courts of
" Delegates may remit to the Commifiioners fuch Claims as they fhall think proper, who fhall proceed as " directed by the Delegates. But Claimants may appeal from fuch fubfequent Proceedings. The Dele- " gates in England may determine Appeals relating to Eftates in Ireland. And their Determination fhall " be binding. Any three of the Commiffioners refiding in England, &c. fhall be a Court of Record in Ireland, " and their Decrees fhall be valid. Perfons pretending Title to Eftates feifed in Scotland, and that the Per- fons attainted were not pofTefled thereof; or that they have Right to fuch Eftate as Superior or VafTal, by " virtue of 1 Geo. 1. Stat. 2. c. 20. may prefent their Exceptions to the Court of Seffions in Scotland, " before Aug. 1, 1719, which Court fhall determine the fame in a fummary Way before Nov. 1, 1719. IV ' it appear that the attainted Perfons had fuch Eftate, or that the Claim of the Party excepting fhould have ' been entred by virtue of 1 Geo. 1. Stat. 2. c. 50. it fhall not be determined by the Court, but as by 4 ' Geo. 1. c. 8. is directed, unlefs the Party excepting claim by 1 Geo. 1. Stat. 2. c. 20. The Commif- ' fioners fhall make proper Defences. If no Exceptions be prefented, as above, all Rights, d5V. fhall be "*' void. Decrees of the Court of Seffions fhall be final. No Advocation, &c. fhall be granted, and no " Summons, &c. ifTued by the faid Court, or any other, for levying the Rents, Is'c. at the Inftance of any ' Perfons but the Commiffioners. Superiors and VafTals fhall pay a proportional Share of the Debts of at- t(; tainted Perfons. 1 Geo. r. Stat. 2. c. 20. All Claims entered within. the Times appointed, as weil " thofe figned by Attomies, &c. as by the Parties the.nfelves, fhall be determined according to their Va- " lidity. 4. Geo. 1. c. 8. Offices of Keepers of his Majefty's Houfes, &c. in Scotland, whereof any at-
- ' tainted rerfon was poffefied on June 24, 1715, and all Rights, &c. fhall be at the King's Difpofal,
" Alfo ail Rights of Patronage of Churches, is'c. which belonged to any attainted Perfon, as above, fhall ♦ ! belong to his Majefty, t?V J EXP. CAP. XXIII. An Act for appointing a Comrniffioner and Truftee to put in Execution the Powers and Authorities of the feveral Acts of Parliament relating to the forfeited Eftates, and Eftates given to fuperftitious Ufes, in the Room of George Treby, Efq; who h-?s dented to be dif-harged from the faid Trufts. EXP, '*• The forfeired Eftates, csV. which by 4 Geo. 1, c. 8. were vefted in George Trcby.^ Efcu and not fold before March 25, 1719, and all Powers, csV. fhall be transferred from him ana vefted in Chevies Long, Efq; his Heirs% Ue. • Comrnifnoner abfenting from fuch Office for three Weeks, without Order or ^onfe'iit of ' four Commifiioners, fhall forfeit 500/. to bs flopped by the Treafury out of his Salary. CAP.
