A.D. 1743- Anno decimo fexto Georgii II. C. 31. 511 i mon Prayers, and declare his and their unfeigned Affent and Confent to the Ufe of all Things in the ' faid Book contained and fubfcribed, within the Time limited by an Aft palled in the Parliament holdcn ' in the thirteenth and fourteenth ears of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, An A& 13 1: 14 Car, a, ' for the Uniformity of Pitblick Prayers, and Adminijlration of Sacraments, and other Rites, and for c/lahljhing c -4- 4 the Form of making, ordaining and confecrating Bijhops, Prie/is and Deacons, in the Church <j/"Eng]aiid ;' Now to prevent any Inconveniencies that may happen by reafon of fuch Omiffions ; Be it declared and enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every Perfon and Perfons who hath or have fo omitted to lead the faid Prayers, and to declare his or their faid Affent and Confent within the Time limited by the faid Farther Time Aft, but hath or have fince performed the fame, or who {hall* on or before the faid thirty-firft Day of * llow "' to v "~ December perform the fame, mall be, and he and they is and are, by virtue of the Authority aforefaid, common Prave* indemnified and recapacitated, and fhall and may hold and enjoy the faid Benefices and Promotions in as an! j g lv jne theft large and ample Manner, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if he or they had qualified therr.felves according Aflent iUiet°» to the Direction of the faid Aft; any thing in the faid Aft, or in any Laws or Statute whatfoever, to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. ' III. And whereas by the faid Aft of the twenty-fifth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, ' amongft other Things it is enafted, That all and every Perfon and Perfons that fhall be admitted, en- Jj tied, placed or taken into any Office or Offices, Civil or Military, or fhall receive any Pay, Salary, ' Fee or Wages, by reafon of any Patent or Grant of his Majefty, or fhall have Command or Place of ' Truft, from or under his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeflbrs, or by his or their Authority, or by Autho- ' rity derived from him or them, within this Realm of England, Dominion of Wales or Town of Berivick ' upon Tweed, or in his Majefty's Navy, or in the feveral Iflands of Jerfey or Guernfey, fhall receive the ' Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, according to the Ufage of the Church of England, within three Months ' after his or their Admittance in, or receiving their faid Authority and Employment, in fome Publick ' Church, upon fome Lord's Day, commonly called Sunday, immediately after Divine Service and Ser- ' mon ; which Time of three Months fo limited in the faid Aft, is found to be too fhort and inconveni-
- ent :' Now, for Remedy thereof, and for amending the faid Aft by enlarging the faid Time ; Be it
enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid thirty-firft Day of December, all and Per b ^" s hof '; rn " every fuch Perfon and Perfons as aforefaid, fhall receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, according J°ceivetheSacra- to the Ufage of the Church of England, within fix Months after his or their Admittance in, or receiving ment within iix. their faid Authority and Employment, in fomePublick Church upon fome Lord's Day, commonly called Months after. Sunday, immediately after Divine Service and Sermon. IV. Provided always, and it is hereby further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every Perfons not com- Perfon and Perfons aforefaid, that fhall negleft or refufe to receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, plying with this- within the Time, and at the Places aforefaid, according to the Direftion of this Aft, fhall be liable to, ^ ', piVbiu and incur all fuch Durabilities, Incapacities, Penalties, and Forfeitures, as in and by the faid Aft of the t ; e softhe Aft twenty-fifth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, are provided and infiifted for not receiv- ssCar. 2. c. z, ing the Sacrament as aforefaid. V. Provided alfo, That this Aft or any Thing herein contained fhall not extend, or be conftrued This Aft (hall to extend, to reftore or intitle any Perfon or Perfons, to any Office or Imployment, Benefice, Matter, " oc ' nie ™ n > s y or Thing whatfoever, already aftually avoided by Judgment of any of his Majefty's Courts of Record, or ^oni. iea y already filled up or enjoyed by another Perfon; but that fuch Office, Employment, Benefice, Matter,' or Thing fo avoided, or filled up and enjoyed as aforefaid, fhall be and remain in and to the Perfon or Per- fons who is or are now intitled to the fame, as if this Aft had never been made, CAP. XXXI. An Aft for the further Punifhrnent of Perfons who fhall aid or affift Prifoners to attempt to efcape out of lawful Cuftody. F OR the further Punifhrnent of Perfons who fhall aid or affift Prifoners to attempt to efcape out of 8 ©" 9 ^ ?■ lawful Cuftody, Be it enafted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and ^fl I Antft Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and V'jAub'c q. by the Authority of the fame, That if any Perfon fhall, from and after the twenty-fourth Day of June y/herea Per'fo one thoufand feven hundred arid forty-three, by any Means whatfoever be aiding or affifting to any Pri- afliftmgaPrifo- foner to attempt to make his or her Efcape from any Gaol, although no Efcape be aftually made, in cafe nsrto efcape, fuch Prifoner then was attainted or convifted of Treafon,. or any Felony, except Petty Larceny, or law- ftail be deemed fully committed to or detained in any Gaol for Treafon, or any Felony, except Petty Larceny, expreffed g»il'yofFel?oyj in the Warrant of Commitment or Detainer, every Perfon fo offending, and being thereof lawfully con- vifted, fhall be deemed and adjudged guilty of Felony, and fhall be tranfported to one of his Majefty's Colonies or Plantations in America, for the Term of feven Years; and in cafe fuch Prifoner then was , . d _ convifted of, committed to, or detained in any Gaol for Petty Larceny, or any other Crime, not being e j aMifdcmea'-" Treafon or Felony, expreffed in the Warrant of his or her Commitment or Detainer as aforefaid, or then nor, was in Gaol upon any Procefs v/hatfoever, for any Debt, Damages, Cofts, Sum or Sums of Money, amounting in the whole to the Sum of one hundred Pounds, every Perfon fo offending as aforefaid, and being thereof lawfully convifted, fhall be deemed and adjudged to be guilty of a Mifdemeanor, for which he or fhe {hall be liable to a Fine and Imprifonment, II, Asjcl
