A.D.I 690. Anno fecundo GuLiELMi 8c Mari^. Seff. I. Co. 44.f;- Commonalty and Citizens of the faid City, fhall ftand and remain in Force, and (hall be profccuted and executed by, and to and for the Ufe of the faid Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens, as if the fame had been obtained in the Name of the faid Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens; and that all Pcrfons being natural-born Subjefts or Denizens, that have been admitted into the Freedom of the faid City, flnce tliej-^^^jgi^. {aid Judgment given, (hall be free thereof, and have and enjoy the faid Freedom to a:l Intents and Purpo-.gcpd. fes, as if they had been thereunto admitted before the faid Juc'gment given. X. Provided always, That the prefent Mayor, Sherifts, Chamberlain, and Common Council of the Mayor, itc. t» faid City, fliall continue until a new Eleition fliall be made of fuch Officers, and the Perfons e!e6ted ^?|'^'^'j'°^l^'^_ fworn into their refpedtive Offices, and that fuch new EledUon be made at the Times hereafter mention- ed ; that is to fay, the Eledion of the Mayor, and Sheriffs, and Chamberlain, fhall be made on the fix and twentieth Day of May in the Year one thoufand fix hundred and ninety ; and the Eledlion of the Common Council fhall be made on the tenth Day of "June in the Year one thoufand fix hundred and ninety; and fuch Perfons fo eleiled fhall continue till the ufual Times of Election of fuch Officers, ac- cording to the ancient Ufage and Cuftom of the faid City, and from thence fhall continue for the Year enfuing, XI. Provided neverthelefs, and be it enafted. That if the Mayor, Sheriffs, Chamberlain, and Com- Old Mayor, men Council, fhall not be eleded at the Times hereby limited, the Mayor, Sheriffs, Chamberlain, and f"^- .'"> "" Common Council, which were in being at the Time of the faid Judgment given, fhall be and continue inuhofe refpedlive Offices and Places, till new Elections be made of the like Officers and Common Coun- cil, according to the ancient Ufage and Cuflom of the faid City. 1 XII. And be it further enafled, That all Perfons fo to be reltored and continued, fhall be and are here- !J'^'^'^"V'^' by required to take the Oaths appointed by a certain Aft made in the firft Year of their Majeflies Reign, ^l^^ the new intituled. An A£l for the abrogating of the Oaths of Supremacy and AlLgiance, and appointing other Oaths, the Oaths, next Term after fuch Reftitution, under the Penalties, Forfeitures, Difabilities, and Incapacities in the i W. & M. feff, faid Aft provided and appointed. '• "='^- XIII. And be it enafted, That the Mayor, Sheriffs, and Chamberlain, fo to be elefted, fhall be fworn Mayor, &c. in ufual Manner on or before the twentieth Day of June next enluing. '^"■"" ^^ "'^"^ XIV". And be it enafted by the Authority aforel'aid. That all and every of the feveral Companies and Companies Corporations of the faid City fliall from henceforth (land and be incorpora-.ed by fuch Name and Names, reftorcd. and in fuch Sort and Manner, as they refpectively were at the Time of the faid Judgment given, and every of them are hereby reftored to all and every the Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, R ghts. Titles, Eftates, Liberties, Powers, Privileges, Precedences, and Immunities, which they lawfully had and en- joyed at the Time of giving the faid Judgment ; and that as well all Surrenders, as Charters, Letters Pa- tents, and Grants for new incorporating any of the faid Companies, or touching or concerning any of their Liberties, Piivileges, or Franchifes, made or granted by the faid ?ite.K.ing James., or by the faid King Charl s the Second, fmce the giving of the faid Judgment, fhall be void, and are hereby declared null and void to all Intents and Purpofes whatloever. Provided neverthelefs. That nO Perfon or Perfons fliall
- be in any wife profecuted, fued, impeached, or molefted for any Caufe or Thing by him or them lawfully
adled or done in purfuance of any fuch Charters, Letters Patents, or Grants. XV. Provided alfo neverthelefs, and it is hereby further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That all Leafes made 'Leafes, Terms, and Eftates madeor granted by any of the faid Companies fmce the giving of the faidfinccthe Judgment, for juft and valuable Confiderations, and^ whereupon the old accuftomed yearly Rents, orJ'"^|™^"^' more, are rcfer'ed, fhall ftand, and be of the fame Force and Efteft, as if the fame had been made or^'^° ' granted by the faid feveral Companies as hereby reftored 5 and the faid refpeftive Companies and their Suc- .ceflbrs fhall have the Benefit and Advantage of all Rents, Refervations, Payments, Conditions, Covenants, Claufes, and Agreements, in all and every fuch Leafe or Grant contained, and the like Remedy therefore, 'as if the fame Grants and Leafes had been made by the faid refpeftive Companies as now reftored, and the faid Rents, Payments, Conditions, Covenants, Claufes, and Agreements had been made payable, referved, covenanted, and agreed to or with them refpeftively. ■ XVI. Provided alfo, and be it enafted. That all and every Perfon and Perfons, who at any Time flnce Freedoms
- he faid Juc'gment have been admitted into the Freedoms, or into the Liveries of the faid Companies, good.
,iccording to the Ufages and Cuftoms of the faid City, and their refpeftive Companies, fhall be and en- oy all the Rights and Privileges of a Freeman and of a Liveryman, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if they lad been admitted before the faid Judgment. ] XVII. Provided always, and be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That this prefent Aft of Parlia- Publick AdV. jnent fhall be accepted, taken, and reputed to be a general and publick Aft of Parliament ; of which all md every the Judge and Judges of this Kingdom in all Courts fhall take Notice on all Occafions whatfo- ';ver, as if it were a publick Aft of Parliament relating to the whole Kingdom ; any Thing herein coii- , ained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. C A P. IX. " An A(5t for the difcouraging the Importation of Thrown Silk. WHEREAS the Im.portation of fome forts of Thrown Silk into this Realm is greatly prejudicial 19 h. 7. <-. n. to the Exportation of the Woollen Manufaftures thereof, and tends very much to the impover- 13 &^ 14. C<2r. 2 idling great Numbers of Artihcers, whofe Livelyhood and Subfiflence depends upon the Throwing of <"• '5- Vol. III. • 3 M ' Raw
