A. D. 1696. Anno feptimo & odlavo GuLiELMi III. C. 33, 34. 633 enaifVed by the Authority aforefaid, That from henceforth the faid Inhabitants of the City and Liberty of ving on Juries Wejijn'infler fhall be, and arc hereby exempted from fervlng in any Jury at the Seflions, before the Juftices ^°I ^"'^{'.l!' of the Peace for the County of MldiUcfex. " ' ' ' ^ ' X. And whereas by an Adl made in the fourth and fifth Years of the Reign of King William and ' Queen Mary, intituled. An ASl for reviving^ continuing, and explaining fcveral Laivs therein mentioned, 4& 5 w. & M. ' which are expired and near expiring, amongft other Things, there were feveral good Claufes and Provi- c. sj. '^ fions made and enacted, for returning able and fufficient Jurors for Trials of IfTues joined in any of the • Made perpetual ' Courts of King s Bench, Comtnon Pleas, or Exchequer, or before Juftices of Affize, or Nift pri us. Oyer ''i 'i ^'"■^^• ' and Terminer, Gaol Delivery, or General Qiiartcr-Seffions of the Peace ; which Afl, as to fo much qJ*,^"^ ; . ' thereof as did relate to the returning of Jurors, was to be in P'orce for the Space of three Y.ars, from ' "' ' ' the fivfl: Day of May one thoufand fix hundred ninety-three, and from thence to the End of the next ' Seffion of Parliament, which by Experience hath been found beneficial and ufcful ;' Be it ena(Sted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid AiSt, as to fo much thereof as doth relate to the returning of Jurors, .1$ to t!)c rtturn- fhali be and is hereby continued, and fhall be in Force, together with this Aft, for the Space of feven '"S ^ble jurors. Years, from the firft Day oi May one thoufand fix hundred ninety-fix, and from thence to the End of the ™""'n"tdfor 7 next Seffion of Parliament, and no longer. XI. Provided always, and be it enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That this Aft, or the faid Aft, or Neither of the ny thing therein contained, fiiall not extend to give or require any longer Time for the fummoning of any -Aftsto ilve juries that arc to try any KFues joined in any of the faid Courts, that are triable by Jurors of the City of ["JJ^*^"^ Time tor London, oxQ-ownVj oi Middlefex, than was by Law required before the making of the laid Afc ; nor fliall r;^,s_ than by " extend or be conftrued to give any longer Time, or other Day, for the Return of any Writ, Precept, or Law required, Prccefs ol Venire facias. Habeas Corpora, or Dijiri/igas, for the fummoning, attaching, or diftreining of nor for Return any Jury to appear, than was by Law required before the making the faid Aft; but that where there "f Wnts, &c. fhall not be fix Days between the awarding of fuch Writ, Precept, or Procefs, and Return thereof, every |"the Ti^'^^'^ Juror may be fummoned, attached, or diftreined to appear, at the Day and Time therein mentioned or ap- po;n:ed Uc^.^' pointed, as he might have been before the making of the faid Aft 3 any thing herein or therein contained to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. XII. Provided, That this Aft, or any thing therein contained, fhall not extend to the City of London, This Aa rot to nor to any other County of any City or Town within this Realtn, nor to any Town Corporate that have =>'-t=nd toLon- Power by Charter to hold Seffions of Gaol Delivery, or Seffions of the Peace for fuch Town. °"' ^J^ 7. 6 Ceo. z. c. 37. 24 Ceo. 2. c, 18. avd z^ Geo, a, c. 19, CAP. XXXIII. An Adl for the better Encouraojement of the Greenhmd Trade. -3" HEREAS by an Aft made in the fourth and fifth Years of the Reign of His Majefty King 4 ^' 5 'W'- ^ M. William and the late Qiieen Mary, intituled, ^;i Aut for the regaining, encouraging, and fettling ^^ '7' EXP,
- ■"/;(? Greenland T'r(7i/t', it is thereby (amongft other Things) enafted, That a Joint Stock of forty thoufand
Pounds, at leaft, fhould be raifed by Subfcriptions by the feveral Perfons in the faid Aft named, and Ciould be paid at fuch Times, and in fuch Maimer, as fliould be direfted and appointed by the Governor or Deputy Governors, and Court of Committees of the Company by the faid Aft eftablifhed for the time being, fo as the whole Sum to be fubfcribed be paid within four Years ; and that the faid Com- pany fliould pay no further or other Cuftom for the Oil, Blubber or Fins, caught and imported in their Ships or Veffels, than if they had been navigated with three fourths of the Mariners Englijl: : And where- as the feveral Pcilbns in the faid Aft named did fubfcribe to the faid Joint Stock the Sum of eighty-two thouland Pounds, but by Reafon of the prefent War with France, and the Scarcky of Seamen, the faid Company cannot at prefent employ all the faid Money fubfcribed to the faid Joint Stock in the faid Trade : And whereas fome Doubt or Scruple hath been made, whether the Oil, Blubber and Fins, taken and imported in and by the Ships of the faid Company, ought not to pay fome Duty or Cuftom to His Farther En-cu- Majefty :' May it pleafe your Majefty that it may be enafted, fc°c. ragemmun the Gre'r.lar.dTi adt, ' Remainder of the Joint Stock to be paid as the Governor, feV. fliall appoint. The whole to be paid 'o ^ " '^^^ 3- ' before z, March 1703. Company not to pay Cuftom for Oil, i3c. imported into England.^ ^- *'• i'f- '^• 1-. 16. 10 Geo. I. c, 16. 12 Ceo. I. c. 26, Jecl. 7. 5 Geo. z. c. 28. 6 Geo. 2. c. C3. 13 Cc:. z. c. 28. /tt'7. 5. 22 Geo. 2. c. 45, 28 Geo. 2. c. 20, CAP. XXXIV. An Aft that the fulemn Afiirmarion and Declaration of the People called fakers, fliall be ac- cepted inttead ot an Oath in the ufual Form. ' TX^HEPvEAS divers Diilenters, commonly called ^takers, refufing to take an Oath in Courts of ' Vv Juftice and other Places, are frequently imprifoned, and their Eftates fequeftred, by Procefs of 13 £? 14 Cjr. 2. ' Contempt ifiTuing out of fuch Courts, to the Ruin of themfelves and Fr.milies :' For Remedy thereof be "■• '• ■ it enafted by the King's moft Exceller.t Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spi- ^^-^M.c.iZ. ritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aftembled, and by the Authority of the QiiakersihfteaU fame. That from and after the fourth Day of May, which fliallbe in the Year of our Lord one thoufand ^^i ^n Oaih ta fix hundred ninety-fix, every ^taker Bfrwi-ck upon Tweed, who fhall Vol. lil. fourth Day of ^mi, which fliall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand ^^i ^n Oaih ta htaker within this Kingdom oi' England, Dominion o'i JVales, or Town' of '^^-r'= "^i<-"-'- 1 be required upon any lawful Occallon io take an Oath, in any Cafe where .'"""S Aifiunj...
