A.D.iyoS. Anno quinto Ann .E Reginas, C. 7,8. 223 rcclion, as aforefaid ; and in Cafe any Mafter or Keeper of any Houfe of Correftion, or publick Work- houfe ftiall negleft to do his Duty, as above direiSted, any Judge or Jufticc of Affize or Gaol Delivery, upon Complaint, and due Proof thereof upon the Oath of one or more Witneffes to him made, ftiall be and is hereby impowered to remove every fuch Perfon from his faid Office. ' IV. And forafmuch as when any Perfon is convifted for any Felony within the Benefit of Clergy, Melons convift, ' upon his Prayer to have the Benefit thereof allowed to him, it hath been ufed to adminifter a Book of IhrAfl"^*^ h
- to him to try whether he can read as a Clerk, which by Experience is found to be of no Ufe ;' ^^ jj^j^ '^^jj
Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid fourteenth Day of /V- red to read, &c. hruary, if any Perfon be convifted of any fuch Felony, for which he ought to have had the Benefit of his For farther Pro- Clergy if this h&. had not been made, and fhall pray to have the Benefit of this Aifl, he fhall not be re- •"'>« relating quired to read, but without any reading, ftiall be allowed, taken, and reputed to be, and punifhed as, ^ ""'"> fi^ S^""' Clerk convift, which fliall be as efFedlual to all Intents and Purpofes, and be as advantageous to him, 5,.^i/^_'*.(^",'^ as if he had read as a Clerk ; any Thing in this Ait, or any other Law or Statute to the contrary not- i. c n, anJ 6 withftanding. <5"- i- <■■ ^3- CAP. VII. An Aft for regulating and afcertaining the Duties to be paid by the unfreemen Importers of Coals into PR, the Port and Borough of Great Yarmouth, in the County oi Norfolk. From 25 March 1707, Perfons not Freemen of Corporation of Great Yarmouth, may import and tell Coals there, paying 6 d. per Chalder, and 6 d. ob. per Chalder, for Ballaft. On paying Rate, Corporation to furnifh Importers with Ballaft. Importers, ts^r. not Freemen, to pay 4 y. 6 d. for Pilottage, ^c befides a Halfpenny ^^r Chalder Coal Tunnage. All Perfons except Freemen to pay the Duties, &c. Ships Tackle, &c^ may be detained for Duties not paid, and Diftrefs fold, bfc. Not to impeach Duties granted by 10 & n W. 3. c. 5^ Sixty Pounds yearly payable out of Duties, i^c. to Chamberlain of Norivich, for cleanfing and depthning the Rivers Yarr, TVavency, and the North River, tft-. lo & 1 1 W. 3. c. 5. Mayor, iff f. of Norwich in Com- mon Council to difpofe of the Monies, &V. Mayor, i^c. oi Norwich may levy Money by Warrant, &c. Provifo for cleanfing the River to Dilbatn. Not to alter 16 Car. 2. Saving of Right to all Perfons, i^c, CAP. viir. An A£l for an Union of the two Kingdoms of England and Scotland. Mojl Gracious Sovereign,
- WT HERE A S Articles of Union were agreed on, th-e twenty- fecond Day ol July in the fifth Year
' W of your Majefty's Reigji, by the CommifEoners nominated on Behalf of the Kingdom of Eng-
- land, under your Majefty's great Seal oi England, bearing Date at Wejiminjler the tenth Day of April
' then laft paft, in purfuance of an Aft of Parliament made in England.^ in the third Year of your Ma- ' jefty's Reign, and the Commiffioners nominated on the Behalf of the Kingdom of Scotland, under your ' Majefty's Great Seal of Scotland, bearing Date the twenty-feventh Day of February in the fourth Year ' of vour Majefty's Reign, in purfuance of the fourth Aft of the third Seffion of the prefent Parliament ' of Scotland, to treat of and concerning an union of the faid Kingdoms : And whereas an Aft hath paffed ' in the Parliament of Scotland, &t Edinburgh, the fixteenth Day of January in the fifth Year of your ' Majefty's Reign, wherein 'tis mentioned. That the Eftates of Parliament confidering the faid Articles '■ of Union of the two Kingdoms, had agreed to and approved of the faid Articles of Union, with fome ' Additions and Explanations, and that your Majefty, with the Advice and Confent of the Efl:ates of Par- ■' liament, for eftablifhins; the Proteftant Religion and Prefbyterian Church Government within the King- '■ dom of Scotland, had pafled in the fame Seffion of Parliament an Aft, intituled. An ASi for the fe- ' curing nf the Protejiant Religion and Prefbyterian Church Government^ which by the Tenor thereof
- was appointed to be inferted in any Aft ratifying the Treaty, and exprefly declared to be a
' Fundamental and Eflential Condition of the faid Treaty or Union in all Times coming : The ' Tenor of which Articles, as ratified and approved of, with Additions and Explanations by the ' faid Aft of Parliament of Scotland, follows : . A R T I C L E I. THAT thetv/o Kingdoms of England and Scotland ^-iW upon the firfl: Day of JI/«y which fiiall be Union of the two in the Year one thoufand feven hundred and feven, and for ever after, be united into one Kingdom Kingdoms. 'ty the Name of Great Britain ; and that the Enfigns Armorial of the faid united Kingdom be fuch as herEnfigns Armo- • Majefty ftiall appoint, and the Crofles of St. George and St. Andrew be conjoined in fuch Manner as her"^'- Majefty ftiall think fit, andiufed in all Flags, Banners, Standard.s and Enfigns, both at Sea and Land. A R T I C L E IL That the Succeffion of the Monarchy to the united Kingdom of Great Britain, and of tfie Dominions Succefllontothe thereto belonging, after her moft facred Majefty, and in Default of Ifiue of her Majefty, be, remain, ^«'°^"^l^y- and continue to the moft Excellent Princefs Sophia, Ele6k)refs and Dutchefs Dowager of ii?;?^^^/-, and the Heirs of her Body being Proteft-ants, upon whom the Crown of England is fettled by an Aft of Parlia- ment made in England in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King William the Third, intituled. An At^ for the funher Limitation vf the Crown^ and better fecuriiig the Riglits and Liberties of the xz Sc ■I'^'W, p Sui'faS And that all Papifts, and Perfons marrying Papifts, ftiall be excluded from, and for ever incapa- c. 2. |j[p.Pjpifts excluded.
