A.D. I7II* Anno nono Ann^ Regiriae. C.13. 523, under their hand, that nothing herein {hall be conftrued to reflore fuch Patron or Patrons to their Riglit of Papons who Prefentation ; any thing in this prefent A& to the contrary notwithftanding, '""« f"' ^'^ ■ III. Provided alio, and it is hereby enadted by the Authority aforelaid. That in cafe the Patron of any '^'"^' Church aforefaid (hall negleft or refufe to prefent any qualified Minifler to fuch Church that (hall be va- "^^?" ■}"' p"- can.t the faid firft Day of May, or (hall happen to be vacant at any Time thereafter, for the Space of fix j^"",^ '" S'^ Months, after the faid firft Day of May, or after fuch Vacancy fnall happen, that the Right of Prefentation Right ftai'i jc- {ball accrue and belong for that Time to the Prefbytery of the Bounds where fuch Church is, who are to jsre- cme to the fent a qualified Perfon for that Vacancy tanquam jure devoluto, Preftjtery. . IV. And be it further enaifled and declared by the Authority aforefaid, That the Patronage and Right^of Patronages, Prefentations of Minifters to all Churches which belonged to Archbifhops, Bifhops, or. other dignified Pir- "*.'^'^ before > fons, in the Year one thoufand fix hundred eighty-nine, before Epifcopacy was abolifhcd, as well as thofe ^Hx^^^^ ^'°'* ■which formerly belonged to the Crown, (liall and do of Right belong to her Majefty, her Heirs and Succef-i,,^,,^ tJ ^j^t- .. fors, who may prefent qualified Minifters to fuch Church or Churches, and difpofe of the vacant Stipends bifhops, &c. thereof for pious Ufes, in the fame Way and Manner as her Majefty, her Heirs and SuccefTors, may do in^'^'^ belong to . the Cafe of other Patronages belonging to the Crown. iier Majefty, &«» , V. Declaring always. That nothing in this prefent A(2: contained, {hall extend, or be conftrued to extend^ How far the , • to repeal and make void the aforefaid twenty-third AiSl of the fecond Seffioa of the firft Parliament of the -3^ ^Aift of late King William and Qriecn Mary, excepting fo far as relates to the calling and prefenting of Mini- w^'& ^^rl'lf* ' ' fters, and to the difpofing of vacant Stipends in Prejudice of the Patrons only. . be repealed. VI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every Patron and Patrons, who' jy^j^^.p^, ^^ j . have not taken, or fliall not take, at any Time before his or their prefenting a Minifter or Minifters t0;any the Ojth in Church or Churches aforefaid, the Oath appointed to be taken by Perfons in publick Truft, by an Aft, made 6 Anete, c. 14^ ,5 in the fixth Year of her Majefty's Reign, intituled. An Act for the better Security of her Majcjiys Perfon and , Government, fliall, and are hereby obliged, at their figning fuch Prefentation, to take and fubfcribe the afore- faid Oath before the Sheriff of the Shire, Stewart of the Stewartry, or before any two or more Juftices of -; the Peace of the County or Place where fuch Patron refides ; and in cafe fuch Patron or Patrons, who have J^efufing, the not formerly taken the aforefaid Oath, refufe or negleiSt to take the fame at the figning. of fiich Prefentation, Prefemation that the fame (hall be and is hereby declared to be void, and the Right of Prefentationvand of thedifpofing the "'^j" u^r" vacant Stipends for that Time, fhall belong to her Majefty, her Heirs and SuccefTors, who may prefent a ^jj^u ^^C^'^f^' qualified Perfon to fuch Church or Benefice, at any Time within the Space, of fix Months after (uch Ne- . gleft or Refufal ; any thing in this prefent ASt, or in any other Aft to the contrary notwithflanding. ' VII. And whereas the Right of^ Patronage of Churches may belong to Papifts ;' Be it therefore en^fted'^"**'"'"' /«f-' ■■ by the Authority aforefaid. That any Perfon or Perfons, known or fufpefted to be Papifts, and. who l^^ve J^^j^ ^'f ^P'^^ a Right of prefenting Minifters, (hall be obliged, at or before his or their figning any Prefentation, to purge P(jrrr.i!3a be- -^.' himfelf of Popery, by taking and figning the Formula contained in the third A<5t of theParliament of Scot- fore Oxerfre--..^.. land, held in the Year one thoufand feven hundred, intituled, ASi for preventing the Growth (f Poi>eryi,.,?,nd(^> otherwife- in cafe fuch Popifh Patron or Patrons fhall refufe to take and fubfcribe the Formija aforefaid, the fame being the Prefcntatioiv. tendred to him or them by the Sheriff of the Shire, Stev/art of the Stewartry, qr any two or more Juftices ^^^^ l^^^jj^^^^ of the Peace within their reipeftive JurifdiiSfion, who are hereby impowered to adminifter the fame, the a-c. may pre- Prefentation, and the Right of difpofing the vacant Stipends ftiall for that Time belong to her Majefty, her fent. Heirs and SuccefTors, who may pr&fent any qualified Perfon or Perfons within fix Months after fuch Negledl or Refufal ; any thing in tliis prefent A£t, or any other Aft to thecontrary^notwithftanding.. CAP. XIII. An Aft for repealing Part of an- Acl paffed in the Parliament of Scotland, intimled, Jci for' dif charging the Yule Vacance.. ' K1 H E R E A S by the twenty-fecond Adt pafled in the Parliament of Scotland, Anno one thoufand fix .
- VV hundred and ninety, intituled, ASl for difcharging the Yule Vacance, the annual Vacation of the
' Court of Seffion, and all other inferior Courts of Judicature, is thereby difcharged, and the Senators of , ' the College of Juftice, or Court of SefBon, are ordained to meet and fit for the Adminiftration of Juftice,.^^^^ ^ ^ ' from the firft Day of November to the firft of March yearly, without any Interruption ; which has been ^.^^^j fi^ ^g ' by Experience found Inconvenient and Burthenfonie to the Subjeft in that Part of the Kingdom ;' Be it fa f^r as jt ,e-* therefore enacted by the Queen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords lates todifchar-» Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afi^embled, and by the Authority of the ging the Yule fame, That the faid A&, fo far as the fame relates to the difcharging the Yule Vacance, be and is hereby ^^J^^"^ ^^' repealed, annulled, and made void, to all Intents and Purpofes v/hatfoever. pea . II. And be it further enaflied and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That the C/jrj/?^^! Vacation of the ChiiftmasVaca— SefTion or College of Juftice, and all other inferior Courts of Juftice, in that Part of Great Britain called '!«" to continue- icotlajid, (hall yearly and in all Time coming continue and endure from the twentieth oi December to fas ^°^^^^^™' tenth o{ January, both inclufive; the faid Law or any other Law or Cuftom to the contrary notwith-nu^ryicyearlyl itanding. (Repealed by i Geo. i. flat. 2. c. 28.] Xxx2. eAp-
