A. D. 1750. Anno vicefimo tertio Geoivgii II, C. 29. 261 ' ciate, in the Prefence of the Congregation there affembled, in the Time oF Divine Service ; upon Pain:, ' that every Perfon failing therein, fliould lofe fuch Parfonage, Vicarage or Benefice, Curate's Place or Lec- ' turer's Place refpe£lively, and fliould be utterly difabled and (ipfofaifo) deprived of the fame ; and that ' the faid Parfonage, Vicarage or Benefice, Curate's Place or Lecturer's Place ihould be void, as if he were: ' naturally dead : And whereas Doubts have arifen, whether the Allowance and Approbation of any lawful '.Impediment before-mentioned doth extend to both the faid before-recited Cafes, or whether any Arch-
- biriiop, Biftiop or other Ordinary, hath Power by the faid Aft to allow and approve of any lav/ful Impe-
- diment, as to reading the faid lall-mentioned Certificate and Declaration, within the Time limited by the
- faid A(3::' For the obviating thereof, be it enafted by the Kind's moil: Excellent Majefly, by and with
the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament .afi'enibled, and by the Authority of the fame. That every Allowance and Approbation of any lav/ful Impe- Allownnce of a.
- diment already given and declared, or which fhall hereafter be given and declared, in purfuance of the faid Jnwful impedi-
Ati, by any Archbifhop, Bifliop or Ordinary, to any Perfon for or in refpect of not reading in the Church, mentextended Chapel or Place of Publick Vv^orfliip, belonging to his Benefice or Promotion, within two Months next af- j^n^'t^e^certtfi- ter that he fiiall be in the adlual Poffefllon of the^faid Benefice or Promotion, upon fome Lord's Day, open- cate and DccU- ]y, publickly and folemnly, the Morning and iLvening Prayers, appointed to be read by and according to ntion, wiihin the laid Book of Common Prayer, and for or in refpect of not openly and publickly, before the Congre- the Tim: limi- gation there aflsnjbled, declaring his unfeigned Affent and Confenf to the Ufe of all Things therein con- ^'^• tained and prefcribed, fnall extend, and be conftrued to extend, to the not reading. the faid laft-mentioned Certificate and Declaration, although the fame be not mentioned in the faid Allowance and A.pprobation, for the like Time as the faid Allowance and Approbation fliall extend to. ' IL And whereas by an Aft pafled in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, in- 13 eUz. c. 13*
- tituled, An A£f for the Min-jlers of the Church to be of Sound Religion ; it was (amongfi: other Things) en-
' afted. That every Perfon who fhould be admitted to a Benefice with Cure, except that within two Months ' after his Induftion, he fliould publickly read the Articles therein mentioned, in the fame Church whereof
- he fliould have Cure, in the Time of Common Prayer there, with Declaration of his unfeigned Affent
•thereunto, fhould be, upon every fuch Default (ipfo faiio) immediately deprived : And whereas it hath '■happened, and may hereafter happen, through Sicknefs, or other lawful Impediment, that divers Perfons
- ,have been, and may be hindered from reading the faid Articles, and making the faid Declaration, within
- the Time direfted by the faid Aft, and yet fuch Perfon, after fuch Sicknefs, or other lawful Impediment
' removed, hath read, and may hereafter read the faid Articles, and make the faid Declaration; and it is ' reafonable that fuch Perfons fhould be deemed to have complied with the true Intent and Meaning of the ' faid Aft ;' Be it therefore further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That every Perfon who hath alrea- Perfons who dy read,, or who fhall hereafter read the faid Articles, and hath made, or fliall hereafter make the faid De- ftail read ihn claration, at the fame lime that he did read, or fliall hereafter read the Morning and Evening Prayer, and Aiticiesand De- declari3 his unfeigned AfTent and Confent to the Ufe of all Things therein contained and prefcribed, accord- ^i?'^'^"'" ;"^ '^'^ ing to the Direftions of the faid in Part recited Aft of the thirteenth and fourteeiith Years of the Reign of the^Mmn i m; and King Charles the Second, fhall be;*^?d is hereby declared and adjudged to have complied with the true EvepingTraycrj Intent and Meaning of the faid Aft of the thirteenth Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, although ^le declared 10 the fam.e were not, or may not be read within the Space of two Months after fuch Perfon's Induftion into h^vc complied any Benefice with Cure; and that every fuch Perfon fhall, and he is hereby declared to be freed and dif- ^f ', ^f-j,'""^"'^ charged from any Deprivation, or other Forfeiture by virtue of the faid Aft; any thing therein contained to ^ j the contrary notwithflanding. ' III. Provided always, Thnt this Aft fhall not extend to reflore any Perfon to any Parfonage, Vicarage er Limiiatioji of Benefice, Curate's Place or Lefturer's Place, which, for want of reading fuch Certificate and Declaration, thisAcl:. within the Time direfted by the faid firft in Part recited Aft, or of reading the faid Articles and Declaration concerning the fame, according to the fai-d laft-mentioned Aft, hath been, forfeited or become void, and is already filled up or enjoyed by any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever. CAP. XXIX. An Aft to encourage the Importation of Pig and Bar Iron from his Majefty's Colonies in yhiir- rica; and to prevent the Ereftion of any Mill or other Engine for Slitting or Rollinq, of Iron ; or any Plateing Forge to work with a Tile Hammer ; or any Furnace for making Steel in any of the laid Colonies. H E RE A S the Importation of Bar Iron from his Majefly's Colonies in America,^ into the Port of .^"^f^f/;^** London, and the Importation of Pig Iron from the faid Colonies, into any Port of Great Britain, and ,.J;','.',7"'s e"!-, the Manufafture of fuch Bar and Pig Iron in Great Britain, will be a great Advantage not only to the faid c. 5. 2 F.J. 'b.' Colonies, but alfo to this Kingdom, by furnifhing the Manufafturers of Iron with a Supply of that ufeful <-• z7, 5 K'.iSf and neceffary Commodity, and by Means thereof large Sums of Money, now annually paid for Iron to ■■^„^- ^i- Foreigners, will be i'aved to this Kingdom, and a greater Quantity of the Woollen, and other Alanu- ^.^„'„^'/' '?j=^ f<;ftures of Great Britain, will be exported to America, in Exchange for fuch Iron fo imported ;' Be it there- j^. g./}„„'.c' 6.. I fore enafted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spi-/'^. 55. I ritual and temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the I'ig iron made fame. That from and after the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and fifty, the feveral " j'^^ Bruift and refpedtive Subfidies, Cufloms, Impofitions, Rates and Duties, now payable on Pig Iron, made in and ,°n,°'r-"_"^ jimported from his Majefty's Colonics in America, into any Port of Great Britain, fliall ceafe, determine and beimport'edTrcc;: ! be no longer paid ; and that from and after the faid twenty-fourth Dcty offune, no Subfidy, Cuftom, Im- and Bar Tr'o.n podtion,. Rate or Duty whatfoever, fliall be payable upon Bar Iron, made in and impcited from the faid Co- into the Puit «f. ■ lonies.^°'"'"'^-
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