A. D. 1755' Anno viceilmo oflavo Georgii II. C. 24^ 25. O21 CAP. XXIV. An A&. to indemnify Perfons who have omitted to qualify themfelves for Offices and Pro- motions within the Time limited by Law ; and for allowing further Time for that Purpofe.
- -iTT'HEREAS divers Perfons who on Account of their Offices, Places, Employments or Pro-
« W feffions, or any other Caufe or Occafion, ought to have taken and fubfcribed the Oaths or the ' Affurance refpedively appointed to be by fuch Perfons, in and by an A6t made in the firft Year of i Geo. i. c. 13, ' the Reign of his late Majefty King George, of glorious Memory (intituled, Jn Atl for the f linker
- • Security of his Mqjejly's P erf on and Government, and the Succeffion of the Crown in the Heirs of the late
' Princefs Sopliia, 'being Protejiants ; and for extinguijhing the Hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales,
- and his open and fecret Abettors) or to have qualified themfelves according to an Aft made in the thir-
' teentii Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second- (intituled. An Aii for the well governing and '3 Car. i. c. r. ' re^ulaiifig Corporations) or to have qualified themfelves according to another A6t made in the twenty- ' fit^h Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, (intituled, An A^ for the preventing Dangers ^s^a.z. c. 2, tiuhich may happen from Popijl) Recufants) by receiving the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, accord- ' ing to the Ufage of the Church of England, and making and fubfcribing the Declaration againft Tran-
- fubftantiation therein mentioned, have through Ignorance of the Law, Abfence, or fome unavoidable
' Accident omitted to take and fubfcribe the laid Oaths and Affurance, or otherwife to qualify them-
- felves as'aforefaid, within fuch Time, and in fuch Manner, as in and by the laid Ads refpedhveJy,
' or bv any other Adt of Parliament in that Behalf made and provided, is required, whereby they
- may be in Danger of incurring divers Penalties and Difabilities ;' For quieting the Minds of his Ma-
leftv's Subjects, and for preventing any Inconveniencies that might otherwife happen by Means of fuch Cmiffions ; Be it enaded by the King's moft Excellent Majefiiy, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That all and every Perlbn and Perfons, who (hall on or before the twenty- Further Time eighth Day of November one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-five, take and fubfcribe the faid Oaths f^^'^^^^f^^^^ and Affurance refpedively, in fuch Cafes wherein by Law the faid Oaths or Affurance ought to have omitted to qua- been taken or fubfcribed, in fuch Manner and Form, and fuch Place and Places, as are appointed in Wy tliemfelvei. and by the faid Ad made in the firft Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefty King George, or by fubfcribe the faid Declaration againft to have been received, and the faid Declaration ought to have been made and fubfcribed, fhall be and are hereby indemnified, freed and difcharged from and againft all Penalties, Forfeitures, Incapacities and Difabihties incurred or to be incurred for or by reafon of any former Negled or Omiffion of taking or fubfcribing the faid Oaths or Affurance, or receiving the Sacrament, or making or fubfcribing the faid Declaration refpedively, according to the above mentioned Ads, or any of them, or any other Ad or Ads concerning Perfons in Offices or Places of Truft ; and is and are, and (hall be, fully and Perfons qualify- adually recapacitated and reftored to the fame State and Condition as fuch Perfon or Peribns were be- Timr"ie(brib^ fore fuch Negled or Omiffion, and (hall be deemed and adjudged to have duly qualified him, her or edrinfemnifie'd, themfelves according to the above mentioned Ads, and every of them ; and that all Ads done or to &c. be done by any fuch Perfon or Perfons, or by Authority derived from him or them, are and (liall be of the fame Force and Validity as the fame, or any of them would have been, if fuch Perfon or Per- fons had taken the faid Oaths or Affurance, and received the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, and made and fubfcribed the faid Declaration refpectively, according to the Diredion of the faid Ads, and every of them ; and that fuch Perfon or Perfons qualifying themfelves in Manner and within the Time appointed by this Ad, (hall be to all Intents and Purpoles as effedual as if fuch Perfon or Perfons had refpedively taken the faid Oaths and Affurance, and received the Sacrament, and made and fub- fcribed the faid Declaration, within the Time and in the Manner appointed by the feveral Ads befora II Provided always, That this Ad, or any thing herein contained, fhall not extend, or be con- ^""^ ^^„r'- ftrue'd to extend, to reftore or intitle any Perfon or Perfons to any Office or Employment, Benefice, "i°eady avoS Matter or Thing whatfoever, already adually avoided by Judgment of any of his Majefty's Courts of or filled up. Record or already filled up or enjoyed by any other Perfon ; but fuch Office, Employment, Benefice, Matter'or Thing fo voided, or filled up and enjoyed, fhall be and remain in and to the Perfon or Perfons who is or are now intitled to the fame, as if this Ad had never been made. CAP. XXV. An A61 for continuing an Aft, intituled, An AS for encouraging the making of Indico in tU Britifh Plantations in America. ' "IXZHEREAS the Law for encouraging the making of Indico in the Britifh Plantations x Ame- t YV rica, is found to be very ufeful and beneficial to the Publick, and is fo near expiring, that it ' is fit it (ho'uld be continued ;' Beit therefore enaded by the- King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with
