GASR_Colonial_Bills_176005_15

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Vote at the election of Vestrymen in manner herein before di
=rected; unless presented by some bodily infirmity or other
legal disability, under the Penalty of twenty shillings
Proclamation Money, to be recovered by a Warrant from
^([circled] [crossed out] Dele [end circled] [end crossed out] Stet) any Justice of the Peace within the County; provided that such
penalty [crossed out word] [illegible] [end crossed out word] be sued for within ten days after ^(the same be incurred) [crossed out word] Dele [end crossed out word]
Stet
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And be it further enacted ^(by the authority aforesd) that if any person
shall give his Vote at Such election of Vestrymen who hath not
been Possessed in his own right of a Freehold in fifty acres
of Land in manner herein before mentioned, ^(or Lot saved according to Law in some Town) in the Parish
wherein he shall give such Vote Such person shall forfeit five
Pounds Proclamation Money to be recovered by action of Debt
or Information in any [crossed out] County [end crossed out] Inferior Court ^(of pleas & Quarter sessions), one half to
the Informer and the other half to the use of the Parish where
such Vote shall be given; And where such action shall be brought
the onus probandi shall lie on the Defendant.

And be it further enacted, that the said Vestrymen so
elected having within twenty Days after being elected taken
the Oaths appointed to be taken by one Act of Parliament
made in the first year of the reign of his late Majesty King
George the first intituled "An act for the further Security of
"his Majesty's person and Government and the succession of
"the Crown in the Heir of the late Princess Sophia being Pro
"=testants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended
"Prince of Wales and his open and Secret Abettors,” and the
oath of abjuration and repeated and suscribed the Test, and
also subscribe ^(to the following Declaration to wit I A B will not oppose) [circled text] To be Comformable to Dele [end circled text] the Doctrine and discipline
of the Church of England^(as by Law established) shall [crossed out illegible] ^(to) all intents and Purposes be deemed and taken to be the Vestrymen of the respective Parishes
for which they were elected.

And be it further enacted ^(by the authority aforesd) that every person
chosen in Manner aforesaid who shall refuse or neglect to take
the said Oaths, and to repeat and subscribe the Test and also
subscribe to ^(the Declaration aforesd) [circled text] be conformable to the Doctrine and Discipline of the ^(Dele)
Church of England ^(Dele) [end circled text] is hereby declared to be incapable of Acting as
a Vestryman

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