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<p>And whereas great Mischiefs have arisen from mean<lb/> Persons acting as Trustees in the Execution of such Acts<lb/> of Parliament made for repairing Public Roads in that<lb/> Part of Great Britain called England, as do not direct<lb/> and require that the Trustees thereby appointed shall be<lb/> qualified <note>General Qualification of Trustees,</note>to act as such by the Possession of Real or Personal<lb/> Estates to a certain Value ; be it therefore enacted,<lb/> That no Person shall be qualified or capable of acting<lb/> as a Trustee in the Execution of any such Act <lb/>as aforesaid, unless he shall be, in his own Right, or in<pb/> the Right of his Wife, in the actual Possession, or Receipt,<lb/> of the Rents and Profits of Lands, Tenements,<lb/> or Hereditaments, of the clear yearly Value of forty<lb/> Pounds ; or possessed of, or <sic>intitled</sic> to, Personal Estate<lb/> to the Value of Eight hundred Pounds ; <note>to be verified upon Oath.</note>or shall be<lb/> heir Apparent of a Person possessed of an Estate in Land of the clear yearly Value of Eighty Pounds ; <lb/>and unless he hath taken, or shall (not being such heir<lb/> Apparent as aforesaid) before he acts as such Trustee,<lb/> take and subscribe the Oath following, before any Two<lb/> or more of the Trustees appointed, or to be appointed,<lb/> by or in pursuance of such Act, who are hereby authorized<lb/> and <sic>impowered</sic> to administer the same, in the<lb/> Words, or to the Effect, following ; that is to say, | <p>And whereas great Mischiefs have arisen from mean<lb/> | ||
Persons acting as Trustees in the Execution of such Acts<lb/> | |||
of Parliament made for repairing Public Roads in that<lb/> | |||
Part of Great Britain called England, as do not direct<lb/> | |||
and require that the Trustees thereby appointed shall be<lb/> | |||
qualified <note>General Qualification of Trustees,</note>to act as such by the Possession of Real or Personal<lb/> | |||
Estates to a certain Value ; be it therefore enacted,<lb/> | |||
That no Person shall be qualified or capable of acting<lb/> | |||
as a Trustee in the Execution of any such Act<lb/> | |||
as aforesaid, unless he shall be, in his own Right, or in<lb/> | |||
<pb/> | |||
the Right of his Wife, in the actual Possession, or Receipt,<lb/> | |||
of the Rents and Profits of Lands, Tenements,<lb/> | |||
or Hereditaments, of the clear yearly Value of forty<lb/> | |||
Pounds ; or possessed of, or <sic>intitled</sic> to, Personal Estate<lb/> | |||
to the Value of Eight hundred Pounds ; <note>to be verified upon Oath.</note>or shall be<lb/> | |||
heir Apparent of a Person possessed of an Estate in Land of the clear yearly Value of Eighty Pounds ; <lb/> | |||
and unless he hath taken, or shall (not being such heir<lb/> | |||
Apparent as aforesaid) before he acts as such Trustee,<lb/> | |||
take and subscribe the Oath following, before any Two<lb/> | |||
or more of the Trustees appointed, or to be appointed,<lb/> | |||
by or in pursuance of such Act, who are hereby authorized<lb/> | |||
and <sic>impowered</sic> to administer the same, in the<lb/> | |||
Words, or to the Effect, following ; that is to say,</p> | |||
<p><note>The Oath.</note>I ''A. B.'' do swear, That I truly and ''bona fide'' am, in my<lb/> | |||
own Right, or in the Right of my Wife, in the actual<lb/> | |||
Possession and Enjoyment, or Receipt, of the Rents and<lb/> | |||
Profits of Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, of the<lb/> | |||
clear yearly Value of ''(Forty Pounds)'' or possessed of, or <sic>intitled</sic><lb/> | |||
to, a Personal Estate, to the Value of ''(Eight hundred<lb/> | |||
Pounds, as the case may be)''<lb/> | |||
''So help me'' GOD.<!-- the words so help me GOD are right justified, that is to say lined up to the right as opposed to bang on in the eyes of God! --></p> | |||
<p><note>50l. Penalty on Persons, not duly qualified, presuming to act.</note>And if any Person shall presume to act contrary to the<lb/> | |||
true Intent and Meaning hereof, every such Person<lb/> | |||
shall, for every such Offence, forfeit and pay the Sum of<lb/> | |||
fifty Pounds to any Person who shall sue for the same ; <lb/> | |||
to be recovered in any of His Majesty's Courts of Record<lb/> | |||
by Action of Debt, or on the Case, or by Bill,<lb/> | |||
Suit, or Information ; wherein no Essoin, Protection,<lb/> | |||
or Wager of Law, or more than One Imparlance, shall<lb/> | |||
be allowed ; and such Person so sued or prosecuted shall<lb/> | |||
prove that he is qualified as above, or otherwise shall<lb/> | |||
pay the said Sum of fifty Pounds, without any other<lb/> | |||
Proof or Evidence on the Part of the Plaintiff or Prosecutor,<lb/> | |||
than that such Person hath acted as a Commissioner<lb/> | |||
in the Execution of any such Act. | |||
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And whereas great Mischiefs have arisen from mean
Persons acting as Trustees in the Execution of such Acts
of Parliament made for repairing Public Roads in that
Part of Great Britain called England, as do not direct
and require that the Trustees thereby appointed shall be
qualified General Qualification of Trustees,to act as such by the Possession of Real or Personal
Estates to a certain Value ; be it therefore enacted,
That no Person shall be qualified or capable of acting
as a Trustee in the Execution of any such Act
as aforesaid, unless he shall be, in his own Right, or in
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the Right of his Wife, in the actual Possession, or Receipt,
of the Rents and Profits of Lands, Tenements,
or Hereditaments, of the clear yearly Value of forty
Pounds ; or possessed of, or intitled to, Personal Estate
to the Value of Eight hundred Pounds ; to be verified upon Oath.or shall be
heir Apparent of a Person possessed of an Estate in Land of the clear yearly Value of Eighty Pounds ;
and unless he hath taken, or shall (not being such heir
Apparent as aforesaid) before he acts as such Trustee,
take and subscribe the Oath following, before any Two
or more of the Trustees appointed, or to be appointed,
by or in pursuance of such Act, who are hereby authorized
and impowered to administer the same, in the
Words, or to the Effect, following ; that is to say,
The Oath.I A. B. do swear, That I truly and bona fide am, in my
own Right, or in the Right of my Wife, in the actual
Possession and Enjoyment, or Receipt, of the Rents and
Profits of Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, of the
clear yearly Value of (Forty Pounds) or possessed of, or intitled
to, a Personal Estate, to the Value of (Eight hundred
Pounds, as the case may be)
So help me GOD.
50l. Penalty on Persons, not duly qualified, presuming to act.And if any Person shall presume to act contrary to the
true Intent and Meaning hereof, every such Person
shall, for every such Offence, forfeit and pay the Sum of
fifty Pounds to any Person who shall sue for the same ;
to be recovered in any of His Majesty's Courts of Record
by Action of Debt, or on the Case, or by Bill,
Suit, or Information ; wherein no Essoin, Protection,
or Wager of Law, or more than One Imparlance, shall
be allowed ; and such Person so sued or prosecuted shall
prove that he is qualified as above, or otherwise shall
pay the said Sum of fifty Pounds, without any other
Proof or Evidence on the Part of the Plaintiff or Prosecutor,
than that such Person hath acted as a Commissioner
in the Execution of any such Act.
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