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<head>Refusal of Trusts</head> <head><note>Diss.</note></head> | <head>Refusal of Trusts</head> <head><note>Diss.</note></head> | ||
<p><note>Refusal or | <p><note>Refusal or non-acceptance of a trust — on what Supposition such an act may become meet for punishment</note> | ||
As the interest of <del>the state</del> <add>a party</add> may suffer by<lb/> | As the interest of <del>the state</del> <add>a party</add> may suffer by<lb/> | ||
<del>your</del> <add><del>a mans</del> <add>your</add></add> usurping <del>a <gap/> office</del> <add>a trust for</add> <del>for</del> which <del>you are</del> <add>another man</add><lb/> | <del>your</del> <add><del>a mans</del> <add>your</add></add> usurping <del>a <gap/> office</del> <add>a trust for</add> <del>for</del> which <del>you are</del> <add>another man</add><lb/> | ||
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it is deemed expedient to <del><gap/></del> subject you to such a burden.</p> | it is deemed expedient to <del><gap/></del> subject you to such a burden.</p> | ||
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<note><del><gap/> <unclear>in</unclear> public trusts only that non-acceptance is treated on the footing of <gap/></del></note> | <note><del><gap/> <unclear>in</unclear> public trusts only that non-acceptance is treated on the footing of <gap/></del></note> <note><del>2</del></note> <pb/> | ||
<p><!-- The following paragraph stuck through with two vertical lines --> <del><unclear>From</unclear></del> The prejudice which the state receives from <add><unclear>in expend</unclear> to <unclear>sustain</unclear></add><lb/> | <p><!-- The following paragraph stuck through with two vertical lines --> <del><unclear>From</unclear></del> The prejudice which the state receives from <add><unclear>in expend</unclear> to <unclear>sustain</unclear></add><lb/> | ||
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the <del><gap/></del> Public Force: if a judicial office, an<lb/> | the <del><gap/></del> Public Force: if a judicial office, an<lb/> | ||
offence against Justice: if an offence of finance,<lb/> | offence against Justice: if an offence of finance,<lb/> | ||
an offence against the Revenue.</p><pb/> | an offence against the Revenue.</p><pb/> | ||
<add>From p.11. N<hi rend='superscript'>o</hi> 1</add> | |||
<p><del><unclear>An</unclear></del> In every office there are two things to<lb/> | |||
be consider'd; the burthen <add>or duty</add> and the profit: these are<lb/> | |||
mixed in various proportions. In some offices there<lb/> | |||
is nothing <add>scarce any</add> but burthen, & scarce any profit. in<lb/> | |||
others there is scarce any thing but profit & scarce<lb/> | |||
any burthen. <del><unclear>More then that</unclear>,</del> <add>Moreover</add> as the <unclear>same</unclear> practise <add>will</add></p> | |||
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C 1 Refusal of Trusts Diss.
Refusal or non-acceptance of a trust — on what Supposition such an act may become meet for punishment
As the interest of the state a party may suffer by
your a mans <add>your</add> usurping a office a trust for for which you are another man
fitter to follow than he is fitter than you, so may it from your declining
to accept exercise an office accept a trust for which you
are fitter than another. The refusing an office a trust
then for which no one is so fit as yourself
is one way in which you may act counter to
the interests of the state . a party in whose favour
it is deemed expedient to subject you to such a burden.
To p.4. at top
in public trusts only that non-acceptance is treated on the footing of 2
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From The prejudice which the state receives from in expend to sustain
the usurpation or refusal of an office is different
according to the duty of the office: according
to the branch of Government to the carrying on
of which the duty of the office is subservient
[According to the prejudice which from the act, such
is the nature of the offence].
If it be a military office it is an offence against
the Public Force: if a judicial office, an
offence against Justice: if an offence of finance,
an offence against the Revenue.
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From p.11. No 1
An In every office there are two things to
be consider'd; the burthen or duty and the profit: these are
mixed in various proportions. In some offices there
is nothing scarce any but burthen, & scarce any profit. in
others there is scarce any thing but profit & scarce
any burthen. More then that, Moreover as the same practise will
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