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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/> | ||
<del>fitter to | <del>fitter to <unclear>follow</unclear> than he</del> <add>is fitter than you</add>, so may it from your declining<lb/> | ||
to <del>accept</del> <del>exercise an office</del> <add>accept a trust</add> for which you<lb/> | to <del>accept</del> <del>exercise an office</del> <add>accept a trust</add> for which you<lb/> | ||
are fitter than another. The refusing < | are fitter than another. The refusing <del>an office</del> <add>a trust</add><lb/> | ||
then for which no one is so fit as yourself<lb/> | then for which no one is so fit as yourself<lb/> | ||
is one way in which you may act counter to<lb/> | is one way in which you may act counter to<lb/> | ||
the interests <del>of the state</del> <add><del><gap/>.</del></add> a party in whose favour<lb/> | the interests <del>of the state</del> <add><del><gap/>.</del></add> a party in whose favour<lb/> | ||
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> | ||
<note>To p.4. <del><gap/></del> at top</note> | <!-- These notes in red ink --><note>To p.4. <del><gap/></del> at top</note> | ||
<gap/> <unclear>in</unclear> public trusts | <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/> | |||
the usurpation or refusal of an office is different<lb/> | |||
according to the duty of the office: according<lb/> | |||
to the branch of Government to the carrying on<lb/> | |||
of which the duty of the office is subservient<lb/> | |||
<add>[According to the prejudice which <gap/> from the act, such</add> <lb/> | |||
<add>is the nature of the offence].</add><lb/> | |||
If it be a <unclear>military</unclear> office it is an offence against<lb/> | |||
the <del><gap/></del> Public Force: if a judicial office, an<lb/> | |||
offence against Justice: if an offence of finance,<lb/> | |||
an offence against the Revenue.</p><pb/> | |||
C 1 Refusal of Trusts Diss.
Refusal or nonacceptance 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 <del>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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