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    the Second , intituled , * An Act for preventing Dangers which may happen from Popish Recusants , ' a . s relates to the time for receiving the Sacrament of the Lord ' s Supper now limited by the said Act : " - And whereas it is expedient that so much of the said several Acts of

    Parliament as imposes the necessity of taking the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper according to the rites or usage of the Church of England , for the purposes therein respectively mentioned , should be repealed ; be it therefore Enacted by The Kind ' s most Excellent Majesty , by and -with the advice and consent of the Lords

    Spiritual and Temporal , and Commons , in this present Parliament assembled , and by the authority of the same , That so much and such parts of the said several Acts passed in the Thirteenth and Twenty-fifth years of the reign of King ¦ Charles the Second , and of the said Act passed in the Sixteenth year of the reign of King Gewge the Second , as require

    the person or persons in the said Acts respectively described , to take or receive the Sacrament of the Lord ' s Supper according to the rites or usage of the -Church of England 1 for the several purposes therein expressed , or to deliver a certificate or make proof of the truth of such his or their receiving the said Sacrament in manner aforesaid , or as

    impose upon any such person or persons luiy penalty , forfeiture , incapacity or disability whatsoever for or by reason of * uiy neglect or omission to take or receive the said Sacrament , within the respective periods and in the manner in the said Acts respectively provided iu that behalf , shall , from and immediately after the passing of this Act , be , and the same are hereby , Repealed .

    Clause ( A ) . —And whereas the Protestant Episcopal Church of England and Ireland , and the doctrine , discipline , and government thereof , and the Protestant Presbyterian Church of Scotland , and the doctrine ,, discipline , aud government thereof , are by the laws of this realm severally established , permanently and inviolably : And whereas it is just and fitting , , that on the repeal of such parts of

    the said Acts as impose the necessity of taking the Sacrament of the Lord ' s Supper according to the rites or usage of the Church of England , as a Qualification for office , a Declaration to the following effect should be substituted in lieu thereof ; Be it therefore Enacted , That every person who shall hereafter be placed , elected , or chosen in or to the office of Mayor , Alderman , Recorder , Bailiff ,

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    Town Clerk , or Common-councilman , or in or to any office of Magistracy , or place , trust or employment relating to the government of any city , corporation , borough or cinque port within England and Wales , or the Town of Berwick upon Tweed , shall , within one Calendar Mouth next , before his admission into any of the aforesaid offices or trusts , make aud subscribe the Declaration following :

    " I , A . B ., do solemnly declare , That I will never exercise any power , authority , or influence which I may possess by virtue of the office of to Injure or weaken the Protestant Church as it is by law established within this realm , or to disturb it in the possession of any rights or privileges to which it is by law entitled . "

    Clause ( B ) — Aud be it Enacted , That the said Declaration shall be made and subscribed as aforesaid , in the presence of such person or persons respectively who , by the charters or usages of the said respective cities , corporations , boroughs , and cinque ports , ought to administer the Oath for the due execution

    of the said offices or places respectively ; aud in default of such , in the presence of two Justices of the Peace of the said cities , corporations , boroughs , and cinque ports , if any such there be , or otherwise in the presence of two Justices of the Peace of the respective counties where the said cities , corporations , boroughs , and cinque ports are . Which said Declaration shall either be entered in a

    book roll or other record to be kept for that purpose , or shall be filed amongst the records of the city , corporation , borough , or cinque port . Clause ( CJ . —And be it Enacted , That if any person placed , elected , or chosen into any of the aforesaid offices or places , shall omit or neglect to take aud subscribe the said Declaration iu manner above-mentioned , such placing , election , or choice , shall be void .

    Clause ( DJ . —And be it Enacted , That it shall aud may be lawful for His Majesty to require any person who may be appointed to any civil office or trust whatever , or who may hold any commission from His Majesty , and who would , by any of the Acts

    abovementioned , be required to take or receive the Sacrament of the Lord ' s Supper , to make and subscribe the Declaration above-mentioned previously to his admission into such office or trust , or to acting under auch commission . Clause E . —Provided always , * nd be it further Enacted , That it shall be lawful

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    Intelligence . —Corporation and Tat Acts . 281

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    VOL . II . X

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1828, page 281, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2559/page/65/