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Common Plea, or Exile:ghee, at Welleinitillteer Dublin, or before
any :fudge of Assize. or in any Cern of general Quarter Sessions
in 0... critain n Inbred, or in any otehliblifiedaty'e Courts of
Seaman, Justiciary or Exclocellt r, or in any Sheriff or Stewart
Court, or *fete the Mrgistrates and Coolseillers of the Royal
Burghs, or before the Ceeseil of their reibuttiee Burghs in ficat
lard,, and there, in open Court, between the beers of tine in tie
morning and tem.in the abe t/eon. to tape hike and atabscribe tit e
said oath hereinbetore piercebed to he taken reard that the praiser
officer of rich Court. with sheen the custody of such record thtti
remain, shall inakesubseribe awn fleeter a certificate of such oath,
having been duly made taken and subscribed, to the person rite
shall bee, an made taken and subscribed the same, as often as de
lame shall be demanded '• . and such certiticate shall be sufficient
evidence of such person having duly caken mode and subscribed
such oath as afore aid ; and that from aed after the ne oath,
or melts shall be tendered to or required eit be taken be hie
Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects, whir shall tete make end rub -
scribe the said oath last hereinbefore described, and obtain slice
etre& ate thereof as herainbefore prescribed for enabling theta to
hole or enjoy any real or personal property, othef than such as may
by last he tendered to and 'equated to be taken by his Majesty's
other subjects ; and that the said oath hereinbefore prescribed being
duly mule taken and su bier' betleud with cartiacatit thereof obtained
as aforeisid, shall be in the place of, lied as valid and beneficial to
all Menet and ptirpoin, tar the perseas so making, taking, and
aubsceiblog the mule, am if such person had duly made, taken, sod
it:beaten! the several oath, now by law required to be taken by his
ijesty • Roman Catholic subjects, at quairfications for the en-
joymenr of any civil right, office, or frenchire, or of any real or
personal property. Provided always, that nothing herein contained
shall he held to dispense with the taking of the said oath hereby
appointed to he taken in the place of the said oath of supremacy,
in all ewes where the said oath of supremacy is now by law re.
quired to be taken.
And whereas fu iv expedient fret sbch precautions should be taken
in respect of persons in Holy Geier; professing the Roman Catholic
religion,, who nay at any time hereafter be elected, r.ominated, or
appointed in the exercise or dischirge of epecopal duties or iliac-
don. in tee Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, or to the &Wei
or functions of it Dean. in die said ethurch,• as that no such person •
shall at any time hereafter assume the exercise or discharge of
soy such clothe; or functions efenin the United Kingdom, or any
part thereof, whoaa loyalty and peaceable conduct that: net-hare
been previously aacerained. as hereinafter peovided ; be it these-
fore efoicsed, that it null and may be lawful for his Aleiestes his
heirs and auceessors. by Commission to be hinted under the greet
seal of Ireland, to nominate and appoint each persons in Holy
Orders professing the Roman Catholic Religion, and re welting
pemeptl duties or functions in !retired, as hie Majesty. his heirs
and suet:tome. or the lord Lieutenant or Lord Deputy, or other
Ch of (*overflew or Governor, of Ireland, shall from time to time
think fit, to be Commissioners under this Act, for the purpossa
hereinafter, men t ion etl.
And be it further enacted, that any number not less than
of the sale Commissioners, shall form a Board for executing thi
several powers end duties by this Act vested in the said Com.
And be it .funiter enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for
his elajnity, his heirs and succession, from time to time, at hia and
their will and pleasure, to revoke and determine the Commission
aforesaid, Or any (:omminion issued under the provisions of tide
Act, and to cause a new Commission to issue instead thereof.
Provided always, and be it Bucher enacted, that such new Com-
tnis:enn shall inane within after the revocation and de-
termination of the Ceentniasion so revoked and determined as afore-
said ; and provided alwayt. that every such new Commission shall
consist in like manner of Roman Catholic Ecclesiastics exercising
episcopal &Nees or functions in Ireland as aforesaid ; and that every
' Commissioner to be appointed under this Act shall, before he acts
as such, take And subscribe the teetering oath •
" I, A. B. do promise rod swear, that I will, withour favour oe
afection, prejudice or malite to arty person whatsoever, faithfully.
and impartially, and to the best of my judgment sad diecretion,
execute and perform the ditties of a Commissioner vested in me by'
virtue of an Act of the Fifth year of the reign at his present Mae
jesty, intituled, ' An Act,' there islet the title of the Act,) and
will honestly and truly advise his elajeaty in all matters where
shall conic before me as a Commissioner under said Act; and that
I will not directly of indirectly publish, disclose, or nuke known.
except to his Majesty, or by his ebeestfr's command, any matter
or thing whatsoever which shall come to my knowledge by rearm
or In consequence of my being a Commissioner under the said Act.
" So help me GOD."
And be it further enacted, That it shall he lawful for the tai*
Commissioners so to be appointed as aforesaid, or soy eC
them, from time to time to certify to his Plajesty, or the JAW!
Lieutenant, Lord Deputy, or other Chief governor or Governors of
Ireland, the appointment of any Bishop or Deao to halter-after
appointed in the said Roman Catholic Church in IrehtM; and
which certificate shall be in the words following ; (that hese say)
" We do hereby certify, That A. B. haviog been previously
chosen and recommended by certain Ecclesiasdca of the Roman
Catholic church of Ireland, to be a Bishop or Dean ',as the cute
may bee of the said Church, has accordingly been Appointed a
Bishop or Dean (as the nee may be) of the said Church : and we
do believe the said A. B. to be a loyal subject of his Majesty."
And they shall transmit a duplicate of such certificate to theßishop
or Dean named therein.
And be it further enacted, that every person who shall, after the
commencement of this Act, commence exercising the functions of •
Bislicp or Dean of the aaiiillkimut Catholic Church in Ireland, shalll
instead of that ertlessesi bylaw required to be taken by his Majeety'a
Roman Catholic subjects to Ireland. take, make, and subscribe the,
oath herembefore appointed to be taken by his Majesty's atielt
Roman Catholic atibjecta. instead of the said oath of supremacy
and shall, at the Orient taking the same, deliver to the proper officer
of the court before which he .hall take the same, the said duplicate
certificate so to be transmitted to such Bishop or Dean as aforesaid,,
and such officer shall indorse thereupon a certificate of the said oath
having been so taken, and shall return the same to such Bishop
or Dean; anti the said certitknste, so indored as aforesaid, shall be
evidence of such Bishop or Dean having taken the said oath a:
provided that no Bishop or Dean to be hereafter appointed In the
f said Roman Catholic Church, in Ireland. shall act es such, until
such duplici4e oertificee shall be deltveted or transmitted to him ea
aforesaid.
And wherein it is fit to regulate the intercourse and correspond.
ence between hit Majesty's subjects of Ireland and the See oC
Rome; be it therefore further enacted, That from and after
so often as any subject or subjects of his Majesty in Ireland
&tall excise any bull, dispensation, or other instrument from the
See of Rome. or from any foreign body or individual whatsoever.
or from any person or body whatsoever in foreign parts, 'attic
under the authority of the said See, or under that of any other
Spiritual Superior, the person or persons so receiving the same
shall within after receiving the same, deliver the same.
or cause it to he delivered in the original, to the President oldest
said Booed of Commissioners, who shall lay the same before tbas
said Board of Commissioners, who shall forthwith inspect the saner
and it the said Board of Commissioners shall not find any thing be
the staid instrument so submitted to their inspection, which shad.
appear to them to he in any way injurious to the safety or tram.
quillity of the United Kingdom, or to the Protestant Establishment
• in Church or State, they shall forthwith report the receipt thaw(
' to the Lord Lieutenant. Lied Deputy, or other Chief Govenoor ma
Governors in Ireland. and thereupon the said instrument shall ho
• returned to the person by whew the same shall 'bare been so sub.
milted for inspectitin as aforeeed, with an indorsement signed hr
• the President, atenifying that the utne bad been duly inspected.
and reported upon to the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Deputy, or other
Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, according to the preen.
hems of this Act. . _

Provided always. and be it further enacted, that when any per.
son shall receive from the See of Rome, or from any auority.
under the saute, an instrument which. relates. wholly and exclu.
•ively tithe spiatiist eo3cerr.. of an individual or individuals, hat
shall so certify. a ieito , • • after he has received tks
some, and shall verify /melt Certificate by the following oath i--
" I, A. B. do swear, that the instrument (describiog the instna.
meat) which I hereby acknowledge to have received from the Bast
of Rome (or from such other bodies or persons, as the ease maw
be) under the authority of the See, as laces wholly to the per—
Ilona spiritual concerns of the party or parties in respect of wised"
it hag been iist.ed, end to comber matter or thing whatsoever.
" So kelp me GOD."
Which oath it shad end may be lawful for such person to take end
subscribe before the mid Board of Commiltiosere (who are hereby
eatroweted to administer the same) or in nop of the Courts Webb
before mentioned, or before of his lajesty's Justices; if
the person taking and soliseribing the tame shall be.resident mow
than miles from Dublin, or shall•frosn ill health or into.
unity be unable to travel; and in every such case it shall and may be
lawful for the mid. Board of Commissioners, in the exercise of their
judgment and dlecretion, to direct the said •instrument to betters.
mitred, scaled up, for the stile inspection and: verification of the
President of the said Board t who shall hapset the same, and if it.
shall :OUT tech inspection certify that the said instrument is in hip
conscientious opinion and judgment of the nature described in tlis
certificate and oath of the person by w hous the same shall have beta
so transmitted as aforesaid the receipt thereof shall be reported to
the Lord Lieutenant. or Lord Deputy, or other chief Governor or
Governors of Ireland, and thereupon the raid instrument shall be
returned, settled up, to the.person by whom the same shall bass
been to transmitted, atter being indorsed by thesald President.
And be it further enacted, that gorse:oft or pesseas in Ireland.
receiving any such butt, dispensation. or other instrument as door
.aaid, who snail su deliver the reatc, or tame it to be delivered in
the original,-or who shall so cattily the receipt, and so desribe sod
verify by oath the natcre of the said instrument by him or there
receives. as aforesaid, and 'lure certificate and oath shall be so can.
limed and allowed as aforesaid, shall be free and exempt from an
pains and penalties, whatsoever, which he or they would be liable
by any lea. now existing In Ireland, against the receiving and
ofispuiadbn:nsatentei:be.:goibtriitlfrle9.re,iklizi:is:renyen3ic:itthi,o:n.r,ityot th:tothpwreetryeniorerszuranmuent:tsuperionrifrtriostdheone Ste:
(Tiring sry such, ! i:•soensation, or other instrument ea
aforesaid, and not so dcliveriog or caesingvto be dallied
as aforesaid. either tii2 end original inentelestat, or sub ow
titicate of the receipt therein. accompanied by 14, alb em
beveinbefore prescribed ; or who phaU -1111 dee.
cution, or he wilfelly *tt knowingly cencerestig 111
putting in -weeitaion. at v sock bull, er
omm,„,nt an aforesaid. in Ireland, Were bow* bum
properly immortal and indorsed. as ofittineWlsir hadeeesed sad
tat:eh to be *lofty or a noadeaseasese, and spate sedt
nishment at may be law be iorniamn IFINKNIII Oft 111
unalemeanoor, instead of any ..dideh leek. pendia
would be Vote to for such altitricit, by. vtiy lrw os same WM 1111
form io Wised.