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alter any Directions given by the Act for Establishment of
Religious Worship within this Province, as to the Manner of
administering the Oaths thereby required to be taken, or the
certifying thereof, so as the same Oaths be taken by the Per-
sons thereby required to take the same, according to the
Directions of the aforementioned Act for Establishment of
Religious Worship within this Province.
IX. And be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid,
by and with the Advice and Consent aforesaid, That in case
any Person who holds any Office or Trust within this Prov-
ince, and has taken the Oaths appointed by this Law, shall
afterwards be present at any Popish Assembly, Conventicle or
Meeting and join with them in their Service at Mass, or receive
the Sacrament in that Communion, he shall not only forfeit
his Office, and incur the Penalty in this Act limited, but also
be incapable of taking, holding or executing any Commission
or Place of Trust within this Province, until he shall be fully
reconciled to the Church of England, and receive the Com-
munion therein.
X. Provided nevertheless, That this present Act, or any
thing therein contained, shall not extend, or be construed to
extend to the Negociation or Management of the Lord Pro-
prietary, his private Affairs, so as such Negociation or Man-
agement shall not in any wise relate to the Affairs of the
Government of this Province, or to any the Judicial or
Ministerial Offices thereon depending, or to the Collection of
any Dues arising therefrom or to any Office, Matter or Thing
thereto relating.
XI. Provided also, That nothing herein contained, shall
extend, or be construed to extend to the Exemption of any
Person or Persons whatsoever, from the taking the Oaths by
this Act directed, who were obliged to take the Oaths appointed,
or required by Law, before the making of this Act; any Thing
in the Proviso aformentioned to the contrary notwithstanding.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act,
Reverdy Ghiselin
Thomas Bacon.
An Act directing the Manner of Electing and Summoning
Delegates and Representatives to serve in succeeding
Assemblies; and for ascertaining the Expences of the
Councillors, Delegates of Assembly, and Commissioners oi
the Provincial and County Courts of this Province.
Forasmuch as the chiefest and only Foundation and Sup-
port of any Kingdom, State, or Common-wealth, is the pro-
viding, establishing and enacting good and wholesome Laws,
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Bacon.
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