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to the Directions of the said Act, within my Precinct, without Favour,
Partiality, Prejudice, or Corruption.
Provided Always, No Person who shall be appointed by the
respective County Courts, to put this Act in Execution, shall be
liable or obliged to take any Oath or Oaths to the Government, to
qualify him for the said Trust, nor liable to any Pains, Penalties, or
Forfeitures, for not taking any of the Oaths to the Government; any
Law, Usage, or Custom to the contrary, notwithstanding.
And Be It Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary,
by and with the Advice and Consent aforesaid, That every such
Person, so to be nominated and appointed, shall have immediate
Notice of such Nomination and Appointment, during the Sitting of
the said Court, with an Order from the said Court or Courts, to attend
the same Court, in order to qualify him or themselves, as directed
by this Act.
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And Be It Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That any Person
who shall be nominated and appointed as aforesaid, by the County
Courts, and who shall refuse to attend, in order to be qualified as
aforesaid, or act, not having a sufficient Excuse, to be admitted by the
Court appointing him or them, shall forfeit the Sum of Fifty Pounds
current Money, aforesaid; to be recovered in the Name of the Lord
Proprietary, by Information, to be applied towards the sinking Fund,
mentioned in this Act: And that the said Justices shall appoint another
Person to execute the same Trust, who shall have the like Notice ;
and on the like Refusal, shall be subject to the like Penalty and For-
feiture: And in Case of the Death, or Removal out of this Province,
or Disability by Sickness, of any Person so nominated, and qualified,
as aforesaid, then it shall and may be lawful, to and for Two Jus-
tices of the Peace of such County, and they are hereby enjoined, im-
mediately on Notice of such Death, Removal, or Disability, to. nom-
inate and appoint one other fit and proper Person, as herein before
described, in the stead of such Person dead, removed, or disabled ;
and which Person so nominated and appointed, shall have immediate
Notice, to be sent by the said Two Justices, to attend them, and qualify
himself, pursuant to this Act; and upon his Neglect to attend them,
for that Purpose, or Refusal to act, wiiliuuL sufficient. Excuse, to be
admitted by the next County Court ensuing such Neglect or Refusal,
shall forfeit Fifty Pounds current Money; to be recovered, and ap-
plied as aforesaid: And that Two Justices of each County, may have
timely and immediate Notice, of any Death, Removal, or Disability,
as aforesaid, of either of the Persons appointed and qualified, the
other surviving or capable Person, so appointed and qualified as afore-
said, shall give, or cause to be given, Notice of the same, immediately
after he shall have heard thereof, to Two Justices of the Peace, for the
County where the Person so dead, incapacited to act, or removed
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