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L. H. J.
Liber No. 48
May 22
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find no Difficulty in procuring their Names and Estates to be regis-
tered as aforesaid, all and every such County Clerk and Clerks are
hereby required, by themselves or their lawful Deputies, to register
and enter among the Records of the County, whereof he or they is
or are Clerk or Clerks, the Christian and Sirnames of all such Popish
Priests or Jesuits, who shall come in Person and desire to be reg-
istered as aforesaid, or shall send any Writing under his or their
Hand or Hands to such Clerk, desiring him to register his or their
Name or Names, and shall also register the Estate in Lands, Tene-
ments, and Hereditaments of every such Popish Priest and Priests,
Jesuit and Jesuits, in such Manner and in such Words as he or they
shall, by any Writing signed by him or them respectively, desire
such Clerk to register the same. Provided always, that the Popish
Priest or Priests, Jesuit or Jesuits, who desire such Registry to be
made, shall pay to such Clerk his lawful Fees for such Registry as is
abovementioned.
And be it further Enacted, That all and every such Popish Priest
and Priests, Jesuit and Jesuits, having, at the Time of the making
of this Act, any Estate in Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, lying
and being within this Province, shall within Three Years afer the
End of this Session of Assembly, by Deed or Deeds of Bargain and
Sale, or other proper Conveyance or Conveyances, give, grant, bar-
gain, sell and convey, all his and their Right, Title, Interest, Claim,
Property and Demand whatsoever, of, in, and to, all and singular
such Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, which shall be men-
tioned in such List, so registered as aforesaid; or in Default thereof,
shall forfeit and lose all the Estate, Right, Title, and Interest, of,
in, and to, all such Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, not sold
or disposed of by such Popish Priest and Priests, Jesuit and Jesuits,
and which by this Act he or they ought to have sold or disposed of.
And be it further Enacted, That all and every Popish Priest and
Priests, Jesuit and Jesuits, by the Authority of this Act, and from
and after the passing thereof, shall be disabled and made incapable
to inherit, purchase, take, have, or enjoy, any Manors, Lands, Tene-
ments, Annuities, Profits, Commodities, Hereditaments, Goods, Chat-
tels, Legacies, or Sums of Money, within this Province, by Descent,
Donation, Devise, or Purchase, or by any other Means whatsoever ;
and that all and singular Estates, Terms and other Interests whatso-
ever hereafter, and after the passing of this Act, to be made, suffered,
or done, to or for the Use or Behoof of any Popish Priest and
Priests, Jesuit and Jesuits, or upon any Trust or Confidence mediately
or immediately, to or for the Benefit or Relief of any such Popish
Priest and Priests, Jesuits and Jesuits, shall be utterly void and of
none Effect, to all Intents, Constructions, and Purposes whatsoever.
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