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And to prevent any collusive Sale and Disposition of any of the
Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, held and possessed by any
Popish Priest or Jesuit, Be it further Enacted by the Authority
aforesaid, That if any Popish Priest or Jesuit shall, after such Sale
and Disposal of such Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, remain
and be in Possession of, or receive directly or indirectly, any Rents,
Issues, or Profits, of any such Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments,
directed by this Act to be sold and disposed of, the same Lands,
Tenements, and Hereditaments, that shall be so possessed by any
such Popish Priest or Jesuit, or whereof he shall receive the Rents,
Issues, and Profits, after such Sale as aforesaid, shall be forfeited.
And be it further Enacted, That every Popish Priest and Jesuit,
now in this Province, or who shall remain and be in this Province
until the next County Court, held for the County where he shall
be and reside, and where he shall have registered and entered his
Name and Place of Abode with the Clerk of the same County Court,
shall, after such Registry and Entry as aforesaid, with such Clerk,
appear in Person at such County Court, and enter into a Recog-
nizance, with two Securities, before the Justices of the same Court,
in the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds to the Right Honourable the
Lord Proprietary of this Province, with Condition to the same
Recognizance annexed, That he shall keep the Peace and be of good
Behaviour, during the Continuance of this Act, and shall not depart
this Province without the Licence of the Governor or Commander in
Chief, for the Time being, first had and obtained, and in Default
thereof shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds
Currency.
And be it further Enacted, That every Popish Priest and Jesuit,
who shall hereafter come into this Province, shall, within one Month
after his coming into the Province, give in to the Clerk of the County
Court, wherein he shall happen to be or arrive, his Name and
intended Place of Residence, in Writing, and shall go before some
Provincial Magistrate, or Magistrates of such County Court, and
enter into a Recognizance, with two Securities, before such Mag-
istrate, in the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds, to the Right Hon-
ourable the Lord Proprietary of this Province, with Condition to the
same Recognizance annexed, that he shall keep the Peace and be of
good Behaviour, during the Continuance of this Act, and shall not
depart this Province without the Licence of the Governor or Com-
mander in Chief, for the Time being, first had and obtained; and in
Default thereof shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Two Hundred
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L. H. J.
Liber No. 48
May 22
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