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made, shall be deemed, construed and taken, to have passed, descended,
operated and enured, to all Intents, Constructions and Purposes,
as fully and effectually as they would have done if such Patent had
issued to such Settler or Vendor, prior to such Settlement or pur-
chase by such Alien, and as if such Alien and the several Persons
claiming by, from or under him, were natural born Subjects of this
Province. Provided always, That nothing herein before contained,
shall be deemed, construed or taken, to defeat or destroy any
Estate or Title from the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary,
to any other Person who has already taken Advantage of any the
Defects aforesaid; but that such Estate and Title shall remain,
continue and be, in the same Plight, State and Condition, it would
have been had this Act never been made; any Thing herein before
contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.

VI. And as an Encouragement to Foreigners to settle in this
Province; Be it Enacted, by the Authority, Advice, and Consent

L. H. J.

Liber No. 51
April 9

aforesaid, That all Aliens now actually inhabiting and residing, or
who shall hereafter inhabit and reside, within this Province, who
shall take and subscribe the Oath, and make, repeat and subscribe
the Declaration appointed by an Act made in the first Year of the
Reign of his late Majesty King George the First, entituled, An
Act for the further Security of his Majesty's Person and Govern-
ment, and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late
Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and for extinguishing the Hopes
of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret Abettors,
or who being of the People called Quakers, or others conscientiously
refusing to take an Oath, shall make and subscribe the Declaration
of Fidelity, and take and affirm the Effect of the Abjuration Oath,
appointed and prescribed by an Act made in the Eighth Year of his
said late Majesty, entituled, An Act for granting the People called
Quakers, such Forms of Affirmation or Declaration as may remove
the Difficulties which many of them lie under; and also make and
subscribe the Profession of his Christian Belief, appointed and
prescribed by an Act made in the first Year of their late Majesties
King William and Queen Mary, entituled, An Act for exempting
their Majesties Protestant Subjects from the Penalties of certain
Laws, before the Provincial Court of this Province, shall from
thenceforth be, and shall be deemed, adjudged and taken, to be the
King's natural born Subjects of this Province, as fully, to all Intents,
Constructions and Purposes, as if they and every of them were
actually born here; of all which Proceedings, with the Names of
the several Persons so naturalized, the said Court shall cause a fair
Entry to be made amongst their Records. Provided nevertheless,
That no Person naturalized by Virtue of this Act, shall be capable
to be of either House of Assembly, or to enjoy any Civil Office or

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