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25 GEO. 2, CAP. 30, COMMENCEMENT OF YEAR. 1047 are hereby declared and enacted to be as good and effectual to all Intents and Purposes, as if the same were done on any of the nominal Days so dropt or omitted as aforesaid; any Law, Statute, Charter, Custom or Usage to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. II. And whereas in divers Parts of this Kingdom, by Cus- tom, Prescription or Usage, or by virtue of some Law or Con- tract, certain Lands and Grounds are to be opened and used for Common of Pasture or other Purposes, and the same Lands and Grounds are again inclosed and shut up, and certain Rents or other Payments are due and payable, and some other Matters and Things may be to be done upon some of the move- able Feasts, or upon certain Days or Times depending upon or to be computed from the same: And whereas the said move- able Feasts are hereafter to take place, and to be observed ac- cording to the new Calendar by the said Act directed to be used, whereby some Doubts have already arisen, or may here- after arise, about the Times for opening and using, inclosing and shutting up such Lauds and Grounds, the paying of such Rests or other Payments, and the doing such other Matters or Things as aforesaid: For Remedy thereof be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid. That from and after the second Day of September in the said Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty-two, the respective Times for opening, using, inclosing and shutting up all such Lands and Grounds as aforesaid, for the paying of such Rents or other Payments, and for the doing of such other Matters or Things as aforesaid, if such Times are depending on any moveable Feast or Feasts, shall be computed and take Place according to the said new Calendar, and the Tables and Rules in the said recited Act directed to be used, and not according to the Method of Sup- putation heretofore used, or to the Tables heretofore commonly affixed to the Book of Common Prayer; and the temporary and distinct Property and Right of all Persons, Bodies Politick and Corporate, of, to and in all such Lands and Grounds, shall commence and be enjoyed, and all such Rents and Pay- ments* shall become and be due and payable, and all 788 such Matters and Things shall be transacted and done accord- ingly; any Law, Custom, Prescription or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding. |
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