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6 & 7 W. & M. CAP. 4, APOTHECARIES. 815 exempted from the several Offices of Constable, Scavenger, Overseer of the Poor, and all other Parish, Ward, and Leet Offices, and of and from the being put into or serving upon any Juries or Inquests; and if at any time hereafter any such Per- son or Persons using the said Art, and being qualified, as afore- said,* shall be chosen or elected into any of the said 595 Offices, or returned, required, or appointed to serve in any Jury, Leet, or Inquest, or be disquieted or disturbed by reason thereof, that then such Person or Persons, producing a Testimonial under the common Seal of the said Corporation, of such his Examination, Approbation, and Freedom, to the Person or Persons, by whom he shall be so elected or appointed, or by or before whom he shall be summoned, returned, or required to serve or hold any of the said Offices or Duties, shall be abso- lutely discharged from the same, and such Nomination, Elec- tion, Return, and Appointment shall be utterly void, and of none effect; any Order, Custom, Law, or Statute, to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. III. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all Persons using and exercising, or that hereafter shall use and exercise, the said Art of an Apothecary within any other Parts of this Kingdom, Dominion of Wales, or Town of Berrick upon Tweed, and who have been brought up and served, or hereafter shall be brought up and serve in the said Art as an Apprentice, by the space of Seven Years, according to the Statute of the Fifth of Queen Elizabeth. shall likewise from henceforth be freed and exempted from all and singular the Offices and Duties aforesaid, within the several Counties, Cities, and Places, where they live and inhabit, for so long as he or they shall use and exercise the said Art, and no longer; and if any Person or Persons so qualified shall be elected or chosen into any of the said Offices, or returned to serve in any Jury, Leet, or Inquest, such Nomination, Election, Return, and Ap- pointment, shall be void, unless such Person or Persons shall voluntarily consent and agree to hold such office, or serve upon such Jury, Leet, or Inquest. Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt or excuse any Apothecary that is or shall, before the Commencement of this Act, be elected or appointed to serve any of the said Offices, from serving in the said Offices for the usual time for which he was so elected and appointed. Provided always, That this Act shall |
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