Bedford Level Act 1663

XLV. Proviso for Lessees of the King of the said 10,000 Acres, and their Assignees, being chosen Governor, &c. and voting.

Qualification of such Lessees and Assignees.

Provided alwayes, and bee it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Lessees of the Kings Majesty his Heires and Successors, of the said ten thousand Acres, or of any Part thereof, and the Assignes of such Lessees, and every or any of them, shalbee capable to bee elected and chosen into the Office or Place, Offices, or Places, of Governo^r Bailiffs and Conservators aforesaid, and to vote in such Elections and Choyce, and in all other Matters, as fully to all Intents and Purposes, as any other Members of the Corporation, Owners of any Part of the said ninety five thousand Acres, may bee elected and chosen, vote in such Election and Choyce, or in any other Matter, so as such Lessees, and their Assignees respectively, have and bee Lessees or Owners of double the Quantity or Number of Acres, Parcell of the said ten thousand Acres, as by virtue of this Act is required, to qualify any Person, to bee elected and chosen into the Office or Place of Governo^r Bailiffe or Conservator respectively, and to vote in such Elections and Choyce, or in any other Matter, touching the said Levell, and soe as such Leases, or Assignements they clayme by, bee entred with the Register, Any Thing before in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding.