Taxation: Members of Parliament Act 1700

XCII. [X1 XCII. Recital of Stat. 11 W.III.c.2.£ 12.

£22; Reasons for this Enactment; The said Trustees, before 25th March 1702, to determine entered Claims remaining; To be of the same force as if made before the said 25th March.; The said Trustees, before 24th June 1702, to sell Estates vested in them by the said Act, at the Times herein mentioned; Such Sales, and the Conveyances thereon, available as if made before the said 25th March.

And whereas by an Act made in the Eleaventh Yeare of His Majesties Reign intituled An Act for granting an Aid to His Majestie by Sale of the forfeited and other Estates and Interests in Ireland and by a Land Tax in England for the severall Purposes therein menc[i]oned the Trustees thereby nominated and appointed for putting in Execuc[i]on the Powers and Authorities therein enacted relating to the said forfeited and other Estates and Interests in Ireland or any Seven or more of them were impowred and required according to the best of their Discretion to hear determine and adjudge all and every the Claimes and Demands which should be entred before the said Trustees or any Seven or more of them on or before the Tenth Day of August One thousand seven hundred at any Time or Times after the Entry thereof and before the Five and twentieth Day of March One thousand seven hundred and one And whereas it was by the said Act further enacted that after the Time therein appointed for entring such Claimes should be expired the said Trustees or any Seven or more of them should be and they were thereby enabled and required at any Time.; or Times before the Five and twentieth Day of March One thousand seven hundred and two to sell all and; singuler the Estates and Interests vested in them by the said Act in such Manner as is therein mencioned And whereas by reason of the Multitude of Claimes entred in pursurance of the said Act divers of the Claimes which were so entred remaine yet undetermined Be it therefore further enacted That the said Trustees or any Seven or more of them shall & may and they are hereby impowred and required at any Time or Times before the Five and twentieth. Day of March One thousand seven hundred and two to heare determine and adjudge all and every the Claimes so entred and remaining undetermined every which Claime shall be heard determined and adjudged by such Rules and in such Manner and the like Proceedings shall be thereupon afterwards had and the Determination and Judgement which shall be given upon every such Claime shall be of the like Force and Effect as if the same had been determined before the Five and twentieth Day of March One thousand seven hundred and one And the said Trustees or any Seven or more of them shall and may and they are hereby impowred and enabled at any Time or Times before the Foure and twentieth Day of June One thousand seven hundred and two to sell all and singuler the Estates and Interests vested in them by the said Act and every or any Part thereof that is to say such of the said Estates and Interests concerning which no Claim hath been entred or the Claim or Claimes relating thereunto determined at any Time or Times from and after the Five and twentieth Day of December One thousand seven hundred and one and before the said Four and twentieth Day of June One thousand seven hundred and two and such of the said Estates [X2 and Interests] for and concerning which any Claim or Claims entred in pursuance of the said Act have or hath not been yet determined by the said Trustees or any Seven or more of them at any Time or Times or as soon as conveniently may be after the Determinacion thereof and the said Five and twentieth Day of December One thousand seven hundred and one and before the [X2 said] Four and twentieth Day of June One thousand seven hundred and two And all and every such Sale and Sales to be made before the said Four and twentieth Day of June One thousand seven hundred and two shall be in like Manner made and such Proceedings shall be in order thereunto and thereupon had and the Conveyances thereupon to be made shall be as available and of the same force and virtue as if such Sale or Sales had been made before the said Five and twentieth Day of March One thousand seven hundred and two in pursuance of the said Act.]

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