registry and the test of the writ for holding the election, unless such freehold shall have come to such person by devisc, descent, marriage, or marriage-settlement, and was demised at the time it so came, and continues at the time of such election to be held under him by virtue of such demise. 35 Geo. S. c. 49. Irish. writ, unless by devise, &c. within ei ht (Except in case of 501. Freeholds, § 31. And be it further enacted, that no per- Freeholds to son shall be admitted to vote at any election of be registered a member or members to serve in parliament, by years of test of virtue of a freehold, unless he shall have regis- writ; tered the same within eight years preceding the test of the writ for holding such election, in manner following: that is to say, he shall in open court, at some sessions of the peace, held six months at the least previous to the said test, in the county, town, or city where his freehold lies, take and subscribe the following oath, or, if a quaker, the following affirmation, unless his freehold shall consist of a rentcharge: "I, "of of in the county months before test of writ, untess freehold charge. is a rent or of the town or city of [as the case may be], do swear "[or, if a quaker, affirm], that I am a freeholder "of the county of and that I have "a freehold therein, arising from an house "or houses, land, or both, or other heredita"ments [as the case may be], of the clear yearly "value of forty shillings at the least, above all "charges payable out of the same, lying and being at [naming the parish or parishes, if not extra-parochial, or in dispute 66 Altered to twelve calendar months by the stat. 45 Geo. 3. c. 59. § 4. Oath. 29. Irish. (For certain ex 3. c. 47. § 13. Irish.) (See § 49.) 35 Geo. 3. c. "between two parishes, and the town-land or "town-lands, and barony or half-barony, or baronies or half-baronies wherein it is situceptions 37 Geo. "ated], in this county, and that the said freehold does not arise from a rent-charge, and "that I am in the actual occupation thereof, by residing thereon, or by tilling or grazing "to the amount at least of forty shillings yearly "value thereof [as the case may be], and that "the said freehold is not set or agreed to be "set, nor do I intend to set, the same to the person or persons from whom I hold it, or to "the heirs or assigns of such person or persons, (For the oath in case of 501. or 201. freeholds, see 37 Geo. S. c. 47. § 1, 2, 3.) Oath altered where freehold scent, &c. or to any one in trust for him, her, or them, "and that I have not agreed to set it for the "term for which I hold it, nor have I procured "it fraudulently, nor has it been granted fraudulently, or in exchange for a freehold in any "other county. 66 "So help me God." But if such freehold be of the yearly value of twenty pounds, and the freeholder shall choose to register it as being so, the words "twenty pounds" shall be substituted in the place of the words "forty shillings," in the foregoing oath, and the following words shall be omitted therein," and that I am in the actual occupation thereof by residing thereon, or by tilling "or grazing to the amount of forty shillings yearly value thereof." 66 per $ 32. Provided always, and be it enacted, that comes by de- if such freehold be under the yearly value of twenty pounds, and shall have come to the son offering to register it by descent, devise, marriage, or marriage-settlement, and was demised at the time it so came and continues to be (See 37 Geo. 3. c. 47. § 4.) 29. Irish. held under such demise, the words in the fore- 35 Geo. 3. c. going oath or affirmation, " and that I am in the actual occupation thereof, by residing "thereon, or by tilling or grazing to the amount "of forty shillings yearly value thereof," may be omitted, and the following words inserted in their place," and that the said freehold came to "me by descent, devise, marriage, or marriage"settlement [as the case may be], and was de"mised at the time it so came to me, and "still continues to be held under such de"mise." oath where freehold has been registered before under this act, 33. Provided also, and be it enacted, that Alteration in in case any person who shall have registered a freehold under the provisions of this act, shall desire to register the same freehold at any subsequent time, all the words in the foregoing oath after the words "rent-charge" shall be omitted, and the following words inserted, " and that I registered the said freehold on the day of [naming "the day, month, and year, when the affidavit of the registry was delivered to the acting "clerk of the peace]." None to vote rent-charge in eight test of writ; § 34. And be it further enacted, that no person shall be admitted to vote at any such by virtue of a election, by virtue of a freehold arising from a unless regis rent-charge, unless he shall have registered the tered withsame within eight years preceding the test of years before the writ for holding such election in manner test following, that is to say, he shall in open court, of 501.freeholds, at some sessions of the peace held twelve by S months at the least previous to the said test, in taken twelve the county, town, or city, where his freehold months at least arises, take and subscribe the following oath, test, or, if a quaker, the following affirmation; r oath to be before such 35 Geo. S. c. 29. Irish. Oaths to be read in court, livered to clerk signed, and de of peace. Where 501. freeholders take oath as lin, or at assizes, &c. "I. " of or the town or city of [as the case may be] do swear, "[or, if a quaker, affirm], that I am a freeholder "of the county of and that I have "a freehold therein of the clear yearly value of "twenty pounds a year at the least, above all charges payable out of the same, consisting "of a rent-charge, granted by deed bearing "date the day of "the year in on the lands of [naming the lands mentioned "in such deed, and the barony or baronies, half-barony or half-baronies, wherein the "same lie], and that I am in the possession "thereof to the clear amount of twenty pounds "yearly value thereof, and am entitled to re"ceive the same as it becomes due." 35. And be it further enacted, that every oath or affirmation, made and subscribed at any sessions of the peace as aforesaid, shall be read aloud in open court, and be signed by two of the justices presiding there, and shall be then delivered by the court to the acting clerk of the peace, to be filed and kept amongst the records of the county, town, or city. § 36. Provided always, and be it further enacted, that where the freehold, whether conherein in Dub- sisting of a rent-charge or not, shall be of the clear yearly value of fifty pounds, and the freeholder who shall be seised of the same shall take and subscribe the oath or affirmation [as the case may be] respectively required as aforesaid to be by him taken for registering the said freehold, with the words "fifty pounds" inserted therein, in the place of the words "forty shil 29. Irish. sessions, &c. taken there. lings" or "twenty pounds", in any of the courts 35 Geo. 3. e. of king's bench, common pleas, or exchequer, in the city of Dublin, or at any assizes, and the same shall be subscribed by one of the judges of such courts, or the judge of assize, such oath or such may be affirmation so subscribed may be produced at produced at any sessions of the peace as aforesaid, held in and shall be as the county, town, or city, where such freehold good as if lies, and when read aloud there in open court, shall be signed by two of the justices presiding there, and shall then be delivered by the court to the acting clerk of the peace, to be filed and kept amongst the records of such county, town, or city, and every such oath or affirmation so taken shall be of equal effect for registering such freehold within the meaning of this act, as if it had been made at the sessions of the peace as aforesaid. inserted at upon such be 37. Provided also, that in all cases where 50%. instead of the person intending to register his freehold 40s. &c. to be shall desire to insert in the oath or affirmation, desire of freebefore he takes and subscribes the same, either at a sessions, or in any of the courts before men- ing registered tioned in the city of Dublin, or at any assizes, he may vote al though not the words "fifty pounds," in the place of "forty within eight shillings," or twenty pounds," the said words years. shall be inserted therein; and upon his freehold being registered in consequence of his taking such oath, or making such affirmation, such registry shall be deemed a sufficient registry to enable him to vote, although it shall not have been made within eight years previous to the test of the writ for holding the election at which he shall offer to vote: 38. Provided always, that no person shall None preclud be precluded from voting by virtue of any free- ed from voting who have dis |