disabling or incapacitating such persons from sitting in the parliaments of Great Britain or Ireland respectively; and if such person or persons shall be disabled or incapacitated by the having, holding, or accepting of any office, employment, or place of profit, in this act enumerated and particularized, then, and in such case, such person or persons so sitting or voting, shall shall forfeit the sum of five hundred pounds for every day in which he shall sit or vote in the said house; to be recovered by such person as shall sue for the same in any court of record in any part of the said united kingdom, by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, wherein no essoign, protection, or wager of law shall be allowed, and only one imparlance. 41 Geo. 3. c. 52. U. K. Or if disabled under this act 500l. per day. shall forfeit this parlia such offices or sit. §7. Provided always, and it is hereby enact- Act not to exed and declared, that nothing in this act shall, tend during during the continuance of this present parlia- ment to ment, extend, or be construed to extend, or relate sons holding to, or shall exclude or disable, any person or places; but persons holding offices or places of profit under twenty such the crown of Ireland; so nevertheless, that no persons shall greater number than twenty of the persons holding such offices or places as aforesaid, shall be capable of sitting in the said house of commons; and so that no person holding any such office or place shall be capable of being elected, or of sitting in the said house, while there are twenty persons holding such offices or places sitting in the said house. 8. Provided also, and it is hereby further enacted and declared, that nothing in this act shall extend, or be construed to exclude any person having or holding any office, place, (Expired.) Act not to exheld for life, or during good or cept those of tend to offices behaviour, (ex 52. U. K. counts, or per 41 Geo. 3. c. employment for life, or for so long as he shall behave himself well in his office (other than and commissioners except the commissioners of imprest accounts, of imprest ac- and all persons concerned in the managing, sons concerned collecting, or farming of any sums of money, in managing duties, or other aids granted or to be granted granted to his to his majesty, his heirs or successors); any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. duties, &c. majesty, &c.) Member ac cepting any or lord-lieute nant, &c. of Ireland, shall vacate his seat. § 9. Provided always, that if any person be office whatever ing chosen a member of the house of commons from the king, shall, from and after the passing of this act, accept of any office of profit whatever, immediately and directly from the crown of the said united kingdom, or by the nomination or appointment, or by any other appointment subject to the approbation of the lord-lieutenant, lord deputy, lord justices, or other chief governor or governors of that part of the said united kingdom called Ireland, his seat shall thereupon become vacant, and a writ shall issue for a new election: provided nevertheless, that such person (if he be not incapacitated by any thing hereinbefore contained), shall be capable of being again elected to be a member of the house of commons for the place for which he had been a member, or for any other place sending members to the house of commons*. (See 49 Geo. 3. c. 120. § 34. providing that accepting a com mission in the Irish militia shall not vacate seat, post .) *The stat. 42 Geo. 3. c. 101. is expired, excepting the provision respecting the qualification of members, for which see ante, page 63.. The Stat. 42 Geo. 3. c. 61. U. K. An Act for the further Encouragement of Irish Mariners, and for other Purposes relating thereto. [3d June, 1802.] (By § 1. No goods are to be imported into Ireland in a British or Irish ship unless the master and three-fourths of the crew are subjects of the united kingdom.) served on (By § 8. Foreign mariners having served on Foreign mariboard his majesty's ships of war during three ners having years in time of war, and obtaining certificates from their captains, and taking the oath of allegiance, may be employed as a master of an Irish vessel, or as a mariner of the united kingdom, within the meaning of the act.) board his majesty's ships of years in time obtaining cer war three of war, and tificates, &c. may be employed as masters &c. within the meaning of the act. naturalized by No person virtue of act, not enabled to § 11. Provided nevertheless, and it is hereby further enacted and declared, that no person who shall be naturalized by virtue of this act shall thereby be enabled to be of his majesty's be in parliaprivy council in Ireland, or a member of the ment. parliament of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or to take any office or place of trust, either civil or military, in Ireland, or to have any grant of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, from the crown in Ireland, to himself or any other person or persons in trust for him; any thing herein contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. y prescribed by force at the The Stat. 42 Geo. 3. c. 106. U. K. T An Act for regulating the Trial of controverted Elections, or Returns of Members to to serve in the United Parliament for Ireland. [26th June, 1802.] "WHEREAS an act was passed in the last ses"sion of parliament, intitled, An act for re"gulating, until the first day of May, one "thousand eight hundred and two, the trial “ of controverted elections, or returns of mem"bers to serve in the united parliament of "Great Britain and Ireland, for that part of "the united kingdom called Ireland; and for regulating the qualification of members to "serve in the said united parliament; which act, so far as the same related to such con"troverted elections or returns, is now expired; and it is expedient that other pro"visions should be made for the regulating "the trial of such controverted elections or re 66 turns," be it therefore enacted, by the king's most excellent majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that All regulations from and after the passing of this act, all and British acts in every the rules, regulations, authorities, and union, respect- powers heretofore given or prescribed by any ing petitions act or acts of parliament of Great Britain, and in force at the time of the passing of the act plaining of un- for the union of Great Britain and Ireland, or returns, &c. with respect to petitions presented to the house of commons, complaining of undue elections or to the united returns of members to serve in parliament, or respect of elec. complaining of the omission or insufficiency of tions, &c. for any such return, and with respect to petitions to the house of commons,com due elections extended to such petitions parliament in any place in U. K. 106. U. K. of persons desiring to oppose any right of elec- 42 Geo. 3. c. tion, or any right of choosing, nominating, or appointing returning officers, which shall have been deemed valid by the determination of any select committee of the house of commons, and with respect to the trial and determination of all such petitions by such select committees, shall be in full force and effect with respect to all such petitions as shall or may be hereafter from time to time presented to the house of commons of the parliament of the said united kingdom, complaining of undue elections or returns of members to serve in parliament for any county, stewartry, city, borough, cinque port, town, or place, in any part of the said united kingdom, or of the omission or insufficiency of any such returns, or from any person or persons desiring to oppose any such right of election, or of choosing, nominating, or appointing returning officers, in as full and ample a manner as if the same rules, regulations, authorities, and powers were herein repeated, and particularly and specifically enacted, concerning the same petitions, and the trial and determination thereof; except so far as the same are altered in and by this present act. not to be pro every thing to witnesses are § 2. And be it further enacted, that no peti- Irish petitions tion complaining of any undue election or re- ceeded in unturn for any county, city, borough, town, or less they state place, in that part of the united kingdom called be complained Ireland, or of the omission or insufficiency of of, to which any such return, or from any person or persons to be called. desiring to oppose any right of election, or of choosing, nominating, or appointing returning officers in or for any such county, city, borough, town, or place, shall be proceeded upon by the house of commons, unless the same shall state |