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Form of a Certificate of taking the Oaths before a Commissioner, under stat. 34. Geo. 3. c. 73. §2.

A. B. (naming the person taking the oath) of (naming the place of such person's abode, and his addition or occupation) has taken the oath or oaths of (naming the said oath or oaths so administered) before me, this day of

C. D.

Form of a Certificate of Quakers subscribing the Declaration of Fidelity, and affirming the Effect of the Oath of Abjuration before a Commissioner, under stat. 34 Geo. 3. c. 73. $2.

A. B. (naming the person subscribing or affirming) of (naming the place of such person's abode, and his addition or occupation) has made and subscribed the declaration of fidelity, and affirmed the effect of the oath of abjuration, (or if only one of those acts has been done, then naming such one act only) before me, this day of

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The Oath to be taken by Persons appointed under the stat. 42 Geo. 3. c. 62. § 1. to administer Oaths to Electors.

I DO swear, that I will faithfully and impar tially administer the oaths, and take the decla rations and affirmations, now required by law to be taken or made by voters at elections for members to serve in parliament, to and from such persons as' shall lawfully apply to me in that behalf, in order to qualify themselves to vote at this election: and that I will on being thereunto requested, fairly and truly give to every such person, or any of them, who shall ⚫ take such oaths, or make such declarations or affirmations respectively, or any of them, before me, a certificate thereof; and that I will not give such certificate to any person before he shall have taken such oath or oaths, or make such declaration or declarations, affirmation or affirmations respectively, as shall be mentioned in such certificate, before me, and in my presence. So help me God.

Return for a County.

THIS indenture, made in the full county of York, holden at the castle of York, in and for the said county, on Wednesday, the

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day of in the year of the reign of our sovereign lord George the third, &c.; and in the year of our Lord between A. B. esqr. sheriff of the said county, of the one part; and C. D. E. F. &c., and many other persons of the county aforesaid, and electors of knights to parliament for the said county, of the other part; witnesseth, that proclamation being made by the said sheriff, by virtue of and according to a writ of our sovereign lord the king, directed to the said sheriff, and hereunto annexed, for the electing of two knights, of the most fit and discreet of the said county, girt with swords, to serve in a certain parliament, to be holden at the city of West minster, on the ensuing: The said parties to these presents, together with the major part of the electors for the county aforesaid, present, in the full county of York, at the castle of York aforesaid, on the day of the date hereof, by virtue of the said writ, and according to the force and effect of divers statutes in that case made and provided, have in the said full county of York, by unanimous assent and consent, freely and indifferently elected and chosen, two knights of the most fit and discreet of the said county, girt with swords, to wit, sir G. S. baronet, and H. D. of &c. esq. to be knights to the said parliament, so to be holden at the day and place in that behalf hereinbefore mentioned, for the commonalty of the county of York; giving and granting to the aforesaid knights full and sufficient power for themselves and the commonalty of the same county, to do and consent to those things which, in the said parliament, by the common council of the kingdom of our said lord the

king (by the blessing of God), shall happen to be ordained upon the affairs in the said writ, specified. In witness whereof, the parties to these presents have interchangeably put their hands and seals, the day, year, and place first above written.

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E. F.

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The Writ for the County Palatine of Lancaster, upon its Return by the Sheriff to the Chancellor of the County Palatine, is thus indorsed by him*.

"The answer of the right honorable S. P. "chancellor of the county palatine of L. to this writ."

By virtue of this writ to me directed and delivered, by another writ under the county palatine of L. within mentioned, and directed to the sheriff of the said county, I commanded the said sheriff, as within I am commanded, which said sheriff, to wit, R. L. esqr. in answer to the said writ saith, that the execution of the said writ appears in certain indentures hereunto annexed.

By the same Chancellor.

* The writs for the cinque ports, are indorsed to the same effect, by the officers to whom they are directed in the first instance, and who ultimately return with the indenture into the crown office.

Return of one Citizen for the City of West

minster.

THIS indenture, made in the liberty of W. in the county of M. the

day of in the year of the reign, &c.; between sir C. A. knight, and sir M. B. knight, sheriff of the county of M. aforesaid, of the one part; and J. C. esqr. bailiff of the liberty of the dean and chapter of the collegiate church of St. Peter's, W. in the county aforesaid, [sir J. C. baronet, sir R. G. baronet, sir C. D. knight of the most honorable order of the bath, the honorable W. L. G. S. F. R. baronet, the right honorable. F. H. com. monly called lord viscount D. E. F. and N. H. esqrs., F. F. esqr., sir W.-J. baronet, C. B. esqr., I. G. esqr, and many other citizens, burgesses, and inhabitants of the city, town and borough of W.] of the other part, witnesseth, that by virtue of a certain precept directed from the said sheriff to the bailiff, and sewed to this indenture proclamation of the premises in said precept first mentioned, and of the day and place, as in the said precept is directed first being made, the citizens who were present at the said proclamation, have freely and indifferently, according to the form of the statute in that case made and provided, and according to the tenor and effect of the aforesaid precept, and of the writ in the said precept recited, chosen one citizen of the most discreet and sufficient of the city and liberty aforesaid, that is to say, the honorable E. C. esqr., to which said E. C. so elected, the aforesaid citizens have given and granted full and

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