[The act then enumerates the persons who will. & Mary. are to be sworn, and points out before whom 1st Parl. ses. 4. the oaths are to be taken.]

c. 6. Scots act.

And their majesties, with consent foresaid, statute and ordain, that the whole persons abovementioned shall swear the said oath, and subscribe the same, and the assurance, in manner aforesaid, betwixt* and the twenty day of June (a See in orig.) next: for which end all the inferior courts are hereby dispensed with, to sit to the effect foresaid, excepting electors of members of parliament, and members of the commissions above mentioned, and these giving voice in calling of ministers, and such as have voice in electing of deacons of trades, who are hereby appointed to take the said oath (a), and subscribe the same, with the assurance (b), as fol

(a) The Scots statute of queen Anne, 1st parliament (9th June, 1702), c. 1, gives new oaths of allegiance and assurance to be taken by all persons of public trust.

For the present form of the oath of allegiance depending upon the statute 1 Geo. 1. c. 13, see ante, xxv.

(b) A new form of the assurance was given by the statute 1 Geo. 1. stat. 2. c. 13. § 3. The form of assurance now depends upon the stat. 6 Geo. 3. c. 53. § 1, which substitutes the form following:

1st Parl. ses. 4.

Will. & Mary, lows, viz. the electors of members of parliament before they elect, members of commissions before they exercise the commissions, &c.

c. 6.

Scots act.

The Stat. 5 Ann. c. 8.

An Act for an Union of the Two Kingdoms of England and Scotland.

"Most Gracious Sovereign,

"WHEREAS articles of union were agreed on, "the twenty-second day of July, in the first year of your majesty's reign, by the commisšioners nominated on behalf of the kingdom of England, under your majesty's great seal of England, bearing date at Westminster, the "tenth day of April then last past, in pursuance "of an act of parliament made in England, in "the third year of your majesty's reign, and the "commissioners nominated on the behalf of "the kingdom of Scotland, under your ma"jesty's great seal of Scotland, bearing date the twenty-seventh day of February, in the fourth year of your majesty's reign, in pursuance of "the fourth act of the third session of the pre"sent parliament of Scotland, to treat of and concerning an union of the said kingdoms:

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And whereas an act hath passed in the par"liament of Scotland, at Edinburgh, the six"teenth day of January, in the fifth year of

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your majesty's reign, wherein 'tis mentioned, "that the estates of parliament, considering the "said articles of union of the two kingdoms,

had agreed to, and approved of the said arti"cles of union, with some additions and explanations," &c. &c.

The tenor of which articles, as ratified and approved of, with additions and explanations by the said act of parliament of Scotland, follows:

5 Ann. c. 8.

Forty-five to be the number

of representa

tives for Scot

Band in the

house of com

mons.

The 22d article of the union is " that, by virtue of this treaty, of the peers of Scotland, at the time of the union, sixteen shall be the number to sit and vote in the house of lords, and forty-five the number of the representatives of Scotland in the house of commons of the parliament of Great Britain; and that when her majesty, her heirs or successors shall declare her or their pleasure for holding the first or any subsequent parliament of Great Britain, until the parliament of Great Britain shall make further provision therein, a writ do issue under the great seal of the united kingdom, directed to the privy council of Scotland, commanding them to cause sixteen peers who are to sit in the house of lords, to be summoned to parliament, and forty-five members to be elected to sit in the house of commons of the parliament of Great Britain, according to the agreement of this treaty, in such manner as by an act of this present session of the parliament of Scotland, is or shall be settled; which act is hereby declared to be as valid as if it were a part of, and engrossed in this treaty. And that the names of the persons so summoned and elected shall be returned by the privy council of Scotland, into the court from whence the said writ did issue; and that, if her majesty, on or before the first day of May next, on which day the union is to take place, shall declare under the great seal of England, that it is expedient that the lords of parliament of England, and commons of the present parliament of England, should be the members of the respective houses of the first parliament of Great Britain, for and on the part of England, then the said lords of parliament of England, and commons of the present parliament of England,

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shall be the members of the respective houses 5 Ann. c. 8, of the first parliament of Great Britain, for and on the part of England; and her majesty may, by her royal proclamation, under the 22d article of great seal of Great Britain, appoint the said first parliament of Great Britain, to meet at such time and place as her majesty shall think fit, which time shall not be less than fifty days after the date of such proclamation; and the time and place of the meeting of such parliament being so appointed, a writ shall be immediately issued under the great seal of Great Britain, directed to the privy council of Scotland, for the summoning the sixteen peers, and for electing forty-five members, by whom Scotland is to be represented in the parliament of Great Britain, and the lords of parliament of England, and the sixteen peers of Scotland, such sixteen peers being summoned and returned in the manner agreed in this treaty, and the members of the house of commons of the said parliament of England, and the fortyfive members for Scotland, such forty-five members being elected and returned in the manner agreed in this treaty, shall assemble and meet respectively, in the respective houses of the parliament of Great Britain, at such time and place as shall be so appointed by her majesty, and shall be the two houses of the first parliament of Great Britain; and that parliament may continue for such time only, as the present parliament of England might have continued if the union of the two kingdoms had not been made, unless sooner dissolved by her majesty; and that every one of the lords of parliament of Great Britain, and every member of the house of commons of the parliament of Great Britain, in the first and all succeeding parliaments of Great Britain,