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A74447 An act for transferring the povvers of the committees for indempnity England and Wales. Parliament. 1652 (1652) Thomason E1061_71; ESTC R209346 1,459 4

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AN ACT For Transferring the POWERS OF THE Committees for Indempnity BE it Enacted and ordained by this present Parliament and by the Authority thereof and it is hereby Enacted and Ordained That all and every the Powers and authorities which any Committee or Committees of Parliament had to give Indempnity to or to save harmless and indempnified any person or persons whatsoever who have acted by Authority or for the Service of the Parliament be and are hereby transferted from the said Committee or Committees and are hereby vested and setled in and upon Samuel Moyer Iames Russel Edward VVinslow Iosias Berners VVilliam Molins Arthur Squib and Richard Moor Esquires who by this Act and by the Authority thereof or any four or more of them are hereby authorized to do and execute all and every the Acts Ordinances and Orders of Parliament for Indempnity and all and every the Powers and Authorities in or by them or any of them given granted limited or appointed Any Law Statute or Custom to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the persons abovenamed or any four or more of them be impowred and authorized by proof upon Oath which they or any four or more of them have hereby power to administer or by such other ways or means as shall be requisite and approved of by any four or more of them to examine adjudge and finally determine all and every the Cases and Complaints matters and things whatsoever which at or upon the Twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord God One thousand six hundrey fifty and two were complained of undetermined and depending before the said Committes or Committees of Parliament or hereafter shall be exhibited and complained of to the persons abovenamed or any four or more of them in pursuance of any Act Ordinance or Order of Parliament giving Indempnity for any matter or thing whatsoever done by Authority or for the service or benefit of the Parliament and to stay Proceedings in any Court of Iustice or Equity in the mean time And be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That the said Commissioners or any five or more of them be and are hereby impowred and authorized to give and allow such Costs and Charges upon the dismission of any Petition or Complaint exhibited before them as to them or any five or more of them shall seem just and reasonable Provided always That all and every Iudgement and Determination already had made and given by the Committee or Committees of Parliament aforesaid or any of them shall by authority of this present Parliament stand good and confirmed according to the Tenor and Purport thereof And that all Petitions References and Examinations made and taken upon Oath by or before the said Committee or Committees of Parliament or any of them in pursuance of the Powers to them granted shall be allowed and admitted by the persons abovenamed or any four or more of them as if the same had been taken had and done by or before them or any four or more of them and the persons abovenamed and every of them are hereby enjoyned and requited at or before the First day of July in the year of our Lord God One thousand six hundred fifty and two to take the Oath hereafter expressed before the Councel of State appointed by authority of Parliament who are hereby authorized to administer the same in these words following That is to say I A. B. do swear That I will according to my best skill and knowledge faithfully discharge the Trust committed unto me in relation to an Act Entituled An Act for transferring the Powers of the Committees for Indempnity And that I will not for favor or affection rewards or gifts or hopes of reward or gift break the same Provided That this Act shall continue and be in force until the First day of July which shall be in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred fifty and three Wednesday the 23d of June 1652. ORdered by the Parliament That this Act be forthwith printed and published Hen Scobell Cleric Parliamenti London Printed by John Field Printer to the Parliament of England 1652.