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house; subject nevertheless to the payment to his Majesty, his Heirs 

 and Successors, of the clear yearly rent or sum of five pounds of 

 lawful money of Great Britain- which said rent of five pounds shall 

 be paid into the Receipt of his Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster, 

 or into the h:\nds of his Majesty's Receiver-General of South Wales 

 for the time being, by four equal quarterly payments, at or upon 

 the Feast Days or times in every year herein next after mentioned; 

 (that is to say) The Annunciation, of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint 

 John the Baptist, Saint Michael the Archangel, and the Birth of our 

 Lord Christ; the first payment thereof to begin and be made on such 

 of the said Feast Days as shall next happen after the passing of this 

 present Act. 



VI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if 

 any action or suit shall be brought or commenced against any Per- 

 son or Persons, for any thing done in pursuance of this Act, every 

 such action or suit shall be brought or commenced within six Calen- 

 dar months next after the Fact committed, and not afterwards, 



and shall be laid and brought in the County or City where 

 554 the Cause of such action or suit shall arise, and not elsewhere; 



and shall not be removed by Certiorari, or any other Writ or 

 Process whatsoever; and the Defendant or Defendants in such Ac- 

 tion or Suit may plead the General Issue, and give this Act and the 

 special Matter in Evidence upon any trial to be had thereupon, and 

 that the same was done in pursuance and by the Authority of this 

 Act: And if it shall appear to have been so done, or any such action 

 or suit shall be brought after the time so limited for bringing the 

 same, or shall be brought in any County or Place otherwise than as 

 aforesaid, then, and in any such Case, the Jury shall find for the De- 

 fendant or Defendants; or if the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs shall become 

 nonsuit, or suffer a Discontinuance of his, her, or their Action or 

 Actions, Suit or Suits, after the Defendant or Defendants shall have 

 appeared, or if a Verdict shall pass against the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, 

 or if upon Demurrer or otherwise Judgment shall be given against 

 the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, the Defendant or Defendants shall and 

 may recover Treble Costs of Suit, and shall have such Remedy for 

 recovering the same, as any Defendant or Defendants hath or have 

 for Costs of Suit in any other Cases by Law. 



VII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That 

 this Act shall be taken and allowed, in all Courts of Law or Equity 

 within the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, as a public Act; 

 and all Judges and Justices are hereby required to take Notice there- 

 of as such, without specially pleading the same. 



No. 21. 1782: British Statute, 22 Geo. Ill, Cap. 4ff. 



An Act to enable His Majesty to conclude a Peace or Truce with certain Colonies 

 in North America therein mentioned. 



" Whereas it is essential to the interests, welfare, and prosperity of 

 Great Britain, and of the colonies or plantations of New Hampshire, 

 Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New 

 Jersey, Pennsylvania, the three lower counties on Delaware, Mary- 



