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Persons named during vacancy, to take same oath,
and liable to said damages.
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XIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the person to be nominated as aforesaid upon the death of any register to execute the said office, during the time the same shall be vacant as aforesaid, shall before he enter on the execution thereof take the oath, herein before appointed to be taken by such register or his deputy, before the lord chief baron, or some other of the barons of her Majesty’s court of Exchequer, who are hereby required to administer such oath: and that if such person so nominated shall be lawfully convicted of any neglect, misdemeanor, fraudulent practice in the execution of the said office during such vacancy, he shall be liable to pay treble damages, with full costs of suit to every person that shall be injured thereby, to be recovered as aforesaid.
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