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Manner of recovering Tithes due from Quakers.
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II. And be it enacted, That in case any Suit or other Proceeding has been prosecuted or commenced, or shall hereafter be prosecuted or commenced, in any of His Majesty’s Courts in England or Ireland, for recovering any Great or Small Tithes Modus or Composition for Tithes Rate, or other Ecclesiastical Demand, substracted, unpaid, or withheld by or due from any Quaker, no Execution or Decree or Order shall issue or be made against the Person or Persons of the Defendant or Defendants, but the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs shall and may have his Executioner or Decree against the Goods or other Property of the Defendant or Defendants; and in case any Person now is detained in Custody in England or Ireland under any Execution or Decree in such Suit or Proceeding, the Sheriff or other Officer having such Person in his Custody shall forthwith discharge him therefrom; and the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs in such Suit or Proceeding shall and may, notwithstanding such Discharge, issue any other Execution or take any other Proceeding for recovering his Demand and his Costs out of the Property, Real or Personal, of the Person so discharged.
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