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Qualification of Commissioners for Counties in England.
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XIV. And be it further enacted, That no Person to be appointed as aforesaid, shall be capable of acting as a Commissioner in Execution of this Act, for any County at large within England (the County of Monmouth and the Dominion of Wales excepted), or in or for any of the Ridings of the County of York, or the County or Divisions of Lincoln, or in or for the Cities of London or Westminster, unless such Person be seised or possessed of Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments in Great Britain, of the Value of Two hundred Pounds per Annum or more, of his own Estate, being Freehold, Copy-hold, or Leasehold for a Term whereof not less than Seven Years are unexpired, over and above all Ground Rents, Incumbrances, and Reservations payable out of the same respectively; or unless such Person shall be possessed of Personal Estate of the Value of Five thousand Pounds; or of Personal Estate or an Interest therein producing an annual Income of Two hundred Pounds; or of Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, and Personal Estate or an Interest therein being together of the annual Value of Two hundred Pounds, estimating in every such Case One hundred Pounds Personal Estate as equivalent to Four Pounds per Annum, and an Interest from Personal Estate of Four Pounds per Annum, as equivalent to One hundred Pounds Personal Estate; or unless such Person be the eldest Son of some Person, who shall be seised or possessed of a like Estate of Thrice the Value, or more, as is above required as the Qualification of a Commissioner in Right of his own Estate for such County at large, Riding, or Division.
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