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The OATHS appointed by Act of Parliament to be
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taken by every Freeholder when he gives his Vote, and which will
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be administer'd on
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Thursday the 8th of March
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The OATH against Bribery and Corruption.
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you shall soleminey afferm &
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I A. B. do swear, I have not received, or had by myself, or any
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Person whatsoever in Trust for me, or for my Use and Benefit,
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directly or indirectly, any
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or Sums of Money, Office, Place, or
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Employment, Gift or Rewa
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, or any Promile or Security for any
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Money, Office, Employment, or Gift, in order to give my Vote at this
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Election; and that I have not before been polled at this Election
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The OATH of Qualification.
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YOU shall swear, That you are a FREEHOLDER in the
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County of Middlesex
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, and have a FREEHOLD Estate,
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consisting of (specifying the Nature of such Freehold Estate,
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whether Messuage, Land, Rent, Tythe, or what else; and if such Free-
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hold Estate consists in Messuages, Lands, or Tythes, then specifying in
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whose Occupation the same are; and if in Rent, then specifying the
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Names of the Owners or Possessors of the Lands or Tenenents, out of
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which such Rent is issuing, or of some or one of them) lying or being at
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in the
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County of Middlesex
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, of the clear yearly Value of
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Forty Shillings, over and above all Rents and Charges payable out of, or
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in respect of the same; and that you have been in the actual Posses-
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sion or Receipt of the Rents or Profits thereof, for your own Use,
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above Twelve Calendar Months, or that the same came to you within
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the Time aforesaid, by Descent, Marriage, Marriage Settlement, De-
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vise, or Promotion to a Benefice in a Church, or by Promotion to
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an Office; and that such Freehold Estate has not been granted or
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made to you fraudulently, on purpose to qualify you to give your
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Vote; and that the Place of your Abode is at in and
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that you are Twenty one
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you believe; and that you
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have not been polled before at this Election.
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N. B. By an Act of Parliament of the
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18 Geo 2dno Person can vote for a Free
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hold, Messuage, Land or Tenement, unless the same is of the yearly Value of 40s.
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charged to the Land-Tax: And all Persons taking Money or Reward of any Kind
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ever to give his Vote, or to refuse to give his Vote, the Penalty is£500.and is
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from voting again, or holding any ci
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