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Act of 9 Queen Anne, Cap. 10

such Recovery, such Person or Persons so informing, and prosecuting for the said Penalties and Forfeitures, shall recover,
and have also taxed and paid their full Costs of Suit.
XX. Provided always, That if any Postmaster of any of any respective Stages on any Post Roads, in any her Majesty's
Dominions, now settled or hereafter to be settled, doth not or cannot furnish any Person or Persons riding in Post, with
sufficient Horses within the Space of one half Hour after Demand, that then such Person or Persons is and are hereby
understood to be left at Liberty to provide themselves as conveniently as they can to the next Stage, and so at every Stage
where he or they shall not be furnished as aforesaid; and the Person or Persons who shall furnish such Horses, shall not
therefore be liable to any Penalties or Forfeitures contained in this Act by reason thereof.
XXI. Provided always, That if through Default or Neglect of the Postmaster General or his Deputy for the Time
being, any Person or Persons riding in Post shall fail as aforesaid, of being furnished with a sufficient Horse or Horses, for
his or their Use after Demand as aforesaid, that then, and in every such Case, the Postmaster General or his Deputy so
offending, shall forfeit the Sum of five Pounds Sterling; the qne Moiety to her Majesty, her Heirs or Successors, and the
other Moiety to him or them who shall sue for the same in any Court of Record, to be recovered and divided as aforesaid.
XXII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be understood to prohibit the
carrying or recarrying of any Letters or Packets, to or from any Town or Place, to or from the next respective Post Road or
Stage appointed for that Purpose, above six Miles from the said General Post Office, or the chief Offices of Edinburgh and
Dublin, but that every Person shall have free Liberty to send and employ such Person or Persons as they shall think fit for
to carry the said Letters or Packets as aforesaid, without any Forfeiture or Penalty therefore; any Thing herein contained to
the contrary notwithstanding.
XXIII. Provided always nevertheless, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to extend to give Licence to
any Person or Persons whatsoever, to make Collection of Letters in or near the City of London or Suburbs thereof, under
Pretence of conveying the same to any Parts or Places in the said City or Suburbs, or to the General Office of the said City,
without the Licence and Leave of the Postmaster General for the Time being: And any Person or Persons acting contrary
hereunto shall forfeit and pay as Persons collecting, receiving, carrying, recarrying, and delivering Letters contrary to this
Act, are hereby enacted to forfeit and pay, to be recovered as aforesaid, with full Costs of Suit.
XXIV. Provided always, That if the Packet or Mail shall be carried out of Great Britain into any Part or Place beyond
the Seas, in any Ship or Vessel which is not a free Ship, and navigated with such Seamen as, by the Laws of this Land the
same are required to be, that then, and in every such Case, the Postmaster General for the Time being shall forfeit the Sum
of one hundred Pounds Sterling; the one Moiety to her Majesty, her Heirs and Successors, the other Moiety to him or them
who shall sue for the same in any Court of Record, to be recovered by Bill, Plaint, or other Information, wherein no Essoin,
Protection, or Wager at Law shall be allowed.
XXV. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That such Postmaster General, and all Officers
and Deputies acting under him, and all Officers belonging to the said General Post Office, within that Part of the said
united Kingdom called England, receiving the Sacrament according to the Usage of the Church of England, and taking,
making, and subscribing the Test, and the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and Abjuration, appointed by any of the
Laws of the said Part of the said united Kingdom to be taken, made, and subscribed by Officers in publick Places of Trust
in the Government, and within such Times, and in such Places as are particularly appointed by any of those Laws for doing
the same, shall be deemed and taken to be sufficiently qualified to act in their respective Stations and Duties, and to
execute their respective Employments throughout the said whole united Kingdom, and all other her Majesty's Dominions,
and shall not incur any Penalties, Forfeitures, or Disabilities, for not taking the Oaths of Allegiance and Abjuration, and
subscribing the Assurance appointed by any the Laws of that Part of the said united Kingdom called Scotland, or by any
Law or Laws of the said united Kingdom of Great Britain, to be taken and made by any Person in publick Trust,
notwithstanding such Postmaster General, and such Deputies and Officers, shall exercise their respective Offices and
Employments within all and every the Parts and Places of that Part of the said united Kingdom called Scotland: And all
Deputies and Agents acting under such Postmaster General within that Part of the said united Kingdom called Scotland,
taking and making the Oaths of Allegiance and Abjuration, and subscribing the same, with the Assurance appointed by any
of the Laws of the said Part of the said united Kingdom called Scotland, or by any Law or Laws of the said united Kingdom
of Great Britain, to be taken and made by any Person in publick Trust, and within such Times, and at such Places, as are
particularly appointed by any of those Laws for doing the same, shall be deemed and taken to be sufficiently qualified to
execute and exercise their respective Employments in the said Office throughout the said whole united Kingdom, and all

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