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Statute

It w

Local Law.

was pointed out

in the Circular that

the bath of Allegiance

meant that prescribed

by the Act 1 Geo. 2, Stat: 2, cap : 13., and not the Roman Cattiolic Oath prescribed

by

the 10: Geo: to, Cup),

which was in the

Attorney General's opinion

inapplicable to

Case

of

holders

may

inapplicability

the Roman Catholic.

bath consisted in the

circumstance pointer

out

by the Attorney

General that the Act

hiad

reference to the

United

Kingdom only

and wot

the

Colonies : But does it

follow that the bath

the

in

Colonial

of Office. It

be explained here

that the alleged

be

and

may not be administers

any Colony equally binding thure . _. Although

?

Act prescribed it as

the

applicable in

the

United