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come Concil' tent' in Cam'a Gui'hald Civit' London ' die Veneris decimo quinto die Junij 1694. Annoque Regui Dom' Will' & Dom' Mariae nunc Regis & Reginae Angl', etc. sexto; coram Will' Ashburst, Mil' Major' dictae Civit'; Roberto Clayton, Mil'; Patienc' Ward, Mil'; Will' Pritchard, Mil'; Roberto Jeffryes, Mil'; Thoma Lane, Mil'; Edr'o Clark, Mil'; Franc'o Child, Mil'; Ric'o Levitt, Mil'; Thoma Cook, Mil' Alderman' & Thoma Abney, Mil', & Will' Hedges Mil', Vic' & Alderman' dictae Civit' nec non major' Parte Coi'ar' dictae Civitat', in eod' Coi ' Concil' tunc & ibm' Assemblat'.  
This day the following Act passed into an Act of this Court.  
WHereas by a Clause in an Act of Common Council made the twentieth day of July, in the seventh Year of the Reign of King Charles the First, in the Majoralty of Sir Robert Ducy, It was amongst other things Enacted in the words following, That the Lord Mayor of this City, for the time being, shall not at any time hereafter choose or elect any Commoner of this City to be Sheriff of the City of London, and of the County of Middlesex, so long as there shall then be an Alderman of the City Eligible to the said Office.  
Which said Clause, in respect of Accidents or Circumstances, may not at all times be convenient to be practised.  
And whereas by another clause in an Act of Common Council, made the sixth day of June, in the thirty fifth Year of King Charles the Second, in the Majoralty of Sir William Pritchard, Knight; It was amongst other things Enacted in the words following, That the Person who shall be Nominated and Elected according to ancient usage by the Lord Mayor of this City, for the time being, to be one of the Sheriffs of the City of London and County of Middlesex, and such Election shall be declared to the Commons of the said City assembled in Common Hall upon the twenty fourth day of June, shall there by the said Commons be confirmed and allowed to be one of the Sheriffs of the said City and County accordingly: And that upon proposing the said Person to be confirmed to he said Common Hall, in case any Hands shall be holden up in token of Confirmation, the said Person shall be taken to be confirmed and allowed, and then another Person shall be chosen by majority of Hands to be the other of the said Sheriffs, and to join with him that shall be so confirmed.  
Which said Clause being not only repugnant to reason, but contrary to the Rules and Methods of Elections;  
Be it therefore Enacted by the Mayor, aldermans and Commons in Common Council assembled, and by the Authority of the same, that the said several Clauses before-recited, and either of them, and every Article and Thing contained in them, or either of them, shall be, and are hereby repealed, annulled and made void.  
And Whereas by several Acts of Common Council, the Election of Sheriffs, Chamberlain, Bridgmasters, and Auditors of the Chamberlain and Bridghouse-Accounts, and Aleconners, are appointed on Midsummer-day yearly, except the Sheriff or Sheriffs, Chamberlain, or other of the said Officers, for the time being, shall die, or for just Cause be removed: And whereas in some years (as in this present year) Midsummer-day happeneth to fall on the Lord's day, commonly called Sunday, which ought to be kept holy, and is a necessary and required part of the service of God, and enjoined by the Laws and Statutes of this Realm;  
Be it therefore Enacted and Declared, That from henceforth, whensoever Midsummer-day shall happen to be on the Lord's day, commonly called Sunday, that the Election of the Sheriffs, Chamberlain, Bridg-masters, Auditors of the Chamberlain and Bridghouse Accounts, and Aleconners, shall be on the day next following, any Act or Acts, or any other Usage to the Contrary notwithstanding.  
Goodfellow.   

Printed by Samuel Roycroft, Printer to the Honourable City of London. 1694.