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<HEAD>AN ACT Touching Idiots and Lunatiques.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas the per&s;ons of Idiots and Lunaticks have received much dam|age, and their E&s;tates been much wa&s;ted, &s;poiled and imbeziled, &s;ince the Four and twentieth day of <HI>February,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and five (on which day, the Court of Wards and Liveries, which had the care and protection of &s;uch per&s;ons, was Voted down) occa&s;ioned by the not &s;et|ling of a way &s;ince the di&s;&s;olution of the &s;aid Court, for pa&s;&s;ing the Bills (formerly Signed by the late King and his Predece&s;&s;ors) for the Cu&s;todies and Tuiti|ons of the &s;aid per&s;ons, and the pre&s;ervation of their re&s;pective E&s;tates; Which Bills were to be Signed as afore&s;aid, before the &s;aid Cu&s;todies pa&s;&s;ed the Great Seal.</P>
<P>For remedy of which Grievances, and for prevention of all others in that kinde for the future, Be it Enacted, and it is hereby Enacted by Authority of Parliament, That the &s;aid Bills for the pa&s;sing of the Cu&s;todies of the per&s;ons afore&s;aid, under the Great Seal, &s;hall be fir&s;t Signed by the Councel of State for the time being: And the &s;aid Bills being &s;o Signed, &s;hall be &s;ufficient Warrant to the Committee or Commi&s;sion|ers for the Cu&s;tody of the Great Seal for the time being, to pa&s;s the &s;ame under the &s;aid Seal accordingly.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Committee or Com|mi&s;sioners for the cu&s;tody of the &s;aid Seal, &s;hall in all ca&s;es give relief in Law and Equity to the &s;aid Idiots and Lunatiques, as fully and amply as any Commi&s;sion|ers or Keepers of the Great Seal, or the late Ma&s;ter and Councel of the late Court of Wards and Liveries, might or ought to have lawfully done at any time before the pa&s;sing of this Act, Any Law, Statute or Act to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided, That this Act do continue in force until the Fir&s;t day of <HI>September,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and four, and no longer.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Thur&s;day the Thirteenth of <HI>October,</HI> 1653.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Parliament, That this Act be forthwith Printed and Publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen: Scobell, Clerk of the Parliament.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>John Field,</HI> Printer to the Parliament of <HI>England.</HI> 1653.</P>
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