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AN INSTRVCTION Unto <HI>Jo&s;ias Bervers, Francis Ma&s;&s;enden</HI> <ABBR>E&s;qs</ABBR> <HI>Sir William Roberts</HI> Knight, <HI>John Packer, Henry Pit, Mathias Valentine</HI> and <HI>Robert Ald&s;worth</HI> <ABBR>E&s;qs</ABBR></HEAD>
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<P>_WHEREAS by an Act of Parliament, entituled, <HI>An Act for &s;ale of &s;everal Lands and E&s;tates forfeited, to the Com|mon-Wealth, for Trea&s;on,</HI> and publi&s;hed the eighteenth of <HI>No|vember</HI> 1652. the per&s;ons, body politique, or corporate, their Heirs, Succe&s;&s;ors, or A&s;&s;igns, who were to have the be|nefit of the Saving therein expre&s;&s;ed, were, &s;ome time before he fir&s;t day of <HI>February</HI> la&s;t, to deliver in writing unto the Commi&s;&s;ioners (appointed by an Act, entituled, <HI>An Act for transferring the powers of the Committee for Ob&s;truction)</HI> or any four or more of them, a particular of his or their Right, Title, Intere&s;t&punc; Claim, Demand, Charge, Incumbrance, or E&s;tate, in Law or Equity, and to obtain an allowance thereof before the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any four or more of them, at or before the fir&s;t day of <HI>April</HI> la&s;t.</P>
<P>And whereas &s;everall claims have been delivered to the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion|ers, which they could not determine by the &s;aid fir&s;t day of <HI>April,</HI> you or any four or more of you are hereby authorized and required, at any time be|fore the fifteenth day of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> next comming, to hear and determine all &s;uch claims and cau&s;es as afore&s;aid, which were delivered in, by or before the &s;aid fir&s;t day of <HI>February;</HI> whereof all per&s;ons concerned therein are to take notice, and conform them&s;elves thereunto. Given at the Council of State at White-Hall, <DATE>this fifteenth day of <HI>June</HI> 1653</DATE>.</P>
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<P><DATE><HI>Thur&s;day June</HI> 16. 1653.</DATE> At the Councill of State at White-Hall, Order|ed, that this In&s;truction be forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Jo. Thurloe <HI>Secr.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>London, <HI>Printed for</HI> Giles Calvert, Henry Hills, <HI>and</HI> Thomas Brewster, <HI>MDCLIII.</HI></P>
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