The erection of establishments of the same is Order of the Jesuits. forbidden. Their existing establishments shall be disbanded within a period of grace to be fixed by the Bundes-Rath, which however shall not exceed six months. § 2. Members of the Society of Jesus, or of its affiliated orders or congregations similarly constituted, if foreigners, may be banished from the territory of the Empire; if natives, their sojourn may either be forbidden in designated places or districts, or assigned to such. § 3. The necessary regulations for carrying out this law and securing its fulfilment shall be provided by the Bundes-Rath. Order of the Bundes-Rath, promulgated 5th July, 1872. I. Whereas the Order of the Society of Jesus is excluded from the German Empire, the official activity of Members of this Order, especially in the church and the school, as well as holding of missions, is not allowed. 2. Establishments of the Order of Jesus must be dissolved at the latest within six months from the date of the promulgation of this law. 3. The police officials in every district are empowered to make the necessary ordinances for carrying out this law. Judicial or] other officers with insignia of office at any place of than Estab lished Church. II. LAWS OF ENGLAND RESPECTING I.-The Act of George IV., Cap. 7 (13th April, 1839) against Fesuits and Monastic Institutions. XXV. And be it further enacted, that if any person not to attend holding any judicial or civil office, or any mayor, provost, jurat, bailiff, or other corporate officer, shall, after the comworship other mencement of this Act, resort to or be present at any place or public meeting for religious worship in England or in Ireland, other than that of the United Church of England and Ireland, or in Scotland, other than that of the Church of Scotland as by law established, in the robe, gown, or other peculiar habit of his office, or attend with the ensign or insignia, or any part thereof, of or belonging to such his office, such person shall, being thereof convicted by due. course of law, forfeit such office, and pay for every such offence the sum of one hundred pounds. Penalty on Roman Catholic ecclesiastics officiating except in their usual place of worship. XXVI. And be it further enacted, that if any Roman Catholic ecclesiastic, or any member of any of the orders, communities, or societies hereinafter mentioned, shall, after the commencement of this Act, exercise any of the rites or ceremonies of the Roman Catholic religion, or wear the habits of his order, save within the usual places of worship of the Roman Catholic religion, or in private houses, such ecclesiastic or other person shall, being thereof convicted by due course of law, forfeit for every such offence the sum of fifty pounds. pression of other religi the Church of Rome. XXVIII. And whereas Jesuits and members of other For the sup religious orders, communities, or societies of the Church of Jesuits and Rome, bound by monastic or religious vows, are resident ous orders of within the United Kingdom; it is expedient to make pro-1 vision for the gradual suppression and final prohibition of the same therein; be it therefore enacted, that every Jesuit, and every member of any other religious order, community, or society of the Church of Rome, bound by monastic or religious vows, who at the time of the commencement of this Act shall be within the United Kingdom, shall, within six calendar months after the commencement of this Act, deliver to the clerk of the peace of the county or place where such person shall reside, or to his deputy, a notice or statement, in the form and containing the particulars required to be set forth in the schedule of this Act annexed; which notice or statement such clerk of the peace, or his deputy, shall preserve and register amongst the records of such county or place, without any fee, and shall forthwith transmit a copy of such notice or statement to the Chief Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, if such person shall reside in Ireland, or if in Great Britain, to one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; and in case any person shall offend in the premises, he shall forfeit and pay to his Majesty, for every calendar month during which he shall remain in the United Kingdom without having delivered such notice or statement as is herein before required, the sum of fifty pounds. XXIX. And be it further enacted, that if any Jesuit, Jesuits, &c. or member of any such religious order, community, or society be banished. coming into the realm, to as aforesaid, shall, after the commencement of this Act, come into this realm, he shall be deemed and taken to be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be sentenced and ordered to be banished from the United Kingdom for the term of his natural life. Natural-born subjects, may return into the kingdom and XXX. Provided always, and be it further enacted, being Jesuits, that in case any natural-born subject of this realm, being at the time of the commencement of this Act a Jesuit, or be registered. other member of any such religious order, community, or society as foresaid, shall, at the time of the commencement of this Act, be out of the realm, it shall be lawful for such person to return or to come into this realm; and upon such his return or coming into the realm he is hereby required within the space of six calendar months after his first returning or coming into the United Kingdom, to deliver such notice or statement to the clerk of the peace of the county or place where he shall reside, or his deputy, for the purpose of being so registered and transmitted, as herein before directed; and in case any such person shall neglect or refuse so to do, he shall for such offence forfeit and pay to his Majesty, for every calendar month during which he shall remain in the United Kingdom without having delivered such notice or statement, the sum of fifty pounds. The Princi pal Secre may grant licenses to Jesuits, &c. XXXI. Provided also, and be it further enacted, that, taries of State notwithstanding any thing hereinbefore contained, it shall be lawful for any one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries the kingdom, of State, being a Protestant, by a license in writing, signed revoke the by him, to grant permission to any Jesuit, or member of any such religious order, community, or society as aforesaid, to come into the United Kingdom, and to remain and may same. therein for such period as the said Secretary of State shall think proper, not exceeding in any case the space of six calendar months; and it shall also be lawful for any of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State to revoke any license so granted before the expiration of the time mentioned therein, if he shall so think fit; and if any such person to whom such license shall have been granted shall not depart from the United Kingdom within twenty days after the expiration of the time mentioned in such license, or if such license shall have been revoked, then within twenty days after notice of such revocation shall have been given to him, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, and being thereof lawfully convicted shall be sentenced and ordered to be banished from the United Kingdom for the term of his natural life. licenses to be Parliament. XXXII. And be it further enacted, that there shall Accounts of annually be laid before both Houses of Parliament an laid before account of all such licenses as shall have been granted for the purpose hereinbefore mentioned within the twelve months then next preceding. persons as such religious deemed a mis XXXIII. And be it further enacted, that in case any Admitting Jesuit, or member of any such religious order, community, members of or society as foresaid, shall after the commencement of this orders Act, within any part of the United Kingdom, admit any demeanour. person to become a regular ecclesiastic, or brother, or member of any such religious order, community, or society, or be aiding or consenting thereto, or shall administer or cause to be administered, or be aiding or assisting in the administering or taking, any oath, vow, or engagement purporting or intended to bind the person taking the same to the rules, ordinances, or ceremonies of such religious order, community, or society, every person offending in the |