De Mestre's Naturalization Act 1825 No 16a (NSW)

No. XVII.

An Act to Naturalize Prosper De Mestre.

[30th August, 1825.]

WH E R E A S Amer i ca h a t h been for some t i m e res ident in t h e Colony of N e w

Prosper de Mes t r e a ci t izen of t h e U n i t e d Sta tes of

South W a l e s and is desirous of se t t l ing the re in A n d whereas i t is

expedient t h a t cer ta in	of t h e advan tages	and privi leges which a re
enjoyed by H i s Majes ty ' s na tu r a l -bo rn	subjects should be ex tended	t o

h i m t h e said Prosper de Mes t r e B e i t therefore enac ted b y H i s

Exce l lency t h e Governor of N e w South W a l e s w i th t h e advice of t h e

Counci l t h a t when and so soon as t h e said Prosper de Mes t r e shal l

have t a k e n and subscribed t h e oa ths a n d shal l have subscribed t h e

declara t ion directed and appoin ted in and by a ce r ta in A c t passed in

t h e first year of t h e re ign of H i s Majesty K i n g George t h e F i r s t

in t i tu led " An Act for the further Security of Liu Majesty's Person " anal Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the " late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for extinguishing the

" Hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales and his open and secret

" Abettors" (which said oa th a n d declara t ion t h e Chief J u s t i c e of

t h e Supreme Cour t of N e w South W a l e s is hereby requi red and

empowered t o admin i s te r a n d receive in m a n n e r a n d form as in t h e

said A c t is prescr ibed) a n d w h e n and so soon as t h e said Prosper D e Mes t re shal l have complied wi th all o ther t h e provisions in t h e said Act conta ined a n d enjoined he t h e said Prosper D e Mes t r e shal l

re la tes to t h e Treasury of t h e said Colony or i ts Dependencies .

t he reupon be deemed t a k e n a n d esteemed a na tu r a l -bo rn subject of

Grea t	Br i t a in a n d be ent i t led to all	t h e r igh t s privi leges a n d	advan tages
which are conferred on foreign P r o t e s t a n t s	by t h e said	Ac t or by	any

o ther Ac t of P a r l i a m e n t now in force for na tu ra l i z ing such foreign

P r o t e s t a n t s and o thers as a re set t led or shal l set t le in any of H i s

Majes ty ' s Colonies in A m e r i c a save a n d except only t h e ho ld ing or exercis ing of any place or office of t r u s t in t h e Cour ts of L a w or w h a t

2. A n d be i t fur ther enacted t h a t t he said Chief J u s t i c e shall

immedia te ly after such oa ths shal l have been t a k e n and such declara t ion subscribed before h i m as aforesaid certify t h e same and cause t h e certificate thereof to be recorded in t he Supreme Cour t of t h e said Colony a n d such certificate shall be deemed and t a k e n to be a sufficient proof of t h e said Prosper D e Mes t re be ing a na tu r a l -bo rn subject of Grea t Br i t a in to all i n t en t s and purposes whatsoever save and except as aforesaid and as such shal l be allowed in every Cour t wi th in t he said Colony and its Dependencies .