WHEREAS in December last past one Commission was then issued and granted unto Iohn Santhy Esq ; and others therein named , thereby authorizing them to enquire of , hear and determin the Claims , Rights and Cities of all persons of the Irish Nation that are transplantable into the Province of Connaught and County of Clare , as in and by the said Commission is set forth ; and also for the hearing and determining of all and singular the crimes , Offences and Misdemeanors of any the persons so making such Claims , by them done or committed on the 23 of October 1641 or since ; and Sir Charls Coot Knight and Baronet Lord President of Connaught , and other the Commissioners now sitting at Loughrea , formerly appointed for the ordering , disposing and putting all such persons transplantable , as abovesaid , into the possession of Lands in Connaught and Clare as do justly belong unto them , are thereby also required to assign , set out and allot unto such persons ( so transplantable as abovesaid ) and their Assigns , such part and portion of Lands in Connaught and Clare as do justly belong unto them according to their respective Articles , or according to the respective Qualifications they shall respectively be adjudged and sentenced to fall under , and to be comprehended in ; Which said Commission was to be of force untill the first day of Iuly now next ensuing , and no longer without other or farther Order .

And whereas notwithstanding the said powers and authorities given , to the ends abovesaid ; and the many Declarations formerly published for the transplanting of the said persons into Connaught and Clare ; and the several provisions made for accommodations of such as should yield obedience thereto : Yet nevertheless there is not that conformitie and obedience yielded as ought to be , but very many persons transplantable , being Irish Papists that are Proprietors of Lands in Ireland ; or that have , since the 21 of October 1641 , been in arms against the Common-wealth of England their Armies and Forces ; or that acted , aided and assisted in the late bloudy Rebellion , at or before the 21 of October 1642 , do still remain in the Provinces of Leinster , Munster and Ulster , not having any Licence or Dispensation so to do .

The Lord Deputy and Council taking the premises into consideration ; and the great charge the Common-wealth is now at in maintaining the several Courts and Officers thereto belonging , now sitting at Athlone and Loughrea by virtue of the Commissions aforesaid , and for the ends abovesaid ; and the little fruit that is reaped thereby through the neglect of the persons abovesaid , for whose benefits the said Courts were erected ; The said Lord Deputy and Council do now Order and Declare , and it is hereby Ordered and Declared , That the said Commission , bearing date the 28 of December last , be continued to be of force , and the Commissioners therein named are to execute the same untill the 20 day of September now next ensuing , and no longer .

And it is farther Ordered , That all persons transplantable ( as abovesaid ) who have any right to any Lands , Tenements and Hereditaments by virtue of any Articles , or by virtue of the Act of settlement , intituled , An Act for the Settling of Ireland , made and passed in August 1652 , or that do expect any mercy and favor by virtue of the said Act ; or that do or shall claim any Lands in the Province of Connaught or County of Clare by virtue of the farther Instructions from the Council of State , bearing date the second of Iuly 1653 : That all and every such persons transplantable , as abovesaid , shall and they are hereby required to enter their Claims of their respective Rights , Titles and Interests to any Lands . Tenements or Hereditaments before the said Iohn Santhy and other Commissioners in that Commission named , and now sitting at Athlone , at or before the said 20 of September now next ensuing ; and effetually prosecute their said Claims , and obtain sentence or judgement therein before the said 20 of September .