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Ellex; and applying a sum of money granted in this feffion of parliament towards thofe purposes; and for obviating difficulties arifen upon an act made in the last seffion of parliament, for making compenfation for lands and hereditaments purchased for his Majefty's service at Portsmouth, Chatham, and Plymouth.

Cap. 12. For adding certain annuities granted in the year one thoufand seven hundred and fifty nine, to the joint stock of three per centum annuities, confolidated by the acts of the twenty fifth, twenty eighth, twenty ninth, and thirty fecond years of his prefent Majesty's reign, and for carrying the feveral duties therein mentioned to the finking fund; and for cancelling fuch lottery tickets as were made forth in purfuance of an act of the thirtieth year of his prefent Majesty's reign, and were not disposed of.

Cap. 13. For allowing further time

for inrollment of deeds and wills made by papists; and for relief of proteftant purchasers. Cap. 14. For enlarging the times for the first meetings of commiffioners or trustees for putting in execution certain acts of this feffion of parliament. Cap. 15. For rendering the exportation of culm from the harbour of Milford in the county of Pembroke, and the limits thereof, to the neighbouring counties, more easy to the proprietors and purchafers of the fame; and for better fecuring the duties payable

thereon.

Cap. 16. To continue feveral laws therein mentioned relating to the clandeftine running of uncuftomed goods, and preventing frauds relating to the customs; to prevent the clandeftine running of goods, and the danger of infection there6

by; to the granting liberty to carry rice from his Majefty's province of Carolina in America, directly to any part of Europe, fouthward of Cape Finisterre, in fhips built and navigated according to law; to the free importation of cochineal and indico; to the prohibiting the importation of books reprinted abroad, and firft compofed, written, and printed, in Great Britain; and for allowing further time for making affidavits of the execution of articles or contracts of clerks to attornies or follicitors, and filing thereof.

Cap. 17. To continue an act made in the twelfth year of the reign of her late majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An act for the better encouragement of the making of Sail cloth in Great Britain.

Cap. 18. For enabling his Majefty to raise the fum of one million for the uses and purposes therein mentioned; and for further appropriating certain fupplies granted in this feffion of parliament. Cap. 19. For the more effectual securing the payment of fuch prize and bounty monies as were appropriated to the use of Greenwich Hofpital, by an act made in the twenty ninth year of the reign of his present Majefty, intituled, An act for the encouragement of feamen, and the more speedy and effectual manning his Majefty's navy.

Cap. 20. To enforce and render more effectual the laws relating to the qualification of members to fit in the house of commons.

Cap. 21. For granting to his Majefty a certain fum of money out of the finking fund, for the fervice of the year one thousand seven hundred and fixty.

Cap. 22. For limiting, confining, and better regulating, the payment of the weekly allowances made by act of parliament, for the maintenance

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maintenance of families unable to fupport themselves during the abfence of militia men, embodied and ordered our into actual service; and for explaining fo much of an act made in this feffion of parliament, intituled, An alt for punishing mutiny and defertion, and for the better payment of the army and their quarters, as relates to the militia when embodied and in actual fervice; and for explaining and amending certain parts of the laws now in force, for the better ordering of the militia forces in that part of Great Britain called England. Cap. 23. For enabling his Majesty

to raise a certain fum of money towards paying off and discharging the debt of the navy; and towards naval fervices, for the year one thousand feven hundred and fixty. Cap. 24. For applying the money

granted in this feffion of parliament, towards defraying the charge of pay and cloathing of the unembodied militia, for one year, ending the twenty fifth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and fixty one; and for explaining certain parts of the acts for the better ordering of the militia forces within that part of Great Britain called England, relating to the money to be given to private militia men, upon their being ordered out into actual fervice; and to the cloaths of private militia men; and to the time of the commencement of the pay of the embodied militia. Cap. 25. For continuing certain laws. relating to the additional number of one hundred hackney chairs, and to the powers given for regulating hackney coaches and chairs. Cap. 26. For reviving and continu

ing fo much of an act made in the twenty first year of his prefent Majesty's reign, as relates to the more effectual trial and punishment of high treafon, and mifprifion of

high treason, in the highlands of Scotland; and alfo for continuing two other acts, one made in the nineteenth year, and the other made in the twenty first year, of his present Majefty's reign, fo far as they relate to the more effectual difarming the highlands of Scotland, and for fecuring the peace thereof.

Cap. 27. To repeal fo much of an act paffed in the twenty ninth year of his present Majesty's reign, concerning a free market for fish at Weftminster, as requires fishermen to enter their fishing veffels at the office of the fearcher of the cuftoms at Gravesend; and to regulate the fale of fish at the first hand in the fish markets in London and Westminster; and to prevent falefmen of fish buying fish to sell again on their own account; and to allow bret and turbot, brill and pearl, although under the refpective dimensions mentioned in a former act, to be imported and fold; and to punish persons who shall take or fell any spawn, brood, or fry of fish, unfizeable fish, or fish out of season, or smelts under the fize of five inches; and for other purposes.

Cap. 28. For encouraging the exportation of rum and fpirits of the growth, produce, and manufacture, of the British fugar plantations, from this kingdom, and of British spirits made from melaffes. Cap. 29. To indemnify perfons who have omitted to qualify themfelves for offices and employments, and to indemnify Juftices of the peace, deputy lieutenants, officers of the militia, and others, who have omitted to register or to deliver in their qualifications within the time. limited by law, and for giving fur

ther time for those purposes. Cap. 30. For widening certain streets, lanes, and paffages within the city

of London, and liberties thereof; and for opening certain new ftreets and ways within the fame; and for other purposes therein mentioned.

Cap. 31. For regulating the proceedings in perfonal actions in the respective courts baron of the hundred of High Peak, and manor of Caftleton, in the county of Derby. Cap. 32. For draining and preferving certain fen lands and low grounds in the ifle of Ely, and counties of Suffolk and Norfolk, between Mildenhall river fouth, Plant Load and Brandon river north, bounded on the west by the river Oufe, and on the east by Winter Load, Earfwell Brooke, and the hard lands of Mildenhall; and for impowering the governor, bailiffs, and commonalty, of the company of confervators of the great level of the fens, commonly called Bedford Level, to fell certain fen lands lying within the limits aforefaid, commonly called Invefted Lands. Cap. 33. To amend and render more

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effectual two acts paffed in the eleventh and seventeenth years of the reign of his prefent Majefty, for repairing feveral roads leading to and from the town of Derby, in the county of Derby.

Cap. 34. For making more effectual,

and continuing the term, and enlarging and altering the powers, of an act made in the twentieth year of his prefent Majefty's reign, for repairing and widening the road leading from the city of Gloucester, towards the city of Hereford; and for repairing other roads in the county of Gloucester, in the faid act mentioned.

Cap. 35. For erecting piers, and other works, for the fecurity and improvement of the harbour of New Shoreham, in the county of Sussex, and for keeping the fame in repair.

Cap. 36. For repairing several roads leading to the town of Oakhampton, in the county of Devon. Cap. 37. For enlarging the term and powers of two acts made in the fifth year of his late Majefty, and in the ninth year of his prefent Majefty's reign, for repairing the road from Beaconsfield, in the county of Bucks, to Stoken Church in the county of Oxon.

Cap. 38. For enlarging the term and powers granted by an act made in the twenty fifth year of the reign of his present Majefty, for repairing and widening the road leading from Market Harborough in the county of Leicester, to the pound in the parish of Brampton in the county of Huntingdon; and by one other act made in the twenty feventh year of the reign of his prefent Majesty, for explaining, amending, and rendering more effectual the faid former act. Cap. 39. For repairing and widening the road from the turnpike road near the west end of the town of Chesterfield to Matlock Bridge; and alfo the road leading out of the said road over Darley Bridge to Cross Green; and alfo the road leading out of the laft mentioned road, to the turnpike road near Rowefly Bridge, in the county of Derby.

Cap. 40. For extending the powers granted by an act paffed in the twenty fifth year of the reign of his prefent Majefty, for repairing the road leading from the Royal Oak on Wrotham Heath, to the town of Wrotham, in the county of Kent, and from thence to the village of Foots-Cray, in the faid county, to the road leading from the Royal Oak on Wrotham Heath, to the town of Maidstone. Cap. 41. For amending, widening, and keeping in repair, the high road from the borough of Tam

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worth, to Ashby de la Zouch, in the county of Leicester; and from Sawley Ferry in the faid county, to a turnpike gate, at or near the end of Swarcliff Lane, leading to Ashby de la Zouch aforefaid."

Cap. 42. For repairing and widening the roads from Haleworthy, in the parish of Davidstow, in the county of Cornwall, to the east end of Wadebridge in the faid county; and from the west end of Wadebridge aforefaid, into and through the borough of Mitchell in the faid county.

Cap. 43. For enlarging the term and powers granted by feveral acts of parliament of the eighth year of her late majesty Queen Anne, the ninth year of his late majefty King George the First, and the fifteenth year of his prefent Majesty's reign, for repairing the highways between the house commonly called The Horfe-fhoe Houfe, in the parish of Stoke Goldington in the county of Bucks, and the town of Northampton, and the road from the north bridge of Newport Pagnel in the county of Bucks, to The Horfe-fhoe Houfe.

Cap. 44. For enlarging the term and powers contained in two feveral acts of parliament, made in the twelfth and fixteenth years of the reign of his present Majesty, for repairing the road from the Dun Cow in the town of Dunchurch, to the town of Hillmorton in the county of Warwick; and from thence to Saint James's end, in the parith of Dufton, in the county of Nọrthampton; and for making the fame acts more effectual.

Cap. 45. For extending and continuing the navigation of the river Wey, otherwife Wye, in the county of Surry, to the town of Godalming, in the faid county. Cap. 46. For repairing and widenng the high roads from Hinckley

to Woefull Bridge, and alfo from Hoo-ab-Lane, through Old Lane, and from Swannington to Lee Gutter; and from thence to Melbourn Common, and from Ibstock to Meafham, in the counties of Leicester. and Derby.

Cap. 47. For amending, widening, and keeping in repair, feveral roads therein mentioned, lying in the counties of Derby, Leicester, and Warwick.

Cap. 48 For diverting, altering, widening, repairing, and amending, the roads from the town of Halifax, and from Sowerby Bridge, in the county of York, by Todmorden, to Burnley and Littleborough, in the county of Lancaster.

Cap. 49. To amend an act paffed in the feventh year of the reign of his late majesty King George the First, for making the river Weaver navigable from Frodsham Bridge to Vinsford Bridge, in the county of Chefter; and for the more effectual preserving and improving the navigation of the faid river. Cap. 50. For amending, widening,

and keeping in repair, several roads leading from the market houfe in the town of Kidderminster, in the county of Worcester.

Cap. 51. For repairing and widening the road, from the bars at Boughton, within the liberties of the city, of Chefer, to Whitchurch; and from thence to Newport in the county of Salop, to Ivetfey Bank, in the county of Stafford; and from thence to Castle Bromwich, and Stone Bridge, in the parish of Hampton on Arden, in the county of Warwick; and from Cafle Bromwich to Birmingham in the fame county. Cap. 52. For rebuilding, widening, and enlarging, the bridge over the river Avon, in the city of Bristol, and erecting a temporary bridge adjoining; and for widening the ftreets, lanes, ways, and paffages, a 3 leading

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leading thereto, and for building another bridge, over fome other part of the faid river, within the faid city, if neceffary; and for opening proper ways and paffages thereto.

Cap. 53. For laying a duty of two pennies Scots, or one fixth part of a penny fterling, upon every Scots pint of ale, porter, or beer, brewed for fale, or vended, within the town and parish of Dalkeith. Cap. 54. For raising money for finishing and compleating the repair of Leeds Bridge, in the county of York, and for the purchafing and taking down the houses and buildings, which straiten and obstruct the paffage to and over the faid bridge.

Cap. 55. For amending and widen

ing the road, from Bawtry to Sheffield, and from Sheffield to the fouth fide of Wortley, in the county of York, where it joins to the turnpike road, leading from Rotherham to Manchester.

Cap. 56. For repairing and widening the roads from Deanburn Bridge, through Greenlaw, and part of Jedburgh road, by Lauder, in the fhire of Berwick, to Cornhill in the county of Durham; and for building a bridge over the Tweed, near Coldstream.

Cap. 57. For the amending, widening, and keeping in repair, the road leading from the thirty nine mile ftone, in the upper end of Stone Street, in the town of Maidstone in the county of Kent, to a certain place called Tubb's Lake, in the parish of Cranbrooke, in the faid county.

Cap. 58. For repairing the roads from the town of Brecon, to the parish of Brobury, and to Whitney Paffage, in the county of Hereford, and for building a bridge over the river Wye, at Bredwardine Paffage, in the fame county.

Cap. 59. For amending, widening, and keeping in repair, several roads, leading to the borough of Launceston, in the county of Cornwall.

Private Alts.

1. An act for naturalizing Paul Amfinck the younger, and Helwig Lewis Tonnies.

2. An act to enable the most noble Francis duke of Bridgewater to make a navigable cut or canal, from, or near Worfley Mill, over the river Irwell, to the town of Manchester, in the county palatine of Lancaster, and to, or near, Longford Bridge, in the township of Stretford, in the faid county. 3. An act to enable John earl of Sandwich, Wellbore Ellis efquire, and Robert Nugent efquire, to take in Great Britain, the oath of office as vice treasurer and receiver general and paymafter general of all his Majefty's revenues in the kingdom of Ireland; and to qualify themfelves for the enjoyment of the faid offices.

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4. An act to enable the governors of the hofpital of King James, founded in Charter-house, to grant building, or other leafes, of fome parts of the estates of the said hofpital, lying in the parish of Saint James, Clerkenwell, and elsewhere, in the county of Middlefex, for fuch terms of years as are therein mentioned. An act for dividing and inclosing the open and common fields, common meadows, common paftures, common grounds, and commonable lands, within the parish, township, and liberties of Sulgrave, in the county of Northampton. 6. An act for dividing and inclosing the common fields, meadows, paftures, and waste grounds, in the parish of Mackworth, in the county of Derby.

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