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of England trading to the Eaft Indies, and for the punishment of offences committed in the Eaft Indies, or at the island of Saint Helena, to the faid company's fettlement of Fort Marlborough, and to fuch other principal fettlements, wherein the faid company may be hereafter impowered to hold courts of judicature,

Cap. 15. To enable his Majefty to grant unto George Keith, late earl Marischall, a fum therein limited, out of the principal money and interest now remaining due to the public on account of the purchase money of certain parts of the forfeited estates of the faid late earl. Cap. 16. To continue the duties for encouragement of the coinage of

money.

Cap. 17. For relief of infolvent debtors.

Cap. 18. For granting to his Majesty a certain fum of money out of the finking fund, and for applying certain monies remaining in the exchequer, for the fervice of the year one thousand feven hundred and fixty one.

Cap. 19. For enabling his Majesty to raise the fum of one million for the uses and purposes therein mentioned; and for further appropriating the fupplies granted in this feffion of parliament; and for exempting any annuities or fums of money granted or to be granted to the royal family, from payment of

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Cap. 21. For the better prefervation of the game in that part of Great Britain called Scotland; and for repealing part of an act passed in the twenty fourth year of the reign of his late Majefty, for the better preservation of the game in that part of Great Britain called Scotland. Cap. 22. For applying the money. granted in this feffion of parliament towards defraying the charge of the pay of the militia of that part of Great Britain called England when unembodied, and of the cloathing of the part of the said militia now unembodied, for one year, beginning the twenty fifth day of March, one thousand feven hundred and fixty one.

Cap. 23. For rendering more effectual the provifions in an act made in the twelfth and thirteenth years of the reign of his late majefty King William the Third, (intituled, An act for the further limitation of the crown, and better fecuring the rights and liberties of the fubject) relating to the commiflions and falaries of judges.

Cap. 24. For repairing and widening feveral roads leading to and through the towns of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, and Dorchester, in the county of Dorfet.

Cap. 25. For repairing and widening the road from the east end of West Taphoufe Lane, to the borough of Liskeard, and from thence to Coomb Row Houfe; and alfo the road from the faid borough of Liskeard, to Crafthole, and from thence to Crimble Paffage and Tar Point, and from Crafthole aforefaid, to Saint German's Beacon, in the counties of Cornwall and Devon.

Cap. 26. For making, widening, and repairing, a road from the north eaft fide of the Gofwell Street road, next Islington, in the county of Middlefex, and near to the road called the New Road, over the fields

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and grounds to Old Street Road, oppofite to the Doghoufe-bar; and at and from the Doghouse-bar, to the end of Chifwell Street, by the Artillery Ground.

Cap. 27. For repairing and widening the road leading from the eastern end of the borough of Grampound, in the county of Cornwall, through the towns of Saint Auftell and Loftwithiel, and from thence to the east end of the Western Taphouse Lane, in the faid county.

Cap. 28. For enlightening the streets within the city of Exeter, and fuburbs thereof.

Cap. 29. For repairing and widening the roads from Dyed Way, to Somerton; and from Gawbridge, to Tintinbull Fords; and from a stream of water called Ford, to Cartgate, in Martock, in the county of Somerset. Cap. 30. For continuing and amending an act made in the fixteenth year of his late Majesty's reign, for repairing the highways from the city of Gloucester, to the top of Birdlip Hill; and from the foot of the said hill, to the top of Crickley Hill.

Cap. 31. To explain and amend fo

much of an act paffed in the thirty second year of the reign of his late Majefty intituled, An act to explain, amend, and render more effectual, the powers granted by several acts of parliament for repairing feveral roads leading to the city of Bath; and for amending feveral other roads near the faid city; as directs the laying out a new road from the Bridge at Bath to Rush Hill.

Cap. 32. For amending and widen

ing the road leading from the town of Falmouth, in the county of Cornwall, through the towns of Penryn, Heifton, and Marazion, and from thence to and over Marazion river and bridge, and two hundred feet to the westward of the faid river and bridge.

Cap. 33. To amend and render more effectual an act passed in the thirty first year of the reign of his late majesty King George the Second, intituled, An act for repairing the road from Leeds to Sheffield, in the county of York.

Cap. 34. For repairing and widening the road from Traveller's Rest, in the parish of Ashburton, to Newton Bufhel, and from thence to Forches otherwife Forgers Crofs, in the parish of Highweek, in the county of Devon.

Cap. 35. For amending the road from Sacred Gate, in the parish of Thorngumbald, to Pattrington Creek, or Haven; and from the Guide Poft in Wineftead, to Frodingham Gate, in or near widow Branton's farm, in the county of York; and for fcouring and cleansing the faid creek or haven.

Cap 36. For difcontinuing the use of a road, in the parish of Great Packington, in the county of Warwick; and for preventing the truftees, appointed to put in execution an act paffed in the thirty third year of his late Majesty's reign, for repairing the road from Stone Bridge to Caftle Bromwich, from erecting a gate or turnpike between Stone Bridge and the place where the road turns off to Coleshill in the county of Warwick.

Cap. 37. For amending, widening,

and keeping in repair, the road leading from Fisherton Bridge, to the turnpike road at Willoughby Hedge in West Knoyle, and from Wilton Bridge to the turnpike road at the west end of Heytefbury; and alfo the road from the turnpike road at the top of Red Hone Hill, in the parish of Urfhfent, to the mile-ftone at the western end of Fisherton Street, in the county of Wilts. Cap. 38. For repairing the parish church of Croydon in the county of Surrey,

Cap. 39.

Cap. 39. For amending and widening the road from the town of Stone to Wordfley Green Gate; and from the west end of Bilston Street in Wolverhampton, to the High Street oppofite the Old Bush in Dudley; and from a place called Burnt Tree, near Dudley, to Birmingham; and from the market cross in Wolverhampton,to Cannock, in the counties of Stafford, Worcester, and Warwick.

Cap. 40. For rendering more effectual feveral acts paffed in the tenth year of her late majefty Queen Anne, in the eleventh year of his late majefty King George the First, and in the eleventh year of his late majefty King George the Second, for enlarging, amending, and maintaining, the road from Dartford to Northfleet and Gravefend, and from Gravefend to Chalk, and from Northfleet to Chalk, and from thence to the ftones end near the parish church of Strood, in the count of Kent.

Cap. 41. For amending and widening the roads from the turnpike road upon Gatherley Moor, in the county of York, to Staindrop, in the county of Durham; and from the faid turnpike road, near Smallways, across the river Tees, to Winston, in the faid county of Durham; and for building a bridge over the faid river at or near Winston ford. Cap. 42. For repairing and amending the road leading from Whitecross, in the parish of Leven in Holderness, in the east riding of the county of York, to the town of Beverley, in the faid county.

Cap. 43. For repairing and widening

the road from the borough of Appleby, in the county of Westmorland, through the townthip of Orton, to Kirby Kendall; and from Orton, to the turnpike road near Shapp, and from Highgate near Tebay, in a part of the highway between Appleby

and Kirby Kendal, through the town of Kirby Steven, to the town of Market Brough, in the faid county.

Cap. 44. For continuing fo much of an act paffed in the thirteenth year of King George the Second, intituled, An act for making more effectual two acts of parliament passed in the feventh and tenth years of her late majesty Queen Anne, for preferving and enlarging the harbour of Whitehaven, in the county of Cumberland, and for repairing and amending the high roads leading to the faid harbour and town of Whitehaven, as relates to the preferving and enlarging of the said harbour.

Private Acts.

1. An act for naturalizing John Dolignon, Peter Thelluffon, Peter Anthony Planche, and Christian Poppe. 2. An act for naturalizing Rofe Marie Heath, wife of Benjamin Heath efquire.

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An act to enable Charles Molloy an infant lately called Charles Cooke) and the heirs of his body, to take and use the furname and arms of Molloy, pursuant to the will of Sir Charles Molloy knight, deceafed. 4. An act for the dividing and inclofing the open arable lands, and the open, meadow, pasture, and wafte grounds, in the parish of Rearby, in the county of Leicester. 5. An act for dividing and inclofing the common fields, common or wafte ground, and other commonable places, in the parish of Hinton, otherwise Hinton Walrish, in the county of Berks.

6. An act for dividing and inclofing

the open and common fields of Asfordby, in the county of Leicester. 7. An act for dividing and inclofing

certain common fields, and common meadows, and a common hill called Snowshill Hill, lying within

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the manor of Snow/hill, in the county of Gloucester.

8. An act for dividing and inclofing

the open and common fields, common meadows, common paftures, common grounds, and commonable lands, within the parish, township, and liberties, of Morton Pinkney, in the county of Northamp

ton.

9. An act for dividing and inclosing the common fields, commons, and waste grounds, lying in the parish and within the precincts of the manor of Langton Herring, in the county of Dorfet.

10. An act for dividing and inclofing the common fields, common paftures, common meadows, common grounds, grange lands, and wafte grounds, of, and in, the manor and parish of Eydon, in the county of Northampton.

11. An act for the dividing and inclofing the open and common fields, in the hamlet of Pailton, in the parish of Monks Kirby, in the county of Warwick.

12. An act for vefting part of the

settled estates of the right honourable William earl of Dartmouth, and Frances Katherine countefs of Dartmouth, his wife, in the city of London, and county of Middlefex, in trustees, to be fold, and for laying out the money to arise thereby in the purchafe of other lands and hereditaments, to be fettled to the fame uses, as the faid fettled eftates now stand limited. 13. An act for vefting part of the fettled eftate of William Thornton efquire, in the county of York, in him, in fee fimple, discharged of the uses of his marriage fettlement; and for fettling other lands, of greater value, to the fame uses. 14. An act to enable Capel Hanbury efquire, and George Hanbury efquire, for themselves and their refpective iffue male, to make an exchange of

their settled estates, in the county of Monmouth, and for other purposes therein mentioned.

15. An act for rendering effectual an agreement, for making a partition of several lands, tenements, and hereditaments, in the county of Leicester, late the eftates of James Sherard doctor of phyfick, and Robert Freeman gentleman deceased, and for other purposes therein mentioned.

16. An act for enabling the acting trustees, and executors of William Lemon efquire deceased, to make leafes, for lives, or years determinable on deaths, of the eftates, in the county of Cornwall, devifed by his will, or purchased in purfuance thereof, respectively, during the minority of his grandfons, and nephews, intitled to the fame, for the time being, and for enabling the faid grandsons, and nephews, when of age, and the said trustees, during their infancy, respectively, to make, and grant, fetts and leafes of mines, according to the cuftom of the country.

17. An act for confirming and eftablifhing an exchange of lands, agreed to be made, between Charles Tudway efquire, and the archdeacon of Wells, in the county of Somerset.

18. An act to enable the rector of the parish, and parish church, of Saint Mary Newington Butts, in the county of Surrey, and his fucceffors, to grant a lease or leafes, of certain glebe lands, belonging to the said rectory.

19. An act for naturalizing Frederick Rafch, and John Roger Siebel. 20. An act for naturalizing Jan Tur

ner, and August Gotlieb Piefchel. 21. An act for naturalizing Conftantia Hampden, wife of Robert Hampden, efquire.

22. An act for naturalizing Benjamin Maisonneuve. 23. An

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24. An act for naturalizing Simon Baratty.

25. An act for naturalizing Anthony Villion.

26. An act for dividing and inclofing the common fields, common paftures, common meadows, common grounds, wafte grounds, and commonable lands, in the manor and parish of Wappenham, in the county of Northampton, exclufive of the hamlet of Aftwell and Faulcut, in the faid parish.

27. An act for dividing and inclofing the open and common fields, paftures, meadows, and other grounds, within the parish of Exhall, in the county of the city Coventry.

28. An act for dividing and inclosing the common fields, common paftures, wafte grounds, and commonable lands, in the parish of Ryton, otherwife Ruyton upon Dunfmore, in the county of Warwick. 29. An act for dividing and inclofing

an open common, within the manor and parish of Morrefby, in the county of Cumberland.

30. An act for dividing and inclosing the open and common fields, common meadows, common grounds, and wafte ground, within Wardington Williamfcott, otherwife Willcot, and Coton, otherwife Cotes, in the county of Oxford.

31. An act for confirming and establishing articles of agreement, for dividing and inclofing feveral commons, common heaths, and waste grounds, in the adjoining manors of East Lulworth, and Combe Keynes, in the county of Dorfet. 32. An act for dividing and inclofing certain open and common grounds, called Norham Infields, and the common or wafte, called Norham Moor, within the township of Norham, in the county of Durham.

33. An act for dividing and inclofing

the common and open fields of Anfty; in the county of Leicester. 34. An act for dividing and inclosing the open and common fields of Abkettleby, in the county of Leicester, and all the lands and grounds within the fame fields.

35. An act for dividing and inclofing certain open and common fields, in the parish of Fringford, otherwife Ferringford, in the county of Oxford.

36. An act for dividing, inclofing, and allotting, the moors, com

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nons, and waste grounds, called Pool Common, in the manors of Lanverchidol, and Stret Marcel, otherwife Street Marshall, in the parishes of Pool and Guilsfield, in the county of Montgomery.

An act for confirming and establishing articles of agreement, for dividing and inclofing certain open and common fields, in Burton Pidfea, in Holderness, in the county of York.

38. An act for confirming articles of agreement, for inclofing common or wafte ground, within the manor or lordship of Heflington, in the county of York.

39. An act to enable John earl of Sandwich, Welbore Ellis efquire, and Robert Nugent efquire, to take in Great Britain the oath of office, as vice treasurer and receiver general, and paymaster general of all his Majefty's revenues, in the kingdom of Ireland; and to enable William earl of Harrington to take, in Great Britain, the oath of office as customer and collector of the ports of Dublin, Skerrys, Malahide, and Wicklow, in the said kingdom; and to enable Richard Rigby efquire, to take, in Great Britain, the oath of office, as keeper and mafter of the rolls of the court of Chancery, in the faid kingdom, and clerk, keeper, or master of the rolls,

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