Trustees, to be fold for raifing Money to discharge his Debts and Legacies.

8. An Act for vefting certain Manors, Lands, and Tenements of William Huddleston Efquire, in Trustees, to be fold for Payment of his Debts.

9. An Act for Sale of the Eftate of John Neale Efq; in the County of Bucks, and for fettling another Estate in the County of Warwick in lieu thereof.

10. An Act for.vefting the fettled Eftate of Thomas Weftern Efquire, in the County of Buckingham, in him and his Heirs, and for fettling another Eftate in the County of Cambridge, of greater Value, to the Ufes of his Marriage Settlement, and alfo for rendering a Power of revocation contained in that Settlement, more effectual for the Purposes thereby intended.

11. An Act for dividing and inclofing feveral open Fields, Paftures, and Commons, in the Townships of Great Driffield and Little Driffield in the County of York, and for fettling certain yearly Payments to the Prebendary of Driffield for the Time being, in lieu of his Tithes, purfuant to an Agreement, and an Award made for those Purposes.

12. An Act for confirming and establishing Articles of Agreement, and an Award, for dividing and inclofing certain Common Fields, and a Common called Chawton Common, in the Parish of Chawton in the County of Southampton.

13. An Act for dividing and inclofing the Common Fields, lying in the Manor and Parish of Sherfton Magna in the County of Wilts.

14. An Act for inclofing and dividing the Common Fields, Common Paftures, Common Meadows, and Wafte Grounds, in the Manor and Parifh of Brinklow in the County of Warwick.

15. An Act to enable John Rice, and his Heirs, to take and ufe the Surname of Tutt, pursuant to the Will of John Tutt Gentleman, deceased.

16. An Act for enabling Edward Burnaby, an Infant, and the Heirs Male of his Body, to take the Surname of Greene, pursuant to the Will of Thomas Greene Efquire, deceased, and for other Purposes therein mentioned.

17. An Act to enable Francis Thistlethwaite Efquire, and the Heirs Male of his Body, to take and use the Surname of Whithed, pursuant to the Will and Codicil of Richard Whithed Efquire, deceased.

26. An Act to enable William Earl of Strafford, an Infant of about the Age of nineteen Years to make a Settlement of his Eftate upon his Marriage with the Lady Anne Campbell.

27. An Act for explaining and making more effectual an Act,made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An Act for difcharging Part of the fettled Eftate of William Earl Cowper in the County of Hertford, from the Ufes and Limitations of a former Settlement, and for fettling and fecuring an Equivalent for the fame, to the like Ufes.

28. An Act for enabling the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Arran, to raise Money by Sale or Mortgage of Part of his Eftate in the Kingdom of Ireland, for Payment of Debts, and for other Purposes.

29. An Act to enable George Vifcount of Garnock, or the fucceeding Heirs of Entail, to fell Lands in the Counties of Dunbarton and Air, for Payment of Debts charged thereupon, and to purchase other Lands, to be fettled to the fame Ufes as the Eftate to be fold is fettled.

30. An Act for vacating a Term of one hundred Years, in a voluntary Settlement made by Sir Hugh Clopton, Knight, and for creating a new Term of one thoufand Years, in lieu thereof, for the Purposes therein mentioned.

31. An Act for vefting Part of the Eftate of Francis Pemberton Efquire, in the County of Cambridge, in Truftees, to be fold for difcharging the Incumbrances thereon; and for fettling another Part of his Estate to the Ufes and for the Purposes of his Marriage Settle

ment.

32. An Act for impowering Gwyn Vaughan Efquire, and his Wife, and their Sons, to make Leafes of the Manor of King on Seymour in the County of Somerset, for Years determinable on Deaths, according to the Ufage of the Country.

33. An Act for naturalizing Francis D’Abbadie.

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PUBLIC K ACTS.

Anno 15 Georgii II.

N Act for continuing the Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, in that Part of Great Britain called England; and for granting to his Majefty certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry, in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, for the Service of the Year one thousand seven hundred and forty-two. An Act to repeal fo much of an Act pafled in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for the Prefervation of the publick Roads in that Part of Great Britain called England, as obliges Perfons not travelling for Hire to make Ufe of Waggons with Wheels bound with Streaks or Tyre of a certain Breadth, or the faid Streaks to be faftened with Nails of a certain Size.

3. An Act for granting to his Majefty a certain Sum. out of the Sinking Fund, towards the Supply for the Year one thousand feven hundred and forty-two.

4. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion; and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. 5. An Act for continuing and making more effectual an A&t made in the feventh Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, intituled, An Act for repairing the Road from Wendover to the Town of Buckingham in the County of Bucks; and for building a Bridge at Padbury, and making it a County Bridge.

6. An

6. An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by two Acts of Parliament, one of the eighth Year of the Reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, and the other of the ninth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the First, for repairing the Highways between the House commonly called the Horfefboe 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 Horfefboe Houfe.

7. An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act paffed in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the First, intituled, An Act for repairing the Roads leading from the Town of Bromsgrove to the Town of Dudley in the County of Worcester; and from the faid Town of Bromsgrove to the Town of Birmingham in the County of Warwick; fo far as the faid Act relates to repairing the Roads leading from the Town of Dudley to the Town of Bromsgrove in the County of Worcester; and for making the fame more effectual,

8. An Act for laying a Duty of two Pennies Scots, or one fixth Part of a Penny Sterling, upon every Scots Pint of Ale and Beer which fhall be brewed for Sale, brought into, tapped, or fold within the Town of Kirkaldy, and Liberties thereof.

9. An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by two Acts of Parliament, one of the firft, and the other of the twelfth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the First, for repairing the Highways between Tyburn and Uxbridge in the County of Middlefex; and for amending the Road leading from Brent Bridge, over Hanwell Heath, through the Parishes of Hanwell, New Brentford, and Ealing, to the great Western Road in the faid County.

10. An Act for explaining, amending, and making more effectual two Acts of Parliament; one paffed in the ninth and tenth Years of the Keign of his late Majefty King William the Third, for erecting Workhouses, and Houles of Correction, in the Town of King fton upon Hull, for the Employment and Maintenance of the Poor there; and the other paffed in the eighth Year of the Reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, for the more effectual Provifion of the Poor in the faid Town.

11. An A for granting an Aid to his Majefty by a Land Tax to be raised in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year one thousand seven hundred and forty

two.

12. An Act to explain and amend an Act paffed in the twelfth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Act to enable the Parishioners of Saint Catherine Coleman, in Fenchurch Street, in the City of London, to rebuild the Church of the faid Parish; and for making the faid Act more effectual for the Purposes thereby intended.

13. An Act for establishing an Agreement with the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, for advancing the Sum of one millión fix hundred thousand Pounds, towards the Supply for the Service of the Year one thousand feven hundred and forty-two. 14. An Act to explain and amend two Acts of Parliament; one made in the ninth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for repairing the Highways from Sheet Bridge in the Parish of Petersfield, to the Town of Portsmouth in the County of Southampton; and another Act made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the

Firft, for enlarging the Term in and by the faid A& granted, and for other Purposes therein mentioned, and for enlarging the Term and Powers by the faid laft mentioned Act granted.

15. An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act pafled in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the First, intituled, An Alt for repairing the Roads leading from Cirencester Town's-end to Saint John's Bridge in the County of Gloucefter.

16. An Act for continuing the Powers granted by three feveral Acts of Parliament; one for repairing the Road from Stump-cross to Newmarket-heath, and the Town of Cambridge; another for repairing the Road from Foulmire to Cambridge; and the third for explaining, amending, and rendering more effectual, the faid two former Acts; and for enlarging the Terms granted by the faid two former Acts.

17. An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act paffed in the feventh Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, for repairing. the feveral Roads leading from the Town of Ledbury in the County of Hereford, to the feveral Places therein mentioned; and for making the faid Act more effectual.

18. An Act to render more effectual an A&t made in the ninth and tenth Years of the Reign of his late Majesty King William the Third, intituled, An Act for erecting Hofpitals and Workhouses within the Town of Colchester in the County of Effex, for the better employing and maintaining the Poor thereof.

19. An Act for granting to his Majefty the Sum of eight hundred thoufand Pounds, to be raised by Annuities tranferrable at the Bank of England; and for afcertaining the Customs and Duties upon Quickfilver taken as Prize during the prefent War; and for the further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Seffion of Parliament.

20. An Act to prevent the counterfeiting of Gold and Silver Lace; and for fettling, and adjufting the Proportions of fine filver and Silk; and for the better making of Gold and Silver Thread.

21. An Act to indemnify Perfons who have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices, Employments, and Promotions, within the Time limited by Law, and for allowing further Time for that Purpose.

22. An Act to exclude certain Officers from being Members of the House of Commons.

23. An Act for fecuring to John Byrom, Mafter of Arts, the fole Right of publifhing, for a certain Term of Years, the Art and Method of Short-hand, invented by him.

24. An Act to impower the Juftices of the Peace of a Liberty or Corporation, to commit Offenders to the Houfe of Correction of the County, Riding, or Division, in which fuch Liberty or Corporation is fituate. 25. An Act to impower the Importers or Proprietors of Rum or Spirits of the British Sugar Plantations to land the fame before Payment of the Duties of Excife charged thereon, and to lodge the fame in Warehouses at their own Expence; and for the Relief of Ralph Barrow, in refpect to the Duty on fome Rock Salt, loft by the overflowing of the Rivers Weaver and Dane.

26. An Act for the better enabling the Commiffioners for building a Bridge cross the River Thames, from the City of Westminster to the oppofite Shore in the County of Surrey, to finish the faid Bridge, and to perform the

other

other Trufts repofed in them, and for enlarging the

Time for exchanging of Tickets unclaimed in the last

Lottery for the faid Bridge, and to make Provifon for

Tickets in the faid Lottery, loft, burnt, or otherwise

deftroyed.

27. An Act for the more effectual preventing any Cloth,

or Woollen Goods remaining upon the Rack, or Ten-

ters, or any Woollen Yarn, or Wool left out to dry,

from being ftolen, or taken away in the Night-time.

28. An Act for the more effectual preventing the counter-

feiting of the current Coin of this Kingdom, and the utter-

ing or paying of false or counterfeit Coin.

29. An Act for granting to his Majesty an additional Duty

on foreign Cambricks, imported into Great Britain; and

for allowing thereout a Bounty upon certain Species of

British and Irish Linens exported.

30. An Act to prevent the Marriage of Lunaticks.

31. An Act for further regulating the Plantation Trade;

and for Relief of Merchants importing Prize Goods

from America, and for preventing collufive Captures

there; and for obliging the Claimers of Veffels feized

for Exportation of Wool, or any unlawful Importation,

to give Security for Cofts; and for allowing Eaft India

Goods to be taken out of Warehouses, in order to be

cleaned and refreshed.

32. An Act for preventing the Mischiefs which may hap-

pen by keeping dangerous Quantities of Gunpowder in

or near the Cities of London and Westminster.

33. An Act to revive several Acts for the Punishment of

Perfons deftroying Turnpikes, or Locks or other Works

erected by Authority of Parliament, and for other Pur-

poses therein mentioned; and to continue feveral Acts

relating to Rice, to Frauds in the Customs, to the

clandeftine running of Goods, and to Copper Ore of

the British Plantations; and for extending the Liberty

given by the Act of the twelfth Year of the Reign of

his prefent Majefty, for carrying Sugar of the Growth

of the British Sugar Colonies in America, to Ships be-

longing to any of his Majefty's Subjects refiding in

Great Britain, and navigated according to Law; and

for the more effectual preventing the cutting of Star or

Bent.

34. An Act to explain an Act made in the fourteenth Year

of the Reign of his present Majesty, intituled, An Act to

render the Laws more effectual for preventing the ftealing

and deftroying of Sheep and other Cattle.

35. An Act to continue feveral Laws for the Encourage-

ment of the making of Sail Cloth in Great Britain, and

of the Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom; and for al-

lowing a Drawback on the Exportation of Copper

Bars; and to explain a Claufe of an Act made in the

laft Seffion of Parliament, to prohibit the Exportation

of Corn, and other Things therein mentioned; and to

give further Time for the Payment of Duties omitted

to be paid for the Indentures and Contracts of Clerks and

Apprentices.

3. An Act for confirming and establishing certain Arti-

cles of Agreement and an Indenture between the Right

Honourable Francis Earl Godolphin and the Dean and

Chapter of Ely, for making a Partition and Division

of a certain Heath, or Heath-ground, in the County

of Cambridge, and for rendering the fame Agreement

and Indenture more effectual, for the Purposes therein

mentioned.

4. An Act for diffolving and difannexing from the Crown,

and the Patrimony thereof, the Earldom of Orkney, and

Lordfhip of Zetland; and for vefting the fame irredeem-

ably in James Earl of Morton, and his Heirs, difcharged

from any Power or Right of Redemption in his Majelty,

his Heirs or Succeffors.

5. An Act for vefting the fettled Eftate of Henry Lord.

Montfort, in the County of Worcester, in Trustees, in

Truft to fell the fame, and to lay out and apply the

Money arifing by fuch Sale, in the Purchase of Lands

and Hereditaments in the Counties of Cambridge and

Suffolk, or one of them.

6. An Act for explaining a Claufe contained in an A&

made in the eleventh and twelfth Years of the Reign of

his late Majefty King William the Third, intituled, A

Act for granting an Aid to his Majefty by Sale of the for-

feited and other Eftates and Interefts in Ireland, and by a

Land Tax in England, for the feveral Purpofes therein

mentioned, whereby feveral Grants made by his Majefty

to Sir Thomas Prendergast Baronet, deceased, of feveral

Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, Part of the faid

forfeited Eftates and Interefts in Ireland, were ratified

and confirmed.

7.

An Act to enable Sir Clement Cotterell Knight, and other

the Devisees of the real Estate of Lieutenant General
James Dormer deceased, to take and ufe the Surname of
Dormer, pursuant and according to the Tenor and Pur-
port of the Will of the faid James Dormer.

8. An Act for making the Exemplification of the last
Wills of John Pigott the Elder, late of Brockley in the
County of Somerset Efquire, and of John Pigott Efquire
his Son, Evidence in all Courts of Law and Equity in
Great Britain and Ireland; and to enable John Biggs
Pigott Efquire, formerly called John Biggs, and his
Progeny and Defcendants, to take and ufe the Surname
and Arms of Pigott only, pursuant to the Will of the faid
John Pigott the Son.

9. An Act to enable John Rolle Efquire, and his Heirs, to
take and use the Surname and Arms of Walter, according
to the Direction of the last Will and Teftament of Sir
Robert Walter Baronet, deceased.

10. An Act to enable Buckland Bluett Efquire, and his

Heirs, to take and use the Name of Nutcombe, according

to the Settlement made by Richard Nutcombe Esquire,

deceased.

11. An Act for naturalizing John Boucher.

12. An Act for naturalizing Ifaac Nicholas Duqueruy, and

Michael Henry Duqueruy, and others.

13. An Act for the more effectually carrying into Exe-

cution certain Articles of Agreement made before and

in confideration of the Marriage of the Honourable

Philip Yorke Efquire, with the most Honourable Je-

mima Marchionefs Grey; and for other Purposes therein

mentioned.

14. An Act to enable George Warren Esquire, his Heirs

and Affigns, to make a Sluice or Tunnel through Part of

the Glebe belonging to the Rectory of Stockport, in the

County of Chefer, and to use and enjoy the fame, for

conveying Water to Stockport Mills.

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15. An

15. An Act for making Articles of Agreement entered into by Amos Meredith Efquire, and Johanna his Wife, as well in her own Behalf as in Behalf of their feven Children, all Infants, and by Thomas Afbeton Esquire, in Behalf of his Son an Infant, touching the Partition of the Eftate of Robert Cholmondley, late of Holdford in the County of Chefler, Efquire, deceased, now remaining unfold, obligatory on the faid Infants, and rendering the faid Partition effectual and binding to all Parties.

16. An Act to establish and confirm Articles of Agreement relating to the Tithes and certain Glebe Lands, within the Parish of Leigh, in the County of Worcefter.

17. An Act to enable Percy Wyndham Efquire, and other the Devifees of Henry Earl of Thomond and Viscount Tadcaster, deceased, to take and ufe the Surname of Obrien, purfuant to the Will of the faid Earl of Thomond and Vif count Tadcaster.

18. An Act for enabling William Morden Efquire, and his Heirs Male, to take and use the Surname and Arms of Harbord, pursuant to the Defire of Harbord Harbord Efquire, deceased.

19. An Act for exemplying the laft Will of Arthur, late Earl of Anglify, and for making the fame Evidence in all Courts of Law and Equity in Great Britain and Ireland.

20. An Act for naturalizing Daniel Beaufort, John Girardot de Chancourt, and John Cahuac.

21. An Act for the Sale of certain Pieces or Parcels of Ground, Meffuages, and Buildings, at Park-place, in the Parish of Saint James, in the County of Middlesex, Part of the fettled Eftate of Charles Duke of Grafton; and for fettling other Lands to the fame Ufes, in lieu thereof.

22. An Act for repealing a Power in the Marriage Settlement of Thomas Duke of Leeds, with Mary his now Wife, and for creating a new Power inftead thereof; and for other Purposes therein mentioned.

23. An Act for the Sale of two Clofes of Meadow Ground in Weft Harnam in the County of Wilts, being the fettled Eftate of John Horne, unto the Right Honourable Henry Earl of Pembroke, and his Heirs; and for laying out the Money arifing by fuch Sale, in the Purchase of another Eftate, to be fettled in lieu thereof.

24. An Act to impower Henry Earl of Carlisle, to make Leafes of Coal Mines and Coal Works, lying within his fettled Estates in the County of Northumberland, for any Term not exceeding ninety-nine Years.

25. An Act for vefting all the Manors, Towns, Lands, Chiefries, Fee-farm Rents, and other Hereditaments whatfoever, in the feveral Counties of Lowth, Meath, and Sligoe, and elsewhere, in the Kingdom of Ireland, late the Eftate of Francis Earl of Carlingford, deceafed, in Truftces, to be fold for the Payment of his Debts, and other the Purposes therein mentioned.

Britain, the Oath of Office, as Auditor General of his Majesty's Revenues in the Kingdom of Ireland, and to qualify himself for the Enjoyment of the faid Office.

28. An Act to prevent Sir Job Brooke Baronet, a Lunatick, from marrying during his Lunacy. 29. An Act for confirming certain Eftates in the County of Hertford, heretofore mortgaged by Sir Charles Buck Baronet, deceafed, to the Truftecs of Fulke Greville Efquire, during his Minority, to him and his faid Truftees, difcharged from the Equity of Redemption, which the Infant Son and Heir of the faid Sir Charles Buck now hath therein, and in full Satisfaction for Principal and Intereft due thereon; and for other Purpotes therein mentioned.

30. An Act to impower the Truftces named in the Will of Sir William Pole Baronet, deceased, to make Leafes of Part of his Eftate, during the Minority of his Son Sir John Pole.

51. An Act for vefting Part of the Marriage Portion of Mary, late Wife of John Walcot Efquire, and also Part of his fettled Eftate in Truftees for raifing Money to pay Debts; and for fecuring an Equivalent for the fame, for the Benefit of his Heir Male.

32. An Act for Sale of feveral fettled Eftates of Walter Radcliffe Efquire, lying in the County of Devon; and for laying out the Monies arifing from fuch Sale, in the Purchase of other Lands in the faid County of Devon, of equal Value, to be fettled to the fame Ufes, in lieu

thereof.

33. An Act for Sale of certain Eftates of Valentine Knightly, Efquire, in the County of Northampton; and for fettling another Eftate in the fame County, to the fame Uses, in lieu thereof.

34. An Act for vefting the fettled Eftate of Michael Harvey Efquire, in the County of Leicester, in Trustees, to be fold: and for applying the Money arifing by fuch Sale for difcharging the Incumbrances affecting his Eftate in the County of Surrey; and for fettling that Eftate in lieu of the Leicestershire Estate, and to the fame Ufes.

35. An Act for confirming a Conveyance from the furviving Trustees of the Charity established by the Will of John Bentley Efquire, deceafed, of the undivided fixth Part of Ficket's Field in the County of Middlefex, to the furviving Affignees under the Commiffion of Bankruptcy awarded against William Hammond, late of Change Alley, London, Goldfmith and Banker, deceased.

36. An Act for fettling certain Meffuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, in Great Driffield in the County of York, Part of the Eftate of James Manual, late of New Malton in the fame County deceased, to the Ufes mentioned. in certain Articles of Agreement made between the Widow and the Daughters and Coheirs of the faid John Manual.

37. An Act for vefting Part of the fettled Eftate of Robert Lucas Efquire, and Mary his Wife, in Truftces, to be fold; and for applying Part of the Money arifing by fuch Sale, in the Purchase of an Eftate contracted for, in order to be fettled together with other Lands of the faid Robert Lucas, as an Equivalent for the faid fettled Eftate, and to the like Ufes.

An Act to enable William Northey, an Infant, to fettle Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments in the County of Wilts, for the Benefit of himicit, and any Woman he fhall marry, and their Iflue, notwith

standing