27. An act to impower the lord high treafurer of Great Britain, or commiffioners of the treafury for the time being, to compound with Thomas Edwin of London, merchant, for fuch debts as he ftands bound for, as furety for Thomas Coleman, tobacco-merchant.

28. An act to impower the lord hightreasurer of Great Britain, or the commiffioners of the treafury for the time being, to compound with Robert Wife and his fureties, for fuch. debts as he owes to her Majefty, or ftands bound for as furety for cuftoms of tobacco.

29. An act for diffolving the marriage

of Francis Loggin with Sarah Gardner, and to enable him to marry again.

30. An act to enable Ambrofe Brown, efq; and others, to make fale of the manor of Bayham in the counties of Suflex and Kent, and to fettle other lands and tenements in the county of Surrey, to the fame ufes as the faid manor of Bayham now ftands fettled.

3 An act for vefting part of the eftate of William Brown, an infant, lying in the parishes of Bridgewater, Northpetherion and Wefton-Zoyland in the county of Somerset, in trustees, to be fold for payment of a mortgage, and other debts and legacies. 32. An act for fale of part of the eftate late of Brereton Bourchier, efq; deceased, for payment of debts, and other purposes therein mentioned.

33. An act for making effectual an agreement made by the commiffioners for building fifty new churches with John Walker, efq;

35. An act for naturalizing Daniel Burr.

Anno 1 Georgii I. Stat. 1.

Cap. 1. For the better fupport of his Majesty's houfhold and of the honour and dignity of the crown of Great Britain.

Cap. 2. For rectifying mistakes in the names of the commiffioners for the land-tax for the year 1714. and for raifing fo much as is wanting to make up the fum of fourteen hundred thousand pounds, intended to be raised by a lottery for the publick fervice in the faid year.

Cap. 3. To enable perfons now refiding in Great Britain, to take the oaths, and do all other acts in Great Britain, requifite to qualify themfelves to continue their refpective places, offices and employments in Ireland.

Anno 1 Georgii I. Stat. 2.

Cap. 1. For granting an aid to his Majefty, to be raised by a landtax in Great Britain, for the fervice of the year 1715.

Cap. 2. For charging and continuing the duties on malt, mum, cyder and perry, for the fervice of the year 1715. and for making forth duplicates of Exchequer-bills, and lottery-tickets, loft, burnt or deftroyed; and for enlarging the time for adjusting claims in feveral lotteries, and for making forth new orders in lieu of certain lottery-orders obliterated or defective; and for continuing certain duties on hops, until the first day of August

jefty's fervice, and for the payment of the faid forces, and of their quarters.

Cap. 4. To explain the act made in the twelfth year of the reign of King William the Third, intituled, An act for the further limitation of the crown, and better fecuring the rights and liberties of the fubje&.

Cap. 5. For preventing tumults and riotous affemblies, and for the more fpeedy and effectual punishing

rioters.

Cap. 6. For making perpetual an act of the feventh and eighth years of the reign of his late majefty King William the third, intituled, An act that the folemn affirmation and declaration of the people called Quakers, fhall be accepted instead of an oath in the ufual form; and for explaining and enforcing the faid act in relation to the payment of tithes and church rates; and for appointing the form of an affirmation to be taken by the faid people called Quakers, instead of the oath of abjuration.

Cap. 7. For continuing the imprison

ment of Robert Blackburn, and others, for the horrid confpiracy to affaffinate the perfon of his late facred majesty King William the Third.

Cap. 8. To impower his Majefty to fecure and detain fuch perfons as his Majefty fhall fufpect are confpiring against his perfon and go

Cap. 11. To reftrain all waggoners, carriers, and others, from drawing any carriage with more than five 'horfes in length.

Cap. 12. For enlarging the fund of the governor and company of the bank of England, relating to Ex· chequer-bills; and for fettling an additional revenue of one hundred and twenty thousand pounds per annum upon his Majefty during his life, for the fervice of the civil government; and for eftablishing a certain fund of fifty four thousand fix hundred pounds per annum, in order to raise a fum not exceeding nine hundred and ten thousand pounds for the fervice of the publick, by fale of annuities, after the rate of fix pounds per centum per annum, redeemable by parliament; and for fatisfying an arrear for work and materials at Blenheim, incurred whilft that building was carried on at the expence of her late majefty Queen Anne of bleffed memory; and for other purposes therein mentioned.

Cap. 13. For the further fecurity of

his Majefty's perfon and government, and the fucceffion of the crown in the heirs of the late princefs Sophia, being proteftants; and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended prince of Wales, and his open and fecret abettors. Cap. 14. For making the militia of that part of Great Britain called England, more ufeful; and for obliging an annual account to be made of trophy-money.

Cap. 15. To make an act of the tenth

year of her late Majefty, intituled, An act for regulating, improving and encouraging of the woollen manufacture of mixt or medly broad cloth, and for better payment of the poor employed therein, more effectual for the benefit of trade in general; and alfo to render more effectual an act of the feventh year of her faid Majesty's

jefty's reign, intituled, An act for the better aftertaining the lengths and breadths of woollen cloth made in the county of York.

Cap. 16. For the attainder of Henry vifcount Bolingbroke of high treafon, unless he fhall render himself to juftice by a day certain therein mentioned.

Cap. 17. For the attainder of James duke of Ormond of high treason, unless he shall render himself to juftice by a day certain therein mentioned.

Cap. 18. For the better preventing fresh fish taken by foreigners being imported into this kingdom; and for the preservation of the fry of fifh; and for the giving leave to import lobsters and turbets in foreign bottoms; and for the better prefervation of falmon within several rivers in that part of this kingdom called England.

Cap. 19. For raifing nine hundred

and ten thousand pounds for publick fervices, by fale of annuities, after the rate of five pounds per centum per annum, redeemable by parliament; and to authorize a treaty concerning private rights claimed by the proprietors of the fugarhoufes in Scotland.

Cap. 20. For encouraging all fuperiors, vaffals, landlords and tenants in Scotland, who do and fhall continue in their duty and loyalty to his majesty King George; and for difcouraging all fuperiors, vaffals, landlords and tenants there, who have been or fhall be guilty of rebellious practices against his faid Majefty; and for making void all fraudulent entails, tailzies and conveyances made there, for barring or excluding the effect of forfei tures that may have been, or shall be incurred there on any fuch account; as alfo for calling any fufpected perfon or perfons, whofe eftates or principal refidence are in

Scotland, to appear at Edinburgh, or where it shall be judged expedient, to find bail for their good behaviour; and for the better difarming difaffected perfons in Scotland. Cap. 21. For enlarging the capital ftock and yearly fund of the SouthSea company, and for fupplying thereby eight hundred twenty two thousand thirty two pounds four fhillings and eight pence, to publick ufes; and for railing one hundred and fixty nine thousand pounds for the like ufes, by fale of annuities upon divers encouragements therein mentioned; and for appropriating several supplies granted to his Majefty.

Cap. 22. For enabling his Majesty to fettle a revenue for fupporting the dignity of her royal highness the princefs, in cafe the fhall furvive his royal highness the prince of Wales. Cap. 23. For making provision for the minifters of the fifty new churches, which are to be built in and about the cities of London and Westminster, and fuburbs thereof; and for rebuilding and finishing the parish church of Saint Mary Woolnoth in the city of London.

Cap. 24. For appointing the commiffioners to take, examine and ftate the debts due to the army. Cap. 25. To prevent disturbances by feamen, and others; and to preserve the stores belonging to his Majesty's navy royal; and alfo for explaining an act for the better preventing the imbezilment of his Majefty's ftores of war; and preventing cheats, frauds and abuses in paying feamens wages; and for reviving and continuing an act for the more effectual fuppreffion of piracy.

Cap. 26. For continuing several laws therein mentioned, relating to coals, hemp and flax, Irish and Scotch linen, and the affize of bread; and for giving power to adjourn

the

the quarter feffions for the county

of Anglefea, for the purposes therein mentioned.

Cap. 27. For taking and ftating the debts due and growing due to Scotland by way of equivalent in the the terms of the union; and for relief of the creditors of the publick in Scotland, and the commiffioners of the equivalent. Cap. 28. For repealing an act, intituled, An act for repealing part of an act paffed in the parliament of Scotland, intituled, Act for discharging the yule-vacance. Cap. 29. For allowing a time for two hundred and thirteen families of proteftant Palatines, now fettled in Ireland, to take the oaths, in order to intitle them to all the benefits intended them by the act of the feventh year of her late Majefty's reign, for naturalizing foreign protestants.

Cap. 30. For continuing an act of this prefent feffion of parliament, intituled, An all to impower his Majefty to fecure and detain fuch perfons as bis Majefty fall fufpect are confpiring against his perfon and govern

ment.

room of Thomas Smith, efq; deceafed; and for continuing the former act until the tenth day of March 1716.

Cap. 36. For charging and continuing the duties on malt, mum, cyder and perry, for the fervice of the year 1716. and for compelling feveral receivers to finish and clear their accounts; and for making duplicates of Exchequer-bills, lotterytickets and orders, loft, burnt or destroyed; and for enlarging the time for adjusting claims to certain benefit tickets; and for allowing the charge of executing the lottery act, for the fervice of the year 1710; and for recovering monies of feveral land-taxes, refting in the hands of collectors or constables at St. Albans; and for preventing frauds in the duties upon foap; and for limiting a time for perfons who have certain annuities for life or lives, to demand the payments thereupon at the Exchequer ; and for preventing frauds in the duties relating to printed and painted paper, callicoes and other things therein mentioned. Cap. 37. To enable his Majefty to grant the regalities and lands now remaining in the crown in North Wales, and South Wales, and county of Chefter, to his royal highness the prince of Wales ́in fuch manner and form as the principality of Wales and earldom of Chefter have formerly been granted to the princes of Wales; and allo to enable his faid royal highnefs to make leafes of lands, parcel of his royal highness's dutchy of Cornwall, or annexed to the fame. Cap. 38. For enlarging the time of

continuance of parliaments, appointed by an act made in the fixth year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary, intituled, An ac for the frequent meeting and calling of parliaments.

Cap. 39. To indemnify such persons,

who

who have acted in defence of his Majefty's perfon and government, and for the prefervation of the publick peace of this kingdom, in and about the time of the late unnatural rebellion, from vexatious fuits and profecutions.

Cap. 40. For the free importation of cochineal, during the time therein limited.

Cap. 41. For giving liberty to perfons who have served their apprenticeships to any part of the woollen manufacture in Colchester, to work at their faid trades, and at the making bays within the faid

town.

Cap. 42. For the attainder of George earl of Marifchall, William earl of Seaforth, fames earl of Southefque, James earl of Panmuir, and others, of high treafon, unless they fhall render themselves to juftice by a day certain therein mentioned. Cap. 43. To continue duties for encouraging the coinage of money, and to charge the duties on fenna as a medicinal drug; and for the appropriating several supplies granted to his Majesty. Cap. 44. For the continuing the duty of two pennies Scots, or one fixth of a penny sterling, on ever pint of ale and beer that shall be vended or fold within the city of Glasgow and privileges thereof, for the benefit of the faid city.

Cap. 45. For holding the affife for the county of Cornwall, at a convenient place within the faid county. Cap. 46. To prevent the mischiefs by manufacturing leaves or other things to resemble tobacco, and the abuses in making and mixing of fnuff.

Cap. 47. For the more effectual and exemplary punishment of such perfons as fhall feduce foldiers to defert, or who, being papifts, fhall inlift themfelves in his Majefty's

fervice in Great Britain or Ireland, or in the islands of ferjey or GuernSey.

Cap. 48. To encourage the planting" of timber-trees, fruit-trees and other trees, for ornament, shelter or profit, and for the better prefervation of the fame; and for the preventing the burning of woods. Cap. 49. To revive and continue an act of the eighth and ninth years of the reign of his late majesty King William, for repair of the piers of Bridlington, alias Burlington, in the eatt-riding of the county of York. Cap. 50. For appointing commiffioners to enquire of the estates of certain traitors, and of popish recufants, and of eftates given to fuperftitious ufes, in order to raise money out of them feverally for the ufe of the publick.

Cap. 51. For repealing fo much of the act of the twelfth and thirteenth years of the reign of King William the Third, intituled, An act for the farther limitation of the crown, and better fecuring the rights and liberties of the fubjects, as enacts, That no perfon, who fhould come to the poffeffion of the crown, fhall go out of the dominions of England, Scotland or Ireland, without confent of parliament.

Cap. 52. For making the laws for repairing the highways more effectual.

Cap. 53. For the attainder of Thomas Forfter junior, efq; and William Mackintosh, efq; (commonly called brigadier Mackintosh) of high treafon.

Cap. 54. For the more effectual fecuring the peace of the highlands in Scotland.

Cap. 55. To oblige papifts to regi

fter their names and real estates.. Cap. 56. To disable any person from being chofe a member of, or from fitting and voting in the house of

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