commons, who has any pension for any number of years from the

crown.

Cap. 57. For better regulating hackney-coaches, carts, drays, carrs and waggons, within the cities of London and Westminster, and the weekly bills of mortality; and for preventing mifchiefs occafioned by the drivers riding upon fuch carts, drays, carrs and waggons.

Private Acts.

Anno 1 Georgii.

7.

to grant a commiffion to fome perfons in Great Britain, to adminifter to Henry Temple, efq; the ufual oaths for due execution of the office of chief remembrancer of the court of Exchequer in Ireland.

An act for fale of part of the eftate late of William Betts, gentleman, deceased, for difcharging incumbrances thereupon; and for making good a fettlement by him made of other part of his estate. 8. An act to enable trustees to grant leafes of part of the lands devised by the laft will and teftament of Thomas Trenchard, efq; deceased. An act for relieving William Paterfon, efq; out of the equivalent-money, for what is due to him. 10. An act to naturalize Florian Goebell, merchant.

I. An act to impower the barons of
the court of Exchequer in Ireland, 9.
to grant a commiffion to fome per-
fons in England, to adminifter to
Henry Temple, efq; and Luke King,
gentleman, the ufual oaths for the
due execution of their office of re-
membrancer of the court of Exche-
quer in Ireland.

2. An act to impower the barons of
the court of Exchequer in Ireland,
to grant a commiffion to fome of
the barons of the court of Exche-
quer in England, to adminifter to
Thomas Hopkins, efq; the ufual oaths
for the due execution of the office
or offices of fearcher, packer and
gauger in the port of Dublin.
3. An act for fettling the precedency
of Robert marquifs of Lindsey, great
chamberlain of England, when creat-
ed a duke of Great Britain, and of
fuch as fhall fucceed to the said ho-

nour.

4. An act for appointing perfons to take care of the perfon and estate of John Digby, efq; eldest fon and heir apparent of William lord Digby in the kingdom of Ireland.

5. An act for vefting in the warden and college of All-jouls in Oxford, and their fucceffors, certain houfes and ground belonging to the parish of St. Mary in Oxford.

6. An act to impower the barons of the court of Exchequer in Ireland,

11. An act for naturalizing Herman Meyer.

12. An act for repairing the highways through the feveral parishes of St. Michael, St. Albans, St. Peter, Shenley Ridge and South-Mims, in the counties of Hertford and Middlefex.

13. An act for confirming the fale of the reverfion of the manor of Darrington, by George earl of Cardigan, to Theophilus Shelton, efq; and his heirs.

14. An act for vesting in trustees part of the eftate of Nicholas Fry,efq; deceased, for payment of his debts. 15. An act to enable the right honourable Henry earl of Rochefter, and William lord vifcount Mountjoy in the kingdom of Ireland, to take the oaths of office for their refpective offices in the faid kingdom of Ireland, and to qualify themfelves in England for the legal enjoyment of their faid offices.

16. An act for explaining an act made in the ninth year of the reign of King William the Third, intituled, An att for vesting part of the eftate of Thomas Panton, efq; in

truflees,

33. An act for naturalizing Henry Cornelifen.

34. An act for vefting the honour and eftate of John duke of Athol in James Murray, efq; commonly called lord fames Murray, after the death of the faid duke.

35. An act for the naturalization of Frederick Guliker.

36. An act for naturalizing Gerrard Roeters.

37. An act for continuing and making more effectual an act paffed in the twelfth year of her late Majefty's reign, intituled, An act for repairing the highway or road from the Stones-End in the parish of St. Leonard Shoreditch, in the county of Middlefex, to the farthermoft part of the northern road in the parish of Endfield, in the fame county, next to the parish of Cheshunt in the county of Hertford.

38. An act to enable his royal highnefs George prince of Wales, to qualify himself in Great Britain for the legal enjoyment of the office of chancellor of the univerfity of Dublin in the kingdom of Ireland. 39. An act to enable Charles earl of Sunderland, and Henry earl of Rochefter, to take in Great Britain the oath of office as vice-treafurer and receiver general, and paymaster general of all his Majefty's revenues in the kingdom of Ireland, and to qualify themfelves for the enjoyment of the faid offices.

40. An act to enable Richard earl of Burlington and Cork, to take in England the oath of the office of high treasurer of Ireland, and to

qualify himself here in England for
the legal enjoyment of the faid of-
fice.

41. An act for vesting several manors,
meffuages, lands, and heredita-
ments late of Charles earl of Dorset
and Middlefex, whereof James late
duke of Ormond, at the time of his
attainder, was feifed, as furviving
trustee named in the will of the
faid earl, in new trustees, and their
heirs, upon the fame trufts.
42. An act for explaining and mak-
ing more effectual an act paffed in
the twelfth year of the reign of her
late majesty Queen Anne, intituled,
An act for making the chapelry of
Stockton in the county of Durham,
a distinct parish.

43. An act for naturalizing Casper
White.

44. An act for the more effectual reverfing and making void the attainder of Charles earl of Macclesfield deceased.

45. An act to discharge Sir Alexander Rigby, knight, from his imprisonment, and veft his eftate and effects in trustees for the benefit of his creditors.

46. An act for vefting certain lands

and tenements of Peter Sunderland, efq; in trustees, to be fold for payment of debts charged thereon before the making of his marriagefettlement, and by virtue thereof. 47. An act to enable Thomas Proctor of Rock, in the county of Northumberland, efq; to raise the fum of four thousand pounds out of his eftate, for payment of his debts, and making provifion for his younger children.

48. An act for naturalizing Ereng ird Melafine, baronefs of Schulenburg.

Anno 3 Georgii I.

Cap. 1. To enable his Majefty effectually to prohibit or reftrain commerce with Sweden.

Cap. 2.

Cap. 2. For punishing mutiny and defertion, and for the better payment of the army and their quar

ters.

Cap. 3. For granting an aid to his Majefty by a land tax in Great Britain, for the fervice of the year 1717.

Cap. 4. For continuing the duties on

malt, mum, cyder and perry, for the fervice of the year 1717. and to authorize allowances to be made to certain receivers, and to obviate a doubt concerning goods imported from the islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Sark and Alderney; and to ascertain the duties upon theepfkins and lamb-fkins; and to prevent frauds in the duties upon ftarch; and for making forth duplicates of Exchequer-bills, lotterytickets and orders, loft, burnt or destroyed; and for enlarging the time for adjufting claims in feveral lotteries; and for preventing frauds in the duties on low-wines and fpirits carried coaftwife. Cap. 5. For continuing the duty of two pennies Scots, or one fixth part of a penny fterling, on every pint of ale and beer that thall be vended or fold within the city of Edinburgh, and privileges thereof, for the benefit of the laid city, and for difcontinuing the payment of the dues commonly called the pettyport customs at Edinburgh, during the continuance of this act. Cap. 6. For laying a duty of two pennies Scots, or one fixth part of a penny fterling, upon every pint of ale or beer that fhall be vended or fold within the town of Dumfries, and privileges thereof, for paying the debts of the faid town, and for building a church, and making a harbour there. Cap. 7. For redeeming the yearly fund of the South-Sea company (being after the rate of fix pounds per centum per annum) and fettling

on the faid company a yearly fand after the rate of five pounds per centum per annum, redeemable by parliament; and to raise for an annuity or annuities at five pounds per centum per annum, any fum, not exceeding two millions, to be employed in leffening the national debts and incumbrances, and for making the faid new yearly fund and annuities to be hereafter redeemable in the time and manner thereby prescribed.

Cap. 8. For redeeming feveral funds of the governor and company of the bank of England, pursuant to former provifoes of redemption; and for fecuring to thern feveral new funds and allowances redeemable by parliament; and for obliging them to advance further fums, not exceeding two millions five hundred thousand pounds, at five pounds per centum, as thall be found neceffary to be employed in leffening the national debts and incumbrances; and for continuing certain provitions made for the expences of his Majefty's civil government; and for payment of annuities formerly purchased at the rate of five pounds per centum; and for other purposes in this act mentioned.

Cap. 9. For redeeming the duties and

revenues which were fettled to pay off principal and intereft on the orders made forth on four lottery-acts paffed in the ninth and tenth years of her late Majefty's reign; and for redeeming certain annuities payable on orders out of the hereditary excife, according to a former act in that behalf; and for establishing a general yearly fund, not only for the future payment of annuities at feveral rates, to be payable and transferrable at the bank of England, and redeemable by parliament, but also to raise monies for fuch proprietors of the