6. An act to enable William Harvey, the elder efq; and William Harvey, efq; his fon, to fettle a jointure, and grant a leafe, and for vefting the inheritance, after a term of five hundred years, of lands in Suffolk, in trustees to be fold for raifing portions for his daughters. 7. An act for the exchange of the parfonage-house at Charlton in Kent, and close thereto adjoining, in lieu of another house and lands there. 8. An act for making the chapelry of Stockton in the county of Durham, a diftinct parish. 9. An act for naturalizing Lewis Vanden Enden. 10. An act for better enabling James earl of Salisbury, and his trustees, to make fale of certain manors, lands and hereditaments in the counties of Northampton and Dorfet, and a fee-farm rent, for the purposes in the faid act mentioned. 11. An act for the fale of the reversion and inheritance of the manor of Morley in the county of York, together with the term of 500 years therein, decreed to be fold for payment of debts, and alfo for exchanging a fee-farm rent of the coheirs of William late Marquels of Halifax, iffuing out of part of Leiffield foreft in Rutlandfbire, for a fee-farm rent of Daniel earl of Nottingham, iffuing out of Hartingfordbury in Hertfordshire, and for fettling the fame to fuch uses as the said feefarm rent in Rutlandfbire was fettled. 12. An act for raising 5000l. portion out of feveral lands in Middlefex and Warwickshire, charged therewith (being the estate of the Right honourable Gilbert earl of Coventry) and for paying the fame to the lady Anne Coventry, his daughter, at her marriage, though the fame fhould be before her age of eighteen years. 13. An act for vefting divers lands and hereditaments in the counties of Warwick and Bedford, (late the eftate of Sir Roger Burgoyne, Bart, deceased) in truftees, for divers purposes therein mentioned. 14. An act for difcharging the manors and lordships of Bexwell and Tinworth in the county of Norfolk from the feveral uses, trufts and estates thereof limited, in and by the marriage-fettlement of Sir John Holland, Bart. with the lady Rebecca his wife; and for fettling divers other manors, meffuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments of a greater value, and which lie more convenient in the fame county, in lieu thereof. 15. An act for enabling Henry Lee the younger, alias Lee Warner, to make a jointure upon his marriage. 16. An act for uniting and confolidating the rectories, advowfons and parishes of Melton St. Mary's and Melton All Saints, in the diocefe of Norwich in the county of Norfolk. 17. An act to amend feveral defects in an act of parliament, made in the tenth year of the reign of his late majesty King William III. intituled, An act to enable Thomas Byde, Efq; an infant with the confent of his guardians and next relations, to make a contract for the buying in his mother's jointure; and to fell a fmall eftate in Great Amwell in the county of Hertford; and likewife for the fecuring and raising a portion for Barbara Byde, fpinster, fifter of the faid Thomas Byde, and for other purpofes in the faid act mentioned, and to enable the faid Thomas Byde to raise monies, and to make leafes for the purposes in this prefent act mentioned. 18. An act to enable William Booth, gent, to fell certain lands and hereditaments in the county of Chester, for payment of the debts of his brother, with whom and for which he ftands bound; and for applying the furplus (if any) of the money a 2 money raised for fuch purpose, towards payment of his own proper debts. 19. An act to enable the right honourable Charles lord Wefton and earl of feury, Peter Ribot, Peter Laffite, and others, Anno 12 Anna, Stat. 2. granting an aid to nou Arran in the kingdom of Cap. 1. FOR Majefty, to be raised Ireland, to take the oath of office, as mafter of her Majefty's ordnance in the kingdom of Ireland, before the barons of her Majefty's court of Exchequer at Westminster, and to qualify himself for the legal enjoyment of the faid office. 20. An act for enabling Sir Charles Gresham, bart. to rife the fum of five thousand pounds, and intereft, and maintenance, for Elizabeth the daughter of his brother Sir Edward Gresham, bart. deceased; and to make provifion for his younger children. 21. An act to enable Sir Edward Leighton, bart. to charge his eftate with 4000. (preferable to 6000l. already charged thereupon by his marriage-fettlement) for the purpofes therein mentioned. 22. An act for fale of feveral lands and tenements of John Conflable, gent. in the parish of Ockley in the county of Surrey, for payment of his debts, and for fettling other. lands in the fame county, of a better value, to the fame uses, in lieu thereof. 23. An act to enable John Harrington, efq; and Dorothy his wife, and Charles Harrington, gent. fon and heir apparent of the faid John Harrington, to fell the reverfion of several meffuages and tenements in Liverpoole, in the county of Lancaster, being the inheritance of the faid Dorothy, for payment of their debts, and fettling an equivalent upon the faid Doroth 24. An act to enable Symes Parry to change his name of Parry to Symes, according to the will of John Symes, efq; deceased. 25. An act to naturalize Simon De by a land-tax in Great Britain, for the fervice of the year 1714. Cap. 2. For allowing a drawback upon the exportation of falt to be made ufe of for the curing of fish taken at North-feas, or at Ïfleland. Cap. 3. For charging and continuing the duties upon malt, mum, cyder and perry, for the fervice of the year 1714, and for the encouragement of the diftilling brandy from malted corn and cyder; and for making forth duplicates of Exchequer-bills, and lottery-tickets, loft, burnt, or deftroyed; and to enable the governor and company of the bank of England, and others, to lend money upon South-Sea ftock. Cap. 4. For the better regulating the forces to be continued in her Ma jefty's fervice, and for the payment of the faid forces, and of their quar ters. Cap. 5. For taking away the new ad ditional duty of 30l. per cent. ad valorem, impofed upon all books and prints imported into Great Britain, by an act made in the tenth year of the reign of her present majesty Queen Anne. Cap. 6. For taking away mortuaries within the diocefes of Bangor, Landaff, St. David's and St. Asaph, and giving a recompence therefore to the bishops of the faid refpective diocefes; and for confirming feveral letters patents granted by her Majesty for perpetually annexing a prebend of Gloucefer to the mafterthip of Pembroke college in Oxford; and a prebend of Rochefter to the provoftfhip of Oriel college in Oxford; and a prebend of Norwich to the mastership of Catharine-Hall in Cambridge. Cap. 7. To prevent the growth of fchifm, and for the further fecurity of the churches of England and Ireland, as by law established. Cap. 8. For encouraging the tobaccotrade. Cap. 9. For laying additional duties on foap and paper, and upon certain linens, filks, callicoes and ftuffs, and upon ftarch and exported coals, and upon ftamp'd vellum, parchment and paper, and for raifing 1,400,000l. by way of a lottery for her Majefty's fupply; and for allowances on exporting made wares of leather, fheep-fkins, and lamb-fkins; and for diftribution of 4000/. due to the officers and feamen for gun-money; and to adjust the property of tickets.in former lotteries; and touching certain fhares of ftock in the capital of the South-Sea company; and for appropriating the monies granted to her Majefty. Cap. 10. For raising the militia for the year 1714, although the month's pay formerly advanced be not repaid; and for rectifying a mistake in an act paffed in this prefent feffion of parliament, intituled, An att for the regulating the forces to be continued in her Majefty's fervice, and for payment of the faid forces and their quarters. Cap. 11. To prevent the lifting her Majefty's fubjects to ferve as -foldiers, without her Majefty's li cence. Cap. 12. For the better maintenance of the curates within the church of England, and for preventing any ecclefiaftical perfons from buying the next avoidance of any church-preferment. Cap. 13. To difcharge and acquit the commiffioners of equivalent for the fum of three hundred eighty one thousand five hundred and nine pounds fifteen fhillings ten pence halfpenny, by them duly iffued out of the fum of three hundred ninety eight thoufand eighty five pounds ten fhillings, which they received. Cap. 14. For rendring more effectual an act made in the third year of the reign of King James I. intituled, An act to prevent and avoid dangers which may grow by popish recufants; and also one other act made in the first year of the reign of their late majefties King William and Queen Mary, intituled, An act to veft in the two univerfities the prefentations of benefices belonging to papists; and for vefting in the lords of jufticiary power to inflict the fame punishments against jefuits, priefts, and other trafficking papifts, which the privy council of Scotland was impowered to do by an act paffed in the parliament of Scotland, intituled, An act for preventing the growth of Popery. Cap. 15. For providing a publick reward for fuch perfon or perfons as fhall difcover the longitude at fea. Cap. 16. To reduce the rate of in tereft, without any prejudice to parliamentary fecurities. Cap. 17. For the speedy and effectual preferving the navigation of the river of Thames, by ftopping the breach in the levels of Havering and Dagenham in the county of Effex; and for afcertaining the coal-meafure. Cap. 18. For the preferving all ships and goods thereof, which thall happen to be forced on fhore, or ftranded upon the coafts of this kingdom, or any other of her Majesty's dominions. Cap. 19. To explain a claufe in an act of parliament of the tenth year of her Majesty's reign, for laying feveral duties upon all foap and paper made in Great Britain, sor imported into the fame; and upon する che chequered and ftriped linens imported; and upon certain filks, callicoes, linens and ftuffs, printed, painted or ftained; and upon feveral kinds of stampt vellum, parchment and paper; and upon certain printed pamphlets and advertisements, for raising the fum of 1,800,000l. by way of a lottery, and for other purposes in the faid act mentioned; fo far as the faid act relates to lawns, canvas, buckrams, barras, and Silefia neckcloths. Cap. 20. To explain and make more effectual an act paffed in the tenth year of her Majefty's reign, for preventing abuses in making linen cloth, and regulating the lengths and breadths, and equal forting of yarn in each piece made in Scotland, and for whitening the fame. Cap. 21. To explain part of an act made in the feventh year of her Majefty's reign, (for enlarging the capital flock of the bank of England, and for raifing a further fupply to her Majefty, for the fervice of the year 1709) fo far as the fame relates to unwrought incle, imported into this kingdom. Cap. 22. To continue an act of the fixth year of her Majefty's reign, intituled, An act to enable her Majefty to make leafes and copies of offices, lands, and hereditaments, parcel of her dutchy of Cornwall, or annexed to the fame. Cap. 23. For reducing the laws relating to rogues, vagabonds, fturdy beggars and vagrants, into one act of parliament; and for the more effectual punishing such rogues vagabonds, and sturdy beggars and vagrants, fending them whither they ought to be fent. 6. An act for fale of part of the eftate of Jofeph Olliver, gent. lying in the county of Devon, and city of Exon, for payment of his debts, and for making provifion for maintenance and education of his daugh ter. An act for making more effectual an act paffed in the ninth year of her present Majefty's reign, intituled, An act for repairing the highways between Dunstable and Hockley in the county of Bedford. 7. An act for making the river Nine or Nen, running from Northampton to Peterborough, navigable. 8. An act for vefting the leafe of the rectory of Chefterfield in the county of Derby, in trustees, to be fold for the payment of the debts of George Smith, efq; deceased, and for making provifion for his daughter. 9. An act for the fale of the manor and barton of Widdicombe, in the county of Devon, comprised in the marriage-fettlement of Walter Hele, gent. and Philippe his wife, and for raifing and fecuring the fum of 1500l. for the benefit of the children of the said Walter and Phillippe. 10. An act for upholding and repairing the bridges and highways in the county of Edinburgh. 11. An act for sale of the estate of John Tregagle, efq; deceased, lying in the counties of Devon and Cornwall, for payment of debts, and making provision for his children. 12. An act to make partition of the manor of Cottingham, alias Cottingbam-Sarum, in the county of York, between Richard Wynne, efq; and Sarah his wife, and John Barrington, efq. 13. An act for naturalizing Chriftian William Kirchoff. 14. An act for repairing and amending the highways between the town or village of Tittenfor, and the most northern part of Talk on the Hill in But-Lane in the county of Stafford. 15. An act for making more effectual an act paffed in the 7th and 8th years of the reign of his late majesty King William III. intituled, An alt for erecting of hofpitals and workhouses in the city of Bristol, and for the better employing and maintaining the poor thereof. 16. An act for the more effectual amending the highways leading from Royston in the county of Hertford, to Wansford-Bridge in the county of Huntingdon. 17. An act for parting and enclosing two great open common fields, and a large open greenfward common down, lying and being in the manor and parish of Thormarton, alias Farmington, in the county of Gloucefter, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 18, An act for the rendring valid and effectual two several indentures of demife and mortgage, executed by Scroop, late lord viscount How, in the kingdom of Ireland, deceafed, by virtue of a former act of parliament, made for enabling him thereunto, notwithstanding some defects therein. 4 19. An act for the fale of fome outparts of the eftate of Simon Scroope, efq; in the counties of York and Nottingham, for payment of his debts, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 20. An act for the fale of certain mesfuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments, contained in the marriage-settlement of Francis Cherry, gent. deceased, and Elizabeth his wife, and for the converting the fame into ready money for the benefit of his wife and children; and for the fale of divers other manors, meffuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments, for the payment of the debts of the faid Francis Cherry, and of the debts of William Cherry, efq; deceased, and other purpofes in the faid act mentioned. 21. An act for naturalizing Samuel Du Pree. 22, An act to enable the right honourable Rachel lady Kingston, an infant, to make a leafe of part of her jointure, notwithstanding her infancy. 23. An act to enable the right honourable Richard earl of Bellamont, to fell certain lands in Ireland, for raising money to purchase the jointure of Lucy Anne countefs dowager of Bellamont, and for paying her daughter's portion. 24. An act for confirming a fettle ment made on the marriage of the now lord viscount Majereen; and for better fecuring the jointure of his lady, and of Rachael viscountefs dowager Massereen; and for vesting in trustees certain lands and tithes in Ireland, to be fold for the purposes therein mentioned. 25. An act for vesting in Frederick Hamilton, efq; certain lands and Hereditaments, in the kingdom of Ireland, purchased by him of the executors of Jofeph Ivie, efq; decealed, and for other purposes therein mentioned, |