the parish of Barmby upon Dunn, in the county of York. 73. An act for dividing and inclofing the several open fields, meadows, paftures, and wafte grounds, within the manor and parish of Corby, in the county of Lincoln. 74. An act to render more effectual an act, made in the fourth year of his prefent Majefty, for draining, preserving, and improving, the low grounds and cars, lying and being in the parishes, townships, hamlets, lordships, precincts, and territories, of Sutton, Ganftead, Swine, Benningholme, Benningbolme Grange, and Fairholme, North Skirlaugh, Rowton, Arnold, Long Rifton, Leven, Heigholm, and Hallytree Holme, Brandes Burton, and Burfball, Efke, Tickton, Weel, Routh, Meaux, and Waghen, otherwife Wawn, in Holderness, in the east riding of the county of York. 75. An act for dividing and inclofing the open common fields, common paftures, common grounds, heath, and waste grounds, within the manor and parish of Harlestone, in the county of Northampton. 76. An act for dividing and inclofing the open and common fields, meadows, paftures, and commonable lands and grounds, in the parish of Laighton Bromfwold, otherwise, Laighton Ecclefia, in the county of Huntington. 77. An act for dividing and inclofing certain open lands, meadows, and free commons, in the parish of Kettlethorpe, in the county of Lincoln. 78. An act for dividing, inclofing, and draining, certain lands, grounds, and common paftures, in the parish of Cottingham, in the east riding of the county of York. 79. An act for dividing and inclosing several open fields, meadows, and commons, within the lord hip of Ratcliffe Culey, in the county of Leicester. 80. An act for dividing and inclofing the open and common fields, common meadows, common paftures, common grounds, heath, and wafte grounds, within the manor and lordThip of Kingsthorpe, in the county of Northampton. 81. An act for dividing and inclosing the open and common fields, common lands, common meadows, common paftures, common grounds, heath, and wafte lands or grounds, in the hamlet or township of Ryton, otherwife Ruyton, in the parish of Bulkington, in the county of Warwick. 82. An act for dividing and inclofing the open and common fields, meadows, common fen, and other commonable places, in the parish of Bickar, in the county of Lincoln, and for draining and improving the fame. 83. An act for vefting certain eftates, in the county of Lincoln, in truftecs; and to enable them to appropriate the rents and profits thereof, and alfo certain fums of money (subject to the trufts declared by the will of Sir Michael Wharton knight, deceased) for the augmentation of the revenues of the curacies of the late collegiate church of Saint John, in Beverley, in the county of York; and for erecting an organ in the said VOL. XXVII, b church, church, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 84. An act to enable Richard Burton efquire, and his iffue, to bear and ufe the furname and arms of Phillipfon, pursuant to the will of John Phillipfon efquire, deceased, 85. An act for naturalizing Godhard Sutthoff, John Peter Cornud, Renira Bentinck, Aymerc Mavit, Juftus Blanckenhagen, Francis Menet, and John Abraham Haldimand. 86. An act for naturalizing Laurence Charleffon. 87. An act for naturalizing Peter Facon, and John James Tourneifen. 88 An act for vefting the settled eftates of Edmund Morton Pleydell efquire, in the counties of York and Lincoln, in truftees, to be fold; and for laying out the money to arife by fuch fale, in the purchase of other lands, to be fettled to the like uses, 89. An act for dividing and inclofing the open fields, meadow, common paftures, and wafte grounds, in the parish of Balderton, in the county of Nottingham. 90. An act for dividing and inclofing certain open and common fields, and commonable lands, in the parish of Adderbury, in the county of Oxford. 91. An act for dividing and inclofing the commons, and wafte grounds, in the manor and parish of Little Ellingham, in the county of Norfolk. 92. An act for dividing and inclofing a certain common, parcel of wafte ground, or moor, fituate in the liberty of Darley, in the county of Derby, called Darley Common. 93. An act for draining and preferving Stretham Coinmon, in the ille of Ely, and county of Cambridge; and for impowering the commiffioners for putting in execution an act for the effectual draining and prefervation of Waterbeach Level, in the county of Cambridge; and to establish an agreement made between the lord of the manor of Waterbeach cum Denny, and the commoner's within the faid manor, to raise a sum of money to pay the debts owing upon the credit of the faid act. 94. An act for naturalizing Peter Delaroche, and John James le Chevalier. Anno Regni GEORGII III. Regis A T the parliament begun and bolden at Weftminster, the nineteenth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand feven hundred and fixty one, in the first year of the reign of our fovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the grace of GOD, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c. And from thence continued by Several prorogations to the feventeenth day of December, one thousand feven hundred and fixty five, being the fifth feffion of the twelfth parliament of Great Britain. CAP. I. An act to continue an act made in the last feffion of parliament, intituled, An act for importation of falted beef, pork, bacon, and butter, from Ireland, for a limited time. W HEREAS an act of parliament passed in the fifth year of Preamble, re I. the reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An act for im- citing act S portation of falted beef, pork, bacon, and butter, from Ireland, Geo. 3. c. i. for a limited time; which was to continue in force for twelve months from the commencement thereof, is near expiring: and where-. as the allowing the importation of falted beef, pork, bacon, and butter from Ireland, for a further time, may be of great advantage to both kingdoms; may it therefore please your Majefty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's most excellent majefty, by and with the advice and confent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, in this prefent parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame, That the faid act, and The recited all and every the clauses, provifions, penalties, forfeitures, al- at further lowances, drawbacks, matters, and things therein contained, continued to shall be further continued from the expiration thereof, until the 1 Feb. 1767, first day of February, one thousand seven hundred and fixty seven, VOL. XXVII, B as as fully and effectually, to all intents and purpofes, as if the fame were inserted and re-enacted in the body of this present act. CA P. II. An act for continuing and granting to his Majefty certain duties upon malt, mum, cyder, and perry, for the service of the year one thousand feven hundred and fixty fix. 3. Preamble. Malt act of 1 George 3. further continued to 24 June, 1767. Malt in Scotland to pay 3 d. per bufhel. Mum 10 s. per barrel. Cyder and perry made for fale, 4s. per hogfhead. How thefe duties are to be raised, &c. 20,000l. to be raised in Scotland. Surplus to be added to the fisheries, &c. This act to relate to the fame day and time as the act 1 Geo. did. Malt brought from Scotland by fea, to be entered at the port of landing: Brought by land, to be entered at Berwick or Carlisle. Cyder for distilling not chargeable. Distiller to give notice to officer when he diftils cyder. Allowances for exportation of malt. 1 W. & M. On certificate of malt being exported, and fecurity, allowance to be paid. Penalty on relanding. Malt fteeping for exportation to be kept feparate till measured. Malfters to give notice to officers, &c. Penalty on opening the locks, &c. Malfters, on 24 June, 1766, to clear out of their wai ehoufes all malt within fifteen months. And fo all future malfters. Claufes in act 12 Aunæ, & 6 Geo 1. 5s per bufhel penalty on all corn fteeping, or steeped for malt, which fhall be found in the cistern or couch, fo hard and compact as it could not be, unless the fame had been forced together to prevent the rifing. 100l. penalty on fraudulently conveying from the cistern, any steeping of corn, and mixing the fame with other corn charged with the duty in the couch; or fraudulently conveying the fame away, fo that no gauge of such corn can be taken in the couch. Penalties how to be recovered. Buyers of cyder or perry for their private ufe, not to be charged. Perfons felling less than 20 gallons to be deemed retailers. Claufe of loan at 3 1. per cent. Tallies of loan to be struct, &c. Orders registered and paid in courfe. No fee for regiftering, &c. Penalty for undue preference. No undue preference where tallies are dated or brought the fame day: nor if fubfèquent orders be paid before fuch as were not demanded in courfe. Orders affignable. Commiffioners of the treasury impowered to prepare any number of exchequer bills of one common fum, or different fums, in the principal mcnies. Bills to bear interest at 3 1. per cent. per ann. Thefe bills to be numbered arithmetically. Treasury to direct the course of payment for loans or exchequer bills, and to appoint cheques. &c. The bills to be placed as cash in the exchequer, and to be iffuable thereout in common with other monies, and to be current in the revenue. Receivers to exchange bills for ready money. Tallies to be levied for bills lent into the exchequer. Intereft to continue till payment. Intereft to ceafe whilft the bills are in the hands of receivers, &c Bills paid to receivers, &c. to be figned and dated. Intereft to be allowed to the faid days. The bills may be reiffued, both for principal and interest. Receivers to keep a book. Bills filled up by indorfements, or defaced, to be exchanged. Biils not exceeding 500ol. each, to be made forth at the exchequer. Forging exchequer bills felony. How the monies arifing by this act thall be applied. Treafury on 29 Sept. 1767, to take an account of all monies raised and difcharged. Untatisfied monies to be paid out of the next aid, or out of the finking fund. Commiflioners to appoint perfons to pay off principal fums, which fhall from time to time be in courfe of payment upon exchequer bills. Money, as brought in, to be paid to the paymafters. Bills to be registered in courfe. When intereft to cease. Paymasters liable to the controul of the treafury. Treasury to fettle falaries of clerks, &c. and to contract with perfons to circulate bills, &c. Contractors not disabled from being members of parliament: May lower or raise the interest with _confent of treasury. Contractors how to be paid. No fee to be taken. No intereft for less than one penny. Charges to be paid out of the finking fund to be replaced out of the firft fupplies. Claufe of relief for bills loft or destroyed. Bills discharged to be cancelled. Sinking fund appropriated to discharge national debts incurred before 25 Dec. 1716. : 1716. Deficiency of malt tax 4 Geo. 3. how to be fupplied. Arrears of former duties to be applied in aid of the supplies granted for the year 1766. CAP. III. An alt for allowing the importation of corn and grain, from his Majesty's colonies in America, into this kingdom, for a limited time, free of duty. WH HEREAS the importation of corn and grain, from his Ma- Preamble. jelly's colonies in America into Great Britain, will be advantageous to these kingdoms; may it therefore please your most excellent Majefty, that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King's most excellent majefty, by and with the advice and confent of the lords fpiritual and temporal, and commons, in this present parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame, That it hall and may be lawful to and for any of his Majefty's Liberty grantfubjects to import into Great Britain, in any thip or veffel navi- ed to import gated according to law, at any time or times before the twenty from his Macorn and grain ninth day of September, one thousand seven hundred and fixty jefty's colonies fix, any corn or grain (rice excepted) from any of his Majefty's in America at colonies in America, without the payment of any fubfidy, cu- any time beftom, duty, or impofition whatsoever; any thing in any former fore 29 Sept. or other act or acts of parliament to the contrary thereof in any free." 1766, dutywife notwithstanding. CAP. IV. An alt for allowing the importation of oats and oatmeal into this kingdom for a limited time, duty-free. W HEREAS the importation of oats and oatmeal into this Preamble. kingdom, for a limited time, duty free, would be an advantage to his Majesty's fubjects; may it therefore please your most excellent Majefty, that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's most excellent majefty, by and with the advice and confent of the lords fpiritual and temporal, and commons, in this prefent parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for any of his Liberty given Majesty's fubjects to import into Great Britain, in any fhip or to import oats veffel navigated according to law, at any time or times before or oatmeal, at any time bethe twenty ninth day of September, one thousand seven hundred fore 29 Sept. and fixty fix; unless a fhorter term fhall be fixed for that pur- 1766, dutypofe by any act to be paffed in this feffion of parliament, any refers a horter quantity of oats or oatmeal, without the payment of any fub- term be fixed fidy, custom, duty, or impofition whatfoever; any thing in any by any future former or other act or acts of parliament to the contrary thereof act of this in any wife notwithstanding. CAP. V. An act to prohibit the exportation of corn, grain, malt, meal, flour, bread, bifcuit, and starch, for a limited time. W free; unless feffion. HEREAS the exportation of any sort of corn, grain, malt, Preamble, meal, flour, bread, biscuit, and starch out of the kingdoms of Great Britain or Ireland, may at this time be greatly prejudicial B 2 to |