Cap. 1.

FOR

Anno 5 Georgii I. OR granting to his Majefty an aid by a landtax to be raised in Great Britain, for the fervice of the year 1719. Cap. 2. For continuing the duties on

malt, mum, cyder, and perry, for the service of the year 1719. and for enlarging the time for entring at the exchequer fuch affignments of reverfionary annuities as are therein mentioned; and for better fecuring the duties on hides and fkins, vellom, and parchment. Cap. 3. For applying certain overplus monies, and further fums, to be raised, as well by way of a lottery, as by loans, towards paying off and cancelling exchequer bills, and for leffening the prefent great charge in relation to those bills; and for circulating and exchanging for ready money the refidue of the fame bills for the future. Cap. 4. For ftrengthening the proteftant intereft in these kingdoms. Cap. 5. For punishing mutiny and defertion, and for the better payment of the army, and their quar

ters.

Cap. 6. For quieting and establishing corporations.

Cap. 7. For continuing an act made in the twelfth year of the reign of her late majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An act for encouraging the tobacco trade.

Cap. 8. For the more effectual relief

of fuch wives and children, as are left by their husbands, and parents, upon the charge of the parish. YOL. XIV.

Cap. 9. For continuing certain duties upon coals and culm, and for eftablishing certain funds to raise money, as well to proceed in the building of new churches, as alfo to compleat the fupply granted to his Majefty, and to referve the overplus monies of the faid duties for the difpofition of parliament; and for more effectual fuppreffing private lotteries.

Cap. 10. For enlarging the time granted by two acts of parliament, for repairs of the piers of Bridlington, alias Burlington; and for making the faid acts more effectual.

Cap. 11. Against clandestine running of uncuftomed goods; and for the more effectual preventing of frauds relating to the customs,

Cap. 12. For making more effectual the feveral acts past for repairing and amending the highways of this kingdom.

Cap. 13. For the amendment of writs of error; and for the further preventing the arrefting or reverfing of judgments after verdict.

Cap. 14. To continue the commiffioners, appointed to examine, ftaté and determine the debts due to the army; and to examine and ftate the demands of feveral foreign princes and ftates for fubfidies during the late war.

Cap. 15. For making more effectual

an act of the third and fourth years of the reign of King William and Queen Mary, intituled, An act for the more effectual discovery and punishment of deer-fealers.

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Cap. 16. For laying a duty of two pennies Scots, or one fixth part of a penny fterling upon every pint of ale or beer, that shall be vended or fold within the town of Dunbar, for improving and preferving the harbour, and repairing the townhoufe, and building a school, and other publick buildings there; and for supplying the faid town with fresh water. Cap. 17. 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 Invernefs, and privileges thereof, for paying the debts of the faid town, and for building a church, and making a harbour there. Cap. 18. For recovering the credit of

the British fishery in foreign parts; and better securing the duties on falt.

Cap. 19. For redeeming the fund appropriated for payment of the lottery-tickets, which were made forth for the fervice of the year 1710, by a voluntary fubfcription of the proprietors into the capital ftock of the South-Sea company; and for raising a fum of money to pay off fuch debts and incumbrances as are therein mentioned; and for appropriating the fupplies granted in this feffion of parliament; and to limit times for profecutions upon bonds for exporting cards and dice.

Cap. 20. For fettling certain yearly funds payable out of the revenue of Scotland, to fatisfy publick debts in Scotland, and other ufes mentioned in the treaty of union; and to discharge the equivalents claimcd on behalf of Scotland in the terms of the fame treaty; and for obviating all future difputes, charges and expences, concerning thofe equivalents.

Cap. 21. For the better fecuring the

lawful trade of his Majesty's fubjects to and from the East-Indies; and for the more effectual preventing all his Majefty's subjects trading thither under foreign commiffions.

Cap. 22. For enlarging the time to determine claims on the forfeited estates.

Cap. 23. For appointing a commisfioner and trustee to put in execution the powers and authorities of the feveral acts of parliament relating to the forfeited eftates, and eftates given to fuperftitious uses, in the room of George Treby efq; who has defired to be discharged from the faid trufts.

Cap. 24. For the better preventing frauds committed by bankrupts. Cap. 25. For continuing the act made in the eighth year of the reign of the late Queen Anne, to regulate the price and affize of bread; and for continuing the act made in the twelfth year of her faid late Majejefty's reign, for the better encouragement of the making failcloth in Great Britain.

Cap. 26. For preventing the mischiefs which may happen by keeping too great quantities of gunpowder in or near the cities of London and Westminfier, or the fuburbs thereof, Cap. 27. To prevent the inconveniencies arifing from feducing artificers in the manufactures of Great Britain into foreign parts. Cap. 28. For the further punishment of fuch perfons as fhall unlawfully kill or destroy deer in parks, paddocks or other inclosed grounds. Cap. 29. For making more effectual the laws appointing the oaths for fecurity of the government, to be taken by minifters and preachers in churches and meeting-houses in Scotland.

Cap. 30. For amending and making

more effectual the laws for repairing the highways, bridges, and

ferries

1. An act for repairing the roads from the top of Stoken-Church hill to Enflow Bridge, and the road leading from Wheatley Bridge through the city of Oxon by Begbrooke, to New Woodstock in the county of Oxon (except the mile-way on each fide the city) and to difable all commiffioners or trustees appointed for repairing of any highways or roads, to have any place of profit arifing out of the toll for repairing fuch highways or roads.

2. An act for repairing the roads from Beconsfield in the county of Bucks, to Stoken-Church in the county of Oxon.

3. An act to render more effectual the agreements that have been made between Thomas Holles duke of Newcastle, Henry Pelham, efq; Edward Lord Harley, and the lady Henrietta his wife, William Vane and Gilbert Vane, efquires, fons of Christopher Lord Bernard, or any of them, in relation to the will and eftate of John late duke of Newcaffle; and for fettling the fame in fuch manner as may be agreeable to the intent of the faid agreements; and for other purposes therein mentioned. 4. An act to yeft the fee and inherit

5.

ance of the capital meffuage called Halifax Houfe in St. James's Square, in the parish of St. James, Westminfter, and the castle and manor of Fotheringhay in the county of Northampton, in trustees, to be fold together with a term of five hundred years devised by William late lord marquis of Halifax to his executors, in truft, for the better performance of his will.

An act for relief of Sir Nicholas Tempeft, baronet, touching an estate demiled to him by William late lord Widdrington and lady Jane his late wife, many years before the at tainder of the faid late lord Widdrington.

6. An act to enable William Granvill, efq; to take upon him the furname of Glanvill, instead of his furname of Evelyn, purfuant to the will of William Glanvill, efq; deceased. 7. An act to enable William Pultney, efq; and the perfons in remainder after him, to make leafes of the houses and ground therein mentioned, and to rectify fome mistakes in two leases from King Charles the Second to Sir William Pulteney, and from King William the Third to John Pulteney, efq;

8. An act for vefting certain lands and tenements in the county of Somerset, the estate of Thomas Fett, efq; in trustees, to be fold, and with the money arifing thereby, to purchase other lands of the like value, to be fettled to the fame uses.

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An act for vesting in John Porrett, gent. and his heirs, part of the eftate of Thomas Davifon, efq; at Stranton, Seaton, Carew and Thorp Thewles in the county of Durham, freed from the ufes and trufts of the faid Thomas Davifon's marriage fettlement, and to fettle other lands of better value to the fame ufes. 10. An act for fale of feveral manors, lands, tenements and hereditaments

of the right honourable Thomas earl of Westmorland in the county of Kent, and with the monies arifing by fuch fale to purchase other lands in or near the county of Northampton, to be fettled to the fame uses.

11. An act for vesting an estate late of Francis Phelips, efq; in Barking in the county of Effex, in truftees, to be fold for the purposes therein mentioned.

12. An act to enable Thomas Willoughby, efq; and the perfons in remainder after him, to make a jointure.

13. An act to enable Catherine Paul, an infant, to transfer the truft therein mentioned, as if he were of the age of one and twenty years. 14. An act for confirming an agreement between the mayor and commonalty and citizens of the city of London, governors of the poffeffions, revenues and goods of the hofpitals of Edward King of England the Sixth, of Chrift, Bridewell and St. Thomas the Apostle, and the governors of the fchools founded by Erafmus Smith, efq; 15. An act for fale of part of the estate of Robert Barnwell, efq; and for purchafing other lands to be fettled to the fame uses, as the estate to be fold is fettled.

16. An act for fale of the eftate of Nathaniel Long late of London merchant, deceased, for payment of his debts, and for applying the redue according to the direction of his will.

17. An act to naturalize Peter Sejourne, Samuel Dufrefnay, and Peter Lucas.

18. An act for naturalizing Lodowick Chriflian Sprogell.

19. An act for making the town and townthip of Sunderland a diftinct parish from the parish of Bishop Wearmouth in the county of Dur

bam.

20. An act for vefting the manors of

Afkie, Catterton, and other lands in the county of York, and county of the city of York, part of the eftate of Philip duke of Wharton, in truftees, to be fold or mortgaged for the purposes therein mentioned. 21. An act to enable the lords commiflioners of the treasury, or lord high treasurer for the time being, to compound with Jafper Cullum for the debts he ftands engaged for to the crown on account of Richard Lee, Thomas Corbin, Heneage Robinfon and John Fox, for the duties on tobacco.

22. An act to enable the lords commiffioners of the treasury, or lord high treasurer for the time being, to compound with Robert Wemes for the debt due from him to his Majefty, in relation to the duties on falt.

23.

An act to enable Robert Packer, efq; and Mary his wife, Winchcombe Howard Packer, (their fon a minor) Henrietta Winchcombe, and Thomas Skerret, efq; and dame Elizabeth Winchcombe his wife, to enter their respective claims before the commiffioners and truftees for determining claims upon the forfeited eftates, and to impower the faid commiffioners and trustees to hear and determine the faid claims. 24. An act for the relief of Edward Clent, efq; executor of lieutenant colonel Thomas Clent, for an army debenture loft in the pay-office. 25. An act to naturalize Peter Lamy de Hame, and Charlotte Whetstone.

Anno 6 Georgii I. Cap. 1. For granting to his Majesty an aid by a land-tax to be raised in Great Britain, for the service of the year 1720.

Cap. 2. For continuing the duties on malt, mum, cyder and perry, for the fervice of the year 1720, and for enabling the lords commiffion

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