Majesty's fervice; and for the pay- Cap. 13. To enable fuch officers and licensing hackney-chairs. Cap. 16. For the better encourage- Cap. 17. To veft in the commiffioners of the reign of the late King William, intituled, An act for fettling the trade to Africa, for allowing foreign copper bars imported, to be exported. Private Alts. Anno 12 Annæ, Stat. I. 1. 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 furthermost part of the northern road in the parish of Endfield in the fame county, next to the parish of Chefhunt in the county of Hertford. 2. An act for confirming feveral grants in fee-farm made by Henry earl of Thomond, by virtue or fince the pasfing a former act of parliament; and for giving fome eafe and relief to the purchasers under or fince the faid former act. 3. An act for confirming articles, and vesting the manor of Kirby-Underwood in the county of Lincoln, and other manors, lands and hereditaments thereby agreed to be fold, in trustees, for discharging the debts of Sir John Brownlow, bart. deceased, and his daughters portions, and other purposes in the faid articles mentioned. 4. 5. An act for divefting the crown of the remainder in fee-fimple of and in the manor and advowson of Stourton in the county of Wilts, and feveral lands, tenements and hereditaments, to the fame manor belonging, expectant on certain eftates-tail, and for vefting the fame in certain other perfons therein named, to the intent the fame may be barred by proper methods in law, for the purposes therein mentioned. An act to enable trustees to fell some out-parts of the estate of Sir Bourchier IVrey, Bart. in the county of Devon, for the purposes therein mentioned. 6: An act to enable William Harvey, the elder efq; and William Harvey, efq; his fon, to fettle a jointure, and grant a lease, and for vesting 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 distinct parish. די 9. An act for naturalizing Lewis Vanden Enden. 10. An act for better enabling James earl of Salisbury, and his truftees, to make fale of certain manors, lands and hereditaments in the counties of Northampton and DorSet, and a fee-farm rent, for the purposes in the faid act mentioned. 11. An act for the fale of the reverfion 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 Marquefs of Halifax, iffuing out of part of Leiffield foreft in Rutlandshire, 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 faid feefarm rent in Rutlandshire was settled. 12. An act for raifing 5000l. portion out of several lands in Middlefex and Warwickshire, charged therewith (being the eftate 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 should 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 trustees, 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 several ufes, 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 diocese 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 small eftate in Great Amwell in the county of Hertford; and likewife for the fecuring and raifing a portion for Barbara Byde, Spinster, fifter of the faid Thomas Byde, and for other purposes 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 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 Arran in the kingdom of Ireland, to take the oath of office, as mafter of her Majefty's ordnance in the kingdom of Ireland, before the barons of her Majesty'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 interest, 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 estate with 40001. (preferable to 6000/. already charged thereupon by his marriage-fettlement) for the purposes therein mentioned. 22. An act for fale of several lands and tenements of John Constable, gent. in the parish of Ockley in the county of Surrey, for payment of his debts, and for fettling other lands in the same 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 messuages and tenements in Liverpoole, in the county of Lancafter, being the inheritance of the faid Dorothy, for payment of their debts, and fettling an equivalent upon the said Dorothy. 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 fcury, Peter Ribot, Peter Laffite, and others, Cap. I. Anno 12 Anna, Stat. 2. FOF OR granting an aid to her Majesty, to be raised by a land-tax in Great Britain, for the service of the year 1714. Cap. 2. For allowing a drawback upon the exportation of falt to be made use of for the curing of fish taken at North-feas, or at Ifleland. 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 distilling 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 Majesty'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 30 l. 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 dioceses of Bangor, Landaff, St. David's and St. Asaph, and giving a recompence therefore to the bishops of the faid respective dioceses; and for confirming feveral letters patents granted by her Majefty for perpetually annexing a prebend of Gloucester to the maftership of Pembroke college in Oxford; and a prebend of Rochester to the provostship of Oriel college in Oxford; and a prebend of Norwich to 2 the 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-skins; and for diftribution of 4000l. due to the officers and feamen for gun-money; and to adjust the property of tickets in former lotteries; and touching certain shares of stock in the capital of the South-Sea company; and for appropriating the monies granted to her Majesty. 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 act for the regulating the forces to be continued in her Majesty's fervice, and for payment of the said forces and their quarters. Cap. 11. To prevent the lifting her Majesty's fubjects to ferve as foldiers, without her Majesty'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 discharge and acquit the commiffioners of equivalent for the sum 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 thousand 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 firft year of the reign of their late majefties King William and Queen Mary, intituled, An act to vest in the two universities the prefentations of benefices belonging to papifts; and for vefting in the lords of jufticiary power to inflict the fame punishments against jefuits, priests, 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 discover the longitude at fea. Cap. 16. To reduce the rate of in tereft, without any prejudice to parliamentary securities. 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 fhips and goods thereof, which shall happen to be forced on fhore, or ftranded upon the coafts of this kingdom, or any other of her Majesty's do minions. chequered and ftriped linens imported; and upon certain filks, callicoes, linens and ftuffs, printed, painted or ftained; and upon feveral kinds of ftampt 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 Majesty's reign, for preventing abufes 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 Majesty's reign, (for enlarging the capital stock of the bank of England, and for raising a further supply to her Majefty, for the service of the year 1709) so 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 Same. Cap. 23. For reducing the laws relating to rogues, vagabonds, sturdy beggars and vagrants, into one act of parliament; and for the more effectual punishing such rogues vagabonds, and sturdy beggars and vagrants, sending them whither they ought to be fent. 6. An act for fale of part of the estate of Joseph 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 lease of the rectory of Chesterfield in the county of Derby, in trustees, to be fold for the payment of the debts of George Smith, efq; deceased, and for making provision 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 faid Walter and Phillippe. |