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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 provifion for his children. 12. An act to make partition of the manor of Cottingham, alias Cottingham-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 majefty King William III. intituled, An act 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 vifcount How, in the kingdom of Ireland, deceafed, by virtue of a former act of parliament, made for enabling him thereunto, notwithstanding fome defects therein.

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 meffuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments, contained in the marriage-fettlement 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 purposes in the faid act mentioned. 21. An act for naturalizing Samuel

Du Pree.

22. An act to enable the right honourable Rachel lady Kingflon, an infant, to make a lease of part of her jointure, notwithstanding her infancy.

23. An act to enable the right ho

nourable Richard earl of Bellamont, to fell certain lands in Ireland, for raifing 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 Maffereen; and for better fecuring the jointure of his lady, and of Rachael viscountefs dowager Malereen; and for vesting in trustees certain lands and tithes in Ireland, to be fold for the purposes therein mentioned. 25. An act for vefting in Frederick Hamilton, efq; certain lands and Hereditaments, in the kingdom of Ireland, purchased by him of the executors of Jofeph Ivie, elq; deceafed, and for other purposes therein mentioned,

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26. An act to enable Sir Thomas Pen

dergast, bart. an infant, to fell part of his eftate lying in the county of Waterford in the kingdom of Ireland, for the payment of his father's debts, and other purposes therein mentioned.

27. An act to impower the lord high treasurer of Great Britain, or commiffioners of the treasury for the time being, to compound with Thomas Edwin of London, merchant, for fuch debts as he ftands bound for, as furety for Thomas Coleman,

tobacco-merchant.

28. An act to impower the lord hightreasurer of Great Britain, or the commiffioners of the treasury for the time being, to compound with Robert Wife and his fureties, for fuch debts as he owes to her Majefty, of stands bound for as furety for cuftoms of tobacco.

29. An act for diffolving the marriage

of Francis Loggin with Sarah Gardner, and to enable him to marry again. 30. An act to enable Ambrofe Brown, efq; and others, to make fale of the manor of Bayham in the counties of Suffex and Kent, and to fettle other lands and tenements in the county of Surrey, to the fame ufes as the faid manor of Bayham now ftands fettled.

3 An act for vesting part of the e

ftate of William Brown, an infant, lying in the parishes of Bridgewater, Northpetherton and Wefton-Zoyland in the county of Somerset, in trustees, to be fold for payment of a mortgage, and other debts and legacies. 32. An act for fale of part of the eftate late of Brereton Bourchier, efq; deceased, for payment of debts, and other purposes therein mentioned.

33. An act for making effectual an agreement made by the commiffioners for building fifty new churches with John Walker, cfq;

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Anno 1 Georgii I. Stat. 1.

Cap. 1. For the better fupport of his Majesty's houshold and of the honour and dignity of the crown of Great Britain.

Cap. 2. For rectifying mistakes in the names of the commiffioners for the land-tax for the year 1714. and for raifing fo much as is wanting to make up the sum of fourteen hundred thousand pounds, intended to be raised by a lottery for the publick fervice in the faid year.

Cap. 3. To enable perfons now refiding in Great Britain, to take the oaths, and do all other acts in Great Britain, requifite to qualify themfelves to continue their respective places, offices and employments in Ireland.

Anno 1 Georgii I. Stat. 2.

Cap. 1. For granting an aid to his Majefty, to be raised by a landtax in Great Britain, for the fervice of the year 1715.

Cap. 2. For charging and continuing the duties on malt, mum, cyder and perry, for the fervice of the year 1715. and for making forth duplicates of Exchequer-bills, and lottery-tickets, loft, burnt or deftroyed; and for enlarging the time for adjusting claims in feveral lotteries, and for making forth new orders in lieu of certain lottery-orders obliterated or defective; and for continuing certain duties on hops, until the first day of Auguft

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jefty's fervice, and for the payment of the faid forces, and of their quarters.

Cap. 4. To explain the act made in the twelfth year of the reign of King William the Third, intituled, An act for the further limitation of the crown, and better fecuring the rights and liberties of the fubject. Cap. 5. For preventing tumults and riotous affemblies, and for the more fpeedy and effectual punishing

rioters.

Cap. 6. For making perpetual an act of the feventh and eighth years of the reign of his late majefty King William the third, intituled, An act that the folemn affirmation and declaration of the people called Quakers, fball be accepted inftead of an oath in the ufual form; and for explaining and enforcing the faid act in relation to the payment of tithes and church rates; and for appointing the form of an affirmation to be taken by the faid people called Quakers, instead of the oath of abjuration.

Cap. 7. For continuing the imprison

ment of Robert Blackburn, and others, for the horrid confpiracy to affaffinate the perfon of his late facred majesty King William the Third.

Cap. 8. To impower his Majefty to fecure and detain fuch perfons as his Majefty fhall fufpect are confpiring against his perfon and go

vernment.

Cap. 9. For the better preventing mutiny and desertion, by enforcing and making more effectual an act of this prefent parliament, intituled, An act for the better regulating the forces to be continued in his Majefty's fervice, and for the payment of the faid forces and their quarters. Cap. 10. For making more effectual her late Majefty's gracious intentions for augmenting the maintenance of the poor clergy,

Cap. 11. To reftrain all waggoners, carriers, and others, from drawing any carriage with more than five horfes in length.

Cap. 12, For enlarging the fund of the governor and company of the bank of England, relating to Exchequer-bills; and for fettling an additional revenue of one hundred and twenty thousand pounds per annum upon his Majefty during his life, for the fervice of the civil government; and for eftablishing a certain fund of fifty four thousand fix hundred pounds per annum, in order to raise a fum not exceeding nine hundred and ten thousand pounds for the fervice of the publick, by fale of annuities, after the rate of fix pounds per centum per annum, redeemable by parliament; and for fatisfying an arrear for work and materials at Blenheim, incurred whilft that building was carried on at the expence of her late majefty Queen Anne of bleffed memory; and for other purposes therein mentioned.

Cap. 13. For the further fecurity of his Majefty's person and government, and the fucceffion of the crown in the heirs of the late princefs Sophia, being protestants; and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended prince of Wales, and his open and fecret abettors.

Cap. 14. For making the militia of that part of Great Britain called England, more useful; and for obliging an annual account to be made of trophy. money.

Cap. 15. To make an act of the tenth

year of her late Majefty, intituled, An act for regulating, improving and encouraging of the woollen manufacture of mixt or medly broad cloth, and for better payment of the poor employed therein, more effectual for the benefit of trade in general; and alfo to render more effectual an act of the feventh year of her faid Ma

jesty's

jefty's reign, intituled, An act for the better afcertaining the lengths and breadths of woollen cloth made in the county of York.

Cap. 16. For the attainder of Henry viscount Bolingbroke of high treafon, unless he shall render himself to justice by a day certain therein mentioned.

Cap. 17. For the attainder of James duke of Ormond of high treason, unless he fhall render himself to juftice by a day certain therein mentioned.

Cap. 18. For the better preventing fresh fish taken by foreigners being imported into this kingdom; and for the preservation of the fry of fish; and for the giving leave to import lobsters and turbets in foreign bottoms; and for the better preservation of falmon within feveral rivers in that part of this kingdom called England.

Cap. 19. For raifing nine hundred

and ten thousand pounds for publick fervices, by fale of annuities, after the rate of five pounds per centum per annum, redeemable by parliament; and to authorize a treaty concerning private rights claimed by the proprietors of the fugarhoufes in Scotland.

Cap. 20. For encouraging all fuperiors, vaffals, landlords and tenants in Scotland, who do and fhall continue in their duty and loyalty to his majesty King George; and for difcouraging all fuperiors, vaffals, landlords and tenants there, who have been or shall be guilty of rebellious practices against his faid Majefty; and for making void all fraudulent entails, tailzies and conveyances made there, for barring or excluding the effect of forfei tures that may have been, or fhall be incurred there on any fuch account; as alfo for calling any fufpected perfon or perfons, whofe eftates or principal refidence are in

Scotland, to appear at Edinburgh, or where it shall be judged expedient, to find bail for their good behaviour; and for the better difarming difaffected perfons in Scotland. Cap. 21. For enlarging the capital stock and yearly fund of the SouthSea company, and for fupplying thereby eight hundred twenty two thousand thirty two pounds four fhillings and eight pence, to publick ufes; and for raifing one hundred and fixty nine thousand pounds for the like uses, by sale of annuities upon divers encouragements therein mentioned; and for appropriating several supplies granted to his Majefty.

Cap. 22. For enabling his Majesty to fettle a revenue for fupporting the dignity of her royal highness the princess, in cafe the fhall furvive his royal highness the prince of Wales. Cap. 23. For making provifion for the minifters of the fifty new churches, which are to be built in and about the cities of London and Westminster, and fuburbs thereof; and for rebuilding and finishing the parish church of Saint Mary Woolnoth in the city of London.

Cap. 24. For appointing the commiffioners to take, examine and

state the debts due to the army. Cap. 25. To prevent disturbances by feamen, and others; and to preserve the ftores belonging to his Majefty's navy royal; and alfo for explaining an act for the better preventing the imbezilment of his Majefty's ftores of war; and preventing cheats, frauds and abufes in paying feamens wages; and for reviving and continuing an act for the more effectual fuppreffion of piracy.

Cap. 26. For continuing feveral laws

therein mentioned, relating to coals, hemp and flax, Irish and Scotch linen, and the affize of bread; and for giving power to adjourn

the

the quarter feffions for the county

of Anglefea, for the purposes therein mentioned.

Cap. 27. For taking and stating the debts due and growing due to Scotland by way of equivalent in the the terms of the union; and for relief of the creditors of the publick in Scotland, and the commiffioners of the equivalent.

Cap. 28. For repealing an act, intituled, An act for repealing part of an act paffed in the parliament of Scotland, intituled, Act for discharging the yule-vacance. Cap. 29. For allowing a time for two hundred and thirteen families of proteftant Palatines, now fettled in Ireland, to take the oaths, in order to intitle them to all the benefits intended them by the act of the feventh year of her late Majesty's reign, for naturalizing foreign proteftants.

Cap. 30. For continuing an act of this present feffion of parliament, intituled, An act to impower bis Majefty to fecure and detain fuch perfons as his Majefty fall fufpect are confpiring againft bis perfon and govern

ment,

Cap. 31. For granting an aid to his Majefty by a land-tax in Great Britain, for the fervice of the year 1716.

Cap. 32. To attaint John earl of Marr, William Murray, efq; commonly called marquifs of Tullibardine, James earl of Linlithgow, and James Drummond, efq; commonly called lord Drummond, of high treafon. Cap. 33. For the more eafy and fpeedy trial of such persons as have levied or fhall levy war against his Majefty.

Cap. 34. For preventing mutiny and defertion, and for the better payment of the army and their quarters. Cap. 35. To appoint a commiffioner

for taking, examining and ftating the debts due to the army, in the

room of Thomas Smith, efq; deceafed; and for continuing the former act until the tenth day of March 1716.

Cap. 36. For charging and continuing the duties on malt, mum, cyder and perry, for the fervice of the year 1716. and for compelling several receivers to finish and clear their accounts; and for making duplicates of Exchequer-bills, lotterytickets and orders, loft, burnt or deftroyed; and for enlarging the time for adjusting claims to certain benefit tickets; and for allowing the charge of executing the lottery act, for the fervice of the year 1710; and for recovering monies of feveral land-taxes, refting in the hands of collectors or conftables at St. Albans; and for preventing frauds in the duties upon foap; and for limiting a time for perfons who have certain annuities for life or lives, to demand the payments thereupon at the Exchequer; and for preventing frauds in the duties relating to printed and painted paper, callicoes and other things therein mentioned. Cap. 37. To enable his Majesty to grant the regalities and lands now remaining in the crown in North Wales, and South Wales, and county of Chefter, to his royal highness the prince of Wales in fuch manner and form as the principality of Wales and earldom of Chefter have formerly been granted to the princes of Wales; and alfo to enable his faid roval highnefs to make leafes of lands, parcel of his royal highnefs's dutchy of Cornwall, or annexed to the fame. Cap. 38. For enlarging the time of

continuance of parliaments, ap pointed by an act made in the fixth year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary, intituled, An alt for the frequent meeting and calling of parliaments.

Cap. 39. To indemnify fuch perfons,

who

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