ers of his Majesty's treasury to call in fuch exchequer-bills as are to be cancelled and difcharged with money appointed for that purpose. Cap. 3. For punishing mutiny and defertion, and for the better payment of the army and their quar

ters.

Cap. 4. For enabling the South-Sea company to increase their prefent capital ftock and fund, by redeeming fuch publick debts and incumbrances as are therein mentioned; and for raising money to be applied for leffening feveral of the publick debts and incumbrances; and for calling in the prefent exchequerbills remaining uncancelled; and for making forth new bills in lieu thereof, to be circulated and exchanged upon demand at or near the exchequer.

Cap. 5. For the better fecuring the dependency of the kingdom of Ireland upon the crown of Great Bri

tain.

Cap. 6. For preventing the carriage

of exceflive loads of meal, malt, bricks and coals, within ten miles of the cities of London and Weftminfter.

Cap. 7. 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 Montrofe, and privileges thereof, for fupplying the faid town with fresh water, and for other purposes therein mentioned.

Cap. 8. For laying a duty of two pennies Scots, or one fixth part of a penny sterling, upon every Scots pint of beer or ale vended or fold within the town of Bruntifland and liberties thereof, for increafing the publick revenue of the faid town, and for other purposes therein mentioned.

Cap. 9. For laying a duty of two pennies Scots, or one fixth part of

a penny fterling, upon every Scots pint of beer and ale that fhall be vended or fold within the town of Pittenweem and liberties thereof, for repairing the harbour there, and for maintaining other publick works of the said town.

Cap. 10. For making forth new exchequer-bills, not exceeding one million, at a certain intereft; and for lending the fame to the SouthSea company at an higher intereft, upon fecurity of repaying the fame and fuch high intereft into the exchequer, for ufes to which the fund for leffening the publick debts (called the finking fund) is applicable; and for circulating and exchanging upon demand the faid bills at or near the exchequer.

Cap. 11. For laying a duty upon wrought plate; and for applying money arifing for the clear produce (by fale of the forfeited eftates) towards answering his Majesty's fupply; and for taking off the drawbacks upon hops exported for Ireland; and for payment of annuities, to be purchased after the rate of four pounds per centum per annum at the exchequer, redeemable by parliament; and for appropriating fupplies granted in this feffion of parliament; and to prevent counterfeiting receipts and warrants of the officers of the South-Sea company; and for explaining a late act concerning foreign falt cellared and locked up before the four and twentieth day of June 1719; and to give a further time for paying duties on certain apprentices indentures; and for relief of Thomas Vernon, efq; in relation to a parcel of fenna imported in the year 1716.

Cap. 12. For preventing of frauds and abuses in the allowances on damaged wines, and for lengthening the time for the drawbacks on the exportation of wines.

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Cap 13. For afcertaining the breadths, and preventing frauds and abufes in manufacturing ferges, pladings and fingrums, and for regulating the manufactures of ftockings, in that part of Great Britain called Scotland.

Cap. 14. For prohibiting the importation of raw filk and mohair yarn of the product or manufacture of Afia, from any ports or places in the Streights or Levant feas, except fuch ports and places as are within the dominions of the Grand Seignior.

Cap. 15. To repeal fo much of the act, intituled, An act for preventing frauds, and regulating abufes in his Majefty's cuftoms, paffed in the thirteenth and fourteenth years of King Charles the Second, as relates to the prohibiting the importation of deal-boards and fir-timber from Germany.

Cap. 16. To explain and amend an act paffed in the first year of his Majesty's reign, intituled, An act to encourage the planting of timbertrees, fruit-trees, and other trees, for ornament, fhelter or profit, and for the better prefervation of the fame, and for the preventing the burning of woods, and for the better prefervation of the fences of fuch woods. Cap. 17. For appointing commiffion

ers to examine, ftate and determine the debts due to the army; and to examine and ftate demands of feveral foreign princes and ftates for fubfidies during the late war. Cap. 18. For better fecuring certain powers and privileges intended to be granted by his Majelty by two charters, for affurance of thips and merchandizes at fea, and for lending money upon bottomry; and for reftraining feveral extravagant and unwarrantable practices therein mentioned.

Cap. 19. For making perpetual fo

much of an act made in the tenth

year of the reign of Queen Anne, for the reviving and continuing feveral acts therein mentioned, as relates to the building and repairing county gaols; and alfo an act of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of King William the Third, for the more effectual fuppreffion of piracy; and for making more effectual the act of the thirteenth year of the reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, An act for eftablishing articles and orders for the regulating and better government of his Majefty's fhips of war and forces by fea.

Cap. 20. For continuing the acts formerly made for repairing the highways in the county of Hertford therein mentioned, and for making the faid acts more effectual. Cap. 21. For preventing frauds and abufes in the publick revenues of excife, cuftoms, ftamp-duties, postoffice, and house-money. Cap. 22. For relief of infolvent debtors, and for the more eafy dif charge of bankrupts out of execution, after their certificates allowed.

Cap. 23. For the further preventing robbery, burglary, and other felonies, and for the more effectual transportation of felons.

Cap. 24. For better explaining the nature of conveyances to be made to the purchafers of the forfeited eftates by the commiffioners and trustees acting in Scotland; and for preventing difficulties in determining claims on the faid eftates; and to enable the judges in Ireland to examine witneffes relating to claims on forfeited eftates there; and for enabling fuch corporations as fhall purchase any of the faid eftates, to grant annuities, not exceeding the yearly value of the faid eftates; and for relieving the widow and daughters of the late Sir Donald Macdonald.

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Cap. 25. For repairing the roads from Stevenidge in the county of Hertford, to Biggleswade in the county of Bedford.

Cap. 26. For enlarging the term granted by an act in the fourth year of his Majefty's reign, intituled, An act for repairing the highway, leading from the Stones-End in Kentftreet to the Lime-Kilns in EastGreenwich near Black Heath, and to Lewisham church, being the Tunbridge road in the county of Kent; and for repairing and amending the highways and roads leading from Westminster ferry in the parish of Lambeth in the county of Surrey, to New-Crofs in the parish of Deptford in the county of Kent; and for enlarging the term granted by an act paffed in the fourth year of his Majefty's reign, intituled, An act for amending the roads from the city of London to the town of EaftGrinstead in the county of Suffex, and to Sutton and Kingston in the County of Surrey; and for explaining and amending the fame act. Cap. 27. For making the river Darwent in the county of Derby navigable.

Cap. 28. For making the river Douglas, alias Afland, navigable from the river Ribble to Wigan in the county palatine of Lancaster. Cap. 29. For preferving and improving the navigation of the river Oufe in the county of Huntingdon, Cap. 30. For making the river Idle navigable, from Eaft-Retford in the county of Nottingham, to Bawtry-Wharf in the county of York. Private As. Anno 6 Georgii I, 4. An act for fettling and affuring the manors of Orton and BottleBridge, and other premiffes in the county of Huntingdon, to the feveral ufes mentioned in the will of Margaret late duchefs of Newcastle,

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and for other purposes therein mentioned.

An act for vefting part of the estate of Thomas earl of Hadinton, in truftees, to be fold, and with the mo→ nies arifing thereby, to purchase other lands of the like value to be fettled to the fame uses.

An act to enable Anne Walker, alias Baughs, a minor, the wife of Thomas Folliot Walker, gent. to fell and convey unto the right honourable William Conolly, efq; and his heirs, her share and proportion of several manors, lands, tenements and hereditaments in the kingdom of Ireland, deviled to her by the last will of Thomas late Lord Folliot, deceased; and for other purposes therein mentioned.

4. An act for confirming a partition made between the right honourable George lord Carbery, baron of Carbery in the kingdom of Ireland, and Henry O-Brien, efq; of certain manors, lands and hereditaments in the feveral counties of Northampton and Rutland.

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An act for inclofing the common, commonly called Baltonfbury common, in the parishes of Baltonsbury and Bradley in the county of Somerset.

6. An act to enable Thomas Dove, efq; to raise two thousand pounds upon his eftate at Upton, Sutton, Aylef worth and Caftor, and to make fale of his eftate at Heathencoate in the county of Northampton, for dif charging incumbrances upon the faid eftates, raising of portions for his brother and fifter, and payment of his father's and his own debts.

7. An act for inclofing the heath or common, commonly called Gratwood Heath in the parish of Eccle fball in the county of Stafford. 8. An act to enable the leffees and farmers of Daniel Whitby, doctor in divinity, and prebendary of the prebend

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prebend of Teington Regis, in the cathedral church of the bleffed lady Mary the virgin, of Sarum, and of all fucceeding prebendaries of the faid prebend for the time being, to make leafes of the copyhold lands of the feveral manors of Prefton, alias Preftown, and Churchland, alias the Parfon's Land, in the county of Devon.

9. An act for making the townships of Shipfton and Tidmington a diftinct parish from the parish of Tredington in the county and diocefe of Worcester, and for dividing the rectory of the faid parish of Tredington into three parts. 10. An act for fupplying the defects in, and better performance of the will of Edmund Dunch, efq; deceased.

11. An act for difcharging certain eftates in the counties of Lincoln and Warwick, of and from the ufes and limitations contained in the marriage-fettlement of Sir William Keyte, baronet, and fettling other lands in the county of Gloucefter, of greater value to the fame uses.

12. An act for vefting the estates of Sir John Hales and Sir Christopher Hales, baronets, deceased, in truftees, to be fold, for raifing money for the paying and discharging the debts and incumbrances charged thereupon, and affecting the fame, and for other purposes therein mentioned.

13. An act for fale of part of the

eftate of Sir John Chichester, baronet, for the purposes therein mentioned.

14. An act to enable Elizabeth Gameldon, widow, and her trustees, to enter their respective claims before the commiffioners and trustees of the forfeited eftates, and to impower the faid commiffioners and trustees to hear and determine the fame.

15. An act to enable Laurence Brode rick, an infant, to perform certain articles of agreement entered into by Anne his mother, fince deceased, to whom he is heir. 16, An act to enable trustees to fell part of the estate of John Sandford, efq; deceafed, for the payment of his debts and legacies, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 17. An act for fale of the estate of William Pembroke, late of Portfmouth-Dock, deceafed, fituate at North-Mims in the county of Hertford, for the purposes therein mentioned.

18. An act for vefting the eftate of John Pendarves, late of Rofcrow in the county of Cornwall, efq; decealed, in new trustees, to and for the fame ufes, intents and purpofes, as are mentioned in his will. 19. An act to enable John Rofier, efq; and his iffue, to change their furnames from Rofier to Reynolds. 20. An act for the naturalization of Mary Sophia Charlotte, vifcountess Howe, wife of Scroop lord vifcount Howe of the kingdom of Ireland. 21. An act for naturalizing Gerard Van Neck.

22. An act for naturalizing Bennet ` Erafmus Hopfer.

23. An act for naturalizing John Backer and George Kruger. 24. An act for naturalizing Samuel Gampert,

25. Act for naturalizing Cornelius Backer and Henry de Putter. 26. An act for naturalizing Francis Van Hemert, John Van Hemert, Frederick Morgan, and Henry Nicholas Sander.

27. An act for naturalizing John Henry Grutzman.

28. An act for vefting the estate late

of Gilbert Nicholletts, efq; deceased, in trustees for payment of his debts and fifters portions, and for making a provifion for his widow and child.

29. An act for annexing the late duke

of Shrewsbury's eftate to the earldom of Shrewsbury, and confirming Gilbert earl of Shrewsbury's fettlement in order thereto, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 30. An act for exchanging of feveral fmall parcels of land in the parish and manor of Fulham, belonging to the bishoprick of London, for other lands of greater value, to Charles earl of Peterborough and Monmouth, and his heirs.

31. An act to enable any corporations within the university of Cambridge, or any other perfons, to fell and convey any meffuages and ground to the faid univerfity, for enlarging their publick library. 32. An act for rebuilding the parish

church of Saint Martin in the Fields in the city of Westminster, at the charge of the inhabitants of the said parish.

33. An act for fale of part of the eftate of fir Copplefton Warwick Bampfylde, baronet, and for fettling another eftate of greater value to the fame uses.

34. An act to enable fir James Lumley, baronet, to fettle a competent jointure, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 35. An act for naturalizing Philip Germain and George Hollmans. 36. An act for naturalizing George Angell,

Anno 7 Georgii I,

Cap. 1. For reftraining the fub-governor, deputy-governor, directors, treasurer or cashier, deputy-cashier, and accountant of the South-Sea company, from going out of this kingdom for the space of one year, and until the end of the then next feffion of parliament; and for difcovering their eftates and effects; and for preventing the transporting or alienating the fame. Cap. 2. To difable the prefent fub

governor, deputy-governor and directors of the South-Sea company, at, from and after the refpective times for electing a fub-governor, deputy-governor and new directors of the faid company, to take, hold or enjoy any office, place or employment in the faid company, or in the Eaft-India company, or bank of England, and from voting upon elections in the faid company. Cap. 3. For repealing an act made in the ninth year of the reign of her late majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An act to oblige fhips coming from places infected, more effectually to perform their quarentine; and for preventing the plague being brought from foreign parts into Great Britain or Ireland, or the ifles of Guernfey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark or Man; and to hinder the spreading of infection.

Cap. 4. For granting an aid to his Majefty by a land-tax to be raifed in Great Britain, for the fervice of the year 1721.

Cap. 5. To enable the South-Sea company to ingraft part of their capital ftock and fund, into the stock and fund of the bank of England, and another part thereof into the ftock and fund of the Eaft-India company; and for giving further time for payments to be made by the faid South-Sea company, to the use of the publick.

Cap. 6. For punishing mutiny and defertion, and for the better pay

ment of the army and their quarters. Cap. 7. To preferve and encourage the woollen and filk manufactures of this kingdom; and for more effectual employing the poor, by prohibiting the use and wear of all printed, painted, stained or died callicoes, in apparel, houfholdstuff, furniture or otherwife, after the twenty fifth day of December 1722. (except as therein is excepted.) Cap. 8. For enlarging the time for making