and to give further time to foreign merchants for exportation of certain foreign goods imported; and to limit a time for profecutions upon certain bonds given by merchants; and for continuing certain fees of 'the officers of the cuftoms; and to prevent imbezilments by fuch officers; and for appropriating the monies granted to her Majesty; and for replacing monies paid or to be paid for making good any deficiencies on the annuity acts; and for encouragement to raife naval ftores in her Majesty's plantations; and to give further time for registring debentures, as is therein mentioned.

Cap. 14. For the better fecurity of rents, and to prevent frauds committed by tenants. Cap. 15. For explaining and enlarging an act of the fixth year of her Majefty's reign, intituled, An act for the fecurity of her Majesty's perfon and government.

Cap. 16. For discharging the attendance of noblemen, barons, and freeholders, upon the lords of ju- · fticiary in their circuits, in that part of Great Britain called Scotland; and for abolishing the method of exhibiting criminal informations by the porteous roll.

Cap. 17. For explaining and making

more effectual an act for the better enabling the mafter, wardens, and affiftants of Trinity Houfe to rebuild the light houfe on the Edystone rock.

Cap. 18. To regulate the price and affize of bread.

Cap. 19. For the encouragement of learning, by vefting the copies of printed books in the authors or purchasers of fuch copies, during the times therein mentioned. Cap. 20. For raifing the militia for the year 1710, although the month's pay formerly advanced be not repaid.

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Cap. 21. For vesting certain lands, tenements, and hereditaments, in trustees, for the better fortifying and fecuring the harbours and docks at Portsmouth, Chatham, and Harwich.

Private Acts.

Anno 8 Anna.

1. An act to enable Peyton Altham, an infant, trustee, to join in fuffering a common recovery or levying a fine of an estate in Effex, as if he were of full age.

2. An act for repairing the highways between the houfe commonly called the Horfboe Houfe, in the parish of Stoke Goldington, in the county of Bucks, and the town of Northamp

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An act to enable Peter Pettefworth, efq; and the trustees in his marriage fettlement, to sell certain lands and hereditaments, in the counties of Southampton and Sussex, for payment of his debts, and to fettle another eftate of greater yearly value, for the better provifion of his family.

4. An act for making effectual the provifions intended by William Hay ward, late of Quedgley, in the county of Gloucefter, efq; deceafed, for payment of his debts, and providing portions for his younger chil

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5. An act for fale of feveral tenements in Cheek Lane, near Weft Smithfield (the eftate of James Brydges, efq;} and for purchafing and fettling other eftates to the fame uses. An act for confirming and eftablifhing a partition, made between Edward Rigby, gent. the honourable Charles Egerton, efq; and the honourable Elizabeth his wife, and others, of feveral manors and hereditaments in the county of Effex, heretofore the eftate of the right honourable Anne late countefs of

Oxford,

Oxford, deceased, and to enable Margaret, Anne, and Katharine Lennard, infants, to make partition of other lands and tenements, in the county of Hertford, and in London, other part of the faid countess of Oxford's eftate. 7. An act to vest in, and enable truftees to fell fome out-parts of the eftate, late of Sir John Rolle, knight of the Bath, deceafed, for the payment of debts, legacies, and portions; and for fettling of other lands to the fame uses.

8. An act for fale of feveral lands and hereditaments of Ifaac Knight, efq; in the counties of Nottingham and York, for payment of the portion of Hannah the wife of Thomas Stones, efq; and the arrears of an annuity payable to Dickenson Knight, gent. and for fettling the overplus to the fame uses, to which the lands to be fold do ftand limited, and for charging other lands with the said annuity.

9. An act for vefting the eftate of Thomas Berrie, efq; deceased, in trustees, to be fold, for discharging several mortgages thereupon, and other his debts, which his perfonal estate will not extend to pay, and for laying out the furplus-money for the benefit of his widow and heir at law.

10. An act for vesting the several manors and lands therein mentioned, in the county of Oxon, late the inheritance of William Jennens, efq; deceased, and by his marriage fettlement conveyed to the ufes therein expreffed, in trustees, to be fold for clearing feveral incumbrances thereupon, precedent to the faid marriage settlement, and investing the furplus of the money arifing by fuch fale, in a purchase of other lands to the like uses, as were limited by the faid marriage fettlement; and for vefting in the faid trustees fuch eftate and intereft as the faid William

Fennens, or the trustees named in his marriage fettlement, had in certain lands, heretofore called the Marsh Lands, in the parish of St. Giles in the Fields, in the county of Middlefex, fubject to the several precedent incumbrances thereupon, to be fold for the purposes therein mentioned.

11. An act for the more effectual provifion for the poor in the town of Kingston upon Hull.

12. An act for repairing and amending the highways leading from Seven Oaks to Woods Gate and Tunbridge Wells, in the county of Kent. 13. An act for fale of part of the eftate of Anthony lord viscount Gormanflon, for payment of his debts, and for fecuring a jointure, and a maintenance for Margaret vifcountefs Germanfton, in lieu of a rent charge payable to her out of the faid viscount's estate. 14. An act to enable Henry Summers, efq; to make fale of the manor of Gaynes, and other lands in Huntingdonfbire, and in lieu thereof to settle lands in Effex of a greater value, to the fame uses the faid Huntingdonfhire eftate was fettled.

15. An act for making more effectual the act for the repairing the highways between Fornhill, in the county of Bedford, and Stony Stratford, in the county of Bucks.

16. An act to confirm articles of par

tition made between the earl and countess of Wemyss, of the one part, and Anne Robinson, spinster, of the other part, of their eftates in the counties of Oxon, Northampton, and Kent; and for vefting their respective moieties in trustees to be fold.

17. An act to make feveral trufts in the marriage fettlements of Edward Southwell, efq; and the lady Elizabeth his late wife, more effectual to answer the intent of them, and to explain feveral powers therein.

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18. An act to enable trustees to fell

fome fenny lands in the counties of Huntingdon and Cambridge, part of the estate of Anthony Hammond, efq; and to settle other lands in lieu thereof.

19. An act to enable trustees to grant, renew, and fill up leafes of the eftate of Arthur Tremayne, efq; (an infant) during his minority. 20. An act for the inclofing Ropley commons, in the county of Southampton; and for the improvement of the old difparked park of Farnbam, in the counties of Surry and Southampton.

21. An act to enable the trustees of the laft will and teftament of Thomas Hobbs, doctor in phyfick, deceafed, with Abraham Weeks, efq; to make a jointure upon the wife of the faid Abraham Weeks.

22. An act to enable certain trustees to raise part of the portions defigned for the younger children of Clifton Pack, efq; deceased, and Penelope his wife, by their marriage

fettlement.

23. An act for the relief of Jofeph Cooper, gent.

24 An act for vefting the freehold and copyhold eftate late of William Emerton, efq; deceased, in the parish of Chevening, in the county of Kent, in trustees, to be fold for the better fupport of his widow, and advancement of his two daughters. 25. An act to enable the corporation

of Leverpoole to make a grant to Sir Oleave Moore, bart. for liberty to bring fresh water into the faid town of Leverpoole.

26. An act for fale of part of the e

ftate of George Scot, efq; in the county of Kent, for payment of debts.

27. An act to enable trustees to recover the perfonal estates of William Bigg and Ifabel Bigg, now vefted in John Bigg, a lunatick, their fon and heir, and executor of his fa

ther, for the payment of debts and legacies.

28. An act for vesting the estate and effects of John Coggs and John Dann, goldfmiths and copartners in truftees, for the speedier payment of their creditors, and for determining differences thereupon.

Anno 9 Anna.

Cap. 1. For granting an aid to her Majefty, to be raised by a land tax in Great Britain, for the fervice of the year 1711.

Cap. 2. To oblige fhips coming from places infected, more effectually to perform their quarentine.

Cap. 3. For charging and continuing the duties upon malt, mum, cyder, and perry, for the fervice of the year 1711.

Cap. 4. To continue the acts for recruiting her Majesty's land forces and marines, for the service of the year 1711.

Cap. 5. For fecuring the freedom of parliaments, by the farther qualifying the members to fit in the house of commons.

Cap. 6. For reviving, continuing, and appropriating certain duties upon feveral commodities to be exported; and certain duties upon coals to be water-born, and carried coaftwife; and for granting further duties upon candles, for thirty two years, to raife 150,000l. by way of a lottery, for the service of the year one thoufand feven hundred and eleven; and for fuppreffing fuch unlawful lotteries, and fuch infurance offices, as are therein mentioned. Cap. 7. For enabling and obliging

the bank of England, for the time therein mentioned, to exchange all Exchequer bills for ready money upon demand; and to difable any perfon to be governor, deputy governor, or director of the bank of England, and a director of the East

India company, at the fame time. Cap. 8. To repeal the act of the third and fourth year of her Majefty's reign, intituled, An act for prohibiting all trade and commerce with France, fo far as it relates to the prohibiting the importation of French wines.

Cap. 9. To continue the acts for punishing mutiny and defertion, and falfe mufters, and for the better payment of the army, and quarters; and for approving of medicines for the army.

Cap. 10. For eftablishing a general poft office for all her Majefty's dominions, and for fettling a weekly fum out of the revenues thereof, for the fervice of the war, and other her Majesty's occafions. Cap. 11. For laying certain duties up

on hides and skins, tanned, tawed, or dreffed, and upon vellum and parchment, for the term of thirty two years, for profecuting the war, and other her Majesty's most neceffary occafions.

Cap. 12. For laying a duty upon hops. Cap. 13. For taking, examining, and ftating the publick accounts of this kingdom.

Cap. 14. For the better preventing of exceffive and deceitful gaming. Cap. 15. For making more effectual an act of the forty third year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, intituled, An act concerning the affize of fuel, fo far as it relates to the affize of billet.

Cap. 16. To make an attempt on the life of a privy counsellor, in the execution of his office, to be felony without benefit of clergy. Cap. 17. For the prefervation of white and other pine trees growing in her Majefty's colonies of New Hampfhire, the Maffachufets Bay, and province of Main, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantation, the NarraganJet country or King's Province, and Connecticut, in New England, and

NewYork, and New Jersey in America, for the masting her Majefty's navy. Cap. 18. To render more effectual an act made in the fixth year of her prefent Majefty, intituled, An a to repeal a claufe in an act of the feventh year of the reign of his lateMajefty, for amending highways, which enjoins waggoners and others to draw with a pole between the wheel borfes, or with double fhafts, and to` oblige them to draw only with fix horfes, or other beafts, except up bills. Cap. 19. To enable her Majefty to grant the fite of the caftle of Exon, (parcel of her dutchy of Cornwall) for ninety nine years, for the use and benefit of the county of De

son.

Cap. 20. For rendring the proceedings upon writs of Mandamus, and informations in the nature of a Quo Warranto, more speedy and effectual; and for the more eafy trying and determining the rights of offices and franchises in corporations and boroughs.

Cap. 21. For making good deficiencies, and fatisfying the publick debts; and for erecting a corporation to carry on a trade to the South Seas, and for the encouragement of the fishery; and for liberty to trade in unwrought iron with the subjects of Spain; and to repeal the acts for registring seamen.

Cap. 22. For granting to her Majesty feveral duties upon coals, for building fifty new churches in and about the cities of London and Westminster, and fuburbs thereof, and other purposes therein mentioned. Cap. 23. For licensing and regulating hackney coaches and chairs; and for charging certain new duties on ftamp'd vellum, parchment and paper, and on cards and dice, and on the exportation of rock falt for Ireland; and for fecuring thereby, and by a weekly payment out of the poft office, and by feveral du

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ties on hides and fkins, a yearly fund of one hundred eighty fix thousand fix hundred and feventy pounds, for thirty two years, to be applied to the fatisfaction of fuch orders as are therein mentioned, to the contributors of any fum not exceeding two millions, to be raised for carrying on the war, and other her Majefty's occafions. Cap. 24. For relief of the creditors and proprietors of the company of mine adventurers, by establishing a method for fettling the differences between the company and their creditors, and for uniting them, in order to an effectual working the mines of the faid company. Cap. 25. For making the act of the fifth year of her Majesty's reign, for the better preservation of the game, perpetual, and for making the fame more effectual.

Cap. 26. For the better prefervation

and improvement of the fishery within the river of Thames, and for regulating and governing the company of fishermen of the faid river. Cap. 27. For the encouragement of the trade to America.

Cap. 28. To diffolve the present, and prevent the future combination of coal owners, lightermen, masters of fhips, and others, to advance the price of coals, in prejudice of the navigation, trade, and manufactures of this kingdom, and for the further encouragement of the coal trade.

Cap. 29. For raifing the militia for the year one thousand feven hundred and eleven, although the month's pay formerly advanced be not repaid.

Cap. 30. For reviving and continuing an act made in the first year of her Majefty's reign, for the more effectual preventing abuses and frauds of perfons employed in the working up the woollen, linen, fuftian, cotton, and iron manufactures of this kingdom.

Private Acts.

Anno 9 Anna.

1. An act for the fale of lands and tenements, late of Sir Philip Monoux, baronet, deceased, in Broome, and parish of Southill in the county of Bedford, according to his will. 2. An act for rectifying a mistake, and enlarging the time for a compofition given by an act of parliament paffed in the seventh year of her Majefty's reign, intituled, An act to enable the lord high treasurer, or commiffioners of the treafury for the time being, to compound with William Mallet, efq; for the debt of his father, for whom he was furety, while receiver general for the county of Somerset and city of Bristol.

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An act for fale of the barton and farm of Pollefloe in the county of Devon, late the eftate of Sebaftian Ifaat, efq; deceased, for discharging incumbrances thereupon, and for diftribution of the furplus-money. 4. An act for ratifying feveral purchafes lately made with the publick stock of the county of Devon, and for making further purchases for the use of the said county, with the publick stock thereof; and alfo for regulating the better employment of the publick stock of the faid county.

5. An act to veft the manor, or re

puted manor of Wadborough, alias Wadberrow, in the county of Worcefter, and other lands there, which came to the right honourable Other earl of Plymouth, by his mother, in trustees, to be fold for raising more money to pay off debts charged upon his paternal eftate, and for other purposes.

6. An act for fale of the manor of Reaverby, and other lands in the county of Lincoln, the eftate of Henry Bowes earl of Berkshire, and to fettle other lands in the county of Stafford to the fame uses.

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