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2. An act to naturalize Joachim Peterfen, Henry Muilman, Benedict Coep, and John Henry Ott. 3. An act to enclose the common field of Lighthorne, and a common called Lighthorne-Heath, in the county of Warwick.

4. An act for draining, improving, and inclosing the common called Stokefby-Common in the parish of Stoke by in the county of Norfolk. 5. An act to enable the right honourable Heneage earl of Aylesford, to fell certain eftates of leafehold and inheritance in the county of Kent, comprized in his marriage-fettlement; and to purchase another estate in the county of Leicester of better value, to be fettled to the fame uses.

6. An act for the naturalization of Ifabella countefs of Denbigh, wife of William earl of Denbigh. 7. An act for naturalizing John Hartсир.

8. An act for naturalizing Gilbert de Flines, Chriftian Friederick Zincke, and others.

9. An act to enable the right honourable Thomas lord Parker, Baron of Macclesfield, lord high chancellor of Great Britain, John Sutton clerk, Edward Ayres and Sarah his wife, and Matthew Hawes and Sarah his wife, for and on the behalf of themfelves, and of their infant children, to make several exchanges of lands and tenements, and to perform several agreements touching the fame. 10. An act to veft the fee and inheri

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Befly countess of Rochford his wife, James Barry earl of Barrymore in the kingdom of Ireland, and lady Penelope Barry his daughter, and John now earl Rivers, subject to the payment of the debts and legacies of the faid late earl Rivers, remaining unpaid; and for other purposes in the faid act mentioned. 12. An act for sale of part of the estate of the right honourable Robert lord Romney in the county of Norfolk, and for fettling other lands, of greater value in the county of Kent, already purchased, to the fame uses. 13. An act to enable any corporations within the university of Oxford, or any other persons, to fell and convey any meffuages and ground within the faid univerfity, for building a library, pursuant to the will of John Radcliffe, doctor in phyfick; and for impowering any colleges in the faid university, to fell or con, vey any ground or houfes to each other, for the purposes therein mentioned.

14. An act to veft the estate of fir Charles Carteret, bart. deceased, in trustees, for payment of his debts, and for fettling the remainder to the fame uses in his will.

15. An act to enable his Majefty to grant the inheritance of certain estates therein mentioned, held by lease from the crown, which have been long in the family of fir William Pulteney deceased, in which more than one hundred years are yet to come, to trustees, upon a full confideration to be paid for the fame, as fhall be valued by proper officers of the crown, to the end the fame, may be fettled according to the ufes directed in the will of the faid fir William Pulteney.

16. An act for vesting in trustees a moiety of divers manors and lands in Effex, belonging to Thomas Paget efq; and Mary his wife, to enable

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them to convey the fame according to articles for fale thereof. 17. An act to enable Herbert Perrot Packington efq; only son of fir John Packington baronet, to acknowledge fines, and fuffer recoveries, while he is under the age of one and twenty years.

18. An act for vefting certain lands and tenements in the county of Gloucester, the estate of Henry Harrington gent. in trustees, to be fold, and with the money arifing thereby to purchase other lands of greater yearly value, to be fettled to the fame uses as the estate to be fold is settled, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 19. An act to enable Harry Bridges efq; to fell the manors of Ilebrewers in the county of Somerfet, for payment of his daughter's portion, and legacies charged thereupon. 20. An act for difcharging certain estates in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, of and from the ufes and limitations contained in the marriage-fettlement of Thomas de Grey efq; and for fettling other eftates in the faid counties to the fame uses. 21. An act to enable James Clavering junior, efq; to make sale of his eftate at Tanfield in the county of Durham, freed from the uses and trufts in the faid James Clavering's, marriage-fettlement, and to fettle his estate at Hall-Hill in the faid county, to the same uses. 22. An act for vesting the manors of Burnells, alias Rifton, and certain lands in Norfolk, part of the estate of Jonas Rolfe, gent. and Lucy his wife, in trustees, to be fold for difcharging the incumbrances thereon, and for other purposes therein mentioned.

23. An act to enable Robert Paynter efq; to sell the manors of Twydal and Eaft-Court in the county of Kent; and to settle other lands of greater value to the fame or the like ufes.

24. An act for fale of the estate of John, late earl of Kildare deceased, in the county of Limerick within the kingdom of Ireland, for payment of the charges and incumbrances. thereon, and for other purposes therein mentioned.

25. An act for discharging part of the eftate of Richard Cambridge efq; in the county of Gloucester, from the uses and limitations contained in his marriage-fettlement; and for fettling another estate in the fame county of better value, to the fame ufes.

26. An act for inclofing the heath or common called Broad-Heath, in the parishes of Ellen-Hall, Seighford and Ronton, in the county of Stafford.

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An act for naturalizing James Mafe and Jacob Stolk.

28. An act for naturalizing John de Neufuille.

29. An act for confirming the manor of Latham, and divers lands in the county of Lancaster, to Richard Waring, Bryan Fairfax and Thomas Afburft efqs; and their heirs, subject to the trufts to which the fame are now liable, and difcharged of a certain clause in letters patents of King Charles the firft, for reconveying the reverfion in fee to the crown. 30. An act for vefting part of the estate late of Anthony Lechmere efq; deceased, in truftees, to be fold for payment of his debts.

31. An act for fale of the estate of the

manor of Radwell, and other the estate of Robert Bell efq; and Richard Bell his fon, in Radwel and Norton in the county of Hertford; and for purchasing other lands to be settled to the fame uses.

32. An act for sale of the estate late of

Richard Gwyn gent. in the county. of Brecon, for payment of debts, and for the settling an estate in the county of Carmarthen, to certain purposes therein mentioned. 33, An act for fale of part of the e

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ftate of Edward Nedham, gent. in the county of Leicester, for payment of debts charged thereupon; and for other purposes therein mentioned.

34. An act for naturalizing John Frederick Fales.

Anuo 7 Georgii I. Sess. 2. For making several provifions to reftore the publick credit, which fuffers by the frauds and mifmanagements of the late directors of the South-Sea company, and others.

Private Act.

An act for naturalizing James Loftan.

Anno 8 Georgii I. Cap. 1. For granting an aid to his Majefty by a land-tax to be raised in Great Britain, for the service of the year 1722.

Cap. 2. For continuing the duties on

malt, mum, cyder and perry, to raise money by way of a lottery, for the fervice of the year 1722, and for transferring the deficiencies of a late malt-act to the land-tax for the said year, and for giving time for inserting the money given with apprentices in their indentures, and touching loft bills, tickets or orders; and for exchanging the tickets in the exchequer for certificates ; and for fuppreffing lotteries, denominated fales, and other private lotteries; and for enlarging the time for the accountant general of the bank of England, to return duplicates of annuities into the exchequer.

Cap. 3. For punishing mutiny and desertion, and for the better payment of the army and their quarters. Cap. 4. For taking off the duty upon all falt ufed in the curing of red herrings and laying a proportionable duty upon all red herrings confumed at home only; and for afcertaining the cuftoms and excise payable for the fugar-houses

in Scotland; and for making an allowance for falt loft in any harbour or river of this realm; and for the better fecuring the duties on falt delivered in Scotland.

Cap. 5. To explain and amend the act paffed in the third year of his present Majesty's reign, for repairing the highway from feveral places therein mentioned, leading towards Highgate Gate-House and Hampflead, in the county of Middlefex. Cap. 6. For granting the people called Quakers, fuch forms of affirmation or declaration, as may remove the difficulties which many of them lie under.

Cap. 7. For laying a duty of two pennies Scots, or one fixth part of a penny fterling, upon every Scots pint of ale or beer that shall be brewed for sale, vended, or tapped within the town of Elgine, and privileges thereof, for paying the publick debts of the faid town, and for other the purposes therein mentioned.

Cap. 8. To enable his Majesty effectually to prohibit commerce (for the space of one year) with any country that is or thall be infected with the plague; and for shortning the continuance of an act passed in the seventh year of his Majesty's reign, intituled, An act for repealing an act made in the ninth year of her late majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An act to oblige fhips coming from places infected, more effectually to perform their quarentine'; and for the better preventing the plague being brought from foreign parts into Great Britain or Ireland, or ifles of Guernfey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark or Man; and to binder the spreading of infec

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the county of Middlefex, and Sparrows-Herne in the county of Hertford; and for making the faid act more effectual.

Cap. 10. For repealing such clauses in the act paffed in the feventh year of his Majesty's reign (relating to quarentine and the plague) as give power to remove perfons from their habitations, or to make lines about places infected.

Cap. 11. For reftoring and rebuilding the haven and piers of Bridport, in the county of Dorfet; and for making a fluice there.

Cap. 12. Giving further encouragement for the importation of naval ftores; and for other purposes therein mentioned.

Cap.13.For the amending the highways

leading from Brampton-Bridge, near Church-Brampton, in the county of Northampton, through the parish of Thornby, to a bridge called WelfordBridge, in the parish of Welford in the faid county; and alfo the great poft-road from a place called Morter-Pit-Hill, in the parish of Pisford in the faid county, through the towns and parishes of Brixworth, Lamport, Maidwell, Kelmarfh, and Oxenden Magna, to a bridge called Chain-Bridge, leading into MarketHarborough in the county of Leicefter.

Cap. 14. For making the river Eden navigable to Bank-End in the county of Cumberland.

Cap. 15. For encouragement of the filk manufactures of this kingdom; and for taking off feveral duties on merchandizes exported; and for reducing the duties upon beaver skins, pepper, mace, cloves, and nutmegs imported; and for the importation of all furs of the product of the British plantations, into this kingdom only; and that the two corporations of affurance, on any fuits. brought on their policies, shall be

liable only to fingle damages and cofts of fuit.

Cap. 16. For taking off the duty upon all falt used in the curing and making of white herrings, and inftead thereof laying a proportionable duty upon all white herrings confumed at home only; and for making an allowance for tobacco exported from Scotland, in the time therein mentioned; and for giving farther relief to the refiners of rockfalt.

Cap. 17. For more equal paying and

better collecting certain fmall fums therein mentioned, for relief of fhipwrecked mariners, and diftreffed perfons (his Majesty's fubjects) in the kingdom of Portugal; and for other pious and charitable purposes usually contributed to by the merchants trading to Portugal.

Cap. 18. To prevent the clandeftine running of goods, and the danger of infection thereby; and to prevent ships breaking their quarentine; and to subject copper ore, of the production of the British plantations, to fuch regulations, as other enumerated commodities of the like production are fubject. Cap. 19. For the better recovery of the penalties inflicted upon perfons who destroy the game.

Cap. 20. For paying off and cancelling one million of exchequer-bills, and to give eafe to the South-Sea company, in respect of its prefent obligation to circulate or contribute towards circulating'exchequer-bills; and to give further time to that company for repayment of one million, which was lent to them and for issuing a further fum in new exchequer-bills, towards his Majesty's fupply, to be discharged and cancelled, when the faid company shall repay the million, owing by them; and that the exchequer-bills, which are to continue, may be circulated at easy and moderate rates;

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and for appropriating the fupplies granted to his Majesty in this feffion of parliament; and for relief of the fufferers at Nevis and Saint Chrif tophers, by an invasion of the French in the late war, and for laying a further duty on apples imported; and for ascertaining the duties on pictures imported. Cap. 21. To enable the South-Sea

company to dispose of the effects in their hands by way of lottery or subscription, or to fell part of their fund or annuity payable at the exchequer, in order to pay the debts of the faid company; and for relief of fuch, who were intended to have the benefit of a late act touch

ing payment of ten per centum therein mentioned.

Cap. 22. To prevent the mifchiefs by forging powers to transfer fuch ftocks, or to receive fuch annuities or dividends as are therein mentioned,or by fraudulently perfonating the true owners thereof; and to rectify the mistakes of the late managers for taking fubfcriptions for increafing the capital stock of the ScuthSea company, and in the inftruments founded thereupon. Cap. 23. For prolonging the times for hearing and determining claims before the trustees, in whom the estates of the late South-Sea directors, and of John Aiflabie efq; and likewife of James Craggs efq; deceased, are vested; and for other purposes therein mentioned.

Cap. 24. For the more effectual fup

preffing of piracy. Cap. 25. For fupplying some defects in the ftatute of the twenty third of King Henry the eighth, intituled, An act for obligations to be taken by two chief justices, the mayor of the ftaple, and the recorder of London; and for fetting down the time of figning judgments in the principality of Wales, and counties palatine. Cap. 26. For better fupplying the city

and liberties of Westminster, and parts adjacent, with water. Cap. 27. For the better preventing abufes committed in weighing and packing of butter in the city of York. Cap. 28. For fupplying the records of the commiffary court of Aberdeen, burnt or lost in the late fire there.

Cap. 29. For preventing delays in the execution of the truft reposed in the governors of the hofpital of King fames, founded in the CharterHouse, at the charges of Thomas Sutton efq; for the benefit of the said hofpital.

Cap. 30. For repairing the highways from the ftones-end at Whitechapel church, in the county of Middlefex, to Shenfield, and to the furthermoft part of the parish of Woodford, leading to the town of Epping in the county of Effex.

Cap. 31. To veft the ground, wharf and key, called Wool-Key, in the parish of All Saints Barking, in the city of London, with the buildings and warehouses thereupon, in truftees for his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors for ever, fubject to an agreement made on his Majefty's behalf, with the wardens and affiftants of the free-school in Sevenoake, in the county of Kent.

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