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.

Anno 7 Georgii I. Seff. 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 Majesty by a land-tax to be raised in Great Britain, for the fervice 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 faid year, and for giving time for inferting 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 customs and excife payable for the fugar-houfes

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 prefent Majefty's reign, for repairing the highway from feveral places therein mentioned, leading towards Highgate Gate-Houfe 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 fhall be brewed for fale, vended, or tapped within the town of Elgins, and privileges thereof, for paying the publick debts of the faid town, and for other the purposes therein menti⚫oned.

Cap. 8. To enable his Majefty effec

tually to prohibit commerce (for the space of one year) with any country that is or thall be infected with the plague; and for fhortning the continuance of an act paffed in the seventh year of his Majefty'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 hinder the Spreading of infec

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and for appropriating the fupplies granted to his Majefty in this feffion of parliament; and for relief of the fufferers at Nevis and Saint Chriftophers, by an invafion of the French in the late war, and for laying a further duty on apples imported; and for afcertaining the duties on pictures imported. Cap. 21. To enable the South-Sea company to difpofe of the effects in their hands by way of lottery or fubfcription, 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 touching 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 ftock of the SouthSea company, and in the inftruments founded thereupon. Cap. 23. For prolonging the times for hearing and determining claims before the truftees, in whom the eftates of the late South-Sea directors, and of John Aiflabie efq; and likewife of James Craggs efq; deceased, are velted; and for other purposes therein mentioned.

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 loft 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 James, founded in the CharterHoufe, at the charges of Thomas Sutton efq; for the benefit of the faid 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.

Private Alts. Anno 8 Georgii I.

1. An act for naturalizing Detelef Von de Thienen, and Melufine baronefs of Schoulenburgh.

2. An act for naturalizing Jeanne Coltee du Carel, and others.

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An act for naturalizing Augufte Tebuteau, Jofeph Murat, and others. 4. An act to veft two fourth parts of a fee-farm rent of eighty two pounds eight fhillings and two pence, iffuing out of the manor of Kingswood in the county of Wilts (of which two fourth parts, the lord viscount Harcourt is feifed in fee) in trustees,

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to the like ufes as a messuage and lands called Johnson's Farm, in the parishes of Stanton Harcourt and Seatbly, or one of them, in the county of Oxen, were devifed by dame Elizabeth Harcourt, widow, deceafed, and in lieu thereof for verting the faid premiffes, called Johnfon's Farm, in the faid lord vicount Harcourt and his heirs.

An act to enable the mayor, burgeffes, and commonalty of the city of Bristol, to build an exchange there for the conveniency of the merchants and traders of that city. An act for fale of part of fir John Wentworth's eftate, towards raifing part of the fum of ten thousand pounds for the purposes therein mentioned.

An act for vefting part of the efate of fir Ralph Milbanke, bart. in truffees, to be fold for performing his father's will, and an agreement hade with his brother and fifters. An act for uniting and consolidatng the parifh-churches of Stypud, as Steeple, and Tyneham within the ile of Purbeck, in the county of Darlet.

An act to enable Elizabeth and Margaret Newton, infants, during their minority (with confent of trufees) to grant and fill up leafes of part of the eftate late of John Newefq; their father, deceased. 12. An act for vefting the estate late of James Price of Pilleth, in the county of Radnor, efq; deceased in trutees, to be fold for payment of feveral portions, and legacies charged thereon.

An act to impower the commiffoners and trustees for the forfeited eftates, to give fuch relief to Hugh Wallace of Ingleftoun, efq; and High Wallace his fon, in relation to their part in an heritable bond and VOL. XIV.

enfeoffment upon the estate of James late earl of Linlithgow, attainted of high treafon, as they have given to other claimants upon the faid bond. 12. An act for naturalizing Samuel Palmer.

13. An act for naturalizing Lucas. Steinman, Paul Kruger, and Henry Boon.

14. An act for naturalizing Chriftopher Schele.

15. An act to explain and amend an act made in the fecond year of the reign of her late majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An act for fale of part of the eftate of Henry lord vifcount Dillon, in the kingdom of Ireland, and for fettling an equivalent in other part of his eftate on the vifcountess his wife, for her jointure; and to make a provifion for Bridget viscountefs Dillon, wife of Richard, now lord viscount Dillon. 16. An act for inclofing Glaftonbury commons, in the county of Somerset.

17. An act for vefting in trustees the reverfion, freehold and inheritance of part of the estate late of fir William Davie bart. deceased, (expectant on a term of five hundred years) to be fold for payment of his daughters portions, and legacies. 18. An act to enable his Majefty to make fuch provifions, as is therein mentioned, for the children of James Macdonald deceafed, out of the estate of the late fir Donald Macdonald, their uncle, which was forfeited to his Majefty for high treason.

19. An act for naturalizing Agatha Drummond.

20. An act for naturalizing James Girardot, and Paul Amfink. 21. An act to naturalize John Blydefleyn.

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