to the like uses as a messuage and lands called Johnson's Farm, in the parishes of Stanton Harcourt and Southley, or one of them, in the county of Oxen, were devised by dame Elizabeth Harcourt, widow, deceased, and in lieu thereof for vesting the said premisses, called Fohnson's Farm, in the faid lord viscount Harcourt and his heirs. 5. An act to enable the mayor, burgesses, and commonalty of the city of Bristol, to build an exchange there for the conveniency of the merchants and traders of that city. 6. An act for fale of part of fir John Wentworth's estate, towards raising part of the fum of ten thousand pounds for the purposes therein mentioned. 7. An act for vesting part of the estate of fir Ralph Milbanke, bart. in trustees, to be fold for performing his father's will, and an agreement made with his brother and fisters. 8. An act for uniting and consolidating the parish-churches of Stypud, alias Steeple, and Tyneham within the ifle of Purbeck, in the county of Dorset. 9. An act to enable Elizabeth and Margaret Newton, infants, during their minority (with consent of trustees) to grant and fill up leases of part of the estate late of John Newton esq; their father, deceased. 10. An act for vesting the estate late of Fames Price of Pilleth, in the county of Radnor, esq; deceased in trustees, to be fold for payment of several portions, and legacies charged thereon. 11. An act to impower the commiffioners and trustees for the forfeited estates, to give such relief to Hugh Wallace of Inglestoun, esq; and Hugh 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 treason, as they have given to other claimants upon the said 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 Christopher Schele. 15. An act to explain and amend an act made in the second year of the reign of her late majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An act for sale of part of the estate of Henry lord vifcount Dillon, in the kingdom of Ireland, and for fettling an equivalent in other part of his estate on the vifcountess his wife, for her jointure; and to make a provifion for Bridget viscountess Dillon, wife of Richard, now lord viscount Dillon. 16. An act for inclofing Glastonbury commons, in the county of Somerset. 17. Anact for vesting in trustees the reversion, 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 Majesty to make such provisions, as is therein mentioned, for the children of James Macdonald deceased, out of the estate of the late fir Donald Macdonald, their uncle, which was forfeited to his Majesty 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 Blyde Reyn. b THE STATUTES at Large, &c. Anno Regni GEORGII I. Regis Magnæ A T the parliament begun and holden at Westminsfter the seventeenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand Seven hundred and fourteen, in the first year of the reign of our fovereign Lord George, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c. and from thence continued by feveral prorogations to the eleventh day of November, one thousand seven hundred and eighteen, being the fourth feffion of this present parliament. CAP. I. An act for granting to his Majesty an aid by a land tax to be raised in Great Britain, for the fervice of the year one. thousand seven hundred and wineteen. CXXIII. ND whereas the sum of one hundred thirty nine How the defi A thousand nine hundred fifty eight pounds fix fhillings ciency of and two pence, was paid by the treasurer of his Majesty's navy to the 110,3121. 17 S. South Sea company, out of money provided for the fervice of his 4 d. 34. for the year 1715, Majesty's navy for the year one thousand seven hundred and eighteen, to the treasurpursuant to acts of parliament in that behalf, for compleating the er of the navy funds of fix hundred and eight thousand pounds per annum, payable thall be made to the said company, or the arrearages thereoj, until the twenty- good. fourth day of June one thousand seven hundred and eighteen inclusively: and whereas a fum not exceeding twenty nine thousand fix hundred forty five pounds eight shillings and nine pence farthing, by an act of the fourth year of his Majesty's reign, was appropriated for or 4 Geo. 1. 0.3. towards enabling the treasurer of the navy to make good the payments, which in the half year ending on the twenty fourth day of June one thousand feven hundred and eighteen might be demanded of him, purfuant to any former act or acts of parliament for compleating the faid funds of fix hundred eight thousand pounds per annum, payable to the faid company; and the faid fum of twenty nine thousand fix bundred forty five pounds eight shillings and nine pence farthing, hath B VOL. XIV. been been issued to the said treasurer, and paid or directed to be paid accordingly, so that so much of the faid deficiency as till remains to be made good to the treasurer of his Majesty's navy, doth amount to one hundred ten thousand three hundred and twelve pounds seventeen shillings and four pence three farthings: and whereas some doubts have been made in the construction of certain clauses in an act of parlia 3 Geo. 1. c. 7. ment of the third year of his Majesty's reign, made for the redeeming the then yearly fund of the said company; by which clauses it was enacted, That in default of supplying fuch deficiency in the manner thereby prescribed, the fame should be made good out of the general yearly fund of seven hundred twenty four thousand eight hundred forty nine pounds fix fhillings and ten pence one fifth part of a penny, 3 Geo. 1. c. 9. by another act of the third year of his Majesty's reign, established or intended to be established, as by the said several acts (relation being thereunto respectively had) may more fully appear: now for obviating all doubts concerning the refunding of the faid fum of one hundred ten thousand three hundred and twelve pounds seventeen shillings and four pence three farthings, to the treasurer of his Majesty's navy, it is hereby declared and enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the faid deficiency amounting to one hundred ten thousand three hundred and twelve pounds, seventeen shillings, and four pence three farthings, shall and may be supplied and made good to the treasurer of his Majesty's navy, upon account, for the service of the navy and victualling thereof, by or out of the general yearly fund of seven hundred twenty four thousand eight hundred forty nine pounds, fix thillings and ten pence, one fifth part of a penny before mentioned, or out of money to be raised at the exchequer for purchafing an annuity or annuities, after a rate not exceeding five pounds per centum per annum, for the faid fum of one hundred ten thoufand three hundred and twelve pounds, seventeen shillings, and four pence three farthings, and that fuch annuity or annuities shall be charged on the faid general yearly fund, and be payable and transferrable at the bank of England, as other annuities payable out of the faid general yearly fund are intended by any former act or acts of parliament now in force to be payable and transferrable, until the redemption thereof by parliament: and the commissioners of his Majesty's treasury, or any three or more of them, and the high treasurer for the time being, are hereby directed and authorized to issue his or their warrants or orders, and to do all other acts and things requifite or necessary to be done or performed, for making good the said deficiency, and for registring and payment of fuch annuity or annuities in respect thereof, to the said treasurer of his Majesty's navy, or the treasurer thereof for the time being, accordingly; any former raw, statute, provifion, or other matter and thing whatsoever to the contrary notwithstanding. CAP. i CAP. II. An act for continuing the duties on malt, mum, cyder and perry, for the service of the year one thousand seven hundred and nineteen; and for enlarging the time for entring at the Exchequer fuch assignments of reverfionary annuities as are therein mentioned; and for better securing the duties on hides and skins, vellum and parchment. VIII. passed 4 & 5 W. & M. AND whereas by an act of parliament made and paffed in 9 & 10 W. 3. the fourth year of the reign of King William and Queen C. 3. Mary, of glorious memory, for granting certain rates and duties of excise, for fecuring certain recompences and advantages to fuch as Should advance the fum of one million towards carrying on the then war against France: it was enacted, That it should and might be lawful for any contributor, his executors, administrators or affigns, by any writing under hand and feal, or by his last will in writing, to affign or devise any one or more flare or shares of the fund therein mentioned to any person or persons, and no such assignment to be revocable, so as an entry or memorandum thereof were made in the office of the auditor of the receipt, within the space of two months after fuch affignment or death of the devisor; aud upon producing fuch affignment or will, the party was and is to bring an affidavit of the execution thereof to be filed, as is therein specified : and whereas in pursuance of an act of parli ment made in the ninth year of bis faid late Majesty's c. 24. reign for enlarging the time for purchasing certain eftates or interests in the annuities therein mentioned, several reverfionary tallies were ftruck, and orders thereupon drawn, for payment of reverfionary annuities, in the name of Richard then earl of Ranelagh of the kingdom of Ireland, and by him issued out to fuch uses as in and by the Said act were directed; but fome doubt arifing whether the assignments made by the faid earl on the back of the faid orders were according to the form prescribed by the faid former act, it was by another act of 11 & 12 W. 3. the eleventh year of his faid late Majesty's reign enacted, That all c. 3. fect. 12. and every the faid endorsed afsignments then made, or thereafter to be made by the faid late earl, or other person or persons authorized to make the fame, for conveying the faid tallies and orders to fuch perfons, and to fuch uses, as in the faid recited act are specified, and all other affignments, whether endorsed or otherwise, made by virtue of and fubfequent to fuch endorsed affignments, should be good in law, So as an entry or memorandum of fuch fubfequent assignments be made in the faid office of the receipt, before the twenty ninth day of September one thousand seven hundred, as by the faid feveral acts (relation being thereunto respectively had) may more fully appear: and whereas feveral of the faid tallies which were struck, and the orders thereupon drawn, for payment of fuch reversionary annuities, as aforesaid, in the name of the faid late earl, and which were affigned by him, as aforesaid, have been affigned over by feveral fubfequent affignments, by indorfing the name of the affigner on the order, or otherwise, and it is doubted whether fuch subsequent affignments made on the back of the fame orders (not being entred within the B 2 time |