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alfo for amending fo much of an act, made in the feventeenth year of the reign of his present Majefty, as imposes a duty upon all fervants retained or employed in the feveral capacities therein mentioned.

Cap. 60. For establishing certain payments to be made to the vicar of the parish of Saint Michael in the city of Coventry for the time being in lieu of tithes ; and for repealing fo much of an act of the fourth and fifth of Philip and Mary as relates to the payment of tithes in the said parish.

Cap. 61. For continuing in the poffeffion of the united company of merchants of England trading to the Eaft- Indies, for a limited time, and under certain conditions, the territorial acquifitions and revenues lately obtained in the East Indies; and for continuing, for a limited time, fo much of an act, made in the thirteenth year of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled, An act for establishing certain regulations for the better management of the affairs of the East India company, as well in India as in Europe, as will expire in the courfe of the present year.

Cap. 62. To permit the removal of lime, and other articles neceffary for the improvement of land, without cocquet or bond.

Cap. 63. For raifing a certain fum of money, by loans or exchequer bills, for the fervice of the year one thousand feven hundred and feventy-nine.

Cap. 64. For raifing a further fum of money, by loans or exchequer bills, for the fervice of the year one thoufand feven hundred and feventy-nine.

Cap. 65. For the further augmentation of the falaries of the puifne juftices of the courts of King's bench and common pleas, and of the barons of the coif of the court of exchequer, at Westminster.

Cap. 66. For granting to his Majesty several additional duties on stamped vellum, parchment, and paper; and for better fecuring the ftamp-duties upon indentures, leafes, deeds, and other inftruments.

Cap. 67. For the encouragement of feamen, and the more speedy and effectual manning his Majefty's navy.

Cap. 68. For explaining, amending, and rendering more effectual, an act paffed in the twenty-third year of the reign of his late majesty King George the Second, for the more eafy and speedy: recovery of small debts within the Tower Hamlets.

Cap. 69. For the more effectually preventing the pernicious practices of smuggling in this kingdom; and for indemnifying perfons who have been guilty of offences against the laws of the customs and excife, upon the terms therein mentioned.

Cap. 70. For extending the provifions of an act, made in the twelfth year of the reign of King George the Firft, intituled, An act to prevent frivolous and vexatious arrefts; and for other purposes.

Cap. 71. For granting to his Majesty a certain fum of money out of the finking fund; and for applying certain monies therein

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mentioned for the fervice of the year one thousand seven hundred and feventy-nine; and for further appropriating the supplies granted in this feffion of parliament.

Cap. 72. To explain, amend, and render more effectual, the feveral laws now in being relative to the militia forces of this kingdom; and for making certain provifions relative to the fencible men in that part of Great Britain called Scotland.

Cap. 73. For enabling his Majefty to raise the fum of one million, for the ufes and purposes therein mentioned.

Cap. 74. To explain and amend the laws relating to the transportation, imprisonment, and other punishment, of certain offenders.

Cap. 75. For removing certain difficulties with respect to the more speedy and effectual manning of his Majefty's navy, for a limited time.

Cap. 76. For augmenting the militia.

Cap. 77. To enable the commiffioners of his Majesty's treafury to compound a debt due to the crown from James Gildart and his fureties, and for vefting the eftates of the faid James Gildart in Francis Gildart and Thomas Gildart; and for other purpofes therein mentioned.

Cap. 78. For enlarging the term of an act, paffed in the twelfth year of his prefent Majefty's reign, for building a temporary bridge over the river Tyne, between the town of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, in the county of Durham; for completing the new ftone bridge over the faid river, and for making the avenues to, and the paffage over the fame more commodious.

Cap. 79. For enlarging the term and powers of an act, made in the twenty-fixth year of the reign of his majesty King George the Second, intituled, An att for repairing the road from the turnpike road at Buckton Burn, in the county of Durham, through Berwick upon Tweed, to Lammerton-hill, and also the several other roads therein mentioned, lying in the faid county, and within the liberties of the faid town of Berwick.

Cap. 80. For enlarging the term and powers of an act, made in the twenty-eighth year of the reign of his majesty King George the Second, intituled, An act for repairing and widening the road from Thirsk over Skipton Bridge, through Baldersby, to Baldersby-gate, adjoining to Hutton moore, in the way to Ripon; and through Ainderby, Quernow, and Nofterfield, by Well Flashes Gate, to Matham, in the county of York; and likewise for removing the toll house and turpike-gates at Busby Stobb, in the faid county, to fome other convenient place in the road leading from Borough-bridge to the city of Durham.

Cap. 81. For continuing the term, and altering the powers of an act, made in the thirty-fecond year of the reign of his late Majefty, for repairing, widening, and rendering safe and commodious feveral roads leading from the town of South Molton, in the county of Devon.

Cap. 82. For continuing the term and altering and ens

larging the powers of an act, paffed in the twenty-eighth year of the reign of his late majesty King George the Second, for repairing and widening the road from the town of Market Harborough, in the county of Leicester, through the town of Lutterworth, in the faid county, to the city of Coventry.

Cap. 83. For enlarging the terms and powers of three acts, paffed in the seventh year of the reign of King George the First, and in the fifteenth and twenty-fourth years of the reign of King George the Second, for repairing the road from Wendover to the town of Buckingham, and other roads in the county of Buckingham, fo far as the fame relate to the road from the weft end of the town of Beaconsfield to within half a mile of the river Colne, near Uxbridge, in the county of Middlefex.

Cap. 84. For widening and repairing a lane called Pitt's or Sheppard's Lane, leading from the market-houfe in the town of Maidenhead, in the county of Berks, towards Cookham, in the faid county; and for turning the course of the prefent road, leading from Ray-mills and Cookham to the turnpike road near Maidenhead aforefaid.

Cap. 85. For continuing the term, and altering and enlarging the powers, of an act, made in the twenty-fixth year of the reign of his late Majefty, for repairing the road from Afhby-de-laZouch, in the county of Leicefter, through Burton upon Trent, in the county of Stafford, and to The Cock Inn in Tutbury, in the faid county.

Cap. 86. For enlarging the term of an act, made in the twenty-eighth year of King George the fecond, intituled, An act for repairing the road from a certain place in Bury, in the county of Huntingdon, through Warboys, Old Hurft, Saint Ives, Hilton, Eltifley, Warefley, Gamlingay, and Potton, to a house called The Spread Eagle in Stratton, within the feveral counties of Huntingdon, Cambridge, and Bedford.

Cap. 87. For enlarging the term and powers of an act, made in the thirty-fecond year of the reign of his majesty King George the Second, intituled, An act for repairing and widening the road from Chefterfield, to the turnpike road at Hernftone-lane Head; and alfo the road branching from the faid road, upon the Eaft-moor, through Barlow and Wardlow, to the joining of the faid roads again near Wardlow-mires; and alfo the road leading between the said road and branch, from Calver-bridge to Baflow-bridge; and also the road from the turnpike road, near Newhaven-houfe, to the turnpike road near Grindleford-bridge, in the county of Derby.

Cap. 88. For continuing the term, and altering and enlarging the powers, of an act, made in the thirty-fecond year of his late Majefty, for repairing and widening the road from Dewsbury to Ealand, in the Weft riding of the county of York.

Cap. 89. For continuing the term, and altering and enlarging the powers, of an act, made in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of his late Majefty, for repairing and amending feveral roads leading from Upton, in the county of Worcester, and other roads therein mentioned; and for amending the road leading from the

Cross, in the parish of Hanley Castle, in the faid county, to the river Severn.

Cap. 90. To enlarge the term and powers of an act, paffed in the twenty fixth year of the reign of his late Majefty, for repairing the road from the borough of Leicester, in the county of Leicester, to the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in the faid county.

Cap. 91. For more effectually repairing the road leading from Stratford upon Avon to Edghill, in the county of Warwick; and for repealing the feveral laws now in force relating to the faid

road.

Cap. 92. For more effectually repairing, widening, and amending, the roads from Wigan to Prefton, in the county palatine of Lancaster; and for repealing feveral acts, made in the thirteenth year of King George the First, and the fourth and twenty-third years of his late Majefty, relating to the faid roads.

Cap. 93. For amending and keeping in repair the road from a certain bridge over a brook or ftream called Sudbrook, near the city of Gloucester, to the nine mile ftone on the Bristol road, at or near a place called The Clay Pits, in the county of Gloucester.

Cap. 94. For continuing the term, and varying the powers, of two acts, made in the twenty-fixth and twenty-ninth years of the reign of his late Majefty, for repairing and widening the road from the top of White Sheet Hill, in the parish of Donhead Saint Andrew, in the county of Wilts, and feveral other roads. therein mentioned, in the counties of Dorfet, Somerfet and Wilts.

Cap. 95. For repealing an act, made in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of his late majefty King George the Second, for repairing and widening the road from Alemouth, through the town of Alnwick, to Rothbury, and from thence to the town of Hexham'; and also the road leading out of the aforesaid road, between Alnwick and Rothbury, to Jockey's Dike Bridge, in the county of Northumberland; and for making more effectual provifion for the repair of the faid roads.

Cap. 96. For enlarging the term and powers of an act made in the thirty-first year of the reign of his late majesty King George the Second, intituled, An act for repairing and widening the roads from Little Sheffield, in the county of York, through the towns of Hatherfage, Hope, and Caftleton, to Sparrowpit-gate, in the county of Derby, and from The guide polt, near Barber's Fields Cupola, through Grindleford-bridge, Great Hucklow, Tidwell, Hardgate-wall, and Fairfield, to Buxton, in the county of Derby.

Cap. 97. For continuing the term, and altering the powers of an act, made in the twenty-fixth year of the reign of his late Majefty, for repairing the road from the city of Carlile to the town of Penrith, in the county of Cumberland, and from the Jaid town of Penrith to Eamont Bridge which divides the counties of Cumberland and Weftmoreland.

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Cap. 98. For continuing the term, and enlarging the powers, of an act, made in the twenty-fixth year of the reign of his late majesty King George the Second, for repairing and widening the road leading from Flimwell Vent, in the parish of Ticehurst, in the county of Suflex, to the town and port of Haftings, in the faid

county.

Cap. 99. For repairing and widening the road from Ganderlane, in the county of Derby, to Sheffield, in the west riding of the county of York; and also the road branching out of the faid road at or near Mofbrough-green, in the faid county of Darby, to Clown, in the fame county.

Cap. 100. For enlarging the term and altering and varying the powers of fo much of an act, made in the thirty-fecond year of the reign of his late majefty King George the Second, for repairing feveral roads leading to the town of Bridgewater, in the county of Somerfet, and other roads therein mentioned, as relates to the roads leading to the faid town.

Cap. 101. For enlarging the term and powers of two acts made in the thirty-fecond year of the reign of his late majefty King George the Second, and in the fecond year of the reign of his present Majesty, for repairing and widening the roads from Oxdowngate in Popham lane to the city of Winchester, and from the faid city through Hurley to Chandler's Ford, and from Hurley aforefaid to the turnpike road at Romley, and from the said turnpike road through Ringwood, in the county of Southampton, to Longham-bridge, and Winborne Minster in the county of Dorfet, and for amending and widening the road from Ringwood-gate in the faid county of Southampton to Woolfbridge, and from a street called. The Hundred at Romfey, through Chilworth, to the river at Swathling in the faid county.

Cap. 102. For amending, widening, and keeping in repair the roads leading from Ludlowfach, in the county of Carmarthen, to the town of Landovery, and from thence through the town of Llangadock to the river Amman, and feveral other roads in the faid county communicating therewith.

Cap. 103. For continuing the term, and enlarging the powers, of an act, made in the fifth year of his prefent Majefty, for repairing, widening, and keeping in repair, feveral roads leading from Kidwelly, in the county of Carmarthen, and also several roads leading from Llandilo, in the faid county, fo far as relates to the roads included in the Kidwelly district; and also for repairing, widening, and keeping in repair, feveral other roads within the faid county.

Cap. 104. For continuing the term and altering and enlarging the powers of an act, made in the thirty-first year of the reign of his late Majefty, for repairing and widening the road from the Swan Inn at Leatherhead, to the Maypole at the upper end of Spital or Somerfet Street, in the parish of Stoke, near the town of Guldeford, in the county of Surrey.

Cap. 105. For continuing the term and altering the powers of an act, made in the twenty-fixth year of the reign of his late majesty

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