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 A. D. 1700. Anno undecimG& duodecimo GuLiELMi III. C. 24. 61 CAP. XXIV. An Aft to enable the Mayor and Citizens of the City of Chejier to recover and preferve the Navigation pr. & exp. upon the River Dee. Duties to be paid for 21 Years to the Mayor, ISc. of Chejier, for making the Ri- 6 Geo. 2, c. 30. ver £)<■/? navigable. Coals three Half-pence /i^r Barrel, Lime or Limeftone zd. ^i?r Barrel, to be paid on unloading, i^c. Mayor and Aldermen, Sc. to appoint Collectors and Receivers, iSc. Monies col- lefted to be paid to the City Treafurer. Coal, Limeftone, iSc. fhal] be fold in fome publick Place in • Chejier, as the Mayor, l^c. fhall appoint. On Nonpayment of Duty, Boat and Goods may be ftopt, and Cart, Horfe, 6ff. until the fame be paid. Mayor, toV. to nominate Colleflor, Receiver, i^c. who fhall give Security, and be allowed izd. in the Pound for their Pains. Mayor, l^c. may contraS for making new Works, fe'c. Accounts of Receipts and Difburfements to be entred. Seven Commiffioners to be chofen yearly for executing the Powers in this Aft, who may examine Colleftors, ISc. on Oath, allow their Accounts, i^c. River Dee may be made navigable from the Sea to Chejier, and the Channel turned. Commii'fioners for executing the Powers, may mark out the Sands, Soil, bSc. Sand and Ground inciofed, l3c. vefted in the Mayor and Citizens for ever, v/ho may improve the fame, and take the Profits, for maintaining and repairing the Works. Commiffioners to iet out a publick Highway over the Sands. Mayor, tyV. may furvey the River, ISc. Rights oi Anne Offiey referved, &€. Owners of Blaco?! Manor may fet up Sluices, &c. In cafe new Channel be cut within 450 Yards Southwards of Blacofi-haiife, Owners to have Satisfa£lion for Damage, &c. Differences fhall be adjufted by Arbitra- tors. Party aggrieved .may appeal to the Chief Jultice of Chefter, v/hofe Order fhall be final. Not to extend to Sir William Glynn and others. In cafe River be not fordable at low Water, Mayor, is'c. to employ two free Ferry-boats, ^'c. Anno Regni GULIELMI III. duodecimo & decimo tertlo. ' j. twelfth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord WILLIAM the Third, by ( the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, foV. and from thence continued by Piorogation to the tenth Day of February 1700. and from thence by Adjournments continued • till the twenty-fourth Day of "June 1701. being the firft Seffion of this prefent Parliament.' C A P. I. An AiSl for renewing the Bills of Credit, commonly called Exchequer Bills, "EXP. CAP. II. An A£l: for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better feciiring the Rights and Liberties of the Subjeft. WHEREAS in the firft Year of the Reign of your Majefty, and of our late moft Gracious Sove- ,w. &M, (T.z, reign Lady Qiieen A4ary (of bleffed Memory) an Aft of Parliament was made, intituled, Anz.z, ASi for declaring the Rights and Liberties of the SubjeSi, and for fettling the Succeffion of the Croivn, wherein it was (amojigit other Things) enaiSed, eftabliflied and declared, That the Crown and Regal Govern- ment of the Kingdoms of England, France and Ireland, and the Dominions thereunto belonging, fhould be and continue to your Majefty and the faid late Queen, during the Joint-Lives of your Majefty and the faid Queen, and to the Survivor : And that after the Deceafe of your Majefty and of the faid Queen, the faid Crown and Regal Government ihould be and remain to the Heirs of the Body of the faid late Queen : And for Default of fuch Iflue, to her Royal Highnefs the Princefs Anne of Denmark, and the Heirs of her Body : And for Default of fuch Jftue, to the Heirs of the Body of your Majefty. And is was thereby further enadled, That all and every Perfon and Perfons that then were, or afterwards Ihould be reconciled to, or fhould hold Communion with the See or Church of Rome, or fhould profefe ^ the Popifti Religion, or marry a Papift, Ihould be excluded, and are by that h& made for ever uncapa- ble to inherit, poilisfs, or enjoy the Crown and Government of this Realm and Ireland, and the Domi- nions thereunto belonging, or any Part of the fame, or to have, ufe, or exercife any Regal Power, Au- thority, or JurifdiiStion wiLhin the fame : And in all and every fuch Cafe and Cafes the People of thefe Realms fhall be arid are thereby abfolved of their Allegiance : And that the faid Crown and Govern- ment fhal! from Time to Time defcend to and be enjoyed by fuch Perfon or Perfons, being Proteftants, as ftiould have inheritedjmd enjoyed the fame, in cafe the faid Perfon or Perfons, fo reconciled, hold- " ~ . - -- - - - - he making of which were reftored to the _ __ ..^ ^ _.,„.-„, -_ -, by the Providence of God giving Succefs to your :V ajefty's juft Undertakings and unwearied Endeavours for that Furpofe, had no greater temporal Felicity to hope or v/i{h for, than to fee a Royal Progeny defcending from your Majeftyj to whom (under God) they owe their Tranquillity, and whofe Anceftors have for many^ Years been principal Affertors of the reformed Religion and the Liberties of Europe, and from our faid moft Gracious Sovereign Lady, whofe Memory will always be precious to the Subjeds of thcfe Realms : ' And
 * AT '^he Parliament begun at Wejlminjier the fixth Day of February, Anno Dom.J-'joo. inthe