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 <. D. 1722. Anno nono Georgii Regis. C. '13, 14. 439 ich Perfon and Perfons (being thereof lawfully convicted in due Form of Law) {hall be adjudged guihy f Felony, and fhall fuft'er as in Cafes of Felony without Benefit of Clergy. CAP. XIII. Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An All for repairing the Highways between the Houfe commonly called the Horfefhoe-Houfe, in the Parijh of 'Stolen Goldington in the County of Bucks, and the Town ^/"Northamp- ton ; and for repairing the Road 'from the North-Bridge of 'Newport P; gnel in the County oj Bucks, to the fetid Horfeflioe-Houfe. 3y this Act the Toll granted by the private Act 8 Ann. c. 2. which commenced from 1 April 1710. and vas to have Continuance lor 21 Years, is farther continued from 1 May 17Z3, for the Term of fifteen Vears. [Farther continued by 15 Geo. 2. c. 6.] P R. CAP. XIV. f Aft for enlarging the Term granted by an Aft made in the third Year of his Majefty's Reign, (for continuing the Duty of two Pennies Scots upon every Pint of Ale and Beer fold in the City of Edinburgh, for the Purpofes therein mentioned; and for difcontinuing Pay- ment of the Petty-Port Cujloms there) and for making the faid Aft more effeftual. I. it THEREAS the City of Edinburgh, being the Metropolis and Seat of the Government of Scot- W land, was thereby fubject to all the Alterations and Changes of the State ; and whereas the faid City hath, ever lmce the Reformation, been remarkably zealous in fupporting and defending the Proteftant InterePc, and thereby, and by other inavoidable Occafions, was involved in very confidera- ble Debts, far exceeding what the common Revenue of the faid Town could difcharge ; therefore to This A( ex- enable them to pay off thefe Debts, and for other Purpofes, an Act was paft in the Parliament of Scot- plained by 1 Geo. land of the thirteenth of "June one thoufand fix hundred and ninety-three, giving to the faid Town of ^- ftat - 2 - c - * 2# Edinburgh, and Community thereof, and to the Magiftrates and Town-Council of the fame, and their nue^bv^cGeo. Succeffors in Office, for their Ufe and Behoof, an Impofition of two Pennies Scots (over and above the 2, Ci g,-" 5 King's annexed Excife, and additional Excife impofed in that Seffion of Parliament) upon the Pint of all Ale and Beer, either brewed, brought in or vended, tapped, and fold within the faid Town and Sub- urbs, and Liberties thereof, viz. Canon-gate, South and North Leith, Wejlport, Potterow and Plea/ants, and the other Pertinents, to be paid to the faid Town, Magiftrates and Council thereof, by the Brewers, Venders, Sellers and Tapfters of the faid Ale or Beer, during the Space of fifteen Years and further, not exceeding the Space of thirty Years, commencing from the firft of July one thoufand fix hundred and ninety-three, to be paid, uplifted and collected weekly, monthly and quarterly or otherwife, as the Magiftrates and Twon-Council fhould think fit to prefcribe and order ; excepting only from the faid Act all fuch Ale and Beer, as fhould be brewed in the Country without the Liberties of the faid City, by Heritors or Proprietors on their own Lands, and brought in by them (during the Time they actu- ally inhabited in the faid Town) to be confumed and made ufe of for their own Ufe and the Ufe of their Families only; and alfo excepting all Ale and Beer vended within the Precincts of Holyrood Houfe and Caftle of Edinburgh from the faid Impositions: And whereas fince the Union there hath been a gra- dual, but very fenfible Decreafe and Decay of the Revenues of the faid City, and that feveral of their publick Works, which were highly neceffary to be carried on and finiihed for the Service of the faid City, had been very much neglected, and could not be carried on without a confiderable Sum of Mo- ney : And whereas the faid City was fo far from being able, at their own Expence, and out of their proper Revenues, to carry on and finifh the fame, that the Debts owing by them were confiderably in- creafed, partly occafioned by the late unnatural Rebellion ; therefore by an Act of the third Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Ati for continuing the Duty of tivo Pennies Scots, or one fixth 3 Ge0 - '• c - 5- Part of a Penny Sterling, on every Pint of Ale and Beer that fhall be vended or fold within the City ^Edin- burgh, and Pi ivileges thereof, for the Benefit of the faid City ; and for difcontinuing the Paymeiit of 'the Dues commonly called the Petty-Port Cuftoms at Edinburgh, during the Continuance of this Act, the faid Duty and Duties fo impofed by the before recited Ait of the Parliament of Scotland we. further continued and made payable to the Provoft, Magiftrates and Council of the faid City of Edinburgh for the Time be- ing, and their Succeffors, for the Ufe and Behoof of the faid Town, for and during the full Term of nineteen Years, to be collected and levied in the fame Manner, as the fame was, by the faid Act of Par- liament in Scotland, limited and appointed, and the Money arifing thereby was directed to be applied and difpofed of to the Ufes following, viz. for renewing the Water-Pipes, and helping the Conduits, which carry Water to the Town, for enlarging the Harbour and deepning the Channel of Leith, for building a new,Key at Leith, for fettling an annual Fund of three hundred Pounds towards employing and maintain- ing the Poor of Edinburgh and adjacent Counties, from and after the firft of "July one thoufand feven hun- dred and eighteen, for fettling a Salary on the Profeffor of Law in the Univeriity of Edinburgh, and his Succeffors in Office, not exceeding one hundred Pounds per Annum, commencing from the eleventh of November one thoufand feven hundred and feventeen, for rebuilding the City- Walls, and caufeying the Highways leading to the faid City, for building two new Churches, and fettling Stipends for the Mini- fters thereof, and for two French Minifters, for paying and applying four hundred and fifty-two Pounds ' annually
 * in Act for the enlarging the Term granted by an Act paffed in the eighth Year of the Reign of her late