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 A. D. 173 1. Anno quarto Georgii II. C. it, 12. $5 anv fuch Perfon or Perfons, being Ideot, Lunatick or Non compos mentis, or for the Committee or Com- mittees of fuch Perfon or Perfons, in his, her or their Name cr Names, by the Direction of the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, or the Lord Keeper or CommhTioners of the Great Seal of Great Britain for the Tune bung, figni(ie:l by an Order made, upon hearing all Parties concerned, on the Petition of t e Perfon or Perfons, tor whom fuch Perfon or Perlons being Id'cot, Lunatick or Non compos mentis, fhall be fei'cd or poffeiTe i in Truft, or of the Mortgagor or Mortgagors, or of the Perfon or Perfons infilled to the Monies fecured by or upon any Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, whereof any fuch Perfon or Perfons being Ideot, Lunatick, or Non compos mentis, is or are or (hall be feifed or poffcffed by way of Mortgage, or of the Perfon or Perfons intitled to the Redemption thereof, to convey and afture any fuch Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, in fuch Manner as the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Keeper or Commiffioncrs of the Great Seal of Great Britain, fhall by fuch Order lb to be ob- tained direct, to any other Perfon or Perfons; and fuch Conveyance or Affurance, fo to' be had and made as aforefaid, fhall be as good and effectual in Law, to all Intents and Purpof s whatfoever;' as if the laid Perfon or Perfons being Ideot, Lunatick or Non compos mentis, was or were, at the Time of th~ linking fuch Conveyance or Affurance, of fane Mind, Memory and Understanding, and not Ideot, Lu- natick or Non compos mentis, or had by him, her or themfelves executed the fame; any Law, Cuftom or Uf.ge to the contrary in any wife notwithstanding. II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every fuch Perfon and Perfons Weots, &p. cr bein<* Ideot, Lunatick, or Non compos mentis, and only Truftee or Tiruftees, Mortgagee or Mortgagees j|^ r c ^°" n J^~ as aforefaid, or the Committee or Committees of all and every fuch Perfon and Perfons, being Ideot, tompelled Hy Lunatick, or Non compos mentis, and only fuch Truftee or Mortgagee as aforefaid, fhall and may be im- Order, to make powered and compelled, by fuch Order fo as aforefaid to be obtained, to make fuch Conveyance or Con- Conveyances, veyances, Affurance or Affurances as aforefaid, in like Manner as Truftees or Mortgagees of fane Me- Sai'sGeo.z.f.zo. morv are compellable to convey, furrender or ailign their Truft Eftates or Mortgages. 'fir p renanim the •> Marriage of Lil- CAP. XL T'" h ' An Act for continuing the Duty of two Pennies Scots, or one fixth Part of a Penny Sterling, upon every foots Pint of Ale and Be.r, that fhall be vended or fold within the Town of Dundee and Privileges, thereof, for paying the publick Debts of the faid Town, repairing the Harbour there, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. P R. " The "Duty of two Pennies Scots continued for 25 Years, from 25 March 173 1, &c. Truftees may " affign over the Duty. Overfeers appointed. Debts of the Town to be laid before the Overfeers. New " Overfeers to be elected in cafe of Death, fcficx Additional Provifion for the Minifters of Dundee. C A P. XII, An Ad to continue the Duties for Encouragement of the Coinage of Money. May it pleafe your ntojl Excellent Majejly, ' Aft for encouraging I ' which faid Acts 'James the Second, and were continued by an Act made in the four h Year of King William and4&5W. &M, 1 Queen Mary, of Bleffed Memory, and were farther continued by an Act made in the twelfth Year c ; 2 ^ ' ot the Reign of the faid late King William, and were further, continued by an Act made in the F^.' ' feventh Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, of Bleffed Memory, and then extended $Amu '' to Scotland, and were further continued by an Act made in the firft Year of the Reign of his late Majefty 7 £""• c -£^ ' King George the Firft, of Glorious Memory, to be in Force for feven Years from the firft Day of £ „j 3 o 1 ' ' March one thoufand feven hundred and fifteen, and until the End of the firft Seffion of Parliament' ' J " ' faid late Majefty's Reign, for feven Years, from the firft Day of March one thoufand feven hundred 1 and twenty three, and until the End of the firft Seffion of Parliament then next following; fonG*!. f,;, ' that unlefs the faid Act be continued, the Encouragement given thereby wilt ccafe; and this Kingdom your Majefty's molt dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament affembled,. do give and grant unto Your Majefty, the Rates, Duties and Impofitions herein after mentioned, for and- during the Term and Time herein after expreffed ; and do humbly pray that it may be enacted, And be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That fuch and the like Rates, Duties and Impofitions, as by the faid Act of Parliament of the Coinage Duties eighteenth Year of King Charles the Second were granted, and by the faid fubfequent Acts were eon- continued for tinued, for and upon the Importation of Wines, Vinegar, Cyder, Beer, Brandy and Strong Waters ^Farther^conti- imported, during the refpective Terms or Times therein mentioned, fhall be further continued, and be rmed by paid and payable to his Majefty, his Heirs and Succcfibrs, for and upon all Wines, Vinegar, Cyder, *9 Geo. 2.0.14,' Beer, ^ig»!'3.Vi6, C. 22.
 * ' Continued by 20 Geo. 2. c. 17..
 * I7HEREAS great Benefit and Advantage did accrue to England by one Act of Parliament paned-
 * W in the eighteenth Year of the Reign of his Majefty King Charles the Second, intituled, 'An .18 Car. i.e. 5.
 * of his faid Majeft
 * . then next following, and were further continued by another Act made in 1 the ninth Year of liis-9 Geo. 1.. c. 19.
 * be deprived for the future of fo great a good, as it hath for many Years laft paPc enjoyed :' Now we