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 114 O 8, 9. Anno fexto Georgii II. A. D. 1733. ' and there is great Reafon to believe, if the Importation thereof was encouraged and made eafy, the fafl^ ' Trade would increafe : And whereas among the Rules in the Table of Fees and Allowance due and ' payable to the Officers of the Cuftoms, dated the feventeenth Day of May one thoufand fix hundred ' and fixty two, figned by Sir Edivard Turner, then Speaker of the Houfe of Commons, and confirmed ' Second, and fince continued, and now in Force, it is declared, That Diamonds, precious Stones, Jewels. ' and Pearls of all Sorts (hall pafs outwards without Warrant or Fee;' May it therefore pleafe your moft Excellent Majefty 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 After 10 April Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from and after the tenth Day of Aprils anci'aii'other"* 5 wn i c h ' na ^ be m the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred ajid thirty-three all Diamonds,, precious Stones Pearls, Rubies, Emeralds, and all other precious Stones and Jewels, fhail pafs inwards without Warrant may be imported or Fee, in like Manner as they now pafs outwards, and free from the Payment of any Duty granted to his- from 'dmv 1 h ' eB Majefty, his Heirs or Succeffors; and it (hall and may be lawful for any Perfon or Perfons to import or export the fame in any Ship or Vefiel'whatfoever; any Law, Cuftom or Ufage to the contrary in any wife, notwithftanding; fubject neverthelefs to the Provifo herein after contained. Provifo as to the II. Provided always", That nothing herein contained (hall extend to annul or make void the Duty pany Ind>aC ° m " g rante d t0 ms Majefty for the Jfe of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to tire Eajl- 9& 10 W. 3. Indies by an Act pafjed in the ninth and tenth Years of the Reign of his late Majefty King William «■ 44- the Third, for fucli Pearls, Diamonds and other precious Stones or Jewels as (hall be imported into this Kingdom from any Place Within the Limits of the Charter granted to the faid Company, or to take away- er alter any Privileges, Profits or" Advantages granted to or now held or enjoyed by the faid Company. CAP. VIII. An Act for rebuilding the Parifh Church of Saint George the Martyr in the Borough of Southwark, in the county of Surrey, as one of the fifty new Churches directed to be built by Two Acts of Parliament, one made in the ninth, the other in the tenth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, PR. " The Church of Saint George the Martyr in Southward to be built as one of the fifty new Churches.. " 6,ooo /. to be paid out of the Coal Duty by 24 June 1733, for that Purpofe. CAP. IX. An Aft to explain and amend two Afts of Parliament, one made in the twelfth and the other in the thirteenth Year of his late Majefty's Reign, for making navigable the River Dun in the County of Tork, and for the better perfecting and maintaining the faid Na- vigation, and for uniting the feveral Proprietors thereof into one Company. P R. 3i Geo. 1. c. 38. ' TT7 H E R E A S by an Act of Parliament made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his late Ma- W jefty King George the Firft, intituled, An AR for making the River Dun in the Weft Riding of ' the County of Y or k, navigable from Holmftile in Doncafter up to the utmofi Extent of Tinfley Wejlward, - ' a Townfhip within two Miles of Sheffield, the Mafters, Wardens, Searchers, Aflillants and Common- alty of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamjhire in the County of York, their Succeffors and Affigns, are nominated and appointed Undertakers of the faid Navigation, with Power to make the faid River nav.-' ' gable, at their own Expence, from Holmjlile aforefaid, up the faid River above Holmjlile to the utmoft' Extent of Tinfley Weftward, and for making and erecting Wharfs and Warehoufes, Locks, Dams, ' and for making Towing-paths on the Banks of the faid River, for the haling of Veffels with Men' or Horfes, and for purchafing Lands for the Purpofes aforefaid, and alfo fuch Powers of taking Tun- ' nage and Lock Dues, and other Sums of Money, as a Recompence for the Expences they (hall be at in making the faid River navigable, as in and by the faid Act will more fully appear : And where - 53 Geo. i.e. 20. ' as. by one other Act of Parliament made in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of his faid late?,'ia- ' jefty, intituled, An ASi for improv'mg the Navigation of -the River Dun, from a Place called Holmftile he ' the fow.njhip of Doncafter, in the County of York, to Wilfick Houfe in the Parifl) of Barnby Dun in the ''faid County, the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgeffes of the Borough of Doncajier in the faid County of ' York, their Succeffors and Affigns, are nominated and appointed Undertakers of the faid Navigation ' from Holmflile aforefaid down the faid River Dun below Holmjlile to Wilfick Houfe aforefaid, and they,' '* their Succeffors and Affigns, are thereby impowered, by themfelves, their Servants, Agents, Work- ' men and Affigns, at their own Expence, to carry the Navigation of the (aid River, from Hclmilile in ' Doncajier aforefaid, down the faid River to Wilfick Houfe, and to make the fame River pafiable with ' Boats, Barges, Lighters and other Veflels, at all times in the Year, from Holmjlile aforefaid to Wilfick ' Houfe, and to fcour and cleanfe the faid River, make Ways and Bridges, Locks, Cuts, Dams, and ' exerciie all fuch other Powers and Authorities, by the faid Act given them, and alfo to make 1 owing-- ' paths on the Banks of the faid River, for haling of Veffels with Men or Horfes, and alfo to purchaie ' Lands for the Purpofes aforefaid, and alfo Powers of taking Tunnage, Lock Dues, and ojher Sums of, ' Money, as a Recompence for the Expences they (hall be at in uiaking the faid River navigable, and to ' exercife feveral other Powers and Authorities, mentioned in the faid Act, as in and by the Iafl hnfea- 4 Bridges.
 * by the Act of Tunnage and Poundage paffed in the twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles iht
 * tioned Act will more fully appear: And whereas by the faid laft in pait recited Act, three Wood