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 A. D. 1741. Anno decimo quarto Georgii II. C. 42. 439 refigned his Commiffion, and has had no Commiflion fince ; that no Part of the fame fliall be allowed to any Pcrfon by virtue of any Warrant or Appointment, except to fuch Perfons who would have been otherwife intitled to the fame as reduced Officers ; and that no Part of the fame fhall be allowed to any of the Officers of the five Regiments of Dragoons, and eight Regiments of Foot lately difbanded in Ireland, except to fuch as were lately taken off the Eftablilhment of Half-pay in Great Britain : * And ' whereas by an Act of Parliament made in the thirteenth Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled, Afti 3 Geo. z. ' An Acl for granting to bis Majejly the Sum of one million out of the Sinking Fund for the Service of the c.23. ' Year one thoufand feven hundred, and forty; and for enabling his Majejly to raife the further Sum of two ' hundred thoufand Pounds out of the growing Produce of the Jaid Fund ; and for granting to his Majejly the ' Sum of twenty-one thoufand Pounds one Shilling and eight Pence Halfpenny, remaining in the Receipt of his ' Majefty's Exchequer, arifen by_ Sale of Lands in the Iflandof Saint Chriftophers, and for the further appro- 1 priating the Supplies granted in this SeJJion of Parliament; feveral Supplies which had been granted to his • Majefty, as is therein mentioned, were appropriated to feveral Ufes and Purpofes therein expreffed, ' amongft which, any Sum or Sums of Money not exceeding thirty-four thoufand five hundred eighty- < feven Pounds, was appropriated to be paid to the reduced Officers of his Majefty's Land Forces and ' Marines, fubjecr. neverthelefs to fuch Rules to be obferved in the Application of the faid Half-pay, as ' in and by the aforefaid Act were prefcribed in that Behalf :' Now it is hereby provided, enacted and de- « elated by the Authority aforefaid, That fo much of the faid Sum of thirty-four thoufand five hundred The Overplus 1 eighty-feven Pounds, as is or fhall be more than fufficient to fatisfy the faid reduced Officers, according ^ai? ft a^how L to the Rules by the faid Act prefcribed to be obferved in the Application thereof, or any Part of fuch to a be P appli°d. late Wars, or fuch others as by reafon of their long Service or otherwife his Majefty fhall judge to be proper Objects of Charity, or to the Widows or Children of fuch Officers, according to fuch War- rant or Warrants under his Majefty's Royal Sign Manual, as fhall be figned in that Behalf 3 any thing " Provifion for loft Exchequer Bills, Lottery Tickets, &c. Further Time given to Clerks and Ap- " prentices. EXP. CAP. XLII. An Act for the Prefervation of the publick Roads in that Part of Great Britain called England. WHEREAS the Highways of this Kingdom are greatly damaged and made ruinous by the ex-, 3 £ < /. t, j, 2 , ceffive Weights carried thereon ;' For preventing thereof, Be it enacted by the King's moft c. 5. Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and ^m^ded b Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from and 2I Geo.2. c.^g. lafter the twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and forty-one, it fhall and may Truftees ap- be lawful to and for all Truftees appointed, or who fhall hereafter be appointed, by any Act or Acts of po - ntl ; d ' : S re j s Parliament for the Repairs of any Highway or Highways within that Part of Great Britain called Eng- may/caufe * S * land, or for any five of them, at any or as many Gate or Gates, Bar or Bars, as they have erected, or Weighing en- [hall erect, for the receiving of any Toll or Tolls, to order and caufe to be built or erected any Crane, frea e d°at e the Machine or Engine, which they fhall judge proper, for the weighing of Carts, Waggons, or other Toil-gates ; S Carriages, for the conveying of any Goods or Merchandize whatfoever, and by Writing figned by them, Farther pri- or any five of them, to order all and every or any fuch Carriage or Carriages, which fhall pafs through T?G e {°z b { 4, r any fuch Gate or Bar, to be weighed, together with the Loading thereof; and for them, or any five of. 6. " them, or for any Perfon or Perfons impowered by them, or any five of them, to receive and take, over and fb-aiiwcigh and above the Toll already granted, or hereafter to be granted, the Sum of twenty Shillings a hundred Goods 5 " a " d Weight for every hundred Weight which every fuch Cart, Waggon or Carriage, together with the and take 20 s. Loading thereof, fliall weigh, over and above the Weight of fixty hundred ; and that the Money arif- a Hundred for ing from fuch additional Duty of twenty Shillings the hundred, fhall be applied to the Repair of fuch weight, 6 to be Highway or Highways where fuch Gate or Gates, Bar or Bars, are or (hail be placed. - appikd'to ft. Provided always, That from and after the twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven "'ending the hundred and forty-one, it fhall and may be lawful for any Farmer or other Perfon to carry Goods for Farmers may Hire, from the fifteenth Day of April to the twenty-ninth Day of September, in Carriages drawn on carry Goods 4 Wheels bound with Streaks or Tire of any Breadth; any Law or Statute to the contrary in any wife for Hire J &c - notwithftanding. III. And be it further enacted, That in cafe any Perfon fhall neglect or refufe to pay fuch additional colieflorsmay Duty of twenty Shillings the hundred as aforefaid, it fhall and may be lawful to and for the faid Tru- fcize for the ftees, or any five of them, or any Perfon or Perfons impowered by them or any five of them, to levy adchttonal the fame by Diftrefs and Sale of Goods of the Perfon or Perfons fo neglecting or refufing, in fuch Man- u y ' ner as they are impowered to levy any other Toll or Duty which is or fhall be given by any other Statute or Statutes for Repair of fuch Highway or Highways, where fuch Cranes, Machines or other Engines fhall be placed. IV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall or ido hinder, or with Force, or otherwife attempt to hinder or obftruct the weighing any fuch Cart, Wag- f C n" a p y p ofing er " gon or Carriage as aforefaid, or the feizing, diftraining or carrying away any fuch Diftrefs, or any Mat- the Coiieaor* ter or Thing which fhall be feized, diftrained or taken for Default of Payment of the faid additional in their Duty. Toll or Duty of twenty Shillings the hundred;, or fhall refcue the fame, or ufe any Violence to any Perfon
 * Overplus, fhall or may be djfpofed of to fuch Officers who are maimed or loft their Limbs in the
 * n this Act, or the faid former Act to the contrary notwithftanding.