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 A. D. 1742. Anno decimo quinto Georgii II. C. 14 — 19. 449 faid Court of Directors, fhall be as valid and effectual to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the faid Governor or Deputy Governor had been prefent; any Thing in their Charter to the contrary notwithftanding. XIV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforcfaid, That this Adt (hall be deemed, adjudged J! ubli<:Ic A ^' and taken to be a publiclc Aft, and be judicially taken Notice of by all Judges, JuiHccs and other Per- £%*,& f, fons whatfoever, without fpecially pleading the fame. cL z.c. 6. 24 Ga. 1. c. 4. CAP. XIV. An Act to explain and amend two Acts of Parliament, one made in the ninth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Ainu; intituled, An Ail for repairing the Higlnvays from Sheet Bridge in the Parijh of Peters field, to the Town a/~Portfmouth in the County of Southampton ; and another Act made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, for enlarging the Term in and by the faid Act granted, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned, and for enlarging the Term and Powers by the faid laft mentioned Act granted. PR. C A P. XV. An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act. parted in the thirteenth Year of the Rcijn of his late Majefty King George the Firft, intituled, An A£t for repairing the Roads leading from Ciren- ccller Town's End to Saint JohnV Bridge in the County s/"Glouceftcr. P.R. The Act continued for 21 Years. CAP. XVI., An Aft for continuing the Powers granted by three feveral Acts of Parliament (one for repairing the Road from Stump-crofs to Newmarket -heath, and the Town of Cambridge ; another for repairing the Road from Foulmire to Cambridge ; and the third for explaining, amending and rendring more effectual the laid two former Acts) ; and for enlarging the Terms granted by the faid two former Acts. P R. The former Acts continued for 21 Years. CAP. XVII. An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act paffed in the feventh Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, for repairing the feveral Roads leading from the Town of Led- bury in the County of Hereford, to the feveral Places therein mentioned ; and for making the faid Act more effectual. PR. The former Act continued for 21 Years. CAP. XVIII. An Act to render more effectual an Act made in the ninth and tenth Years of the Reign of his late Ma- jefty King William the Third, intituled, An Acl for erecting Hofpitals and IVorkhoufes within the Town of Colchefter in the County of EKex, for the better employing and maintaining the Poor thereof. .. P R, CAP. XIX. An Act for granting to his Majefty the Sum of eight hundred thoufand Pounds, to be raifed by Annuities transferable at the Bank of England ; and for afcertaining the Cuftoms and Duties upon Quickfilver taken as Prize during the prefent War; and for the .further appro- priating the Supplies granted in this Seffion of Parliament. Moft Gracious Sovereign, WE your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjects the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament Preamble, aflembled, being defirous to raife the neceffary Supplies which we have chearfully granted to your Majefty, in the eafieft Manner we are able for the, Benefit of your Subjects, have freely and voluntarily given and granted, and by this Act do give and grant unto your Majefty the Sum of eight hundred thou- iand Pounds, to be raifed in fuch Manner and Form as is herein after directed ; and to that End do moft humbly befeech your 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 Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That the Annuites which by this The Sinking Act fhall be granted and made payable, in refpect of the faid principal Sum of eight hundred thoufand FmJ appropri- Pounds, until Redemption thereof by Parliament in Manner herein after mentioned, fhall, from and after arci "pay th e the Feaft Day of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptijl in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hun- Ar - nultles . dred and forty-two, be charged and chargeable upon, and payable out of the Monies which from and after the faid Feaft Day fhall from Time to Time arife and be remaining in the Receipt of his Majefty's Exchequer, of or for the SurplufTes, Exceffes or Overplus Monies of the Fund commonly called the Sink- ing Fund, and the faid Surplufles, Exceffes or Overplus Monies are hereby appropriated for that Purpofe accordingly, . — II.. And for or towards raifingthe Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding in the whole the faid Sum of eight hundred thoufand Pounds for the Purpofes aforefaid, Be it further enacted by the Authority afore- • Vol. VI. Mmm tad,