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 A. D. 1744. Anno deciino feptimo Georgii II. C. 22-— 28. 547 CAP. XXII. An Aft for repairing the Road leading from the End of Midleton Tyas-lane over Gatberly-Moor to Greeta- bridge, and from thence to Boiues in the North Riding of the County of York. P R. Certain Tolls granted for 21 Years. CAP. XXIII. An Aft for more effectually repairing the Road from Cberill (through Qalne) to Studley Bridge, and froJh Cberill to the Three Mile Borough, at the Top of Cberill Hill in the County of J flits. P R. Certain Tolls granted for 26 Years. CAP. XXIV. An Aft for more effectually repairing the Roads from Cokjhill in the County of Warwick, through the City of Litchfield, to Stone in the County of Stafford, and from thence to the City of Chejlcr, and for amending other Roads therein mentioned. PR. The Act 2 Geo. z. c. 5. continued for 21 Years. CAP. XXV. An Aft for repairing the Road between the Town ©f King/Ion upon Hull, and the Town of Baierle} in the Eaft Riding of the County of York. P R., Certain Tolls granted for 21 Years. CAP. XXVI. An Aft to reftify a Miftake in an Aft made in this Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Aci for the fpeedy <ind effetlual recruiting of his Majefty' s Land Forces and Marines, for the Year one thoufand feven hundred and forty-four. EXP. J CAP. XXVII. An Aft for continuing an Aft paffed in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, fo far as the fame relates to the repairing the Road from Studley Bridge to Chip- penham in the County of Wilts, and for amending the Road from Chippenham to Pickwick in the faid County. P R. Part of the Aft 13 Geo. 1. c. 13. continued for 24. Years. CAP. XXVIII. An Act for explaining and amending an Act paffed in the fixth Year of his prefent Majefty'a Reign, intituled, An Acl to recover and preferve the Navigation of the River Dee in the County Palatine of Chefter ; and another Act paffed in the fourteenth Year of his prefent Majefty 's Reign, intituled, An Aft for incorporating the Undertakers of the Navigation of the River Dee ; and for repealing the Tonnage Rates payable to the faid Undertakers ; and for granting to them other Tonnage or Keelage Rates in lieu thereof j and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. P R. ' "%T[7 ^ E RE A S by An Aft of Parliament made in the fixth Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled, 6 Geo. 2. c. 30' ' reciting, That by an Aft of Parliament made in the eleventh and twelfth Years of the Reign of the late n w. 3.C. 24^ ' King William the Third, intituled, An Ac! to enable the Mayor and Citizens of Chefter to recover and ' Ships and Veflels of a confiderable Burden, from the Sea to the City of Chefter ; but, by Neglect of the ' ftone, brought to, and unloaded within the Liberties of the faid City, for the Term of twenty-one ' for fuch Ships and Veflels to and from the faid City of Chefter, to be vefted in the faid Mayor and Ci- ' tizens, and their Succeflbrs, for ever; and they were at Liberty to defend, inclofe, and improve the ' fame, and receive the Rents and Profits thereof, and apply the fame for maintaining and repairing the ' and Things, from time to time, as Occafion fhould require, for making and keeping the faid River na- 4' A 2 vigable:
 * W -4n Ail to recover and preferve the Navigation of the River Dee in the County Palatine of Chefter,
 * preferve the Navigation of the River Dee, reciting, That the faid River Dee was theretofore navigable for
 * faid River, and for Want of Sufficient Banks, Works, and Fences on the Sides thereof, againft the Flux
 * and Reflux of the Sea, the Channel of the faid River was become fo various and uncertain, that by
 * Sands and otherwife, the Navigation to the faid City was almoft loft and deftroyed, the Mayor and
 * Citizens of the faid City of Chefter, and their Succeflbrs, were impowered to make the faid River navi-
 * gable from the Sea to the faid City of Chejler, for Ships of one hundred Tons, or upwards ; and to en-
 * able them fo to do, certain Duties, in the faid Aft mentioned, were laid upon Coals, Lime, and Lime-
 * ' Years ; and the Property of the Sands, Soil, and Ground, therein mentioned, was immediately, from
 * and after fuch Time as the faid River and Channel fhould be made navigable and paffable with and
 * intended Works and Fences, and for making, erecting, and doing fuch further and other Works, Fences,