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 A. D. 1730. Anno tcrtio Georgii IT. C. 26. be brought before the faid Officer, the Books or Lilts of Perfons qualihed to ferve on Juries within the -^"J e fame out of which Juries ought to be returned by fuch Sheriff or Sheriffs, in like Manner as the Freeholders Book hath been ufually ordered to be brought, in order to the ftriking of Juries for Trials at the Bar in Caufes arifing in Counties at large, and in every fuch Cafe the Jury mail be taken and ftruck out of fuch Books or Lifts reflectively. XVIII. And be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That any Perfon or Perfons having an Eftate who are quali- in PolTcftion in Land in their own Right, of the yearly Value of twenty Pounds or upwards, over fied to be in- and above the referved Rent payable thereout,, fuch Lands being held by Leafe or Leafes for theab-^™" 1 * 6 folute Term of five hundred Years or more, or for ninety-nine Years or any other Term determin- able on one or more Life or Lives, the- Names of every fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall and may, and are hereby directed and required to be inferted in therefpeetive Lilts as aforefaid, in order to their being inferted in the Freeholders Book ; and the Perfons appointed to make fuch Lifts are hereby directed to infert them accordingly ; and fuch Leafeholder or Leafeholders fhall and may be fum- moned or impanelled to ferve on Juries, in like Manner as Freeholders may be fummoned and im- panelled by Virtue of this or any other Act or Ads of Parliament for that Purpofe, and be fub- ject to the like Penalties for Non-appearance ; any Law, Statute, Ufe or Cuftom to the contrary not- withftanding. XIX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Sheriffs of the City of London for the time being, (hall not impanel or return any Perfon or Perfons to try any Illue joined in any of his Majeily's Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, or to be or ferve on any Jury at the Seffions of Oyer and Terminer, Gaol Delivery or Seffions of the Peace, to be had or heid for the faid City of London, who (hall not be an Hou (holder within the faid City, and have Lands, Tene- ments or Perfonal Estate, to the Value of one hundred Pounds ; and the fame Matter and Caufe alled'Ted by way of Challenge, and lb found, (hall be taken and admitted as a principal Challenge, and the Perfon or Perfons to challenged, (hall and may be examined on Oath of the Truth of the faid Matter. .'-'■"'. XX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Sheriffs or other Officers, to whom the returning of Juries doth or fhall belong, for any County, City or. Place refpeitively, Return of Juries fhall not impanel or return any Perfon or Perfons to ferve on any Jury for the Trial of any Capital in Capital Cafes, Offence, who at the Time of fuch Return would not be qualihed in fuch refpective County, City or Place to ferve as Jurors in Civil Caufes for that Purpofe.; and the fame Matter and Caufe alledged by way of Challenge, and fo found, fhall be admitted and taken as a principal Challenge, and the Per-. ion or Perfons fo challenged, fhall and may be examined on Oath of the Truth of the faid Matter. This AG to be XXI. And be it enacted, That this Act fhall be openly read once in every Year at the General Quarter- j** 1 at e ™ry Seffions to be holden for every County, City or Place, within that Part of Great Britain called England Sr* rter " em " and ffiales, next after the twenty-fourth Day of 'June. Continuation. XXII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That this Act (hall continue and be in Madeperpetualhg Force until the firft Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-three, and from thence to Seefalibir' 37 ° the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament, and no longer. 24 foe. 2. '-. is. 29 da. 2, c, 19, C A P. XXVI. An Act for the better Regulation of the Coal Trade. 'HERE AS the Shipping imployed in the Coal Trade has for many Years paft laboured under great Difficulties, and been in a very declining State, whereby that valuable Nurfery if Seamen has been much impaired,' and without fome fpeedy Relief, will be in great danger of ' Ruin ; and whereas by an Act of Parliament paffed in the eleventh and twelfth Years of the Reign IZ &I1 w „ ' of his late Majefty King William the Third, intituled, An Acl for the Explanation and better Exe- c. 21. ' cution of former Aels made touching Watermen and Wherrymen rowing on the River of Thames, (?'«//«''&(•„,£„„, ' the better ordering and governing the faid Watermen, Wherrymen and Lightermen, upon the Jaid River concerning Coal;, ' between Gravefend and Windfor, many Perfons keeping Wharfs, and others dealing in Coals, are re- "fir "> 9 B. s- ' ftrained from carrying the fame from and to any Part of the River Thames, in their own Lighters, or j^'^. 5" I ^ Jr _ ' other Boats ; and whereas feveral Lightermen have exacted unlawful Premiums or Rewards for vend- c.%. 1 ings fome Sorts of Coals in Preference to others, and have refufed to make their Notes, given in Pay- fjf r ' 7 - c - s - ' ment for the fame, for Value received, and have become Crimps or Factors to the Matters of Coal „ & ~f jp f ' lS ' ' Ships, at the fame Time they are Buyers of Coals on their own Account, all which have been found c 13. ' by Experience to be greatly prejudicial to the Navigation and Coal Trade, injurious to the Publick, w <sf « ^p - . 3, ' detrimental to the Matters and Owners of Ships imployed in that Trade, and have tended to a Mo- g j^, r, , ' nopoly thereof; and whereas there have been great Abu fes in the meafuring of Sea Coals by many 9 Ann. c ',6, i ' Dealers there'n, whereby the fair Traders have been much injured, and the Confumers impofed on : ,& ^- For Remedy whereof, and to prevent the like Evils for the future, Be it enacted by the King's mdff"^''' ,s ' Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and s<?». 1. e.gi Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority ot the fame, That from and 80 "' 1, '• MS after the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and thirty, it fhall and may be law- ful