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 74- C, 47* Anno vicefirao Georgii II. A. D. 1747. to fufia Destb, ft"i;ill be adjudged guilty of Felony, and fhall fufFcr Death and forfeit as in Cafes of Felony, without Benefit ■&.C. of Clergy. OfTcncenwheie IV. And be it further enacled by the Authority aforcfaid, That all OfFenccs made Felony by this Acl, to .be thed, flial! and may be enquired of, examined, tried and determined in the Court of King's Ber.ch in that Part of Great Brhmn called England, or in the Kigh Court of Jufticiary in that Part of Great Brlinin called S.cot- iind refpcfcively, or in any County of this ilealm, in fuch Manner and Form as if the Fac?c had beeii there- in committed, or within any of the Brltifo Colonies or Plantations in America, within which any fuch Of- fence fhall be committed, or in any County of Ireland, in cafe any fuch Oftence fhall be committed within that Kingdom. V. And in order that all Perfons in the Colonies or Plantations to which the faid Offenders fhall be tranf- ported, may have Notice of the Perfons who are or fhall be fo pardoned and tranfported, Be it further en- Cotfimander of a£ted by the Authority aforefaid. That within the Space of one Week after any of the faid Perfons fliall Ship toiieiiver be tranfported or brought to any fuch Colonies or Plantations, the Naval OiBcer or other Chief Officer of withina Weeka j.)^g (^yfj-Qii^g^ ^^ (.[-je pprt whither they fhall be brought, fhall have and receive from the Mafler or Corn- Lift to be hung and in cafe the fame fliall be defaced, taken away or loft, a new Lift fhall from time to time be immediately "P '" ''"^ 5^"- fet and kept up by fuch Naval or other Principal OfHcer; and if fuch Mafter or Commander fhall, after flora-houfe, jj^j^ ^^ j^^^jj ^^ publifned in any fuch Colony or Plantation, refufe or neglefl: to give fuch Lift, or if the faid Naval or other Officer (hall refufe or negleft to put or keep up the fame as above direfted, or if any Perfons offend- Perfon fliall voluntarily deface or take away the fame, being fo put up, kept or renewed, or any Lift put '"S' up in fuch Cuftom-houfe of Rebels tranfported, every Perfon io offending, fliall forfeit the Sum of fifty to forfeit;ol. Pounds Sterling for every fuch Oftence; of which one Moiety fliall belong to his Majefty, his Heirs and Diftribution of Succeifors, and the other Moiety to fuch Perfon or Perfons who fliall fue for the fame, in the Colony or the Forfeitures. Plantation where the Offence fhall be committed, or in the Court of A7«^'.f 5£-«r/j in England, or of Jufti- ciary in Scotland, in cafe the Offender fhall be found in England or Scotland. Inciiftments to VL Provided always, and it is hereby declared, That no Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, fhall be convi£led fee within 2 of any Offence or Crime made Felony by this Aft, unlefs fuch Perfon or Perfons fliall be indided for fuch Yc-ars after the Offence or Crime, within two Years next after the committing thereof. Oftence. ' '^ &c 7.1 Geo. z. f. ig, and zz Ceo, z. c. 48. forregulatingTr'ials fir High Trcajm in Scotland, CAP. XLVII. An Aft to continue feveral Laws for prohibiting the Importation of Books reprinted Abroad, and firft compofed or written and printed in Greal Britain; for preventing Exaftions of the Occupiers of Locks and Wears upon the River of Thatnes Wethvard, and for afcertainincr the Rates of Water Carriage upon the faid River; and for better fecuring the lawful Trade of his Majefty's Snbjefts to and from the Eajl Indies; and for the more effecftual preventino- all his Majefty's Subje6ls trading thither under Foreign CommilTions; and relatino- to Rice, to Frauds in the Cudoms, to the clandeftine Running of Goods, and to Copper Ore of the ^Britijh Plantations; and for the free Importation ot Cochineal and Indico; and for Punifh- ment of Perfons deftroying Turnpikes or Locks, or other Works eredled by Authority of Parliament. ' ^7HEREAS the Laws herein after mentioned (which have by Experience been found ufeful and ' W beneficial) are near expiring;' May it therefore pleafe your Alajefty, That it may be enafted • and be it enafted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords' Spi- ritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, and by the Authority of the isGco. 2.C. 36. fame, That fo much of an Aft made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his prefent Miijcfly (intituled nue in Force from the twenty-ninth Day oi September one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-nine, for and during the Space of feven Years, and from thence to the End of the then next SefTion of P.irliament • coptiniied till fhall be, and the fame is hereby further continued from the Expiration thereof until the twentv-ninth Dav 29 Sept. 1754. QjT Sept.-nd>cr one thoufand kycn hundred and fifty-four, and from thence to the End of the then next Se/Iion ' '"f"nTX of Parliament. lur.'-J by :r.7 Geo. "' -^ 2. c. iS.' ci:d ogaht ly 33 Geo. 2. c, 16. 3Geo. 2. c. II. n. And be it further cna£ied by the Authority aforefaid. That an Adl made in the tWrd Year of the for prev.;nting Reign of his prefent Majefly, intituled, An ASl for reviving and amending an yA? made in ike fixth and fe- Kxaaions of the venth Tcan of the Reign of his late Alajefty King William the Third, intituUd, ' An Ail to prevent Exac- L^k^'md vvcars ' *'°"^ °^ '^'^ Occupiers of Locks and Wears upon the River of TZv-v.-.vj Wejftward, and for afcertaining.the upon'he "^^^ ' Rates of Water Carriage upon the faid River;' which was to continue in Force from the firll Day of J lay Thames, &c. One thoufind fevcn hundred and thirty, for the Term of nine Years, and from thence to the End of ti;e »w. 3.C. i5. then next Seffion of Parliament; and which, by another Ati made in the thirteenth Year of the Reign '^r 13 Geo, 2, c. 18. , 3 JjIj