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 A. D. 174S. Anno vkefimo primo Georgii II. C. 4 — 10. 95 ' amended and explained, was, by a Ckufe In an Aft made in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of his pre- « fentMaiefty, continued until the firft Day of Jw?.' one thoufand feven hundred and forty-leven; winch ' ftid Aa fo paffed in the twelfth Year of his faid late Majefty's Reign, and alfo the faid A£l for explamnig ' and amendina- the fame, pailed in the fifth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, are now expired^ 13e it therefore enafted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Soiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority oj the f-ime That the faid Acl paTed in the twelfth Year of his late Majefty s Reign, together with the fud AA The raid Afls which pafled in the fifth Year of his prefent Majefly's Reign, explaining, amending and rendering more r=v.ved n^^,,, effeaual the fame, (hall be, and are by virtue of this Aft revived, and {hall be in Force trom and alter the r"pst"='i' fourteenth Day of February one thoufand feven hundred and forty-feven, for ever. CAP. IV. An Acl to prohibit Affurance on Ships belonging to France, and on Merchandizes or EfFefls laden thereon, ' _ during the prefent War with France. Affurance on Ships or Merchandizes belonging to France, prohibited during the prefent VV'ar; and Contraifts for fuch Policies declared void. 500 /. Penalty on Perfons making Affurance on French bhips or tttects. ^^^- C A P. V. An Aa for repairing the High Road from the Town q^Bovjcs, in the County oiTorh, to Barnard Cafde, in the County of Durham, and f-om thence through Stainclrop to Newgate in BiJJiop Auckland, and from Nevjgate along Gihb Chair to Gaiindlefs Bridge, and from thence by Melderjion Gill, otherwife Coundon G///, to the Turnpike Road near S'aw/w/rt^i^ 5;7W^^, in the County of D«r/;«?«. PR. Certain Tolls granted for 21 Years, y'f. CAP. vr. An A61 for punilliing Mutiny and Defertion ; and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. ^n-jnieHly EXP. 21 G«, 2, U IJj C A P. ^ VII. All Acl for granting an Aid to his Majefty by a Land Tax to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and forty-eight. EXP. At 4^. in the Pound. CAP. VIII. An Ai£l for impowering George Montgomerie and Thomas Byrd, Efquires, and Ezra Patching, to compjete an Undertaking, for furnifliing the Inhabitants of the feveral Parifhes and Places of Stratford, Wejlham., Broinley, Bow, Mile-End, Stepney and other Pariflres and Places adjacent with Water j and for better fe- curing their Property in fuch Undertaking. P R. CAP. IX. An Kdi to Indemnify Perfons who have omitted to qualify themfelves for Offices and Employments within the Time limited by Law ; and for allov.'ing further Time for that Purpofe. EXP. Further Time to z3 Nov. 1748, allowed to Perfons v/ho have omitted to qualify themfelves. None to be re- llored to Places already avoided by Judgement, or filled up. CAP. X. An Aft for explaining, amending and further enforcing the Execution of an Aft paffed in the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled. An Jtl for repealing feveral Rates and Duties upon Hitijis, Wlndoivs, and Lights -, and for graniirg Lo his Majefty other Rales and Duties upon Houfes, Windows or Lights ; and for raifing the Sum of four millions four hundred thoufand Pounds by Annuities, to be charged on the faid Rates or Duties. HERE AS by an Act of Parliament made and paffed in the twentieth Year of the Reign of his 3 cco ' c < prefent Majefty, (intituled. An J£f for repealing the feveral Rates and Duties upon Houfes, Win- ' ' ' dovjs and Lights ; and for granting to his Majejly other Rates and Duties upion- Houfes, JVindows or Lights; and for raifing the Sum of four millions four hundred thoufand Pounds by Annuities, to he charged on the faid Rates or Duties) it was enafted. That there fhould be charged, raifed, levied and paid unto his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, the feveral Rates and Duties upon Houfes, Windo.ws or Lights, in the faid AcSt mentioned ; and divers Provifions v/ere made, and Directions given by the faid Aft, tor the affeffing, rai- fing, colleiJting, levying and paying of the feveral Rates and Duties thereby granted : And whereas- Doubts have arifen concerning the Conftruiftion of the faid Adt ; and the Provifions made thereby for the affeffing, charging, raifing and paying of the faid Rates and Duties have proved ineft'eftual to anfwer the Purposes intended by the laid A6t ; and the Times appointed by the faid Aft for hearing and determining of Appeals have been found to be inconvenient:' Therefore, for the obviating and removing of all Doubts, and to the end that the faid Rates and Duties may for the future be rated, afteffed and raifed in one uniform and equal Manner throughout Great Britain ; Be it enatled by the King's moft Excellent Ma- 3 jefty.