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 A. D. 1750, Anno vicenmo tertio Ge org 11 II. C. 26. 253 c A P. XXVI. An xl to continue tveral Laws for the better regulating of Pilots, for the conduffting of Ships and Vefkls from Dover, Deal, and JJle of Thanet, up the Rivers of 'Thames and Mecway; and for permitting Rum or Spirits of the Briiifo Sugar Plantations to be landed before thj Duties of Excife are paid thereon; and to continue and amend an Act for preventing Frauds in the Admeafurement of Coals within the City and Liberty of ^Feflmmjler, and feveral Pa- rillies near therainto -, and to continue feveral Laws for preventing Exactions of Occupiers of Locks and Wears upon the River Thames Weftward; and for afcertaining the Rates of Water Carriage upon the faid River-, and for the better Regulation and Government of Sea- men in the Merchants Service; and alfo to amend fo much of an h£t made in the firft Year of the Reign of King George the Firff, as relates to the better Prefervation of Salmon in the River Ribhle; and to regulate Fees in Trials at Affizes, and Nifi Priiis, upon Records if- fuing out of the OfHce of Fleas of the Court of Exchequer; and for the apprehending of Ferfons in any County or Place, upon Warrants granted by Juftices of the Peace in any other County or Place; and to repeal fo much of an Act made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second', as relates to the Time during which the Office of Excife is to be kept open each Day, and to appoint for hov/ long Time the fame fliall be kept open upon each Day for the future; and to prevent the ftealing or deftroying of Turnips; and to amend an Aft made in the fecond Year of his prefent Majefty, for better Regulation of At- tornies and Solicitors. ' W beneficial] are near expiring;' May it therefore pieafe your Majefty, that it may be enacted; And be it enacted by the King's mofl Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spi- ritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament alTembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That an A£t made in the third Year of the Reign of his late Majefry, intituled, Jn ASifor the belter reiiulating. c^o, i. c. t~ o/Plkis/ir the condtiSfhig of S/}i2'>s and Fifp/s from 'Dover, 1)53], ane{l(ls of Thznst, up the R'roer cf 1 hames • ■ i' «;i^Medway; which was to continue in Force for feyen Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament; and alfo a Claufe for further regulating the Pilots of Dover, Deal, and the Ifle cfTJ:n>iet, in an Aft pafied in the feventh Year of the Reign of his late Majefty, which was to be in Force ^ ceo. i. c to- during the Continuance of the faid Aft of the third Year of his faid late Majefty 's Reign; which faid Acl, §. r-4.. together with the faid Claufe, were, by an Aft made in the tenthYearof the Reign of his faid late Majefty, loGeo. i.c, 17. continued in Force for the further Term of eleven Years, and from thence to the End of the then irext Sef- fion of Parliament; and which faid Aft, together with the faid Claufe, were, by an Aft made in the eighth g q Year of his prefent Majefty 's Reign, further continued until the twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and forty-nine, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, fhall be, and the fame are hereby further continued, from the Expiration thereof, until the twenty-fifth Day of further con;!- March one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-four, and from thence to the End of the then next Seiuon of ""=--1 to 25 Parliament. ^^'"^'^ i"4- n. And be it further enafted by the Authoiity aforcfaid. That fo much of an Aft made in the fifteenth Fart of 15 Geo. and fixteenth Years of his prefent Majefty's Reign, intituled. An A£i to impozvcr the Importers or Proprietors i. c. 25. rela- of Rum or Spirits of the Britifh Siiga?' Plajitations to land the fame before Payment of the Duties of Excije char- tm? to ihe ged thereon, and to lodge the fajne in JFarehoufcs at their oiim E.rpence; and for the Relief of Ralph Barrov/ in '^ndmgof Ru'n, rtfpe" to the Duty on fomc Rock Salt lofi hv the Ovcrfozt'ing of the Rivers Weaver and Dane, as relates to the jngj,. q,- ]^^^' landing of Rum or Spirits of the Britijh Sugar Plantations, before Payment of the'Duties of Excife, and Duties, to the Lodging of the fame in Warehoufes at the Expence of the Importers or Proprietors thereof; which continued to was to continue in Force until the twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and forty- 29 Sept. 1757. nine, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, fhall be, and the fame is hereby Fi"-! hereon,; rued further continued, from the Expiration thereof, until the twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven -* ^l '^^''' ^' hundred and fifty-feven, and from thence to the End of the then next Seflion of Parliament. '' ^ ' eo. 2. c. ai. PartcfihcPariJhof Saint Andrew Hnlborn, as lies in the County ^f Middlefex, which was to continue in nJi!^" " "qJ^" Torcc from the twenty-fourth Day of September one. thoufand feven hundred and forty-fix, for the Term of,,, c. r-j, j™' three Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, fhall be, zud tc (zme y3?id again, ly ' US hereby further continued, from the Expiration thereof, until the twenty-fourth Day of Z)cVjmZ'i,'r one 3' Gfo. 2. C.3J, ! thoufand feven hundred and fifty, and fiom thence to the End of the then next Scfllon of Parliament.- andjo. Ga.i. i ' IV. And v/hereas by the faid Aft no Penalty is laid either upon the Principal Land Coal-meters, in cafe  ^ theyftiall negleft to ftation the Labouring Coal-meters at all the feveral Wharfs within the Limits defcri- . bed in the faid A6t, or upon the faid Labouring; Coal-meters, in cafe they ftiall. negleft to attend and per- form their Duty at fucb Wharfs as in the faid Aft is dircfted :' For Remedy whereof, be it enafted by the Autiio-
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