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The TITLES of the STATUTES. 37. An Act to continue two Acts made in the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth Years of the Reign of his present Majesty, for discontinuing, for a limited Time, the several Duties payable in Scotland upon Low Wines and Spirits, and upon Worts, Wash, and other Liquors there used in the Distillation of Spirits, and for granting to his Majesty other Duties in lieu thereof; and for better regulating the Exportation of British-made Spirits from England to Scotland, and from Scotland to England; and to continue, for a limited Time, an act made in the twenty sixth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, “to discontinue, for a limited Time, the Payment of the Duties upon Low Wines and Spirits for Home Consumption; and for granting and securing the due Payment of other Duties in lieu thereof; and for the better Regulation of the making and vending British Spirits; and for discontinuing, for a limited Time, certain Imposts and Duties upon Rum and Spirits imported from the West Indies;” and for amending the said Act, made in the twenty-ninth Year of his present Majesty's Reign.

38. An Act for repealing the Duties upon Licences for retailing Wine and Sweets, and upon Licences for retailing distilled Spirituous Liquors, and for granting other Duties in lieu thereof.

39. An Act for making Allowances to Distillers of Low Wines and Spirits from Malt, Corn, or Grain, in Scotland, in respect of the Duties imposed by an Act made in the twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty.

40. An Act to explain and amend an Act, made in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act for repealing the Duties on Tobacco and Snuff, and for granting new Duties in lieu thereof.

41. An Act for laying a Duty on the Importation from any of the Provinces in North America, of Rape Seed, and all other Seeds used for extracting Oil, and for allowing the Importation from the said Provinces of Rape Cakes, or Cakes made of Rape Seed used for Manure, Duty-free.

42. An Act to continue, for a limited Time, certain Provisions contained in an Act, made in this present Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act for indemnifying all Persons who have been concerned in advising or carrying into Execution certain Orders of Council respecting the importation and Exportation of Corn and Grain, and also certain Orders issued by the Governor General of his Majesty's Colonies in America; and for preventing Suits in consequence of the same; and for making further Provisions relative thereto, relating to the Importation and Exportation of Corn and Grain; and to authorize his Majesty to permit the Exportation of Coin, Grain, Meal, or Flour, and to prohibit the Importation thereof on the low Duties.

43. An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the Customs to defray Charges on Seizures, out of his Majesty's Share of Seizures in general.

44. An Act to enable his Majesty to settle a certain Annuity on the Reverend Francis Willis, Doctor of Physick.

45. An Act for converting certain Annuities, to be attended with the Benefit of Survivorship in Classes, established by an Act of the last Session of Parliament, into certain Annuities for an absolute Term of Years, and for enabling the Commissioners of the Treasury to nominate Lives for the Shares so converted.

46. An Act for settling and securing a certain Annuity for the Use of the Heirs and Defendants of William Penn, Esquire, the original Proprietor of the Province of Pennsylvania, in consideration of the meritorious Services of the said William Penn, and of the Losses which his Family have sustained in consequence of the unhappy Dissentions in America.

47. An Act for enabling his Majesty to authorize his Governor or Lieutenant Governor of such Places beyond the Seas, to which Felons or other Offenders may be transported, to remit the Sentences of such Offenders.

48. An Act for discontinuing the Judgment which has been required by Law to be given against Women convicted of certain Crimes, and substituting another Judgment in lieu thereof.

49. An Act to impower Justices, and other Persons, to visit Parish Workhouses or Poor Houses, and examine and certify the State and Condition of the Poor therein to the Quarter Sessions.

50. An Act to continue and amend an Act, made in the twenty-sixth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, intituled, An Act for appointing Commissioners to enquire into the State and Condition of the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues belonging to the Crown; and to sell or alienate Fee Farm, and other unimproveable Rents.

51. An Act for divesting out of the Crown the Reversion in Fee of and in certain Hereditaments, heretofore the Estate of Sir Roger Strickland, Knight, deceased, in Catterick and Tunstall, in the County of York; and for vesting the same in the several Persons entitled to the said Hereditaments; and for extinguishing and destroying a certain Term of one hundred Years, for which the said Hereditaments were limited in Trust for his late Majesty King George the First, his Heirs and Successors.

52. An Act for improving, continuing, and extending the Navigation of the River Ouse, from Lewes Bridge, at the Town of Lewes, to Hammer Bridge, in the Parish of Cuckfield, and to the Extent of the said Parish of Cuckfeld, and also of a Branch of the said River to Shortbridge, in the Parish of Fletching, in the County of Sussex.

53. An Act to alter, explain, amend, and render more effectual, several Acts made for paving, cleansing, and lighting the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and other Places, within the City and Liberty of Westminster, and Parts adjacent; and for putting certain Streets therein mentioned, commonly called Optional Streets, under the Management of Parochial Committees, subject to the Controul of the Commissioners appointed by or in pursuance of the said several Acts; and for removing and preventing Nuisances, Annoyances, Obstructions, and Incroachments in the said Streets, and other Places; and for other Purposes.

54. An Act for vesting the Estate and Property of the Trustees of Westminster Fish Market in the Marine Society, for the Purposes therein mentioned; and for discontinuing the Powers of the said Trustees.

55. An Act to enable Sir William Hamilton, Knight of the most honourable Order of the Bath, his Heirs and Assigns, to make and provide Quays, Docks, Piers, and other Erections; and to establish a Market, with proper Roads and Avenues thereto respectively, within the Manor or Lordship of Hubberston and Pill in the County of Pembroke.

56. An Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, for making and maintaining a Navigable Canal from or near to Cromford Bridge, in the County of Derby, to join and communicate with the Erewash Canal, at or near Langley Bridge; and also a collateral Cut from the said intended Canal, at or near Codnor Park Mill, to or near Pinxton Mill, in the said County.

57. An Act for making and maintaining a navigable Communication between Stowmarket and Ipswich, in the County of Suffolk.

58. An Act for draining, dividing, and inclosing, certain Moors, Commons, or Waste Lands, called Edington, otherwise