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The TITLES of the STATUTES. second day of December one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, intituled An act to continue, until the expiration of six weeks after the commencement of the next session of parliament, two several acts, passed in the session of parliament holden in the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh years of his present Majesty, the one, chapter thirty-two, on the tenth day of March, and the other, chapter sixty-one, on the twenty-fifth day of May one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, for suspending, for a limited time, the operation of certain acts, made in the fifteenth and seventeenth years of the reign of his present Majesty for refraining the negotiation of promissory notes and bills of exchange, under a limited sum, within that part of Great Britain called England; and also to amend the said act, and further to continue the same, so amended, until the twenty-fifth day of March one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine. Page 23

10. An Act to continue, until the twenty-fifth day of March one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and amend an act passed in the thirty-eighth year of the reign of his present Majesty, chapter two, videlicet, On the thirtieth day of November one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, intituled An act to continue, until the expiration of thirty days after the commencement of the next session of parliament of the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh years of his present Majesty, chapter one hundred and thirty-seven, videlicet, On the twentieth of July one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven, intituled, 'An act to continue an act, made in this present session of parliament, intituled, "An act to revive and continue for a limited time, and amend an act passed in the present session of parliament, intituled, "An act to allow the banks, and certain banking companies, in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, to issue notes for sums under a certain amount, for a limited time; and for indemnifying all persons who have issued notes for small sums of money in that part of the united kingdom" for a limited time.' 24

11. An Act for allowing further time for the payment of instalments to become due on certain sums advanced by way of loan, to certain persons connected with and trading to the islands of Grenada and Saint Vincents. Ibid.

12. An Act to continue, until the expiration of six weeks after the commencement of the next session of parliament, an act passed in the thirty-fifth year of the reign of his present Majesty, chapter fifteen, videlicet, On the sixteenth day of March one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five; and also an act passed in the same year, chapter eighty, videlicet, On the twenty-second day of May one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five; and also another act passed in the thirty-sixth year of his present Majesty, chapter seventy-six, videlicet, On the fourteenth day of May one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, relating to the admission of certain articles of merchandize in neutral ships, and the issuing of orders in council for that purpose; and to continue, for the same period, an act passed in the session of parliament holden in the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh years of his present Majesty, chapter twenty-one, videlicet, On the twenty-eighth day of December one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, authorising his Majesty to make regulations respecting the trade and commerce to and from the Cape of Good Hope. 29

13. An Act to repeal the duties imposed by an act, made in the last session of parliament, for granting an aid and contribution for the prosecution of the war; and to make more effectual provision for the like purpose, by granting certain duties upon income, in lieu of the said duties. Page 29

14. An Act for exempting, during the present war, certain persons, serving in volunteer corps, from being ballotted for the supplementary militia, under certain conditions; and for making out new lists of men liable to serve in the said militia. 57

15. An Act to continue, until the twenty-first day of May one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, an act, made in the last session of parliament, intituled An act to empower his Majesty to secure and detain such persons as his Majesty shall suspect are conspiring against his person and government. 61

16. An Act to revive and continue, until thirty days after the commencement of the next session of parliament, an act passed in the thirty-third year of the reign of his present Majesty, chapter seventy-six, videlicet, On the seventeenth day of June one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, intituled An act for establishing courts of judicature in the island of Newfoundland, and the islands adjacent. Ibid.

17. An Act to indemnify such persons as have omitted to qualify themselves for offices and employments; and to indemnify justices of the peace, or others, who have omitted to register or deliver in their qualifications within the time directed by law, and for extending the time limited for those purposes, until the twenty-fifth day of December one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine; to indemnify members and officers, in cities, corporations, and borough towns, whose admissions have been omitted to be stamped according to law, or having been damped, have been lost or mislaid, and for allowing them, until the twenty-fifth day of December one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, to provide admissions duly stamped; to permit such persons as have omitted to make and file affidavits of the execution of indentures of clerks to attornies and solicitors, to make and file the same on or before the first day of Michaelmas term one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine; to allow to such persons who have omitted to pay the duties on the indentures and contracts of clerks, apprentices, or servants, until the twenty-second day of June one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, for payment of the same; to indemnify attornies who have omitted to enter their certificates according to law, and for allowing them, until the first day of Easter term, to enter the same with the proper officer; and for indemnifying deputy lieutenants and officers of the militia, who have neglected to transmit descriptions of their qualifications to the clerks of the peace within the time directed by law, and for extending the time limited for that purpose, until the first day of September one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine. Ibid.

18. An Act for raising a certain sum of money, by loans or exchequer bills, for the service of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine. 62

19. An Act for the regulation of his Majesty's marine forces while on shore, until the twenty-fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred. Ibid.

20. An Act for the punishing mutiny and desertion; and for the better payment of the army and their quarters. Ibid.

21. An Act to amend and render more effectual two acts, passed in the thirty-eighth year of his present Majesty's reign and the present session of parliament, for the redemption and purchase of the land tax. 65 22. An