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Kez' A^s of the B)^ithh Legislature. 



335 



and liberality of the prefent age have not 

 5it rtiiched to the' extent oF reponliiig, 

 it has long been louud ntcellaiy to ren- 

 der them tolenible by Atts trom time to 

 time pol'tponiug their operation, and tak- 

 ing oti' their cjl'ect. 



It recites 1 Geo. I., ft. 2^ c. 13 ; 13 

 Car. ll., It. !2j c. 1 ; 2a Car. 11., ft. 2, 

 c. 5 ; 30 Car. II., li a ; 8 Geo. I., c. 6 ; 

 9 Geo. I., e. 2G ; 18 Geo. II., c. 20 ; 

 6 Geo. III., c. 53 ; ■ — the fecond and 

 third of which are the Corporation and 

 Teii Acts ; the fourth, that againlt Pa- 

 "piiis ; the fifth, that which receives the, 

 irtiirmation of Quakers, thereby enabling 

 thcni to give tefiimony according to their 

 confcicnce in civil matters j the fixtli, ■ 

 the Indemnifying Act of the lute reign, 

 which lias been the bafis of the fubfe- 

 vjuent Acts ; the ieventh refpedts the 

 ijiialification of Juftices ; the eighth, for 

 altering the Oath of Abjuration and Af- 

 I'urance : and for quieting the minds of 

 his Majelly's fubjectt, and for preventing 

 •tty inconveniences which niight other- 

 wife happen by means of oiniliions, it 

 extends the time for qualifying to the pe- 

 riod Jtated in the title. 



The next fubject -of confideration is 

 Very iimilar, that of an Act of Susi'EN- 

 »iox. 



This is, eh. 18, 

 •' An Aft to continue until," &c. 



Tliis has been already noticed under 

 •the head of Commercial Laws. 



^^'e iliall here only notice, that the 

 45th Geo. III., c. 83, (mifprinted 73 in 

 the margin of 40 Geo. III., c. 18,) con- 

 tinues two temporary Atts, 43 Geo. III., 

 c. 1.36, 44 Geo. III.," c. 61. Of thefe 43 

 Geo. III., c. 136, recites various ftatutes, 

 liie firft of them 13 Ilicli. II., ft. 1, c. 11, 

 (anno 1389,) and tlience of the reigns of 

 J'hilip and Mary, Elizabeth, James, 

 Anne, and George I., ending 13 Geo. I., 

 c. 23, prefcribing regulations for the ma- 

 nufacturing, fale, and exportation, of 

 woollen-cloths, the ule of gig-mills ; aud 

 alio recites 5 Kiiz., c. 4, § 31, a» to aj)- 

 prentices ; and it ftays proceedings on 

 4ipplii;:ition of defendant in any attion or 

 pn>(ii;cution. Such proceeding'? are now 

 further Itaycd by the Itatutc aluove de- 

 fcribed. 



Ch. 23, fo fur as it is an Aft of Indem- 

 nity, has been already noticed under uii- 

 litary laws. 



Our next falls under the head of Ge- 

 AtRAL Civil. Stati TEs in reguUliou wf 

 the lecoverv of debt. 



This is. 16 Geo. lll.,£h 25, 

 MONTHLY Mac., No. 14i. 



**An A& for further continuing, until the 

 25t'ii Day of March, 1808, an Aft made i» 

 tiie Thirty-third Year of his prefent Ma- 

 jeftv, (c. 74,) for rendering the Payment 

 of Creditors more equal and expeditioui ia 

 Scotland." 



Our lalt diviilon is an Act under tha 

 head of JNIiscF.LLANF.ous, or, as it has 

 long been called, in very intelligible, 

 though not very elegant, language, aa 

 Hotch-potch A6t. 



This is, 46 Geo. III., ch. 29, 

 *« An Aft for reviving and continuing feveral 



Laws and Cuftoms relating to the efta- 



blifhing Courts of Judicature in the Ifland 

 of Newfoundland : and to the prohibiting 

 the E]tportationfrom,and the permitting the 

 Importation into, Great Britain of Corn ; 

 and for allowing the Importation of otl-.er 

 Articles of provifion without Payment of 

 Duty, until the i!5th Day of March, 5 809 t 

 and for continuing feveral laws relating t<» 

 granting a Bounty upon certain Species of 

 Brituh and Iriili Lii:eas exported from 

 Gre.it Britain, and taking oft' the Duties on 

 Importation into Great Britain of Foreign 

 raw Linen Yarns made of Flax : to tha 

 granting a Bounty upon the Importation 

 into Great Britain of Hemp, and rough and 

 undreffed Flax, from his Majeily's Colonies. 

 in America ; and to the Enouragement £f 

 the Greenland Whale Fifheries ; and for 

 reviving and continuing the feveral Laws 

 relating to the Regulating the Prices aC 

 which Corn and Grain may be exported 

 from Great Britain to Ireland, and from 

 Ireland to Great Britain ; and to the Ad- 

 miiiion to entry in Great Britain of Oil of 

 Blubber of I'Jewfoundland, taken by his 

 Majefty's Subjefts carrying on the Fifhery 

 from and refiding in the faid Ifland : and 

 for continuing aa Aft of the Tv.'enty- 

 third Year of his prefent Majefty, for the 

 more effeftual Encouragement of the iMa- 

 nufaftures of Flax and Cotton in Great 

 Britain : and for reviving and continuing 

 feveral Laws relating to the permitting the 

 Importation into Great Britain of Hides 

 and other Articles in Foreign Ships 5 and 

 to the Prohibiting the Exportation from 

 Ireland of Corn or Potatoes, or other Pro- 

 vifions ; and to the Permitting the Impor- 

 tation into Ireland of Corn, Fi/h, and Pro- 

 vifion, without Payment or Duty, until 

 the 'J.jth Day of March, lauU : and for 

 reviving and continuing a.n Aft paiud in 

 the Parliament of Ireland, in the fwenty- 

 fifth Year of the Reign of his prefent Ma- 

 jefty, tor the Encouragement of the Flaxen 

 and Hempen Manufjfturcs ot Ii eland, un- 

 til thu '.>6th Day of .March, 1BV7 : and for 

 amending and lurtber continuing an Aft 

 iii.ide in the 7th Yeir of his prefent Ma- 

 jelty, for the free Importation into Great 

 Btitain of Cochineal ami Indigo until the 

 iJilii Day of March, lUUi>. ' April 2, IbOci. 



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