4 & 5 W. & M. C. 17. fons whofe eftates are vested in the trustees, having right of dower, the trustees may compound with them for fuch right, to be paid by the cashier. Trustees may make fuitable allowances to fuch wives having right of dower. Juftices and barons to fettle differences. Purchasers to enjoy the eftates purchased, free from all right of dower. Not to give any right of dower to wives, who by deed made before marriage have accepted any fettlement in lieu thereof. Nor to give any claim to any eftate purchased fince December 1719. The title of purchafers good, as well when the late directors, &c. fhall not releafe their right, as when they have. No fpecial bail required in actions or fuits on contracts for stock or fubfcriptions, till March 1724, &c. Trustees, &c. may compound with William Attell, for the benefit of his children, &c. Colonel Thomas Sidney and his wife may enter their claims of any debt due from Robert Knight, at any time before 24 June 1724. EXP. CAP. XV. An act for repairing the road leading from Dunchurch in the county of The toll took place from 25 July 1724. and is to have continuance for W CAP. XVI. An act for encouraging the Greenland fishery. HEREAS by an act of parliament made in the fourth and fifth years of the reign of their late Majefties King William and Queen Mary, for encouraging the Geeenland fishery, a company was incorporated, exclufive of the rest of their then Majefties fubjects, and by the faid act it is enacted, That it should be lawful for the faid company, and for all and every the ships and veffels belonging thereto, or employed by the faid company, truly belonging to England, Wales, or town of Berwick upon Tweed, and whereof the mafters fhould be Englishmen, and inhabiting within the places aforefaid, and for no other ship or vessel whatsoever, from and after the first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand fix hundred and ninety three, until the first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and feven, employed for catching of whales in the Greenland feas, during fuch their voyages, to be navigated with one third of the mariners English at the leaft, and yet to pay no farther or other custom for the oil, blubber or fins, caught and imported in fuch fhips or veffels, than if fuch ships or vessels had been navigated with three fourths of the mariners English: and whereas by an act of parliament made in the ninth and tenth years of the reign 9 & 10 W. 3. of his faid late Majefty King William the Third, intituled, An act 6. 45. for taking away half the duties imposed on glass wares, and the whole duties lately laid on ftone and earthen wares, and tobacco pipes, and for granting (in lieu thereof) new duties upon whale fins and Scotch linen, it is amongst other things enacted, That from and after the tenth day of July one thousand fix hundred and ninety eight, there should be answered and paid to his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors, for and upon all whale fins, that should be taken, caught and imported, in and by any ships or vesels whatsoever, of or belonging to the company established for the Greenland trade, the fum of three pence for every pound weight thereof, and after that rate for a greater or lesser quantity; and for all whale fins, which are or shall be be taken, caught or imported by foreigners, or by any hips or vessels not belonging to the faid company, the fum of fix pence for every pound weight thereof, and after that rate for a greater or leffer quan tity: and whereas by an act made in the first year of her late Maje-1 Ann. ftat. 1. fty Queen Anne of glorious memory, intituled, An act for enlarging c. 16. and encouraging the Greenland trade, it is amongst other things enacted, That from and after the first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand feven hundred and two, it should and might be lawful for any of her Majesty's fubjects whatsoever, that would adventure to Greenland for fishing of whales, to have and enjoy all the privileges that were granted to the faid company by the aforefaid act of parliament, and should not pay any further or other duty, than if they had been of the faid Greenland company; and that no harpineer or other foreigners, that were permitted by the faid act for carrying on the faid fishery, should be imprefted for her Majesty's fervice: and whereas by one other act of parliament made in the faid firft year of her faid late Majesty Queen Anne, the faid duty of three 1 Ann. c. 21. pence per pound on whale-fins caught as aforefaid, is continued, and Since made payable to her faid Majesty, her heirs and successors, for ever, for the purposes in the fame act prefcribed and directed, fubject to fuch provifoes and powers of redemption, as are in and by the faid act contained and prescribed, of and concerning the fame, as by the faid feveral acts, relation being had to them respectively, more at large may appear: and whereas notwithstanding the great privileges granted by the feveral acts of parliament aforefaid, the fishing in the Greenland feas hath been entirely neglected by his Majesty's fubjects, and is like to continue fo, as long as the duty aforefaid is payable upon whale-fins taken and caught in the faid feas, by fhips belonging to his Majesty's fubjects; and in regard that the permitting his Majefty's fubjects to import oil, blubber and whale-fins taken and caught in See 5 Geo.2. the faid feas, without paying any duties for the fame for a competent c. 28. fect. 1. time, may very much contribute to the regaining the faid Greenland 6 Geo. 2. c.33° trade, and will encourage the navigation, and promote the confumption of the manufactures of this kingdom: wherefore may it please your Majefty, that it may be enacted, &c. After 25 December 1714. British fubjects may import whale-fins, oil and blubber, custom free, for feven years. Mafter to fwear that the whale-fins, &c. were caught in Greenland feas by the crew of the fhip, and navigated according to law. By 12 Geo. 1. c. 26. fect. 7. The ben fit of this act is extended to Davis's freights. EXP. CAP. XVII. An act for continuing acts for preventing theft and rapine upon the Northern borders of England; and for better regulating of pilots; and for regulating the price and affize of bread; and for better encouragement of the making of fail-cloth in Great Britain. HEREAS the laws herein after mentioned (which have by been (we near expiry experience been found useful and beneficial) are near expiring; may it therefore please your Majefty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King's most excellent majefty, by M3 and and with the advice and confent of the lords fpiritual and temporal and commons, in this present parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame, That an act made in the thirteenth and fourteenth years of the reign of the late King Charles the The act 13 & Second, intituled, An act for preventing theft and rapine upon the 14Car.2. C.22. Northern borders of England, which by an act made in the twelfth year of the reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An 12 Ann. stat.1. act for continuing the acts therein mentioned, for preventing theft and rapine upon the Northern borders of England, was continued, 24Geo.2. C.57• and is now near expiring, shall be, and is hereby further continued, and shall be in force, from the expiration thereof, for eleven years. continued for 11 years. C. 10. continued for 11 years, &c, C.21. A& 3 Geo. 1. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That c.13. forregu- an act made in the third year of his Majesty's reign, intituled, lating pilots, An act for the better regulating of pilots for the conducting of ships and vejels from Dover, Deal, and the Ifle of Thanet, upon the rivers of Thames and Medway, together with a clause for further regulating the pilots of Dover, Deal, and the ifle of Thanet, 7Geo.1. stat.1. contained in an act paffed in the feventh year of his Majesty's reign, intituled, An act for the further preventing his Majesty's 23 Geo.2.c.26. fubjects from trading to the Eaft-Indies under foreign commissions, and for encouraging and further fecuring the lawful trade thereto, and further regulating the pilots of Dover, Deal, and the Ifle of Thanet, which is near expired, fhall be further continued, from the time of the expiration thereof, for the space of eleven years, and from thence to the end of the then next feffion of parliament. A&t 8 Ann. c. 18. to re gulate the price of bread, continued for feven years, &c. C.26. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That an act paffed in the eighth year of the reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An act to regulate the price and affize of bread, together with fuch alterations, as were made in and by an act paffed in the first year of his present Majesty's reign, intituled, An act for continuing feveral laws therein men1Geo.1. ftat.2. tioned relating to coals, hemp and flax, Irish and Scotch linen, and the affize of bread; and for giving power to adjourn the quarterfeffions for the county of Anglefea, for the purposes therein mentioned, which by an act made in the fifth year of his present Maje5 Geo.1. c.25. 22 Geo.2.c.46. sty's reign, intituled, An act for continuing an act made in the eighth year of the reign of the late Queen Anne, to regulate the price and affize of bread; aud for continuing the act of the twelfth year of her faid late Majefly's reign, for the better encouragement of the making of fail-cloth in Great Britain, was continued, and is now near expiring, fhall be further continued, from the expiration thereof for seven years, and from thence to the end of the then next feffion of parliament. A&t 12 Ann. ftat. 1. c.16. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That the faid act made in the twelfth year of her faid late Majefty's reign, for the better encouragement of the making of failcloth in Great Britain, which by the faid laft recited act of the nued for feven fifth year of his prefent Majefty's reign, was continued for the term of feven years, and from thence to the end of the next ses For encouraging of failcloth, conti years, &c. 2c Geo.2. C.45. fion fion of parliament, be further continued, and shall remain in full force for the term of seven years, and from thence to the end of the then next feffion of parliament. CAP. XVIII. An act to explain and amend an act paffed in the fixth year of his Majesty's reign, intituled, An act for ascertaining the breadths, and for preventing frauds and abuses in manufacturing ferges, pladdings and fingrums, and for regulating the manufactures of flockings, in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, fo far as the fame relates to ferges. WHEREAS an a&t passed in the fixth year of his prefent Ma- 6 Geo.1. c.13. reign, intituled, An act for afcertaining the breadths, and preventing frauds and abuses in manufacturing ferges, pladdings and fingrums, and for regulating the manufactures of stockings, in that part of Great Britain called Scotland: and whereas notwithstanding the provision made by the faid act, many dif putes have arifen thereupon, and many frauds and abufes have fince been committed by perfons employed in working and making of ferges, and in felling and difpofing of the fame, to the great prejudice of trade and commerce: for preventing whereof, and the better regulating the manufactures of ferges for the future; be it enacted by the King's most excellent Majefty, by and with the advice and confent of the lords spiritual and temporal and commons, in this present parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame, That from and after the twenty fourth day of June one thousand After 24 June feven hundred and twenty four, every piece of rock ferge made 1724. the in Scotland, and white out of the loom, fhall be of the breadth breadths and lengths, and and length herein after mentioned; that is to fay, thirty fix fineness of inches in breadth at least within the lift or felvage, and fixty rock ferge three yards in length; and that every half-piece of fuch ferge made in Scotshall be proportionable in length to a whole piece as aforefaid; land, afcertained. and that all fuch pieces and half-pieces of ferge thall be taken up in folds, or a foft roll, and fhall not be ftretched by hard rolling; and no white broomed or tarted wool shall be wrought or mixed together, but that each piece fhall be wrought up of one and the fame fort, without any other kind of mixture whatfoever; and that the fame fhall be equally worked, and of the fame fineness from one end of the piece to the other: and that every piece of rock and wheel ferge shall be made of equal goodness and ftrength, and fhall be of the breadths and lengths fol- Rock and lowing; that is fay, a Scotch ell in breadth at least, and forty two Scotch ells in length; and that every piece of ferge, commonly called the strapping or narrow fort, fhall be three quar- Strapping or ters of a Scotch ell in breadth, and forty two Scotchs ell in length; narrow fort. and that every half-piece of each fort of the laft mentioned ferges shall be proportionable in length to a whole piece, and none of the ferges before mentioned fhall be made or wrought of une fcoured yarn. M 4 II. And wheel ferge: 1 The magi- Refusing to execute that office forfeits 51. fterling. to appoint a famp. tioned) shall be and are hereby impowered, from time to time, to make or cause to be made, a ftamp or ftamps bearing the arms of the respective boroughs, and fhall appoint one or more fit perfon or perfons to infpect and stamp all fuch ferges as are before mentioned, as fhall be brought to be stamped, of the lengths, breadths and qualities as aforefaid, which perfon or persons so nominated and appointed, shall before he or they shall be admitted into the office of stamp-master, be obliged, and he and they are hereby required, to take an oath de fideli, and fhall likewife give fuch fecurity for his faithful and due execution of the faid office, in such manner, and in such a penalty, as the faid magiftrates fhall direct and appoint. III. Provided and be it enacted, That in case the person or persons, as shall be so appointed stamp-master or stamp-mafters, fhall without any lawful excufe to be allowed by two or more justices of the peace of the respective counties, or the major part of the town council of the respective boroughs, neglect or refuse to act and execute the faid office, fuch person and persons shall respectively forfeit and pay fuch fine or fines for fo neglecting or refufing to act and execute the faid office, as the faid juftices, or any two or more of them, or the major part of the town council of the respective boroughs, fhall fet upon him or them, not exceeding the fum of five pounds fterling for every fuch neglect or refufal. The justices in IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, their counties That the juftices of the peace fhall, in their refpective counties and ftewartries, or in cafe they fhall make default, the commiffioners of fupply fhall be and are hereby impowered and required, from time to time, at their quarterly feflions to be holden by the said juftices, or annual meetings of the faid commiffioners in Scotland, to appoint a ftamp or ftamps to be made and kept for the purposes aforefaid, at fome proper place where fuch ferges are fold, within the respective counties, as the faid justices of the peace, or commiffioners of fupply, fhall think proper. No ftamp-ma- not of the pro Penalty. faid, he or they fo neglecting or offending therein, fhall forfeit or |