rity, or to the widows or children of fuch officers, according to fuch warrant or warrants under his Majesty's royal fign manual as shall be figned in that behalf; any thing in this act or the faid former act to the contrary notwithstanding. CAP. XIII. An act for repairing and widening the roads from the city of Gloucester to the city of Hereford. The tolls are to have continuance from the 24th of June 1726, for 21 years. Continued by 20 Geo. 2. c. 31. CAP. XIV. An act for repairing feveral roads therein mentioned, leading into the city of Worcester. HEREAS the feveral highways, ftreets or roads leading from the feveral gates and the bridge of the city of Worcefter, to Cudley Heath, in the parish of Warndon, in the county of Worcester, being one mile and an half, or thereabouts, and to a bridge called Stonebow-Bridge in the faid county, being four miles, or thereabouts, and from a place called The Yewtree in the parish of Spetchly, to Upton Snodsbury, in the faid county, being two miles, or thereabouts, and from the faid city of Worcester to a place called Aylesborough Farm in the faid county, being fix miles, or thereabouts, and to a place called Seavern Stoak, in the faid county, being four miles, or thereabouts, and to a place called The Rid Green, in the parish of Hanley Caftle in the faid county, being four miles, or thereabouts, and to a place called The Link, in the parish of Great Malvern, in the faid county, being four miles, or thereabouts, and to a place called The High Ladder Stile, in the parish of Leigh in the faid county, being five miles, or thereabouts, and to a place called Herefordshire Lake, in the parish of Knightwick in the faid county, being fix miles, or thereabouts, and to a place called Hombridge, in the parish of Martly in the faid county, being fix miles, or thereabouts, and to a place called The Hundred House, in the parish of Great Whitley in the faid county, being fix miles, or thereabouts, and to a place called The Mitre Oak, in the parish of Hartlebury in the faid county, being fix miles, or thereabouts, by reafon of the foil thereof, and the heavy carriages paffing through the fame, are become fo ruinous, &c. The toll took place the aft of June 1726, and is to continue for 21 years. Continued by 10 Geo. 2. c. 5. CAP. XV. An act for repairing the walls, gates and other publick works in the city of Norwich, and several bridges in and near the faid city, and for amending the roads therein mentioned. HEREAS the city of Norwich is an antient city, and the greatest part thereof encompassed with thick ftone walls, wherein are twelve large gates, and there are alfo fix large bridges over the river running through the faid city, called Hellefden, Cof X 4 lany, 20 Geo. 2.c.35. lany, Black Fryers, Eyebright, White Fryers and Bishopgate Bridges, and likewife divers publick waftes, flathes and wharfs, in the faid city: and whereas the faid walls, gates, bridges, waftes, fathes and wharfs are now become very ruinous, &c.. After 1 May 1726, all mafters of veffels paffing up the river higher than Thorp-Hall, to pay toll. For every chaldron of coals 4 d. For every laft of wheat, rye, barley, malt or other grain 4 d. For every weigh of falt 4 d. For three hogheads of fugar, tobacco, molafles, or hogtheads packed with other dry goods 4 d. For three puncheons of liquor 4 d. For four hogsheads or two pipes of wine, fpirits or other liquors 4 d. For eight barrels of fope, raifins, oil, pitch, tar or packed with other dry goods 4 d. For every whole butt or two half-butts of currans 4 d. For two pipes of Smyrna raifins 4 d. For twenty four bags of nails 4 d, For fixty bars of iron 4 d. For fifty pieces of iron called Short Broads 4 d. For eight pigs or a fodder of lead 4 d. For every Peak milftone or pair of Cologne milftones 4 d. For forty firkins of butter or archel 4 d. For twenty two hundred weight of cheese 4 d. For twenty fquare foot of ftone 4 d. For every thousand pantiles 4 d. For every chaldron of grinstones 4 d. For eighty fingle deals or forty double deals 4 d. For fifty fquare foot of fir or other timber 4 d. For two bags of hops 4d. For eight horse packs of any goods 4 d. and for every ton of other goods 4d. Mayor, &c. to appoint collectors. Mafter not liable, unless his lading exceed three tons. Mayor, &c. may fix a boom across the river, and erect an office there. Duties may be affigned over for money to be borrowed at lawful intereft. Not to take away the duties payable at the common ftathe. City of Norwich to pay to the treasurer of the county for bridge money, 30l. per annum. The bridges to be repaired at the costs of the county. CAP. XVI. An act for repairing the road from Spittlegate-Hill near Grantham, in the county of Lincoln, to Little Drayton in the county of Notingham. The toll took place 25 June 1726, and is to have continuance for 21 years. Continued by 12 Geo. 2. c. 34. CA P. XVII. An act for enlarging the term granted by an act made in the first year of his present Majefty's reign, intituled, An act for repairing and amending the highways between Tyburn and Uxbridge in the county of Middlesex, and for making the said act more effectual. The toll granted by this act of 1 Geo. 1. ftat. 2. c. 25. took place 25 December 1715, and was to have continuance during the term of 11 years, and by this act is continued for 21. years longer. Continued by 15 Geo. 2. c. 9. CAP. XVIII. An alt for repairing the feveral roads therein mentioned, leading into the town of Tewkefbury in the county of Gloucefter. W and and to a place called Wainloads-Bridge in the highway leading to Gloucester, called the Lower Way, being four miles or thereabouts, and to the parish of Swindon in the highway to Cheltenham in the faid county of Gloucefter, being five miles or thereabouts, by reafon of the deepness of the foil of the faid respective roads, and the heavy carriages paffing through the faid roads, are become ruinous, &c. The toll took place 24 May 1726. and is to continue for 21 years. CAP. XIX. An act for enlarging the term granted by an act paffed in the ninth year of the reign of her late majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An act for repairing the highways from Sheet Bridge in the parish of Petersfield to the town of Portimouth in the county of Southampton, and for making the faid act more effectual. The private act 9 Ann. c. 8. further continued for 20 years. Continued by 15 Geo. 2. c. 14. CAP. XX. An act for enlarging the term granted by an act paffed in the twelfth year of the reign of her late majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An act for repairing the highway or road from the city of Worcester to the borough of Droitwitch in the county of Worcester, and for making the fame more effectual; and for repairing other roads therein mentioned, in the faid county of Worcefter. The private act 12 Ann. ft. 2. c. 3. continued from 1 June 1726, for the further term of twenty one years. Continued by 22 Geo. 2. c. 43. CAP. XXI. And act for repairing and enlarging the road from Liverpool to Prescot, and other roads therein mentioned, in the county palatine of Lancaster. The toll took place the first of June 1726, and is to continue for 21 years. Continued by 19 Geo. 2. c. 19. CAP. XXII. An act to continue two acts of parliament for repairing the highways between Wymondham and Attleborough, and from Wymondham to Hetherset in the county of Norfolk; the one paffed in the feventh and eighth years of the reign of his late majesty King William the Third, and the other in the feventh year of the reign of her late majesty Queen Anne; and for repairing the road from the mouth of Wigmore-lane to Hall-Walk Gate in Attleborough in the said county. Ann. c. By this act the act of 7 & 8 W. 3. c. 26. and the private act of 7 CAP. XXIII. An act for repairing the roads leading from the western part of the parifh of Sherfield to Harwich in the county of Effex, and the road leading from Chelmsford in the faid county to Sudbury in the county of Suffolk, and from Margretting to Malden in the county of Effex, and from Colchester to Langham in the fame county. PR. The toll took place the ift of May 1726, and is to have continuance for 21 years. Continued by 20 Geo. 2. C. 7. CAP. XXIV. An act for repairing the road from the city of Gloucefter to Stone, and alfo the roads to and near Berkley, Durfley, Wotton under Edge, Stroud and Sodbury in the county of Gloucester. ૭ The The toll took place the 24th of June 1726, and is to continue for 21 years. CAP. XXV. An act to enable the prefent and future inhabitants of the east, north and weft fides or lines of Saint Jaines's Square, to make a rate on themselves for railing money fufficient to clean, adorn and beautify the faid fquare, and to continue the fame in repair. Trustees appointed for adorning St. James's Square. Annoying the square by filth, &c. forfeits 20 s. Incroachments forfeit sol. No hackney coach to ply there, on pain of 10 s. A rate on the houses not exceeding 10 s. a foot yearly for the three front lines. Houses, occupied by embassadors, to be paid by the landlords. Differences to be determined by the trustees. Trustees to appoint collectors and receivers. Square exempt from scavengers rates. Inhabitants, &c. may advance not exceeding 6000l. by annuities for 32 years. Trustees may mortgage the rates. New ones to be chofen in the room of trustees deceased. CAP. XXVI. An all for repealing the duty laid upon fnuff, by an act made in the eighth year of her late Majesty's reign, and for afcertaining the rates according to which the remaining duties are to be paid, and for giving further encouragement to the Greenland fishery. Mi OST gracious Sovereign, whereas by an act made in the eighth year of the reign of her late majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An act for granting to her Majefty new duties of excife, and upon feveral imported commodities, and for establishing a yearly fund thereby, and by other ways and means, to raise nine hundred thousand pounds, by fale of annuities, and (in default thereof) by another lottery, for the fervice of the year one thousand seven hundred and ten, a new duty of three hillings for every pound-weight Avoirdupois, over and above all other duties, was laid upon all fnuff imported or to be imported into the kingdom of Great Britain, at any time or times after the fixth day of February one thousand seven hundred and nine, within or du6 Geo. 1. c. 4. ring the term of thirty two years, fuch fnuff not being of the product or manufacture of her Majefty's plantations which act has been fince made perpetual: and whereas it is notorious, that fince the laying of the faid new duty, great quantities of fnuff have been clandeftinely and fraudulenty imported, and run into this kingdom, to the diminution of his Majesty's revenues, and the difcouragement of the fair traders; for remedy whereof, we, your Majesty's dutiful and loyal fubjects, the commons of Great Britain in parliament af fembled, do moft humbly befeech your Majefty that it may be A&t 8 Ann. c. enacted, and be it enacted by the King's most excellent maje7. relating to fty, by and with the advice and confent of the lords fpiritual fnuff,repealed. and temporal and commons in this prefent parliament affem f. I. bled, and by the authority of the fame, That from and after the thirty first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand . seven hundred and twenty fix, the faid new duty of three fhil- ad valorem II. And whereas other duties upon fnuff imported into this king- Rates on fnuff dom are now payable according to the value fworn to or affirmed by the importers; which, by experience, has been found to be very un- repealed. equal, fome perfons greatly undervaluing the fame, to the detriment of the revenue, and difcouragement of the fair traders; for remedying the said abuse, and for putting the faid trade on a more equal foot, be it enacted by the authority aforefaid, That all provifions and clauses contained in any former act or acts of parliament, fo far as they relate to the afcertaining the value of snuff imported, according to the oaths or affirmations of the importers, thall, from and after the faid thirty first day of May one thoufand feven hundred and twenty fix, be and are hereby repealed and made void. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That Snuff to pay in lieu of the faid former rates and duties ad valorem, re- the old fubpealed by this act, all fnuff which fhall at any time or times, fidy, after the said thirty first day of May one thousand seven hundred and twenty fix, be imported into any port or place within this kingdom, fhall, upon the importation thereof, be rated to, and pay the old fubfidy granted by the act of tonnage and poundage, made in the twelfth year of the reign of King Charles the Se- 12Car. 2. c. 4. cond, according to the feveral rates and values herein after mentioned, (and not according to the values fworn to or affirmed by the importers) that is to fay, all fnuff imported in British fhips, from any of the British plantations in America, or from any part of the Spanish Weft-Indies, fhall be rated at two fhil- America at 25. Importedfrom lings and fix pence for every pound weight Avoirdupois, and in 6d per lb. that proportion for any greater or lefs quantity; and all fnuff imported from Italy, Spain, Portugal and all other foreign parts, from Italy, except France, fhall be rated at five fhillings for every pound &c. 5s. weight Avoirdupois, and in that proportion for any greater or less quantity. paid accord IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, Further fubfiThat in all cafes where any of the faid forts of fnuff are by law dy, &c. to be fubject or liable to the payment of the further fubfidy the one ing to the vathird fubfidy, the two thirds fubfidy, the additional impoft, or lue fet for the any of them, according to the refpective values fet thereon for old fubfidy. the faid old fubfidy, or in proportion thereto, the fame fhall, from and after the thirty first day of May one thousand feven hundred and twenty fix, be paid proportionably, according to the particular value fet thereon for the old fubfidy aforefaid, and not according to the oath or affirmation of the importer; any thing in the respective acts, which granted the faid duties, or in any other act to the contrary notwithstanding. V. And |