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A TABLE of the STATUTES.

Cap. 101. To prevent the removal of poor perſons, until they ſhall become actually chargeable.

Cap. 102. For the more effectual prevention of the uſe of defective weights, and of falſe and unequal balances.

Cap. 103. To enable his Majeſty to grant the inheritance of certain lands or grounds ſituate at or near Painſhill, in the ſeveral pariſhes of Cobham , Walton, and Wiſley, in the county of Surrey, to George Chamberlaine eſq. George Bond eſq. one of his Majefty's ſerjeants at law, and ſir Samuel Hayes baronet, of the kingdom of Ireland, upon the truſts declared by the will of Benjamin Bond Hopkins eſq . deceaſed, of and concerning his eſtate at Painpill aforeſaid.

Cap. 104. For enabling the mayor and commonalty and citizens of the city of London, governors of the poſſeſſions, revenues, and goods, of the hoſpitals of Edward King of England, the Sixth, of Chriſt, Bridewell, and Saint Thomas the Apoſtle, and other the governors of Chriſt's Hoſpital, to purchaſe houſes and ground for enlarging Chriſt's Hoſpitals in London, and at Hertford, and erecting additional buildings thereto, and for other purpoſes.

Cap. 105. For improving and ſupporting the navigation of the river Ivel, otherwiſe Yeo, from the town of Ivelcheſter to Bicknell Bridge, in the pariſh of Huiſh Epiſcopi, in the county of Somerſet, and for making a navigable cut from thence into a cer tain drain, called Portlake Rhine, in the pariſh of Langport, in the ſạme county , and for making the ſaid drain navigable from thence to the river Parrett, below Great Bow Bridge, in the town of Langport.

Cap. 106. For amending and rendering more effectual an act, paſſed in the twenty-eighth year of the reign of his preſent Majeſty, intituled, An act to explain, amend, and enlarge, the powers of ſo much of two acts, paſſed in the eleventh and fifteenth years of the reign of his preſent Majeſty, for improving and completing the navigation of the rivers Thames and Iſis, from the city of London to the town of Cricklade, in the county of Wilts, as relates to the navigation of the ſaid rivers, from the boundary of the juriſdiction of the city of London, near Staines, in the county of Middleſex, to the ſaid town of Cricklade; and for extending and enlarging the powers of the ſaid ſeveral acts, paſſed in the eleventh and fifteenth years of the reign of his ſaid preſent Majeſty, ſo far as the ſame relate to the improving and completing of the navigation of the ſaid rivers, from the juriſdiction of the city of London, near Staines, in the county of Middleſex, to the town of Cricklade, in the county of Wills.

Cap. 107. For dividing , allotting, incloſing, draining, and improving, the commons and waſte grounds within the ſeveral pariſhes of Hepworth, Haxey, Belton, and Owſton, in the iſle of Axbolme, in the county of Lincoln, and alſo for making a compenſation for the tythes ariſing from the ſaid commons, and from certain other lands within the ſaid pariſhes.

Cap. 108. For amending an act, paſſed in the thirteenth year of the reign of his preſent Majeſty, intituled, An act for buildinga bridge