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A. D. 1723. Anno decimo Georgii Regis. C. 1 1 — 13. 495 or one of the Officers to be appointed for the faid Inland Duties, to prevent Frauds in relation thereto- any Law, Ufage or Cuftom, or any Thing in this Act contained to the contrary notwithftanding. « LII. And whereas all the Real and Perfonal Eftate of Robert Dalzell, late Earl of Camwatb, attainted Re^f Earned 1 of High Treafon, was forfeited, and great Part thereof, by one or more Act or Acts of Parliament is t0 R ""' 0>- c vefted in Truftees, to be fold for the Ufe of the Publick ; which Part, fo vefted in the Truftees, hath ""' latc Ejrl of

been fold accordingly for the Sum of five thoufand one hundred Pounds : And whereas the faid Robert Carnwath ' &c '

' Dalzell, late Earl of Carnwath, having for thefe eight Years and upwards been deftitutc of all necef- ' fary Subfiftence, has contracted confiderable Debts for the Support and Maintenance of himfelf and his ' Family:' Now in Companion to the deplorable Condition of the faid Robert Dalzell, late Earl of Carn- wath, and his Family, we your Majefty's dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament affembled, do humbly pray, that it may be enacted ; and be it enacted by the Authority afore- faid, That out of the faid five thoufand one hundred Pounds arifing from the Sale or Produce of the Eftate of the faid Robert Dalzell, late Earl of Camwatb, fo. forfeited as aforefaid, fuch Sum or Sums of Money (after paying the proportionable Part of the Demands of fuch Creditors, whofe Claims have been allowed upon, and do affect the faid Eftate) (hall and may be taken, ilTued and applied, for and towards the future Support and Maintenance of the faid Robert Dal-zell, late Earl of Carnwath, and his P'amily, and for the Payment of his Debts, without Account, Imprelt or other Charge to be fet upon him for the c . .» fame, as his Majefty in his great Goodnefs {hall, by his Sign Manual, think fit to direct and appoint: ^"""chLlate"' And the Commiffioners of his Majefty's Treafury, or any three or more of them, or the High Treafurer f£c'. fie farther for the Time being, are hereby authorized, impowered and directed, to caufe the fame to be paid to the JI G "- '■ c - z°. .faid Robert Dalzell, late Earl of Camwatb, or his Affigns accordingly, without Abatement for Fees, " Lp™" *• '■ z8- Charges or other Deductions whatfoever ; any former Law, Cuftom or Statute to the contrary, or any t c",' 2 ' V 4 ' Incapacity by reafon of the Attainder of the faid Robert Dalzell, late Earl of Camwatb, notwithftanding. is Geo. 2. c. n.6. 21 Geo. 2. c. 14. CAP. XI. i^Cec.z.c.lo. An Aft to prevent Multiplicity of Profecutions upon an Acl: made in the eleventh and twelfth Years of the Reign of his late Majefty King William the Third, intituled, An Ail for the more ejffeclual employing the Poor, by encouraging the Manufactures of this Kingdom. ' ITT HERE AS by an Act made in the eleventh and twelfth Years of the Reign of his late Majefty n & 12 W. 3. ' VV King William the Third, of glorious Memory, intituled, An Acl for the more effectual employing c - IO - ' the Poor, by encouraging the Manufactures of this Kingdom, it is, amongft other Things enacted, That all I2 f 3 ' c ' II- !' Wrought Silks, Bengals, and Stuffs mixed with Silk or Herba of the Manufacture of Perfia, China or /i™' c C '?'r% ! f Eaft-lndia, and all Callicoes painted, dyed, printed or ftained there, whether the fame fhall be mixed, Ann! c. 29. " ' fewed or made up together for Sale, with any other Goods or Materials, or otherwife, which from and 1* after the twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and one, fhall be found in any r Houfe, Shop or Warehouse, or other Place whatfoever (other than in fuch Warehoufes, as fhall be ap- ' proved of by the Commiffioners of his Majefty's Cuftoms) fhall be forfeited, and fubject and liable to ' be fearched for and feized ; in which faid Acl: it is provided, that the Powers therein fhall not extend [' to any fuch Silks, Bengals, Stuffs or Callicoes which fhall have been made up and ufed in any fort of

  • Apparel or Furniture before the faid twenty-ninth Day of September one ^thoufand feven hundred and

' one : And whereas feveral Perfons have, fince the faid twenty-ninth Day of September one thoufand

  • feven hundred and one, inadvertently made up and ufed the faid 'prohibited Goods in Furniture and

I* Houfhold-Stuff, believing the faid Acl extended to Apparel only, and thereby have fubjected themfelves

  • to the Penalties of the faid Adt :' For Remedy whereof, and preventing the numberlefs Profecutions

that might happen from fuch Inadvertency, Be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and Act' n w. 3. with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Par- c- i°- not to liament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That the faid recited A£t, or any Thing therein | x | t !! nd 5 Ind 'j contained, fhall not extend to any Silks, Bengals or Stuffs mixed with Silk or Herba, or painted, dyed, ' j„ Furnitnre* printed or ftained Callicoes, manufactured in Perfia, China or Ea/i-India, which were made up, or ufed before 25 Dec. in Furniture or Houfhold-Stuff before the twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred 1722. and twenty-two ; any Thing in the faid recited Act, or any other Act or Acts of Parliament to the con- Sce father trary notwithftanding. 9 G «. 2. e. 4. CAP. XII. «s <*«.*«■*«  An Act for repairing the Roads leading from Stump-Crofs, in the Parifh of Chefterford in the County of Effex, to Newmarket-Heath, and the Town of Cambridge, in the County of Cambridge. P R. This Act took Place 1 June 17Z4, and is to continue for 21 Years. [Continued by 15 Geo. 2. c. 16.] CAP. XIII. An Act for amending the Roads from the Stones-End in Southward to Higbgate, at the Entrance of AJh- doivn Foreft in the Parifh of Eaft-Grinftead in the County of SuJJex, and from Kingfton to Burton-Common, and alfo the Lane leading from Wood Hatch to Sidlow-Mill, and the Lanes called Horfe-hills, Bonehurjl alias Boners, and Peteridge-Lanes, in the County of Surrey, by enlarging the Terms granted by two former Acts, one of the fourth, and the other of the fixth'Year of his Majefty's Reign. P R. The