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- faid Aft, are very much incumbred and burthened by the Works already done, infomuch that in the
- Year one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-four, the Debts of the faid Town amounted to fix hun-
- dred Pounds Sterling, or thereabouts; and the faid recited Act expiring in the Year one thoufand
- feven hundred and thirty eight, the refpedtive Works directed to be done by the (aid Act, for the
' Service of the faid Town, and for the publick Good, muft remain unftnilhed, and what has already ' 'been done will foon go to Decay, unlefs the Term and Powers granted and given by the laid former Act ' be enlarged, &c.' The Duty is further continued for 25 Years. CAP. V. An Act for enlarging the Term granted by an Act paffed in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his late Ma- «*G«>< «• c- '4- jetty King George the Firft, intituled, An Aft for repairing fcveral Roads therein mentioned, leading in- to the City of Worcefter ; and for repairing feveral other Roads lying contiguous to the fame; and for reducing the Toll or Duties granted on Sheep and Lambs by the faid Act. P R. The Tolls are farther continued for 21 Years, and to the End of the next SelTton of Parliament. CAP. VI. An Aft for the better repairing and paving the Highways, Streets, and Watercourfes within the City of New Sarum, and for enlightning the Streets, Lanes, and PalTages, and better regulating the Nightly Watch within the faid City. P R. « XX T H E R E A S the City of New Sarum in the County of Wilts, is a City of coniiderable Trade in 1 the Woollen Manufacture, and is very populous, wherein feveral Fairs, and the Affizes for the 1 faid County, are kept and held yearly, and through which the main Wejiern Road from the City of ' London to Exeter, Cornwall, and the Towns and Places adjacent, directly leads, which, together with ' the pleafant Situation of the Place and Country thereabout, occafions great Numbers of Gentry and ' other Perfons to refort to, and refide in the faid City : And whereas the Streets, Highways, Bridges, « and Watercourfes, within the faid City, are fo very much out of Repair, that the Inhabitants thereof
- cannot by the Laws now in being (for the repairing the Highways) raife Money fufHcient for amending
' the fame ; nor can the faid Laws be put in Execution without great Hardfhips to the poorer Sort of
- Inhabitants there : And whereas the cleanfing the Streets and Watercourfes, the enlightning the Streets,
- and keeping a ftrong and well regulated Watch in the Night-time, within the faid City, will be of
' great Importance, and tend to the Prefervation of the Perfons and Properties of the Inhabitants therer ' of, and other Perfons reforting thereto ;' Now to the End that Provifion may be made to anfwer the good Purpofes aforefaid, may it pleafe your mod Excellent Majefty, that it may be enacted, &V. " Truftees to be chofen. Watchmen, Lamp-lighter, and Scavenger appointed. Inhabitants to clean " before their Houfes twice a Week ; and to throw no Filth into the Streets, &c. on Forfeiture of 1 s. " Truftees to have the ordering of Lamps, and Watchmen. Copy of Orders to be delivered to the " Sub-conftables. Money lent for carrying on the Works to be repaid out of the Rates. Collectors to " give an Account upon Oath of the Monies received, and pay it unto Perfons appointed, otherwife to " be imprifoned. The Mayor to have the Property of the Lamps. Inhabitants not rated, to do 3 " Days Work, or forfeit is. 6 d. per Day. Truftees to appoint a Clerk who is to fummon the Truftees. " Payers of the Rates not liable to watch. This Act not to affect the Bilhop of Salisbury, nor to affect ■" any Hamlet or Tything out of the City." CAP. VII. An Act for continuing an Act paffed in the third Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, For laying a Duty 0} Tzvo Pennies Scots, or One Sixth Part of a Penny Sterling, on every Pint of Ale or Beer that Jhall be vended or fold within the Town of Dumfreis, and Privileges thereof, for paying the Debts of the faid Town, and for building a Church, and making a Harbour there ; and for laying a Duty on the Tonnage of Shipping, and a Duty on Goods imported and exported into and out of the Port of the faid Town, for the better repairing of the faid Harbour. P R. The Duty is further continued for 25 Years. Farther continued and amended by 2 Geo. 3. c . 55. CAP. VIII. An Act to make perpetual an Act made in the feventh Year of the Reign of his prefent Ma- jefty, intituled, Jn A£l to prevent the infamous Practice of Stock-jobbing.
- ■ TI7HEREAS an Act was paffed in the feventh Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, intituled, Preamble, re-
' VV An Ail to prevent the infamous Praclice of Stock-jobbing; which Actwastocontinueand_.be in cinng the Aft ' Force from the firft Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-four, for the Term of three 7 eo# z " Cf • 6 Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, and no longer : And ' whereas the faid Act hath been found ufeful and beneficial, and will in a fhort Time expire,' Be it therefore enacted by the King's molt Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Content of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Autho- ^^3™^* rity of the fame, That the faid Act fhall be, and is hereby made perpetual^ p ^ K k 2 C A P«
