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A. D. 1744: Anno decimo feptimo Georgii II. 0.41,42. 585 CAP. XLII. An Act for amending and making more effectual an Act made in the Iaft Scflion of Parliament, for conti- nuing an Act made in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, repairing the Roads from Luton in the County of Bedford, to We/lwood Gate in the (aid County ; and from Luton to Saint Albans in the County of Hertford. P R. CAP. XLIII. ' An Ac! for repairing the Road from the Town of Buckingham in the County of Bucks to Warmington in the County of Warwick. P R. Certain Tolls granted for zi Years. Anno decimo octavo Georgii II. Regis.

T the Parliament begun and holden at Wejlminfter the firft Day of December, Anno Dotnini one 

i J%. thoufand feven hundred and forty-one, in the fifteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord ' GEORGE the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, De-

  • fender of the Faith, &c. and from thence continued by feveral Prorogations to the twenty-feventh
  • Day of November one thoufand feven hundred and forty-four j being the fourth Seflion of this pre-

I fent Parliament. CAP. I. An Act for granting an Aid to his Majefty by a Land Tax to be raifed in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and forty-five. EXP. At 4 s. in the Pound. CAP. II. An Act for continuing the Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, in that Part of Great Bri- tain called England ; and for granting to his Majefty certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, for the Serrice of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and forty-five. EXP. CAP. III. An Act to enable the Parifhioners of the Parifh of Saint Margaret, within the Borough of King's Lynn, in the County of Norfolk, to raife Money, by Rates upon themfelves, for finiihing the Church of the faidParifli. PR. CAP. IV. An A£r, for repairing the Road leading from the Town of Kingflon upon Hull, to and through the Town of Anlaby, arid from thence to the Town of Kirk-Ella, in the County of the faid Town of King ft on upon Hull. PR. Certain Tolls granted for 21 Years, CAP. V. An A<5t for granting and continuing the Duties upon Salt, and upon Red and White Herrings, for the further Term of fix Years; and for declaring that the Duties on Salt, which arife and are payable in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, fhall be fubject to the fame -. Charges thereon, as the fame Duties were liable to by the Act of the fifth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft. EXP. ' IT 7 H E R E A S by an ASt of Parliament, made in the fifth and fixth Years of the Reign of their 5 & 6 W. &

  • W late Majefties King William and Queen Mary, of glorious Memory, intituled, An Ail for M. c. 7.

' granting to-thcir Majefties certain Rates and Duties upon Salt, and upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors, for fe- ' curing certain Recompences and Advantages in the faid Ail mentioned, to fuch Perfons as Jhall voluntarily ad- 1 vance the Sum often hundred thoufand Pounds, towards carrying on the War againjl France ; it was, amongft ' other Things, enacted, That from and after the twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand fix hundred

  • and ninety-four, there fhould be throughout the Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, and Town
  • of Berwick upon Tweed, raifed, levied, collected and paid unto their Majefties, their Heirs and Suc-
  • ceflbrs, until the feventeenth Day of May which fhould be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix
  • hundred and ninety-feven, for Salt, the B.ates and Duties following; that is to fay, For every Gallon
  • of Salt, not being of the Product or Manufacture of the Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales,
  • or Town of Berwick upon Tweed, imported or to be imported into England, Wales, or Berwick upon

' Tweed, the Sum of three Pence of lawful Money of England, over and above the then Duties payable

  • on Salt imported, aad after that Rate for a greater or lefler Quantity ; and for every Gallon of Salt,

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