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544« C;. 97 — ior. Anno vlcefimo fexto Georgii II. A. D. 1753. CAP. XCVII. An Aft for the better Relief and Employment of the Poor in theParifh of Szint George^ Hanover Squart, within the Liberty of the City of iVeJlmirJier, and for cleanfinir the Streets and repairing the Hiahwavs within the faid Parifh, PR. f t, a ) CAP. xcviir. An A£lmore efFeilually to enable the Parifhioners of the Parifh of Chrl/i Church in the County of MiddU- fex to purchafe, hire or eredt a Workhoufe for the employing and maintaining the Poor of the faid Parifh, and for the more efteitual Support and Employment of the Poor therein. P R. CAP. XCIX. An A£lfor the better Relief and Employment of the Poor, and for enlightening the Streets, PafTages and open Places within the City of C/;2V/?£/?^r and feveral Places adjoining thereto, and the Clofe within the faid City. PR. C A P. C. An A61 for the better Relief and Employment of the Poor in the Parifli of EaJ} Greenw'iJ) m the County of Kent, and for repairing the Highways and cleanfing the Streets thereof. P R. C A P. CI. An kSt to enable Ja?nes Mallors to open a Street from the Weft Side of King's Street in the Parifh of Sair.t Margaret in the City of Weftminjier, to the Back Part of the Houfes, Gardens and Yards on the Wefc Side of Delahay Street in the fame Parifh, and for other Purpofes therein mentioned. Anno Regni GEORGII II. Regis Magnag Britannite, Franci;£ & Hibernias, vicefimo feptimo.

  • A' T the Parliament begun and holden at 7;?^;?h'«/?^ the tenth Day of A^flw;?z3i?r, ^«K3 £)i?7/;//7/ one

' X- thoufand feven hundred and forty-feven, in the twenty-firft Year of the Reign of our Sovereigrt ^ M , Lord GEORGE the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ire/and,

  • King, Defender of the Faith, i;fc. and from thence continued by feveral Prorogations to the fifteenth

' Day of November one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-three. Being the feventh Seilion of this prefent ' Parliament.' CAP. I. An A 61 to repeal an Aft of the twenty- fixth Year of his Majefty's Reign, intituled, AnJS to permit Perfons frofeffing the Jewifh Religion to be naturalized by Parlia-ment ; end for othet Purpofes therein mentioned. 26 Geo. 2. c. 26.' TTT'HEREAS an Aft of Parliament was made and pafled in the twenty-fixth Year of his Majefly's ■ ' VV Reign, intituled, ./f;z y/67 to ferinit F erf on s prof effing the Jewifh Reli'ion to be }jat:xraii%td bv Parlia- ' )nent ; and for other Purpofes therein mutioned : And whereas Occafion has been taken from the faid A(5t la ' raife Difcontehts, and to difquiet the Minds of many of his Majefty's Subjects ;' Be it cnafted by the ■ King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, The recited Aft and Commons in this prefent Parliament aflemblcJ, and by the Authority of the fame. That the above- te;>eiiled. mentioned Aft, and the feveral Matters and Things therein contained, fhall be, and is and are hereby re- pealed and made void to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever. CAP. II. An Aft for continuing and granting to his Majefty certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Ctder and Perry, for the Service of the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-four. EXP. See 33 Geo. 2. c. 3 is 7. CAP. III. An A(5t for the better fecviring to Conftables and others the Expences of conveying Offenders to Gaol ; and for allowing the Charges of poor Perlbns bound to give Evidence agaiaft Felons. 3 Jac. I. c. 10. ' "^T THERE A S by an Aft palTed in the third Year of the Reign of King Jaiiu-s the Firfl-, intituled, V V -^n ■^'- for the rating and levying of the Charges for conveying Malefaflors and Offend, rs to ike Gaol; every Offender fo to be conveyed lliall bear the Chart!;es of himfelf, and of thofe who convey him ; and if he refufe lb to do, his Goods within the fame County may be diltrained and fold to faiisfv the fame, and if he hath no Goods, the Confiable, Churchwardens and other Inhabitan s of the Parilh where he was taken, (hall make a T"ax on every Inhabitant thereof to na y the faid Charges : And whereas the taxing the