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A. D. 1759.' Anno triceiimo tertio Georgii IL C. 17,18. 44.7 huii<!red and fixty, and from thence to the End of the then next Se/fion of Parliament, (hall be, and the fame is hereby further continued from the Expiration thereof to the faid twenty-ninth Day of O'"'^" continued 1025 September one thoufand kv&n hundred and fixty-feven, and from thence to the End of the then next *P'" ^"^ 7' Seffion of Parliament.

  • VI. And whereas fome Perfons have omitted to caufe Affidavits to be made, and afterward to be
  • filed in the proper Office, of the adual Execution of feveral Contracts, in Writing, entered into
  • by them to ferve as Clerks to Attornies or Sollicitors, within the Time in which the fame ought
  • to have been done; and many Infants and others may thereby incur certain Difabilities ; For pre-

venting whereof, and for relieving fuch Perfons, Be it likewife enabled by the Authority aforefaid, That every Perfon vvho hath neglected or omitted to caufe any fuch Affidavit or Affidavits as afore- Further Time allowed to faid, to be made and filed, and who, on or before the fixth Day of November one thoufand feven 6Nov. 1760, for making hundred and fixty, fliall caufe one or more Affidavit or Affidavits to be made, and afterwards to >c ^'^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ °^ filed in fuch Manner as the fame ought to have been made and filed, in due 7'ime, {hall be and is 1^.^^^^^"^^^"^'°^^°^ Cl"rk» hereby indemnified, freed and difcharged, from and againft all Penalties, Forfeitures, Incapacities to Attornies, &;c. and Difabilities, in or by any A61: or A£ts of Parliament mentioned and incurred, or to be incurred, for or by Reafon of any fuch Ncgledl or Omiffion, in not caufing fuch Affidavit or Affidavits to be made and filed in fuch Manner as the fame ought to have been ; and every fuch Affidavit and Affi- davits fo to be made, and which fliall be duly filed, on or before the faid fixth Day oi November as, aforefaid, (liall be as efi^edlual to all Intents and Purpofes as if the fame had been made and filed, within the refpedtive Times the fame ought, by theLav/s now in being for that Purpofe, to have been fo made and filed. CAP. XVII. An A6t to continue an A61 made in the twelfth Year of the Reign of her late Ma- jefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Aci for the better Encouragement of the making of Sail Cloth in Great Britain.

  • "UTTHEREAS the Law herein after mentioned is near expiring;' May it therefore plea fe Preanr.blc.

W your Majefty, that it may be enat^ed ; and be it enadled by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com- mons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That an A£l made A£t 12 Anns, ft. r. c. in the twelfth Year of the Reign of her jate^Majefty Queen Anne, intituled. An Jo^ for the better J^VllSSeTen""^ Encouragejnent of the making of Sail Cloth in Great Britain, which was to continue in Force for feven ^^J^ " " *'^"^" Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament ; and which by feveral fubfequent AtSIs made in tlie fifth and tenth Years of the Reign of his late Majefty King George s Geo. i, c. 25. the Firft, and in the eighth, fifteenth, twentieth and twenty-feventh Years of his prefent Majelty's ^'^G^o- i- f- i?* Reign, was further continued from the Expiration thereof, until the twenty-ninth Day o^ September q *' "' ^^' one thoufand feven hundred and fixty, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion or Parli- 20 Gel" 2. r." Ic! ament; fhall be, and the fame is hereby further continued from the Expiration thereof, to the 27 g«. 2. c! i8.* twenty-ninth Day oi Septe?nber one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-feven, and from thence to the further continued to 29 End of the then next Seffion of Parliament. Sept. 1767. CAP. XVIII. An A(5l for enabling his Majefty to raife the Sum of one million for the Ufes and Pur- pofes therein mentioned -, and for further appropriating certain Supplies granted in this Seffion of Parhament. AJoJi Gracious Sovereign, ' AX 7 ^ ^'^^^ Majefty 's moft dutiful and loyal Subjeds, the Commons of Great Britain, in Parlia- Preamble,

  • W ment affembled, having taken into our ferious Confideration your Majefty's moft gracious

'■ Meflage, fignifying your Majefty's Defire to be enabled by your faithful Commons to defray any

  • extraordinary Expences of the War incurred, or to be incurred, for the Service of the Year one
  • thoufand feven hundred and fixty; and to take all fuch Meafures as may be neceftary to difappoint
  • or defeat any Enterprizes or Defigns of your Majefty's Enemies, and as the Exigency of Affairs
  • may require, have refolved to give and grant to your Majefty the Sum of one million for that
  • Purpofe ;' And do therefore muft humby befeech your Majefty that it may be enabled; and be it

enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afi^embled, and by the Autho . . . , igi or any High Treafurer for the Time being, at any Tmie or Times before the fifth Day of Januaiy onc'^^'^^'^^y ^^y^^'^'^^'^ thoufand feven hundred and fixty-one, to caufe or direft any 4^oans to be taken or received at h|s ^^^^^^^^J^^^^^"' oi'Exche- Majcfty's Exchequer from any Perfon or Perfons, Natives or Foreigners, Body or Bodies Politick*^"" or