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The TITLES of the STATUTES.

  1. An Act for repairing several Roads leading to the Town of Bridgewater, in the County of Somerset ; and for amending and rendering more effectual several acts for amending several Roads from the Cities of Gloucester and Brisftol, and several other Roads in the said Acts mentioned, in the Counties of Somerset and Gloucester.
  2. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Cross at Broken Cross in Macclesfield, in the County of Chester, through Macclesfield Forest, to the present Turnpike Road at the South End of the Township of Buxton, in the County of Derby.
  3. An Act for making the River Start navigable, in the Counties of Hertford and Essex, from the New Bridge in the Town of Bishop Stanford, into the River Lee, near a Place called The Rye, in the County of Hertford.
  4. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Chesterfield to the Turnpike Road at Hernstone-Lane-Head; and also the Road branching from the said Road upon the East Moor, through Baslow and Wardlow, to the joining of the said Roads again near Wardlow Mires ; and also the Road leading between the said Road and Branch from Culver- Bridge, to Baslow-Bridge ; and also the Road from the Turnpike Road near Newhaven House, to the Turnpike Road near Grindleford Bridge, in the County of Derby.
  5. An Act to continue, amend, and make effectual an Act passed in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty, intituled, An Act for repairing the Roads from the North-west Parts of the County of Lincoln, through Nettlam Fields, Wragby Lane, and Baumber Fields, to the Wolds, or North-east Part of the said County; and also for repairing and widening the Roads from the Well, in Eastgate, in the City of Lincoln, and from the North-west End of Horncastle, and from the Guide Post at the East End of Hainton, through Barkwith, to the Roads directed to be repaired by the said Act.
  6. An Act for repairing, widening, and rendering safe and commodious, several Roads leading from the Town of Southmolton, in the County of Devon.
  7. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from a Place called The Old Gallows, in the Parish of Sunning, in the County of Berks, through Wokingham, New Bracknowl, and Sunning Hill, to Virginia Water, in the Parish of Egham, in the County of Surry.
  8. An Act to amend and explain an Act made in the third year of his present Majesty 's Reign, intituled, An Act for making navigable the River Stroud water, in the County of Gloucester, from the River Severn, at or near Framiload, to Wallbridge, near the Town of Stroud, in the same County.
  9. An Act for repairing the Road from Wakefield to Austerlands, in the West Riding of the County of York.
  10. An Act for the better enlightening and cleansing the open Places, Streets, Squares, Lanes, Courts, and other Passages, within the Part of the Manor and Liberty of Norton Folgate, otherwise Norton Folley, in the County of Middlesex, which is extraparochial ; and regulating the nightly Watch and Beadles therein.
  11. An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from Oxdown Gate, in Popham Lone, to the City of Winchester; and from the said City, through Hursley, to Chandler's Ford; and from Hursley aforefaid, to the Turnpike Road at Romsey; and from the said Turnpike Road, through Ringwood, in the County of Southampton, to Longham Bridge and Winborne Minster, in the County of Dorset.
  12. An Act to explain, amend and render more effectual, the Powers granted by several Acts of Parliament for repairing several Roads leading to the City of Bath; and for amending several other Roads near the said City
  13. An Act for amending, widening, and keeping in Repair the Road from the Hollow Way on the West Side of Lord Clifford's Park Gate, where the Exeter Turnpike Road ends, to a Place called Biddaford, in the County of Devon.
  14. An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from Grantham, in the County of Lincoln, through Bottesford and Bingham, to Nottingham Trent Bridge; and from Chappel Bar, near the West End of the Town of Nottingham, to Saint Mary's Bridge, in the Town of Derby; and from the Guide Post in the Parish of Lenton, to Sawley Ferry.
  15. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Dewsbury to Ealand, in the West Riding of the County of York.
  16. An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from the Town of Mold to the Town of Denbigh, and from thence to Tal-y-Cafn and Conway ; and from the Town of Wrexham to the Towns of Ruithin, Denbigh, and the Town and Port of Ruthland, in the Counties of Denbigh, Flint, and Carnarvon.
  17. An Act for laying a duty of two Pennies Scots, or one sixth Part of a Penny Sterling, upon every Scots Pint of Ale, Porter and Beer, which shall be brewed for Sale, brought into, tapped or sold, within the Town of Kelso, in the Shire of Roxburgh, for finishing a Bridge cross the River Tweed, and for other Purposes therein mentioned.
  18. An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from a Place called Littlegate, at the Top of Leadenham Hill, in the County of Lincoln, to the West End of Barnby Gate, in Newark upon Trent; and from the Guide Post at the Division of Kelham and Muskham Lanes, to Mansfield; and from Southwell to Oxton, in the County of Nottingham.
  19. An Act for establishing, regulating and maintaining a nightly Watch, and for enlightening the open Places and Streets, within the Town of Guildford, in the County of Surrey.
  20. An Act to explain, amend, and render more effectual, an Act passed in the sixth Year of the Reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for erecting a Workhouse in the Town and Borough of Plymouth, in the County of Devon ; and for setting the Poor on Work, and maintaining them there ; and for obliging the Mayor and Commonalty of Plymouth to contribute towards the County Rates of Devon; and for applying, for the Relief of the Poor in the said Workhouse, certain Surplus Monies which have formerly arisen by the assessments for raising the Land Tax in the said Town.
  21. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Town of Derby, to the Town of Newcastle under Lyne, in the County of Stafford.
  22. An Act for discharging the Inhabitants of the Town of Manchester, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, from the custom of grinding their Corn and Grain, except Malt, at certain Water Corn Mills in the said Town, called The School Mills; and for making a proper Recompence to the Feoffees of such Mills.
  23. An Act for improving the Navigation of the River Clyde to the City of Glasgow ; and for building a Bridge cross the said River, from the said Citv to the Village of Gorbells.
  1. An Act to continue and amend two Acts, one made in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty King George the First, and the other in the seventeensh Year of his present Majesty, for repairing cer-
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