62 C. 20, 21. Anno quarto Georgii II. A. D. 173 1. ? and about forty-two Feet in Height, and the Warp-houfe, Light-houfe and Pilot-boats and Taw-boaU 4 belonging to the faid Port or Harbour, were at rirft founded and built, and have conftantly been re- ' paired and maintained at the private Expence of the Anceftors of Sir Bourchisr Wrey, Baronet, ' Lords of the Manor of Ilfordcombe aforefaid, without any Affiftance, except only fome fmall Ac- ' knowledgments which have been paid to them, as Lords of the faid Manor of Ilfordcombe : ' And whereas by Length of Time and Violence of. the Sea, the Key or Pier of the Port or ' Harbour aforefaid is very much funk and decayed, the Warp and Warp-houfe by long Ufage gone c to Decay, and the Light-houfe and the faid Boats for piloting and tawing of Veflels very much out ' of Repair, to the great Prejudice of his Majefty's Revenue, and the Trade of the faid Town ' of Ilfordcombe, and Parts adjacent ; fo that unlefs fome fpeedy Care be taken to repair the faid Key ' or Pier, Light-houfe, Warp-houfe and Boats for piloting and tawing of Veflels, the faid Harbour ' will become ufelefs to the Kingdom and dangerous to Navigation, and the Charges of repair- ' ing and maintaining the fame will be too great to be borne by the faid Sir Bourchier Wrey and his ' Heirs, although the ancient Duties and Acknowledgments fhould be duly paid and anfwered, ' which of late Years have been much funk and loft for want of a Power to recover the fame :' Be it therefore enacted, csV. Toil forWoollen " For Woollen and Bay Yarn and Flocks, -z q. per Stone, each 18 Pounds ; and for every Tun of other •Goods, &c. " Goods, id. And for every Ship which fhall come into the Harbour, not being their difcharging Port, " the Keelage following, that is to fay, For every Ship ufing the Coaiting Trade belonging to the Port, " 6d. For every Ship or VefTel not belonging to the Port, ufing the Coafting Trade, n. 6d. and for " every other Ship coming from the Plantations or bound thither, zs. 6d. and for every Ship, 6d. for " each Top. And for the Keelage of every Boat belonging to any other Port, 4^. For the Light (which " fhall be fet up at Michaelmas, and continue till the rirft of March) there fhall be paid by every Ship " belonging to the Port, 6d. and by every other Ship, 1 s. And for laying up of Ships there fhall be " paid the Duties following, that is to fay, For every Ship belonging to the Harbour, 45. q.d. and for " every other Ship, 6 s. 8 d. For every Boat imployed in the Herring Fifhery, 45. 4 d. and for every " Boat fifhing for Mackrel, 45. 4^. And for every Barrel of Herrings exported to or from the faid To Sii Bourchier " Port, id. And for every Horfe Load of Goods imported or exported, 3^. There fhall be paid for .K^'wJghtT&c " everv Dicker of Leather landed, 3 d. For every Hogfhead of Tobacco, 3 d. For every Wey of ' ' " Coals, 6d. For every Horfe, id. For every Bullock, 2.0. For every Score of Sheep, ^d. For " every Dozen of Earthen Ware, zq. For every Meafe of Herrings unfalted carried out, 3^. For " every Tun of Ballaft, 2 d. For every Tun of Lime-Stones landed, 1 d. For every Tun of Groce- " ries or Saltery Wares, is.6d. For every Hundred of Barrel Staves, 4 d. For every Bundle of Hoops., " 2 q. For every Pack of Bays or Stuff, 3 d. For every Hundred of Cheefe, 2 d. And for the laying " up of every fifhing Boat as mall not pay Duty, 2 s. zd. Cuftom Officers not to take Entries, &L " till thefe Duties are paid. Sir B, Wrey may appoint a Water-Bailiff/' C A P. XX, An Ac! for rebuilding the Parifh Church of Gravefend in the County of Kent, as one of the fifty new Churches directed to be built by two Acts of Parliament, one made in the ninth, and the other in the tenth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne. P R. '■*' Gravefend Church to be rebuilt as one of the fifty new Churches. r,-oao/. allotted.for the Rebuilding, ■*'.. Church to be built with Brick as well as Stone." C A P. XXI. An Afl to explain a Claufe in an Aft made in the feventh Year of the Reign of her late Majefty >Queen Anne, For naturalizing foreign Proteftants, which relates to the Children of the natural-born Subjects of the Crown of England, or of Great Britain. •7 Ann. c. 5. ' %J ^ E "R E A S by an Act of Parliament made in the feventh Year of the Reign of her late Ma-
- W jefty Queen Anne, _ intituled, An Aft for naturalizing of foreign Proteftants, it is, amongft other
' Things,, enacted, That theChildien of all natural-born Subjects, born out of the Ligeance of her faid ' late Majefty, her Heirs and SuccefTors, fhould be deemed, adjudged and taken to be natural-born jo Ann, c. 5. • Subjects of this Kingdom to all Intents, Conftructions and Purpofes whatfoever : And whereas in the ' tenth Year of her laid late Majefty's Reign another Act was made and palTed to repeal the faid Act ' (except what related to the Children of her Majefty's natural-born Subjects, born out of her Majefty's •.' Allegiance:) And whereas fome Doubts have arifen upon the Conftruction of the faid recited Claufe ' in the faid Act of the feventh Year of her late Majefty's Reign :' Now for the explaining the faid re- cited Claufe in the faid Act, relating to Children of natural-born Subjects, and to prevent, any Difputes touching the true Intent and Meaning thereof, May it pleafe your moft Excellent Majefty that it may be Children of «&- declared and enacted, and be it declared' and enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with mrai-boin Sub- the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Par- theAue^anceof liament a ftemble,d, and by the Authority of the fame, That all Children born out of the Ligeance of the Crown, de- the Crown of England, or of Great Britain, or which fhall hereafter be born out of fuch Ligeance, whole dared to be na- Fathers were or (hall be natural-born Subjects of the Crown of England, or of Great Britain, at the .tural-born. g _ Time
