A. D. i743« Anno decimo fexto Georgii II. C. 27 — 29. 509 aid Ship in her Paffage thither met with tempeftuous and ftormy Weather, whereby nine hundred fixty- four Bufhels, and one Gallon of the faid Salt was loft ; Be it therefore enacted by the Authority afore - faid, That the faid Bond or Bonds given by the faid Bryan BlundelL for and in refpect of the Duty of the (aid nine hundred ftxty-four Buihels, and one Gallon of Salt fo loft, fhall forthwith be delivered up, dif- charged and vacated, and the fame is and are hereby difcharged and vacated accordingly ; any Act or Acts of Parliament to the contrary notwithftanding. CAP. XXVII. An Act to continue an Act made in the fifth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, inti- tuled, An A£t to •prevent the committing of Frauds by Bankrupts. ' W 7 H E R E A S an Act made in the fifth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, (intituled, An 5 Geo. 2. e. 30. <■ Acl to prevent the committing of Frauds by Bankrupts) which was to continue in Force for three ' Years, from the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-two, and from c thence to the End of the then next Seiiion of Parliament; and which by another Act made in the ' ninth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, ( intituled, An Acl for reviving and continuing the Ails 9 Geo. 2. c. iS. ' therein mentioned, and for explaining and amending a Claufe in an Acl made in the firji Tear of the Reign of ' his late Majefty King George the Firft, [intituled, An Act for making the Laws for repairing the High-
- ways more effectual, relating to the appointing Scavengers in Cities and Market Towns ; and the or-
- dering the Affeffments for the repairing and cleanfing the Streets therein) was further continued until
' the twenty- ninth Day of September one thoufand feven hundred and forty-three, and from thence to 4 the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, hath by Experience been found ufeful and beneficial, ' arid is now near expiring :' May it therefore pleafe your mod Excellent Majefty that it may be enacted, 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 affembled, and by the Autho- liament. ' Farther conti- nued by 24 Geo. 2. c. 57, §. 8.' and again by 31 Geo. 2. c. 35. to 29 Sift. 1764. C A P. XXVIII. An Act to make the Hamlet of Bethnal Green in the Parifh of Saint Dunftan, Stepney, in the County of Middle/ex, a feparate and diftinct Parifti, and for erecting a Parifh Church therein. P R. C A P. XXIX. An Act for allowing Carts to be drawn with four Horfes. « TTT HEREAS by an Act paffed in the fifth Year of his late Majefty King George the Firft, in- 5 Geo. 1. c. is, ' tituled, An- Acl for making more effectual the feveral Acts paffed for repairing and amending the High- ' ways of this Kingdom-, it is amongft other Things enacted, That if any Cart travelling or carrying for ' Hire, (hall at any Time from and after the twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and ' nineteen go, travel, or be drawn with more than three Horfes, that the Owner or Driver of fuch Cart ' fo travelling for Hire, fhall forfeit and lofe all the Horfes above three, with all Geers, Bridles, Halters
- and Accoutrements, to the fole Ufe and Benefit of any Perfon or Perfons who fhall feize or diftrain the
- fame, except as therein is excepted: And whereas by an Act of the fourteenth Year of his prefent Ma- i4Geo,2. c.42;
' jefty, intituled, An Acl for the Prefervation of the publick Roads in that Part of Great Britain called Eng- 1 land, it is enacted, That the faid Act of the fifth Year of his late Majefty, and all and angular the ' Claufes, Penalties and Forfeitures therein contained, {hall extend, and be conftrued to extend to all
- Carts, and to the Owners and Drivers thereof, his and their Horfes, with the Geers, Bridles, Halters
- and Accoutrements, whether travelling for Hire, or not for Hire, or in any Manner whatsoever: And
' whereas the confining the drawing of Gaits to three Horfes only, is found inconvenient to Farmers and
- others, and highly detrimental to the Markets of this Kingdom;' For Remedy whereof, 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 affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from and after the twenty-fifth Day of April in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred "^^^}" t f and forty-three, the faid Number of three Horfes fhall be enlarged to four Horfes, under all the Provi- tie r d e by°the e '" fions, Exceptions and Limitations in the faid recited Acts mentioned. former Afls, enlarged to four. Ctncerning Highways fee farther 18 Geo, 2, c. 33. 21 Geo. 2. c. 28. z^Geo, 2. c, 43. 26 Geo, 3,: e, 28 & 30, 28 Geo. 2, e, 17. 30 G«. 2, c. sS« 31 Geo, 1. c, 34. 3 CAP.
