598 C. io — 135 Anno decimo o&avo Georoii II. A.D. 174^ P«*«« f "*J LVI. And it is hereby enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall, at anv G^ttTlfoe. Tl mt or Times, be fued or profecuted for any thing by him or them done, or executed in purfuance of this Ait, or of any Matter or Thing in this Act contained, fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall and may plead the_ General Iffue, and give the Special Matter in Evidence for his or their Defence ; and if upon the Trial a Verdict fhall pafs for the Defendant or Defendants, or the Plaintiff" or Plaintiffs (hall become Treble Colls, nonfuited, then fuch Defendant or Defendants fhall have treble Cofts to him or them awarded againil fuch Plaintiff" or Plaintiffs. C A P. X. An Act, for the fpeecly and effectual Recruiting of his Majefty's Regiments of Foot ferving in Flanders, Minorca, Gibraltar, and the Plantations, and the Regiments of Marines. EXP. ' WJ HERE AS for Recruiting his Majefty's Land Forces and Marines, it is neceffary that anew ' VV Supply of Men be forthwith raifed within the Kingdom of Great Britain, by common Conl'ent ' and Grant in Parliament ;' Be it therefore enacted, &c. " Commiffioners for the Land Tax to put this Act in Execution : As alfo the Commiffioners of the Year " 1745. Commiffioners Meeting to be appointed at the Quarter-Seffions after Mar. 25, and Sept. 29, " Clerks of the Peace to give Notice of the Times and Places of Meeting, by the Conftables, C3V. to " the Commiffioners and Officers. Perfons not exercifmg any lawful Callings, to be levied, as Soldiers, " by three Commiffioners, &c. Parifh Officers, &c. to fearch for Perfons to be inlifted, within the De- " fcription of this Act. Commiffioners fhall adjudge what Perfons are proper to be inlifted. Rewards " for Parifh Officers, and Subfiftence Money for new-raifed Men. Inhabitants of Parifhes to affift Com- " miffioners and Officers. Reward for the Parifh where Recruits are raifed. Qualifications of any im- " prefled Man to be judged of, in cafe of a Difpute, by a Field Officer. Rewards for lifted Soldiers to " be charged to their Regiments. Articles againft Mutiny, &c. to be read to new raifed Men. A Book " of their Names, &c. to be fent to the War-office. Perfons hindering the Execution of this Act, to " bg fined, or imprifoned. No Perfon who has a Vote for Members of Parliament, to be levied as a " Soldier. Perfons fued may plead the General Iflue. Treble Cofts. Perfons lifted on this Act, to be dif- " charged in five Years, if demanded. His Majefty may fufpend the Execution of this Act. Commif- " fioners and Parifh Officers executing this Act, to be exempted from Penalties of 25 Car. 2. c. 2. £5": " 1 W. C5f M. Jl. 1. c. 8. c5f 13 c^ 14 IV. 3. c. 6. Bailiffs Followers not exempt from being lifted. Harvelt " Labourers exempt, from May 15 ^ to Oil. 15, 1745, having a Certificate. Continuance of this Aft, "to 12 April 1746. Indemnity for Miftakes of Parifh Officers in executing laft Year's Act, CAP. XI. An AcT: for indemnifying Perfons who have omitted to qualify themfelves for Offices and Employments^ within the Time limited by Law, and for allowing further Time for that Purpofe. EXP. C A P. XII. An A (St for continuing and enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an A(St made in the twelfth Year ot the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firft, For repairing the Highways from Speenhamland, a/ijoining to Newbury, in the County of Berks, to Marlborough in the County of Wilts. P R. The A<St 12 Geo. 1. c. 8. continued for 21 Years, CAP. XIII. An Act for more effectually Cleanfing, Deepening, Widening and Preferving a Creek, called Beverley Beck, running into the River Hull; and for more effectually repairing the Staiths near the faid Beck, and the Roads leading from the faid River to the Town of Beverley ; and for cleanfing the Streets of the faid Town; and for regulating the Carriages to and from the faid Beck, and the River Hull. P R. jjj Gep. i. c. 4. * ^TTHEREAS by an A(St paffed in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King ' W George the Firft, intituled, An Acl for Cleanfing, Deepening and Widening a Creek called Beverley ' Beck, running into the River Hull, and for repairing the Staiths near the faid Beck, and for amending the 1 Roads leading from the faid River to the Tozun o/Beverley in the Eajl Riding of the County of York, and for ' cleanfing the Streets of the faid Toivn, feveral fmall Tolls and Duties, in the faid Act particularly men- ' tioned, were laid on divers Goods, Wares and Merchandizes, which after the firft Day of May one ' thoufand feven hundred and twenty-feven fhould be laded or unladed on or from any Ship, Boat, Keel, ' Wherry, Lighter, Hoy, or other Veflel, at or in any Part of the faid Beck, or at any of the publick f Staiths or Places along the faid Beck, or River Hull, and made payable to the faid Mayor, Al- f dermen, and Capital Burgeffes of the faid Town of Beverley for the Time being, and their SuccefTors, 6 or to iuch Perfon or Perfons as they fhould, by Writing under their common Sea], nominate and
- appoint to collect and receive the fame; and that the fame fhould be applied for and towards the Pur-
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