6i4 C. 21. Anno decimo o&avo Georgii II. A.D. 1745. vered, and due Notice given to the Defendant of the Commencement of fuch Action, Suit or Informa- tion ; any Thing in this or the fame Aft to the contrary notwithftanding. Nofubfequent X. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That where an Action, Suit or In- A«ion to be for formation (hall be brought, and due Notice given thereof as aforefaid, no Proceedings fhall be had upon the "Sr&Attion" an y ^ubfequent Action, Suit or Information againft the fame Perfon, for any Offence committed before and Notice, the Time of giving fuch Notice as aforefaid ; but the Court where fuch fubfequent Action, Suit or In- formation fhall be brought, may upon the Defendant's Motion, flay Proceedings upon every fuch fubfe- quent Action, Suit or Information, fo as fuch firft Action, Suit or Information be profecuted without Fraud, and with Effect, it being hereby declared, That no Action, Suit or Information, which fhall not be fo profecuted, fhall be deemed or conftrued to be an Action, Suit or Information, within the Intent and Meaning of this Act. limitation of XI. Provided always, That every Action, Bill, Plaint, or Information, given by this or the faid for- Aciions. mer Act, fhall be commenced within the Space of fix Kalendar Months, after the Fact upon which the fame is grounded fhall have been committed, places not with- XII. Provided always, That this Act or any thing herein contained, fhall not extend, or be conftrued in this Aft. to extend, to any City or Town, being a County of itfelf, or to any other City, Town, Cinque-port, or Liberty, having Juftices of the Peace within their refpective Limits and Precincts, by Charter, Commif- fion, or otherwife ; but that in every fuch City, Town, Liberty, and Place, fuch Perfons may be ca- pable to be Juftices of the Peace, and in fuch Manner only, as they might have been if this Act had never been made ; any thing herein before contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwith- ftanding. Perfons excepted. XIII. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That nothing in this Act, or in an Act palled in the fifth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, intituled, An Ail for the further Qualifica- tion of juftices of the Peace, contained, fhall extend to any Peer, or Lord of Parliament, or to the Lords or others of his Majefty's moft honourable Privy Council, or to the Juftices of either Bench, or to the Barons of the Court of Exchequer, or to his Majefty's Attorney or Solicitor General, or to the Juftices of Great Seffions for the County Palatine of Chefter, and the feveral Counties of the Principality of IVales y within their refpective Jurifdictions, or to the eldeft Son or Heir Apparent of any Peer, or Lord of Par- liament, or of any Perfon qualified to ferve as a Knight of a Shire, by an Act made in the ninth Year of the Reign of her late Majefty Queen Anne, intituled, An Ad to fecure the Freedom of Parliaments, by the • further qualifying Members to fit in the Houfe of Commons ; any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. Perfons excepted. XIV. Provided alfo, That nothing in this Act, or in the faid Act of the fifth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty contained, fhall extend, or be conftrued to extend, to incapacitate or exclude the Officers of the Board of Green Cloth from being Juftices of the Peace within the Verge of his Majefty's Palaces, or to incapacitate or exclude the Commiffioners and principal Officers of the Navy, or the two Under Secretaries in each of the Offices of Principal Secretary of State, or the Secre- tary of Chelfea College, from being Juftices of the Peace in or for fuch Counties or Places where they ufually have been Juftices of the Peace; any thing herein contained to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. Perfonsexcepted. XV. Provided always, That this Act, or any thing herein contained, fhall not extend, or be conftrued to extend, to any of the Heads of Colleges or Halls in either of the two Univerfities of Oxford and Cam- bridge, or to the Vice Chancellor of either of the faid Univerfities, or to the Mayor of the City of Concerning the Oxford, or of the Town of Cambridge, but that they may be and act as. Juftices of the Peace of and Power and Duty j n t ^ e f evera ) Counties of Oxford, Berks, and Cambridge, and the Cities and Towns within the fame, fe, •fjrtba °za°" ana execute the Office thereof as fully and freely in all Refpects as heretofore they have lawfully ufed Ceo. 2. e. 44 S" to execute the fame, as if this Act had never been made; any thing herein before contained to the con- 55. 26 Ga. 2. trary notwithftanding. c. 14 <£f 27. 3.J Geo. z. e. i6 £f 20. and I Geo. 3. c. 13. by which lafi this AH is amended. CAP. XXL An Act: to continue an Act, made in the fixth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, for the better Regulation of Laftage and Ballaftage in the River Thames. t-Ceo. a, c. 29. H E R E A S an Act made in the fixth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, An Ail for the better Regulation of Laftage and Ballaftage in the River Thames, which was to continue in Force from the 'firft Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-three, for five Years, and from thence to the End of the then next Sefficn of Parliament ; and which by an Act made in the ele- venth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, was further continued for feven Years, and from thence to the End of the then nextSeflion of Parliament, is near expiring : And whereas the faid Act hath been found to be a very ufeful Law, and to tend greatly to the preferving the Navigation of the faid River Thames, and thereby to promote and encourage the Trade of this Kingdom ;' 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 the faid Act, and all and every the Powers, Authorities, Claufes, and Provifions therein contained, fhaM be and con- tinue,
