46 Matching Records |
Session | Short Title | Title | Statute Number |
1761 | Cork city bridge | For building a stone bridge from the quay opposite Prince's Street in the city of Cork to Lavitt's Island, and a stone bridge from thence to the Red Abbey Marsh, with a draw bridge or lifting bridge of wood in the centre of the latter, sufficient to let vessels pass and re-pass, and also for supplying the said city with water, and for putting the coaches, chaises, chairs and sedans that ply for hire in the said city under the like regulations for the benefit of the workhouse of Cork as they are in Dublin, and also for the better regulating the harbour of Cork, and also to erect a stone bridge across the River Lee from Bachelors Quay to the island called Reilys Island in the said city. | Not Enacted |
1761 | Cork city bridge | For building a stone bridge from the quay opposite Prince's Street in Cork to Lavitt's Island, and a stone bridge from thence to the Red Abbey Marsh, with a drawbridge or lifting bridge of wood in the centre of the latter sufficient to let vessels pass and re-pass, and also for supplying said city with water. | 1 George III c.19 |
1761 | Insolvent debtors | For the relief of insolvent debtors. | 1 George III c.16 |
1761 | Gold and silver lace | To prevent the counterfeiting gold and silver lace, and for settling and adjusting the proportions of fine gold, silver and silk, and for the better making of gold and silver thread. | 1 George III c.9 |
1761 | Wilson's Hospital | For incorporating the trustees of Wilson's Hospital in the county of Westmeath, and for other purposes mentioned therein. | 1 George III c.2 (private) |
1761 | Drugs and medicines | For preventing frauds and abuses in the vending, preparing and administering drugs and medicines. | 1 George III c.14 |
1761 | Henry Croker | To enable Henry Croker, esquire, to make leases of his estate of three lives, or 31 years, at a full improved rent, and to charge his estate with a jointure for any wife he shall marry, not exceeding £500 by the year. | 1 George III c.3 (private) |
1761 | Revenue | For continuing and amending an act entitled an act for better regulating the collection of his majesty's revenue and for preventing frauds therein, and for repealing an act made the last session of parliament entitled an act for continuing and amending several laws heretofore made relating to his majesty's revenue, and for the more effectual preventing of frauds in his majesty's customs and excise, and the several acts and statutes which are mentioned in the said act, and continued thereby. | 1 George III c.7 |
1761 | Hawkers and pedlars, and English Protestant schools | For licensing hawkers and pedlars, and for the encouragement of English Protestant schools. | 1 George III c.6 |
1761 | Charles Mosse, Jane Mosse | To enable Charles Mosse, during his minority, and in case of his death without issue, to enable Jane Mosse, during her minority, by and with the consent of their guardians, to make leases for lives or years of certain plots or pieces of ground in the county of Dublin and county of the city of Dublin, and that such leases being made without fine, and at the best and highest rent, may be good against all persons. | 1 George III c.9 (private) |
1761 | Robert Hickman | For vesting the estate of Robert Hickman, late of Barntick in the county of Clare, esquire, deceased, in trustees, to be sold for payment of the debts and encumbrances affecting the same, and for applying the surplus purchase money, or such part of the said estate as shall remain unsold, according to intention of said Robert Hickman's will. | 1 George III c.8 (private) |
1761 | Robert Blake and Richard Blake | For vesting several lands, tenements and hereditaments in the counties of Galway and Mayo, late the estate of Robert Blake of Ardfry, esquire, deceased, and of Richard Blake his son, deceased, in trustees for sale of a competent part thereof for payment of debts and encumbrances affecting the same, and for settling the residue thereof to and for the several uses, intents and purposes therein mentioned. | 1 George III c.7 (private) |
1761 | Philip Perceval | For vesting certain lands, tenements and hereditaments situate in the county of Tipperary in the kingdom of Ireland, the estate of Philip Perceval, esquire, in trustees, in order that the same may be sold for the payment of debts and other encumbrances affecting the same, and also the estate of the said Philip Perceval situate in the county of Sligo to be settled to the same uses, as the said Sligo estate now stands limited. | 1 George III c.5 (private) |
1761 | Road from Banbridge, Co. Down, to Belfast | For altering and amending an act of parliament passed in the 7th year of the reign of his late majesty King George II entitled an act for repairing the road leading from the bridge over the Bann water commonly called Banbridge in the county of Down to the town of Belfast in the county of Antrim. | 1 George III c.15 |
1761 | Quieting possessions of Protestants deriving under converts | For quieting the possessions of Protestants deriving under converts from the Popish religion. | 1 George III c.13 |
1761 | Sir Edward King; Henry King; Robert, late Lord Kingsborough | For confirming and establishing an agreement made between Sir Edward King, baronet, and Henry King, esquire, concerning the real and personal estate whereof Robert, late Lord Kingsborough, died seized and possessed, and for making said agreement more effectual, for raising a sufficient sum of money for discharging the debts and encumbrances affecting the said real estate, and other purposes. | 1 George III c.4 (private) |
1761 | Daniel Reddy, Dudley Reddy | For explaining, amending and carrying more effectually into execution an act entitled an act for the relief of the creditors of Daniel Reddy, esquire, and Dudley Reddy, his brother, deceased, by sale of their real and personal estates for payment of their debts. | 1 George III c.6 (private) |
1761 | Coal trade in Dublin | To prevent the excessive price of coals in the city of Dublin. | 1 George III c.10 |
1761 | Security of Protestant purchasers | For the security of Protestant purchasers. | 1 George III c.12 |
1761 | Continuing temporary statutes | For reviving, continuing and amending several temporary statutes, and for other purposes therein mentioned. | 1 George III c.17 |
1761 | Justices of the peace | To prevent abuses committed by justices of the peace acting under the charters of cities and towns corporate. | 1 George III c.11 |
1761 | Hospital leases | To enable tenants for life to make perpetual leases of grounds whereon to erect public hospitals. | 1 George III c.8 |
1761 | Francis Pierpoint Burton | For rectifying a mistake in the marriage settlement of Francis Pierpoint Burton, esquire, with Elizabeth, his present wife, and for vesting the said Francis Pierpoint Burtons estate in the county of Limerick in him the said Francis Pierpoint Burton, his heirs and assigns forever. | 1 George III c.1 (private) |
1761 | Government loan | For granting to his majesty the several duties, rates and impositions therein expressed to be applied to pay as interest at the rate of £5 per centum per annum for the several sums therein provided for, and towards the discharge of the said principal sum. | 1 George III c.5 |
1761 | Qualification of office holders under act to prevent further growth of Popery | For allowing further time to persons in offices or employments to qualify themselves, pursuant to an act entitled an act to prevent the further growth of Popery. | 1 George III c.4 |
1761 | Additional duty | For granting and continuing to his majesty an additional duty on beer, ale, strong waters, wine, tobacco, hides and other goods and merchandises therein mentioned, and for prohibiting the importation of all gold and silver lace, except of the manufacture of Great Britain. | 1 George III c.1 |
1761 | Assigning of judgements, and distraining for rent | To perpetuate with amendments a clause in an act passed in the 9th year of his late majesty King George II entitled an act for the more effectual assigning of judgments, and for the more speedy recovery of rents by distress. | 1 George III c.3 |
1761 | Additional duty, and tax on salaries to repay government loan | For granting to his majesty a further additional duty on wine, silk, hops, china, earthen, japanned and lacquered ware and vinegar, and for better securing the repayment of £150,000 paid into the treasury for the support of his majesty's government, pursuant to an act of the last session, together with the interest thereof, and for securing the repayment of such sums of money, not exceeding in the whole the sum of £300,000 as have been, or shall be paid into the treasury, or shall be advanced to his present majesty, pursuant to the resolutions of the house of commons the last session of parliament, together with the interest thereof. | 1 George III c.2 |
1761 | Limiting duration of parliaments | For limiting the duration of parliaments. | Not Enacted |
1761 | Qualification of office holders under act to prevent further growth of Popery | For allowing further time to persons in office to qualify themselves pursuant to an act entitled an act to prevent the further growth of Popery. | Not Enacted |
1761 | Free schools | For erecting and better regulating free schools in this kingdom. | Not Enacted |
1761 | Regulating parliament elections | For regulating the elections of members of parliament. | Not Enacted |
1761 | Qualification of office holders under act to prevent further growth of Popery | For the relief of persons who may have omitted to qualify themselves pursuant to an act entitled an act to prevent the further growth of Popery. | Not Enacted |
1761 | Grand jury assessments in Cork city | For the more easy and equal assessing and applotting all money presented by the grand jury of each assizes to be held for the city and county of the city of Cork, and for putting the coaches, chaises, chairs and sedans that ply for hire in the said city under the like regulations for the benefit of the workhouse of Cork as they are in Dublin, and also for the better regulating the harbour of Cork. | 1 George III c.18 |
1761 | Highways | For amending the laws relating to highways. | Not Enacted |
1761 | Flax and hemp | For continuing, altering and amending the laws in relation to the flaxen and hempen manufactures. | Not Enacted |
1761 | Limerick corporation | For the better regulating the corporation of the city of Limerick, and for redressing the several grievances and oppressions under which the citizens and inhabitants of the said city labour. | Not Enacted |
1761 | Vexatious suits in equity | To prevent vexatious suits in equity, to stop proceedings at law. | Not Enacted |
1761 | Regulating proceedings in courts of equity and courts of law | To regulate proceedings in courts of equity in injunction causes, and on cross bills, and to regulate the proceedings in courts of law. | Not Enacted |
1761 | Encouragement of tillage | For the further encouragement of tillage. | Not Enacted |
1761 | Charitable uses | To prevent the misapplication of money and revenues of estates granted to charitable uses. | Not Enacted |
1761 | Continuing temporary statutes | For continuing several temporary statutes, now near expiring. | Not Enacted |
1761 | Privilege of parliament | For declaring what persons shall be privileged and protected from arrests in civil actions during their attendance as jurors or witnesses on trials, or during their attendance at elections of members to serve in parliament. | Not Enacted |
1761 | Cork to Kinsale turnpike | [For a turnpike road from Cork to Kinsale.] | Not Enacted |
1761 | Baking trade | For the better regulation of the baking trade. | Not Enacted |
1761 | Juries | For reviving and continuing an act for the better regulating juries. | Not Enacted |