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Session 1721

4th session of parliament elected in 1715. Dates of Session: 12 Sep 1721–18 Jan 1722

Dates on which acts received royal assent: 21 Dec 1721 (2 acts); 18 Jan 1722 (14 acts)

Total of 16 public acts

The public acts of this session are printed in The statutes at large (21 vols, Dublin, 1786-1804), vol. v, pp [1]-74.

Regnal year description in The statutes at large: 8 George I

Dates of regnal year of 8 George I: 1 Aug 1721–31 Jul 1722

Enacted measures only are listed below. To see all measures of this session (including failed bills) click here

Public Acts

[Click on the [+] sign below to see the full title. Click on the 4-digit Bill Number to see more detail about the Bill]

[+] 8 George I c.1 [Bill No. 3046] For granting and continuing to his majesty the additional duties on beer, ale, s ...

[+] 8 George I c.2 [Bill No. 1492] For amending an act, entitled, an act to explain and amend an act, entitled, an ...

[+] 8 George I c.3 [Bill No. 2944] To oblige ships coming from infected places more effectually to perform their qu ...

[+] 8 George I c.4 [Bill No. 1533] For the more effectual quieting and securing possessions, and preventing vexatio ...

[+] 8 George I c.5 [Bill No. 1840] To oblige proprietors and tenants of neighbouring lands to make fences between t ...

[+] 8 George I c.6 [Bill No. 1534] For the further amendment of the law, and for continuing and amending several ac ...

[+] 8 George I c.7 [Bill No. 0347] For the further amendment of the laws in relation to butter and tallow casks, hi ...

[+] 8 George I c.8 [Bill No. 2308] For repealing part of an act passed in the 10th year of King William III, entitl ...

[+] 8 George I c.9 [Bill No. 4045] For amending an act, entitled, for the better and more effectual apprehending an ...

[+] 8 George I c.10 [Bill No. 4107] For continuing and amending an act, entitled, an act for better regulating the p ...

[+] 8 George I c.11 [Bill No. 1259] For supplying a defect in an act passed in the 2nd year of her late majesty's re ...

[+] 8 George I c.12 [Bill No. 0545] For better enabling the clergy having cure of souls to reside on their benefices ...

[+] 8 George I c.13 [Bill No. 1399] For reducing the interest of money to 7 per cent.

[+] 8 George I c.14 [Bill No. 0154] For the better securing the payment of bankers' notes.

[+] 8 George I c.15 [Bill No. 0881] For explaining and amending two several acts in relation to the public registeri ...

[+] 8 George I c.16 [Bill No. 2217] For amending an act, entitled, an act for erecting and continuing lights in the ...