4th session of parliament elected in 1727. Dates of Session: 4 Oct 1733–29 Apr 1734
Dates on which acts received royal assent: 17 Dec 1733 (2 acts); 29 Apr 1734 (26 acts)
Total of 28 acts (26 public and 2 private)
The public acts of this session are printed in The statutes at large (21 vols, Dublin, 1786-1804), vol. vi, pp [1]-170.
Regnal year description in The statutes at large: 7 George II
Dates of regnal year of 7 George II: 11 Jun 1733–10 Jun 1734
Enacted measures only are listed below. To see all measures of this session (including failed bills) click here
Public Acts
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[+]7 George II c.1 [Bill No. 3057] For granting and continuing to his majesty an additional duty on beer, ale, stro ...
7 George II c.1 [Bill No. 3057] Royal Assent: 17 Dec 1733.
For granting and continuing to his majesty an additional duty on beer, ale, strong waters, wine, tobacco, and other goods and merchandizes therein mentioned.
[+]7 George II c.2 [Bill No. 1586] For granting to his majesty a further additional duty on wine, silk, hops, china ...
7 George II c.2 [Bill No. 1586] Royal Assent: 17 Dec 1733.
For granting to his majesty a further additional duty on wine, silk, hops, china, earthen, japanned or lacquered ware, and vinegar, and also a tax of 4s. in the pound on all salaries, profits of employments, fees, and pensions, to be applied to pay an interest of £5 per cent per annum for the sum of £300,000 or such part thereof as shall remain unpaid on the 25th day of December 1733, and towards the discharge of the said principal sum.
[+]7 George II c.3 [Bill No. 3067] For continuing and amending an act, entitled, an act for the more effectual prev ...
7 George II c.3 [Bill No. 3067] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
For continuing and amending an act, entitled, an act for the more effectual preventing several frauds and abuses committed in his majesty's customs and excise, and for settling the rates of certain goods and merchandizes not particularly valued in the book of rates, and for continuing and amending an act, entitled, an act for the better securing and collecting his majesty's revenue, and also for preventing frauds in the collection thereof.
[+]7 George II c.4 [Bill No. 2895] For allowing further time to persons in offices and employments to qualify thems ...
7 George II c.4 [Bill No. 2895] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
For allowing further time to persons in offices and employments to qualify themselves, pursuant to an act, entitled, an act to prevent the further growth of Popery.
[+]7 George II c.5 [Bill No. 2086] For the amendment of the law in relation to Popish solicitors and for remedying ...
7 George II c.5 [Bill No. 2086] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
For the amendment of the law in relation to Popish solicitors and for remedying other mischief in relation to the practitioners in the several courts of law and equity.
[+]7 George II c.6 [Bill No. 1466] To prevent persons converted from the Popish to the Protestant religion and marr ...
7 George II c.6 [Bill No. 1466] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
To prevent persons converted from the Popish to the Protestant religion and married to Popish wives, from acting as justices of the peace.
[+]7 George II c.7 [Bill No. 3771] For continuing several temporary statutes, and for other purposes therein mentio ...
7 George II c.7 [Bill No. 3771] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
For continuing several temporary statutes, and for other purposes therein mentioned.
[+]7 George II c.8 [Bill No. 0889] For the effectual discovery and punishment of deer stealers.
7 George II c.8 [Bill No. 0889] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
For the effectual discovery and punishment of deer stealers.
[+]7 George II c.9 [Bill No. 1802] To prevent frauds and abuses in bay yarn exported to Great Britain.
7 George II c.9 [Bill No. 1802] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
To prevent frauds and abuses in bay yarn exported to Great Britain.
[+]7 George II c.10 [Bill No. 1720] For the further regulation and improvement of the flaxen and hempen manufactures ...
7 George II c.10 [Bill No. 1720] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
For the further regulation and improvement of the flaxen and hempen manufactures.
[+]7 George II c.11 [Bill No. 1126] For the further encouragement of the fishery in this kingdom.
7 George II c.11 [Bill No. 1126] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
For the further encouragement of the fishery in this kingdom.
[+]7 George II c.12 [Bill No. 3931] To enable the commissioners appointed to put in execution an act for the encoura ...
7 George II c.12 [Bill No. 3931] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
To enable the commissioners appointed to put in execution an act for the encouragement of the tillage and better employment of the poor, etc, made in the 2nd year of the reign of his present majesty, to increase the salary of the stamp-master in the said act mentioned, and for increasing the salary of the treasurer of the county of Cork, and also for the better regulating of high-constables, and for the more easy recovery of public money in the hands of their executors and administrators.
[+]7 George II c.13 [Bill No. 0332] To encourage the home consumption of wool, by burying in woollen only.
7 George II c.13 [Bill No. 0332] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
To encourage the home consumption of wool, by burying in woollen only.
[+]7 George II c.14 [Bill No. 1536] For the relief of mortgagees, and for making the process in courts of equity mor ...
7 George II c.14 [Bill No. 1536] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
For the relief of mortgagees, and for making the process in courts of equity more effectual against mortgagers who abscond, and cannot be served therewith, and against persons who, being served, refuse to appear, and also for the better regulating the payment of the fees of attorneys and solicitors.
[+]7 George II c.15 [Bill No. 0655] For the buying and selling of all sorts of corn and meal, and other things in th ...
7 George II c.15 [Bill No. 0655] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
For the buying and selling of all sorts of corn and meal, and other things in the said act mentioned, by weight, and for the more effectual preventing the frauds committed in the buying and selling thereof, and for regulating the price and assize of bread, and for better regulating of the markets.
[+]7 George II c.16 [Bill No. 3537] For making more effectual an act passed in the 3rd year of the reign of his pres ...
7 George II c.16 [Bill No. 3537] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
For making more effectual an act passed in the 3rd year of the reign of his present majesty King George II, entitled, an act for repairing the road leading from the city of Dublin to Kilcullen bridge, in the county of Kildare, and for repairing the road leading from Kilcullen bridge to the town of Kilcullen, in the said county.
[+]7 George II c.17 [Bill No. 3613] For making more effectual an act passed in the 5th year of his present majesty K ...
7 George II c.17 [Bill No. 3613] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
For making more effectual an act passed in the 5th year of his present majesty King George II, entitled, an act for repairing the road leading from the town of Naas in the county of Kildare, to the town of Maryborough, in the Queen's county.
[+]7 George II c.18 [Bill No. 3522] For making more effectual an act passed in the 5th year of the reign of his pres ...
7 George II c.18 [Bill No. 3522] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
For making more effectual an act passed in the 5th year of the reign of his present majesty King George II, entitled, an act for repairing the road leading from the city of Dublin to the town of Dunleer, in the county of Louth.
[+]7 George II c.19 [Bill No. 3561] For repairing the road leading from the town of Kinnegad, in the county of Westm ...
7 George II c.19 [Bill No. 3561] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
For repairing the road leading from the town of Kinnegad, in the county of Westmeath, to the town of Athlone, in the said county.
[+]7 George II c.20 [Bill No. 3490] For making more effectual an act passed in the 5th year of the reign of his pres ...
7 George II c.20 [Bill No. 3490] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
For making more effectual an act passed in the 5th year of the reign of his present majesty King George II, entitled, an act for repairing the road leading from the city of Cork to the brook, which bounds the counties of Cork and Tipperary, near the foot of Kilworth Mountain, and for other purposes therein mentioned.
[+]7 George II c.21 [Bill No. 3560] For making more effectual an act passed in the 5th year of the reign of his pres ...
7 George II c.21 [Bill No. 3560] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
For making more effectual an act passed in the 5th year of the reign of his present majesty King George II, entitled, an act for repairing the road leading from the city of Dublin to the town of Kinnegad, in the county of Westmeath, and for other purposes therein mentioned.
[+]7 George II c.22 [Bill No. 3617] For making more effectual an act passed in the 3rd year of the reign of his pres ...
7 George II c.22 [Bill No. 3617] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
For making more effectual an act passed in the 3rd year of the reign of his present majesty King George II, entitled, an act for repairing the road leading from the city of Dublin to the town of Navan, in the county of Meath, and for repairing the road leading from the said county, as also for repairing the road leading from the said town of Navan to the town of Nobber, in the said county, as also for repairing the road leading from the said town of Navan to the town of Kells, in the said county.
[+]7 George II c.23 [Bill No. 3458] For repairing the road leading from the bridge over the Bann-water, commonly cal ...
7 George II c.23 [Bill No. 3458] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
For repairing the road leading from the bridge over the Bann-water, commonly called Bannbridge, in the county of Down, to the town of Belfast, in the county of Antrim.
[+]7 George II c.24 [Bill No. 3517] For repairing the road leading from the town of Dundalk, in the county of Louth, ...
7 George II c.24 [Bill No. 3517] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
For repairing the road leading from the town of Dundalk, in the county of Louth, to a bridge over the river Bann, commonly called Bannbridge, in the county of Down.
[+]7 George II c.25 [Bill No. 3530] For repairing the road leading from Tubber, near the bounds of the counties of C ...
7 George II c.25 [Bill No. 3530] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
For repairing the road leading from Tubber, near the bounds of the counties of Clare and Galway, to the town of Ennis in the said county of Clare, and from thence to the north liberties of the city of Limerick.
[+]7 George II c.26 [Bill No. 0196] For the relief of the creditors of the bank lately kept by Samuel Burton and Dan ...
7 George II c.26 [Bill No. 0196] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
For the relief of the creditors of the bank lately kept by Samuel Burton and Daniel Falkiner, and of the creditors of the bank lately kept by Benjamin Burton, and Samuel Burton, and Daniel Falkiner, and of the creditors of the bank lately kept by Benjamin Burton and Samuel Burton, and of the creditors of the bank lately kept by Benjamin Burton and Francis Harrison.
Private Acts
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[+]7 George II c.1 (private) [Bill No. 2713] For the relief of the creditors of Samuel Morris, esquire, deceased, and of Samu ...
7 George II c.1 (private) [Bill No. 2713] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
For the relief of the creditors of Samuel Morris, esquire, deceased, and of Samuel Morris, esquire, his son and heir, by sale of part of the estate of the said Samuel Morris, the son, for payment of debts and legacies, and for other purposes therein mentioned.
[+]7 George II c.2 (private) [Bill No. 2594] For the sale of part of the settled estate of William Graham, of Drogheda, esqui ...
7 George II c.2 (private) [Bill No. 2594] Royal Assent: 29 Apr 1734.
For the sale of part of the settled estate of William Graham, of Drogheda, esquire, and for settling other lands in lieu thereof, and for other purposes therein mentioned.