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Bill Number	2254	Session	1794
Title	To amend and render more effectual an act passed in the 26th, and an amendment of said act passed in the 28th years of the reign of his majesty King George III entitled an act to establish the business of a pawnbroker, and to authorize such persons as shall be duly qualified to carry on the same to lend money on pawns or pledges, and to receive interest at a higher rate than heretofore was recoverable by law.
Variant Title(s)	To alter and amend the several acts of parliament now in force for the regulation of pawn broking in the city of Dublin. [13 Feb] To amend and render more effectual an act passed in the 26th, and an amendment of said act passed in the 28th years of the reign of his majesty King George III entitled an act to establish the business of a pawnbroker, and to authorize such persons as shall be duly qualified to carry on the same to lend money on pawns or pledges, and to receive interest at a higher rate than heretofore was recoverable by law. [7, 10, 12 Mar]
Initial Bill Stages
Originating Body		Commons
Leave or Order		13 Feb 1794	Leave or Order to	Mr Barrington	[0087]
Presented		7 Mar 1794	Presented by	Mr Barrington	[0087]
2nd Reading & Committed		10 Mar 1794
Reported		12 Mar 1794	Reported by	Mr Hayes	[0995]
Sent to Other House		12 Mar 1794
Sent to Chief Governor		—
Privy Council Stages
Received & Referred to Law Officers		—
Petition to English Privy Council		None
Decision of the English Privy Council
Engrossed		—
Returned Bill Stages
Royal Assent		—
Statute Number
[+] Further Details
Subject: [213] Finance - Money And Banking - Banks, lenders (e.g. pawnbrokers) Committee in 1st House: Committee of the Whole House Committee in 2nd House: Committee of the Whole House Procedural Features: Later Petition Comments on Procedural Features: Later petition: 14 Mar. 1794.