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SessionShort TitleTitleStatute Number
1790AFreeholders' registrationFor further continuing an act, entitled, an act for the further amendment of the law relative to the registering of freeholders.30 George III c.17
1790ALondonderry bridgeFor building a bridge over the River Lough Foyle at the city of Londonderry and the suburbs thereof, and for certain regulations relative to the said city.30 George III c.31
1790AHarbour and town of WexfordFor the improvement of the town and harbour of Wexford, and for other purposes.Not Enacted
1790ARoad from Cork to LimerickFor continuing and amending the several acts for making, widening and repairing so much of the road leading from the city of Limerick to the city of Cork as lies within the county of Cork and the county of the city of Cork, that is to say, from the bounds of the counties of Limerick and Cork, between the towns of Kilmallock and Charleville, to the city of Cork, and to continue an act passed in the 28th year of his present majesty, entitled, an act to continue and amend an act passed in the 5th year of his late majesty's reign, entitled, an act for repairing the road leading from the town of Newcastle in the county of Limerick to the city of Limerick, and from thence to the city of Cork.30 George III c.47
1790ACorn tradeTo amend an act passed in the 23rd and 24th years of his majesty's reign, entitled, an act for regulating the corn trade, promoting agriculture and providing a regular and steady supply of corn in the kingdom.30 George III c.30
1790ARiver Shannon navigationFor more effectually carrying into execution the purposes of an act passed in the 7th year of his present majesty, entitled, an act for applying the sum of £6,000 granted by parliament to the corporation for promoting and carrying on an inland navigation in this kingdom, to be by them applied in carrying on a navigation from the city of Limerick to the deep navigable water above the town of Killaloe, and for encouraging other persons to subscribe for carrying on and completing the said work.Not Enacted
1790ARiver Boyne navigationTo explain and amend an act passed in the 29th year of his majesty's reign, entitled, an act for the promotion and encouragement of inland navigation, so far only as respects the navigation of the Boyne.30 George III c.40
1790AGrand jury presentments for repair of roadsFor the amendment of the roads, for directing the powers of grand juries respecting presentments, and for repealing several laws heretofore made for those purposes.Not Enacted
1790AMutinyFor punishing mutiny and desertion, and for the better payment of the army and their quarters within this kingdom.30 George III c.18
1790ALinen, hemp and flax seedTo promote the linen and hempen manufacture, by increasing of Irish flax seed, and encouraging the exportation of linens and sail cloth, and for granting to his majesty, his heirs and successors, the duties therein mentioned.30 George III c.8
1790AAdvancement of trade and dutiesFor the advancement of trade, and for granting to his majesty, his heirs and successors, the several duties therein mentioned.30 George III c.3
1790AAdditional dutyFor granting unto his majesty, his heirs and successors, an additional duty on hides, beer and ale, 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, and of all cambrics, lawns and glass, except of the manufacture of Great Britain and France, and the French dominions in Europe, and of all hops, except of the growth of Great Britain and the British plantations.30 George III c.1
1790ADuties on maltFor granting unto his majesty, his heirs and successors, certain duties upon malt.30 George III c.6
1790ADuties on letters and packetsFor granting to his majesty, his heirs and successors certain rates and duties upon the portage and conveyance of all letters and packets within this kingdom30 George III c.15
1790ASugar trade and dutiesFor regulating the sugar trade, and for granting to his majesty, his heirs and successors the several duties therein mentioned.30 George III c.4
1790AManor courtsTo explain and amend the laws relative to manor courts.Not Enacted
1790AQualification of voters in parliament electionsFor better ascertaining the qualifications of persons claiming a right to vote at elections of members to serve in parliament.Not Enacted
1790ADuties, and treaty of commerce and navigation with FranceFor granting certain aids, duties and impositions to his majesty, his heirs and successors from the time therein mentioned, and for continuing the effect of a treaty of commerce and navigation concluded between his majesty and the most Christian king.30 George III c.7
1790ADuties on coffeeFor regulating the coffee trade, and for granting to his majesty, his heirs and successors, the several duties therein mentioned upon coffee.30 George III c.5
1790AHawkers and pedlarsFor licensing hawkers and pedlars, petty chapmen and other persons.30 George III c.14
1790AGovernment loanFor granting to his majesty the several aids, duties, rights, impositions and taxes therein particularly expressed to be applied to the payment of the interest of the principal sums therein provided for, and towards the discharging of the said principal sums, in such manner as therein is directed, and for such other purposes as are therein mentioned.30 George III c.2
1790ADuties on carriagesFor granting unto his majesty, his heirs and successors, certain duties on carriages.30 George III c.10
1790ADuties on licencesFor granting certain duties upon licences to be taken out by the several persons therein mentioned.30 George III c.11
1790AStamp dutiesFor granting unto his majesty, his heirs and successors several duties therein mentioned, to be levied by the commissioners for managing the stamp duties.30 George III c.16
1790APious and charitable purposesFor granting the several sums therein mentioned for certain pious and charitable purposes.30 George III c.27
1790ACathedral of DownFor the more effectual application of the sum of £1,000 granted by the King's letter for the support and repair of the cathedral church of Down, and for defraying the expenses attending the celebration of divine worship therein.30 George III c.43
1790APreservation of the peaceTo continue an act passed in the 27th year of the reign of his present majesty, entitled, an act for the better execution of the law and preservation of the peace within counties at large.30 George III c.35
1790ATobacco trade, and dutiesFor regulating and extending the tobacco trade, and for granting to his majesty, his heirs and successors, the duties therein mentioned.30 George III c.12
1790AAmerican tradeFor further continuing an act, entitled, an act for facilitating the trade and intercourse between this kingdom and the United States of America.30 George III c.13
1790ADuties for Royal ExchangeFor granting to his majesty the duties therein mentioned to be paid to the trustees of the Royal Exchange.30 George III c.33
1790ADublin Society grantFor granting the sum of £5,000 to the Dublin Society for the purposes therein mentioned.30 George III c.28
1790ALinen grantFor granting the sum of £4,000 to the trustees of the linen manufacture and for other purposes.30 George III c.26
1790AApothecariesFor more effectually preserving the health of his majesty's subjects throughout the kingdom of Ireland, and for erecting an apothecaries' hall, and regulating the business of an apothecary within the city of Dublin, and the suburbs and liberties thereof.Not Enacted
1790ARoad from Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath, to AthloneFor better amending and repairing the road from Kinnegad to Athlone.30 George III c.46
1790AExcluding placemen from parliamentTo disable any person who shall have, in his own name, or in the name of any person or persons in trust for him, or for his benefit, any office or place of profit whatsoever under the crown, created after a certain time, from being chosen a member of or from sitting and voting in the present or any future house of commons which shall be hereafter summoned.Not Enacted
1790ARevenueFor continuing and amending certain laws heretofore made concerning his majesty's revenue, and for the more effectually preventing of frauds therein, and for other purposes therein mentioned.30 George III c.22
1790AInsolvent debtorsFor the relief of insolvent debtors with respect to the imprisonment of their persons.Not Enacted
1790APort and police of DroghedaFor improving the port and harbour of Drogheda, and the better regulating of the police of said town.30 George III c.39
1790AExcluding pensioners and placemen from parliamentTo disable any person from being chosen a member of or sitting or voting in the house of commons, who has any pension during pleasure or for any number of years, or holds any office or place of profit created after a certain time under the crown, and to limit the amount of pensions.Not Enacted
1790AQualificationFor the relief of persons who have omitted to qualify themselves according to law.30 George III c.21
1790ARoad from Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, to Urlingford, Co. KilkennyTo repeal an act passed in the 25th year of the reign of his late majesty King George II, entitled, an act for repairing the road leading from the town of Clonmel in the county of Tipperary, through the towns of Fethard and Killinall in the said county, to the town of Hurlingford in the county of Kilkenny.30 George III c.38
1790AInland navigationTo explain and amend an act passed in the 29th year of the reign of his present majesty, entitled, an act for the promotion and encouragement of inland navigation.30 George III c.37
1790APaving, lighting and cleansing in Dublin, and bridge at IslandbridgeFor extending the powers of the corporation for paving, cleansing and lighting the streets of Dublin, and to enable the said corporation to build a bridge across the River Anna Liffey at Islandbridge.30 George III c.42
1790ARoad from Kilkenny to Clonmel, and thence to bounds of Co. CorkFor the amendment of the turnpike road leading from the city of Kilkenny to the town of Clonmel, and thence to the bounds of the county of Cork, and to provide for the better repair of the said road.30 George III c.44
1790ACharitable foundationsFor enabling the trustees of charitable foundations to promote the purposes and extend the benefit of the same.30 George III c.36
1790APorts and harboursTo amend an act, entitled, an act for promoting the improvement of ports and harbours in this kingdom.30 George III c.25
1790ARoyal CanalFor better enabling the Royal Canal company to carry on and complete the Royal Canal from the city of Dublin to Tarmonbury on the River Shannon.30 George III c.20
1790ANarrow wheeled carriagesFor discouraging the use of narrow wheeled carriages.Not Enacted
1790ACoast fisheriesTo continue an act, entitled, an act for the further improvement and extension of the fisheries on the coasts of this kingdom.30 George III c.24
1790AHighways, treasurers and the clerks of the crown and peaceFor enacting several provisions respecting highways, treasurers and the clerks of the crown and peace, in the parts of the kingdom therein named.Not Enacted
1790AContinuing temporary statutesFor reviving and continuing certain temporary statutes.30 George III c.45
1790AWide streets in Dublin, and coal trade in DublinFor further amending an act, entitled, an act for continuing and amending an act passed in the 22nd year of his present majesty's reign, entitled, an act for the improvement of the city of Dublin, by making wide and convenient passages through the same, and for regulating the coal trade thereof, and for other purposes.30 George III c.19
1790AFrauds by bankruptsTo repeal certain clauses in an act passed in the 17th and 18th years of his majesty's reign, entitled, an act to exclude traders from the benefit of an act, entitled, an act to prevent frauds committed by bankrupts who do not keep regular books of account and for continuing the said law, and other purposes.30 George III c.23
1790AExcluding revenue officers from parliamentFor the better securing the freedom of elections of members to serve in the present parliament by disabling certain officers employed in the collection or management of his majesty's revenue from giving their votes at such election.Not Enacted
1790ADown survey as evidenceFor making certain copies of the maps of the Down Survey evidence.Not Enacted
1790ATransportation of felonsFor rendering the transportation of felons and vagabonds more easy.30 George III c.32
1790AGrand jury presentments for coronersTo enable grand juries to present for coroners as therein mentioned instead of the sums which they are now by law empowered to present.30 George III c.9
1790ACommission of enquiry into schools and and charitiesTo continue an act, entitled, an act to enable the lord lieutenant and other chief governor or governors of this kingdom, to appoint commissioners for enquiring into the several funds or revenues granted by public or private donations, for the purposes of education in this kingdom, and into the state and condition of all schools in this kingdom on public or charitable foundations, and of the funds appropriated for the maintenance and support thereof, and for other purposes therein mentioned.30 George III c.34
1790AContinuing temporary statutesTo perpetuate several temporary statutes.Not Enacted
1790AJohn Barrington, Alice BarringtonFor vesting several towns, lands, tenements and hereditaments situate in the Queen's County and county of Kilkenny, the estate of John Barrington, esquire, in trustees for securing a jointure thereon for Alice Barrington, the wife of the said John Barrington, and for the payment of debts and encumbrances affecting the same estates, and for other purposes.30 George III c.3 (private)
1790AJoshua, Lord CarysfortTo amend an act, entitled, an act enabling the Right Honourable John Joshua, then lord baron Carysfort, to make long leases of his estate in the county of Dublin, and part of his estate in the county of Wicklow.30 George III c.1 (private)
1790AHenry, Viscount ConynghamFor vesting in trustees the settled estate of Henry, Lord Viscount Conyngham, situate in the county of Limerick, to be sold or mortgaged for the payment of an encumbrance of £12,000 sterling affecting the same, and for payment of the portion provided for the younger children of Francis Pierpoint, late Lord Baron Conyngham, by Elizabeth, Lady Conyngham, his wife, charged on the unsettled estates of the said Henry, Lord Viscount Conyngham, in the said county of Clare and for settling a competent part of the unsettled estate of the said Henry, Lord Viscount Conyngham, in the county of Clare, in lieu of the said estate in the county of Limerick so to be sold or mortgaged as aforesaid, and for other purposes.30 George III c.2 (private)
1790AThomas Bucknell LindseyFor vesting in trustees certain real and freehold lands, tenements and hereditaments situate in the county of Mayo and Roscommon, the estates of Thomas Bucknall Lindsey of Huntingdon in the county of Mayo, esquire, in order to be sold or mortgaged for the payment of debts, charges and encumbrances affecting same, and for other purposes.30 George III c.4 (private)
1790AResponsibility of servants of the crownFor effectually securing responsibility in the servants of the crown in different departments of the executive government of Ireland, to the parliament thereof.Not Enacted
1790APurchase of land for docks, canals, streets or roadsFor ascertaining by juries the ground to be purchased for docks, canals or widening streets, or for making public roads in this kingdom.Not Enacted
1790ASecurity of suitors' moneyFor enabling the lord high chancellor and the court of exchequer respectively to make orders on the governor and company of the Bank of Ireland, for payment out of the general fund of monies belonging to the suitors of the courts of chancery and exchequer, the sums therein mentioned, towards building the principal courts of justice at Dublin, and law offices, and for amending an act, entitled, an act for better securing the monies and effects of the suitors of the court of chancery and court of exchequer, by depositing the same in the national bank, and to prevent the forging and counterfeiting any draft, order or other voucher for the payment or delivery of such money or effects, and for other purposes.30 George III c.41
1790ARelief of under-tenantsFor the relief of under-tenants in cases therein mentioned.Not Enacted
1790ACourt of wards and for Popish educationTo explain and amend an act passed in the 14th and 15th years of the reign of Charles II, entitled, an act for taking away the court of wards and liveries, and tenures in capite, and by knights' service, and also an act passed in the 21st and 22nd years of his present majesty's reign, entitled, an act to allow persons professing the Popish religion to teach school in this kingdom, and for regulating the education of Papists, and also to repeal part of certain laws relative to the guardianship of their children.30 George III c.29