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habited Houses, imposed by an Act made in the last Session of Parliament,
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and for granting to His Majesty other Duties upon all Inhabited Houses in
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Great Britain, and for amending the Said Act and also for amending so
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such of an Act made in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of His present
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Majesty, as imposes a Duty upon all Servants retained on employed in the Se-
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veral Capacities therein mentioned; and that their are certain Clauses and
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Provisions contained in the said Bill, which, the Petitoners apprehend, will
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greatly affect the Trade and Interest of the Inhabitants of the said City; and
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therefore praying, that they may be heard, by their Counsel, against the said
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Clauses and Provisions and that they may have Such Relief therein as to the
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House shall seem meet.
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Ordered,
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That the said Petition be referred to the Consideration of the Committee of
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the whole House, to whom the said Bill is committed; and that the Pe-
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titioners be heard, by their Counsel, before the said Committee, upon their
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Petition, if they think fit.
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An ingrossed Bill for explaining, amending, and rendering more effectual,
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an Act, passed in the 23d Year of the Reign of the late Majesty King
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George the Second, for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts
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within
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Hamlet was read the third Time
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Resolved,
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That the Bill do pass.
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Ordered,
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That Mr. Byng do carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their Con-
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currence.
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Mr. Penruddock reported from the Committee, to whom the Bill for en-
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larging the Term and Powers of an Act, passed in the 30th Year of the
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Reign of King George the Second, for amending, widening, and keeping in
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Repair, the Road from the Turnpike Road at the Bottom at Shaw Hill,
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in the Parish of
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Melksham
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, through Googes Lane, Corsham, Biddestone, and
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West Yatton, to the Turnpike Road at Upper Combe, in the Parish of
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, in the County of Wilts, was committed; that the Committee had
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examined the Allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and
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that the Committee had gone through the Bill,, and made several Amend-
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ments thereunto, which they had directed him to report to the House; and
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he read the Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the
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Amendments, in at the Table, where the Report was read.
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And the House being informed, that Several other Amendments are ne-
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cessary to be made to the Said Bill;
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Ordered,
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That the Said Bill be re-committed.
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Ordered,
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That the Said Bill be re-committed to the Committee to whom the Same
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was committed.
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Herbert Mackworth
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reported from the Committee, to whom the
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Petition of
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James Berkenhout
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, of Great Russel Street, in the
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, in Behalf of himself, and of
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Thomas Clark
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, that the
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Town of Leeds, in the County of York, Dyer, was referred; that the
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Committee had examined the Matter of Fact contained in the said Petition,
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and had directed him to report a State thereof to the House; and be read
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she Report in his Place, and afterwards delivered it in at the Table, where
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the Same was read.
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Ordered,
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