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Volume 5 - Regular Sessions of 1759

General Laws

Year	Page	Act	Subject	Size (KB)
1759	379	437	Granting to His Majesty the sum of 100,000 pounds and striking the same in bills of credit in the manner hereinafter directed and for providing a fund for sinking the said bills of credit by a tax on all estates and taxables Granting to His Majesty the sum of 100,000 pounds and striking the same in bills of credit in the manner hereinafter directed and for providing a fund for sinking the said bills of credit by a tax on all estates and taxables	1
1759	396	438	Supplement to an act entitled "An act for preventing abuses in the Indian trade, for supplying the Indians, friends and allies of Great Britain, with goods at more easy rates and for securing and strengthening the peace and friendship ... province." Supplement to an act entitled "An act for preventing abuses in the Indian trade, for supplying the Indians, friends and allies of Great Britain, with goods at more easy rates and for securing and strengthening the peace and friendship ... province."	1
1759	400	439	Prevent the exportation of bad or unmerchantable staves, heading, boards and timber Prevent the exportation of bad or unmerchantable staves, heading, boards and timber	1
1759	406	440	Supplement to the act entitled "An act for granting to His Majesty a duty of tonnage upon ships and vessels and also certain duties upon wine, rum, brandy and other spirits and a duty upon sugar for supporting and maintaining the provincial ship ..." Supplement to the act entitled "An act for granting to His Majesty a duty of tonnage upon ships and vessels and also certain duties upon wine, rum, brandy and other spirits and a duty upon sugar for supporting and maintaining the provincial ship ..."	1
1759	409	441	Extending several sections of an act of Parliament passed in the thirty-second year of the present reign entitled "An act for punishing mutiny and desertion and the better payment of the army and their quarters." Extending several sections of an act of Parliament passed in the thirty-second year of the present reign entitled "An act for punishing mutiny and desertion and the better payment of the army and their quarters."	1
1759	420	442	Regulating the hire of carriages to be employed in His Majesty's service Regulating the hire of carriages to be employed in His Majesty's service	1
1759	424	443	Regulating the officers and soldiers in the pay of this province Regulating the officers and soldiers in the pay of this province	1
1759	427	444	Re-emitting the bills of credit of this province heretofore re-emitted on loan and striking the further sum of 36,650 pounds to enable the trustees to lend 50,000 pounds to Colonel John Hunter, etc. Re-emitting the bills of credit of this province heretofore re-emitted on loan and striking the further sum of 36,650 pounds to enable the trustees to lend 50,000 pounds to Colonel John Hunter, etc.	1
1759	443	445	Relief of the heirs, devisees and assigns of persons born out of the King's ligeance who have been owners of lands within this province and have died unnaturalized Relief of the heirs, devisees and assigns of persons born out of the King's ligeance who have been owners of lands within this province and have died unnaturalized	1
1759	445	446	More effectual suppressing and preventing of lotteries and plays More effectual suppressing and preventing of lotteries and plays	1
1759	448	447	Recording of warrants and surveys and for rendering the real estates and property within this province more secure Recording of warrants and surveys and for rendering the real estates and property within this province more secure	1
1759	456	448	Supplement to the act entitled "An act for re-emitting the bills of credit of this province heretofore re-emitted on loan and for striking the further sum ... to enable the trustees to lend 50,000 pounds to Colonel John Hunter ..." Supplement to the act entitled "An act for re-emitting the bills of credit of this province heretofore re-emitted on loan and for striking the further sum ... to enable the trustees to lend 50,000 pounds to Colonel John Hunter ..."	1
1759	460	449	Appointing an agent to apply for and receive the distributive share and proportion which shall be assigned to this province of the sum of money granted by Parliament to His Majesty's colonies in America Appointing an agent to apply for and receive the distributive share and proportion which shall be assigned to this province of the sum of money granted by Parliament to His Majesty's colonies in America	1
1759	462	450	Supplement to the act entitled "An act for establishing courts of judicature in this province." Supplement to the act entitled "An act for establishing courts of judicature in this province."	1
1759	465	451	Continuing an act entitled "An act for directing the choice of inspectors in the counties of Chester, Lancaster, York, Cumberland, Berks and Northampton." Continuing an act entitled "An act for directing the choice of inspectors in the counties of Chester, Lancaster, York, Cumberland, Berks and Northampton."	1